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!!

I don’t know why but I hate online supermarket shopping. I have an account and done it a few times but I really hate doing it! I suspect it’s the planning element, I usually prefer to just say ok there isn’t much food so I am going to the shops
For my own sanity I need to get over it

People who don't get a receipt when paying contactless for something - how on earth do you keep track of how much you've spent?

People who use online food shopping - you end up with the first item pulled off the shelf, often with a short use by date on it and then have to wait in for the privilege of having it delivered to you. Scan and shop is the way forward!

People who don't iron - yes, we can tell and you and your kids do look scruffy.

People who drive way under the speed limit - FFS speed up!

@BottomliePotts ha ha yes the lady with the keys AT FACE HEIGHT! So glad someone rode spotted that! I really wanted to comment but didn't want to have a go at someone. I think she may have been exaggerating slightly

People who don't get a receipt when paying contactless for something - how on earth do you keep track of how much you've spent?

I look at my account online several times a week and keep a spreadsheet. Why would I need little bits of paper scrunched up in my bag to tell me what I spent?

Fuss that much with my hair. That line from Fleabag, 'it never just hair' seems to have resonated with tons of women. I see so many terrible examples of dyed blond hair, straw-like, yellow; that drip-dye look, umbrage or whatever. So much time, so much money, so little point judging by the end result. If you're rich fine, you can pay for a good result, but it seems few can.

People who don't get a receipt when paying contactless for something - how on earth do you keep track of how much you've spent?

I don't think I've ever used receipts for this.

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

how on earth do you keep track of how much you've spent?

bank statement?

Smoking - particularly outside hospital doors. You stink. It's gross.
The ridiculous eyebrow thing that's going on.
Normal people behaving like weirdos on social media
Having cars that are only for show on their drive and never get driven
Buy new gadgets every time the next version is released
Going shopping anywhere on a Saturday
Going to the cinema and then checking your phone or talking through it
Checking your phone while having a conversation with someone (rude)

My biggest - Letting dogs roam free and being total arseholes saying 'oh they're only being friendly' when they jump up/get muddy paws on you/bark at you/make children scared/run through your picnic. Twats.

People who come on Mumsnet and create threads about how much it annoys them when people do something they enjoy.

Buying new clothes for holidays when you're going somewhere where nobody knows you and you're never likely to see them again.Does it really matter that you're wearing last season's shorts or t-shirt.
I'd much rather spend money on clothes that I wear for the other 50 weeks a year

Camping but criticise anyone who doesn't like it. I have and I hate it.
Drive unnecessarily large cars which they can't park or drive properly.
Read the Daily Mail or Express.

• Those instagram filters. Why do I want to see 10 photos of you with rainbows or with stupid bloody dog ears - you look ridiculous
• People parking in parent and child spaces and then leave the kids in the car while they go shopping
• People parking on one side of the car park space so who ever has the misfortune to park next to you as even less space
• Stealth boasting on fb: I've just had my hair cut to donate to little princess trust. hashtag aren't I amazing
• grown adults talking like children: having a few drinkies. No Sharon, you're having a drink
• Checking in EVERYWHERE: look at me I'm at the airport, look at me I'm at the zoo, look at me I'm at the cinema
• Changing name on Fb the second you're married. Seriously you can't stay off SM for ONE day???
• People not ironing their clothes: sorry I will judge you as you look like you have been dragged through a hedge backwards
• Game of Thrones
• Lucifer
• 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
• People who stand in doorways/school gates to have a chat. You may have all day Pamela but I have to get to work so kindly MOVE!!!
• People who always have a costa/starbucks in their hand. When one opened near a supermarket you'd have people coming in to do their shopping clutching a flipping costa!!!! Look at me with my £4 skinny macchy-whaccy cappa-whatsit. Yeah you look like a twat trying to steer your trolley one-handed
• People who drink at ANY/ALL social occasions: wedding/anniversary celebration/party fine but toddler's 1-year old's birthday party. Seriously??? Also drinking/smoking during pregnancy - but it's Xmas day/my birthday/Wednesday!! Yeah and???

But by the same token

• I change into tracksuit/PJ's once I'm in for the day after work/school run/evening activity. I cannot 'slob' on the sofa in my work clothes and if I'm doing housework/dinner I'd rather my ratty t-shirt got splattered than my nice clothes. I also prefer to wear men's primark leisure wear rather than ladies
• I will save a few episodes of a series and binge-watch on my iPad while DH and DS watch football rather than watch each episode as it's aired. Except for Chernobyl which DH and I watched 'live'
• I watch Friends most days, can recite the episode almost word for word and still laugh. I do get the rage though when DH watches an F1 race/football match from 10 years ago #doublestandards

People who are racist but are furious when you tell them they are, because they truly believe they aren't. Ditto people who are sexist, homophobic etc.

People who stand up, grab their luggage, queue to leave the plane......as it's still taxiing to the terminal and you won't be setting a foot outside the thing for another 10 minutes.

I don't get this because I am old - people who are desperate to get their baby onto the next stage - encouraging them to walk/talk/crawl/sit early as if it makes their baby superior or them a better parent. Stop and enjoy them while they are still squidgy little blobs who gurgle and blow raspberries. They've got the rest of their lives to run and jump and be the best at eating with a spoon. OK some things are practical, and it's lovely when people are proud and delighted that their baby or toddler has done something for the first time, I don't mean that. But walking at 9 months impresses no other parent, and your kid won't be putting it on their UCAS application. So what if your 8 year old still likes watching Ben and Holly or your 4 year old is crap at writing their name? I do not understand why on earth anyone would encourage their children to grow up fast, or tell them they're being a baby, or they're too old to do something they enjoy (unless it's a tantrum!)

Ooh dear, that was long. Rant over.

Fully able bodied people who don't go upstairs on the bus and sit downstairs, but leave people who aren't as mobile to crowd in or stand. What don't they get?

People who spend £200 on a car seat but don't strap their child in properly. Realy wtfing on that one.

I think there's a difference between being baffled at a behaviour, and really just not getting something. Though I am totally judging people who don't strap their children in properly, no matter what they've spent on a car seat.

The lady with keys at face height sounds like she is very anxious

@category12 "trolley shepherd" - brilliant! I shall call them that always.

PS I don't iron and I don't care if someone else thinks I look a mess. I am more than just my clothes. Some people just care less about their appearance, or prefer a different look. [shrugs]

Buying new clothes for holidays

Guilty!

My kids don't have summer clothes that fit on our first holiday in a warmer place, so it's the first time of the year I usually start buying them for the summer season.

I normally don't bother buying clothes that often, so the coming holiday is a good motivation to drag myself to do it.

People who cross the road and the green man is about a foot away.

People who dont press the button for the green man,and im left waiting ages.Just press the button.

People at ATM that think they are playing games.What takes you so long.Theres a queue a mile long behind you,

DH does the seatbelt thing - we have to reverse out of our drive (obviously a massive no-no on Mumsnet, but we have good reasons) and he always does that, then drives off putting his seatbelt on. I can manage exactly the same manoeuvre with my seatbelt on - it's clearly just habit.

My other one if people who upload all their photos of an event onto FB or IG and make no attempt to edit their selection. So dull.

Alassi - People who vote Labour. I’m on minimum wage and I’m far better off than I was under labour. They want you poor.

You won't be far better off under the conservatives when you are having to pay for all of your services privately.

Both the education system and NHS are being destroyed by budget cuts.

Can you afford to pay for schooling or health!?

All those insisting that you can tell who doesn't iron their clothes: how would you know? You might see someone who obviously hasn't, but if you see someone who doesn't look 'unironed', you've no idea whether they've ironed their clothes or not.

Popcorn at the cinema. I've paid to watch a movie. I would like to watch that movie WITHOUT YOUR POPCORN MUNCHING LOUD SOUNDS EFFECTS

All those insisting that you can tell who doesn't iron their clothes

it depends on the clothes - it's obvious if a work shirt has been ironed or not.

It's also obvious if beddings have been ironed. I don't bother with mine, and they are folded neatly enough to be presentable, but it's still obvious.

I also went at the keys in front of face post. Now I reckon most parents do occasionally bonkers stuff because of irrational anxiety about our kids. I certainly have done/do. But what I don't do is post about it on MN with the subtext that those who don't do such things are neglectful. In reference to another recent thread, i can totally imagine being so anxious that I wouldn't leave my 12yo in the house alone for more than 10-15 mins, for instance. (I still get nervous about plastic bags in my 8 and 11yos rooms ). But I'd know that it was my anxiety speaking and not my wonderful careful parenting, if that makes sense!

I don't understand how other people tear toilet paper off. Every time I rip some paper off, there is a bit dangling down ready to grab next time, and yet whenever I use a public loo I seem to spend about an hour endlessly spinning the looroll around trying to find the end.
Why?

I don't get how people who don't iron don't realise they look a mess

I understand not wanting to iron. I understand not being bothered about the way you look. But the absolute belief that it makes no difference?! Nope don't get that!

People who don't agree with my views. My views are, like, amazing and very right.