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.

Right now my small unreasonable children are annoying me.

I've got another...

I'm a southerner living up north. People calling me DDs mam (instead of mum) I hate the word mam. DD has started saying it now.

People who collect used tea bags, on a plate or - heaven help us all - in a special pot, waiting till they form a minging mountain and then putting it in the bin.

wardrobe or kitchen cupboard drawers not shut properly, the loo door left ajar so it bangs, no loo roll replaced, just a sliver left on the roll, stuff left out on the coffee table rather than in the drawer below, drying up done but the cutlery left draining, snoring, coats left on the banister.... arghh I am a curmudgeonly old bat

minikievs I think I have the same Husband as you!

Mine is people turning up early, I mean really early. BIL said he would be here at 4:30 but turned up at 3:50 and sat there looking annoyed because DN wasn't ready.

Also people putting dirty dishes in the sink. They go in the dishwasher or on the side next to the sink. I don't want want to fish through dirty pots.

Cyclists on the pavement. Not cute kids, or young teens who're a bit nervous of being in the road. No, round here it's Proper Grown Adults (as in grey hair and, erm, not really the shape of someone who cycles regularly iyswim) bombing down the pavement in town giving me evils for not moving out of the way they then seem surprised when they notice the toddler they nearly squashed The cycle path is clearly marked at the edge of the road, knobber

Oh Shatners me too on the balled up socks. No foot dandruff here, but they don't dry in the tumbler like that. I ask DH constantly not to do this, and he completely ignores me (and gives me some very strange looks when being greeted, in his return from work, by a banshee-like female shrieking about soggy socks) Even my 6 year old can manage to sort out his socks, but apparently not his 37 year old father. I'm about to go on balled-up sock washing strike .

DH rolls up his shirt sleeves in the summer and then puts them in the laundry bin so I have to unroll them.
People leaving tissues up their sleeves or in pockets when they put them in the laundry bin, so unless I double check we get bits of tissue over the whole load.
DH putting a tray next to the dishwasher to put the dirty dishes on. Why can't he put them in the dishwasher?
DS wiping his hands on the cushion covers if he is eating on the sofa .
Having to clean the loo up to four times a day because of DH and DS.
Wonder how many things I do that annoy them .

When they say on the radio...

And that's your weather

Or...here's your travel

It used to be THE weather..it feels too familiar

Soon it'll be

And here is your news

Aargh

Being asked if I'm from England! I've lived in scotland my whole effing life and EVERY SINGLE PERSON I MEET asks me where in England I'm from!! I blame my mum for that one, she made us talk so properly we don't have any accent to speak of so folk automatically assume I'm from England. (I've absolutely nothing against English folk btw, my sister actually lives there with her DP now).

Shrill screeching from the dc when they're playing. Rationally I know they're not murdering each other still doesn't stop me jumping a mile and running to whatever room they've decided to trash that day

I hate when people are talking about Weather and they say "They've given sun for the weekend"
Who the fuck is they and why do they get to give the weather?

Also weather related

The weatherman says

Wrap up warm-it's going to be cold..etc

Thanks

I'm a grown up and I don't even tell my over 10s what to wear, we can decide for ourselves.

Someone I know collected used teabags in a dish as it was a lesser evil than drips of tea across the kitchen floor.

When the kids left home the dish was put away for ever.

Most annoying thing at the moment is my husband listening to his iPod with headphones on while cooking. I am trying to lay the table and asking him questions about what we're having so that I can put the right things on the table are met with either silence or sighs.

Just slammed the door I was so cross

So now I'm MNing instead of laying the table.

People who when asked "how are you".....answer "yes I'm fine". What is the "yes" for? It doesn't make sense. They should answer "I'm fine thanks" but do not say "yes" first. It's a recent thing, people didn't always do it. For some reason it enrages me.

I can't be near my DH when he's drinking if there is no other noise as he makes such a racket swallowing . In fact, I'm inwardly very intolerant of any noise people make eating or drinking if that's the only noise.

People who stack the dishwasher from the front when (my) logic dictates it should be from the back so you don't have to lean over dirty stuff.

DS is a very literal person but he really fucks me off when he uses it pedantically (and I do know the difference from this occasions rather than when it just part of his personality).

Bad grammar, especially on R4
Drawers and cupboards left open ("but I'm going to put it back later...)
The label on the duvet being at the top so it rustles inside the cover
People who won't say when asked a question like "tea or coffee", or who say "just a drop". One day I'll give them a drop(kick)
DP turning to the right to pick up the towel, when it's always on the left, thus dripping water all over the floor
People who say "it's me" when they phone, even when I haven't heard from them for months
People who don't respond to emails - just a brief acknowledgement please, so I know it arrived
Actually I could go on and on and on ......

People who get on the tube/train before me even though I've been standing on the platform for 5 minutes waiting for the next train and they just march past me and get on the train first when it arrives! Especially if they then get the last seat.

People calling in without ringing first.
Loud sneezes.

Most things and most people.

My DH washes his hands, doesn't dry them and then gives me a hug. When I complain about wet handprints on my clothes, he insists hos hands weren't wet. When I point out the logic, he looks at me like I'm demented and says "but it's not wet, it's only water". Hard to believe his phd sometimes

Joining what you think is going to be the quickest queue in the supermarket but turns out to be the slowest! also when a new cashier opens her till and shouts 'next' and the people at the end of my queue rush to get on it and get served ages before me.

Squeezing the toothpaste tube in the middle.
Not doing the lids on jars up properly.
Rogue apostrophes.
Any sentence containing the words: "Are you aware...?"

Oh Shatners me too on the balled up socks. No foot dandruff here, but they don't dry in the tumbler like that.

Exactly! That's why i put them in the drawer like that and the next day DH has to wear damp, mouldy socks. Means he usually remember to un-ball them for a few months.

Another thing that annoys me is people standing too close to me during a conversation and following me as I try to step back a bit.