(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.

Signal to move briskly on!

Until last year I was an adult who didn't drive. The whole idea just terrified me but I finally had to learn because I was going to need to travel 22km each way for a work experience placement and I wasn't going to do that by bike. Now I laugh at myself a bit for the fear I felt before but it does make me understand why others don't. It still took me a year of driving before I finally stopped feeling really anxious every time I got in the car.

People who live in cities and towns and drive mahoosive SUVs
Noisy people - the ones who you can hear before you see them. They are a nightmare in shared offices.
Cylists who fly along shared paths and ding their little bells as an instruction for others using the path to get off it or press themselves right into the side

People who give their kids chavvy names - sorry l know l sound like Katue Hopkins but it's how l feel.

People who say things like “people don’t like me because I’m honest”.

Women who claim to not get on with other women.

People who sneer at other people’s style choices (whether it’s a Barbour jacket and clothes from Boden or laminated brows and acrylic nails, it’s literally none of your business.)

People who expect me to enjoy the presence of their dog in public places because he’s “friendly”. (I’m not. Go away.)

People who use hazard light instead of indicators when parking. Who taught you to drive?!

Parents who plonk tablets in front of their kids as soon as they sit down.

Cab drivers who just stop right in the middle of the road to wait for their passengers.

People who grew up in multicultural areas and attended multicultural schools but only have white friends.

Drinking water straight from the 2L bottle (I don’t know why this one gives me the rage.)

The phrase “gives me the rage” even though I just said it. So I’m judging myself right now.

People playing films/music/videos without headphones on public transport

Cyclists who don't ring their bells! Especially now there are so many electric bikes in London. I don't have eyes in the back of my head and you're not making any noise as you whizz along. FFS let me know you're there so I don't walk into your path!

All of these!

People who assume, (prejudge), that everyone else is racist, sexist, classist, or otherwise prejudiced before they've said anything at all but are proud in the knowledge that they themselves can't possibly be any of those things.

This is my son (17) 😂
He's autistic and can't stand the sensation of trousers so it's shorts all year round, snow ice, rain....

People who judge people for their completely normal likes and dislikes and the way they live their lives.

People who have more cars than people in their household and take up parking spaces on the road with vehicles that never move. Why do you need three cars when there's only two of you?

Really selfish and inconsiderate.

People who constantly say "Know what I mean?" Or "Ya know". After Every. Single. Sentence!
People who put ketchup on roast dinners.
Turkey teeth, they look so false and ridiculous, as much as false lashes and lip fillers do.
People who don't know how to use a roundabout and just sit there when it's their right of way.
People who detest animals.
Anyone who dresses their pet up.
People who don't get their cats neutered.
I could go on. But I'll stop there. For now 🤣

People who swear as punctuation - especially when talking to/in front of children.

Every other word begins with F - if you could imagine them doing the same with the word 'sausage' or 'cauliflower', it would be plain as day how ridiculously stupid they sound every time they open their mouth.

Also, parents who cannot ever talk to their children, but instead shout at them constantly by default. Not talking about occasions when they're being naughty or deliberately not listening; just screaming at them to communicate every single mundane thing to them. How long would you last in a workplace if you treated your adult colleagues in a similarly abusive manner?

I had to say I don't like chocolate during the Christmas period at work, when we were being given boxes left, right and centre.

Yes, a few people questioned me.

But the alternative was 'I abstain from chocolate and sweet things, because I'm in recovery from a life long eating disorder, and if I have just one tiny, tasty, mini snickers, I'm back to square one'.

And that would likely dampen the mood.

Oh and random loudmouthed people who are having conversations with the people they're with, but stare at you while talking to them, in the hopes you'll want to be included in the "banter". No thanks, I don't.

I was about to write this! It’s so attention seeking, they’re desperate for someone to comment so they can be all macho and say ‘oh I don’t feel the cold’.

Grow up and wear some trousers.

I also judge anyone who drinks energy drinks and uses excessive amounts of ketchup.

Extroverts who don't understand that introverts are not them - and insistently ¹assume that there must be something wrong with us that we desperately need their help to 'cure'.

Totally agree about hot drinks. I had a friend who only drank orange squash. In the dead of winter she’d get in to work at 6am for a tough shift and have an orange squash. I couldn’t function in the morning without a tea or coffee.

Same with taking the Christmas tree down early. Calm down!

Getting pets without thinking and then rehome them the moment they realise they are inconvenient.
Having their children christened but not setting foot in a church at any other time.
Being desperate to get their children to do the next "grown up" thing even if unwise or unsafe (front facing toddlers in car seats, trainers for non walking babies) without good reason.
Piercing ears on babies and toddlers, yuck.
Not tipping/complaining about everything to get money off bill/being rude generally to servers and admin staff.
Not learning to drive if no medical reason and if lifestyle requires it (i.e. begging for lifts to get kids to rural school, activities etc.)
Anti vaxxers.
Having Yorkshire puddings with roast dinners other than beef. I know they are nice but it's WRONG.
Wearing puffer coats especially the full length ones. Why do you want to look like a hot water tank?
Not recycling.
Ineffective parenting (sometimes dressed up as gentle parenting which I'm aware is somewhat different).
Blaming lazy selfish behaviour on being "tired from work" (usually men) or hormones (usually women).
Overly filled lips, fake tan and dustpan-and-brush style eyelashes - sorry to say makes me think "common and thick as pigshit". (I've nothing against more subtle enhancements.)
Christmas tree up before December and down before New Year.

Most of those weren't lighthearted, sorry.

Wait, what about lunch? I always thought dinner and supper were the same thing, i.e. last meal before bed, while tea was some kind of mid-afternoon snack time, like eating treats/biccies/cake etc while watching doctor who or something.
In our house though it was just breakfast, lunch and dinner with no other names, so I guess I was never clear on what supper and tea really meant!

Otherwise I agree with all those in your second para. Will also add:

People who talk, laugh and chatter loudly and continuously through watching film or tv shows - and you end up feeling rude not engaging back with them, even though all you want is for them to shut the f up so you can hear the show...

Fake eyelashes and inflated filler lips, along with their fake sense of superiority over those that don't have that look

That Beige everything look on socials - beige bag, beige phone case, beige clothes, beige nails, (along with the fake eyelashes) all trying to look classy but it's ultimately the easy way imo out for people who have no real style of their own (I know, meoww!)

People who bump into you in the streets and don't even turn around or try to apologise

People with buggies in shop queues who are completely unaware that their buggy is right up against the person in front, so if they step back they end up falling on the buggy. And then they blame the person for falling! I've seen this happen twice in shops and for some reason no-one clocks that the parents were the ones that caused it to happen!

People with buggies and tons of kids around them hogging the entire pavement while everyone has to move out of their way, and not even acknowledging it.

People who let their kids walk in your way and never call them back or even tell them to mind other people. My dad always told me to mind other people when i was little, just to be polite, or even just to not get hurt by others, but I've never heard a single person ever say this to their kids when they get in your way. It's like they don't care enough if their kid gets pushed or knocked over by someone (not me, I'd never do that lol, but others might!)

People who think it's ok to drill questions at you continuously in public about your allergies and intolerances, and make a big thing of it when all you want them to do is just get the picture and shut the f up.

People that post every last fart on social media. It really cranks up this time of year ‘panto time!’ ‘Meeting the big man!’ ‘Prosecco O’clock!’ ‘Blowing away the cobwebs’ accompanied by a picture of auntie Sandra and little Jack in muddy field.

Give me strength.

To many of us in the North and Midlands of England, lunch just isn't actually a thing.

You get up and have your breakfast; at midday-ish, you have your dinner; in the evening, you have your tea; then if you're still hungry before bed, maybe a little supper.

A lot of people - southerners especially - simply cannot grasp that our regional variations are not actually wrong; just different from what they call their mealtimes - exactly like French people are not 'wrong' for saying Bonjour instead of Hello!

Me and you would get on. I agree with all of them.

These threads. Always so depressingly miserable!