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What irrationally annoys you that has no effect on you whatsoever

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Squatternutbosh123 · 31/12/2018 12:03

I'm sitting reading a book in the front room watching the neighbour close just 1 of his double gates after driving off his drive. When he comes in layer he'll then have to stop the car, get out, open gate etc. He can be out anything from 5 minutes to all day but does this every time.

Other neighbour leaves his bins at the front of the house rather than putting them down the side of the house. Same neighbour has 4 people who drive living in the house, yet mum always comes and goes in taxis, sometimes with her grandkids, shopping etc. when they are home.

My mum drives her car right up to her back gate then has to walk around the car to go through gate. She then moans that she gets wet doing this when it's raining, but then won't leave a gap at the front of the car!

None of these things affect me so whyyyyyyyyy do they annoy me so much.

I should get a life

OP posts:
Atchiclees · 31/12/2018 12:37

“Need gone”

CheeseGirl4 · 31/12/2018 12:39

That Thing Where People Capitalise Every Word Despite It Being Entirely Illogical.

GAH.

CottonTailRabbit · 31/12/2018 12:39

My own inability to proof read. On MN my posts are littered with mistakes I only see after posting. At work I always get others to proof read anything even halfway important.

MattBerrysHair · 31/12/2018 12:42

People referring to their dc as 'bubs' or 'bubba', or dh as 'hubs' or 'hubby'. People referring to changing their dc's nappy as 'changing their bum'. Referring to breat feeding as giving their dc 'boob' ie 'he needs boob' or 'I need to boob baby first'.

People not recycling. We still have weekly black bin bag collections and often cats and foxes tear open bags and rubbish gets strewn across the street. It's none of my business but I feel so annoyed when I see bin bags full of stuff that can be recycled. I hate that people don't care.

Big, thick high definition eyebrows, or whatever they're called. I think they look really odd.

Raggedyaine · 31/12/2018 12:42

Ashton Kutcher. I've never liked him but watched (a bit of) "Spread" yesterday and every thing about him: his smug I'm so handsome expression, his belt and braces, his strut, ugh! I turned it off but ever since he has popped up in several movie ads (I'm watching DVD's) and he is repulsive! So that's a fairly irrational irritation.

I'm also with a pp on sniffing. Why the duck does anyone have to sniff? Get a freaking tissue. Or use your sleeve. Ditto chewing noisily.

cleanasawhistle · 31/12/2018 12:43

A neighbour F at the bottom of the hill is sleeping with a neighbour M at the top of the hill...

For years neighbour F took her dog for a walk around the block at the bottom of the hill.
Now she is constantly traipsing the dog up and down the hill all day like a stalker just so she can see if neighbour M girlfriends car is parked on his drive.

CottonTailRabbit · 31/12/2018 12:43

Lengthy intros on youtube. Shut up and get to the bit where you explain how I should do the thing your video is supposed to be explaining how to do. Life history and extended greetings are not endearing.

Frequency · 31/12/2018 12:45

People with bad hair. I don't mean people who haven't bothered doing their hair or people who have long roots. It's people who have tried and it ended terribly. Splotchy highlights, hot roots and bad DIY bleach jobs are the worst offenders.

Why? Why do they do it to themselves/their clients? Why do they not see how shit it looks?

I have to stop myself silently handing them a business card.

Also people who give hair advice when they don't know what they're talking about I'm looking at you lady from Sally's

DD often has to drag me out of Sally's when the counter lady starts telling people how they can go platinum at home but even she visibly cringed when she told a woman with candy floss, over-toned hair to wash her hair with Vanish.

cakef0rbreakfast · 31/12/2018 12:46

Hubby/Hubs. The Hubster.

Just no.

TSSDNCOP · 31/12/2018 12:46

People who, when attempting to discipline children, utter ridiculous threats like "stand up or we won't be going on holiday" in a checking-in queue, or "that's it there will be no party" on entering the actual child's party.

If you're going to think up a punishment, at least use your brain and summon one that will actually have an impact otherwise just let the kid run wild, the rest of us already know you've lost it.

Anyone that has their decorations up after 12th night. By 20th night I'm starting to wonder (note different from actually doing anything about it) if they've collapsed and have been eaten by their cat. Then they come back off their sodding skiing holiday and I realise I've done all that pondering in vain.

EdWinchester · 31/12/2018 12:46

Yy to whoever said ‘living our best life’! It’s nauseating.

Just saw it on instagram about a fucking DOG!

Juells · 31/12/2018 12:48

People who refer to their dogs as their fur-babies. I'm guilty of treating my dogs like I did my children, but I draw the line ad advertising that I'm delusional.

krustykittens · 31/12/2018 12:48

Wind chimes. The flower boxes a neighbour has put out on the green in our village, tilted at a jaunty angle. WHY?! Just put them on the ground, woman!

Drogosnextwife · 31/12/2018 12:50

MaMaMaMySharona

Ahhh yes! They are so bloody rude to their guests, I feel terrible for the poor people. Infact a lot of the things that happen on that show make me feel me cringe a bit, not sure why I watch it!

MissionItsPossible · 31/12/2018 12:51

@Raggedyaine

I used to hate Ashton Kutcher too but he saved over 6000 children from sexual abuse last year so I think he has an unfortunate smug douchebaggy-face (not helped by his earlier film and TV roles)

Mine is when people eat and they’re enjoying something and they smack their
lols together in appreciation. Makes me want to pull their lips off

userschmoozer · 31/12/2018 12:51

People who earnestly explain why I should be mad about trivial thing that does not affect me.
People who complain and then announce that someone should do something about it.

Idratherhaveacupoftea · 31/12/2018 12:53

Jeulls Me too, hate fur babies.

CatnissEverdene · 31/12/2018 12:55

People who message you when you're trying to sell something on FB "whats the lowest you will take"

The price that is on the fucking photo you knob.

One of these days I will reply that.

RoboticSealpup · 31/12/2018 12:55

Podcasts. It's like radio, but even worse. And I don't have to listen to it.

Etihad · 31/12/2018 12:55

When the BBC refer to Wimbledon as SW19. It’s just as easy to say Wimbledon, and there are actually less syllables involved.

I don’t live anywhere near there and have no interest whatsoever in tennis apart from this giving me the rage!

MilkTrayLimeBarrel · 31/12/2018 12:56

Anyone who is #feeling blessed. #makingmemories, #loveyoutothemoonandback, #lovethesetwo and refers to hubby, wifey, hubster, holibobs, anything o'clock except the time and uses the terms little princess and little man to describe their kids. Eurghhh!

LGFuad · 31/12/2018 12:57

@oldsewandsew I am so with you on this! About 70% of the houses on our road have drives, and only TWO houses park their cars on them.

This makes me particularly mad as we have one of the houses with no drive but I would love one and I just all our neighbours are very ungrateful and unappreciative!

DarlingNikita · 31/12/2018 12:57

Dominic West. I just don't like his face.

Megs4x3 · 31/12/2018 12:58

My current pet hate is people who call their adult dogs puppies, or worse, say that their pets are the brothers or sisters of their human children.

Unhappygirl1 · 31/12/2018 12:59

Today... people that write bullshit about the new year on Facebook. “We’ve has a wonderful 2018, boast boast boast, bring on 2019”

Oversharing at its best and nobody cares!

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