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What things make you a huge crank?

30 replies

BollywoodQueenie · 22/06/2018 15:02

I'll start.....
1.I hate people calling to my house unexpectedly and feeling like I have to entertain them

  1. I hate hen weekends that are not local

anyone else?

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bakingdemon · 22/06/2018 15:04

Many, many things.

  • people listening to music really loud on their headphones on public transport.
  • people dropping litter (especially the kids on the way to the school round the corner from me who drop crisp and sweet packets in front of my house every sodding day)
  • runners in bike lanes and cyclists on the pavement
  • going round to someone's house for dinner when they don't serve food until 9pm so I know we won't leave til midnight

I am quite cranky quite a lot of the time!

BollywoodQueenie · 22/06/2018 15:06

Hahaha. I hate listening to people moan too so I have to do it on here

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anon99827 · 22/06/2018 15:11

I've got loads I'm a miserable sod 😂 - hearing people eat loudly or with their mouth open

  • that gulp noise when people drink. Both of those literally make me turn purple I just can't help it.

Cyclists on the road cycling REALLY FUCKING SLOW right in the middle of the road. I know it's their right bla bla bla but it still drives me nuts.

And v loud drunk people. I don't mind people being drunk but my in laws sound like they're talking from a megaphone. I go home with a head ache!

justilou1 · 22/06/2018 15:17

People that stick their tongue out as they bring the fork up to their mouth. (Especially if accompanied by the small snorting noise - GAG!)

Glumglowworm · 22/06/2018 15:17

People that make filler noises on the phone when they’re thinking or waiting for something to load

People that smush their phone keypad with their face while they’re talking to me so it beeeeeeps

People that tell me to hold on while they have another conversation (when they called me!)

People who take a hundred words to say something they could’ve said in ten

People that insist on giving me the whole pointless long story when I could’ve answered their question after the first twenty seconds. Especially if the answer is “you’re speaking to the wrong department/company”

I work in a call centre, in case you can’t tell!

Lottapianos · 22/06/2018 15:26

Oh god, SO. MANY. THINGS.

All of the above

People not saying please and thank you
Queue jumpers
Phone shouters
Children in pubs and restaurants, unless sitting at a table and chatting at a reasonable volume
Young men with their pants on show over the top of their trousers. It looks so utterly pathetic
People using their phone on speaker all the time like they're on the frigging Apprentice
People generally acting like they're in their own living room when they're out in public

Just So.Many.Things.

Sparklingbrook · 22/06/2018 15:27

My teenagers and their vagueness with arrangements when I am the taxi.

People who don't indicate.

People that wait for my parking space but don't leave enough room for me to get out of it.

Most other drivers on the motorway. Grin

ethelfleda · 22/06/2018 15:31

Currently stuck in stupid traffic because all the roads are being resurfaced and I am desperate for a wee. This is making me very cross.

Aquamarine1029 · 22/06/2018 15:33

My list could be a mile long, actually.

People who show up unannounced at my home. Off with their heads as far as I'm concerned.

People who have no manners. For example, not allowing people to get off an elevator before they barge their way in. People who don't hold doors for others coming behind them. People who don't say please and thank you. Is it really so hard to even pretend to be polite??

Dishes left in my sink. Thankfully my husband feels the same, but my children have definitely experienced my wrath.

Oh dear. I could go on all day.

disahsterdahling · 22/06/2018 15:35

Cyclists on the road cycling REALLY FUCKING SLOW right in the middle of the road. I know it's their right bla bla bla but it still drives me nuts

Drivers overtaking cyclists on blind bends and when other cars are coming towards them.

But when I'm driving I hate being held up by cyclists. And I hate them going ding ding ding to tell me to get out of their way even when I'm not actually in their way.

Otherwise:

people who have loud conversations on trains especially in quiet carriage
men who get their shirt off at every opportunity, yuk.
people who look at their phones when they are walking along, instead of looking where they going and walk really really slowly as a consequence
people who cc in their boss and mine when they email me
drivers who don't give way to pedestrians when turning into side roads
drivers who drive really slowly when they can see you want to cross the road (but too fast for you to go in front of them) - hurry up so I can get across!
traffic lights that don't change as soon as you press the button even though they've not been on in the last minute or so
self service tills that don't take cash

runners in bike lanes and cyclists on the pavement yes this too though don't really care about cyclists on pavements where the pavement is empty, don't like runners running along the road when there's a pavement, either. I don't do that when I am running, can anyone explain?

SoddingUnicorns · 22/06/2018 15:35

Definitely drivers who don’t indicate, I’m currently learning and it’s so frustrating!

People who queue jump, or somehow think the rules don’t apply to them and just make life difficult.

Racists.

Not getting any peace and quiet at all. I get up at 5am so I can have an hour to myself and inwardly groan if I hear footsteps on the stairs before 6am!

disahsterdahling · 22/06/2018 15:36

Not enough public loos and cafes that get all precious about you using theirs. It's a medical need, get over yourselves.

sexnotgender · 22/06/2018 15:36

Eating with your mouth open
Eating noisily
Bad table manners
Slow walking
Tourists

Mitzimaybe · 22/06/2018 15:36

The phrase "keeping you across... " particularly when used on the BBC gives me the rage.

Keeping you across the news
Keeping you across the world cup action

AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

rosesandflowers1 · 22/06/2018 15:37

I get super annoyed at:

  • people dropping cigarettes/rubbish out of their car windows
  • people that complain that "everything is offensive" or "everybody is so sensitive" nowadays
  • people that clink the cutlery against the bowl
  • people who feel the need to unnecessarily fill silence so just endlessly bring up inane conversations at random intervals
  • "humour" that relies on large amounts of second-hand embarrassment
  • people who constantly moan about social media or really anyone who talks about the "good ol' days"
  • people who just chuck the term "Nazi" around; feminazi, Grammar Nazi etc.

I probably sound like a right grump Grin

KurriKurri · 22/06/2018 15:38

People walking in front of me very slowly because they are on their mobile phone and can;t walk and talk at the same time - stand to the side out of the way.

People I call ' chargers' - they walk directly at you and expect you to get ou of thier way. I had aman do it this morning, walking speedily straight at me, I was carrying four heavy bags of shoopping, he was empty handed, so i stood my ground - he swerved at the last minute with lots of muttering, tutting and eye rolling. Tit-wanker.

Children (I'm talking 7/8 yr olds, not little ones) who zoom along the pavement on their scooters, then randomly stop and whirl the scooter round thier head. For some reason this is rife where I live, walking down the road yo take your life in your hands. There is a skate and scooter park for whirling.

My neighbour - too long to go into but he's rude, bossy and thinks he knows everything. He likes to supervise everything I do. When I park my car he's watching out of the window and will come out and offer tips if I am more than an inch away from the pavement. When I am in my garden he leans over the wall and says 'what on earth are you up to now?' - like I'm this wild crazy person, when the answer is usually, 'watering my plants' or 'putting my recycling in the bin'. I could go on, there is an irritating conversation every day.

Obviously I am quite a cranky person Grin

MereDintofPandiculation · 22/06/2018 15:39

People.

(I think that just about sums it up)

rosesandflowers1 · 22/06/2018 15:42

Oooh, I've got more!

  • people who demand/force physical affection from others, especially children
  • toilet humour
  • "did you just assume my gender?" jokes
  • people that think "freedom of speech" is a get out of jail free card for being told they're being a dick
  • people who say that they're just "honest" or "tell it how it is" instead of just admitting that they're rude
  • people who don't keep their dogs on leads in spaces where they really should be, and then don't bother to control them
KittyLover91 · 22/06/2018 15:43

Just people in general make me cranky!

WTFnnoh · 22/06/2018 17:15

Kids screaming. All the neighbourhood kids do it. No issue with them playing quietly on the green but I was brought up to understand that screaming is for danger only. Also the constant “hi hi hi” thing the kids do when I’m trying to relax in the garden. Are they really so bored that they would resort to trying to talk to the neighbourhood crank??

thecatsthecats · 22/06/2018 17:17

Hanger.

I've got two consecutive bloody barbeques this weekend when I'm trying to diet, and we went to one last weekend as well, and I have to contort the rest of the bloody day's eating around a not particularly well cooked bloody arsing burger. Again.

frasier · 22/06/2018 17:18

All the above, plus toilet seat or lid up. Close it to flush for God’s sake.

DeadGood · 22/06/2018 17:27

Lift ditherers. The doors open, and they stand there looking tentative with an “ok if I get in?” sort of a look on their face. Just get in so the lift can move!

Drivers who speed towards the pedestrian crossing I’m about to step out onto. At the last minute they slow down and end up having to come to a complete stop, because I’m not about to step out in front of a driver that’s showing no sign of having seen me. If they’d slowed down earlier, I’d just cross straight away, and be on the other side by the time the car got to the crossing, so they could just drive straight across. Does that make any sense?! It’s just so silly!

newyearwhoohoo · 22/06/2018 17:39

Excited TV weather forecasters who think that everyone is going to be delighted with next week's extended heat wave of 30 degree and describe it as "glorious". And anyone else who describes it as suchAngry

Lottapianos · 22/06/2018 17:52

'Excited TV weather forecasters who think that everyone is going to be delighted with next week's extended heat wave of 30 degree and describe it as "glorious".'

Totally agree. I love sun, I love warm, I love being able to wear a t shirt and sandals instead of coat and boots. But I absolutely hate HOT. 30 degrees means being a wet, sweaty minging mess for most of the day. Gross. Don't know how anyone can enjoy it

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