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Petty random things that make you want to lose your shit

643 replies

user1497787373 · 16/04/2018 22:26

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?

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Worlds0kayestmum · 17/04/2018 01:20

When I've lovingly fed the baby back to sleep, laid him in his cot and his eyes ping open and I have to start all over again. Bonus points if DP is snoring away happily in bed

DoJo · 17/04/2018 01:29

All the posts about washing up have made me realise that I filled the dishwasher and forgot to actually put it on, but now I'm snuggled up in bed with my toddler who will definitely wake up if I try and get out, but I'm seething with annoyance so much that I think it might be worth it, not to mention how annoyed I'll be again in the morning when I remember.

Sproutpie · 17/04/2018 01:41

My DH washing up for me - Why does he have to say “I’ve washed up for you” - dick drip 😡
Rectangular eyebrows- WTAF?
Chris Packham - shut up man, just shut up. He was on The Chase and was asked what a baby hedgehog is called, I shouted out “hoglet” he said “kitten.” HA, in your face Packham. One to me, and he gets to call himself an expert. There are many other Poodle related reasons I cannot look at him. I’m now asked to leave the room whenever he’s on the tv - bastard 😡

e1y1 · 17/04/2018 01:45

DoJo

Go and put it on, no use in being annoyed twice for the same thing, plus waking up to a dishwasher full of dirty dishes, no.

Mind that’s one up on me, I usually wake up to a dishwasher full of clean dishes AND a quite impressive new batch of dirty dishes in the sink.

Pringlemunchers · 17/04/2018 01:58

Put on rubber gloves start to clean the toilet. Get a bastard itchy face... Every time !!

Vexatious · 17/04/2018 01:58

British people referring to a drugstore. 'Can anyone recommend a drugstore mascara to me?'. Fuck off with your 'drugstore' and just say Boots or Superdrug like a normal person.

PitilessYank · 17/04/2018 02:05

It really chaps my ass when a woman greets me by saying "Hey, lady!" or "Hello pretty lady!" This happens often where I live.

dayinlifeof · 17/04/2018 02:27

Butterfly swimmers in the slow lane ConfusedHmm

NotMaryWhitehouse · 17/04/2018 06:13

When I'm hoovering and Henry gets caught behind a door/table leg/ kitchen unit. I shout 'FFS HENRY' at him and he just stares back at me with that fucking smug look on his face. Bastard.

stopfuckingshoutingatme · 17/04/2018 07:01

Tangled wires

Headsets
The charger basket

ByAllMeansMoveAtAGlacialPace · 17/04/2018 07:08

People with hacking, phlegmy coughs on public transport.

People at work who don't load the dishwasher properly forcing me to pick out dirty crockery and reload it.

SouthEastern trains.

TheMasterNotMargarita · 17/04/2018 07:17

Folding towels 10 million times a day after picking them up from a heap on the floor.

People who say "Can I ask you a question?" Just.fucking.speak!

Latenightreader · 17/04/2018 07:24

People who don't keep up with their shopping on the conveyor belt at the supermarket. Your shopping is now two paces forward, so move! I am standing next to a stranger's things, you are standing by mine, and the poor person at the back with a heavy basket can't get close enough to unload.

See also: people who don't use the belt efficiently and leave things widely spread out so the next people can't load...

MollyHuaCha · 17/04/2018 07:39

And the phrases'Jesus wept' and 'Christ on a bike'.

Makes the speaker sound so stupid.

eloisesparkle · 17/04/2018 07:43

Bluelady are you my neighbour ?
There's nowhere else to put it and I put it with the recycling bin Smile

Tookawrongturnsomewhere · 17/04/2018 07:48

People lighting up right in front of you just as u ve got away from no air office or underground..
Water down sleeve when brushing teeth..
Colleague munching on a massive bag of biscuits the whole fecking morning and really rustling the bag.. Grrrr
Anyone yawning.. Looking at watch..during my lesson.. Even worse drumming fingers on table. Strangely it doesn't bother me if they fall asleep.

Inarightpickleandchutney · 17/04/2018 07:49

I’m in stitches at ‘I had a fight with a loaf of bread’

CLASSIC!! Grin

Mightymucks · 17/04/2018 07:49

People who call babies’bub’.

backaftera2yearbreak · 17/04/2018 07:54

People who get on a massively over crowded train and stand right in the middle of the carriage only to fight past everyone as they’re getting off at the 1st stop!

dontticklethetoad · 17/04/2018 08:01

TheGhost yanbu Ds 5 does this. Total rage.

marmablade do you mean holding it up to their mouths and taking tiny little bites, a combination of hamster and wood chipper, showering crumbs everywhere?
Ds 5 god love him does this with just about anything you can eat with your hands.

JazzyJelly · 17/04/2018 08:03

Any kind of eating noise. Slurping, chomping, crunching...especially at work. Eat in the kitchen!

Jeezoh · 17/04/2018 08:08

Opening the curtains but not sorting out the pencil pleats so they hang properly but instead are all bunched together in the tie-back 😡

Lotuslots · 17/04/2018 08:09

At work - people who need to scrape every single atom of their lunch or breakfast from their bowl.
Bus to work- Sniffers. Obviously never heard of tissues. Just snort it all back every 10 seconds.
General - the people with no concept of personal space so will invade mine. Hate you all.

BlueNeighbourhood1 · 17/04/2018 08:11

I have this EVERY morning and just experienced it so I'm super angry.

On the A1 near Gateshead a three lane motorway forks off, it's clearly signposted and us normal folk get into lane two and queue. But all the idiots go up the outside lane as if they are leaving the road and cut in right at the junction saving themselves queuing time. I've stopped letting anyone in as I know it's all just inconsiderate drivers.

And then at the next junction the inside lane turns into a slip road to a roundabout which in theory you can go over and rejoin the motorway, so all the idiots do that too and cause huge tailbacks for the people coming onto the motorway for the first time.

I hate it. Fucking hate it.

QueenOfMyWorld · 17/04/2018 08:15

People saying Pacific when they mean Specific.I swear to god it riles me so much