(lighthearted) petty things that make you judge a person

[witchycat2]

People who don't like any hot drinks. A hot drink for me is the ultimate comfort. Someone told me they don't like them because they don't want to have to wait for their drink to cool down if they let thirsty. Who drinks a hot drink due to thirst?!

People who say they don't like water. How? You need water to survive. Not liking water is like not liking oxygen. And when you're dehydrated there's nothing like water.

Personalised number plates. What a waste of money and why would you want to be recognisable when driving.

People who say they like animals more than they like humans and concern themselves more about cruelty to animals than child poverty.

What on earth do you drink then, as every drink in the world has some water in it ? Beer, fizzy pop, energy drinks etc all have water in them.

Well of course if it’s used at the beginning of a word it is pronounced. But as a letter, isolated I should think it’s always ‘aitch’.

BBC: So too is there a mystery as to why certain pronunciations cause such strong feeling. Take the eighth letter of the alphabet, pronounce it haitch and then look for the slightly agonised look in some people's eyes.
One suggestion is that it touches on a long anxiety in English over the letter aitch. In the 19th Century, it was normal to pronounce hospital, hotel and herb without the h. Nowadays "aitch anxiety" has led to all of them acquiring a new sound, a beautifully articulated aitch at the beginning. America has perhaps hung on to its aitchless herb because it has less class anxiety attached to pronunciations

Another one...saying BBC reminded me, when the news readers say advertise...ment the American way rather than advertisement the British way (not sure how to phonetically spell it out, but if you know.....)

Come on - you know very well she’s saying she doesn’t drink plain water; not literally no liquid at all 🙄

Well of course if it’s used at the beginning of a word it is pronounced. But as a letter, isolated I should think it’s always ‘aitch’.

Only it’s not, @Sasskitty.

I’m in Ireland and it’s said as haitch (the letter name that is).
Haitch is the name that’s taught in schools here.

The pronunciation of the letter was (is?) a shibboleth in NI.

It’s definitely not always aitch, that’s a misunderstanding on your part.

They were my mum's too, we had them in our house every few weeks for my entire childhood. Tthe ones you get these days smell nowhere near as strong as they used to, and some of the colours have practically no scent at all. It's like plant breeders have spent the last 40 years improving the colour, length of stem and how long they will last as cut flowers, but have prioritised those at the expense of the scent.

People who just others for sweet fuck all.

Where do I start……

People who listen to videos on their phones on loud speaker (and are so ill mannered and self entitled that they think everyone else should as well).

People who do phone calls on loud speaker carrying their phone like a ‘Kardashian’ or they think they are on the apprentice. WTF is this about? Have these people not released you can put the phone up-to your ear?

Anyone over the age of 11 calling parents ‘mummy’ or ‘daddy’. My SC do it (16 & 19) and it makes my teeth itch.

Ridiculously long false finger nails.

People who don’t say please or thank you. I pity their kid who aren’t learning from their parents.

People who stop litter.

Massive ridiculous false eyelashes.

Pumped up lips / lip fillers. It just looks ridiculous.

I could go on for hours….

I don't mind a bit of chocolate now and again but I'm not blown away by it.

Haitch.

I am not, however, lighthearted about this. And i am plotting your downfall.

Dog or Cat haters.
People who drink decaf coffee all the time.
Unhealthy people be that smokers, vapers, obese people, alcoholics etc

My (late) MIL said she didn't like ANY animals apart from ones she could eat. She was a nasty old sod.

Good luck with that! 😂

People who say mammy instead of mum/mummy or mom/mommy.

People who say 'ketchup' if they're not American. Whatever happened to saying tomato sauce? Oh and don't get started on 'catsup'. It sounds like they are juice or oil of a cat.

People who hate cats. Dislike is one thing, but 'hate'?

@witchycat2 you just reminded me, the phrase second hand embarrassment!

People who say mammy instead of mum/mummy or mom/mommy.

Okay, but why @IdylicDay?

It just sounds ridiculous. It also reminds me of Al Jolson when he did blackface and was in boot polish did a song about mahhhhhhmy (rhyming with hammy)! It makes me think of blackface every single time.

Not lighthearted and not a petty thing but my Judgey Pants get hoiked right up when people walk along with their phones , reading and scrolling while they walk at speed , assuming that everyone else will move for them .
Sometimes they glance up .

If I am walking and someone is doing this I will not move for them . (Unless the other person is visually impaired in which case they won;t be engaging in this act)

I will walk in my straight line then when they look up with that shock "Ahh there are other people" I will say "Look where you are going will you"
Sometimes (depending on my mood) with a swear in there .

Anti social behaviour - whatever is on your phone that you have to look at does not over ride everyone else in their right to walk the pavement safely .
The phone user can stop safely and stand a while .
It is not my job to keep them safe .

<Breathe>

What? It's ketchup. It's always been ketchup.

Okay, I see, that’s interesting.
Where I live in Ireland Mammy is more or less the standard name children use for their mother.

People with annoying laughs. I once fancied a man until I heard him laugh. Instant turn-off. He was handsome, charming and respectable but his laugh sounded like a deranged hyena.

People who say "we was" instead of "we were". I can hardly listen to Rob Beckett because of this.

People tutting in supermarket queues because it isn't moving as fast as they'd like and trying to make eye contact for validation.

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