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To ask what really fucks you off?

471 replies

IDoDaChaCha · 06/08/2017 19:32

I know I know I was asking for it- going out in the car on a Sunday; 'Sunday drivers'... As I was sat/stuck behind yet another slow, overly cautious (shit - IMO) driver it infuriated me that she left a car sized gap between her and the car in front of her. These selfish twats idly trundle by just as the lights change leaving whoever was stuck behind them (and their massive unnecessary gap...) stuck at the lights. I curse them. What and/or who really gets you mad?

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Lexieblue · 07/08/2017 07:27

People who think they're nurses/doctors because they googled it

Bitchy back biting

"Lolz" "lulz" or similar as punctuation in sentences, even worse if this is in spoken speech

People who over share really intimate details of their sex life/personal health with relative strangers/casual acquaintances

Most things that happen in supermarkets annoy me, (I hate food shopping!) especially self service checkouts refusing to recognise what you've scanned so you end up standing there for 10 minutes psychotically waving the item about and aisle blockers.

They're/their/there to/too/two brake/break etc

Achoopichu · 07/08/2017 07:53

YY to everybody who voted for Brexit

I know no one in my social and work circle who voted for Brexit. But GPs on one side did - they are very well off, have brilliant council services and good experiences of NHS, no immigration in their very nice area. But obviously things are so bad for them they had to vote for huge upheaval and economic risk. Bastards. Apart from that I do love them!

user1497357411 · 07/08/2017 08:02

Coworkers who stand in the middle of very large shared office and small talks for more than two hours and then breezes over with a lot of work for me, as "they are so very busy with very important work, see?" (No, I don't work there anymore). People who eat while they talk on the phone, especially when it's a coworker. Makes us all seem really unprofessional. Tailgaters. People who invite 12 out of 17 girls in the class to their daughter's birthday. People who give you an oral invitation to something like their birthday party two months in advance as "it is a round number and they want to really celebrate it" or who has agreed to celebrate New Year with you and then one week before the event you find out from someone else, that in fact they are not even in the country on that date (Looking at you SIL and your DH. They had invited the entire family to their shared 30th birthday and my other BIL had to reschedule work for it and then .... "Oh, we are sooo exited about going to country X to visit my DHs GM". They only told my FIL and didn't inform anyone else and it was pure change that he realised that and informed the rest of us.)

FrogsSitonLogs · 07/08/2017 08:08

People that queue and get to the end and then start faffing about with money or decisions. Like being there was a surprise.

Anyone who uses 'boob' as a verb, as in 'I'm boobing the baby'. No, you're just feeding like everyone else.

IDoDaChaCha · 07/08/2017 08:08

niki the pigeon kicker is probably a serial killer in the making... Reminiscent of another recent thread

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justilou1 · 07/08/2017 08:09

Groups of people who stop to chat at the top or bottom of escalators or in doorways, completely oblivious to the pileup around them.

IDoDaChaCha · 07/08/2017 08:10

Teutonic eww gross. Thing is, she probably has super strong immunity basically swimming in her own filth Shock

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MagdalenLaundry · 07/08/2017 08:14

ROTFL
I just spat my tea over the keyboard.
PML
And all the rest

IDoDaChaCha · 07/08/2017 08:14

LastGirl men who abuse women- one genetic step below pond scum. Useless, life sucking wastes of humanity. Can you tell I have experience with the subject?! Hmm

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FrogsSitonLogs · 07/08/2017 08:14

Anyone who gets excited about the film Elf and the cola lorry.

IDoDaChaCha · 07/08/2017 08:16

Oysterbabe YES

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Lweji · 07/08/2017 08:16

People who double park even when there's a perfectly good parking spot within 5 m.
Worse if you stop in front of an empty parking spot, but were too lazy to park, thus inconveniencing cars on the road and the other parked cars that you blocked.

mogulfield · 07/08/2017 08:20

People who call their little girl 'princess' (I know a lot of people do this)
People who dress their little girl in some impractical pink nonsense so they can't play properly
People who put messages to their kid (who is too young to be on Facebook) 'happy birthday little Aston, we're so proud of you blah blah blah', and then go on to say 'you've been soooooo spoiled today'
Why is spoiling kids suddenly ok? Probably not a good idea in the long run.

Lweji · 07/08/2017 08:23

People who arrive too early. Like 30 min too early.

Specially the cleaning lady on a Saturday morning. Just why?

Sirzy · 07/08/2017 08:23

People who stand close to the doors of a lift and then look shocked when you need them to move so you can actually get out

Lweji · 07/08/2017 08:24

And ask you where you're going if you start preparing to go out.
(She's really nice otherwise, really)

IDoDaChaCha · 07/08/2017 08:27

Lime I'm taking DD to get measured for shoes tomorrow. Going to buy them online though, probably second hand bundle. I have a kind of rule of only buying brand new things as presents. Nearly everything else is second hand. There's no way on earth I'd pay £40 for a pair of kids shoes Shock

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Teutonic · 07/08/2017 08:32

People who constantly insert the word ' like ' into their sentences.
Example. ' we went into this cafe like, and I said to Jane what sort of coffee do you want like, and she was like oh I don't know like, so I was like ......etc.

I want to tear their tongues out!

Lweji · 07/08/2017 08:33

(If you buy 2nd hand kids shoes at least get new insoles)

IDoDaChaCha · 07/08/2017 08:37

Lweji I'll only be buying canvas shoes and putting them through the washing machine. There is nothing wrong with second hand clothing/shoes.

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voldemortsnose · 07/08/2017 08:50

Yes on dog poo, anti-vaxers, queue jumpers and people who stand too close to you in queues. Had to hand a wee sample in at the drs last week with a woman who both tried to queue jump me and then just did not move whilst standing so close she was touching. Her teenage kids had the sense to back away.
52% being treated like it's a massive whumping majority. 48% being treated like it's a minuscule number under 5.
52% meaning 'the country has spoken' even though none of them can agree what they've actually said, meanwhile 48% are quite clear about what they've said, thank you.
52% sticking their fingers in their ears and going 'lalala' in the face of evidence, reasoned argument and the total fucking obviousness that proper Brexit is an economic car crash and we should have used the vote to get a better deal.
And yes, in my own and the country's interest I will keep going on about it.

MumBod · 07/08/2017 08:56

Ed Sheeran's 'music'.
People who latch onto others' misery and emote about it at top volume all over social media.
Performance parenting.
Rudeness.
People who take everything personally.
People who don't pick up after their dog.

LazaUbi · 07/08/2017 08:57

People who make rude comments, call it "banter" and expect other people pretend it is funny. Hmm

QuestionableMouse · 07/08/2017 09:12

People who don't know how to use their lights properly. If you're parked up, turn rh bastards off. If you're driving towards me, turn your main beam off because otherwise I can't see a fecking thing.

Capricorn76 · 07/08/2017 09:14

Selfish drivers who are too dim to realise the road is a shared space and is there for all types of vehicle including cyclists (up to 75% of all accidents involving cars and cyclists are caused by driver error.) Bring on self driving cars! www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/dec/15/cycling-bike-accidents-study

Brexiters who start complaining about the value of the pound when going on holiday not realising it's a consequence of their actions.

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