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What do you get irrationally annoyed about?

189 replies

ghosty · 28/02/2007 04:38

I have been smiling to myself at 'am I being unreasonable to want to go to the BBC HQ and bite someone' and 'am I being unreasonable to be Homicidal with Rage about ...' threads

I am generally a chilled person ... I can't get myself worked up about parent and toddler car parking threads for example ...
And laughed till I cried over the 'grapes' thread years ago on Mumsnet ...

BUT: When I help my children do a jigsaw puzzle and find at the end that there is a piece missing I get soooooooooooooo irrationally angry that I want to chuck a chair out of the window ....
Obviously I don't ... as I am a 'nice mummy' and I would scare my children. But inside I am screaming "Where is that faaaaaarrrrrking jigsaw piece????????"
I have to go and take deep breaths and calm down or have a gin
I am the same with lost shoes.
And if someone parks their car on the pavement on the way to school and I have to push the buggy out onto the road to get past I have to suppress an urge to run my keys down the side of that car

So, what silly thing do you get irrationally cross about????

OP posts:
eemie · 28/02/2007 14:11

Agree about 'bap' and 'pamper'. Also 'treat' (as in 'I treated myself to a bap') and 'invest' ('I invested in a bap')...you mean you bought it.

I would add the misuse of 'begs the question' to the list of grammatical irritants. Also people saying 'refute' when they mean 'contradict'.

Doesn't make me reach for a knife every time though. It's dangerous driving that really makes me homicidal.

wilkie50 · 28/02/2007 14:11

These are funny -can I join in??

People who use 'Pay and Pump' petrol stations but are too scared too use the 'technical' card machine so still trundle off to the kiosk to pay whilst I sit waiting for them to MOVE!!!
My DH misusing the word 'aren't', i.e. 'They aren't as good as last week'....do you mean 'They're not as good as last week?' (in fact, maybe that is still right but sounds wrong and irritates me)
DH saying 'offence' instead of 'often' (hmm pattern emerging here!!)
Forgetting to switch the bottle warmer on in the middle of the night so when I have finished changing a screaming 7 week old DS expecting the bottle to be hot, it's stone cold!!!!

Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!! Think I might have PMT!

fryalot · 28/02/2007 14:24

people use the pay @ pump pumps and DON'T pay @ pump??????

That would drive me mad.

Gobbledigook · 28/02/2007 14:28

People who don't drive into yellow boxes when turning right. Does my noggin in. Learn your f*cking highway code!

Sunyshineymummy · 28/02/2007 14:39

I also hate the words moist and gusset. Especially when used together. I have an irrational hatred of people who use the word random randomly, also rogue apostrophes, people who don't say thank you when you hold open the door (I've been known to let it shut in their face if I think they're not going to thank me), shoes left in the middle of the bedroom floor for me to trip over (aaaarrrgggghhhh), MIL using baby language like trainees and photees when talking to me and DP and anyone ringing after 9pm or early on a Sun/Sat morning (usually MIL). I guess I'm not a very tolerant person.

Spidermama · 28/02/2007 14:40

Sue Lawley.

Tortington · 28/02/2007 15:57

Happydaddy, i beg to disagree you must have a v. bckwards petrol station! at both my local stations one can fill up and park leaving the pump free fro the next person. the pump is only released for two peopleat a time until one has paid so inevitably there could be queues. but i would suggest that if people filled up. parked paid etcetc it would make the queues shorter.

harpsichordcarrier · 28/02/2007 16:00

websites that don't work properly
websites that don't load up properly
people who don't have answerphones

fryalot · 28/02/2007 16:02

people who have answerphones but never listen to their messages

ThisFrogIsGonnaWhoopYouAss · 28/02/2007 16:03

(wilkie - if you're FF what you could do is just make up the water and leave it stand at room temperature and then add the formula when baby needs it: doesn't require any heating up)

LowFatMilkshake · 28/02/2007 16:09

Peple who live down my road who drive thier DC and DG's to school because it's windy or snowing or raining. FGS put a coat and some wellies on and wlak it's only 5 farking minutes away!! Thanks for ruining the environment for my children with your gas guzzling 4x4's you lazy cows!

Just thought - this is'nt irrational really is it?

Irrational, irrational, irrational....hmm oh yeah, when DD blows raspberry's copying Peppa Pig. I hate that - poor little thing - I am a mean mummy

Original poster
ghosty · 28/02/2007 20:04

Oh, I have another one:

When someone phones you to talk to you and then they say, "Hold on, I've got someone trying to call, wait there" and they leave you on hold on that 'CALL WAITING' thing you can get with the phone company ...

I HATE THAT and makes me want to bang them hard on the head with my phone ...

Total irrational anger that has me spluttering

They called me and not I have to wait?????? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

OP posts:
ScottishThistle · 28/02/2007 20:06

My Boss leaving his computer running for hours when he's not in the room, makes a buzzing noise which really $"@ me off!

foxinsocks · 28/02/2007 20:07

It's rare that I get Very annoyed. BUT I realised today, 2 things really piss me off.

Sticky Labels - WHY oh WHY do they use those sticky labels that come apart in a thousand pieces and then you end up scratching at the label with your nail to try and get it off, and the top peels off and leaves a sticky residue and that NEVER comes off and all sorts of crap sticks to it .

Shoe Half Sizes - I'm a 4 and a half. I'm not 4 and I'm not 5. 4 is too small, 5 is too big and THAT is why I'm a 4 and a half. So WHY do SO MANY shoe shops only do whole sizes grrrrrrrrr.

Nikki76 · 28/02/2007 20:11

People bending right over to get to something in the supermarket and their arse blocking half the aisle....of course, its an entirely different story if its my arse doing the blocking, in which case its allowed!!!

Am hypocrite....

Original poster
ghosty · 28/02/2007 20:16

Foxinsocks ... i am with you on the sticky labels thing ... I had this new casserole dish that had a label that said, "Remove all labels before use" and it was one of those.
Casserole dish is still unused

OP posts:
TheArmadillo · 28/02/2007 20:18

I've mentioned this before, but I really hate my own sneezing. Especially when I'm trying to get something done and have a sneezing fit. I would swear but I can't cos I'm TOO BUSY SNEEZING IT makes me so cross.

The people who start their essays really early at uni and take out ALL the books on the topic (not one or two oh no couldn't leave any for other people) and then keep them for 6 WEEKS and return them the DAY AFTER the essay is due. It doesn't take that long to read a book ffs

People who when you move out their way or let them through or whatever don't have the basic manners to say thank-you

The fact I am accident-prone - I get very annoyed when I bump into things/fall over/damage myself in some other way.

earlgrey · 01/03/2007 06:56

When buying shoes:

"Do you have these in a size 5 1/2?"

Assistant disappears then reappears.

"No, but we've got them in a 4 1/2 or a 6"

Aaaaaagh!!!!

sockmonkey · 06/03/2007 08:12

I have finally thought of a couple.
Being squirted... I actually almost left DH after he got a water pistol. It's that bad!(we had only been married a little while)

Also being breathed on, especially on my kneck or face. Makes me shudder

williamsmummy · 06/03/2007 10:28

clear plastic film wrap.
hate it, cant get it of my box of PG tips!! have to use a knife instead.
oh, and yogurts that wont snap apart with out cracking the pot and leaking yogurt all over me.

Singapore · 06/03/2007 10:31

Those soap/lotion dispensers that say, twist this way to open, I never can and end up having to remove the top completely and getting into a real mess! Is is just me?

DeviousDaffodil · 06/03/2007 10:42

When an OP asks for advice, I give mine, X gives similar, and OP goes, oh thanks X, and ignores me. REAALLY PISSES ME OFF!

earlgrey · 03/05/2007 06:56

Bit scared to write this one down, but here goes. Pregnant women who walk round with their hands on top of their bump. And don't take it off. Not to be confused with the justifiable 'Ooooh, I just felt my baby move'. More of a permanent hand-rest.

throckenholt · 03/05/2007 07:45

people who drive down narrow country lanes, drive past the only passing place, then refuse to either pull on to the verge or reverse - or if they do reverse make a complete pigs ear of it, and then shout at you as if it was your fault and not their own.

AnneJones · 03/05/2007 10:27

The word "literally" used wrongly eg "I literally died" - er...you are still talking so actually you didn't die.

Also the word "obviously" which I find patronising - either say what you have to say, or don't say it because it is obvious. Saying 'obviously' makes it sound like 'well it is obvious to me but you're a bit of a thickie so I have to tell you.'

Grr.

Also, people who keep chatting on mobile phones while at a checkout or till - how sodding rude to totally ignore another human being with whom you are interacting, because your conversation is clearly more important and they are really no more than an automaton. Really p's me off.