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 iron their clothes. You look like a burst sofa.
Adults wearing tracksuits and trai ers when not at the gym.
Cheap handbags.
Orange foundation.
Lip fillers.
Not washing.
Children running round in nappies or nothing on their bottoms.

I've seen plenty of people wear white to a wedding. I've also seen people wear black.
I also know people who think it's lovely to be invited to just the evening do as they are not close relatives of the couple.
I think in the real world things are very different.

Just thought of another one.

The cyclists who decide to cycle on the road and nearly cause accidents rather than using the cycle path that runs next to the road. It's a lovely cycle path that is basically a road in itself but some just won't use it.

I don't get all this agro about reversing. Just drive into a space.
If you can't reverse out then you are probably driving the wrong vehicle.

@teachandsleep I only wear trainers. I have yet to find shoes that are as comfortable but they're not the glaring white monstrosities that some people wear.

My mums old neighbour who used to put tea bags on a washing line to dry out then reuse her cups of tea was like piss water

People who moan about their weight but do nothing address it

Cars that indicate right coming OFF a roundabout

@QuestionableMouse. Cyclists have the choice about whether to use the cycle lane or the road.The problems with cycle lanes are that people walk in them all the time, you have to stop all the time as well to give way to traffic on slip roads. Its not like being on the main road which has the right of way.

Also club cyclists that like to go fast will not use a cycle lane, they will be too held up. I use the cycle lane as I'm slow, but I can see why others don't.

People who get off the bus, then just stand there - bloody move
People who stop in the middle of the pavement to chat to someone they know - bloody move
People in general !!! 😉😆

There's no roads disturbing it and while there is a path, it's divided so people don't walk on it.

There have been people killed on this same bit of road yet they stubbornly still refuse to use the cycle path which was built at great expense!

WHOLE families queuing to pay for a few items
WHOLE families having a day out at the supermarket
People who let their kids make a right mess in restaurants
kids riding bikes/scooters in supermarkets

I wear trainers because all other shoes make my feet hurt

Also on commuter trains you are told not to block the door and go further down-so sometimes you do have to barge past people who will just stand there and not move

@boysey45 you wouldnt be able to do that in london its why the cycle highway was made for cyclists so they dont ride with the traffic

Snuggly - park your car so your 2yo is on the pavement side? Lean in to put the others in? I've been a mum to multiples so it's not as if I don't get it. Yes it's a pita but better than walking straight into traffic with your kids and hoping drivers will be sensible.

Bibbity, guilty as charged. Cba to edit

Posing for photos with a pout rather than a smile, and making gestures with their fingers (what's that all about?)

You forget the ugly, protruding tongue.

Cars that indicate right coming OFF a roundabout

Yes this!

club cyclists that like to go fast will not use a cycle lane, they will be too held up

I always think that club cyclists totally miss the irony here. They won't go on an empty safe cycle path in case they come across a family cycling at walking pace and don't want to be held up (I actually overtook a woman and her son running today - I couldn't quite believe that they were cycling more slowly than I can run) but they go on the road and hold up drivers. Erm...

(and as you can guess from my username, I do cycle fairly frequently, but only in nice weather)

One stop is fine, but longer journey, if there's a free seat, I use it. I deal with leaving the train later

I'm the same.

I would say though that one of the reasons I won't move right down inside a carriage when it is really busy is that there are no strap hangers on our trains and I can't reach anything to hold onto. So I don't move down. If taller (generally men) people want to push past me because they can hold onto the luggage rack, that's fine. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. It is an easy situation for the rail company to sort out, install strap hangers.

Semi-detached houses

I don't get it. If you have a limited budget and if it's the best you can afford, fine, most of us have to make huge compromise when we buy a property.

However, a 1.3 million house has just been bought at the end of the road. Why on earth would you buy a SEMI for that amount? In my area, you can buy a very respectable and rather nice property for that amount, you do have a choice. Unless you move your elderly parents there to keep an eye on them, I genuinely don't get it.

MorondelaFrontera maybe it's a compromise and not that big a deal to the buyers?

obviously it's not a big deal for the buyers, but having to put up with noise and have to keep quiet yourself when you have a choice is something I can't understand. Plus having to deal with potential work, extension, partition wall complaints.

If a neighbour decides to hang a tv on the wall of your bedroom, you'll never have an evening of peace.

I mean it's good some people are happy with them and free other properties for the rest of us, but I really don't get it.

People who buy expensive houses and have immediate neighbours. If I could afford a £1m + house it would be in the middle of nowhere.

Not all semis have bad soundproofing. I don't hear my neighbours at all.

Massages.
Hot tubs with other people (apart from my partner).
People who have to kiss you when they see you and leave you (unless we have a really close relationship like partner, child, parents and good friends).
People who poke you to get your attention whilst you are already in a conversation.
I like my personal space.