What is the one thing that other people do that really annoys you?

[Carefreebie]

What is the one thing that other people do that really annoys you?

Mine would be people who constantly sniff when they have a cold and don't blow their nose. I just want to give them a tissue and scream at them to blow their nose. Especially if I'm next to them on a train.

Anyone with a loud voice and a very loud shouty laugh when I'm trying to eat at a restaurant. I've had a few meals completely ruined by people at nearby tables who were deafeningly loud. I hate them.

Men (and its always men!) who hack up a giant gob of mucus and spit on the street.😬 What is it about men that they produce so much extra sputum they have to regularly spray the streets with it? or are they just nasty feckers!!?

Also people who walk very slowly (for no apparent reason) in busy high streets.

Although Im sure I annoy people when Im walking my dogs as I mooch along at a snails pace, dog leads stretched over the entire pavement and staring at my phone! I feel like I need to wear a sign that says dogs are all ancient and either blind, deaf or have dementia....they dont respond like 'normal' anymore and Im only on my phone coz it helps me walk slow enough for them!
(Im sure Im annoying people in this but....what are you going to do!?😄).

Increasingly, apparently perfectly able-bodied young people (given that they hop on and off the bus like mountain goats) who plonk themselves in the first priority (elderly/frail) seats, when there are plenty further back, and are then either so engrossed in their phones, or pretending to be, that they don’t notice the very doddery old dear/bloke who’s just got on, and is too timid or wary, to ask them to move.

More than once I’ve felt obliged to ask them.

people who tip a bag of crisps up to the mouth and empty the contents, rather than eat them with their hands, maybe it's just me but I cannot stand this, work colleague does it every day and she is the loveliest person but when that crisp bag goes up to her mouth I want to grab it and tell her to eat the crisps properly.

I know ive probably done it myself, but those who eat walking along the street or on public transport
I know it's not always possible to find a seat outside and there are many reasons it goes on , but I find it annoying.

Exist 😂

Say, "I'm not being rude/racist/sexist/funny but....." and then do exactly that!

As I'm now a menopausal ninja, I do sometimes say, " but that is rude/racist/sexist/funny. 👊🏻

People who stand right in front of empty seats or benches. Either sit on the bloody bench, or stand elsewhere

I don’t know why enrages me as much as it does, but it drives me mad.

Came back from holiday recently, my flight was delayed so was going to chill with my book. There were loads of empty seats - all with someone standing in front of them. I then got sworn at when I very politely asked someone if they were going to sit on the seat, if not could they shift over so I could.

Stop walking suddenly in front of you

Manipulate their kids friends to people you are friends with even though the kids liked other

Never let people talk about the not so great things about the school

Push other people out of a friendship group so you can be the best friend

Loud sneezing
Yes the spitting in the street

Tutor their kids but pretend they are naturally a genius

People who dominate someone’s event and make it about themselves by being loud and over the top.

People who talk very loudly.

People who laugh loudly in restaurants.

People who spit in the street 🤮

People who fart and then laugh.

scraping their fork loudly on their plate when eating.

People who burp loudly.

People who think it’s ok to give unsolicited criticism.

Snoring.

people who eat with their mouths open.

People who pick their nose.

People who lie.

People who gossip.

People who laugh at people’s misfortune.

People who like to tell you where they bought their clothes from because they think the label matters.

People who like to isolate others by pushing them out of groups.

People who send monologue texts and never ask any questions about you.

People who knock the door and if you don’t answer straight away start ringing your mobile.

People who brag.

People who look at their phones when walking, then walk into you.

People who put their bags on seats in busy trains.

People who spend ages smiling at their food and photographing it before they eat it.

Oh dear, that’s much longer than one thing, and I’m sure I can think of others!

Indecisiveness. If there's no clear benefit to one option over another, the result of the decision isn't that important, so just choose an option.

People who can't make a point succinctly. Make your point, give a brief explanation, let someone else have a chance to do the same.

Bolshy people who use phrases like "I just say it how it is".

No you say it how you think it is which isn't the same. The arrogance of people who believe their opinion is a god given fact astounds me.

Christ yes this. Fucking de facto seat joggers. If there’s room I just shimmy in behind them and sit down and they usually move off.

People who are oblivious and inconsiderate in general.

People who stick out their tongues on photos. So many people nowadays can't have their photo taken without their tongue hanging out their mouth like a Labrador, or the tip of it poking out like a spiteful child.

Judging by the lists here, and referring to your framed question, “the one thing” is “other people “.

My pet peeve is people who leave their bag on the seat next to them in a somewhat busy train or bus.
Absolutely fine in an empty train, but the etiquette should be that as soon as you see that the train is filling up, you move your bag to signal that the seat is up for grabs.
Not doing so just means "I don't care, someone else will do it"

That clicking noise that people make with their tongue when they are thinking about something, especially when you are on the phone to them therefore it is RIGHT IN MY FUCKING EAR.

Slapping and scraping across the floor in flip flops, I fucking hate flip flops, just grow up and wear some proper sandals.

Wear stupidly long false nails and spend all day trying to type with the pad of their fingers.

Cyclists who cycle on the road when the adjacent pavement is a designated cycle track.

More and more things annoy me as I get older.

Supermarket shopping - people who push their trolleys side by side up and down each aisle so nobody can get past
Also people who stop to chat in the supermarket, blocking the aisle or entrance, then when you politely say "Excuse me" they look at you crossly or mutter something under their breath

Bad drivers
Dog owners who don't clean up after them
Influencers
People who don't wait to hear the truth before they spread rumours

I could go on

People who suck the air through their teeth
( builders do it , but it's become a thing with everyone lately! lol )

When people say “I pay their/your wages”

Eee goes through me

Oh I definitely think this is annoying.

My teen said last night that she had sports day and "isn't the mountain goat she used to be" so your post made me think of this again.

I get annoyed by teens walking in long lines taking up the whole pavement. They look like Irish dance line ups.

When a person walking ahead of me on a narrow road, stops. Then as I start catching up to them to walk round them, they start again and then I'm stuck walking slowly behind them.

I'd suggest a game of patriarchy chicken - don't give men people the option of not moving.

"I confronted him/her". Seems unnecessarily aggressive to me. Challenge is better, or asked about.