Do you do stuff to deliberately annoy others?

[EveSix]

Just read a comment on a different thread where a poster stated that as they realised other posters found a particular action irritating (something quite inconsequential, but annoying to some), said poster said they felt inclined to do this thing more frequently. A subsequent poster immediately agreed.

It doesn't really matter what it was (but for full disclosure, it was about MN quoting etiquette) as this thread isn't about that, but more generally: do you find that you purposely do things because you know it annoys or irritates others? If so, what is it about for you?

I'm not talking about things which are necessary for you to do but which may disturb someone else for instance -like get up for a wee in the night-, but things which are of no consequence to you, but which you might go out of your way to do because you know a specific person will notice it and feel aggrieved.

DP couldn't give two hoots which way the looroll goes on, but because he knows I like it a certain way, he puts fresh rolls on the opposite way. Just because.

In my workplace, one cleaner knows the caretaker does a particular task in a certain order, and deliberately does a seemingly insignificant thing which means that, once a week, the caretaker's routine is disrupted. Just because.

I can't wrap my head around it and am really curious as to what the motivation is?

I am exactly like this too. If anyone tells me not to do something, I do it more to make the point that they are not the boss of me.

@TedMullins with that french comment, and your feelings perhaps it would've been good to do, have you considered that you might sometimes confuse praise and encouragement with instructions? It's confusing why anyone might prefer even a minor act of self harm over advice they later concede was reasonable. It hasn't affected your mum's life, or anyone else's, in any way

You might find yourself on the losing side if you play the game of rebelliousness 😂 I'm guessing, obviously, but optimistic of my chances. I Changed tack in my late teens, I felt forced to consider what/when & how with consideration to the life consequences. My experiences were somewhat more serious, but there's plenty of examples of annoying people & things being worthy of consideration even if we bin most of them

Can’t decide if you and your husband are very easily amused or you are fan girling the poster and getting all over come and giddy with it.

It’s clearly offensive to anyone else present wearing one of those watches to say it’s a tag for nonces

the poster though is clearly finding this dinner and her own behaviour very witty and memorable.

I think you're misinterpreting the joke. The nonce was wearing a gold watch strap and I made the comment after he had revealed his conviction, with the joke being about the fact he was an upper class sex criminal. Nothing to do with the watch itself, and not a suggestion that a gold strap is the sign of a nonce, so I don't really see how that's offensive to anyone else wearing a similar one?

No not fan girling just commenting on what Tedmullins wrote.
The last person I heard use the term
" giddy " was my 70 year old mother and my husband doesn't give a fuck what you think .

I love Agatha Raisin . Good luck with your job search x

😂😂

I agree. In fact if I was FIL I would throw the pink cup in the bin so it was never used again. Job done 😎

I have to say the "I'm mad, me" tendency is just boring and tedious. There used to be a poster who talked about "mundanes". That was tedious too.....

Oh, no that hurt, . I was really hoping he cared. 😂

Absolutely not. No-one has ever felt good about themselves by deliberately making someone else's day a little bit worse.

Such an energy sucker

Pleased to disappoint .

Far too busy to faff around like that. Don't you have anything more useful to be doing with your time? If not, that's great for you, but I'm pretty sure there are a hundred other more useful things you could be finding to do in your day.

Sorry - wrong again. I couldn’t think anything worse than being at a dinner party with a “look at me - I’m stupid, rude and boring” person.

Oh yeah

It's the only joy I get

An 'innate rebel' eh? What a waste of time. Save your energy for something that's worth rebelling about.

Yes! There's one thing I do to intentionally annoy others!

All our regular postie's around here are really nice and work very hard but there's one I just can't stand!

To put it as it is, she's a bloody miserable cow! Well, to me she is! I've smiled and she has a face like a slapped arse! I've waved and she has a face like a slapped arse! Totally ignores me 100%!

If she doesn't like me, OK, no problem so now I cheerily say ''GOOD MORNING! '' when I see her just to wind her up and let her know there are actually happy people around here!

I do it to other miserable slapped arses too!

But other than that, I'm quite angelic!

My dh absolutely loathes bad spelling and grammar. When I send him a text I occasionally misspell or use incorrect grammar deliberately.
He never says anything but it make me giggle knowing twitchy he will get reading it.
If he really annoys me I deliberately leave the pantry door slightly ajar. He really hates that 😀