Things that irritate you irrationally

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People who use their phones in the cinema

When links to websites don't work

When companies only have email addresses and then no one responds to your email

When videos on tiktok or Instagram are dragged out over 5 videos when one would suffice

How service station drinks are 3 times the price!

I can add a new one to the list! I have just wrapped DH's birthday presents, one that I bought a few weeks ago had the security tag left on it, one of those ones that's got ink in it. I've just had to resort to shoplifter tactics to remove it as said shop is 100 miles away. It clearly doesn't work as no alarms went off on my way out so why bother putting them on!

Toilet doors with broken locks in pubs/restaurants/cinemas. The bigger the chain the stronger my rage; it takes five minutes and a trip to B&Q ffs

When my cats have the audacity to use the litter tray 10 seconds after I've emptied, cleaned & refilled it. Fuck off with your bodily functions.

Whistling. It literally pains me.

Oh, and the clicking sound of my husband cutting his nails.

Whistling is awful.
Also went into town today and saw about 5 different people spitting. Its disgusting why do it? Its especially disgusting when accompanied with sound effects.
People walking slowly in front of you.
Any mouth noise.

I read about misophonia the other day and it really made sense to me.

Anyone who deliberately prolongs any conversation about protein.

Colleagues who start every teams message with "Hi" then ghost until you chase to see what they want 🤦🏻‍♀️

That’s a completely rational irritation, @festivemouse, along with people who press Return after every sentence so you keep starting to reply & then realise they haven’t finished.

I usually wait at least half an hour before replying to messages of both kinds.

sniffy twats on trains

dawdlers or people walking 3 or 4 abreast on the street

drunken teenagers

whistlers grrrrr

Ocado deliveries at 10pm or early in the morning at the weekend - right outside my window

the itv x tune - arghhhh

The way my DH scrapes and scrapes his bowl when finishing a dessert , does it slowly over and over.

I'm gritting my teeth just now thinking about it .

Ooooh! Did your husband eat the special Christmas cheese and drink his special Christmas drink before Christmas Day, by any chance? 😁

Oh, that walking behind... DH and I have a code word for when someone's doing this so we can stop and pretend to look at something while they go past. It feels like they may be trying to go in your pockets so is not just annoying but unnerving.

On MN:

• people who can't help mentioning that their dog is a rescue dog even if it has nothing to do with what they're saying.
• likewise, people who need everyone to know that they live in an "affluent area" even if the question was about bathroom sealant, the rave scene in the 90s or Googlebox.
• any post that starts with "presumably" followed by some faux-naif statement.

In real life:

• People who stay ages in public toilets. I don't get what they do that takes so long.
• when people say "oh you should watch that series you'll love it" YOU HAVE NO IDEA and its actually the best way for me to actively want to hate it.
• Teenage boys with balaclavas who just want to intimidate people.

It triggers them. It's like when I wander into the bathroom for something else then find myself absent-mindedly sitting on the toilet, kecks down, when I didn't even want to go...

• Using the word 'guys' to refer to a mixed sex group of people
• Gift bags
• When people only half fill a mug of tea
• Losing my dressing gown cord
• Dropping my mascara on the carpet
• Cats getting under my feet
• When people reply to an email or text and don't refer to your email or reply to any of your questions
• When I forget to put the bin out
• When my children don't brush their teeth
• When they put your teabag on the SIDE of your cup of mug in a cafe. It feels like an actual emergency to get it into the hot water.

I enjoyed that. Thanks OP.

People talking over the top of me (or anyone else) and not letting people finish their sentence

People that complain to me, when family members visit them and are then on their phone watching videos for the whole visit, but then think it's ok to do the same when they visit me!
People who complain about mess, but are the ones who make most of it!
Drivers constantly riding the brakes down a hill, just change fucking gear!
Also drivers that don't know the bite point of their car and roll back! If you can't get it, just put the handbrake on ffs!
Dog walkers with extendable leads who have it on max so the dog is too far away and the lead is stretched across the path!
People going "out" of the "in" barriers in supermarkets! Yes, spritely old lady in Tescos, dancing about in front of me with your walker, when I was trying to get in this morning! I'm talking to you!

More …. People who spit in the street and people who throw their rubbish out of car windows.

Loud ticking clocks. GAAHHH!

Chewing sounds. ARGGGHHH!

Being called 'Hun'. I don't mind 'Honey'

People queuing for a free coffee in Waitrose. It’s a perk, whatever, I get it, but fuck me, are people really that desperate?

Sliders. Especially if worn with socks. Flip-flops are fine, sandals are fine, but sliders can absolutely fuck off.

I’d never say anything about either in real life.

I’d add people saying the same thing twice in successive breaths, but that’s not remotely irrational.

Married people who say 'date night'

<vomits everywhere>

Passengers sitting in front of you when you're on a plane and they recline their seat so there's no room. Because I hate it, I don't recline my seat as it's not nice for the people sitting behind me. So I sit on a long flight all crunched up! I'm tall so it doesn't help.... and too considerate for my own good!

rude emails .. such as ‘am I missing something here ?’ Honestly the cheek of folk.
also the emails that address you by name immediately without a hi/hello, just ‘Jane’. F off.
also on social media ‘let me introduce myself, here is a photo I took’ . Go away 🤣