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!!

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

Oh yes this too!

I've also never been to a petrol station where the hoses don't stretch to both sides of the car

I've never been to one where they do. It's hard enough getting them to stretch the tiny way to the cap on the correct side at times. Maybe there's a knack or I am just a weakling and can't get the heavy hose to move. Anyway I don't queue because if it's too busy I just go to a different petrol station or I try to go at a time when I know it will be quiet. The only time I would queue would be if I was very short on fuel and was on a motorway.

**I totally see why this might mean you need to start saving money for Christmas earlier in the year, but I don't really understand why it necessitates doing anything six months earlier.

Because I enjoy it 🤷🏻‍♀️ And I’m not talking doing my whole shopping list. I do some shopping but it’s mainly booking events that get booked up quickly etc. Plus I buy a lot from smaller local businesses who tend to close their order books early to get everything done so I get from them early.

*the lady with the keys AT FACE HEIGHT!

well you need to read the rest of the thread, it's a completely unhinged poster who is talking more and more rubbish as they go along*

Can anyone link this threat? It sounds worth reading...

I've never been to one where they do. It's hard enough getting them to stretch the tiny way to the cap on the correct side at times. Maybe there's a knack*
There is!!!

I've never been to one where they do. It's hard enough getting them to stretch the tiny way to the cap on the correct side at times. Maybe there's a knack or I am just a weakling and can't get the heavy hose to move.

I think all the major brands and supermarkets now have long hoses. Sometimes they are visibly hanging there, sometimes they are reeled insides. But they are there.

I don't think you need to be Geoff Capes (showing my age there!) to move them, but maybe if you are trying to pull them sideways rather than directly out, if you see what I mean? I can do it one handed usually.

Letting their pets access all rooms of their homes.
Shitty, wormy cats' arses perched on kitchen worktops.
Dogs in their owner's bed - covering them in stinky hair and foul dog breath. I feel like vomitting just thinking about it. Animals should live outside.

My cat doesn’t have worms. Not that she goes on the kitchen surfaces anyway. I’ve seen a fair number of people throughout my life that should live outside though. 😟

Ironing
Updating/upgrading a car every six months
Contract phones
Competitive parenting
Artificial turf "lawns"
Throwing litter/fly tipping
Hipster beards
Massively thick eyebrows
Slavishly following fashion regardless of comfort or whether it suits the person
Speeding
Parking at zebra crossings/on double yellow lines
Not moving aside in a shop/on the street/wherever when someone wishes to pass - particularly if they have asked
Cycling on pavements
Not picking up dog poo/leaving bags of dog poo on walls/in bushes

I'm sure there are more...

People who drive so close to my car I can't even read their number plate.

It only means I slow down more and more, as most drivers do. So what's the point? You are too close to overtake, you won't have time to react if I need to do an emergency brake, and you work yourself in a state.

the lady with the keys AT FACE HEIGHT!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3605352-AIBU-to-be-a-shocked-at-a-parent-leaving-their-4-month-old-home-alone-for-10-minutes

it's safer when you have a baby apparently.

Buying new clothes for holidays when you're going somewhere where nobody knows you and you're never likely to see themagain.Doesit really matter that you're wearing last season's shorts or t-shirt.

Well for me it's because I like the lift that new clothes give. Nothing to do with anyone else, either known or unknown.

calling any sport where solely women play as 'women's ...' case in point at the moment is 'the Womens world cup'. why can't it just be 'the world cup'. they are playing the same game

I wish the England cricket page would differentiate between the two. I keep reading stories 'England win by 121 runs', 'England announce unchanged team' and thing "eh?" and then realise it's about the women's team 🙄

People who don't take sudafed for blocked sinuses.

I don't because it gives me a horrendous scratchy throat instead.

Patient: paracetamol doesn't work for me anyway
Dr: yes you must be a unique human who defies medical science

Is this really true? As naproxen most definitely doesn't work for me so if that doesn't work for me then maybe paracetamol doesn't work for some.

People who eat popcorn anywhere. It just smells rank. Why doesn't that put you off?

People. Who. Write. Sentences. Like. This.

Onesies and jumpsuits.

Skincare routines (except if you have a condition of some kind).

Holidays where all you do is sit around a pool.

PS. Baby led weaning is soooooo much easier than purees. Wish I'd known about it with my first kids.

And I've also never known a petrol hose that doesn't stretch around the car.

ferrier why do you care whether people wear onesies or jumpsuits. I mean seriously, why do you care?

Blimey, the Next sale thing is a bit of a throwback to the 90s. I didn't realise people still did that!

I think most of the people queuing for fancy trainer releases are going to be reselling them at a considerable markup...

One that's sprung to mind as I'm sitting in a coffee shop ... when you order a cake and the staff put it on top of the otherwise useful napkin, which is immediately rendered greasy and crumby.

Agree about people who tailgate! It always makes me slow to a crawl ... if they're going to hit my car, I can at least ensure they do it at 25mph instead of 50.

Thought of some more....

Killing bees/wasps/spiders - no need
Driving half on the pavement because you can't possibly wait 30 seconds for the person coming towards you to pass (particularly outside a nursery school)
Parents letting their children chase ducks/geese/pigeons whatever
Driving to the other side of the park when you could just leave your car where it is and walk.
Waiting to pick up adults/children and sitting with the car engine running
Mowing the lawn every week - particularly into stripes
Mum & daughter matching outfits
People who won't or can't control their dogs and then get cross with you if you complain about the dog jumping up at you/barking at your/your child
Drivers who don't indicate - just because there isn't a car behind you doesn't mean pedestriand know what you're doing
Eating/drinking before cleaning teeth in the morning
Instagram filters - particularly the ones where you look like bambi
People who won't use headphones/have inadequate headphones on public transport - without fail they always listen to crap music
People who do that horrible snorty/gutteral sound when sniffing.
The need to wear summer dresses/shorts/flip flops/go bare chested at the first hint of sunshine
Sales starting at 5am, and people queueing to go to them

Lip fillers is another genuine empathy blind spot of mine. Why??? Why are some women willing to ruin their natural lips and have embarassing trout lips, that is just 1000x worse and ruins their overall credibility? Does it mean that there are genuinely successful lip fillers that manage to look natural and I just happen to see few unlucky ones? Too many of them though.

"Eating/drinking before cleaning teeth in the morning" - because the toothpaste makes everything taste funky?

People who pull out in front of you at the last moment, causing you to brake, despite there being the curvature of the earth between you and the next car.... :/

between you and the next car behind you*

People that go to a lovely countryside location for a nice walk with beautiful fresh air then walk round it smoking.

People who buy a house in a lovely little village, near the several hundred years old church and them complain about the noise of the bells and fight to have them remove.

Not only I don't get that, but I really hate the entitled fuckers.

I love the sound of church bells.
How can anyone get annoyed at that?
They don’t even go off all the time!

Same with people who buy a home near a live music venue and then complain about the noise so they lose the license. I bloody hate them.

I bought a house specifically because I could hear the church bells!

People who buy a house in a lovely little village, near the several hundred years old church and them complain about the noise of the bells and fight to have them remove
Same with people who move to a place next door or above where live music is played and is well known for it and then try to get it shut down.
The Night and Day cafe case in Manchester is a good example of this.