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What makes your blood boil?please list,

262 replies

pinkcherrybloom · 01/02/2011 19:24

Petrol prices.
Smokers in car with their kids in the back.
Money for school trips for this or that.

I have a long list but wanted to hear yours.

OP posts:
CornflowerB · 02/02/2011 13:26

Walking into the supermarket and seeing a load of charity bag packers at the end of each checkout. I would (and do) happily pay them not to pack my bags.

StarlightPrincess · 02/02/2011 13:28

What?! You have to PAY someone to pack your bags for you? Where does this happen, I've never seen it before!

swanandduck · 02/02/2011 13:29

People who come into work coughing and sneezing and sniffing and give everyone their cold and then smugly tell everyone that 'they're never out sick.

houseworkwhore · 02/02/2011 13:47

People that type teh instead of THE (really fucking grates on me)
tories
ignorance
badly behaved children
tailgating
depression

Asteria · 02/02/2011 14:09

people who get all smug about picking up their dog poo then dump their bags by the footpath. How is wrapping the biodegradable shit in a non-biodegradable bag then hanging it in a tree helping anyone???
People who fly tip - I live down a lovely single track lane that seems to be attracting fridges at the moment...
People who complain about the Tories, but were just as happy to complain about Labour when they were in power... If it really pisses you off that much then get involved and do something about it - maybe all the tax hikes and job losses in the public sector are to make up for the last government cocking up monumentally with their finances and employing thousands of people to count paperclips just so unemployment levels went down...... grrrr!

AttillaTheMum · 02/02/2011 14:28

people who chew gum loudly,

People who don't put knives and forks together at the end of a meal.

People who sit up your arse when you are doing the speed limit.

lockets · 02/02/2011 14:31

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Olderkidsaremine · 02/02/2011 15:25

People who complain that they are skint and then spend money on breakfast and lunch from the local sandwich shop - if you have no money bring packed lunch!!

Neighbours who will move my bin onto my grass so they can get the car into the SHARED drive and run over said grass because they obviously still don't have enough space!

Neighbours dog that wakes me up barking about 30 mins before my alarm goes off - if I wanted to get up at that time I would set my alarm for then!

Same neighbour and I admit I have issues!
I have plenty more but I can complain about them in RL

jasminetom · 02/02/2011 15:38

people who refer to themselves as myself and call centre people who refer to me as yourself

jasminetom · 02/02/2011 16:38

And people who hate 4x4 drivers. My Hummer, my choice, your electric/Smart car, your choice.

TitsalinaBumSquash · 02/02/2011 16:43

Late people
Messy people
Rude people
Spitting
Dog/Cat poo
People who can't have fun or relax without drinking.
Smugness
Bullying
The fact that I am still living in a really unsuitable flat while other less needy are being moved into 3 bed houses....

OTheHugeManatee · 02/02/2011 16:46

At the moment? My hormones, mostly.

gogoredpanda · 02/02/2011 16:48

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IWantAnotherBaby · 02/02/2011 17:01

People who make an appointment with me (their GP) to be referred for reflexology/ homeopathy/ cranial osteopathy etc.

Employers who try to demand "a doctors note" when employee has been off for 1 day (thereby wasting an appointment).

People stroppily demanding antibiotics for their VIRAL infection "because it has gone on so long".

Katie Price

Hello/ OK/ all the other trashy celeb magazines esp the weeklies.

Patients who show up 20 minutes late for their appointment and stand at reception being stroppy and still expecting to be seen.

People who have children yet still smoke.

Patients who don't wash before needing an intimate physical examination (you would not believe the stench sometimes - when pregnant I actually had to leave the room to vomit more than once).

and so on...

MrsLucasNorth · 02/02/2011 17:02

Breastfeeding evangelists
Weight Watchers evangelists
People who assume their dogs are perfect and would never so much as give a fly a dirty look
People who can't respect others' privacy
Developers who want to tear up the countryside instead of using brown field sites
All the politicians responsible for our blokes being caught up in Iraq/Afghanistan
Celebrity offspring/z-list reality tv 'stars' getting newspaper/magazine jobs with no training (bitter, moi?)
Intolerance (whoops!)

firstforthought · 02/02/2011 17:15

At present.....
Hosni mubarak being an arrogant bastard

mine will change from day to day.

firstforthought · 02/02/2011 17:17

Iwantanotherbaby just read yours and want to be sick....bleurgg

Mrswhiskerson · 02/02/2011 17:35

People who say I don't mind gays (and use the term gays) as long as they don't do anything in front of me/try it on with me lie they are irrisitable to every gay person in the world or a same sex couple showing each other gasp affection in public is totally offensive . People who say I'm not racist but.... You are racist saying your not but does not prove any different . And finally people compplaining foreigners are taking all our jobs that's why I can't get one when they don't bother their arse to actually look. iPhone auto correct I have sent some friends some really weird mgs because of this .

Hellebore1 · 02/02/2011 17:35

Overuse of the word 'awesome', Americans only seem to know one adjective.

Politicians who have led very priviledged lives pretending to know what is it is like to have lived a less priviledged life.

At 56 years old having to drag my wheelie bin up a steep track because is isn't safe for the dustmen to do it!!

Being the only one that cleans the bathroom -thoroughly when I have used it, not just swishing round with shower.

Those days when I lack the motivation to do anything.

People with unrealistic expectations of life and moan endlessly when the slightest thing goes wrong.

Call centres and those menu things that have you pressing loads of buttons and then cut you off 'cos there is nobody available.

I'm going to stop now as I am getting in a strop thinking about them!! Angry

LucretiaInShadows · 02/02/2011 17:38

Misspellings, especially deliberate ones.

Spitting.

Considered spitefulness

Parsnips

Hellebore1 · 02/02/2011 17:39

Sorry but I forgot a biggie:-

People classed a 'celebrities' that have done sod all to achieve to the status and the money that goes with it Angry

FellatioNelson · 02/02/2011 19:16

That Grime shite that one of my sons listens to. It really makes me want to cut my own head off. You call that music? It's just a load of old racket. You young people today, pah! What do you know? Nothing. That's what.

Iwantthosehoulihans · 02/02/2011 19:40

Not indicating on roundabouts
Dropping litter
Not picking up after your dog
Colleagues who deliberately go out of their way to stab you in the back/ make your life hard. Why? Just go to work do your job & go home and get a life!
People who say - "you're a runner? You must be mad, I can't run"

softglowsandmaybes · 02/02/2011 20:39

Not having the last word (kills me)
Not being in cotrol
Not being able to sort a problem out NOW!!!

Angry
QueenStromba · 02/02/2011 20:54

Driving related ones - I'll post my other ones later:

People who park a mile from the pavement
People who park at junctions (I saw one car recently that was parked right at the junction and a mile from the pavement pretty much where someone would be positioned to turn left)
People who when parking in an unmarked car park manage to park just far enough away from the car next to them that you could probably just fit your car in but wouldn't be able to open the door to get out thus taking up two parking spaces
People who move into your lane about 50 feet in front of you when they are doing 50 and you are doing 70
People who go out of their way to be nasty to learner drivers (death wish much?) - the second I took my L plates off the amount of wankerish behaviour I encountered whilst driving went down by about 90%
People who indicate after they have started a maneuver
People who don't indicate
People who think it's fine to cut you up in such a way that you have to slam on the breaks because they put their indicator on a split second before they did it
People right in front of you on a slip road who are only doing half the speed limit by the time they reach the point where you can start merging even though they are driving a really powerful car that should be able to cope with the acceleration
People who sit right up your arse when you are driving at the speed limit or when you are driving at the fastest speed that you deem to be safe given the road and the conditions (e.g. 35 on a narrowish country road when it is pouring down with rain so visibility is low and if you skidded you'd end up in a deep ditch)
People who don't put their headlights on when it is raining (especially people who drive dark gray cars and then look at you like you are an idiot for not seeing them - I find that dark gray cars are almost invisible in the rain if they don't have headlights on)

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