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Things that make you irrationally annoyed

202 replies

Whatnextcrazyworld · 10/06/2023 18:08

This is just for fun ...

The Shipping Forecast came on Radio 4 a short while ago and, as usual, I went grrrr and wanted it to go away. Ridiculous I know.

My mum's handwriting does it too - just have to see it for a second and I have an internal reaction. Absolutely no real reason for it.

An envelope with the address upside down.

I'm sure I've got dozens more ....

OP posts:
Fromage · 11/06/2023 19:02

NotaCoolMum · 11/06/2023 13:26

Opening crisp packets upside down irritates the crap out of me!!

when people put the lettuce/tomato etc underneath the beef in a burger 🤣

These people are psychopaths.

Especially the under-burgerers. Serial killers. Clearly.

<shudders>

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 11/06/2023 19:33

@Catsmere

I've seen it a few times on here it's clearly gaining popularity the way abuse of the word gifted has.

I've also seen a lot of :

Needs Fed
Needs Cleaned
Needs Done

and I just want to send a post back saying

TO BE TO BE TO BE

But I'd probably get deleted

SquaresandStarlings · 11/06/2023 23:49

DemonicCaveMaggot · 10/06/2023 21:55

Emojis and people who use them.

Haha! I even have emojis framing most of my iPhone calendar entries. Makes task-ticking a lot more fun! 🧼 🛌

ALongHardWinter · 12/06/2023 01:07

It really bugs me when a (rare) bus driver waits for someone who is running for the bus and the person just jumps on and scans their card without a word of thanks. No wonder so many bus drivers don't bother to wait!

Catsmere · 12/06/2023 01:32

midsomermurderess · 11/06/2023 13:59

I always clock that too, but that ship has long, long sailed.

I still tell Tony Robinson off for it during Time Team DVDs, however often I’ve seen them …

Catsmere · 12/06/2023 01:39

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 11/06/2023 19:33

@Catsmere

I've seen it a few times on here it's clearly gaining popularity the way abuse of the word gifted has.

I've also seen a lot of :

Needs Fed
Needs Cleaned
Needs Done

and I just want to send a post back saying

TO BE TO BE TO BE

But I'd probably get deleted

Good God I hope that doesn’t catch on here! Though since we tend to adopt Americanisms it may not.

DiscoBeat · 12/06/2023 01:54

Unsalted butter. It really, irrationally make me cross becaue it tastes disgusting and salted butter is the best thing ever.
We buy both - unsalted for cakes and lovely sea salty crunchy butter for other things. But I get annoyed when DH puts the unsalted one in the butter dish!

blueshoes · 12/06/2023 01:57

People at the queue in the post office who only start packaging up their item whilst at the till, no doubt having just bought the packaging material.

Get your act together next time or just move aside, so that the person who packaged everything at home can take 2 minutes to get their parcel weighed, paid and posted.

tiagra · 12/06/2023 02:05

hot food served on cold plates😡

Deathbyfluffy · 12/06/2023 02:06

Wiccan · 10/06/2023 23:28

OMG I thought it was just me ! My DH keeps blaming it on being left handed 🙄 but I said it's because he's stupid and if he does one more time I'm going to punch him in the throat !

What a lucky man he is 😅

DiscoBeat · 12/06/2023 02:07

People saying "Proshecco" instead of "Prosecco".
When they've had too much of it, maybe!

CoachBeardsJane · 12/06/2023 03:29

HelpMeGetThrough · 10/06/2023 20:43

Irrationally annoying day, after 300 miles driving, we were 30 minutes from getting to eldests halls. Accident on the junction we needed, which meant a 2 hour nose to tail detour. I felt like eating the steering wheel!!!

After 16 hours behind the wheel and over 700 miles, we are now back home. You'd have thought I'd got over it by now, not a chance!!!

You win! That's hideous

Catspyjamasfit · 12/06/2023 07:41

People talking about everything being a ‘hero’. It makes me want to scream out loud. How can an inanimate object be a hero??!!!

Bigwildorange · 12/06/2023 07:53

People who say their toddlers age in months instead of just saying they are 2 or 3 years old - DD is 39 months old etc AAAAGH 😂

lieselotte · 12/06/2023 09:45

One of mine which is irrational is when people are looking for paper photos they don't just look at them in the order you give them, they start mixing them up! AAAGH! Look at them in order!

Less of an issue these days with digital photos though Grin

AppleCinnamonBagel · 12/06/2023 10:00

Showing someone a picture on your phone and they immediately start scrolling through your other pictures. Apart from
being infuriating it's incredibly rude!

booksandcats22 · 12/06/2023 10:23

Everyday people who do accents / impressions of others

Ameanstreakamilewide · 12/06/2023 13:42

No one being spelt as 'noone'.

What's wrong with the space bar all of a sudden??

DemonicCaveMaggot · 12/06/2023 14:26

booksandcats22 I second that. My US boss used to imitate me. Apparently I sound Danish to him.

SirChenjins · 12/06/2023 14:32

Scones heated in the microwave - I can’t tell you how mad this makes me. Scones have to be served at room temperature with lots of cool butter (and possibly certain kinds of conserve), but a scone warmed in the microwave in a cafe usually means it’s not fresh and gets sent straight back. Just typing that makes me angry actually.

OwlsRock · 12/06/2023 14:36

Effing flies buzzing around my office area. Fuckers.

SouthCountryGirl · 12/06/2023 14:47

I know we don't need to socially distance any more: but people who stand too close. And if I move forward so do they

GreenwichOrTwicks · 12/06/2023 15:17

People who are still wearing masks

GreenwichOrTwicks · 12/06/2023 15:18

Tho actually that is rational not irrational

Warda124 · 12/06/2023 15:21

I can't think of anything 😭 I'm actually really hard to annoy.