To have no time for 'nonsense' anymore

[scoobydoobydoooooh]

People expecting me to travel thousands of miles to attend their destination wedding.

People putting their name on waiting lists for designer handbags that cost thousands of pounds.

Pamper parties for 9 year olds.

Any other grumpy old ladies like to list the modern day nonsense they can live without?

Lydiaatthebarre : I don't think children should stand up for the elderly, and I don't any more either. If the elderly want Brexit, against the overriding wishes of the young, they can accept that the young won't like them very much, and why we should respect them just because they are old?

If the elderly can't stand up because they are infirm, they get a seat because they are infirm or unable to stand, not because of "respect". You want respect? Earn it.

Sorry, haven’t read all the thread, but “tasting menus”. Five courses, each a mouthful. Also any restaurant meal that costs a fortune and doesn’t include vegetables! Give me veg with my dinner!

Selfies

Nonsenses I have no time for (and I know I’m not being original here):
MLM frauds and the crooks leaching off it in the form of ‘mindset’ ‘coaches’ - utter bollocks (and damaging to so many)
“Live, Laugh, Love”
Misuse of the reflexive pronoun especially in conjunction with a dose of obsequiousness
Competitive parents
Performance parents
Almost anything on FB but top of that list: cryptic attention seeking posts followed up by idiots asking “you OK Hun” and such like. Questions on FB, “does anyone know what time the bus outside my house goes into town” No I don’t but if I wanted to know I’d probably go and check the timetable pinned up on the bus stop a few steps from your door.
Sharpie eyebrows - Groucho Marx was ahead of the fashion curve on this one.
Dogs in bags
Dogs in ‘designer’ gear
‘Curated’ and other silliness to describe mundane actions
Baby showers - grabby nonsense
Prosecco - today’s Babysham
Contouring - like a badly creosoted fence most of the time. If you’ve got a face like a chipmunk no amount of stripes will give you the cheekbones of Sophia Loren.
Photos on social media from A&E - nobody cares

All of the above plus
Encouraging children with no gender dysphoria to question gender
The SNP
Snowflakes ( not the ones from the sky)
Obsession with looking young yeah i slap a bit of moisturiser on but goodness me the state of some of those over filled over botoxed faces FFS grow old gracefully its part of the life cycle ( and in my opinion you look ridiculous)
21 year olds who think they have come up with something new by not shaving..... wait till you have kids and dont have time to wipe your rear end let alone shout out for this drivel.
I could go on but should probably just take my HRT

All of it 😂

Facebook ‘challenges’

People who look down on others who use public transit or walk.

The 22 year olds on my course talking about their stress levels constantly even though they live at home, don’t work and have been given a car.

Everything above.

Nearly all dogs and their besotted owners. It's not a furbaby and it's going to die, not go over the fucking Rainbow Bridge.
Kids who are allowed to run about in cafes and restaurants getting under my feet when I'm carrying a tray of scalding hot drinks.
All the crap on Facebook about how 'special' and 'misunderstood' people are because they're introverts, like perfectly normal traits are somehow deserving of special treatment.
Eating, talking and laughing like a demented hyena in the cinema.
Driving some vast gas-guzzling monster of a 4x4. Seriously, these things should be banned or taxed double. Don't park next to my modest little car so I can't see round yours, don't shine your nasty blue-white blinding beams in my eyes, and don't do the school run in one.

Masterblaster I didn't say anything about 'respect'. That being said, I don't agree with your point re Brexit.

Tattooed eyebrows...
Tattoo's all over the body/arms/legs etc

Deliveroo/Just Eat - encourages sense that everyone should eat something different, discourages cooking etc.

'Hun'

Men fucking lying on their online dating profiles, then forgetting their lies and being totally shocked when you call them out!

Stupidly designed flat packed furniture.

Catty women in the school playground who think their kids shit don't stink.

Call centre staff who say 'is there anything else I can do for yourself '. It's YOU!! ffs .

What a brilliant thread, so many of these I agree with! 😂

Hate hate people who drive 50mph in the outside lane for fricken ages and ages (not that I often go in that lane, my cars too slow, i don’t belong there!) it’s dangerous and pisses everyone off.

People who don’t indicate. That right I’m a mind reader and clearly realised you wanted to change lanes Susan as you evil me as I go past. knob

People who don’t say thank you when you clearly hold open a door or let them past etc.

Dog shit. If I can wipe a three year olds bum you can pick up your dogs shit Barry so I don’t wheel my buggy through it/some child walks it all over my classroom carpet so we can’t sit down all fucking day to do circle time and have to leave the window open even after it’s cleaned up.

People who park in parent and child spaces when they have no child (excluding anyone disabled, that’s ok). Actually people who can’t park generally, if it takes you 5 minutes and 90000 manoeuvres to get in a normal you need to retake your test.

People who honestly think teachers work 9-3.30, where is this school and can I work there? And then parents who get shitty when I don’t call them back within half an hour. I’m teaching your child. All day. Every day. Apart from lunchtime, and then I need to wee, eat, do playground duty and phone the other 30 parents who’ve called that week....

I’m generally a really chilled out person until I realised how many things annoy me 😂😂😂

Selfies do people really have that much spare time plus they rarely look good.

Dogs dirt I don’t care how much you love your little pooch i do not want to stand it’s shit so clean it up.

Gender reveals I mean honestly nobody really apart from the parents give a toss what gender someone has and I don’t want to go to a party for it.

People that insist there daughters are princesses and feel being a diva (aka spoilt brat) is a good thing. Absolutely fine to think your child is a princess as they probably are to you but they are not to the rest of the world. They are just a child and if you raise a diva most of the world see a spoilt brat they don’t like not a diva.

Baby showers why? I am happy to buy a gift after baby is here for those I choose to buy for but dont want to buy because I have too.

Phones marketed to teenagers that cost almost £1k.
HD close ups of football players gobbing across the pitch.

Just gonna point out my "gas guzzling" 4x4 is a 1.0litre petrol!!

All the above. But mostly right now wanky management speak.

Seriously, just stop it. I do not need information "cascading". I do not want to talk about things "going forward" and I do not want to talk about the "challenges, not problems". They're fucking problems, Susan, and you sound like an arsehole.

There is nothing that you want to reveal that I want to know, so you can all FOTTFSOF with your REVEAL PARTIES.

Unless you have actually genuinely grown mouse ears on your head, your eyes have swelled to the size of grapefruits or real cartoon birds are flying around your head, don't expect me to LIKE your lame filters.

People who try to 'debate' private schools when they are introduced to someone whose children attend one. I am talking about people who don't know you at all, or barely know you, but have a curious interest in this topic.

Do these people really think that on the strength of that conversation someone's going to rush home and give notice to the school?

"I've seen the light. Nothing you've said has ever occurred to me before now, but thank you for pointing it out, when my child has been at the same school for six years/is about to start their GCSEs/ etc etc. We'll be quitting the school forthwith. Shall I Cc you on the email so you can be SURE I've acted on your views?"

People who generally feel that it's ok to admonish others when they hardly know them and their views haven't been sought. Take your axe and grind it elsewhere.

People who think that because they have kids, the can jump a queue 'as you can't seriously expect my child to wait'. Hairdressers, ice cream parlours, and pubs with a playground are worst for this.

Parents who don’t let their children out of sight until they’re 15/16 cos it’s soooo dangerous nowadays!

@Lydiaatthebarre

*People earnestly explaining why their children shouldn't stand up for anyone on the bus.

It's not treating them like second rate citizens. Never mind that there are twenty somethings ignoring that poor elderly man who could do with a seat. There bad manners aren't your problem. Your responsibility is to ensure that your children don't grow up like that, so teach them manners and get them to stand up and let him sit down*

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again! I will stand up for many people if I am with my daughter but I will ask for a seat for her! She is disabled but you might not see it at first look.
If I am with my son, I will not stand for anyone, he is also disabled, if he is sitting and has ear defenders on, you might not know also. If I stand up and allow anyone to sit next to him there is a very good chance he would have a meltdown on a bus, potentially causing injury to himself or those around him.

People like you are why we usually just lock ourselves at home. But sometimes we HAVE to go to an appointment or something!

Blanket saying all children should stand makes you the ignorant unreasonable person.

So many of the things we find annoying is when people (to ever so slightly change Walter Slezak famous quote)

Spend money they don’t have on things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like

‘Rocking the look’
‘Own it’
‘Style it out’
‘Pull up your big girl pants’
‘Rinse and repeat’
‘Smellies’
‘Lost my shit’

People who post Facebook messages to dead people.
"Happy heavenly birthday mum, hope you're having a good one up there"
Does your mum have Facebook in heaven that she can log into? Does she reply too?!

Ooh I forgot. People who "thank you" when you let them out while driving at night by flashing their full beam at you. Blinding me is no way to say thanks.

People who complain about everything and everyone.