Small unreasonable things that annoy you

[WalkingWolf]

Here are mine...

My mum putting hair clips in DDs hair.

Fil is obsessed with mowing our lawn in the summer. Of course it's lovely of him to do but he never tells me he's coming and just let's himself in. Really winds me up and I have no idea why.

Another Fil one. Whenever he comes over, if there are any dirty dishes in the sink, he insists on washing them. You can't stop him. The problem is that he doesn't actually wash them. He kind of dips them in the dirty water they've been soaking in, then puts them straight on the drainer.

Of course I wouldn't ever complain about these things and I'm definitely BU to be annoyed.

So tell me about the small things that shouldn't annoy you, but do.

When talking about clothes, the use of the words 'key pieces'.

Fucking drives me spare.

Just remembered another one, actually the one thing which drives me to think seriously about whether I’d get away with murder – DH always losing his keys. He comes home and dumps his keys in the strangest places (next to toilet, laundry bench, on the bed, highest shelf in kitchen, etc) and then lo and behold can never locate them. I therefore bought him a special key dish for his use only which sits on the table just inside the front door. I explained its use clearly and patiently. He has never used it. Not a day goes by without him yelling in a panicked voice “have you seen my keys?” or “have you moved my keys?”. I always reply “No. They should be in your key dish”. The DCs and I are then expected to help him find them.

The sound of the applause at a golf event. Is this the most obscure one yet?

People who make invisible quotation marks in the air. Shit, I do that a lot. Am I unknowingly annoying everyone?

Cyclists who use the road when there is a clearly marked cycle lane on the (wide) pavement! Ok so this mostly gives me the rage in a local road as it has lots of roundabouts and corners and it's so annoying when you get stuck with a slow cyclist - it's not like the cycle lanes aren't clearly marked!

Though more reasonably on the same topic I get the rage as DH driving past said cyclists and turning the 'washers' on so they get a spray of water - I swear he's rigged them to point out and it's IMHO childish and dangerous, but he's convinced he's in the right!

*AT DH not 'as'

people who put salt on their dinner and get it all over the side and floor , people who explain something then say IE and explain another way .

Re balled socks. DH does this. I just put them in to wash like that. Then balance them on the airer or they go in dryer balled up. I refuse to unball his socks when he can't be bothered.

Those people who act surprised at airport security are always men. They are completely astonished every damn time as they slowly empty their pockets one by one and lovingly remove phones, keys, change etc.

Snake Yes ! I hate it when people use the word 'pieces' to describe clothes. And furniture. Also, when you read those magazines that go through people's homes they always use the word 'pieces' and describe their style as 'eclectic.' 'Eclectic' is so overused ! Generally by pretentious w@nkers who appear in those magazines

'People who address me in the third person * as in How's Andrew?'

I agree. I can't stand it when people do this. It sounds so condescending.

I get really pissed off when someone hogs the ATM for ages, putting different cards in and out while a queue builds up behind them.

Aaagh, bolding failure!!!!

FIL walking/climbing stairs past two toilets in order to use the one in our ensuite. Obviously he does this when we are not at home, but he does manage to piss all over the seat, just to let us know he was there but was meant to be mowing the lawn

MIL is a nice woman. But she does those air quotation marks and I want to kill her when she does.

She also says: 'It's what I call a...' before going on to say something that everyone else says, like 'carrot', if it was Family Fortunes and the question was: 'Name an orange vegetable.'

DH has inherited some of her verbal tics. One is asking if he can ask a question before he asks the question, which I think I whinged about earlier.

The other is saying: 'Really and truthfully...' before a completely uncontroversial statement, such as: 'Really and truthfully, I prefer vanilla ice cream to strawberry.'

At least he doesn't do the air quotes thing. I think I might have killed him long ago if he did.

People who eat cake with a fork.

Anything my mil has ever said or done.

People who eat cake with a fork?! Why, what do you eat cake with and what are cake forks for?

A cake that is too sticky to pick up require a fork.

I eat cake with a fork...pretty much most of the time because I am utterly incapable of picking it up without it disintegrating all over me I am a delicate flower and would rather eat it with a fork than a spoon!

absolutely, I have beautiful port meiron one's and they are sometimes needed.

Serial Selfie posters on fb. Especially those who use dogs/kids/friends as props. We know you just want to show us how gorgeous you think you are, leave the puppy out of it.

People who dress their pets. There isn't any need for your cat to wear a waiter outfit. She isn't a waiter.

People driving at 30 in a 40 zone. If you can't follow a simple roadsign indicating what speed you should be driving at, you shouldn't be driving.

Earphones being constantly tangled. I've NEVER picked up a pair of earphones which I haven't had to spend an hour unravelling.

Dh and his inability to put anything in any of the washing baskets I have dotted around the house. He can put things next to them, but not actually in them. Grrrr!

I could do this all night...

People driving at 30 in a 40 zone

Not nearly as bad as people who just do 40 all the time, in 60/50/40/30 zones aaaaaaaargh

People who say "To be honest" when there is no need. I overheard a couple of teens talking yesterday:
Teen 1: Have you seen Josh?
Teen 2: Not recently. To be honest, he's on the sports team

Beauty/fashion jargon which refers to things as being "on trend" or "injecting/adding a pop of colour". Just WTF?

Trout pouts

Men walking around in the summer with no shirts on

Stupid fanning at eyes movement to support fake crying displays

Haha, the quotation marks. Ex gf had a friend who hated that. She didn't like me much so I used to greet her "Hi, "Kate"". Not very often obviously as she was Northern and a bit scary.

The pop of colour! So annoying. just like saying a red lip. What, only one? What colour was the other one?
Thought of another: People who say "I'm easy" as usually they are the least easy people I know and are very fussy but insist that is not the case.

I always eat cake with a spoon or my fingers.

Dirty laundry on the top of the basket,not in it.

People who talk in bullet points."I would put my laundry in the bin but A) I couldn't be arsed, B)I'm much too important to think think about household stuff and C) see A."
Wet towels left on the floor/end of the bed.They will not dry like that.There are towel rails.Use them.
Lights left on when nobody is in the room, or is likely to be.
Dishwater left in the sink.
Pee on and under the toilet seat.
Chuggers.
The words retro and vintage.You mean rehashed and second hand?
I'm now unreasonably cross and wishing I could employ a laundry maid.