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To ask whats your biggest pet peeve

138 replies

TheLoneWolfDies · 20/03/2019 22:04

Just curious to see what really gets on peoples nerves?
Heres just a couple of mine..
-Loud chewers.
-People who are rude to anyone working in customer service.
-Mopeds.
-The fact that DP rolls his socks off his feet and everytime I'm doing the washing i have to go through it and open out the socks (this is a big one)
-The colour yellow 😂

OP posts:
TheLoneWolfDies · 21/03/2019 11:57

SurgeHopper your guess is as good as mine, maybe she was having a bad day but its really not an excuse. For 1 its hardly the staffs fault, 2 you dont shout at a 60 year old woman thats just wrong and 3, go buy your coffes elsewhere then!
I am clearly still very angry about it 😂

OP posts:
Fluffiest · 21/03/2019 11:59

Dance re-mixes of slow love ballads. Annoys me on such a deep level.

Films starting 45 minutes after advertised start time at the cinema due to the number of adverts.

Neighbours who always hang out on the front street. Makes me feel like I'm being watched.

recrudescence · 21/03/2019 12:00

I would like people to learn the very useful phrase, “Excuse me, please”. This would indicate that they wanted to get past you and save them from waiting for you to - somehow - intuit their presence and move of your own accord.

Greenteandchives · 21/03/2019 12:02

Inconsiderate people at my gym who are guilty of the following:
Dripping water all over the dry area, so you stand in a puddle in your socks.
Think it’s okay to take selfies and photos of their mates in the changing rooms. (Looking at you Groupon people)
Spread their stuff all over every available surface.
Cut their toenails and leave clippings.
Muck about in the fast lanes in the swimming pool when there are lanes clearly marked.
I could go on. Not sure why I go there really, as I often come out more stressed than when I went in.
I need to ‘let it gooooo.’ Hmm

BartonHollow · 21/03/2019 12:05

Films starting 45 minutes after advertised start time at the cinema due to the number of adverts.

Yes! And the fact that you can't just go in late because there might be less that day and you miss the start !

Ellabella989 · 21/03/2019 12:06
  • People who talk at the cinema
  • impromptu invites to things
  • people who slurp hot drinks/soup
  • people who get in my personal space too much by talking to me an inch away from my face
Crinklesmile · 21/03/2019 12:52

I'm totally unreasonable BUT I can't stand kids at the cinema- the fidgeting, eating, drinking, sniffing, up and down to the toilet makes me furious!
There should be adults only viewings of kids films ( The incredibles 2 was ruined by kids, just ruined 😜)

lovelygreenjumper · 21/03/2019 13:20

-People who have strong/loud views about rules being upheld/behaviour expectations etc, but seem to think there's some unwritten agreement that this does not need to apply to them and their offspring
-People who think that football is the most important thing on the planet (so excuses them watching/listening in priority to anything else, disturbing others with their noise when they win/lose etc) and anyone who disagrees is totally unreasonable.

  • The words 'I don't mean to be [insert negative word] but....... If you don't mean to be it- just don't be!
myusernamewastakenbyme · 21/03/2019 15:27

People who turn up at my work 2 minutes before i close expecting to be served....im then 15 mins late out for which im not paid....

Madwithjealousy · 21/03/2019 15:54

Smoking: the most pointless, unnecessary, disgusting thing ever. All these people walking round with their cigarrette-shaped dummies, just why ?

The fact that we're still murdering billions of animals when we don't need to to survive. And the fact that the planet is suffering all because you insist on a bacon sandwich.

golddustwomen · 21/03/2019 16:03

Loud eaters is number one for me. Fucking vile!
People who don't pick up their dog shit. Because navigating dd and the pram around piles of dog shit is exactly how I love to do the school run.
Definitely agree with people turning up without notice. So annoying!! Happened yesterday and I had to throw a bra on quick sharp.
Parents who smoke directly outside the school gate. I smoke but do not want myself or my kids to have to walk through clouds of smoke!
Oh texting me 'what's for dinner?' Every bloody day.

Mimsy123 · 21/03/2019 16:09

Washing machines that say there is one minute remaining, but its still going ten minutes later. Pricks.

JellyNo15 · 21/03/2019 16:09

Joggers/runners who run on the road and don't move onto the pavement when a car comes. Our local running club are the worst and I have met them running three abreast on a bend. Idiots!

Imacliche · 21/03/2019 16:10

People eating
People breathing too loud

Basically people on the whole

JellyBeanScene · 21/03/2019 16:58

Also ring pulls that break off and lids of tins that don't fully separate from the rest of the tin.

LordPickle · 21/03/2019 17:20

People that say "brought" instead of "bought". I hate it so much.

Qwertylass · 21/03/2019 17:25

As a primary school teacher I have dozens. Bottle flipping and chair swinging come to mind.

woodcutbirds · 21/03/2019 17:30

LordPickle When I cringe at that, it's usually the other way round. Bought instead of brought. 'I bought the kids over to play.'
Do people also say, 'I brought a pint of milk?'

Motherofcreek · 21/03/2019 17:34

vally 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Dh eating near me makes me want to kill him and myself. I have to leave the room sometimes

buzzbobbly · 21/03/2019 17:47

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll Websites that ask you to enter a new password of at least 8 characters and keep saying Error: password not long enough! every time you enter a character, for the first 7. Even if there was a standard key on all keyboards which you could press just once to instantly enter an 8-character word, it wouldn't be very secure or unique, now, would it?

If you use Chrome: Right click and let google suggest a secure password. It will then store that for you in the password manager and/or autofill it for you if you allow it to. I assume there is a similar service in other browsers.

JellyBeanScene · 21/03/2019 17:50

A really petty pet peeve is when cafes only have gluten free brownies. If I'd wanted chocolate cake I'd have ordered it. And speaking of brownies people with coeliac disease must be tired of looking at them. Why can't they have some choice?

burritofan · 21/03/2019 17:52

I would like people to learn the very useful phrase, “Excuse me, please”. This would indicate that they wanted
But then how would men in crowded spaces move me aside by putting their hands on my hips or small of my back and physically doing so? (Another pet peeve, but where the pet is a jaguar who will eat the man who does this.)

Glitterfish · 21/03/2019 20:47

People who use golf umbrellas in a town/city- how inconsiderate can you be? People who don't use indicators. People who say I done it - its either I did or I've done. God that drives me mad!!

JenniferJareau · 22/03/2019 06:45

People who cross the road and then walk right in front of me on a wide, empty pavement, yes right in front of me that I almost step on the back of their shoes.

badlydrawnperson · 22/03/2019 07:28

Washing machines that say there is one minute remaining, but its still going ten minutes later. Pricks.

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