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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Yes WABU but we don't care...

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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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crispysausagerolls · 26/10/2018 14:07

slumberparty

Fully agree with this - but also dicks who will go down a right turn only lane because it’s clear at lights and expect to just hop into the front of the straight ahead. If anyone knows Richmond Bridge, this drives me mad!

Pursefirst · 26/10/2018 14:19

So, so many.

People who saunter/stroll/move at a fucking glacial pace, but manage to take up all the footpath - MOVE YOUR ARSE.

People who leave massive gaps, whether in person or in a car - MOVE YOUR ARSE.

People who take forever to pay for shopping/go through airport security/decided on a goddamn filling for your sandwich - MOVE YOUR ARSE.

Yes, I am an impatient so-and-so

Time40 · 26/10/2018 14:21

People who creep reeeeaaaallllyyy slooooowly up to the car in front of them in a traffic queue leaving a huge gap between them. Why not just drive up to the car in front and then stop? I do occasionally overtake when it's safe and fill the gap.

God, how idiotic. I hope I never meet you on the roads.

Leaving a gap when in a queue does not matter. Moving up quickly won't make the queue move any faster.

Sciurus83 · 26/10/2018 15:26

When DH parks in a space/car park which is far away from our destination when there are closer spots available. I know, I can see them. Why are we having to walk/push the trolley this far?! Why?!

hammeringinmyhead · 26/10/2018 15:37

When you see you have a missed call from 10 seconds ago, phone back immediately and they don't answer. Seriously? Unless they have lobbed their phone away like a discus-thrower they're either still holding it or it's right next to them!

Whatweretheythinking · 26/10/2018 16:35

School asking me to volunteer, I email a list of dates I'm available but to let me know asap so I can arrange cover (I'm self employed) and then replying two weeks later! Make me want to scream "hello the lesson I give is £250 a day have a little respect and appreciate that I give my time (I work 60+ hours a week), supplies for free and then paying someone to cover for me!" Swear they wouldn't take so long replying to DH!

nobodyloveslava · 26/10/2018 17:21

People who sit in a straight on or right hand filter lane and don't indicate that they are going right until after the lights have changed and you are now trapped behind them. There is a special place in hell for these people

GoodbyeSummer · 26/10/2018 18:05

Time did you read the title? It is a thread for people who find some very petty things incredibly annoying. People who leave massive gaps between them and the car in front for no apparent reason (gaps that are at least 4 car lengths long, if not longer) are annoying so yes, if I can do it safely I will overtake and fill the gap.

Sitranced · 26/10/2018 18:14

People who refer to themselves as mummy or daddy to their pets.

Knittedfairies · 26/10/2018 18:20

What is pre-ordering about? That annoys me, and ‘baby’ potatoes/carrots/whatever. They are not babies, just small.... or very far away.

crispysausagerolls · 26/10/2018 18:41

nobodyloveslava

YESSSS I HATE THAT TOO!!!! BASTARDS!!!!!!

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Ragevibration · 27/10/2018 11:53

Some of these are funny 😂

I don't mind peiple who slow for the lights... that makes sense. It's the ones who stop, and then creep forward every couple of seconds. It's a very specific rage induction.

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KeepServingTheDrinks · 27/10/2018 13:54

People who refer to themselves as mummy or daddy to their pets we do this
Usually only in private, though.

Tbh, I think a lot of pet owners do it too.

helzapoppin2 · 27/10/2018 14:02

People who ring my doorbell and knock on the door. One or the other will do!

POPholditdown · 27/10/2018 14:12

People who take fifty words to say something when ten would’ve done the job perfectly

God, my OH is like this. I have to leave the room when he’s on the phone to book a doctors appointment as he gives the receptionist his full medical history - ‘it all started when’.

The SPAG police give me a tight chest.

When people are waiting to cross at the traffic lights, and they stand as far forward as they can, just about balancing on the edge of the kerb. All I can picture is them losing their balance and falling into moving traffic😡

POPholditdown · 27/10/2018 14:21

Oh, and ‘competitive pay’ in job adverts, when you’re told later on its NMW. Competitive to what, the law??

StoneofDestiny · 27/10/2018 21:03

People who sniff instead of blowing their nose (ugh - gross)
People who spit on the street
People who talk loudly in public places (we don't all want to hear you)
People who cough without covering their mouths
People who eat with their mouths open (boak)
People who use their gardens as dumping grounds
People who let their dogs jump on you and say 'it's just saying hello!' (Don't wear clean clothes to be jumped over)

Fink · 28/10/2018 20:20

Companies who write logos etc. with numbers, random shapes, smilies and the like in the place of letters but expect you to read the word as though they were proper letters. For example, Samsung don't use the letter A in their logo, they skip the cross bar so it makes a Greek letter lamda. So as far as I can tell their name is supposed to be pronounced 'slmsung'.

I really don't know why it gets to me so much but I absolutely seethe with barely contained rage whenever I see one.

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Ragevibration · 28/10/2018 20:31

Fink yes!!! I'm going to see a band in a couple of weeks and the support are called Shapes... except they aren't because there is a triangle instead of an A. Why?!

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abbsisspartacus · 28/10/2018 20:37

Children who fight sleep (looking at you ds)

Fink · 29/10/2018 09:51

Ragevibration well, obviously they're being very clever, because a triangle is a 'shape', see and they're called Shapes, ha ha ha. What a very clever marketing symbol.

I am filled with rage at this and I haven't even heard of the group. I shall have to find out about them just so that I can refuse to buy their music!

MrsGideon · 29/10/2018 12:30

People who try and make conversation with me when I am very obviously occupied with something. For example, I have just spent the last 3 weeks staying with DP's family in Australia. I love them, they're really lovely people and very generous allowing us to stay with them. But if I am sitting with a book in my hands and looking at said book, it's reasonable to assume that I am reading it and therefore don't want to make light chit chat with you! They have three sitting areas and yet I somehow always managed to end up with one of them plonking themselves down next to me and piping up with something like "isn't the weather lovely today?" ARGH. I might sound mean and ungrateful saying that, but 3 weeks is a long time to spend with people you don't really know and sometimes you just need some quiet time! I did end up just going to our bedroom at times, but it was a bit depressing to be sitting inside when there was a lovely sunny garden to enjoy.

I don't mind sitting in companionable silence, but people who feel the need to fill it with pointless conversation all the time do give me the rage.

Also, people at work who try and call me to ask a simple question or worse, come over to my desk to tell me something I don't need to know. I work with two people like this and have actually just ignored a Skype call from one of them who then messaged asking something that literally required a one word answer. WHY.

MrsGideon · 29/10/2018 12:31

Starting to wonder if I just don't like talking to people haha

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