Small things that irritate you

[Creu]

But you accept shouldn’t?

Someone has parked their car outside my house for the past 6-7 months and haven’t moved it even once. It’s taxed and MOT’d, so can’t do anything about it. I know it’s a small thing and I know it shouldn’t annoy me, but it is oddly irritating.

Americanised spelling. Just why? We don’t live in America. Neither do we have closets, fawcets , garbage, etc. Why also do people refer to A and E as ER??

Or even look good… but it costs a fortune.

Yes, yes, yes , yes!!!!

People pretending they care about you to imitate intimacy. ‘So how is your day going’? From checkout operators/call centre staff/Amazon/Live chat operatives. Just mind your own business and do your job!!! Next they’ll be asking me about my sex life or what I’m wearing today.

People who park their car immediately next to you when there is an empty car park. Same with sitting on a train. Plenty of empty seats but someone (usually a man) comes and sits right beside you with his thigh touching yours!

Not small to me really but people who sniff up loudly especially those you wouldn't expect (petite female ex-colleague springs to mind). It makes me feel ill.

People humming grinds on me

When people sit next to me on an empty train I want to get up and move. It’s so weird.

Yes and yarn

it was known as wool

and American spellings like sulfur or organise or colour

Chatbots and virtual assistants.

Just fuck right off and let me speak to a human.

I hate it and people talking to themselves like they are deranged but they are on a phone walking along

Yes and when did a walk become a ‘hike’?

That's interesting to know. I didn't realise but that makes perfect sense. Thank you.

My spellchecker suddenly deciding that I'm Italian with no encouragement from me

Plastic pegs snapping in the middle of hanging up clothes

Being in a queue for ages and then the call terminating one hour in

Spending ages making supper and no-one tastes it

Kids finding my secret chocolate stash (top tip, hide expensive ice cream inside an empty packet of peas)

SPAG. Especially if coffee if "complimentary". I've not yet had my latte tell me that my hair is looking good

People saying, well, there's no point worrying , when something goes awfully wrong. I didn't make a deliberate decision to worry in order to get the outcome I want, I'm actually scared because I don't know what's going to hair

See also "I'm sure they'll be fine". Fuck off Louise, you're saying that because you don't know what to say and you're thick. Unless you know something the oncologist doesn't?

Adding to the Americanisms. Why are people over 50 ‘Seniors’? I hate it!!!

Today. Constantly being asked if I’m ok (I’m fine) then being shouted at that’s it’s evident I’m not fine…..
well if you know what’s going on in my mind then why demand to know? Fuck off Mandy… you are really irritating me.

The way some people pronounce " Debris" as 'd'brie ' I pronounce it " debbrie "

Anything to do with pronunciation will soon be seized upon by people linking their phonetic squiggles to tell you that you're wrong 😁

This is the absolute bane of my existence! Mine doesnt stop grizzling until I fetch ball from under whatever bit of furniture shes slung it under - despite having a load freely available.

Small petty irritation - I always seem to be the person that gets the changing the loo roll task.

Companies that don’t respond in a timely fashion, or at all, when their product is crap. I’m looking at you, carpet people. I’ll name and shame soon.

"is there anything else I can help you with today?" as if the insurance company call centre could help with anything else other than the insurance query. The ironing perhaps?

Same goes for pedestrians. And did I mention pavement (and cycle path) parking? If I were in charge I'd get every car parked on a pavement crushed. Not with the driver inside but maybe for a second offence ;)

i agree with the cars but for me id impound them rather than crush them and if the streets too narrow then why park down it etc and yes pedestrians Jwalking is omg one the other day next to the lights yet still cut straight across the road

Parking on the pavement is another more recent one when they are right off the road, these cars need towing away and impounding or clamped

I believe it is derived from French. I pronounce it 'daybrie'.

Realised from this that there are three ways to pronounce ‘debris’