Tell me about things YABU about - and don't care!

[WyldChyld]

I view vegetarians as being unnecessarily fussy and daft. I have friends who are veggies, I will cook for them. Likewise, if someone has an allergy, I will respect that to the nth degree. But I still cannot shake my prejudice that veggies are attention seek-y or making a grand statement mainly cause most of my "veggie" friends stopped so they could stuff their faces with kebabs when drunk and said that they didn't eat bacon as a comment on society xD

Also, I am very, very judge-y about people who use text speak or lazy grammar. Even on things like Facebook. If you're dyslexic, fine. However, I am genuinely on the brink of removing a friend (well, friend of DH who latched on a bit) because her statuses make me want to throttle her.

All of this is wholly internalised and I would never say anything, obviously - tell me yours, no matter how petty / mean / judge-y they are.

pictish that's so funny (in a sad way)! When you know you shouldn't laugh it's incredibly hard not to. I hope it wasn't in Norfolk, because that's where this woman is. Or maybe she travels around the country playing cacophonies freelance. She even looks totally weird with a permanent rictus grin and rather wild eyes, like someone off the League of Gentleman ("We're LOCAL here!")

P.s My granny wasn't a nice woman. We weren't close.

So it's not as bad as it sounds I hope.

People who randomly stop to chat in the middle of the high street in the way and cause everyone to have to queue to walk round them , they especially wind me up when they don't even realise how much of an inconvenience they are (they are usually old and IABU but I get stressed out by old people in busy places)

People who flick through channels to decide wat to watch so u hear a snippet of each channel-just use the main menu! Likewise, (although admittedly doesn't happen very often) people selecting a new ringtone by flicking through them when I am around.

People who walk at a snails pace and not in a straight line on a busy high street. Drives me bonkers.

When I turn the telly on to watch something specific then fail to turn it off again immediately after, dh will sarcastically say "Oooh are we watching (whatever shit has come on after)?" rather than just say "turn the telly off will you?"

I think a) If you're that bothered turn it off yourself, and b) fuck off sarky bastard.
Gives me the inner spitting rage. Even though it's minor.

My mother says "ongyon" instead of onion and "camel" instead of camomile, it really pisses me off and I have no idea why she does it other than to draw attention to herself like it's funny.

She also calls my DS Jack even though his name is Jacques (DH is French so it sounds good with our surname), she even texts his name incorrectly, I pull her up on it every time. Gah!

where the chips fall, I am BU about where they land. falling chips concern me

*about caring where they land

People who don't respect vegans. people who hog tables all day in little cafes really piss me off. firstly I can't find anywhere to sit and secondly the little café gets reduced income. Old people who don't try and expect to be fawned over just because they are old and have hairy chins.

Ha Ha Lala5 upthread

Houses with furniture purely from ikea. Where is your personality and individuality?

I would be VU and judge you for even noticing where my furniture was from. I might have a personality and individuality but don't choose to display it through my choice of kitchen or storage solutions. It's just cupboards, people!

I am very U about people who 'source' things. You don't. You go to a shop and buy them just like everyone else. You may waste hours of your own time beforehand doing 'research' but at the end of the day it's just a thing which you have bought. I know this is VU.

Cyclists on the road when there's a FUCKING CYCLE LANE ... RED RAGE

People who underline/ write things in library books.

Bad spelling, bad grammar and text speak. I've already been 'scolded' elsewhere for saying I'd correct people. Apparently it's rude.
I don't think it is.
There is no such letter as 'haitch'. There is no such thing as 'should of', or 'alot', and 'try and' is incorrect.

I've blocked someone on fb for constantly updating in text speak. If you can't be arsed to write properly, I can't be arsed to read it.

Lime scale in kettles. There really is no excuse for that.

Nothing worse than having a cuppa tea round your mates house and getting a mouthful of that shit.

MrsCosmo
I agree with you all the way, especially with regards to my dh.

He is a lovely man, and a fantastic, supportive father... but his mispronunciation of 'accurate' as 'accriate' make me cringe, every single time.
It wasn't until after we married that I first heard him say it, and as I had picked him up on so many other mistakes, I can't bear to carry on.

I hate it when someone says "ooh, you're running late!" -when I am just not as early as them for school each day. They don't even open the gates until 8.45am!

I also hate when people are supposed to be doing their job, but decide that the conversation they are having is far more worthy. E.g. The lollipop lady, supermarket store staff, receptionist at the G.P surgery!

Don't let me get started on drivers' poor indication. Trying to cross a very difficult stretch of slip road every morning on the school run, is made harder by people who do not indicate and turn, or people who DO indicate, but carry straight on!

IAVU about the school run I think. Most mornings it is probably something to do with wanting to get home to bed after getting in from work (12 hour night shifts), saying 'bye' to dh and then starting the school run malarky.

I am also VU about the fact that I hate not being able to rewind or fast forward time. (I haven't built a time machine so that is probably a major factor.)

I used to get very cross when people would 'talk' to ds as a toddler. Stop whingey-sing-songing at him and he might learn his first words!

Rant is over for now. Reiterates the 'for now'

Thanks OP for the opportunity to unload!

Ooh I don't like it went people start a sentence with so either! It seems to be quite common at the moment...like "like" everywhere used to be

Sorry *when people

People over the age of 15 who have to have their mobile phone with them at the dinner table. Even under 15 it's fucking rude!

It makes me irrationally cross when people can't spell McDonalds. It's been in business here for decades now, it's Mc, not Mac. Whether you like it or think it's evil poison you'd never eat, learn to spell it anyway.

People who are outrageously attractive who boast that they don't make any effort. I never brush my hair! I always eat shitloads of junk food! I never needed braces!

Things like that.

Unannounced visitors
Cat hair everywhere. It only seems to shed its black hair on the light stuff and it's white hair on the dark stuff. Fucking unreasonable cat is about to go up for sale on gumtree
Whistling
Humming
Skinny jeans. They look ridiculous
People taking their shoes off in offices. I don't want to smell your fucking disgusting feet
The telly or radio on first thing in the morning
The woman in front of me today in Tesco who handed over a booklet of vouchers expecting the checkout lady to scan all of them and tear out the ones she'd used. Fucking rude cow.
The beeps and accompanying 'this vehicle is reversing' shit on bin lorries. I'd rather someone fucking got run over
Anyone except me being unreasonable

People who cannot walk in a straight line (yes DD1 am looking at you). Whenever we walk together she veers gradually in front of me and I want to kill her. She's 18 btw, so obviously not going to grow out of it any time soon.