Small but massively irritating things people do in public

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I'll qualify this by saying I'm autistic and have misophonia so am probably more easily wound up than the average person!

Right now I'm sat in a hospital outpatient department waiting for my orthopaedic appointment and the others in the waiting area are driving me nuts!

One seat over- Youngish (late 20s) female who has huge, pointy, fake nails on and is using the ends to tap her phone screen - ARGHHHH! She's also sniffing A LOT.

One seat further from her - middle aged lady (wearing gorgeous knee high boots) who has the touch tones switched on on her phone - that awful bubbling noise at high volume - ARGGHHHH!

Other side of the room - 30s ish lady who is getting almost constant messaging alerts (again, volume is UP) on her phone - ARRRRRRRGHHHHH! She's also foot tapping like crazy.

Reading this back, the main issue seems to be bloody phones though!

Tell me your stories of things you didn't murder people in public for (but could've claimed justifiable homicide if you had). Make me feel like less of an evil cow 🙈

People having loud but mundane conversations on the phone in places where you are forced to listen along to their drivel, ie, on the bus or in a queue.

It's definitely a me problem, but the inability of some people to get through their day without discussing their every thought and/or action with someone else on the phone makes my toes curl in embarrassment.

I agree with you on every one of the phone noise complaints. I would make having any sounds on phones, other than vibrate, a criminal offence. Punishable by a lengthy prison sentence 😁

People seem to think that if they are 2 or 3 together that the 1 person should have to let them by rather than them not hogging the pavement and 1 of them dropping back.

Not using headphones

This is a prissy one but when people on multi-use paths don't adhere to the keep-to-the-left sensibility when passing others. Whether you're walking, running or cycling or even on a mobility scooter or using a wheelchair, we can all get by safely and with minimal fuss when you keep to the left when someone else is passing.

As cyclist (yup) I slow right down on approaching others and give plenty of warning from further back. I am prepared to halt entirely. Still they wander right over the path into mine then glare at me.

If there are bikes on the sign we are allowed (and should be expected) to be there. Get with the programme.

Yes yes to people with loud and pervasive voices. Especially if you’re out for a meal.

Thought if 2 more.

This used to happen on primary school run, which I've not done in many years now, but parents who let their kids on scooters go haring ahead and the scooter crashes into the back of your ankle. Kids riding scooters in shops is the worst though.

When you are driving, and cars are double parked and a car coming the opposite direction thinks it should keep barging straight ahead without dropping its speed. And you have to pull over into an awkward gap. It's usually men in big extension of their penis cars that do this.

@pictoosh I can go one better- insisting on walking on the left of a path with clearly marked sides for cycles and pedestrians.

Oh yes!
The people sat in their cars with the engine running and - at night-full beam headlights blinding you as you drive or walk by 🤬
Someone near me has taken to sitting in their SUV every night, streaming stuff on their phone doing all of the above.

I am surprised at how incandescent this makes me 😂

I could even hear his bloody engine ticking over from my back bedroom the other night - a good 500 yards away from his spot at the front.
Utter Bellend.

To add: also those people who think that dinging my bike bell means GET OUT OF MY WAY. It doesn't...I am letting you know I am there so that you are aware of me and won't get a fright when I come up from behind you, as well as to give you time to move and/or call your dog or children, for which I will give a cheerful 'thank you'.
I'm being considerate, straighten your face out.

People on the train watching something without headphones. Sooo irritating. Hard to concentrate on what you’re doing.
also seems to always have lots of swearing/rude storylines, do people have no shame 😂 especially when children are in the carriage

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g whoever invented "gentle reminders" was the most passive aggressive twat EVER. And the people who send them think they are "being kind"... just be kind and presume I will deliver what I have promised when I promised like I do every other time. GRRRR

I stand sideways, plant my feet far apart, put my hands on my hips and kind of sway back and forth. If I can feel your breath on my neck you’re standing too close!

Cars that drive at snail speed.
Snoring - my DH is driving me to despair 😩
People that talk non stop.

Yes I get annoyed when people won't go single file, but also when they ostentatiously give me way more space than is needed.

A related one is when there are double doors and people only open one door and wait for you, instead of using the (unlocked) other door and coming through themselves. Two doors = room for both directions.

People who park on pavements.

People who take dogs or buggies down very narrow alleyways.

A cheerful good morning will do to start. If I don't hear you, then you can start ringing your bell imperiously at me and only if there's no room for you to get past. It's really irritating when cyclists ding their bells about half a mile back on a wide path.

(I do keep left on paths)

And in what world is it ok to take scooters and bikes into supermarkets?

Also people who beep all the time. If there's a traffic jam the people in front of you can't make it magickly disappear.

The sound of texting and the sound when each messaged sends. I wonder why people don't turn it off.

Can we all get together and buy an island to exclude everyone but us?

May I add darlings, people who walk their dogs but never pick up or do and leave the stinky bag by the bin, on a tree or thrown into a hedge. Absolutely disgusting. How can they think this is acceptable.

Today I was driving home, could see signs for traffic lights ahead. I was in a queue. Driver behind blocked access to a road then gestured me to move forward. I couldn't as a motorcyclist was in front. She was in a BM W, yawn. Then started to overtake the queue and realised there were traffic lights. Or what, we just liked to queue? FFS. Drivers like this, no regard for others, drive without due care and attention, total fuckwits. Solution please.

idiotic whooooooo noise like a moronic American instead of cheering

Punishable by imprisonment when I rule the world.
There was a woman shrieking that bloody noise down my ear at a gig last week.
I wanted to punch her.

Spitting.
Snorting snot out snot

Coughing and sneezing without catching it

Spitting in the street, vaping, listening to videos or music on loudspeaker on phones in public places. People who have loud , overbearing voices. People who brush their hair or apply make up in public.

People who stop at the tops of escalators or stairs. Or immediately upon entering a shop doorway. WHY?
People who walk two or three abreast but also, always, at the lowest possible speed known to humankind.
People who decide to open their car doors and bend double into the car looking for something when they know full well you’re trying to park in the adjacent space.
People who act surprised after queuing at a till or bus that they need their card or ticket and start faffing.
People who wear beige skintight athleisure clothes so they look naked unless up close. I accept that one’s a bit niche.

Sniffing and all associated noises around that. There’s no excuse for anyone to sniff over the age of 5 and even that’s pushing it.
People who try to walk through you.
People who stop suddenly with no regard to those around them.
Sorry, but I can’t bear the sound of tantrums and screaming kids but not in a judgy was as we’ve all been there, just puts me on edge.
People who laugh after ever sentence. I know it’s a nervous habit so try not to show my irritation.
Tea slurping

Looking at food in seemingly excessive detail and putting it back might have a food allergy and the ingredients are not always clear. Be glad you don't have to.

Looking at food in seemingly excessive detail and putting it back might have a food allergy and the ingredients are not always clear. Be glad you don't have to.