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.

People walking or standing too close to me. Personal space FFS!
People who leave my garden gate open.

My dad... and I'm BVVVU.

He wasn't feeling that well last week, so I cleaned out his fridge of just-going-off food and bought some groceries for him. He was quite pleased but didn't offer to reimburse - fair enough, it's a favour after all and it's family, and this is just what you do for family, right?

Then he 'doesn't really feel up to cooking' for himself, so if I could just rustle something up for him that'd be great. Ready meals? Well, they're all very well but they don't taste that nice, do they, so if I just make an extra portion of whatever I'm making for the family that he can freeze, it'll be no trouble for me, will it?

Getting groceries delivered is a great idea. If I could sort that out for him that'd be nice, as he's not that good with online stuff. Weekly on a Wednesday is fine for him and it would save him going in to town.

Oh, and he needs a lift as he's not that confident driving any more (generally his health isn't great, but it isn't so bad that he can't get a taxi) and complains if I'm 'late' picking him up, even though I'm trying to squeeze being a taxi service in around my lunch hour and the school run - (I work outside the home as well, albeit in school hours).

Retirement has worked out a lot better than he expected, financially speaking. Funny, he has more money than ever!

Then I feel even more U when people say how good it is that I'm looking after my dad and I feel like screaming!

DH watches every single video that comes up on his facebook newsfeed, I will be sitting watching telly/going to sleep and he'll start playing the video really loudly, so rude!

Having the curtains/blinds open when it's dark outside. Having the lights on in the house during the day (DH guilty of these too).

Slow walkers.
People who can't sit still.
My DS picking food off my plate and then throwing it on the floor (he's only 14months, but still).
DS crawling off mid nappy change.
Drivers not indicating.
People who tell me I'm easily annoyed, annoys me more.

Coffee grounds on the washing up sponge.

Jayne, just deploy an icily polite face and voice and say 'Excuse me please'.

I make a beeline for selfish aisle-sitting fuckers. It's a matter of principle.

Models wearing stockings and suspenders wrongly.

Suspenders go under your knickers. Otherwise you have to undo the clips to do a wee.

The correct way to wear suspenders. Whereas this is all kinds of wrong.

MIL brimming the kettle for just one cup of tea.

Sorry but at 'brimming'. [childish]

Oh this is going to be cathartic... these are all DH related.

DH leaving balled up socks in the washing basket. Or the floor. Or anywhere he happens to take them off (I see this is a common problem)

DH snoring. Or talking in his sleep. Or smacking his lips/ grinding his teeth in his sleep.

DH being incapable of throwing anything in the bin, ever. Or sorting personal paperwork.

DH endlessly channel surfing then finally deciding to watch a film that's already been on for 40 minutes. At maximum volume.

DH eating all the icecream.

DH also being incapable of switching a light off.

I make him sound terrible, when he's pretty good in other ways. But he irritates the living shit out of me a lot of the time!

I can't stand it when H hangs the plug chain over the 'wrong' tap.
And no one except me puts the top back on the toothpaste.

But surely I can be the only one who's at the thought of the PP's talcum powdered bollocks?!

Some of mine are reasonable, some utterly unreasonable, but you did ask.

The word 'eateries.'

People referring to the counters or work surfaces in their kitchen as 'the side'. I can't explain why this makes me see red.

Any normalisation of perceived male helplessness eg 'Men? Poor loves, they can't see dirt, you know.'

Skinny jeans on babies and toddlers still in nappies.

Women referring to their breasts as 'boobs'. Or 'puppies'. Or 'the twins'.

Signs that say YOU DONT HAVE TO BE MAD TO WORK HERE BUT IT HELPS!

I hate the word boobs. Booby juice for breast milk . Hadn't considered the others, but you're right there too.

I hate 'yum'. And roasties and veggies.

Booby juice.

And what is it Gok Wan calls breasts? Bazungas, or bam bams or something? I suppose I can reluctantly concede that women have the right to name their own body parts, even if they gaily refer to their puppies looking all perky in their new bra, but really, Gok? Really?

groups of people, well 2 or 3, who crab walk really slowly along a pavement, making it almost impossible to pass. grrrrrrr.

All you small noise haters out there: the term is misophonia - here

Somehow it comforted me to know that my affliction has a name.

People who loudly and aggressively turn the pages of their newspaper.

People who leave their newspaper in a messy state.

People who chuckle or gasp loudly while reading the paper, waiting for you to ask what they are chuckling/gasping about, and who then read the article out loud.

People who say something "needs done" instead of "needs doing" or "needs to be done".

People who perform a running commentary on films on TV: 'Oooh, I know what's coming now!... Who's that guy, is he the one from earlier with the gun?... I don't get it, what happened to the other girl?... He looks like your mate X... Uh-oh!... Hang on, I'm confused, why did they arrest him?... Oh, I think I've seen this one, is this the bit where you find out HE'S the dead guy???'

Etc etc etc. Grr.

Flowery, is 'the baby needs changed' and the like a regional usage? Not originally from the UK, and have not really come across it.

Haitch when they mean aitch.
People saying 'I was sat' when they mean 'I was sitting'.

Anything at all that says Keep Calm.

DH black sock fluff on my nicely vacuumed floor.

People who say pacifically rather than specifically.

People spelling definately or defiantly instead of definitely.

People saying brought when it should be bought.

Cold callers; in the past few hours we've had a chap knock despite my official sticker (from police) banning this, I genuinely couldn't get to the door changing baby upstairs and he had the nerve to shout to his mate "there's someone there but they were avoiding me" then I get a follow up call from a call I didn't want yesterday trying to get me to buy maintenance free soffits I was trying to politely decline for 5 minutes but when he started wheedling "but how do you know you will have moved on before they need replacing?" I just had to put the phone down! he rang straight back so I unplugged the phone! I registered with the TPS years ago by the way

Flowery
"needs done" is Scots, and is a dialect expression.
In my rant last night I forgot to rain sulphur and brimstone on morons who, like, use "like", like, all the fucking time.
And to reserve seats in the innermost circle of Hell for the fucktards who cannot use "literally" correctly.

Not flushing the toilet. I don't want to wee on your wee. And it doesn't save water because I flucs it before I go. It's just nasty

People writing 'brought' instead of 'bought' or 'que' instead of 'queue'.

Haha Lizziemint, he worked in a warehouse so says they get hot and chafe during the day and get sore, so talcum powder sorts it!

Another one for me - the sheer lack of red skittles in a sharing pouch!!