Petty random things that make you want to lose your shit

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Colleague buys 2 bananas every Monday. Has done so ever since I've worked there (1+ year). They sit on her desk until they go bad and then get thrown away on a Friday. EVERY week. I've never seen her eat one of the damn things yet come Monday another 2 take up residence on her desk.

Otherwise she's a lovely woman and a great pal. But those bananas... just looking at them makes me ragey.

Anyone else have totally petty, pointless things that you should ignore but instead feeds the inner rage demon?

My DM has a habit of leaving a bit of toast or a biscuit beside the kettle all day, not even on a plate just there on the work top. She takes a bit off it throughout the day with her tea. Really winds me up when she is at mine. So me being me would chuck it in the bin during my clean. So she started putting it in her bag...

When people:

talk when they have food in their mouth.

wait until you take a bite, then ask something and think you should answer right away.

smack their food.

floss or pick their teeth in public.

Say mhm, especially constantly.

Near and not in or on.
Haitch and Pacific
People that do not pick their feet up
Leaving half an inch of anything, food, drink soap, whatever.
After being asked for years "mum what's for tea?" Nearly as often as "are we nearly there yet?", I cook and serve a meal only to be told "I'm not that hungry..."
Faffers when shopping. At least I openly admit when I am faffing.
Apologising when someone bumps into me. Why?
Pubic hair over every goddamn bathroom surface.
Pee on the floor. Again, why?
Skidders.
When hubby is not engaged in the conversation with the person I am speaking to so starts his own at the same time.
When he has a go at my snoring when his snoring has woken me up and I am staring at the ceiling wide awake.
When I am just drifting off and he lets out a window rattling fart.
People who shout when they sneeze.
Sniffers.
People who don't wave when I have let them through.
Noisy eaters
Bad grammar
People that say what instead of pardon

My DH constantly encouraging pushing me to do new things, to try different approaches etc. but turning down point blank the very idea of him doing something new. Drives me fucking bonkers. This morning's example:

DH: do your run later in a different part of town.

Me: no, got myself mentally prepared to do my run around the park and go out now.

DH: You're so closed-minded, you should try something new etc.etc.

Me: Read a book.

DH: Oh NO, I never read, won't do it, just not something I do etc. etc. You're SO argumentative.

Another bugbear people putting their clothing by the laundry basket because last time they looked (which could have been days before), the basket liner wasn't there as I'd taken it downstairs to empty. Did they look at that very moment before deciding to dump their clothes on the floor? No, they did not. I've told them all that if they leave their clothes on the floor, they won't get washed.

really big infuriating poodle.

I'm going to call DS2 a tiny infuriating poodle now! He came in for his morning snack yesterday, I went into our room where DD was, to ask her if she wanted the one he wanted, turned to go back and he was behind me! 😠

Ian Duncan Smith

I have a system when I eat cereal. Pour cereal in bowl, then pour the milk in from one corner only so the bottom ones get wet but there is a floating dry layer on top. Then begin eating from the corner where the milk was poured in and scoop out all the wet cereal from underneath leaving top layer intact. Finally, push dry layer under the milk and eat that.

Everytime I get a fresh bowl of cereal I hear the fatal words 'Can I have some?' and ex dp (still living together) will shove the spoon through the middle, stir everything around so the dry and soggy cereal is mixed together and then slurp several spoonfuls before handing in back. Can't wait till he fucks off, cereal wanker

Cereal wanker

Dh managing to be right in front of me whenever we are walking round the shops - it doesn't matter where I want to go, he is right there, standing in front of me, and in front of whatever it is I want to look at. I'd love to be able to park him in a corner until I am ready to go!!

Misuse of apostrophes.

People writing abit and alot instead of a bit and a lot - I want to scream at them "It's two words - TWO WORDS!!"

@Ohmmmnm - you would be absolutely within your rights to whack his knuckles with the spoon every time he does that!!

Cake smashes. Cake smashes make me lose my shit! You get a wonderful baker to make you a beautiful cake, you then let your child tear it to shreds, why???

I’m sure the baker in question knows they are baking for a smash up, but I find it disrespectful! Tedious? yes, irrational? Again yes, does it affect my life in any way? Nope. I just hate it

At work:

Putting dirty plates in the dishwasher without unloading it first, or putting dirty plates in the sink and not washing them.

It seems that if I don't empty the dishwasher in the mornings, nobody else is capable. I don't see how fucking difficult it is - if you know where to get the plates etc from to put in there, you can put them away.

The sink thing pisses me off no end. Fine, you don't want to do the dishwasher, but I'm not washing your plate for you!

@Andthatsthat YES! How did I forget that?
My ex girlfriend suggested a cake smash for my DD's birthday, I think I said something like "she wouldn't smash it, she'd just eat it, and why would I discourage that and tell her she's supposed to smash it up and play with it instead? Isn't that the opposite of what we should be teaching her?!"
ExGF was crying with laughter saying only I could have such strong opinions on a cake smash. Clearly not! Vindication at last

People saying “Does that make sense?” as though they’ve just uttered something of mystic complexity, when they’ve just said something blindingly obvious.
People speaking with pitch going up at the end of a sentence as though it’s a question, when it isn’t.
Use of the word “gifting”
My dog pulling even though EVERYTIME he pulls I stop and reverse direction.
My DH rearranging the dishwasher as soon as he gets home from work.

People who use the word basically, repeatedly. Usually Jeremy Kyle guests. I live on a council estate but have a better grasp of English than having to begin every sentence with basically.

I went on a course recently (advanced professional course) and the speaker said "actually" at the beginning of every sentence. It was oddly maddening and all I can really remember about the course.

The ‘absolutely ‘ crowd. Hate this expression.

People mainly Millennials who start every sentence with 'so'.

The rug in the lounge getting knocked so it's not straight. My 8yo niece repeatedly did it last time she was over and it was all I could do to keep the rage inside me hidden. My eye is automatically drawn to things that aren't straight and it's usually a mild reaction in me, and I straighten whatever it is. But a wonky rug makes my blood boil.

When people write his instead of he’s

I can't handle people walking practically next to me on the footpath,behind or in front,one or the other like....I'm slowing down,speeding up,they do the same...move,please just MOVE. And by ds has now adopted drinking tea,slurp,slurp,sluuuurrrrp,every mouthful. I'm considering not buying tea,milk and sugar,actually that's genius,I'm not getting them anymore(i drink black coffee )...I sit there,silently simmering,wanting to grab the cup and launch it out the window.

countingkids123 yep. And people who, for reasons that are genuinely inexplicable to me, use 'brought' instead of 'bought'.

I'm seeing it on here a lot lately. 'I went shopping and brought some new shoes'

It doesn't even make any sense! Gives me serious rage. Even saw 'we brought a house' the other day!

@clevs "People mainly Millennials who start every sentence with 'so'." - OMG! It drives me insane. Guy at work does it constantly! I had to stop myself smacking him yesterday.
I know very soon I will have a go at him for this. Glad it's not just me.

Bexter You sound like me. I walk very slowly as I'm disabled so if someone is walking right behind me (practically stepping on my heels in the process) it means that they must also be walking very slowly. And IME,very few people actually need to/want to walk that slow,so it strikes me that they are doing it on purpose to be annoying. Or maybe I'm just being paranoid......

@ALongHardWinter,it must be intentional! I can't count how many time's I've proposed 'wanna hope on my back while your there'

My other half puts rubbish next to the bin. Next to it. It's literally two inches to the left of where he leaves it. The lid is broken and so is permanently up, he doesn't even have to lift the bastard thing, and he still does it. I seriously think he's doing it to piss me off now. Probably thinks he's being cute but im ready to chuck him out over it. It's that or stab him next time.