AIBU to hate people who say Just get me anything but who don't mean it?

[Snapchen]

They belong in the stocks don't they? Why won't they just say what they'd like or give a few options instead of saying that they'd like some chocolate, and refuse to give me any ideas, insisting that anything will do, so that when I return with a Dairy Milk or similar they pull a face and say 'That's not what I'm really in the mood for.'

They’re the same people who, before they come to stay, say “Oh gosh we’ll totally keep out of your hair! You will hardly know we’re there” and then look aghast when you tell them where the teaspoons are.

They probably are. Thankfully I don't encounter that very often as I hate having people staying in my home so rarely allow it, but I can imagine how frustrating it must be.

Does no one else know someone like this? Perhaps i just attract them.

A former manager used to do this regularly, and a friend used to do the same with restaurants then complain .I refuse to have lunches with her now.

This is my mother.
Her: What are we having for tea?
Me :i dunno. Boiled eggs?
Her, sad little face: oh, well ok then....
Me: cheese sandwich? What do you fancy?
Her: well it’s you that’s making it.
Me: i don’t know what to make you if you won’t tell me what you want.
Her, looking like a little girl: i don’t want to trouble you
Me , suppressing an eye roll: do you want cheese on toast?
Her: oh yes! Ive been wanting that all day!
Ffs

I dislike this.

"What would you like for lunch?"
"I don't mind."
"Soup?"
"No, I don't fancy that."
"What about an omelette?"
"No, not really in the mood for an omelette."
"OK, well, what do you fancy?"
"I don't mind ...."

Gah!

I hate this! Same people who say "I don't mind" when you ask them what they want for dinner/ what they want to eat/ what they want to see at the cinema, etc.

I don't get it? It's like they think they're making your life easier, but actually makes it so much harder. Just say what you want!

They are lazy people who want you to do all their thinking for them.

The best way is just to please yourself and breezily say, "oh well, next time just be specific". And repeat!

I have realized I get the exact same reaction from someone when I spend hours thinking about and sourcing the exact right present as I do when I get a 3 for 2 in Boots. 3 for 2 it is then!

One of my Dad’s best qualities is that he will happily eat whatever meal you happen to put in front of him. When he says he doesn’t mind, he actually means it! He’s the exception though. Plenty of other family members will mutter and moan when the meal isn’t what they had in mind. Never occurs to them to actually TELL me what they have in mind before I start cooking, of course.
I think this is a large part of why I hate cooking.

They are lazy people who want you to do all their thinking for them

^^ This. I only give them one chance and if they don't give a specific option I'll say 'well I'm having X, do you want some too'. I'm not playing a guessing game with someone who can't be arsed making a decision.

Don’t offer choices. Just say ‘I’m having boiled eggs for tea. Want some?’, or ‘I’m going to see Mission Impossible 2’. Want to come? That way you get what you want all the time. If they say ‘get me anything’, bring them back a pork pie or a toilet roll. They’ll soon learn.

I think I'm guilty of this sometimes. I just don't want to seem grabby or demanding.

Been on the other side and know how annoying it can be though.

Do does this. It pissed me off

Me : what you want for dinner?
DP: don't mind, anything.
ME: sausage and mash?
DP: No, we had that last week
ME: ok, Spag Bol?
DP: Don't fancy that.
ME : OK, you are making dinner then. Can't be arsed with this.

He stopped doing it because it ended with him cooking on his days and mine.