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!!

People who don't understand how to use filter lanes.
The clue is in the name, you stay in your lane and filter into a lane on the main road. You do not stop at the end of it as though it were a road junction.

Don't get the hate for barbecues. All I can say is... you're not doing it right... mine are delicious.

Thank you @ChristmasFluff - I figured it would be something like that. I've not noticed the signs (apart from Stay in Lane - that's from my era) but I'll keep an eye out for the 'merge in turn' signs and diagrams. I don't do much motorway driving tbh, maybe that's why I've not noticed.

Morondela - where I live, a lot of the year the weather is shite and it takes all fecking day for something to dry, then you have to hang it indoors to warm it up because it's so cold and damp-feeling, you can't tell if it's dry or not. Plus if you're out most of the day, you can't pop into the garden to bring it in when it inevitably starts raining.

I live in the UK, btw, I don't think I live in an especially wet/cold/clammy bit.

Posters who, every time ironing is mentioned, came on and post about how they have an iron but don't know where it is as if they are somehow superior to others.

Is there some kind of special skill involved in buying a perfectly normal household appliance then weirdly forgetting where in your house it is - do you want a medal for wasting money?

@dirtydennis you are a bit strange

I saw a lady the other day drinking a drink through an eco friendly metal straw yet the cup was a single-use plastic cup. Not really sure what she thought she was achieving there!

Pedestrians (fit able-bodied ones) pressing the button on a pelican crossing when the road is perfectly clear.

They either stand there waiting for the light (why?!) or realise it's clear and cross before the light, which then subsequently goes off and stops vehicles for no reason!

@EstuaryBird

When, at traffic lights, the car in front of you stops about 3 car lengths from the car in front and then moves up to normal position in a series of short, slow creeps. You either have to creep with them or look like you’re the one who’s left a huge space

This is because it takes a huge amount of energy (fuel) to get your car from stationery to moving again.

The driver is hoping that the lights will change before they get to the car in front and therefore avoid them having to actually stop and then expend the additional fuel to get moving again.

It is a lot more fuel efficient, hence better for the environment, to drive like this.

The truth is, I wonder why drivers are so keen to get to the lights and stop, it is such an expensive and (even more) environmentally damaging way to drive.

People who treat their dog like it’s a person with actual thoughts and feelings. Like it’s on a par with their children - poor kids!
I also don’t get why they get defensive when you aren’t thrilled that said mutt is jumping up at you, slobbering it’s germs everywhere.

Work out and eat healthily but drink too much.

Second that, @ChristmasInJuly

People who treat their dog like it’s a person with actual thoughts and feelings.

they are not robots, they are alive, of course they have some feelings.

Augh people who for instance are walking down the street, needing to cross the road and instead of walking an extra 15 steps to the traffic lights, instead just stand for a good few minutes waiting for space between moving cars and still having to walk past the traffic lights once they've reached the other side of the road!

Also my DP putting dirty clothes beside the dirty basket and not in

God love that man.

People who treat their dog like it’s a person with actual thoughts and feelings.

But they actually have thoughts and feelings. I promise!

@catonaswing it is better for the environment but not for the traffic.

Having an idiot slowly moving using 3 car spaces to save their petrol means that 3 cars that should have cleared the previous traffic light are stuck in the middle of the previous crossing blocking the traffic in all directions, and making other people wait for the next traffic light change even if they were at the front of the queue. Incredibly selfish!

I've known quite a few people who have blown the boss 😂😂😂it's always been a calculated career move.

@catonaswing. Thanks for the explanation. I still don’t understand why they stop, then creep, then stop, then creep etc. Surely they are then just repeating the starting process?

It’s also annoying if you want to take a left hand branch or left turn prior to traffic lights. I was taught (admittedly in the 70s) to drive to a reasonable distance behind the car in front, stop and apply handbrake so if you get rear ended you don’t shunt the car in front.

Not a practice I’ll be adopting I’m afraid.

People who queue up at 0500 on Boxing Day for the Next sale.

Mrs hinch style 'narnias'.

Why does 1 person need 15 bottles of toilet duck in a cupboard at once?

Watch Love Island. Everyone at work (cross section of ages, male and female) watches it and I just dont get it.

To be fair this year’s Love Island has been beyond boring - it was much better in previous years, more entertaining/dramatic, less predictable, more attractive candidates etc.

Can definitely see why it was a topic of conversation in the past. At this point the show is mediocre though.

Its the same every year to be honest. Everyone at work talks about it and I feel a bit like a social pariah. I fully accept im the odd one, I just don't get it!

" Everyone at work (cross section of ages, male and female) watches it and I just dont get it."

Nobody watches it where I work and I actually don't know anybody who watches it. Some, like me, have tried. I'm not snobby about reality TV, but it's just no interesting and it was a past series I tried.

People who ring to deal with their car insurance renewal at 19:58 when they know the call centre closes at 8pm and proceed to say, “oh do you finish at 8” 🤬

"Going into a cafe as a single or couple, and sitting at a table for 4 (when a table for 2 is available), when there might actually be 4 people who could use that table to sit together. "

It's first come first served in cafes.