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Things that everyone raves about that are actually shite

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Letmegetoff · 20/03/2024 18:11

I'll begin...

ABBA voyage 'concert'
The London Eye
Harry Potter Studios

OP posts:
middleofthenightmediumsizedtoblerone · 21/03/2024 15:36

Bringbackspring · 21/03/2024 15:30

Stop telling everyone how nice the Scottish Highlands is! I don't need to get stuck behind yet another camper/motorhome while trying to go about my day! It's gross up here, do not come 😂

So I think I'll actually add campervans to my list!

Kidding, do come here, but drive at a normal speed, pay for a campsite not my local co-op car park (cheapskates) and take your shit home with you, thanks.

I promise you we are very well behaved campervanners and I absolutely hate people that litter.

anotherside · 21/03/2024 15:37

Dontcallmescarface · 21/03/2024 14:53

Roast potatoes
Happy Valley
Line of Duty
Dirty Dancing (the film).
MAFS

Agree with Happy Valley - though I thought the first season was decent TV. The second season it just became a far fetched soap opera.

chillycat · 21/03/2024 15:37

People wanting to take photos - every event, every activity. Can we not just be?
Baked Beans
Tomato ketchup
Cold pasta
Day time bargain/ sun/ antique nonsense
Weddings
Afternoon tea - I don't need all that cake and sandwiches I wouldn't choose thanks
Bank holidays anywhere other than home
Amsterdam
Friends (TV not actual friends 😁)

EverybodyLTB · 21/03/2024 15:38

Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott, people have gotten obsessed with them when they’re on popular shows ie Normal People and Fleabag…. Great actors and wot not, but enough to make half the country weak at the knees? I don’t get it!

Waitrose. It’s ok. I use it because it’s the best of a bad bunch, but hardly the height of tasty luxury. There’s some fabulous quality and interesting food in there, but there’s also overpriced and poor quality boring crap that they have no business presenting as worth the money. Their delivery service will literally bring you squashed and almost out of date fruit and veg, and in the shops it’s often yellowing and looking past its best.

Target in the US. Temple of formaldehyde drenched consumerism. Didn’t get it, like it, or find any element of it as good as it could be. How the US instahuns get all excited for an afternoon there is insane.

Veja trainers.

Fresh flowers. Few days in and I’m sick of the smell of decay, and having to scrub out vases full of rotten water. Elton John must have a dedicated vase sorter outer. I buy little pots of seasonal plants as an alternative, and then relegate them to the bottom of the garden once they’re past their best.

potato57 · 21/03/2024 15:40

anotherside · 21/03/2024 15:33

Titanic museum - have you been in the last couple of years? They added 3 or 4 really good new bits and it’s much more cohesive and engaging than before. First time I thought it was just alright, second time I thought it was fantastic.

We got a lot more out of doing the tour, it definitely added a whole bunch of secrets and explanations and interesting things in. Without the tour I think it would have been a lot more meh.

I did prefer the Titanic exhibition in Las Vegas, but they're both great for different reasons - they're so completely different.

Sjh15 · 21/03/2024 15:41

Starbucks
stanley cups

Bringbackspring · 21/03/2024 15:46

middleofthenightmediumsizedtoblerone · 21/03/2024 15:36

I promise you we are very well behaved campervanners and I absolutely hate people that litter.

That's good :) I'm only half serious. I just see some of the problems that campervan culture causes but to be fair, the tourist board tries to attract people but doesn't bother putting the infrastructure in place for it. What are visitors supposed to do?

I do actually very much enjoy the general buzz around the place in the busy seasons and love to see people experience that awe and wonder that comes with a first visit to the Highlands! There's nothing quite like that first time it takes your breath away.

xSideshowAuntSallyx · 21/03/2024 15:46

Those enormous gas bbqs, we're not Australia, our weather is shit most of the summer, save your money and just cook under the grill.

I inherited one from my ex (I gave it to him as a birthday present, he used it 3 times), it's going rusty in the shed and too big for me to put in my car and take to the tip.

Grey everything, especially grey crushed velvet.

Jo Malone perfume

Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish the Aldi dupe is like the original and almost 12 quid less.

Egghead68 · 21/03/2024 15:47

Bagels

Loveskin2024 · 21/03/2024 15:48

Dogs
4x4 cars

LovelyTheresa · 21/03/2024 15:49

25thCenturyQuaker · 21/03/2024 13:53

The Hot Priest in Fleabag - sorry, he really wasn't that hot.

There. I said it. Let the brickbats fly.

I totally agree. Don't find Andrew Scott hot at all, as Hot Priest or as any other character.

middleofthenightmediumsizedtoblerone · 21/03/2024 15:49

Bringbackspring · 21/03/2024 15:46

That's good :) I'm only half serious. I just see some of the problems that campervan culture causes but to be fair, the tourist board tries to attract people but doesn't bother putting the infrastructure in place for it. What are visitors supposed to do?

I do actually very much enjoy the general buzz around the place in the busy seasons and love to see people experience that awe and wonder that comes with a first visit to the Highlands! There's nothing quite like that first time it takes your breath away.

The people we know are very aware that a lot of people give us a bad name and it would annoy me a lot if I saw people being scruffs.

I walk to work and I get annoyed in the 20 minutes every morning when I see litter.

My DH golfed in Scotland as is aways saying he wants to take me.

HornyHornersPinger · 21/03/2024 15:54

Eating healthy, exercising and not smoking

Münchner · 21/03/2024 15:59

Children

DaBlackCatsAreDaBestCats · 21/03/2024 16:01

Driving a camper van around the country

Camping in a tent. Just why? It’s not a “holiday” when you’re inconveniencing yourself.

Those awful long fake nails. How do you wipe your arse?

Bingo. Just no

Bikini wax

Any bodily wax

43ontherocksporfavor · 21/03/2024 16:01

@Muncher 😂

PossumintheHouse · 21/03/2024 16:04

DaBlackCatsAreDaBestCats · 21/03/2024 16:01

Driving a camper van around the country

Camping in a tent. Just why? It’s not a “holiday” when you’re inconveniencing yourself.

Those awful long fake nails. How do you wipe your arse?

Bingo. Just no

Bikini wax

Any bodily wax

You can't have it both ways 😂What's it to be, camping via camper-van style, or traditional tent camping?

Totally agree about the false nails. Not only wildly impractical, but those long filed-off nails with a square tip finish, or whatever the hell it's called, are hideous.

middleofthenightmediumsizedtoblerone · 21/03/2024 16:06

DaBlackCatsAreDaBestCats · 21/03/2024 16:01

Driving a camper van around the country

Camping in a tent. Just why? It’s not a “holiday” when you’re inconveniencing yourself.

Those awful long fake nails. How do you wipe your arse?

Bingo. Just no

Bikini wax

Any bodily wax

😂love campervanning around the country and going to festivals like an old hippy.

Lifestooshort71 · 21/03/2024 16:06

Those awful long fake nails. How do you wipe your arse?
you don't need to if you wear a thong as it does it for you (unless you're the poster waaay back who has buns of steel so it doesn't actually touch her arse)

KellecoUK · 21/03/2024 16:14

I have so many! But let's start with Hummus. Anything containing chickpeas should be outlawed!

Pinkdaffodils900 · 21/03/2024 16:18

Coffee
Dogs
Antipasti
Baked beans
4x4s (especially in cities!)

menopause59 · 21/03/2024 16:23

Any Harlan Coben series on netflix
Bottomless brunch
Prosecco
Nandos
Children

Love my Dyson hoover though

LGyouknow · 21/03/2024 16:23

Centre Parcs
Ugg boots
Gin & Tonic 🤑
Dogs
Music festivals
Rome
Hair extensions
Coffee or Tea with any milk other than from a cow!

RosalindFranklin13 · 21/03/2024 16:33

Yes, it's horrible.

Quizine · 21/03/2024 16:36

Forced fun
Work "Team building" events
Weddings (other than immediate family)
Christmas.

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