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Perfectly reasonable things which you unreasonably unreasonable about

756 replies

GetOrfMoiLand · 13/09/2010 10:44

Names with umlauts in them, unless you live in Germany or nordic lands. I don't mind accents in names, or that funny dot above the i in Irish names, but names with umlauts in get on my tits. Especially Zoë. Everyone can pronounce it when it is spelled Zoe. It is just attention seeking.

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PortBlacksand · 13/09/2010 12:13

I thought i was being harsh - glad she was annoying to others too. It wasn't so much the accent but she did the whole allo allo thing "Like, how yo say, it eees like this now - ow orrid" etc.

nickelbabe · 13/09/2010 12:15

thank you Cat!

AlCrowley - I do mail order too....

nickelbabe · 13/09/2010 12:16

(i meant guaranteed no coffee smell there....)

minxofmancunia · 13/09/2010 12:16

people who call you back when you've sent them a text, if i'd wanted to bloody speak to you I would have phoned myself!

Prompting babies to say "ta" it's THANKYOU!!!!! Angry

NoahAndTheWhale · 13/09/2010 12:17

People who stop. Ever. Especially in supermarkets. Also on pavements.

muggglewump · 13/09/2010 12:17

Facebook.

PortBlacksand · 13/09/2010 12:18

Phoning mymobile, i can't get to it in time, then phoning my homephone while i'm listening to message on mobile, and leaving another message, then rephoning mobile again - Grrrrr.

Ken Bruce and Steve Wright - make way for someone better guys...

kreecherlivesupstairs · 13/09/2010 12:19

Facebook, I've never been a member nor would I want to be thank you.
LOL. Why. If the people who write/type LOL really do LOL as much as they claim, they belong in straightjackets.
Today it's also the turn of the Belgian airforce. I think they are having a practice or doing manoevres. why have they chosen my house to do them over. I nearly peed myself while I was having a quiet cigarette and they roared over.

GetOrfMoiLand · 13/09/2010 12:20

Lol at others doing the passport thing.

I hate looking after it for him, but don't trust him not to lose it. Why? Am I that much of a passive agressive control freak? He has livedi n Spain and germany and spent about 20 years flying all over the place without my being there to comandeer his passport.

Next time we go on holiday I will let him he can look after his own passport (i know this won't happen)

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GetOrfMoiLand · 13/09/2010 12:21
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DinahRod · 13/09/2010 12:21

Perefectly reasonable things:

Women in high heels, walking in baby steps, in front of me.

People who walk down my drive clutching a clipboard/meter reader

Personalised number plates

nickelbabe · 13/09/2010 12:22

ooh, Minx , that annoys me too!
I text because either a) i don't want a conversation, b) because i don't have time to talk now, or c) because i'm a total wuss who hates talking on the phone

GetOrfMoiLand · 13/09/2010 12:23

People who drive Range Rovers. They cost about £70K. They are unspeakable ugly. If I had £70K to spend on a car I would NOT spend it all on something so vile. Plus I know how they are made. On the CHEAP.

YY to Facebook. Unless you are 15. If you are in your 30s and on facebook you are an idiot.

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montoyadiary · 13/09/2010 12:25

eek, guilty on thw skinny jeans on kids (stuff it i like them) and photos of my kids round the house (though who doesn't have those?)

hate people who remember everything i've ever said to them. spooks me out completely, don't you have a life of your own?

NoahAndTheWhale · 13/09/2010 12:25

Just sneezed twice . Am in privacy of own home though so is OK.

duchesse · 13/09/2010 12:27

People who drive slowly when you're behind them, but speed up when you reach a safe overtaking place. Not sure how un/reasonable that is, after all they may do because do not feel sure of themselves as drivers.

Caravans and all their clobber.

Supermarket child seat protectors.

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 13/09/2010 12:27

Well I'm OK then, GetOrf - because I am in my 40s and on facebook! Grin

NoahAndTheWhale · 13/09/2010 12:27

Also am in my 30s and on facebook Grin. My mum is as well. Is in her 60s

TheCoalitionNeedsYou · 13/09/2010 12:29

So many of you are so wrong about so many things...

GetOrfMoiLand · 13/09/2010 12:29

The irony of my calling people an idiot, i can't write a thread title and I use lol all the time Grin

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perfumedlife · 13/09/2010 12:32

Girls you are hysterical Grin

Who knew we were so angry?

Ok, not sure if this is unreasonable reasonable but when i am in a restaurant and the waiter/waitress comes to take the order and says " What can i get YOU GUYS? " Angry

I HATE THAT! I do not live in America, you are not American, this isn't Central Perk, stop trying to sound fucking coo, you sound stupid. I am a girl, a woman, i am not a fucking GUY.

QuiteFickleDobby · 13/09/2010 12:32

Few more things:

Wet wipes are annoying. Especially the last few at the bottom of the packet that are really wet.

Checkout assistants who comment on every item they scan.

Left handed scissors. I am left handed but I just cannot use them.

minxofmancunia · 13/09/2010 12:34

people on here (and rl) who claim their dcs would "never" do anything, I'm pretty sure dd would never run off out of sight she's such a cling on but one day she will and I'll be flummoxed. Your time will come ladies...

parents who make a huge fuss about how potty trained their dcs are then proceed to exclaim wildly at the shock of it when said child pisses all over the ball pool in soft play.

Note: Plonking your child on the potty every half hour just in case does not equal "potty trained"

HRHPrincessReality · 13/09/2010 12:34

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StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 13/09/2010 12:36

Such language from Royalty, Princess!! Grin

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