Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Lighthearted things that give you the rage

169 replies

Lelophants · 04/01/2026 20:51

When youre trying to pull out baby wipes when needing to clean something (often a baby’s bum!) very quickly and either none will come out or an absolutely massive wad of them!

The postie giving us the mail of someone who lives over a mile away (ie cant just drop it next door).

When technology doesnt just work.

OP posts:
WheresMyWimpleCrimper · 05/01/2026 22:33

BeardedBarley · 05/01/2026 20:11

People who blow their snot filled noses at dinner tables.

This is at the forefront of my mind after sitting on an adjacent restaurant table on Saturday night. 🤮

My husband and my father in law both do this. It's disgusting and neither of them see anything wrong with it, however my husband knows not to do it when I'm around.

ForPearlViper · 05/01/2026 22:35

Cling film. Enough said.

Catterbat · 05/01/2026 22:40

gamerchick · 05/01/2026 20:56

When Henry hoover gets stuck on a corner.

I swear mine doesn’t even need corners, he just stops and smugly refuses to move.

‘Coming up on today’s episode of…’ Aaagh why do we want to see a synopsis of the programme we’re about to watch? Who wants that?

powershowerforanhour · 05/01/2026 22:42

"Verifying you are human.
This will take a moment"

Fuck off with your pompous "verify"

You mean "check", you snivelling little arsehole of a computer program. One of us is human and it's not you.
Why is it taking so long anyway? I thought computers were meant to be lightning fast. My dog takes less time to verify whether a coat hung on a garden fork is human or not. She's louder about it but less annoying.

Lavalampbubble · 05/01/2026 22:48

Mochudubh · 05/01/2026 21:01

Picking up dog poo and my (bagged) hand closes on a COLD poo, meaning it's not my dog's poo but an unidentified dog's poo. Makes me boke every time. 😱

Orrrr when you pick up the dog poop and think 'oh that's warmer than normal' and realise the bag has split and you've poop on your bare hands 👍🏽🤮

SheRa · 05/01/2026 22:56

Having to x all the pop up notifications on web sites just so I can look at the sodding thing I may or may not be interested in…

Renamed · 05/01/2026 23:04

”How was your experience on our website today?”

I DON’T KNOW I JUST BLOODY GOT HERE

feelingalittlehorse · 05/01/2026 23:07

There’s a section of road near me that is a 60 for a long period, but it’s hard to overtake as a busy road- and then drops to a 40.

So mine is- people who drive at 49mph all the way in the 60 …….

AND THEN CARRY ON AT 49 SO NOW YOU ARE SPEEDING 🤬🤬🤬 ohhh the rage.

Sweetiedarling7 · 05/01/2026 23:12

The use of the word super instead of very.
Also the use of the word gifted instead of given.
Also elevate.

OneWarmGreySloth · 05/01/2026 23:13

Mines sounds ridiculous but has given me the rage since I was a child. People who call Tortoises Turtles and vice versa. Surely anyone over the age of at least 8 knows the difference. It’s so stupid but it boils my blood. 😂

MarxistMags · 05/01/2026 23:15

My DH always puts the mugs by the sink, not IN the sink.
Every. Single. Time.

NewYearNoIdea · 05/01/2026 23:23

TheDandyLion · 05/01/2026 19:08

People who refer to themselves as mummy or daddy to their pets.

Guilty as charged 🙋‍♀️

We brought home a poor underweight, ribs showing through fur, terrified and trembling pup this last September.

She had nothing of her own, no bed, no toys, no collar.
No idea how to play or wag her tail.

We are her Mummy and Daddy! Shes never had love, safety, enough food to nourish her, no toys or a bed of her own.
She has all of this and much more now. Her coat is glossy, she’s grown and is almost the size she’s meant to be. Her tail wags, and she gives us love and gets so much in return.

We are everything to her, and she to us.

MissHelenSweetstory · 06/01/2026 00:10

Nevermind17 · 05/01/2026 22:05

When you enter your password and it says you’ve entered it incorrectly so you check and re-enter and it’s still wrong, and you can’t understand why because it’s the same one you always use. So you add the special character that you don’t normally have in your passwords but only use for passwords that demand a special character, and it’s still wrong.

You give up and click the ‘forgot your password’ link, stick in your email address and then check your email for the reset link. You refresh your inbox 26 times, check your spam folder and eventually the email arrives.

You click the link and enter your ‘new’ password (which is the password you thought it actually was to begin with) and it says “Sorry, you have already used this password. Please choose a new one”.

RARRRRGGGGHHH!!!!

I was going to say exactly this!!!

shellyleppard · 06/01/2026 06:30

@Fgfgfg or you end up chasing the cat as they leave puddle's of it around the house....🤣🤣

Mochudubh · 06/01/2026 11:29

MarxistMags · 05/01/2026 23:15

My DH always puts the mugs by the sink, not IN the sink.
Every. Single. Time.

See, unless the sink/basin is already full of water, putting mugs/dishes in the sink would annoy me. I just have to take them out again to run the water.

caringcarer · 06/01/2026 11:45

I get the rage when I'm in a supermarket and I want to buy eggs and they only have white eggs. For some reason I can't buy or eat eggs with a white shell. I know it's mad.

wheretoyougonow · 06/01/2026 11:55

Oh, this is going to cathartic for me. Pedestrian crossings where there is an island halfway across in the middle of the road where you have to press a second button and wait. Who the hell gets 1/2 way across the road and decides to turn back. It can’t be that hard to coordinate lights so we can cross in one go. Rage goes up additionally if it’s raining.

OscillateItsTitsALot · 06/01/2026 13:14

SafeAndStranded · 05/01/2026 09:28

I'm just the right height that my belt loops are level with our door handles. Getting stuck on the doors is honestly the bane of my life.

Same! And I make an effort to give door handles and wide berth, yet the fuckers always get me

OscillateItsTitsALot · 06/01/2026 13:17

TheDandyLion · 05/01/2026 19:08

People who refer to themselves as mummy or daddy to their pets.

And people who talk to their dogs in public like they understand English
”No Rover, Do not go in that water, I’ll be very cross, you stay by my side”.

Notmycircusnotmyotter · 06/01/2026 13:19

Slow walkers
People who stop in doorways or are unprepared with their phone / card to exit the tube station
Tech going wrong and being sent round the houses by customer service agents. Even worse when the website guards the number like treasure and directs you to crap useless articles instead.

OscillateItsTitsALot · 06/01/2026 13:20

The fact that despite having no hearing issues? I have to put the subtitles on everything modern I watch on TV, because ALL the actors mumble everything they say, and the background music drowns out the dialogue. It gives me the absolute rage.

Also people on Traitors who incorrectly
use “myself” “yourself”

“Unfortunately Susie I myself are voting for yourself”. Why do they do it?!

GirlfriendofSomi · 06/01/2026 13:22

NewYearNoIdea · 05/01/2026 23:23

Guilty as charged 🙋‍♀️

We brought home a poor underweight, ribs showing through fur, terrified and trembling pup this last September.

She had nothing of her own, no bed, no toys, no collar.
No idea how to play or wag her tail.

We are her Mummy and Daddy! Shes never had love, safety, enough food to nourish her, no toys or a bed of her own.
She has all of this and much more now. Her coat is glossy, she’s grown and is almost the size she’s meant to be. Her tail wags, and she gives us love and gets so much in return.

We are everything to her, and she to us.

We're going to need to see pictures, please!!

GirlfriendofSomi · 06/01/2026 13:22

Men.

MarxistMags · 06/01/2026 13:23

Folk who wear coats, IRL and on TV, but don't fasten them up whatever the weather.

GirlfriendofSomi · 06/01/2026 13:24

Companies that are over-friendly in communications.

I don't expect to be addressed formally like I'm receiving a hand-written, wax-sealed letter from a Georgian aristocrat. But getting emails from companies that start "Hey Somi!" gives me the absolute fucking rage. I'm paying you money to deliver a probably shit service. We are not friends. Stop with the fucking pally-pally bollocks.

Swipe left for the next trending thread