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Petty random things that make you want to lose your shit

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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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Katyb1310 · 17/04/2018 09:32

So much gives me the rage- I'm so intolerant!!

Noisy eating/people eating with their mouth open

"I done/I seen"

People walking close behind me in clip clop high heeled shoes

People stopping in the middle of the aisle in the supermarket to have a massive catch up with friends they have bumped into

People stopping suddenly at the top of an escalator or in a shop doorway

The washing blowing all over the place when I'm trying to get it on the line

The duvet not sitting properly in the duvet cover - a big empty space at the top, no matter how much you shake it

The soaps being cancelled for football

Threewheeler1 · 17/04/2018 09:36

When we are watching TV, DH has a habit of repeatedly taking the battery cover off the remote and clicking it noisily back in. I can only put up with it for about 20 seconds before I snap.

DH cracking bones in neck and hands without warning.

Also the nightly floor show that happens between me and the TV of DH rolling around on top of a tennis ball or foam roller to loosen muscles. Like some weird middle aged mating ritual with grunting and the odd foot, knee or hand blocking my view. Suppose I should be thankful he's got his clothes on... Grin

AllThatGlittersAintGold · 17/04/2018 09:39

my OH pronouncing the word trough as "trow" and the word chimney as chimley

My DSS telling me hes bought x y z OFFline instead of online - "i bought this offline" no, no you didn't you bought it ONline

Rage - every single time, i say nothing.

Gromance02 · 17/04/2018 09:40

People laughing really over the top loudly when out - as if to let everyone know what a fantastic time they are having. I just assume they don't get out very often. Bless 'em Wink

curious86 · 17/04/2018 09:42

I have a couple.
My DH will be eating something then stand right next to me chewing in my ear, it's so irritating that it makes me want to punch him, even more so now my DS does it.

When I just open the door at work and a customer is right behind me and asks what chair to sit it (I'm a barber) I really want to answer "take a seat in the f**king waiting chair until I've at least took my coat off" it's not like I come in late or anything

Clevs · 17/04/2018 09:42

*@sanityisamyth

People wiping the condensation off the inside of my car windows. Give me 30 seconds to put the fans on and it'll magically clear. But no. They touch the fucking glass so the patterns are there to haunt me every time the glass gets steamy.* 😡😡😡

Similarly, it riles me when my car is a little bit dirty and people don't use the handle on the inside of the tailgate to shut it, they put their hand on the outside to pull it down. This leaves a handprint on it which makes it look even more dirty than it is Angry

GiveMyHeadPeaceffs · 17/04/2018 09:48

My DP is utterly incapable of emptying the plug/food catcher thing in the kitchen sink. It slowly fills up with food waste all day until I come home from work and swoop to the rescue by emptying it Angry

Threewheeler1 · 17/04/2018 09:50

Katyb1310 Grin
All the things on your list!
The high heel thing. I either have to start speed walking to get away or I stand aside and dawdle to let them pass, otherwise it's a form of mental torture!
And duvet covers. Thought it was just me but I always end up with just a bit of fabric at the top and the duvet bunched up further down, no matter how many times I put it right.
And definitely people stopping suddenly, rummaging through bag, looking at their phone, chatting, slowly, slowly contemplating where they would like to go, causing a pile up of human traffic behind them...

Annamadrigal · 17/04/2018 10:02

Oh God, wet sleeves. WET SLEEVES!! Makes me so cross!

I love my children with all my heart and think everything they do is adorable yadda yadda. However. When they get the hiccups, particularly DS, I could quite cheerfully walk out the door and never come back. It gives me the utter rage and I have no idea why! 😠😳

curious86 · 17/04/2018 10:07

Mightymucks
My MIL calls my DS bubs and my god children, it make my blood boil, if I don't use their name & day something else she gives me daggers. It drives me mad that I told my DS if she calls it him again to correct her and say that's not my name

Annamadrigal · 17/04/2018 10:08

Oh and Tim Lovejoy slurping tea on Sunday Brunch

myusernamewastakenbyme · 17/04/2018 10:09

Women who apply their make up in public....i think its tacky and cringe for them.
At my work people who come over and tell me that they can get a better deal online....its really hard not to be sarcastic !!
People who come in 2 mins before i close meaning im late leaving.
People who kick off when i take my lunch break....just because i work alone im still entitled to a break....ive been screamed at by customers for closing for 30 mins in a 9 hour shift.
Im coming to the conclusion that i dont like the general public !!!

UnsuspectedItem · 17/04/2018 10:11

My boss, who has absolute no experience whatsoever in how to do the job that I am qualified for and have been doing for 10 years, micro managing me and telling me how to do all of my tasks

BrazzleDazzleDay · 17/04/2018 10:13

My dh reading out posts from the local fb group, 99% of the time i've already read them. I remind him everytime that i too follow the page.

Fil reads the newspaper out... my newspaper that the twats taken before i get a chance to read it.

Hereditary dickheadishness

MargoLovebutter · 17/04/2018 10:14

Sometimes I am so filled with inner rage at stupid stuff, I'm amazed my head doesn't start whizzing around & blow off.

People who don't eat everything on their spoon (usually ice cream) and push it in and out of their mouth several times slowly sucking more off. I can barely stay at the table and have to go to my inner special place to stop myself screaming at them not to be so disgusting.

People who eat with their mouths open. Again it is hard for me to remain at the table with them.

Any fibres of cotton wool, from make up remover pads, getting on my lips or in my mouth. Literally makes me run screaming for the hills.

Drivers who don't indicate - seriously!!!!!!!

Grown adults using teenage slang - peng, ting, dank or any of that. It is just so bad - you are not cool or down with the kids!

Corporate speak - generally but particularly "low hanging fruit". It is nearly always men who say it and it makes me want to kick them in their low hanging fruit when they do.

Queenofthestress · 17/04/2018 10:14

Mumbling. Bastard god damn fucking mumbling. Every male I know that comes to my house seems to mumble, even when I'm stood next to a running dryer & wash machine and they know I have tinnitus so my ear ring. I must tell them to stop bloody mumbling 10 times a day at least.

Queenofthestress · 17/04/2018 10:15

*ears.
I should add this crappy phone to the list too!

vanillaessence04 · 17/04/2018 10:17

Duvets- glue or sew a ribbon or hemming tape on each corner of the inside of the duvet cover. You can also put one one the actual duvet, so that you have two ties to knot together, or just grab a bit of duvet corner and tie around it. You're welcome.

Huskylover1 · 17/04/2018 10:20
  • In public toilets when the loo roll fits inside the holder so snugly, that every time you pull on the end of it, you get one sheet, or worse, a bit rips off the size of a postage stamp.

  • People in restaurants who aren't engaging with their friends/family, because they are all glued to their phones.

  • Long advert breaks when you are watching live TV, and can't fast forward.

  • People not picking up their dog's poo.

  • People who talk incessantly about their children.

  • People who don't seem to be able to control their children, or say no to their children.

  • People who brag about their status/income/posh car/IQ

  • People who are rude to waiters/retail workers. I don't care how much money you have, it costs nothing to be polite and say please and thank you, even if you are a billionnaire and the person serving you is as poor as dirt, fucking say thank you and acknowledge that they are a person with feelings and everyone deserves respect! Every single holiday I have, I seem to encounter these cunts.

fishonabicycle · 17/04/2018 10:26

Slow walkers, hoovering the stairs, changing duvet covers, my colleague's loud American voice, husband wearing outdoor shoes indoors, husband dropping crumbs/drops everywhere, using the words hubby, hubs, hun, gawjuss, deliberate mis-spellings (nite Klub etc), loads more too.

Tweennightmare · 17/04/2018 10:53

Anyone reading or looking at something over my shoulder - sends me loopy
The lyrics from life on Mars , no david it is not about to be writ again, it’s wrote , everytime it drives me mad
My DH continually commenting through tv programmes (usually obvious things)
Oh another one from DH telling me things I have told him half an hour ago,confirming what I always suspected that he dosent listen to a word I say, it’s just white noise to him

MajorMalfunction · 17/04/2018 10:57

Im not sure what this would be called but a family member has a bad habit of pissing on peoples parade
They cant just say 'oh thats nice well done'
And they always start with 'but technically you didnt because of xyz ( insert nonesense reason here) or some other shite
Fucks me right off, id cut them off if it was just me Angry

PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks · 17/04/2018 10:58

Molly DS2 seems to have learnt "haitch" from school. I was spelling something for him the other day, and he said, "There's no such letter as 'aitch'." So I said, "Haitch." "Ohhhhh."

glitterelf · 17/04/2018 11:01

People who use the last tea bag, sugar, coffee in the canister and don't fill them up.

Leaving the empty loo roll on the holder and the fresh roll they've started on the windowsill which it just above the holder.

People who don't close the wet wipes packet meaning they dry out,

Dog owners who don't pick up their dogs shit Angry

Rednailsandnaeknickers · 17/04/2018 11:01

tweennightmare your Bowie lyric reminded me of another one!
In one of The Scripts songs, Superheroes I think, he sings "they've taken too much hits" Angry I have been known to scream "many, you ignorant twat" at the radio. If it comes on the radio when I'm driving, DH and DS now know to turn it off as I would be a danger on the road! Grin

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