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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)

OP posts:
brokenhearted2 · 11/11/2023 19:39

@TheShellBeach Eh?What's wrong with this?
Would you be ok with someone putting their shoes all over your groceries? Toddlers shoes are no different from adult shoes. They walk in the same dirt. May as well rub the contents of your entire shopping trolley all over the floor of a public loo then take it all home with you

MagicFarawayTea · 11/11/2023 19:40

Controversial one I imagine but here goes…
Children over the age of 1 year with dummies. Especially when they’re talking etc. I sometimes think it’s the parents’ way of keeping them as little babies. Same thing with parents who encourage using baby talk “ Look at the moo-moos in that field! “ etc

brokenhearted2 · 11/11/2023 19:41

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.

Calm down pet. OP was not criticising DMs in fact they said they liked them. It was a certain breed of person who thinks they are cool for wearing them.

brokenhearted2 · 11/11/2023 19:43

Maelil01 · 10/11/2023 20:15

People who don’t know that it’s “trolleys” not “trollies”!

See also:
roofs hoofs
reefs
beliefs
…etc!

Roofs and rooves are both correct as are hoofs and hooves

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 11/11/2023 19:43

CambridgeLass · 11/11/2023 19:21

You do realise that those trollies have rats/foxes/cats etc running all over them every night don’t you?

Trolleys. But yes, people are so very illogical and irrational about hygiene. They froth and pearl-clutch about certain drop-in-the-ocean things they've got it into their heads are disgusting and unhygienic, while apparently being totally blind to the fact that there is dirt and bacteria everywhere all the time that they can't avoid. Why worry about shoes in the trolley when the food has been touched by loads of people who have touched who knows what beforehand, and which has been stored in places where it will have come into contact with who knows what? It's laughable!

DetectiveDouche · 11/11/2023 19:44

People who are irritated by people who drink squash. I mean, really, HOW can that be irritating?! It’s just flavoured water which I assume people drink because they don’t like the taste of water. How is that anyone else’s concern and why would it even grab anyone’s attention!? There are SO many irritations in life that this seems baffling and yes cringey to confess to. And no I’m not a squash drinker

DetectiveDouche · 11/11/2023 19:45

How does someone portray that they think they are cool because of their foot wear though??

brokenhearted2 · 11/11/2023 19:45

@Cattenberg People who chop up spaghetti before eating it.

I know this isn’t the done thing in Italy, but I always do it. I think it’s so much nicer and less messy.

Hey you do what you want but it's not nicer or less messy. It's just a bit weird.

Cakeandcoffeea · 11/11/2023 19:46

People that correct spelling or grammar.
Just shut up.

katseyes7 · 11/11/2023 19:46

maddiemookins16mum This happens all the time (I work on a checkout).
I've been handed all manner of half eaten/drunk things. Once, even a banana skin. An empty one. How they thought l could weigh that, l have no idea.
I went and got one twice the size and charged them for that.
How hungry do you have to be?
Oh, and parents who let their children partially eat four or five (honestly) items, then hand us the remains to scan. Yogurts, fruit, crisps, sweets, sausage rolls....
Why not just feed them before you go to the supermarket?

317818we · 11/11/2023 19:46

On a similar thing to @Cleanfreshsheets OP

anyone who posts "And so it begins". FFS. FOTTFSOFATFOSM

AbbeyGailsParty · 11/11/2023 19:46

Definitely people who let their dogs hang out the car window. Brake hard and you’ll decapitate your dog. If you don’t need to hang your head out the window then your dog doesn’t either.

DetectiveDouche · 11/11/2023 19:46

That was supposed to be a reply to the reply about DMs.

brokenhearted2 · 11/11/2023 19:46

LakeTiticaca · 10/11/2023 20:38

Middle aged women dressing like teenage girls

Ooo ooo. I've got one. People who think there are rules on what women of each age group can wear.

Blueink · 11/11/2023 19:47

People who say folk or guys

Cakeandcoffeea · 11/11/2023 19:47

People checking themselves into hospital on Facebook! Like the whole world needs to know and give you attention.

winniepigdog · 11/11/2023 19:52

Anyone who says, “off of” or “you know what I mean” or “like” every other word.

cmaalofshit · 11/11/2023 19:52

Cakeandcoffeea · 11/11/2023 19:47

People checking themselves into hospital on Facebook! Like the whole world needs to know and give you attention.

Yes and without any kind of explanation as to why they are there which leads to a whole load of "Are you ok hun?" "What's happened hun?
I have a relative who does this and it's really annoying because I care about her. She causes drama through posts like this and then it usually turns out to be absolutely nothing.
She also posts things like "At the hospital with my little man again" causing yet more drama and upset.

Cakeandcoffeea · 11/11/2023 19:53

cmaalofshit · 11/11/2023 19:52

Yes and without any kind of explanation as to why they are there which leads to a whole load of "Are you ok hun?" "What's happened hun?
I have a relative who does this and it's really annoying because I care about her. She causes drama through posts like this and then it usually turns out to be absolutely nothing.
She also posts things like "At the hospital with my little man again" causing yet more drama and upset.

Yes and if someone does ask if they are ok, they Say, “Will pm you”.

SurprisedWithAHorse · 11/11/2023 19:54

DetectiveDouche · 11/11/2023 19:44

People who are irritated by people who drink squash. I mean, really, HOW can that be irritating?! It’s just flavoured water which I assume people drink because they don’t like the taste of water. How is that anyone else’s concern and why would it even grab anyone’s attention!? There are SO many irritations in life that this seems baffling and yes cringey to confess to. And no I’m not a squash drinker

Someone was irritated by men drinking water!

Ididivfama · 11/11/2023 19:56

The S on the end of words that shouldn’t have it.

im going Tescos
im going costas

Ididivfama · 11/11/2023 19:57

Change his bum

the worst 🤢

katseyes7 · 11/11/2023 19:58

I would never say this is “the husband”, so absolutely hated it when I was introduced as “the wife.” What’s wrong with saying this is Whoopy, or this is my wife Whoopy. 🤬
My mother used to introduce me to people we met in the street as 'the daughter'. Never by my name. Just 'the daughter'.
It feels like they're distancing and disconnecting from you.

Frost1111 · 11/11/2023 19:59

tigerbear · 10/11/2023 19:46

People posting photos of their absolutely minging dinners on FB. Like a bog standard curry or Sunday dinner. Why???

That's annoying. It's like congratulations you've made or bought food. Have an honorary doctorate .

Meowandthen · 11/11/2023 20:01

Those cake smash photos. Awful. Sticky, messy, waste of food. Not cute.

People publicly posting messages to those they live with. Either talk to them or use private messages.

Hubby. Hubster. Wifey. The wife. Ugh.

Overly filtered photos. I’ve seen some where features have all but been erased. And filtered photos of children.

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