Inconsequential things people say that ^really^ disproportionately and irrationally piss you off.

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My mum jokingly calls me a "tight arse" and it really, really makes me want to throw things. I'm not a tight arse. I love Iceland Food Warehouse. I love charity shops. I love Savers. I love vinted. I love a bargain. None of this makes me a tight arse.

Another one is concerning my home office which is in a converted outhouse in my garden. It make me absolutely murderous when people ask "Isn't it cold?" like I didn't employ a professional builder, didn't get it fully insulated, didn't get good heating installed.

Both of these things happened today. And my period unexpectedly arrived. I want to throw things and hurt people.

Tell me what other completely inane, inconsequential things people say that make you want to throw things and hurt people.

To the just a joke, I like ' be funnier then" response

Yes I know it's a totally normal way to ask questions, but all MN topics starting with 'Has anybody...' and ending with something mundane. No, Sandra, nobody has ever been to Paris or got a beige carpet.

"You look well", when we all know that's code for, "Fuck me, you've put on weight!".

The 'Tourettes' people probably also describe themselves / others as 'a bit autistic' 😡

The coffee machine setting up post made me laugh a lot, but I fully understand the murderous impulses. I would be the same

I have a friend like this. She does this weird misery flex about everything

It really annoys DP but I just find it absolutely fascinating. I honestly don't understand how you can go through life always erring on the side of misery.

@Factchecking7

Here we go, picking a fight already.

He wasn't annoyed he was sneering as attested by the others afterwards.

My mother always asks my husband if he's going for a nap when he doesn't come out with us.

He's self employed and works from home.

And she asks every time.

'Can you just...' as a way to minimise a request to do something that they can't be arsed to do themselves, or don't have the skills to do themselves and will be inconvenient, time-consuming and often difficult for you to do. Doubly irritating when it's 'Can you just quickly...' when the request is something that will take ages

Closely linked to 'Couldn't you just...'. I find this is only every used when either you are encountering a serious problem and would clearly have considered all the obvious solutions or when you have said you can't do something for the other person because you have to do something else.

‘My child IS ASD’

NO THEY ARE NOT!

I am autistic and every time I see the above phrase written down / said I want to cry. I hate it so much.

Your child IS AUTISTIC . They HAVE ASD .

No child IS ASD .

Mine is when people describe my business as a "little business"

Like I haven't spend 25 bloody years in my industry training, employing and dealing with clients daily.

But because I'm female and because I work remotely it's a "little" business.

Nobody in my living years has ever refereed to a male run company as a "little business"

Also very specific to my industry we get asked to design a "little logo" like it's going to cost less 🤣 or a "quick website" also cheaper.

Anyone who starts a sentence with ‘listen’ loses my attention at that exact point.

Someone offers cake, biscuits, chocolates etc at work

Cue a chorus of 'oh I mustn't/ oh I can't / oh I'm trying to be good / oh I've been so naughty / how many calories do you think are in this?'

Oh DEAR GOD. Eat it or don't, but please stop all the performative fannying around!

When people who I see once in a blue moon (eg family) make suggestions about my parenting.

Just… yes I know how to get them dressed for bed / to eat their meal / to put their shoes on thank you, I do this every bloody day.

So often I’m talked to like I’ve never done it before in my life, despite it being my child.

Oh also people rolling their eyes at anything modern parenting related, ‘oh we didn’t have that in the 80s’ - yes well it’s 2024 now, so what you did 40 years ago is irrelevant really.

People having a “ cheeky” something - why does it have to be cheeky?

My parents have moved into the ‘eat like a bird’ part of old age, and do this every time any food is consumed.

‘oh I feel like I just ate, I’ll share a soup with someone. Gosh can you eat a whole roast dinner, I normally don’t have dinner every day’ etc.

@Lottapianos The 'Tourettes' people probably also describe themselves / others as 'a bit autistic' 😡

Yes! And always, always OCD ."Oh I've got a touch of OCD" usually said with a laugh or a note of pride. Actually, no you have not so please stop wishing horrible and debilitating conditions onto yourself just to make yourself sound more interesting.

Came on specifically to say this. All you are doing is being rude. I used to work with someone who did this persistently and it pissed me right off. It's You Look Shite dressed up as concern. I met up with her at Christmas and she said it again

Any unsolicited comment like You Look Miserable Love Cheer Up, can also Fuck Off

’if you’re making one’

When I offer someone a cup of tea or coffee who has just arrived in my home.

Im only making one for you, otherwise I won’t be. Just say yes, that would be lovely or something similar to show you’re appreciative.

"I also don’t appreciate an otherwise wonderful friend who’ll say stuff like “Don’t worry!” when I’m not worried"

I have a relative who does this all the time. It makes me want to punch him in the face. I'm not worried, I am just talking about a specific issue. It is so dismissive, closed down the conversation and implies that he is as serene as Buddha and can cope with anything (which history tells us is not the case) and I'm a quivering wreck (which history also tells us is not the case).

Similar to @Beenaboutabit "if you want" drives me up the wall.

Me: "Is spaghetti ok for tea tonight?".
Response: "If you want".

I want to scream JUST SAY YES. Or no, actually could we have X instead? It's not difficult.

Me too! Tourette's is no joke and comes in many forms 😡

I have been doing really well in January with home workouts. I quit the gym and much prefer working out alone. DH comes in and critises my squat technique, tells me he's just being helpful and then performs a demonstration.
My technique isn't bad, but I did have a terrible headache but tried to power through and show up for myself.
I wanted to murder him, but settled for telling him to F Off!

Weird, people I hadn't seen for ages said that to me after losing 4 stone.

"Everyone is on the spectrum somewhere..."

Yes, if you have ASD you are on the spectrum, but just because you like to wear soft socks, have an interest in dinosaurs and have your pens lined up really does not make you somewhere "on the spectrum".

My DH does this regularly. He cannot do any housework without pointing it out to me even when I've been at home to see him do it!