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?

DP blows his nose at the end of every single meal. Every. Single. Meal.

Most of these are things that people could - and should - do differently, but some aren't, and it feels a bit unfair to list those as if they are being done on purpose to wind people up.

For example - I walk slowly, because I can't walk fast. I walk as fast as I can, and I do try to make sure I get out of people's way if I know they want to come past me - but I can't walk any faster. I'm not doing it to wind you up, and I wish I could walk faster - but I am not going to put myself under house arrest in case I do annoy someone by my lack of speed.

Ditto pooing in public loos. I have IBS, and often, if I need to go, I need to go NOW - and it can come on without any warning whatsoever - so I have two choices - poo in public loos, if I get that kicked-in-the-stomach feeling that means 'Go now - or else!', or never go out. I'm not willing to do the latter, so I have to do the former. Again - I am not doing it to make someone else's life unpleasant - I wish I didn't have this condition - it makes me feel bad enough as it is, without judging myself even more because I might make someone else annoyed.

Sorry - I know this thread is meant to be light hearted, but it is unkind to include things that people cannot avoid doing.

And in a similar vein, when people get to the top of an escalator, step off, and stop and look around / fiddle with their bag, even when they're still inside the handrails. WHERE DO YOU THINK I'M GOING TO GO - OVER THE SIDE?!
^ This I had to actually push someone out of the way once. How can people be so oblivious?

Argh, Jim-laaaaad

@Girlfrommars77
I'm with you on that one! I am not a small person, so when anyone does the 'knee swivel' (usually a smaller person than me), I just give them baleful stare, until they actually just get up properly like a normal person

DH cracking his knuckles - I have asked him not to do it when I'm in the room as it turns me into a murdering maniac. But he still does it - then looks at me and says don't you like it? That makes me even more murderous!

Yes to tablet blister packs and more specifically, Calpol meltlets which are smashed to fuck because you've had to press so hard to tear the bastard foil.

Eliza...People that spend longer telling you what they want to do when they could do it themselves in half the time it took them to explain. I used to have a boss that would phone me and ask me to ring someone, when he could have just rung them instead hmm

yy a million times to this. It is usually done by people full of their own self-importance.

People that don't turn the dishwasher on. Dh tries to be green and always thinks there might be room for more stuff. No! Just bloody run it!

People that don't put the "next customer thingamajig" on the conveyor belt behind their shopping - so I have to reach around them to get it myself. They usually are on the receiving end of a glare to their oblivious back.

That shrieking that girls do when playing outside. The shrill ear splitting type. Children playing outside and happy voices is nice and all, but when its the constant shrill shrieking noise all easter holidays its a bit much. Summer holidays are going to be fun.

Being addressed as "guys"
Partner who eats his dinner with a fork only. Have pointed out several times that in this country we eat with a knife and fork.
People who keep including "at the end of the day" in their sentences, it drives me mad!

Taking a plate to the dishwasher and putting it on top of it, rather than in it.

Also, this I look like David Mitchell too so this is the family joke.

People who use the word “cross”.

DH talking through certain TV shows that need my attention (like Homeland!)
DC2 always says “I was going to say ...” then proceeds to tell me what they was going to say
And DC eating bananas!
When people say “Not being funny but”
When people also say “said the vicar to the nun” !!!!
Oh and also the saying “I’m not being offensive but you clearly are “

Crumbs on the worktop . Empty loo roll on the holder and a new one set on top of the cistern . There is a bin , it’s not my job !!!

@KERALA1 My DP does this. If there’s space for a single mug he will wait, even if it’s last thing at night. Argh!

When people call their pets “fur babies” . Also the whole rainbow bridge shite that is spouted all over social media .
Also making memories crap , wine o clock and calling your daughter a princess . If you’re not Kate she’s my a bloody princess .
But I’m a miserable old hag

Not

Steve Wright and his serious jocking no g crap. Rage overcomes me every time.

@lottapianos - very funny. Couldn't stop laughing at your drinking line!

I realised I have lots of things that really irritate me. Huge list coming up:

Colleague slurping his tea 3-4 times a day – let it cool the hell down! This really grates on me so much sometimes I imagine shoving that cup of tea down his throat
Other colleague popping his tablets out of the blister packs. Every.Single.Day! Making a real meal of it!
People talking really loud on the phone in the office about their private lives. I’m really not interested your boiler insurance has expired!

Husband crunching loudly on peanuts! Drives me mental.
Also, when he really enjoys his dinner at home he licks his plate! WTAF?! Thank God he’s only doing it when it’s just the two of us. I still want to smash that plate over his head.
Rewinding something on tv a million times as he just “tuned out”. 5 times, really? Just play the bloody thing!!!

The duvet issue – I thought I sorted it out by buying a king size for a double cover (I kept on thinking the duvet was shrinking!!). Still does the same thing! Now I have a bunched up duvet all over the place.

And related to bedlinen, my husband manages to get the bed sheet off the bed every single night! Drives me absolutely insane!

Husband hiccupping really loud that scares me. Then he laughs. Why? There really is no need!

People pulling out on you like their life depends on it then slowing down to a crawl! Surely you could’ve waited 30 more seconds!!

People hovering over my shoulder when I’m cooking. Apparently they’re helping me!!!

Seems like I have a real problem with noises and I’m quite easy to irritate .

At this moment in time- waiting for an engineer to come (anytime within the next 24hrs) but desperately needing the loo (number 2) and just KNOWING he will knock as soon as I’ve started

Neighbour who always revs his motorbike for at least 20 mins but never actually goes anywhere. Usually happens at 8am on a Sunday morning. I literally want to rip his wheels off and throw them through his window

Water up my sleeve makes me want to claw at my own face! I look like Munch’s Scream! Also having sticky hands. Arrrgh!

Also when you have a baked potato with cheese and tuna no matter how you phrase it or how many instructions you give, they always put the bastarding cheese on top of the tuna. The cheese should go on first so the heat of the potato melts it. But OH NO, no one ever bloody listens to the simple request of ‘please can you put the cheese in first”. They ignore me and I never get melted cheese. I now have to have the tuna ‘on the side’ like Meg Ryan in when Harry Met Sally. Makes me murderous.

biscuitaddict aaargh! DS 6 does this! 😠

My XH used to pronounce the word 'surrogate' as 'sarrogate.' He also used to say 'Kill two birds IN one stone.'

Jesus Christ, it made me want to kill him even more than I already did. Thick twat.

People on here not using paragraphs.

If you post hundreds of words without using paragraphs then I don’t need to understand your bloody post - YABU!!!