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I know I am. Stupid little 'jobs'

395 replies

WinkyisbackontheButterBeer · 20/10/2017 23:11

I've just gone to make a cup of tea and realised that it means opening a new 4 pinter of milk.
I was unreasonably pissed off at this.

The cap hurts my hand and I hate pulling of the stupid, silver seal then having to throw it away. Angry

I have no idea why this upsets me so much but it made me realise that I although I will do it. I am stupidly annoyed every time I have to and if that if I can find a way to get dh to do it, without actually telling him about my unreasonable dislike of the task, I will.

It made me wonder... is anyone else pissed off by anything as ridiculously small and insignificant, or am I alone in my unreasonableness?

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splendidisolation · 21/10/2017 08:57

Emptying dishwasher - uhhh okay so you want me to remove clean shit from place A and put them in place B? Angry.

Putting sheets on bed, duvet rage.

Little bits of rice spilling out pack.

washingmachinefastwash · 21/10/2017 08:57

When I’ve dried the dishes, I hate it when I see all the water on the draining board. I need to wipe it all up with a cloth, no idea why water in that particular area annoys me so much but it does xx

LindyHemming · 21/10/2017 09:05

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jmh740 · 21/10/2017 09:12

I hate having to get petrol. I have been driving over 20 years can still never stop on an even number usually think hmmm 10.03 I'll carry on to 15 get to 15.01 try for 20 get to 20.02 and give up and pay that. I usually only put 10 in really when I get paid I should fill it up and then I wouldn't have to do it so often.

WinkyisbackontheButterBeer · 21/10/2017 09:31

Well, I think we all know what unreasonably annoys Burberry Grin Grin Grin

I did not expect this thread to reach this many posts. I thought that I was the only one with these petty dislikes.

Off the back of this thread and the shared hatred of milk opening I thought that I would finally share my hatred with dh to see if it was shared byhim. I thought it could be a lovely bonding moment.
Apparently not. He actually pulled this face Hmm followed by Confused.

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Lambside · 21/10/2017 09:35

Opening the seal on cooking oil bottles.
Washing children's water bottles.
Washing the plastic cups they were kindly bought by their father. The ones which have a double transparent body with glitter and shit floating around in them. The double layer means they float which gives me a washing up rage.

Sgtmajormummy · 21/10/2017 09:53

Boxes of stuff (rice, dishwasher salt etc.) with the pouring spout a centimetre down from the top of the box.
A noticeable amount always gets stuck in that area so I have to faff about opening the box all the way to the top....
Nnnnnnngh!

MilesJuppIsMyBitch · 21/10/2017 09:53

I hate taking rubbish out of the car.

If anyone eats in the car (including me) I get inexplicably angry about having to pick up the discarded wrapper to take it inside & put it in the bin.

I don't know why.

My car is a revolting shit-heap, obvs.

SpottedGingham · 21/10/2017 10:10

Peeling off film from ready meals. I always manage to peel off the edge strip all the way around leaving the food still covered in film. Every time.

I now take a big knife to it and stab it to fuckery. Grin

SomewhatIdiosyncratic · 21/10/2017 10:35

Any Groundhog Day job that requires the same job to be joylessly done again and again with little discernible benefit... unless you miss a day, which I invariably do and suddenly it's become a mountainous shit hole in less than 48 hours. Basically anything in the kitchen.

Cleaning the toilet is fine in itself... but seems to have a laxative effect on my stinky children...

I like mowing the lawn because it takes at least a week for the grass to grow and undo itself, possibly two or three!

Troubleinstore · 21/10/2017 10:44

Clearing out the plug hole drainer thingy - disgusting job that no one ever wants to, especially when theres loads of odd bits of sodden veg ugh!!!!

annandale · 21/10/2017 11:01

Cleaning the cafetiere. I never request real coffee, am happy with instant, but 'nice' coffee is a 'treat' that we have 'together' resulting in passive aggressive failure to clean the thing out. Dh then puts it in the dishwasher so that all our glasses come out with coffee grounds on them. I even broke two cafetieres and dh bought a stainless steel one Angry

operaha · 21/10/2017 11:07

I have been meaning to start this thread for ages since starting the conversation with family.
Fucking putting diesel in the bastarding car gives me irrational rage - BUT I cant get past the times when I was so skint I couldn't afford to fill it so still only put 20 quid in at a time. I hate myself for this!!!!

Laughing at the milk thing as I gave uit up 12 years ago and it doesn't affect me at all!

Pinkywoo · 21/10/2017 14:22

Hard to get into tablets annoy me, like when the top layer is papery rather than foil so you break the bastard thing in half trying to get it out, also cleaning man pubes from behind the toilet lid, how do they get there? I have a theory that all men have a secret container of their own pubes, and every time they enter a bathroom they take a small pinch and sprinkle them everywhere, there's no other reasonable explanation!

Nikephorus · 21/10/2017 14:34

Unpacking the shopping and playing freezer Tetris is evil.
Ah yes, that moment when you've done a huge 6-months+ shop that you were so excited about, and then you realise that it will take an hour to put away and won't all fit in the sodding freezer regardless of how you sort it and put things in bags instead of the boxes they came in. And all that choice you were longing for is wasted when you can't find it because you struggle to get the drawers open again.

DeadDoorpost · 21/10/2017 14:54

DH doesn't stack bowls when he's used one and there's one already on the side... that annoys me a lot.
Stupid things that annoy me also include the way he pairs his socks up, how he will wear wet socks still after he comes in from the rain, his obsession with garlic, oregano, and thyme, and his need to scrape every last tiny bit off of the plate or saucepan... it just annoys me. No idea why.
I don't like it when I have to open a new block of cheese. I can't eat the end piece. I'll either give it to DH to eat or throw it away, which annoys him Grin

MikeUniformMike · 21/10/2017 14:58

Have your tea black.
Use those washing line multi peg things.

LakieLady · 21/10/2017 15:23

Fishing bits of food out of the sink because some lazy fucker hasn't scraped their plate properly

Get a dog, and let them lick the plates. You'll never have this problem again.

I'm going to call my next dog "Prewash".

LakieLady · 21/10/2017 15:40

I fucking hate putting petrol in the car. I have arthritis in my hands, and it really makes them hurt. I want someone to invent a clip thingy that will save me having to hold the trigger thing in.

WIBU to "ask for assistance" at petrol stations, like wheelchair users do?

Luncharmstrong · 21/10/2017 16:03

“Have your tea black “

YES !!

SchadenfreudePersonified · 21/10/2017 16:06

I don't like it when I have to open a new block of cheese. I can't eat the end piece. I'll either give it to DH to eat or throw it away

DON"T THROW IT AWAY - the birds ill eat it.

DeadDoorpost · 21/10/2017 16:20

Shadenfreud we don't have birds, we have giant rats with wings seagulls and live in a flat with no garden. I'm all for feeding birds when I can though but DH will eat it even if I leave it on the side for hours until he comes home. He's not fussed on dry cheese gags

SchadenfreudePersonified · 21/10/2017 16:26

I takeout all back Doorpost

Seagulls are the fascist bastardds of the bird world!

SchadenfreudePersonified · 21/10/2017 16:27

*take it, not take out

WinkyisbackontheButterBeer · 21/10/2017 16:32

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