First world problems that make you irrationally annoyed!

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Just want to vent (lighthearted but kind of not). Went into the Bodyshop today to buy some new shampoo and conditioner and shower gels. First had to fight my way through about 3 people wanting me to try products, which I hate being pounced on. Then I got the shampoo and conditioner I wanted (this is a treat for me as more than I normally spend), and I had a hard sell at the checkout for various things, including upgrading to a refill bottle for shampoo and conditioner, I went for it as like to help the environment…but was in a hurry, get home to find THEY’VE BLOODY PUT SHAMPOO IN BOTH BOTTLES! I’m irrationally annoyed about this particularly given the way they pushed it on me, and the fact I went out of my way to go to the shop. What first world things have annoyed you today? 😂and would this annoy you?!

Every single day when I am driving along a fairly empty road, a will race out in front of me from a side street, then trundle along at 20mph for the next 2 miles 🤬 The road is always either completely empty, or very quiet behind me.
Why not fucking wait for the second it would have taken for me to pass?!

Also the ones that stick to a regimented 30mph, even though it changes to 40, then 50 or 60...and you can't overtake because there is always either a corner or another bastard car on the opposite carriageway..

Oh, and where I live - the ones directly behind a tractor that refuse point blank to overtake - even when there is ample opportunity. Can often be stuck in a line of traffic of 50 cars.
I can sort of understand that overtaking on a single carriageway can be nerve wracking for some though.

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The fact that despite everyone in the world having a phone now it's impossible to actually speak to a human being any more. I've been trying to get hold of O2 and all you get is a list of menu options...none of which are what I want and no option to speak to an operator. All companies seem to be like this now. Boils my piss.

At every opportunity - a recorded spiel when you call up, posters at the bank or post office, actual staff at the bank or post office telling you its much easier and quicker to do it online.

I would imagine that the majority of people would go online to sort something out in the first instance but are using a phoneline or visiting an actual bank/post office because either they are not confident, or able to deal with the problem online, or the problem can't be solved online or by a chat bot!

My local sorting office is now only open between 8-10!! Really pissing me off because i have a parcel to collect but i can't take time off work just to collect it! I'm going to have to book a day's holiday i think though before it gets returned!

That's not really irrational either. Although I do always take my own bags with me.

My pet hates - Heinz for selling baked beans in plastic tubs when recyclable tins have done the job for decades. Ditto bits of fruit.

Same here. They changed it during covid but now most people are back in workplaces most of the time, they really need to change it back.

And then there's 'We're experiencing a high volume of calls' and 'your call is important to us' when you've been on hold for 40 minutes.
Well, Barclays Bank...employ more people to answer them then! It's not as though you can't afford it.

Absolutely agree with this!!

Tennis coverage. Explicitly Wimbledon. (cf. Ascot/Cheltenham race meetings).

I used to have a passing interest in the game but gave up watching it as the coverage gets on my nerves so much. Broadcasts rest their camera lenses on whose faces are in the stands almost more than they do the actual game. It's all about who's seen to be there. About the stupid 'class' associations which seem to follow most sports. The game itself has become an incidental aside.

The Davis cup makes for a far more engaging watching experience: team games are always the best! Likewise, a stupid amount of money (that it doesn't merit) is sunk into men's football - we're crap, and we can barely compete on a serious international level. It's about who sinks the most money into it; who lucks out in a lottery-style ticket draw; spectator dresses and what ridiculous designer handbags members of the audience are holding.

I far prefer watching following the international surfing competitions on social media. Doesn't have this crap perpetually sticking to it and we can all get on and enjoy the actual sport.

That was cathartic!

DH has taught the cat from two streets away to come to our house for treats. Now we can't open a door or window without that cat coming into our house and going to the treat cupboard. It even made itself at home on the couch one night. What is worse is that it is now teaching other cats to come to our house for treats. I was gardening the other day, turned around and the cat and a friend were both in the back garden wanting Dreamies. If I don't give it treats it hides in the hedge and jumps out at me.

Chat bots. Especially those 'pretending' to be human

When you ring a service and they tell you about their website while making you hold. I know about websites FFS, its usually where i get the number. either you have chosen to ring cos the website won't help or you are too old or offline to know about websites in which case telling you about them is pointless. There is literally no situation I can think of when this information is necessary.

Exactly this (see my post on p1)
Online is quicker....for quick easy to do things in most cases, (assuming you can use/have access to the internet) but you'd only call the line and suffer the awful music, chat bots, 1001 multiple choice options if you very clearly couldn't sort it out in an easier manner.

Oh and also parking phone lines where you have to speak your registration number to a stupid bot. Speak in clearest voice: AB23 XYZ
Bot: did you say KT45 PQL

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love this! (But concede it possibly I'd a bit annoying depending how cute the cat is)

I get irrationally enraged by the phrase "we will answer your call as soon as possible".
No, it was possible to answer my call at the first ring. You meant "we will connect your call as soon as an operative is available to talk".
I also dislike the ubiquity of the word "colleague", especially when used as if they are my colleague. "A colleague will be with you shortly". I work alone, I have no colleagues. The word only makes sense if used within a team, and not beyond.

Very very first world but when packets of bacon or ham say peel here and without fail do not peel. Also I dread taking the peel cap of milk when I buy a new one, no idea why😂

This, and when the perforated "tear here" packaging just doesn't!

I take them down. 😃

Estate agents boards. Listen, local estate agent, there are rules governing how long they are supposed to remain outside a property. And when I email you to remind you of that and ask you to remove them, don't fucking ignore me until I threaten a formal complaint, OK? stop turning the borough into one enormous advertising opportunity.

Online surveys after you've bought something.

Online surveys that ask you to give a rating then ask please tell us why you gave that rating. No. I won't. You won't listen anyway.

I don't like being asked to add a tip if I have to order food on an app. How do I know if its worth a tip when I've not experienced any food or service yet??

Just back from lovely holiday booked via a travel agent. Since we came home 3 days ago I have received emails from both the hotel chain and the agent about booking my next trip. Obviously I've unsubscribed now but it annoyed me so much that places keep doing this. Why??

People (usually tourists) who get an escalator on the tube and stop dead. Going up AND down. Causing a pile up and potentially an accident as people behind can't get off. I understand they're sometimes confused about where to go but for goodness sake, at least take a couple of paces forwards.

@LaMaG I know! We bought a new car last year and immediately started getting emails from dealer 'isn't it time to get a new car? Err no, not really. Also immediately after the first service the email came in to think about getting a service......

Food packets that have a little "peel here" sign, but they either don't peel at all, or just rip in a haphazard manner.

Public toilets where the roll of toilet paper is packed so tightly into the reel, that when you pull on the end, the roller doesn't roll, and you just get a piece of paper that's the size of a postage stamp.

Trying to read news articles on my phone - firstly, the delay whilst the "consent to cookies" loads up, then the endless adverts and links to other news stories, peppered throughout the piece you're trying to read, which just bombards the senses and makes me give up.

Agree with PP about people just walking behind my car when I'm reversing. I don't have sensors to warn me. It's like a life or death game.

The Postman who slams the garden gate loudly on the way in and out, and bangs the door 100 times louder than is necessary - cue excessive barking. And my DH works nights, so is trying to sleep.

TV channels that want you to register and sign in - why?

Companies like Wowcher, who don't appear to employ anyone who will actually have a conversation with a customer. Messages just go round in circles until the end of time.

This!!!!
Just tried to open a foot mask pack and the 'open here' arrow makes no sense at all do O end up just rippingthem apart.