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!!

All of the supermarkets in my town have coin trolleys. But we've always historically had a problem with them being stolen and thrown in the river! Before they had coin trolleys, there was always at least one in there.

@Graphista

*The dawdlers and slow walkers I refer to are not disabled" you CANNOT possibly know that! There are thousands of invisible disabilities and conditions that mean people prefer/are only able to walk slowly. Nobody looking at me or dd would know we are disabled, yet we both are, dd tends to having a long stride as a result of hers but some days she has to rein in, if I were to try walking faster than a "dawdle" especially on uneven ground I could easily do myself a serious mischief. Dd is 18 and looks slim, fit and healthy when actually she is in pain most days and some days can barely move, I'm late 40's and greying now but I've been disabled since early 30's and again I appeared slim, fit and with apparently no reason I couldn't be moving faster than the glacial pace that was necessary for my safety. I have particular trouble negotiating steps and steep kerbs and slopes.

Wealth doesn't mean they're not disabled either - I'm about as proletariat as they come yet you seem to have a real issue with people wealthier than you.”*

Look I understand your situation, but you’re taking it personally and missing my point. By dawdlers, I mean those that stand and chat at a cash point without getting their card out ready. Stopping traffic whilst they have a quick chat out the window to their friend. The slow walking NCT groups having a gossip 2 buggies side by side, 3 deep, chatting on route to a baby group. Etc
I have a disabled son and mum. I’m not a disabilist. I’m saying there are genuine people that don’t recognise or care they are slow or inconveniencing others. I’m very spacially aware and conscious if I’m
Affecting others in public. Others are not.

... And my bold failed. The first massive paragraph is a copy paste above!

People who don't use their indicators, especially at junctions.

£60k Audi? Yeah, they forgot to include the indicators on it

HATE coin trolleys. Makes me feel like a pauper

Shelf fillers who leave the cages mid isle so my daughter can't get through in her wheelchair, shop assistants who go through the whole blare about loyalty, credit, store cards while you stand knee deep in the queue behind them, people who make noises while they eat ie smacking lips, groaning and/or eating open mouthed aaagghhh and shop assistants who feel the need to comment on practically everything you buy.

Folks who post pics of their family members on fb in A&E. Selling sites when peeps ask the price and they say 'pm me' 😬

People who message me those bloody chain messages such as you are such a wonderful person beautiful, kind blah, blah, blah to continue being so wonderful plz send this to 20 other amazing folk including sending one back to me WTF??? Please get a life 😂 I also hate those sick/ and/or disfigured photos of kids ( prob shared without permission from a google site) saying 'please comment bless me and share... I mean WTAF? poor kids being exploited like that 🤬

Coin trolleys yep I agree. I don’t use or carry cash generally unless I’ve absolutely had to go somewhere that only takes cash and have some leftover for a few days so I wouldn’t have a pound coin on me. I’ve noticed most places these days don’t bother with them and have unhooked the mechanism, presumably because cash is dying out and we don’t live in a world anymore where everyone carries pockets full of change!

I've been a PT shelf filler. The trouble with cages, is, if you pull them to one side people can't see the shelf behind them. I agree there's no answer to keeping everyone happy though.

Unfortunately, I had to spend quite a bit of time in A&E last year and was very puzzled why entire family units were there? Complete with several little children running around and even what looked to be one or two grandparents. I just really, really don't get it?

Walk miles rather than pay to park closer to where they want to go.

Coin trolleys are there so they don't haven to employ people to collect the trolleys.

Just get a trolley coin for your keys. I have one in each set of keys I have.

I have a £1 coin or token in the ashtray of my car just for food shops. I use Aldi so have to. It just goes in the trolley and back in ashtray. No hardship or inconvenience.

Smoking.
I'm away with with two family members at the moment and it's like I'm on a different break. I spend half of my time sitting on my own whilst they 'pop' out for a fag. Half my time waiting around before we go anywhere whilst they have a 'quick' fag before getting in the car.
I can't believe smokers don't know it but in case you don't, it is pig fucking ignorant.

I thought of another one:

Parents who seat their children in the front passenger seat of the car.

Just get a trolley coin for your keys. I have one in each set of keys I have.

Me too. One in my purse, one in my car.
If I'm at the shops I'll have one or the other with me!

I read on here that you can replace a £1 coin by 2 x 20p coins.
I tried for the fun of it one day. You can't, the 20p got stuck and the trolley was not released

Why don't you understand children in a front seat? (Unless you mean babies and air bags). Children covers a huge range!

I don't get why people selling their baby equipment and many other things are under the impression any of it can be more than 30% tops of what they paid for it! Madness!

selling their baby equipment and many other things are under the impression any of it can be more than 30% tops of what they paid for it!

because it can be?
If someone is ready to buy something 50 or 60% of the original price, why shouldn't we sell it?

@joyfullittlehippo the Forestry commission advocates the ‘stick and flick’ approach to dog poo.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/14/dog-owners-urged-use-stick-flick-method-instead-poo-bags/

Yah I dunno why putting it in a bag will help. It's gona take years to degrade, even the biodegradable ones. If say I walk in a forest it would be better to flick it than bag it really. I do understand the bagging it around streets and farmland obviously

People who take selfies with their tongues stuck out. Selfies are bad enough anyway, but the tongues? Eww.

Shouting your way down a mostly residential street on your way home from the pub late at night. Just fuck off, I'm up at 6 tomorrow.

Vaping. I spent most of yesterday outdoors, and one person kept exhaling these huge stinking clouds.

Dropping litter. Fly tipping. Wantonly breaking branches off trees or smashing down flowers.

Anything on FB which starts 'I know most people won't repost this ....' and goes on with some prattle about cancer, additional needs and so on.

People on buses that sit on the aisle seat and don't move so someone can sit next to them.. also people who take up a seat with bags and don't move