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What perfectly acceptable things that make you unreasonably angry?

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BrotherBeer · 19/07/2016 09:02

Every morning DH asks me to check over his face for random missed shaving bits and blemishes. Then when I tell him he's fine, he says 'Are you sure?'. Angry Just look in the fucking mirror you dick.

I speak to my mum everyday on the phone. She always asks me what we're having for tea. I tell her then she tells me whether she likes that particular meal or not (usually not). I'm not inviting her round so why do I care if she likes my tea or not? Angry

I'm an unreasonable person.

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Clutteredmess · 20/07/2016 19:07

Also DH loading the dishwasher 'wrong' so I have to redo it to fit more stuff in.

DM re-arranging the dishwasher because I've loaded it wrong - I now don't bother to help load it when I visit.

aerynsun · 20/07/2016 19:10

"20 is plenty" signs in 30 mile an hour speed limit roads. If it was 20, they'd put fucking 20 speed signs up Angry

IslandLife · 20/07/2016 19:11

Loud chewing
Snoring
Heavy breathing
The noise people make with their mouth when they're thirsty
Sniffing
Jeremy Kyle
Adam Hills constantly referring to the fact he has a prosthetic leg
Cyclists riding 2 or 3 abreast

worrierandwine · 20/07/2016 19:15

Matching outfits! Co-ordinate, fine but don't put your kids in the same outfit, they have their own personality and therefore own style. The only time matching is okay is for little bridesmaids/ flower girls and uniforms.

WindyTriller · 20/07/2016 19:18

flossiesmumny where my in-laws come from "bab" is another name for poo!

WindyTriller · 20/07/2016 19:26

Digestive28 a bit like on the X Factor "a million percent yes!" The clue is in percent Gree

prettylegsgr8bigknockers · 20/07/2016 19:32

All politicians. Its the total inability to answer a straightforward question with a yes or no. I can't stand it. They should be tasered every time they obfuscate and blather.I will do the tasering without a doubt!!

Pumpkin2010 · 20/07/2016 19:45

Haven't read every response but James Blunt is the main offender 😡 I can't listen to his voice without wanting to punch someone in the face.

Jeremy Kyle is also an irritant.

The X factor & most things about it.

Magazines that presume all women want to look a certain way - 'get the toned arms you've always wanted' or '50 ways to make your lips look plumper' etc etc. FUCK OFF! My arms are fine & my lips do not need plumping, thankyou very much.

When my son and husband leave their coats/jackets just under the coat hangers...or the rubbish on the side NEXT TO THE BIN. Whyyyyyy?!!

KindDogsTail · 20/07/2016 19:47

lorelel
I long for my lost innocence - for the days before I read your description of people eating ice cream! Grin

Overthehills those sandals have really come alive Smile

Piccarcas · 20/07/2016 19:53

Tony Blair. I can't look at that face or hear that voice without boiling. It was an effort to type his bloody name.

TheWitchesofIzalith · 20/07/2016 19:56

People who say "can I get" instead of "can I have" when ordering food or drink in a cafe or something. Usually in coffee shops. "Can I get half-calf-double-shot-syrupy-thingyccino to go please?"

No, you may NOT get it. Because if you GET it, it entails you going behind the counter and helping yourself, which is clearly not going to happen. So you may HAVE your thingyccino, served to you be the person paid to do it.

My mum. When she asks 'did you see such-and-such on tv last night?'
Me: No, I didn't fancy it, I don't like those types of programmes.
Mum: Oh, well anyway, it started when this couple moved to an old creepy house... and then she tells me the ENTIRE story, despite the fact I just said I had not the slightest interest in it.

DaphneCanDoBetterThanFred · 20/07/2016 20:06

People who say "100%" as an answer to a question. I heard an excruciating celeb interview where somewhere answered almost every question with that, I was nearly in tears of rage.

"So are you looking forward to it?" "Oh yeah, 100%, can't wait."
"Do you think you'll win?" "100%, I'm really pumped for it."
And on and on.. AngryAngry

MaisieDotes · 20/07/2016 20:16

The witches I'll see your mum and her creepy house programme and I'll raise you my mum and deal or no bastard deal Angry Angry

Mum: did you see deal or no deal?

Me: no... I was at work. I hate deal or no deal anyway mum.

Mum: oh right. Well, He got 5 reds in the first round. Poor fellow. Now, he was a lovely guy, his wife had a lovely face. Then he went for box 14 because that was his cousin's husband's workmate's birthday. Then...

Angry Angry

Castieldeansam · 20/07/2016 20:17

Husband asking if it's OK to play his guitar whilst sat next to me on sofa after putting what he wants on TV, so not only do I not get to watch what I want to watch for a full programme, but I have to listen to the damn guitar as well.
Husband insisting I switch off subtitles the moment he puts his guitar down, when I have had to put them on just to follow s programme!

KindDogsTail · 20/07/2016 20:20

When I was breast feeding my baby, my parents in law always asking, 'Has she had a good feed?' What is a feed? She is not livestock. She is not being fattened up. I don't like being treated like a trough.

Trying to get at something, then an avalanche of other things falling out.
Water trickling up my wrist into my sleeve. Dusty feet.

Ping pong ball cheeks, blank foreheads and thick lips after plastic surgery.

Someone eating on the other end of the telephone while talking to me; and eating-acting on the radio to try and sound like a good life-like actor.

Take-away coffee being drunk while people walk along - are you really in such an important rush that you can't sit down for five minutes to drink it?

The present tense used for the historic past, especially on the radio. 'Challenge' used instead of difficulty or problem; 'conversation' instead of discussion, debate or argument. Sentences that sound like questions.

Castieldeansam · 20/07/2016 20:22

Random autocorrect on phone, so when I post something, it changes words and I don't realise until it's posted! Why does my phone think I want to put s instead of a!

Needy people on Facebook, sorry, I don't care how well your child has performed or how perfect they are!

Parents who don't think their kids can do no wrong!

Offering to get husband s snack if I am getting one, for him to say no, but then want one of mine.

Oooooh, seems I have a lot of anger.

MorrisZapp · 20/07/2016 20:31

Shoulder bags that fall off when you're trying to use your hands.

Guiltismymaster · 20/07/2016 20:34

-Running commentaries during dramatic moments in films/dramas, i.e. 'ooh, he's not happy, is he?!'
-Stepping in water in the kitchen with socks on
-Wind blowing little bits of hair into my face
-My hair not staying curly
-Never being able to get a tan
-My husband not noticing when I've made a special effort and then saying 'but I think you always look gorgeous'.

  • Next. I feel like they're thinking 'saw you coming', and they're right. D'oh.
-Salads in the UK always being served without dressing -The fact that due to the weather in this country I need to have clothes for all seasons available at all times. So much stuff. -Every time my husband and I go out to eat, the person serving us will always give him the meatier/spicier meal- which is always wrong. How dare you. -My house.
TheWitchesofIzalith · 20/07/2016 20:34

MaisieDotes Yes!
She does the Deal or No Deal thing too. She adores DoND. I detest it.

Oh, and she does this thing where she looks at all the female new/weather presenter's hands if they are pregnant, and says 'Hmm, she hasn't got a wedding ring on..' and then spends ages ages wondering aloud if the woman is living wth someone, or is in fact married but isn't wearing a ring, or merely has a boyfriend but doesn't live with...arrgghh, does it matter?!

RoboticSealpup · 20/07/2016 20:40

Hold on, I totally forgot my favourite pet hates!

Phonecalls. So fucking rude! Oh I should just put down whatever I'm doing and start listening to you, right this minute, just because you decided you want my attention? Fuck that for a game of soldiers. Send me a text and I'll read it when I can!

Voicemail. Why the hell is this still a thing? The monotonous robot voice S-L-O-W-L-Y reads out the full date, the time, the fucking phone number digit by digit - as if anyone memorises anyone elses phone number anymore- and then, rather than hearing the message, you get a menu where you have to press a key to hear "Oh, you're busy... I'll call you later!" Yeah, go ahead, I won't pick up anyway
Angry

I'm not a terribly sociable person.

crayfish · 20/07/2016 20:41

Walking texters.

People who use more than one type (type, not size) of font in a document.

Those pages you get in usually work-related documents that say 'page intentionally left blank'. They really aggravate me!

Ilovetorrentialrain · 20/07/2016 20:43

Guiltismymaster re going out to dinner. I always get given the wine and my male partner the glass of bitter. We just swap but it's assumptions isn't it?

meaowcat01 · 20/07/2016 20:50

I hate it when people say lol in a conversation face to face or verbally on the phone.

SiencynArsecandle · 20/07/2016 20:55

People who always have the same thing wrong with them as me, just a little worse like my husband

Cushions on the back shelf of cars

Ignorant twats who decide to build a house where a beautiful garden once was, spoiling the view and forcing me to listen to them cutting bricks, mixing cement, etc

meaowcat01 · 20/07/2016 20:57

I also hate it when people say " the teacher learned me how to play piano", instead of saying TAUGHT, ahhrr is that really that bloody difficult. The teacher TEACHES, the student is BEING TAUGHT and so is LEARNING in the process. Oh that makes my blood boil.

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