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To ask you to share your weird, irrational, petty hatreds?

715 replies

WickedWitchInTheCupboard · 07/02/2019 14:28

I'll start...

It's incredibly immature and irrational but there is a certain (fairly common) name I cannot stand purely because it's the name of both a girl who bullied me when I was young and DHs ex, who is difficult.

I literally hate any mention of this name and automatically dislike anyone with it (ok, not really but in my head for a few moments I do!).

Another less petty but more bizarre one is that I HATE the tops of bottle caps scraping on my nails. It makes me want to be sick. Shuddering thinking about it right now!

Anyone else got any weird/petty/irrational dislikes?

OP posts:
lilywillywoo · 09/02/2019 19:27

The Jet2 advert, with the infuriatingly clingy women and children not letting go of the hands! Gives me the rage every time it's on

TheBreastmilksOnMe · 09/02/2019 19:30

Chavs
Adverts on t.v (they make me cringe)
Standing in a wet patch when I’m wearing socks
Causing a minor injury to myself, it’s the pain that makes me angry (bumping my toe, grazing my hand etc)
Filters on pics

SpamChaudFroid · 09/02/2019 19:36

The phrase "passed away". They died ffs.

Things in corners set to 45* degrees to the room. Especially toilets, basins or corner cupboards. I like things to be perpendicular.

CallMeSirShotsFired · 09/02/2019 19:37

People who have daytime running lights which mean they forget to put actual headlights on when it gets dark. Sick of cars looming out of the darkness ahead, because they have fucking morons for drivers.

People who try and tell me how to spell my own name.

The standard MN response of "you don't have to look" when someone is doing/acting/being really obnoxious or antisocial that in real-life people would immediately put a stop to.

When I was a barmaid - customers who would come back to the bar but not bother to bring their glasses with them.

AstralTraveller · 09/02/2019 19:43

Hate LED lights on vehicles. Makes driving in the rain appalling. Makes driving at night appalling. Driving has so few pleasures nowadays for myriad reasons but LED lights are an abomination.

CallMeSirShotsFired · 09/02/2019 19:44

People who leave the paper/foil on top of the lurpak after opening it.

Adults who live in Harry Potter world. Grow the fuck up.

Dunelm's till system. There is no earthly reason for it to ALWAYS be so glacially slow. And they wear stupid headsets too.

nojustice15 · 09/02/2019 19:46

Have we had people arranging books by colour?

And worse...

People storing their books on shelves with the spines to the wall so you can just see the paper.

Bangs head on table...

Snowdrifthill · 09/02/2019 19:46

Any of my TV licence fee paying for the greatest dancer.

CallMeSirShotsFired · 09/02/2019 19:50

A single penny of my TV licence fee paying for the abomination that is Strictly.

Just cannot understand what people like about such an all round absolute shower of shit show.

JaneJeffer · 09/02/2019 19:53

Stupid ring-pulls on tins that are really hard to open and shower you with half the contents.

Hawkinsfirefly99 · 09/02/2019 19:58

Waiting in queues at public toilets and people that take ages going...99% of the time it's an elderly woman or a little girl

dartitus · 09/02/2019 19:58

Reality shows - TOWIE, Love Island - giving thick people air time for other thick people to watch

Hawkinsfirefly99 · 09/02/2019 20:02

Adults that fill their cars full of soft cuddly toys.
Adults that are obsessed with Disney...gtfu.
People that walk slowly in front of me.
People that say, 'cheeky nandos'.
People that end their gloating facebook posts with the word 'BOOM'.
People that say, 'me thinks', instead of 'I think'.

LadyBunker · 09/02/2019 20:03

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TheatreMumma · 09/02/2019 20:10

Repeatedly seeing 'defiantly' instead of 'definitely'.

The fact that Aldi has 8 tills but they have 20 people queuing up to use the only 2 that are ever in use.

Waiting at a junction for a car to drive past only for it to turn left or right without indicating.

clippityclop · 09/02/2019 20:17

People who say 'cheeky' anything but bugger or monkey.
People who sniff.
People who chew with their mouth open.
People who call me Hun.
People who say 'See you later' when they know they won't
People who say they will split the cost of a meal when they have the option to pay for their own and then moan afterwards.
People who moan. Be grateful or DO something.
That cheap draylon crushed velvet type fabric that had sadly come back into fashion. Just looking at it brings me out in goosebumps all over.

Ihaveabloodyheadache · 09/02/2019 20:20

The fact that Aldi has 8 tills but they have 20 people queuing up to use the only 2 that are ever in use.

That and then "Dear Customers, we are opening till 4 for you" followed 30seconds later by "Dear Customers we are now closing till 4" when the queue has gone down by 3 people followed by "Dear customers we are opening till 4 for you" 30 seconds later when 3 more people arrive. Just keep till fucking 4 open until the queue has gone!

CheddarIsNotTheOnlyCheese · 09/02/2019 20:26

Blokes (Its normally them) pointing at the person (usually another bloke) posing with them.

Stardustinmyeyes · 09/02/2019 20:32

IMO the phrase passed is 100x worse than passed away. A person has died not passed or as some fuckers put it they have past. People who are excited for something, like excited for Christmas. I want to ask what has Christmas done?

bourbonbiccy · 09/02/2019 21:06

People with a complete disregard for my personal space -- infuriates me.
Getting my clothes stuck on door handles (open the door more !!!! I yell to myself )
People swearing regularly just in conversation
Drivers who don't indicate
Drivers who don't do the acknowledging thank you

@CheddarIsNotTheOnlyCheese you made me laugh out loud about the sneezing 😀😀😀

bourbonbiccy · 09/02/2019 21:12

Oh and paying the extra 30 quid to get my green bin emptied... No I completely irrationally went to the tip with my garden waste, which cost me more in diesel and time.

MinniesMum1606 · 09/02/2019 21:14

People who put the word ‘super’ in front of words:

It was ‘super’ exciting
He was ‘super’ nice
It’s super fucking annoying

MinniesMum1606 · 09/02/2019 21:17

People who sit next to me on the bus when there’s spare seats.
Strangers that are weirdos always seem to talk to me at bus stops/shop queues/etc, my mum gets it too so we both most have ‘one of those faces’
People on Facebook who put out a post about being really angry/upset and then when someone asks if they’re on, the original poster puts ‘PM me’ attention seeking or what Angry
People that don’t ask first before they visit me, and especially worse if they bring young kids and expect me to have something for them to do! I have one DD at 16 and just me, nothing for toddlers to play with

MinniesMum1606 · 09/02/2019 21:19

I too hate SCD, surely only old people watch it?
I hate reality stars bringing out books of how to be a great mum
Women and men that have a child in every relationship that they enter into, even if it was only a fling

MinniesMum1606 · 09/02/2019 21:24

People that say ‘this is my go to makeup/brush/jumper/skirt, just hate that fucking word go to
People that sit in Starbucks with their laptops pretending they’re doing very important work when they’re on Facebook
People that follow fashion with everything, just coz it’s fashionable doesn’t mean it’s stylish