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Aspecialplaceinhell · 13/09/2024 10:30

Whose clever idea was it to put stickers on greetings cards?! Not the easy pull off ones but the ones that leave some of the sticker behind. I know very first world problems.

Anybody want to put anything into the black hole of hell?

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AnchorWHAT · 13/09/2024 10:51

The new bottle tops that have me hurting my hands every time i open a bottle of fizzy water

Elderflower14 · 13/09/2024 11:29

Yes the bottles where the lid won't come all the way off and just hang there and then get in the way when you tip the bottle up.

suburburban · 13/09/2024 11:30

Those packs of fish and ready meals with pull back plastic tabs that never seem to work

DoreenonTill8 · 13/09/2024 11:30

Yep and these bloody bottles never close fully so leak!

RuggedHairyTortoise · 13/09/2024 11:33

People who don't indicate at roundabouts so you don't know if you have to give way or not.

(you know, when everyone is trying to give way to the right, but you don't know if the person is turning left, going straight ahead or turning right and we all sit there like plums waiting for something to happen).

sleepwouldbenice · 13/09/2024 11:51

AnchorWHAT · 13/09/2024 10:51

The new bottle tops that have me hurting my hands every time i open a bottle of fizzy water

I didn't know they were new, I just thought it was me 🙄

Aspecialplaceinhell · 13/09/2024 12:05

RuggedHairyTortoise · 13/09/2024 11:33

People who don't indicate at roundabouts so you don't know if you have to give way or not.

(you know, when everyone is trying to give way to the right, but you don't know if the person is turning left, going straight ahead or turning right and we all sit there like plums waiting for something to happen).

Edited

Oh this too!!

Also people who don't acknowledge you letting them out.

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Ohmycarrots · 13/09/2024 12:09

Morrisons cereals.

For some reason I manage to split the plastic inner bag right down the middle every time I open one!

Itneverrainsinsocal · 13/09/2024 12:21

Elderflower14 · 13/09/2024 11:29

Yes the bottles where the lid won't come all the way off and just hang there and then get in the way when you tip the bottle up.

I had one by my bed and thought I was taking a sip from the bottle but it was actually the lid which was attached to the bottle.. so water went all over me in the middle of the night!

SedentaryCat · 13/09/2024 12:23

Aspecialplaceinhell · 13/09/2024 12:05

Oh this too!!

Also people who don't acknowledge you letting them out.

Or those who think it's their divine right to just barge out in front of you.

Spiderey · 13/09/2024 12:29

Delivery drivers who leave parcels on your doorstep. Or in your wheelie bin.

While you're away on holiday for 2 weeks 😡

Rennovating4Eva · 13/09/2024 12:35

The twat who had pulled up in a large van in the middle of the carpark this morning. He sat there blocking the aisle, watched me to a 20 point turn so that I could go back the other way, then bloody drove off straight afterwards. Nob.

Newsenmum · 13/09/2024 12:36

Packaging on scissors which you can only open with… scissors.

And all the crap packaging that can’t be recycled.

Newsenmum · 13/09/2024 12:37

Cheap cling film.

Ineedaholidayagain · 13/09/2024 12:39

People who either can't reverse, don't know how single track roads work or can't look behind them. I live on a single track road so it's a daily issue for me but I'm a really good reverser now.

Xiaoxiong · 13/09/2024 12:39

Feta cheese packets that don't peel open, even though it has a corner that says "open here". It's fine with something like parmesan that's dry so you can cut into the packet cleanly, but feta is wet and when you have to slice into the packet with a knife and you get salty feta water all over the place!

I know this is the most middle class of middle class problems but it still infuriates me.

MrsSkylerWhite · 13/09/2024 12:41

Cat food pouches “in gravy”. Bloody impossible to get the food out without getting it all over your hands. Which continue to smell after washing.

lcakethereforeIam · 13/09/2024 12:46

Heinz tins that don't stack!

tobee · 13/09/2024 12:48

Ohmycarrots · 13/09/2024 12:09

Morrisons cereals.

For some reason I manage to split the plastic inner bag right down the middle every time I open one!

Yes! So many things do this, rice and pasta are particularly annoying and the contents go everywhere.

Also "resealable" packets of things that you have to press carefully together but still pop open no matter how many times you press carefully! Angry

Badlands1 · 13/09/2024 12:49

Sub par wifi - you need to send one quick email and spend hours joining and rejoining!

Hydrangea58 · 13/09/2024 12:49

Zips that catch in the lining of your jacket so that you can't open or close them.

tobee · 13/09/2024 12:50

Oh but thank god you don't buy (or rarely) CDs anymore! Trying to open the cellophane was extremely difficult and then the hard case would break apart immediately.

MonsteraMama · 13/09/2024 12:51

People who stop dead in doorways to look at their phone or faff with their bag, or stop for a chat in the doorway of a busy supermarket, or across the aisle of the same supermarket.

If ever you read a story about some mad woman banned from Tesco for rugby tackling another patron, that'll be me.

MamaBobo · 13/09/2024 12:54

The huge wodge of jaggy labels inside M&S clothes. If you leave them they are really uncomfortable and often show through the garment. If you try and cut the blasted things out you either leave a number of very scratchy ends that make the thing unwearable or you try and get in closer and cut the seam. Drives me up the wall….just why ffs!!

tobee · 13/09/2024 12:54

Knives that go blunt and pans that are no longer non stick (probably my fault to be fair). Dishwasher safe things that aren't and split.

Aerosol nozzles that stop working after a couple of goes.

Handwash or shampoo or similar that you have to twist a certain way (a random way) to open the push down thing that should squirt out the contents.

I could go on & on & on!!