Things people do that make you cringe?

[Cleanfreshsheets]

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)

This is me
Every single time

Even the word teams now makes me shudder

People who beam at you while their toddler runs around getting in the way and destroying stuff. They look at you as if expecting you to admire and coo over the toddler.

People posting awful hospital pics of their aging or suffering relatives and/or children. It seems like such a 'look at me. I'm a good person cause I care about xxx' when really it's a massive invasion of privacy and lacks consent.

Oh and pouty trying to make themselves look sexy selfies!!! I hate those!!! If you think you look good get someone to take a proper photo, a phone in your face or a filtered pout looks shite people stop it!!!!

A lot of TV adverts make me cringe. They are naff, unfunny, have unrealistic dialogue and are just embarrassingly insincere.

The old school friend on Facebook who grieves for everyone who has ever died, as she was supposedly close to them all (she wasn’t).

Another old school friend who keeps declaring on FB that she’s no longer going to waste her energy on nasty, negative people who aren’t worth it. It took me a while to realise that she fully intends said people to see these posts.

Not only do these regular posts make her look immature, they are showing the “nasty, negative people” that she is spending a LOT of mental energy on them, despite her protests.

Also 'I seen'

People who insist on posting a selfie because they’re going to the gym. Or post their strava stats on Facebook. If I wanted to see them I would get strava but I don’t care. I also don’t care about Laura’s gym outfit selfies she posts every day along with #startyourdayright #earlymorningworkout #100burpeechallenge #smashedit #omgfuckofflauraidontcare

When people let their dogs climb all over them a lick their faces .

Agree 100%

Same! I've never heard of drinking squash as an adult being cringe!!
I think there are some deeply unhappy people on this thread!

You can't tell me all the parents who go to Disney parks are loathing every minute and just putting up with it for their children's sake!
@CesareBorgia

I have no idea but I know the summer holidays I spent wondering around Legoland/ Peppa pig world/ and all of those types of places wasn't for my benefit. If I'd had the money then
yes I probably would have taken my kids to Disney world because it would have made them happy. You'd have to pay me to go there childless though.. looks like hell on earth.

My annoyances are prevalent in South London:

Pronouncing H as Haitch instead of aitch;

Saying 'We WAS', when it should be 'we were'; and

Pronouncing 'U' as 'OO'. For example 'Stoodent'.

That was my point!
My list was of plurals which are correct but increasingly got wrong.
….and no, neither rooves or hooves is acceptable.

I'd love for my son to walk around the supermarket with me but he's a runner - so good normally but a shop is just too exciting apparently. So he has to sit in the trolley- he's 2 and massive so won't fit it in a seat. I don't let him stand but I guess his shoes do touch the trolley slightly. Never occurred to me people don't want their packets of food on the same surface.

Anyway. I hate the earnest, humble not humble, updates on LinkedIn. People take themselves so seriously.

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.

My mum (84) still narrates everything she does. I can assure you that it isn’t good for my development!

People saying/typing draw instead of drawer.

See it constantly on here.

Less cringe but more snooze: people who talk about work in an overly detailed or technical way when someone asks how things are going to be polite. My husband’s friend’s wife does at length even though nobody else has a clue about her industry and it makes my eyelids feel heavy. I nearly did the dramatic, jolty head nod once as it is so boring.

Hit me.
As in "Hit me with your ideas for..."
Or "Hit me with recipes for...."

No, you're not expected to know what 'flavour' gull, but it's just "gull". There is no such bird as a seagull. People claim they're called that because they live near the sea, but I live inland and see gulls loads. Plus, we don't do it with other birds - we don't say 'land pigeon'.

I confess I'm a bit pedantic about this having studied birds as part of a degree course.

Bless her…

Generally gushy posts on social media. For example posting on Facebook how much you love your partner and how wonderful they are.

Or people that publish love letters to their minor children on social media. You can find a lot of these posts on Instagram.

'Pet friendly' pubs
'Pet friendly' restaurants
'Pet friendly' accommodation ...

No thank you.

Also, this is massively unreasonable of me but when grown men on the train or tube get a water bottle out of their backpack and start sipping. Gives me the ick.

I don't know why. I just find it really unmanly. I KNOW it is unreasonable.