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!!

The shopping trolleys 'abandoned' are a thing in the disabled section of our Tesco carpark. It's actually very helpful to have a trolley close by to hang on to if you find it difficult to walk and equally difficult to return it to the trolley park and then struggle to walk back. But, generally speaking, that's a fair comment and leaving them is often pure laziness.

This happens in the parent and child bit of the carpark at my local Sainsbury's, too - it's astonishingly badly designed, the nearest trolley place is around a corner of the building so you have to either take the child with you to put it back or leave them (albeit very briefly) out of your eyesight. So people just leave them - and tbh it is very handy when they have (they're always one of the child seat ones!) because then you can put the child in straight from the car rather than having to carry them around this corner. I never leave the trolley because I can't bring myself to break the rules, but I think it's actively less helpful of me to return it, and a hassle for me. I can't imagine why they designed it this way.

Oh and massages, don't get that either. Lying still for an hour I could do but hate other people touching me! Ditto spa days, why?

"I don’t get air fresheners. I mean, I know they smell lovely but they generally only mask smell and they’re so full of chemicals it hardly seems worth it."

I don't like them, but if there's a bad smell you can't get rid of, you may not have a choice.

Having children. Absolutely baffles me.

"Obviously if you have dry irritated skin or something fair "

Most people over 30 have dry skin don't they? Moisturiser is a health issue rather than a beauty one in my opinion.
I get annoyed at men who have dry, peeling skin and refuse to put cream on who refuse to put sun cream on because they think things like that are for women.
You may regret it later in life if you don't look after your skin.

Trashy magazines criticising the way celebrities look.
Instagram stories of absolutely fuck all - I don't understand the need to post a video online of what someone is watching on TV!
Waxing your bikini line - why???

When, at traffic lights, the car in front of you stops about 3 car lengths from the car in front and then moves up to normal position in a series of short, slow creeps. You either have to creep with them or look like you’re the one who’s left a huge space

I need to know why they do it....it’s one of those low level annoyances that could trigger my inner axe wielding maniac!

"Trashy magazines criticising the way celebrities look."

They're often in cahoots with those celebrities. The celebrities (always a certain type) aren't sitting there crying because x magazine said they have cellulite.

Most people over 30 have dry skin don't they? Do they?

Fancy dress... I cannot get it, so expensive and ridiculous after you are 10.

People walking straight behind a car that is already reversing

Parents saying they have a “highly spirited child” when it is obvious they have no interest in teaching them manners and let them get away with murder.

Spend all the weekend at home, honestly. Not even a visit to the park with the kids? Just the supermarket and house chores?

Coming back from holidays with a “tan” that makes the skin look tattered. It is not a race the get the most colour as possible, brownish orange skin looks crap specially if combined with sunburnt/bleach damaged hair.

Oh, and don’t start me on those people who thinks that by being in a hot place they can go everywhere from naice restaurants to the supermarket just wearing their swimming trunks and flip flops.

Sicario everything you said.

Facebook
Twitter
Theatre
Opera
Spa days
Massages

People who put a set amount of money's worth of petrol into the car, rather than just filling it till it's full. Like I get it if you're skint you might just put 5 quid's worth in or whatever, but no there are loads of people who try to hit a round number, just because. I saw a talk on it once by someone at Google. He said you can see little artificial peaks in the data at £10, £20, £30 and so on and then smaller ones at £5, £15, £25, then smaller ones at the even numbers, then smaller still at the odd numbers (like £13.00) - then ever smaller but still visible peaks at 50p, then at the nearest 10p, and even when you go down to actual pennies, there's still a slight uptick on the even numbers, so like if someone has just put £37.43 or whatever worth of petrol in their car there are a statistically significant number of people who will nudge the nozzle to try and get £37.44. He said in the lecture, half of you will be laughing in recognition and half of you will be shaking your head. I was definitely in the head shaking camp.

I’m afraid it does rather give me a childish pleasure to fill up to exactly £25 or £30 or whatevertather than going 1 or 2 pence over. Sorry.

Speaking of tans - don’t get why some think looking lobster red is preferable to looking pale

Families who see a trip to the supermarket as a family outing. Usually two parents and two or three children. They stand in the middle of the meat aisle and have a spirited and loud discussion about what they all want for dinner and then argue with the children at the cereals aisle about what they're allowed. All the while blocking the aisles and generally getting on everyone’s nerves. I mean - if there are two parents available at shop time, why doesn’t one of them stay home and do something fun with the children while the other one does a quick and efficient shop WITH A LIST.

Parents who sit on their arse bleating No, Nigel, stop it, Nigel repeatedly instead of getting up and stopping the behaviour.
People who gaily stroll behind your clearly already reversing car.
Drivers who are unaware that their car is equipped with indicators.
Ditto drivers who don't put their lights on when it's hammering down.
People who let their dogs off the lead near the children's playground in the park. Oh, he's friendly, don't worry, he doesn't bite....yes that may be, but Fluffy has just hurled itself at my little GC and sent her flying.
I'm grumpier with each passing year
Oh, and religion. Why??

Camping
Skiing
Cruising
YY to family trips to the supermarket. On a similar note family days out to A&E.

Me too with ironing and fashion - why does it matter if I look frumpy? Why do I have to conform to other people's taste?

My main one is dropping litter - why? There is so much wrong with the world which is hard or impossible to solve. But it's so easy not to drop litter and suddenly the place looks better!

@QueenMabby sorry that's us, in our case it's because I can't drive but enjoy doing the shop. Plus sometimes I want non-food things like tights or a pot plant as a birthday present to someone and want to do the choosing.

People who stand chatting outside school long after the kids have gone in.
Just go back to one of your houses and have a coffe together in comfort!
I'm a lollipop lady and usually go into school after I've finished in the morning for a cuppa at about 9.15.
I quite often cone out at about 10 o clock and they are still there.
The caretaker says sometimes people are still there at about 11!
Just go home!

Oh, oh and people who put fuel in their car, and only then search for their handbag, and after sauntering in to pay, then get back in the car, carefully stow everything in its special place, presumably perform some kind of meditative trance and only then feel prepared to start the fricking car and get out of the way. Jeez, sometime before armageddon would be appreciated.

YY to family trips to the supermarket. On a similar note family days out to A&E.

Oh yes. I also found people took so many people to antenatal appointments for no obvious reason. Was once in EPU - I get that that's a place where you're likely to need support, but DH and I were sat there trying to quietly prepare ourselves for being told that I'd had another miscarriage and another woman had bought along SIX adult female relatives and three toddlers and they were having a gay old time, passing round magazines, sweets, etc. Why???

Those people at my local leisure centre, who are there to GET FIT and yet insist on parking up kerbs right outside the door, rather than in one of the couple of hundred available spaces. If they can't even be bothered to walk a few extra yards to the front door, then they have no hope of getting fit in the long term. There are loads of disabled spaces for those who need them, so it's probably just laziness.

Of course, they might not be there to get fit at all - they might be dropping their little darlings off to karate or football, but still, not a great example to set.

@BottomliePotts a bit unkind to relate that as bonkers behaviour whilst omitting that there’s a newborn baby asleep inside her house.

I very occasionally abandon shopping trolleys in car-parks if their shed is far away. I figure it keeps the trolley shepherd in work. Plus lazy.