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.

Sharing a laptop with my friend in the refuge house and she keeps moving the screen up without asking!

My friend laughing when I type this.....

anything left 'soaking' in the washing up bowl. it's not soaking, it doesn't need to soak you're just too damned lazy to wash it and now I have to put my hands in the cold great water to fish it to vom if it needs soaking put it on the side, fill it with washing up liquid and water.

My MiL's need to wash up / wipe the table down / clear up the sides the second she enters the kitchen. Leave it, if I haven't done it it's because it's DH's turn to do it and he's failed, he will do it when he gets back, he learns nothing if you do it for him.

People who say don't when they should say doesn't. And turning 'home' into 'hume' just how?!

People at work who act surprised to find out I'm married. I know I look young, but I don't exactly hide my wedding ring... even more annoying when it's people who have been working there longer than me.

People who come into the store and before engaging their brain to work out where a thing could be ask me where stuff is and expect to be taken to it like I'm some sort of hostess: odds are if it's not in my department I actually have no more of a clue than you do, it's not a small shop >.>

People without children parking in parent and toddler spaces. Luckily DH's family are far more intolerant of this than me so I can stand back whilst they let rip!

People who think your body becomes public property when you're pregnant. Do not touch the bump if you don't wish to be slapped, or at the very least growled at...

People who walk reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally slowly in shops with no awareness of the people around them desperately trying to get in front of them to move at something resembling a decent pace.... ESPECIALLY when that slow moving person is a member of STAFF! It ruins my day and I want to hurt people or drink a whole bottle of wine

People chewing food with their mouth open.
Knife lickers.
People thinking it's ok to walk their dogs through our fields of sheep.
People thinking it's perfectly reasonable to feed our working dogs treats at the gate.
People not wearing pants to bed (as when they fart it sprays tiny bits of shit over the bed). (DH never wore pants when I first stayed over he soon mended the error of his ways)

People who sit next to me on the bus when there are loads of empty double seats around, why !!!

Strangers who touch you to get your attention. Poke me again and I'll crush you you rude bugger!

MrsWinnibago YY to this - it makes me stabby!

Norfolk YY to that too!

(Disclaimer - I am a miserable sod!)

Plates that sound like blackboards (I don't care that slate is on trend)
The phrase "on trend"
The assumption that because I'm female I give a shit about my nails and my face
The assumption that because I'm female I can't possibly know anything about my own bloody laptop
People who complain about my messy house. My house, my rules
People who think I should iron. You want me to wear ironed clothes, you fucking iron them. It's not as if they smell. They're crumpled.

Text speak. Especially text speak that is that same amount of characters as the ACTUAL WORD being replaced.

I've got a headache and I'm feeling particularly irritated.

Exam boards with spelling and grammar mistakes in their websites. That one really makes me want to go and stab someone.

People who stand in doorways, particularly in busy places such as stations.

People who cluster round the entrance to tube platforms instead of moving down so you can't get on it.

People who stand in the middle of tube platforms so you can't get past them.

People who walk really slowly in front of you on crowded tube platforms when you are trying to reach the empty end at some point before the packed train comes in.

People with wheely cases who trip you up because they can't steer them. The worst ones are the tiny cases with immensely long handles.

All these things happened to me yesterday.

The abuse of the apostrophe.

Those people who walk really slowly in a busy space because they are texting on their phones.
Fax machines.
Celebrities who moan about their privacy being invaded - maybe you shouldn't have begged for fame then? (just saying')
People who say "laaaahhh-tay" instead of latte.
People who think they are above indicating (usually someone who's driving top speed and weaving in and out of the traffic).
Doctor's receptionists - why are you always so rude?
"Investment piece" - usually used to describe a shirt in a fashion magian that's over 2k.

Chris Evans ( who I really like ) having his children's babbling on his radio jingles.

When someone on mumsnet has disclosed a monumental crisis like their husband is shagging the au pair ,or their best friend has been murdered , and some poster comes along and says " have a cup of hot sweet tea "

I have to avoid mumsnet for about a month every time I see that.

People who can't find their credit card when it comes to pay at the food tills - come on you have been in the same queue as me and have had ample time to get it out.

The assumption that because I care about how I look, have blonde hair and wear ironed clothes and make up and make up that I am a) dim and b) anti-feminist

People talking on mobiles in restaurants. Switch them off and talk to the person you are with.

People who count events down in 'sleeps' Ooh, only 5 sleeps until our holiday!
People who 'over laugh' Laughing so loudly and so hard at something that's just not that funny.

People who don't fold over a little tab when they use the Sellotape so you can't find the end.

When the sticky paper tag on a new roll of foil tears off a strip 5mm wide from the middle, leaving the rest of it firmly stuck.

Toilet rolls that do the same. Do these people use superglue?

My cat who tripped me twice just now weaving round my feet begging for food, yowled angrily because I trod on him, and turned his nose up at the food anyway.

my inability to work my own phone! i get messages on facebook while on on facebook (naturally) and i answer them however because i've linked my phone up to facebook while im messaging my friends off my laptop my phone is binging away telling me i've got a message but its a good couple of hours behind and i can't work out how to turn the notifications off..........i'm 39 WHY CAN'T I USE A PHONE!

Neighbours kids kicking the football into my garden

same kids deciding to let themselves in to retrieve the football as i didnt answer the door quick enough scaring my own daughter.

btw my cat is the embodiment of small and unreasonable.

DH and his food rages, I'm sure it's blood sugar related, he drops a sausage or fish finger as he's dishing food up and basically reacts like Ian from Bake off but with extra swearing and hand gestures at the fish finger sat on the floor.

People who assume because I'm quiet that I lack confidence when I'm probably the opposite which is why I can happily stay quiet without filling silences.

Chewing gum chompers on the train- it's revolting, it sounds horrible and the smell makes me vomit.

People who like to tell you their horror stories before you go through a major experience eg birth, looking after a new baby, having an operation etc.... It's not helpful!

People who don't know the difference between rugby union and rugby league. Especially when the say "did you watch the England match on the weekend? " and I reply "what England match?" and we have a whole conversation with me not knowing what, who or where the person is going on about!

People who assume because I don't drive that I can't get somewhere - public transport is actually pretty good on the whole. People who think it's better to walk 15 minutes to and from a car park rather than get a bus to where we want to be from outside the place we are. By the time you've walked to the car you could have been half way on the bus.

Football on the news - some player from a premier league team being injured really isn't national news.

Dressings on salad - I don't want oil or vinegar on my lettuce, it is gross.

People who are late. We said 12.30 so I've got there at least at 12.25 (and probably 12.15) so I'll be on time but the other person is late so I end up waiting much longer for them. Then they say "were you waiting long?" And I feel obliged to say "not long, 5 minutes or so" when I want to say "half an hour PLUS 15 minutes so I wasn't late so yes, I have waited in the region of 45 minutes for you".

Today it was hearing about the 'flu jag' someone had had. It's a JAB.

"Jag" is Scots.

caledonianmercury.com/2011/10/12/useful-scots-word-jag/0025121

People abandoning their trolley at the end of the isles in the supermarket to go off and look at crap!

People who park right next to you when the car park is practically empty.

People who plonk themselves, their dc, grandparents and 3 dogs right next to you on a deserted fucking beach.

People who get into deep conversation with the cashier at the supermarket about their holiday/recent operation/distant relative's dc. Completely oblivious to the very long queue behind them.

When you're in a queue and the person behind you is huffing and puffing on the back of your neck like "oh come on" "oh for god's sake"

GET OVER IT.