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There’s nothing worse than… (lighthearted)

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CultureAlienationBoredomandDespair · 04/04/2023 07:45

Stepping on a plug
Having to wear damp socks
A fly in the room when you’re trying to concentrate

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DeadbeatYoda · 07/04/2023 13:59

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 04/04/2023 18:05

Organised groups of MAMILs parking all round the village so they can take their bikes off the roof rack and cycle round the countryside for hours holding everyone up and shouting.

😂

TheNoodlesIncident · 07/04/2023 14:16

Standing on a wet bath mat with socks on.

Putting contact lenses in or out and having water run down your sleeves.

Having a mosquito or midge whine past your head in bed. In the dark.

Accidentally pruning a bit too much off a shrub and making it lopsided. Like waiting for a bad haircut to grow out

Reaching for a hot cup of tea that you really need and realising that you hadn't made one, you just wish you had.

Waking hearing a quavering "muuuuuuum" in the middle of the night...

SouthCountryGirl · 07/04/2023 14:26

"Reaching for a hot cup of tea that you really need and realising that you hadn't made one, you just wish you had."

Reaching for the cup of tea you made and it's cold

ToWhitToWhoo · 09/04/2023 21:24

Loos that don't work

Anything that obstructs the pavement - from badly-parked bikes to pavement-works to groups of people standing around taking photographs (I live in a touristy area)

Snow and ice, though these are unlikely at this time of year!

People trying to get me to celebrate my birthday, or to tell them when it is

CeriB82 · 10/04/2023 07:21

Agreeing to looking after your friends 6 month old puppy. Delightful little dog, and his mum said “absolutely no work with him” which in fact is true to some extent. Known this dig since the day he arrived, been to my house before.

but the constant yapping, crying, jumping, has no boundaries , thinks the sofa belongs to him, no one has raised their voice to him, never heard “no” before i started!

my god, please do NOT agree to something like this.

CultureAlienationBoredomandDespair · 10/04/2023 16:23

Opening a box of tablets to find you’ve got the end with the leaflet wrapped around.

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AtleastitsnotMonday · 10/04/2023 16:39

When you're out for lunch they bring your meal and ask can I get you anything else? You ask for a diet coke because you want a drink with your meal and it takes so long to come that you've finished your meal without your drink.

thecatsthecats · 10/04/2023 16:56

ILs saying "there's so much lovely light" after we sadly had to cut the tree in the back garden down.

There's no fucking shade, and now I can see every speck of dust in the stupid "lovely light".

Ivebeenframed · 10/04/2023 21:01

Dying for a pee and you can't find your door key in your stupid big handbag!

HurdyGurdy19 · 10/04/2023 21:32

Picking up your cup to take a drink of tea, only to find that the cup is empty

MouseRoar · 10/04/2023 22:04

licking an envelope and getting a paper cut on your lip

MouseRoar · 10/04/2023 22:07

budgeting carefully, thinking you have money left over for a treat before payday, then having something go wrong with the car that takes up all your spare cash, and then some

ThreeRingCircus · 10/04/2023 22:21

Falling asleep on the sofa and being all cosy then waking up and having to go upstairs and get undressed and brush teeth before getting into bed.

Waitingfortaco · 11/04/2023 12:56

CultureAlienationBoredomandDespair · 10/04/2023 16:23

Opening a box of tablets to find you’ve got the end with the leaflet wrapped around.

And really, probability being what it is this should be a roughly 50/50 split and yet, it ALWAYS seems to be the leaflet end!

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