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!!

"Hey kids, lets do the show right here...' Please don't." 😂😂 I love musicals but this did make me laugh.

On the subject of entertainment:

Slapstick, practical jokes and other juvenile comedy - just don't find it funny at all. If you can see the joke coming for me that takes the fun out of it. The one and only piece of slapstick that's made me genuinely laugh is chandler going through the sawn in half door in friends - but it was excellently staged and somewhat unexpected on first viewing (but somehow still makes me laugh) but 3 stooges type stuff leaves me cold.

"Buy cheap,buy twice! "

Not always. it completely depends and if you buy something expensive that you then need to replace, that's an even worse waste of money. Also, some people just don't have the money to buy the expensive thing in the first place even if it works out better value overall.

Even if the dog poo under the hedge doesn't kill an animal soon after, the toxins from it make their way to the water table eventually. At a time when we are all being urged to think about how litter makes its way into the ocean, I find it quite incredible that pet owners will casually do this x the 6 million shitting dogs in the UK alone.

Iwantdoesntget
so this whole thread should be non existent then. It’s about things you just don’t get

well, yes, but you can not get something without being infuriated by it. Like I don't get your current attitude, and how can anyone get so angry about social media.

Please do keep going about credit cards, I need to say nothing further

Gwenhwyfar totally agree. People fall into the trap that shops want them to of blindly assuming if something is more expensive it’s better quality, when in reality it can just have a higher mark up due to a brand name. I know people judge Primark a lot saying the stuff barely lasts two washes and so it’s false economy but I can honestly say everything I’ve ever purchased from Primark has lasted and washed every bit as well as clothes from other more expensive clothes shops. I have a parka I bought in 2013 for £20 that’s still going strong and I’ve worn more frequently than any other jacket in my life, finally after six years the pocket ripped a tiny bit which I sewed back up. Sure, a £100 jacket might not have had a ripped pocket after six years but I’d rather have spent the £20 for what I got than shelled out £100 for such a minor difference in quality.

I bought a few bralettes for £2.50 each a couple of years ago to wear in bed that are as good now as the day I bought them, colour, elastic etc. It was all I could afford at the time but it really showed me a lot of the ‘primark is shit quality’ brigade either got incredibly unlucky or are snobs.

I don't get buying things on finance/payment plans just for the sake of having the latest one.

You don't own it and it's just another monthly outgoing.

Buy it when you can afford it

Jeez @Iwantdoesntget
calm down!

Tanmatix
Highly spirited children = children who are feral not parented at all. Oh little Lucian/ Poppy are so adorable and entertaining.
Yes to you parents, to us who parent responsible; your off spring are wild/feral. Understand mums of such children it’s not on. No - thought so.

BVH really Primark!
To you Primark maybe a place you won’t enter. For others it’s a place for less costly children’s clothing which will last the summer/winter for their children. Get your head out your @@@@ and realise other parents can’t afford to pay more for seasonal clothes. I buy their pjs for us and our children. They are cotton and are great value.

@MorondelaFrontera

Infatuated? Are you using that word correctly? I just find it dull as dishwater to see only positive social media posts with hashtags, which don't represent real life. Why hashtag, why hashtag on FB not via an Instragram shared post? Because you think people are interested to find your stuff later down the road maybe?
Why do some people only post 100% boasty shit when clearly you may be upsetting people having a really shit time. Keep it real - good/ bad - mostly humorous IMO, or dont post at all. I would guarantee that if you are that person that posts only the 'amazing' bits of your life on social media, and keeping back the humorous failures, then you'll have people viewing and thinking STFU - but too polite to say it. I post without hashtags - as why would anyone need to find my stuff in the future? I post stuff that is mostly humble or humorous I think. I mentally filter to try and never boast - as this simply upsets people not having a good time in life.

Yes apologies - I misread your credit card comment. I was incorrect. We agree with each other there. I was misquoting someone's response to you.

@Whisky2014 - calm down? I am calm! But thanks for the thought!

:D yikes!

@AlbusSeverusMalfoy, can I add people who stand in the doorway of a shop as they're leaving, putting their change away or checking their receipt, as if no one else may be wishing to exit said shop behind them? People who stop in the middle of aisle and stand back to check the shelves? People who just stop in the street, completely oblivious to anyone else trying to move along? Yes, people in general!

Harry Potter - can’t quite see why people are addicted to it.

Oh and those people who, when a bus pulls up at the stand, come out of nowhere and proceed to walk past everyone who has been waiting 10 minutes and walk straight on. I always love it when people do this only to discover the driver is getting off/shift change.

I don't get people who don't iron anything. How can you wear clothes not ironed

"Be something else then!"

Because it's that simple is it? What do you expect them to do? Ditch all those years training to be a plumber and the good wages to go and do something completely unskilled for a pittance?

Graphista - people get lonely!

And on the subject of buses, why do people always fanny about getting on if other people are waiting - "after you", "no it's ok, you were here before me", "are you sure?" - just one of you get on and get the fucking ball rolling!

@Toriadoria Not every item of clothing needs it, most of mine dries crease free - sorry!

"Sure, a £100 jacket might not have had a ripped pocket after six years "

No, but it might get a stain that won't come off no matter what you do or it might simply go out of fashion. I'm not a big fashion follower, but there some things that just look silly a few years in no matter how 'classic' you thought they were at the time.

Just thought of another one as a recent poster brought it up. Getting all virtuous about plastic while driving a gas guzzling car. I am firmly of the belief that air pollution is a contributor to certain forms of dementia Get rid of the expensive, polluting over-sized car please. You can have a plastic bottle of water, as long as you recycle it. Even use a cotton wool bud as long as you throw it in the bin and not down the loo.

If you can afford a massive SUV you can afford one of the new e-Corsas (£26,000, I nearly fell of my chair but I've never paid more than £10K for a car).

People who stop in the middle of aisle and stand back to check the shelves?

But even worse, surely, are those who then come along and then stand right in front of someone looking? Do they think the lookee is a robot on powerdown or something?

Iwantdoesntget

Infatuated? Are you using that word correctly?
Yes, I usually do. I haven't had any reason to use it on this thread though

Why do some people only post 100% boasty shit when clearly you may be upsetting people having a really shit time.
you really do need to step away from social media if it put you in such a state.

People who eat poppadoms by breaking off a little bit and then putting a little teaspoon of chutney on that slither and eating it. It takes about a million years for them to eat a poppadom

It doesn't you know. I do this and I still eat more poppadoms than anyone else because they are nice and I am greedy. Best part of an Indian meal for me.

Primark is awesome. Isn't everybody shopping there these days? Everybody loves a Primark bargain, you don't need to be broke to go there.