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The type of person that p*sses you off (semi lighthearted)

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Ltroim · 12/02/2025 21:06

2 types of people that particularly annoy me

  1. people who will say hello/acknowledge you one minute and ignore you the next….we know each other, you know you know me and I know you, just say hello.
  2. people you have met before and chatted with (say in the workplace) who’ve asked you about yourself and then when you meet again they ask the same question and then the next time the same again…”oh how many kids have you and what age”…”5 year old twins”….a month later “oh you’ve kids what age?…”5 year old twins” and so on and so far. Not expecting you to remember every detail of my life but a significant enough fact like that would be good
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MarioSis · 13/02/2025 09:11

Virtue signallers especially white folks who tell me how victimised I am as a minority.
Minority people who are all about being a victim in everything.
The spineless people fuelling the above.

TulipCat · 13/02/2025 09:16

Work colleagues who deliberately make it difficult to arrange meetings with them because they think being permanently unavailable makes them look busy and important, when it actually makes them look inflexible and self-centred.

CryptoFascist · 13/02/2025 09:26

justanotherposterfrom · 12/02/2025 21:39

The kind of person who can walk up to two close friends, while they're obviously out together, and begin a conversation with one of them, who they know well enough to chat to, leaving the other completely left out.
No hello, no smile, not a glance at the other person, just completely monopolizing the person they're talking to while not even acknowledging the presence of the other at all.

THIS. This drives me up the wall. I find it happens all the time when I'm out with a male friend, other men who know him will just march up and start talking as if he's on his own.

Germanymunch · 13/02/2025 10:02

OliveThe0therReindeer · 12/02/2025 23:20

Fathers who look after their own children for 2/168 hours a week and expect help / support / admiration from everyone else around them as they announce loudly that they are “ babysitting for the wife “.

Men who arrive at the school 3 mins before the bell rings and park their bog pick up truck on the zig zags immediately outside the gate - you know, the ones that are there to stop kids getting killed. Or who park up on the pavement so mums / grans with buggies / wheelchair users have to go on the road.

The dads who expect to skip the queue of mums waiting to see the teacher at school parents’ evening because their time is so much more valuable.

Dads who attend school sports matches and scream and shout at their kid ( and others ) from the sidelines.

Parents who attend these excruciating school performances ( drama, orchestra , choir etc ) and sit and chat loudly through it all , until their child comes on and then clap very loudly and cheer and shout “ well done Jodie “. Then secretly record the performance ( in breach of safeguarding rules) and put it on Facebook / YouTube with the title “ Jodie performs in Blogstown High School show “. Then are amazed that the school know who to contact to ask them to take it down.

The dad and mum on Silent Witness did this last week and I tutted both times and wondered why none of the teachers or parents went ballistic at them. We used to have traffic wardens at our primary because of this!

Also with the slow drivers - I think a lot of ppl have black boxes in cars now to lower the ridiculous amounts of insurance nowadays - so I can imagine some newer drivers wanting to keep just below limits for that reason.

SchrodingersTwat2 · 13/02/2025 10:08

Anyone who presumes that I would also be religious.

SoapySponge · 13/02/2025 10:09

People who, uninvited, feel the need to give you their views on:

  1. religion
  2. the monarchy
  3. your diet.
Carnewb · 13/02/2025 11:59

Germanymunch · 13/02/2025 10:02

The dad and mum on Silent Witness did this last week and I tutted both times and wondered why none of the teachers or parents went ballistic at them. We used to have traffic wardens at our primary because of this!

Also with the slow drivers - I think a lot of ppl have black boxes in cars now to lower the ridiculous amounts of insurance nowadays - so I can imagine some newer drivers wanting to keep just below limits for that reason.

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Also with the slow drivers - I think a lot of ppl have black boxes in cars now to lower the ridiculous amounts of insurance nowadays - so I can imagine some newer drivers wanting to keep just below limits for that reason.

Yes, that's a factor, you also have your licence on probation as it were for the first 2 years, with 'only' 6 points instead of up to 12. Spent a lot of money and time passing my test, I'm not going to risk endorsing or losing it because someone else doesn't agree with the 20 or whatever limit.

Another driving one is blaming someone else for your dangerous decisions. Like someone driving just below the speed limit, or woe betide, taking into consideration the road conditions at the time, 'forces' someone else to overtake on a blind bend at the top of a hill and if they cause an accident then it's your fault. Erm no, you chose to overtake, it's your responsibility to do so safely.

MoonWoman69 · 13/02/2025 12:17

People who use the term "bore off" thinking they're being clever, when in fact, it makes me think the absolute opposite! Just makes them sound like petulant teenagers with nothing decent to input!

TulipCat · 13/02/2025 12:33

MoonWoman69 · 13/02/2025 12:17

People who use the term "bore off" thinking they're being clever, when in fact, it makes me think the absolute opposite! Just makes them sound like petulant teenagers with nothing decent to input!

To be fair, I have only ever encountered this phrase on MN, and it's used as an alternative to eff off to avoid deletion!

OneFineDay13 · 13/02/2025 12:55

lovingmememe · 13/02/2025 08:16

The bloody gas worker's piss me off this morning.
Its 8.16 am and they arrive to start work and mover the gas meter.
Well mr gas man i dont get out of bed till gone 9 at the earliest.
But this morning you bloody wake me.
Ive not been up this early in months.
Im livid.

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you sound quite entitled. Aren't you glad they just came at all to get the job done ? Workmen usually start quite early it's not there fault you don't get out of bed till 9

PoltergeistsStartLowKey · 13/02/2025 13:04

Drivers in traffic that leave a full car length or even more between them and the car in front or at a junction, a massive way back from the line.

Junctions were laid out to accommodate N number of cars before the lights change etc. Cars are also bigger than they used to be. This just disrupts traffic flow and there is no good reason why leaving these massive gaps are a good idea.

TulipCat · 13/02/2025 13:45

People who use "easy breezy" phrases like jump on a call, pop it in the oven, flick me over an email, grab a bite, hop on the train. Stop minimising everything!

Pascha · 13/02/2025 13:54

Unnecessarily cheerful, upbeat people who like to pull you into a big uncomfortable squishy hug every time you meet, and call you hun and her husband, babes. And then they find you on Facebook despite you having no mutual links there as you deliberately have no family as friends so you have to ignore the friends request every time it pops up...

TaranFollt · 13/02/2025 14:07

People who can dish it out, but can't take it back

ContactNightmare · 13/02/2025 14:16

Meanderthals

One uppers

Pass agg people

BurgundyZero · 13/02/2025 14:19

TaranFollt · 13/02/2025 14:07

People who can dish it out, but can't take it back

Oh, you mean Australians.

YessicaHaircut · 13/02/2025 14:30

People who are always late for meet ups, yet somehow manage to always be on time for work, or for appointments at the hairdresser.
People who cram loads of arrangements into their free time and then complain that they never see you. Well yes, if you were ever available when I asked, you’d see more of me!
I love my sister dearly but she is guilty of both of these things and it’s made me rather intolerant of them in other people.

lovingmememe · 13/02/2025 15:07

OneFineDay13 · 13/02/2025 12:55

you sound quite entitled. Aren't you glad they just came at all to get the job done ? Workmen usually start quite early it's not there fault you don't get out of bed till 9

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Im not entitled at all but i was having such a good dream.
I posted full story on another thread.

OverthinkingOlive · 13/02/2025 15:12

Fucking everyone

lovingmememe · 13/02/2025 15:13

OverthinkingOlive · 13/02/2025 15:12

Fucking everyone

Agree.

Deathraystare · 13/02/2025 15:15

Ltroim · 12/02/2025 21:06

2 types of people that particularly annoy me

  1. people who will say hello/acknowledge you one minute and ignore you the next….we know each other, you know you know me and I know you, just say hello.
  2. people you have met before and chatted with (say in the workplace) who’ve asked you about yourself and then when you meet again they ask the same question and then the next time the same again…”oh how many kids have you and what age”…”5 year old twins”….a month later “oh you’ve kids what age?…”5 year old twins” and so on and so far. Not expecting you to remember every detail of my life but a significant enough fact like that would be good

Your first post reminds me about an interview with a Finnish band who went to America. Now we know the Finnish are not exactly chatterboxes but they said that every time the American band passed them, they were like "Hey Guys!" and the Finns were like "We already said hi earlier this morning!"

TigerRag · 13/02/2025 15:16

SoapySponge · 13/02/2025 10:09

People who, uninvited, feel the need to give you their views on:

  1. religion
  2. the monarchy
  3. your diet.

People who give unsolicited opinions on my health even though it's clear they have no idea what they're really talking about

The person who comments on everything even to inform me "I have no idea what you're talking about". Helpful

DazedAndConfused321 · 13/02/2025 15:28

Women who act manly. I'm not talking about butch/masc lesbians, or trans people. Just cos straight woman who act like 'one of the lads' and make it their entire personality.

Recently had to spend time with one at a wedding where she wore dr martens and challenged men at the bar to arm wrestle. Classy!

AddictedToBooks · 13/02/2025 15:51

Ultra hysterical people who over-react to the slightest thing.

People who constantly moan - I often feel like just shouting "Mood Sponge!" at the top of my voice.

People who are deliberately rude.

People who act like young children when they're actually adults.

People who "hate" for hating's sake.

People who post continuous pity/racist/unfunny but they think it's funny posts on social media and then get extremely angry when they don't get the reaction they want.

People who fart in lifts!!!

RanchRat · 13/02/2025 15:55

Queen bees. Just fuck off you buzzing fools.

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