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Things people do that make you cringe?

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Cleanfreshsheets · 10/11/2023 19:03

People posting photos of their holiday on social media with a caption like “this is how my Monday morning is looking”. Like calm down Joanne, you’ll be back in the office by next Monday.

Middle management telling me they pay my wages.

People thinking that are different and edgy because they wear Dr Martens (I do still love the boots though)

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flaxentoad · 11/11/2023 07:20

YellowRibbon710 · 10/11/2023 21:12

So many things.

Had an email the other day asking for "a meeting with yourself.....would 3pm work for yourself "

Fuck off.

Also gender reveals are so gross.

I am an NHS typist. Almost without exception, the doctors use myself, yourself, himself, herself (and so on) in ways that are not grammatically correct. It drives me mad and I always type it correctly in the hopes I can help to stamp this awful disease out!

TorroFerney · 11/11/2023 07:20

CowboyJoanna · 10/11/2023 20:58

Mums giving kids snacks in the supermarket, like when little boys eat wotsits and get orange faces, and little girls get girly snacks like quavers or milkybar buttons and end up dropping half of them on the floor

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Are quavers girly? I thought they were rather gender neutral. Now Yorkie bars of course…….

Ancfib · 11/11/2023 07:21

Literally everything I am so sensitive to cringe 🫣

But for me, it's mainly being drunk and the next day. Going out with people you work with and they get super drunk and I get such bad second hand embarrassment! I have done this too once or twice, I'm no saint!! But I actively try not too, some people just don't care and they are so messy 🫣 then they come into work the next day and laugh about it. I'm like, hun!!! You tried to give someone a lap dance and shouted at everyone!! 🤣 So cringe, can't cope.

ohdamnitjanet · 11/11/2023 07:21

Namchange101 · 10/11/2023 19:54

People who say Nom Nom/holibobs etc
People who eat loudly
People who overshare - an ex friend used to tell us (school mums) when she and her DH had had sex/how many pubic hairs her DD9 had etc etc 🤢🤮

Don’t forget people who say hubby

Coolhwip · 11/11/2023 07:24

maddiemookins16mum · 10/11/2023 20:08

This will cause uproar on here but people that eat their way around the supermarket and dump the empty sandwich wrapper and half drunk Innocent Smoothie container on the check out.

Nobody is that ‘starving’ or near collapse that they can’t pay first.

Cringeworthy and uncouth.

It annoys me (and I even get annoyed at myself for letting it annoy me so much).

I do this sometimes, it makes the long shopping bearable after a 12 hour day at work. I’m on a special diet so can’t just eat chocolate in the car beforehand.

I always pay for the empty items.

flaxentoad · 11/11/2023 07:24

pickyourown · 10/11/2023 23:21

Furbaby
Signing pets names in greeting cards. I refuse to do it back.

😂 I do the signing of my pet's name. Mind you, the people I send it to do it as well.

One thing I'm learning from this thread is that we're probably all pissing someone somewhere off!

pictoosh · 11/11/2023 07:27

Gosh yes I'm guilty of a few peeves/cringes mentioned. I don't care...I love the way British people let loose about the stuff that gets their goat on threads like this. Is amusing and often, to my mind, quite random.
We're all different.

CoffeeCantata · 11/11/2023 07:31

Love this thread - it's very therapeutic to be able to vent anonymously about these things - we couldn't say them IRL.

People who are constantly 'turning round and saying....' I used to work with a woman who couldn't tell you anything without either her turning round and saying xxx or the other person turning round and saying yyy. I had this image in my mind of them both spinning like tops!

Basically anyone who immediately picks up the latest jargon/trendy phrase and over-uses it. Sometimes these things are genuinely funny or useful, but still need to be rationed. There was a time, about 20 years ago when a couple of friends began every comment with 'I hear what you're saying, but..." I think the over-use of terms which derive from psycho-therapy are particularly irritating.

flaxentoad · 11/11/2023 07:33

SeaUrchinHat · 10/11/2023 22:08

‘Well another wasted day ffs’ posted on Facebook. Explain what you mean or piss off!

People who make loud eating noises to ‘prove’ something tastes good.

People who write ‘ect’.

‘St. Pancreas’.

My mother turning EVERY SINGLE CONVERSATION back to herself in front of my friends. And the half hour monologue that follows.

Details of dreams. Nobody needs to hear that. Keep it to yourself.

For some reason "St Pancreas" gave me a fit of laughter. DH giving me funny looks. I am not one for laughing first thing, usually. Thanks for that 😂

IhateJan22 · 11/11/2023 07:34

RunnerP · 10/11/2023 20:10

People saying ‘do you know what I mean?’ multiple times in a conversation

I always think this is because they’re lying and trying to reinforce the lie 🤷‍♀️

Wheelz46 · 11/11/2023 07:35

People crossing the road before the green man gives the go ahead. Especially annoying when you are stood there with your child teaching them the rules of the road.

ChocolateCakeOverspill · 11/11/2023 07:36

SpongenotSpiker · 11/11/2023 06:47

My daughter is Autistic and refuses to walk around on the rare times she has to go to the supermarket so she has to sit inside the trolley to as he's to old to sit in the baby seat of course. Never occurred to me about her shoes as all products put into trolleys are in packaging! I'll wrap her around my shoulders next time like a scarf in case I annoy anyone by putting her inside it next time! 🙄

They’re not though are they? Why don’t you use one of the trolleys which is designed for someone to sit in or at the very least bring some sort of cover for the bottom of the trolley to protect it.

It’s worse when parents allow their kids to stand in it or you see them trying to get them in or out, it’s so dangerous and completely demonstrates why it’s a terrible idea to put people into an unstable thing which isn’t designed to hold humans.

ZforZebra · 11/11/2023 07:37

People on LinkedIn posting a description of what they think or wish their job is rather than the actual job title. Real examples I have seen include:

People Motivator instead of HR Manager
Blue Sky Thinker instead of Business Development Analyst
Data Evangelist instead of IT Officer
Hugger-in-Chief instead of School Nurse

Ugh.

Coolhwip · 11/11/2023 07:42

YellowRibbon710 · 10/11/2023 21:12

So many things.

Had an email the other day asking for "a meeting with yourself.....would 3pm work for yourself "

Fuck off.

Also gender reveals are so gross.

At least they’re a suggesting a time.

My pet peeve is when people ask me to suggest some slots or to put some time in.

I always want to say suggest some bloody times yourself, I’m not your PA.

Bonus points when they expect me to propose slots where lots of people are required.

Carolenarua · 11/11/2023 07:43

SM4713 · 10/11/2023 23:12

Of course there are dialects! There are also correct and incorrect pronunciations for very basic things- like the English alphabet!

Is Haitch in the dictionary?
First, you won't find 'haitch' in the dictionary, only the correct spelling aitch. The name of the letter comes from Old French ache of the 1500s and first spelt so in English, when it was related to the Old English word ache, from æce. At this time it was pronounced "ache" or "aitch".

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Quoting something with no sourcing is ridiculous. Officially there is no one correct pronunciation of h and I have done my research and could counter quote you each time. Speak to an academic !

ShoesoftheWorld · 11/11/2023 07:43

People who cringe at other people saying 'hatch' and either don't know or don't care that they're being, at best, wilfully ignorant of regional differences in usage or, at worst, sectarian.

People who clearly think there is a directly proportional relationship between the intensity of their sneering at others' use of language, usually with a hefty side order of classism, and their superiority over others.

Highlandsprocker · 11/11/2023 07:44

Toesaresoweird · 10/11/2023 19:47

When men wear really tight trousers.

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Too short , tight ones and they don't wear socks

ThickSkinnedSoWhat · 11/11/2023 07:45

Gall10 · 10/11/2023 19:48

People allowing their children to stand in shopping trollies….especially if their shoes are minging dirty (actually even if their shoes aren’t that grubby it’s still totally unacceptable in my book).

You wouldn't be saying this if I instead allowed my child, who has additional needs and cannot simply walk around the supermarket, out of the trolley. Maybe start a campaign with the supermarkets for more trolleys to cater for older children if it bothers you that much.

Greenpolkadot · 11/11/2023 07:45

cardibach · 10/11/2023 20:00

@Cleanfreshsheets i wear DMs because they are about the only things that fit my huge feet/are comfortable in winter. I wear Birkies all summer for 5ge same reason. That ok with you?
I know nobody who wears DMs to be cool and edgy. Don’t even see how that would be a thing.

What are Birkies ?

MzHz · 11/11/2023 07:51

Bedbynoon · 10/11/2023 20:18

People saying. “Yaass Mama” when they agree with someone’s parenting on Facebook or such like. Saying slaay when they like an outfit

Omg, what kind of twats are you (FB) friends with?

ForfarBridie · 11/11/2023 07:53

Its5656 · 10/11/2023 20:25

Adults who go to Disney World without children. Of all the places in the world that you could visit you choose a children's theme park!?!
Also people who exaggerate every story they tell you, or just outright make shit up. I work with a woman who does this and it baffles me.

I go to Disney Florida with my brother and his wife. We have a great time.

I also travel to many other places in the world. In fact I’m very well travelled and love a holiday based on history, art or wildlife.

MzHz · 11/11/2023 07:53

Highlandsprocker · 11/11/2023 07:44

Too short , tight ones and they don't wear socks

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This is the Reading /Basingstoke Estate Agent Bloke uniform 🤣

Whyohwhywyoming · 11/11/2023 07:53

People on mumsnet who latch on to a small typo in the OP, pretend they can’t understand the entire post because of it, then derail the thread going back and forth on it with others who pile in.

Greenpolkadot · 11/11/2023 07:53

People who say,,, 'Fur babies ',,,,,,,,'Gob smacked ',,,'Baby momma'
And people who say...'well basically ' and then tell you a long and embroidered tale that is anything but basic

ShoesoftheWorld · 11/11/2023 07:56

Thehonestybox · 10/11/2023 21:45

Middle class parents who explain the jobs of working class workers to their dc while standing in front of said working class person doing the job

Oh goodness [prob cringemaking in itself to say that], YES.

Sort of relatedly, MC parents here (EU country) who are clearly not native English speakers or anything like it but insist on speaking (very dodgy) English loudly in public to their bewildered tiny children. And then airily explain 'yes, a bilingual upbringing is such an advantage, Torsten spent a month in the US in high school, of course, so he's practically bilingual.'

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