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AIBU?

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Yes WABU but we don't care...

148 replies

Ragevibration · 25/10/2018 20:47

What tiny, completely irrelevant to your own life, things bug the shit out of you?

Mine is when drivers creep forwards really slowly at a red light. I don't know why, it isn't affecting my day whatsoever but it gives me a genuine temporary pool of such fury in my stomach!

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crispsahoy · 25/10/2018 22:27

People pulling the petrol pump to the wrong side of the car!! Drives me mad!!! Just wait an extra 30 seconds!!!

Knittedfairies · 25/10/2018 22:28

I get really annoyed when someone rings me, then carries on a conversation with someone else in the room with them. If you want to speak to me, speak.

Warpdrive · 25/10/2018 22:30

Drivers who stop at roundabouts to give way to traffic which isn’t even on the roundabout yet, but just approaching it from another route.

Just typing that has made me irrationally angry.

SerenDippitty · 25/10/2018 22:33

When I'm stuck in a queue of traffic and the car in front won't move when the traffic does and leaves an increasingly massive gap. FUCKING MOVE UP YOU BASTARD!

I feel the same when I’m in a queue of people, and it moves and the person in front of me does not move.

Eeeeek2 · 25/10/2018 22:33

Sat nav in cars driven by tourists. If you drive a big assed 4x4 that has never seen a spec of dirt and the closest you've been to a farm animal is a petting zoo, then please please please don't drive down country lanes following your sat nav. Just because there isn't a line down the middle doesn't make it one way, so don't also drive on the wrong side of the country lane around blind bends doing 30 mph+ Please look at an actual map (google maps if you must) and follow the a and B roads to you destination it's a lot safe and probably quicker too.

Rufus27 · 25/10/2018 22:34

Drivers who don’t thank you for giving way to them (especially when you’ve reversed for half a mile down a country lane for them).

People who advertise things for sale but ignore your request to see the item/buy it.

trancepants · 25/10/2018 22:34

It's not as though they get anywhere faster as a result.
How long have you been driving if you think that's true. If you time it right you won't have to stop and will take off way faster than someone who has stopped. It's correct procedure when driving as it's both faster and better for your car.

IAmBeyonceAlways · 25/10/2018 22:34

People who "show off" when they sneeze - HUGE A-TISHOOOOOOOO which makes me everyone around them jump. Iraational, yes I know but it annoys me so much!!!

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 25/10/2018 22:35

People who stand chatting in the aisles of M&S at lunchtime, when I just want to grab a sandwich and am really tight time-wise.

Bastards letting off fireworks for hours which is making my cat so upset. It’s not even Halloween, never mind bonfire night.

GiraffeObsessedBaby · 25/10/2018 22:41

People who think getting sick is a moral failing and makes you less than.

People who get offended when I casually swear. I'm an adult. There are no children present. Man the fuck up  (and if you throw any ladylike comments at me boy you'll regret it).

Athena51 · 25/10/2018 22:43

@SerenDippitty

I feel the same when I’m in a queue of people, and it moves and the person in front of me does not move.

Oh me too, I nearly got stabby in a post office queue once Smile

TheSageofOnions · 25/10/2018 22:43

People (e.g. atheists, vegetarians or vegans) who insist on telling you that they are an atheist, vegetarian or whatever despite their beliefs/lifestyle having absolutely nothing to do with the reason why you are talking to them.

winobaglady · 25/10/2018 22:44

People who sit in traffic queues with their foot on the brake pedal. Use your hand break.
Especially at night, in the rain, your brake lights are blinding, argh.

hodgeheg92 · 25/10/2018 22:45

I used to creep at the traffic lights cos the baby would start screaming if the motion stopped. Sorry!

Drivers who don't anticipate the road ahead and are then surprised by the line of parked cars and try to push in front on me (2 lanes going in the same direction.) People without children trying to make plans with you for the weekend last minute. No I cannot come to your Halloween party on Saturday night because we have a child and it's not fair to drop her on the grandparents last minute and no we cannot just keep her up later and bring her with us because she turns into the devil child after 5pm!

winobaglady · 25/10/2018 22:45

Hand brake. Woops Blush

Ali1cedowntherabbithole · 25/10/2018 22:45

Links and adverts on screens, designed to make you click accidentally as you scroll down.

People who think I have endless free time because I'm self employed. Ha ha ha.

SukiPutTheEarlGreyOn · 25/10/2018 22:46

Yep, I’m with you with the dramatic sneezers, IAmBeyonceAlways. For some reason it provokes a nanosecond of pure, undiluted rage that lurks under my bland ‘bless you’ to the person. Times this by a million if they also don’t use a tissue.

YouCanCallMeJodieWho · 25/10/2018 22:46

@Wetwashing00
"When certain members of the family put recyclables on TOP of the recycling bin and not IN it."
All of my lovely family have nearly died so many times for this error. Fuckers.

APearOfPearsThatsHowIRoll · 25/10/2018 22:46

I hate food that’s labelled ‘Simply’ on the packaging. Like ‘Simply granola’ or ‘Simply cod fillets.’

Ugh. Really gets on my nerves.

AtSea1979 · 25/10/2018 22:47

@ladybee28 this is exactly why I don’t put the barrier there!

Then I feel the rage when the person behind tuts and streches over me to get it Angry

Ali1cedowntherabbithole · 25/10/2018 22:47

Oh and a driving one. People who are too stupid to notice they are going uphill and get progressively slower. Ban them all.

goingtotown · 25/10/2018 22:48

Checkatrade, they never reply to emails. I need a plasterer, painter & someone to hang 7 doors. Just reply that you’re too busy or don’t want the work.

Mum0fteens · 25/10/2018 22:50

People that ring instead of texting me! I know IABU but I hate talking on the phone.

Also people that turn up unexpectedly at my house just to visit?!!! Erm ring me first so I can tidy up and put a bra on Grin.

bananafish · 25/10/2018 22:51

Tourists and/or other non Londoners who decide to just STOP at the top of escalators, and nearly cause a bloody pile up. Or stand on the left side. Or don't wait for people to get off first before trying to get on the tube. Or who don't bloody know - or care to find out - the general travel etiquette. And I know it's unfair, but at 8 am when I'm late for a breakfast meeting? I just don't care.

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 25/10/2018 22:53

Well I been round long enough to know how this goes. Lighthearted for 4 or so pages, then Bam! And it's zapped.
But in the meantime...smug inanimate objects,specifically those road signs that tell you if you're doing the right speed. One near us has a smiley or frowny face. I feel like screaming "don't smirk at me you smug cunt!"