Things other people do that you just don't 'get'

[DebbieFiderer]

Mine are -

Starting to drive off, then putting your seat belt on whilst trying to control the car at the same time. Why? It can't save more than a second, looks awkward, and is dangerous!

Putting bananas into a little plastic bag before putting them in the trolley - the only reason I can see for the plastic bags is to keep loose veg together, or to keep edible parts clean, neither of which applies to bananas, so what's the point?

Taking shopping trollies back to the trolley park but not actually connecting them up with the ones already there - you've done about 95% of the effort, is it really that hard to make someone else's life a bit easier by putting it away properly?

( Yes, mine do seem to be mostly supermarket related but I suppose that's where I come across other people most of the time!)

Actually, I do have one non-supermarket one - people only using one half of a set of double doors when there is a queue of people all wanting to go through - they all line up patiently to go through the one door rather than just OPENING THE OTHER ONE!!

Drivers who stop at a junction - look and THEN PULL OUT ON ME. WTF

Especially when there is nobody behind you and they then proceed to, well not proceed very fast.

Yes this! And conversely (my Dad is guilty of this) drivers who make an elaborate show of stopping to let you out of a junction, or cross the road when you are a pedestrian when there is nothing behind them and you could go in 2 seconds anyway!

Designer stuff.
Why would anyone want clothes, specs, notebooks etc with somebody else's name on them

Don't you realise, that not only are you paying a premium to look the same as your friends you're also giving the designer free advertising

The obsession with having a coffee / hot drink everywhere you go. There’s a Costa coffee shop in the middle of the ugly concrete car park of a retail estate near me. Always full. There’s a coffee shop upstairs in bloody Next. Drive through Starbucks on an ordinary road. One by Sainsburys. Can’t people go and do anything without stopping for a bloody tea or coffee

“Hinch”

People who are obsessed with ironing.

People who are feeling unwell but do nothing about it. For example don't take tablets for a headache, don't take sudafed for blocked sinuses
Both my sons are like this and have been since early teenage years. It drives me nuts. I can see that they are obviously unwell, they are moaning about it, I offer a solution which they decline and they carry on whinging how poorly they are!
Bonkers!

Cars who pull right up to my arse when waiting in a cue. Ffs is it that important to get an extra 50 cms down the road.
So you move forward to leave a bit of space but then they move forward too!? Why??
Move back I don't want you to hit my car.
I want a sticker in the back of my car that says "It's £100 charge to get up my arse. If you can't afford it move back"

Totally agree re: BLW, expecially the purist variant. I think it's an examle of something taking off thanks to social media rather than evidence, like faddy, fashionable diets. Current evidence base is crap - www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934812/

Also, people not indicating. Indicating is very clever and very easy. It makes roads WAY safer. Why do some people decide it doesn't apply to them??

Also - people who make up their own rules of the road. Once coming up to a roundabout, I had a woman coming from right on roundabout (so she had right of way) stop her car and motion with her hand/ eye contact for me to come onto the roundabout. Bizarre. When I shook my head (for one thing it had two lanes, another car could have whizzed round any second), she shrugged and drove slowly off!

@NewAccount270219

Completely agree. My in-laws go to Tesco every Saturday morning without fail, even though they're retired and could easily go at a much quieter time. Bizarre!

I know what you mean about linen - i worked with a man who wore a linen jacket and when he took it off it retained his shape on the hangar. However, I must admit linen is so lovely in the summer, so breathable, albeit creased.

Selfish bastards who park over dropped kerbs so making me turn round on my mobility scooter to find another one to cross the road.
Parents picking up their children from school are the worst offenders where I live. Taxi drivers come a close second but they are normally in the car waiting so I give them the evil eye and they move.

Things that stink. This includes most scented candles, air freshener (what a misnomer), fabric conditioner and stuff like zoflora. All vile.

Social media, as if some people were not self obsessed enough, social; media makes them ten times worse.

Someone mentioned people adding salt and pepper to their meal without tasting it. I know which of my friends season as they cook. If they don't then I automatically salt and pepper before eating.

I haven't ironed since I retired fifteen years ago and haven't worn a bra since then. I'm on the small side so don't need the support and hated wearing the bloody things.

There are a lot of people who I don't get on MN: who have hysterics if someone parks a car in front of their house - not even blocking access; not opening the front door unless expecting a visitor, ditto
the telephone unless expecting a call, preferring to put their hands down the loo rather than using a loo brush; wash towels and sheets every or every other day; I could go on, the list is endless.

longearedbat I was pushing a shopping trolley like this the other day but only because I had plantar fasciitis and the pain was excruciating. So if you saw me in the Range with bamboo canes on my trolley I promise it won't happen again because the pain has now gone.

People who get onto the tube and then immediately stop so they bloc the doorway and prevent anyone else getting on. Because the tube is famously not busy, right?

People who read the screen on the cashpoint like they've never fucking seen one before.

Eyebrows shaved/waxed off then drawn back on IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE.

People who go to the supermarket - or god help us IKEA - as a family.

Oh, people who feed their children constantly and fret about it, like they'll die if they go more than an hour without food.

People that drive to the gym when it is half a mile away. Why not walk or run?

People that give you a choice/ say they don't mind what you pick then get huffy because you didn't telepathically know what they wanted, so choose the "wrong" thing.

People who go on holiday as a big group. Family or friends, doesn't matter. I just couldn't bear it. All that Joining In and Taking Turns and having to be social and inevitably someone doesn't pull their weight or someone has "words", which creates tension. Just awful. I could cry just thinking about having to do it.

People who comment on things like BBC articles on Facebook. There are loads today commenting on the Queen’s birthday saying “happy birthday ma’am I love you.”

1 - get off your knees serf. 2. The queen is never going to read your comments, nor does she care.

@CarolDanvers Definitely. My idea of hell is going on one of those big holidays with loads of other families. or worse - my extended family (though I love my brother and sister and their DC and spouses so that would be bearable. But wouldn't choose to do it.)

My other one if people who upload all their photos of an event onto FB or IG and make no attempt to edit their selection. So dull.

I didn't realise how much this annoyed me till I read that!

Thought of another one. I'm teaching my DD 5 how to cross the road safely. Telling her you must check both ways and make sure no cars are coming. Then someone stops ( am sure they are well meaning) in the middle of the road to let us cross! Not all cars will do this and the point is I'm telling my DD to only cross when there are NO cars coming.

People who like to have the loos in their bathroom. Why?
I get that it can be a space saving thing and you have no choice, but when you do? Why would anyone chose to have a drifting smell of diarrhoea when they brush their teeth or take a bath? Closing a lid has never stopped any smell, it's utterly disgusting.

People who prefer to put their washing machine in the kitchen - or worst, dry their laundry there! Grease and cooking smells, what's not to like on fresh laundry?

Paranoia about plugs in bathrooms. Half the world manage not to electrocute themselves but charge their tooth brush or dry their hair in a bathroom. We brits cannot be trusted apparently. I am amazed we are allowed plugs in a kitchen at all, there's running water in there too.

Kids on heeleys in supermarkets....I have to forceibly stop myself from putting my foot out to trip them over.

People who walk or run on the treadmill at the gym and it's a glorious day outside, and there are lots of lovely parks/open spaces nearby.

Most "beauty" related things e.g. shaping eyebrows, dying hair, shaving, waxing, plastering on make up. Honestly no one cares as long as you are clean and tidy!