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A thread for teeny weeny AIBUs that are too trivial for their own thread...

76 replies

AlisonWunderland · 26/08/2015 18:02

Whinges that don't need an entire thread of discussion because we KNOW that TADBU (They are definitely being unreasonable)

Waiting for pay for parking at Shopping centre...
Both pay machines of Lower Mall are out of order, so is one of the 2 on the Upper mall, so there is a queue of about 15 people waiting to pay.
So it would be a good idea to pay promptly.

So it that really the time to hoist your 2 year old so that he can drop half of it put the money in the machine, coin by careful coin?

Over to you for your mini-whinges...

OP posts:
CalleighDoodle · 26/08/2015 23:51

Aibu to ignore my husband's one text message to me today which was first things this morning and theres been no attempt at contact since, knowing i wont see him until Saturday purely because i want to punch him in the face for rolling his eyes at me last night.

jbjbjatw · 26/08/2015 23:54

AIBU to keep ignoring forgetting the designated place for each item in PIL dishwasher, causing FIL to utter squeaks of consternation each time he opens it?

TheExMotherInLaw · 27/08/2015 02:41

Elderly I feel your pain! I run (as a volunteer) a parent and baby community group. Some mums are great, others ignore the food their pfb flings on the floor. I have tried taking dustpan and brush to them, but they rarely take the hint. AI really BU to expect them to clear up after themselves. I'm not their mum - and if I were, I'd tell them to brush up their own mess!

TheExMotherInLaw · 27/08/2015 02:43

ach, premature posting!
Plus those who leave 5 mins before finishing time - 'sorry, must dash, xyz' just to get out of clearing up.

CrazyBoo · 27/08/2015 04:21

People at kids' concerts who hold up their iPhones/mobiles/video cameras (or worse, iPads) to record the whole proceedings, blocking their view of people behind them. Angry

trulyscrumptious33 · 27/08/2015 04:21

BooYouWhore I agree it's infuriating!! My MIL's perfume is one of those very old fashioned musky perfumes and DS wreaks of it after a cuddle with her. Urgh!!!

bushtailadventures · 27/08/2015 06:31

That the bastard washing machine caught fire just as I had saved up the money to get my teeth sorted...and the washing machine is more important than my teeth..next month will be my turn, if anything else breaks it will have to wait

sashh · 27/08/2015 06:46

People who use the Pay at the Pump Only lanes at the petrol station and then pay at the kiosk. What does ONLY mean people? And why will the stupid machine let you do that?

Because the stupid machine does not accept Nat West cards, your credit card is maxed out and you don't have another card you can use.

And you are late for work and panicking that your card won't work in the kiosk either but work is 30 miles away and you have to take that chance while hoping the cashier will accept that your watch is really worth something and you will leave it as security.

Pranmasghost · 27/08/2015 08:04

To stand at my door calling my cat's name at 8pm? Every time my ndn comes to his door thinking I am calling him!!
The cat is called Haggis and ndn is Neil...

EduCated · 27/08/2015 08:44

People who speed up to get past the pedestrian crossing rather than stopping when I am clearly there and clearly trying to cross. Read the Highway Code, dickheads. Feel like I risk life and limb daily on an actual pedestrian crossing Hmm

BobbinThreadbare · 27/08/2015 10:30

AIBU to run over the cones that my neighbour a few doors down puts out so nobody can park outside his house as he has two vehicles? Illegal cones. Seems to be a contractor of some sort but never moves the damn van. Has a sticker saying 'no tools are left in this van overnight'. I always think 'no, because he's in the house'. Also to object to his CCTV. It creeps me out and we live in the quietest area ever.

BurnBabyBurn · 27/08/2015 10:48

GrinGrinGrin at tool in the house!

EdgarAllenPoe · 27/08/2015 10:51

Winner of this thread has to be scatter cushion lady!

I don't understand why you can't buy natural yoghurt in 4 or 6 packs of individual serving sizes of 125g like you can for every flavoured yoghurt ever? I'm the only one who eats the stuff and I might not want to eat 500g within 3 days of opening it. I might like a serving say once every other day which is perfectly feasible in individual tubs.

AlphabetStew · 27/08/2015 12:10

I put the wrong bin out. Could the bin collectors not have knocked? We were both in, we could've grabbed the right bin! Now we have to keep 2 weeks of recycling in one bin and 3 weeks of non-recycling in the other.

Yeah, I know it's 'not their job' and it's our own fault for not having the right bin and if they knocked for everyone their working day would be longer. But it would have been very nice of them to give us the chance to quickly grab the right bin for them.

slanleat · 27/08/2015 12:24

... to be annoyed that the rant I was planning to have over something my mother did on me has to wait now because my father is gone into hospital.

That its august and my kid has gone back to school already ... I hate when the school starts back before september, even if said kid is only in for two hours and is delighted to be seeing all their mates today.

elephantoverthehill · 27/08/2015 12:39

That every time I try to click on 'Active' it goes to a bloody meercat advert.

TheRealAmyLee · 27/08/2015 12:45

AIBU to HATE waiting in for deliveries? The having to get up early because of the super useful between 7am and 9pm delivery times. The going to the door then realising the "ding" was on the tv. That's before you even start with stupid stuff like the delivery that failed to show THREE TIMES...

wasonthelist · 27/08/2015 12:48

Thanks for this thread op. People who have reversed the meaning of worse and worst. Bastards.

wasonthelist · 27/08/2015 12:52

AIBU to keep ignoring forgetting the designated place for each item in PIL dishwasher, causing FIL to utter squeaks of consternation each time he opens it?
Yanbu I never put anythjng in Mum and Stepdad's dushwasher cos he is such a sad bastard dishwasher Nazi - pathetic.

ElderlyKoreanLady · 27/08/2015 13:01

TheEx, we do tidy up before snack and rhyme time for that exact reason! They just go and sit down with their kids as if we're all there voluntarily giving up our time to clean Angry

SerenaJoy · 27/08/2015 13:56

Now considering a name change to Scatter Cushion Lady Grin

randomsabreuse · 27/08/2015 14:06

AIBU to wonder why Infacol has to smell of Orange which of course makes me crave oranges which I'm avoiding at the moment - hence the Infacol! At least it doesn't smell of chocolate!

CantSee4Looking · 27/08/2015 14:19

AIBU to wonder wtaf ex-p is up to? He is being uncharacteristically supportive, helpful and actually parenting ds. He has form for being EA and refusing to parent/take responsibility. He has also agreed to deal with the normal transfer argument as he is fed up with it. Normally he rolls his eyes and says to leave him out of it as he doesn't want to get involved. AIBU to be suspicious?

bessarabiantiger · 27/08/2015 15:07

Agreed on roundabout rage.

DON'T BOTHER INDICATING LOVE, I'LL JUST GUESS.

Freeandsinglewater · 27/08/2015 18:16

To the judge people,
Does sauce out of the jar = bad parenting?

Fffs get off that horse and bloody, stop being so judgmental.