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 buy expensive houses and have immediate neighbours.

that I can understand more, it feels safer and it can be useful to have neighbours not too far. There's also access to commute and schools that play a part in their choice.

People who have to kiss you when they see you and leave you

so around 3/4 of the French population

Go on cruises (it's the personal space thing again).

so around 3/4 of the French population grin

I suppose I had better not move to France. I wouldn't complain if it was a nice looking French man though who smelt nice thinking about it.

Anyone that claims to be able to drive and yet cannot parallel park, reverse or join motorway and travel on it without being in the middle lane, and slow down/stop in free flowing traffic to flash and let drivers turn “because it’s polite”.

I was in a supermarket recently, where a parent was actively letting (as in they were walking behind and watching) their child run and then skid on their knees, all down the central aisle that bisects the main ones (so there were people with laden trollies liable to walk straight out at any second).

Certainly didn't get that!

Same here. London main road. Nobody has dustbins - every block of flats has a rubbish collection point on the street, where we all dump our full bin bags. Could you imagine if the council gave us all dustbins? You wouldn't be able to move down the street?!

Edinburgh manages with all their tenements. They simply have a space at the kerb every so often for a couple of commercial-style big bins, just where 'a rubbish collection point' would be. Instead of dumping your black bag on the street, you dump it into your allocated bin, using your key to open it.

I would guess the London flats are all owned by a mish-mash of different people, so the responsibility and maintenance for a bin shed would be too complicated to work out. Whereas Edinburgh tenements probably(?) have a manager for the building as a whole.

And possibly London flats may be converted houses, rather than purpose-built flats.

Australians/ Americans who start every sentence with 'as an Aussie/ American....'

I think I'd prefer a terrace/semi to totally detached because they're likely to be warmer. If you had retired people living both sides, you might not have to put your own heating on much at all.

Starting the car and putting their foot to the floor at the same time instead of waiting a few seconds to let the engine heat slightly as it ruins your engine

At the petrol pumps when there is a queue, why do some people pay, go back to their car and then sit there for absolutely ages, just faffing? Get in , drive off, let someone else use the pump. It doesn't take that long to put your credit card back in your wallet, so what the hell are you doing?

I would guess the London flats are all owned by a mish-mash of different people, so the responsibility and maintenance for a bin shed would be too complicated to work out. Whereas Edinburgh tenements probably(?) have a manager for the building as a whole.

So are Edinburgh tenement flats owned by different people. I've never stayed in a block that had a factor. The bins don't need a factor anyway; the council puts them there, owners and tenants get a key to the locks if necessary to fit locks, council empties the bins. Who said anything about bin stores?! 😀

Bins at both built flats and converted houses.

Those pics are missing one thing - tons of traffic and cars parked. If you had those huge bins on the pavements in London you'd be lucky to be able to walk past.

Parents who let little Hugo or Jemima put the money in the car park pay machine, complete with performance parenting, when there is a queue of ten people behind them waiting to pay and go about their day.

The ubiquitous stubble on mens faces. It hardly suits anyone. Most look seedy and like they're struggling with the booze.

(I don't get it, but am happy for it to carry on as it makes my life easier..)

• People who queue up for ages just to get a petrol pump on the same side as their filler hole, even when the hoses are blatantly long enough to reach, and/or there are big signs saying so. I can be in and out while they are still waiting!

(I don't get it, and it pisses me off..)

• When people park at pumps but are not fuelling - they are just using the cashpoint or going in the shop.

People walking into a shop then stopping dead in the entrance!

People that take ages to pull away when traffic lights go green!

People that moan about how much they hate their jobs but aren't actively looking for something that will make them happy.

People who wait for a bus but when they board don't have their money ready!

I don't understand when someone posts something on Social Media like "I bought this top for £10 in Asda" and you'll have 10 comments under it going "how much" "where's the top from" and a random "liked and shared"

I don't understand why people park their car right beside mine when the car park is almost empty and there are dozens of spaces. Why are you next to me.

I don't understand why people watch Love Island every single night and get really into it. Why would you want to watch a load of strangers? It's like spying!

The double doors speaks to me on so many levels their is a mall near my work that has 3 sets of double doors but 99% of the time no one uses the middle ones literally people will stand whilst 20 people walk towards them through the door instead of taking one step to the right and using the door no one else is using I take pleasure in staring them out whilst I walk through the middle doors 😂

Not so much things people do, but I dislike two things on Facebook- the "turn comments off" functionality which admins use even when a discussion hasn't turned nasty because they are bored with it.

And the fact that you see a post, think there are interesting comments on it, and it's just people tagging each other.

Neither are that annoying in the scheme of things, but they are kind of annoying.

And another social media related one - all the competitions that rely on votes and therefore are a popularity contest/test of how efficiently someone can mobilise support on social media. Just judge the competition and choose a winner, or make it a prize draw! For example, there was one on my local FB group this weekend for a school to win some equipment.

People who sit there thinking about all the minor things that they don't like and writing a post about them

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