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.

BT
People who forget how to drive when it's raining
Facebook messenger
Having to install Facebook messenger to read a msg from my best friend of 20years who insists on using it rather her free text msgs

People who say (in a snobby way) things like

"I only eat REAL food" or "i only feed my baby/child REAL food"

Is occasional freezer/tinned food THAT bad? as long as your not literally living of oven chips and spaghetti hoops why is it so bad?!

Not everybody has time to prepare pure fresh home made meals all of the time!

Somebody at a playgroup last week said this to another lady, she was genuinely horrified that she would dare use frozen breaded fish fillets instead of hand preparing it them self!

The woman who gave me a long look, tinged with disappointment and air of contempt because I said DD was an only child and it was unlikely that that situation would change.

people who call the Ford KA a

Ford Kay Ay

It's meant to be pronounced, presumably in marketing speak as 'post ironically' as 'car'.

Ooooh, good thread.

On here, "cooking from scratch" - I have no idea what this means, do you bake your own bread? Mill your own flour? At what point does the "from scratch" begin?

Chuggers who come to the front door between 5:30 and 7 - dinner, bath and bedtime.

Chuggers / JWs who walk down the outside stairs to our basement (because I'm sitting in the kitchen) then when I say no, bang on the front door so I have to answer that to say no again.

People who, when the dishwasher is half loaded on an obvious system, do something weird and irritating, messing it up.

Indoor plants.

The spot on my chin. I am 36.

Christmas has already started in the shops, we haven't had Guy Fawkes yet.

People who, having been done a favour, give me a large present. Yes, it is a kind thought and I know you're grateful. But I asked you to just get us a bottle of wine because I don't want huge things cluttering up my house.

People who ask babies questions that they are really asking you. I refuse to answer until they ask ME.

Omg YES greenrug "Oh dear! Does mummy need to wipe your nose?"

Passive aggressive.

Ordering things online then getting an email with 20% off everything.

When you buy a new pump dispenser eg soap and you follow the instructions to turn anti-clockwise to operate, and you turn, turn, turn and the bloody thing still doesn't work rendering it useless! Or do I just pick up all the duff ones??!!

People posting 'shamelessly marking my place' or 'I'm not marking my place, no not me' etc, on threads.
Just use the 'I'm watching' option.
Small unreasonable thing that annoys me slightly.

People who can't be bothered to slide the freezer lids closed.

People who don't squeeze the toothpaste from the bottom. (Mine)

Bumper stickers (DH's)

cold callers.

can i speak to Mrs Darkside?
Speaking.
hi how are you?
...as if they are intersed in me)...tell me what you are selling?
Mrs Darkside im not selling anything

goes on to try and sell me something.
Im not fucking interested [hangs up]

or even worse...

Hi, its me
who?
x from double glazed windows..
Im not fucking interested [hangs up]

ON POINT of principle i wouldnt buy anything from them so stop calling.... Just becuase i work from home does not mean that im available for your timewasting calls

seriously do they think people are sitting at home thinking... i need double glazing... i think i'll wait till someone calls me selling it?

no if there is anything that interests me or i have a need for, then i will research it myself and go and find the best deal. not just wait on my sofa for you to call with the EXACT thing i need.

People who make the 'ah-ooh-ah' sound when they're yawning. It's a yawn not a fucking vocal warm up - you don't need to announce it to the world!

I'm guilty of that SunshineAndShadows. I also sigh loudly in a satisfied way.

And I don't know how old you are, but the first time you go: 'Oof!' when you sink into the settee is quite a droopy eyelid opener. For me, I think it was about 43.

People who floss their teeth in public...I used to work with a woman who would sit in the staff room and floss her teeth even when others were eating...
I always wanted to punch her!!!

porridge - seriously?! How disgusting!!!

porridge I had a boss who would pick his teeth with a paperclip in meetings.[need specific repulsed-looking emoticon]

Someone kindly explained upthread that 'jag' is a Scots thing. Thanks - that does sort of help, but the person who said it is not Scottish, has no Scottish family and doesn't live in or near Scotland. I reserve the right to maintain my Aaarrrgggh status. Those MN-ers who ARE Scottish or live in Scotland that say 'jag' have my blessing

I've got so sick of having to 'sort the toothpaste' out everytime I go to use it that I decided to stop rearranging the paste with our new tube in the hope that dp would eventually have to squeeze some of the bottom up to the top. Ha. He has not been doing that.

Things he does love to do though is to take the last apple, nappy, slice of bread etc and put the empty packet back.

The one I personally love the most is when the toilet paper has nearly ran out rather than using the last bit and putting a new roll on he will just start using a new one and then put it back.

64 Zoo lane (or as I call it "64 Today", blaim a MNetter), snakes are not "slimey".

Plus "Slow Worms" are the UKs only legless reptile, they aren't snakes...so please leave them alone.

Drivers who pick their nose in a line of traffic, {vom}

Drivers who deliberately go through big puddles soaking pedestrians.

Posters who go onto threads on this site and tell the OP seeking advice not to worry, there's a lot of man-haters on MN, before giving her/him the benfit of their wisdom. Why not just give their opinion, make suggestions, without rubbishing opposing views?

Me, putting leftovers in the freezer, never using them, taking up space until two years' later when I finally sling them

not read the entire thread, but...

people who put jokes and crap on facebook groups that are not related in anyway to the actual group at all

Ie: Memories of XXXXX/TV Show appreciation - picture of a cat with an inspirational picture, or a 'share if you remember this', or share if you know the link between a cassette tape and a sodding biro

Lynda Bellingham was all over them recently, and while it is incredibly sad she has died and didnt make it christmas, i'm not aware of any link with this xxx group, so really, lets take the campaign down to just the 27 pictures shared by friends and lets not inflict it on EVERY SODDING ONE!! (no - i'm not a heartless cow...)

People who say 'brew' or 'cuppa'... Makes me cringe

Any one (but myself) crunching crisps!!!!

Women who need huge amounts of time each morning and before they go out to straighten their hair. Seriously? You need 45 minutes solely to do your hair, despite running a department and being busy as fuck.