To ask what little everyday things irritate the hell out of you?

[Crumpetsforthequeen]

Inspired by the fact that once again I've gone to make myself a much needed cuppa, already poured the water in only to find some asshole (DH) has put the milk back in the fridge with about 10mm worth of milk left. Why not just drink the tiny bit??? Why put it back??

Obviously a light-hearted thread or shall I leave the monster?

please forward the information to Jane and I

translates as 'please send the info to me and Jane asap'.

People on Mumsnet writing: 'I wakened' from a 'lay-in'

Along with "I was laying in bed", "I was laid in bed" and "I was sat in a restaurant".

"Ect".

What about such massacres of language as 'pedal stool' (the image that conjures is bizarre). I must also see if that bloke Chester who draws so much has published any cartoons yet.

I realise not everyone can spell, but when you see 'visability' on the TV weather, you start to flinch because it really does look slovenly. Even spellcheck can pick up on that FFS!

Being behind an Andand at a bar or cafe. An Andand is someone who orders one thing, waits for the bar staff to serve it up then orders something else, waits till the staff has served it up, and so on until they have about 20 drinks sitting there going flat and they start dithering and faffing over the next one. At which point you give up and go to the supermarket instead.

comment about another fred, but the old 'is it halfterm' gag. Nothing like an old joke, and that is not even a joke!

Fartyfenella - I so so relate . Everyone has to pay at tills so why do they only start fiddling around for their method of payment when told the total of their purchase!! They can't be surprised they have to pay -gah ! Drives me potty

DH puts his farming boots right beside the bench where his farming boots are supposed to sit under.

Right. Beside. It.

We designed the bench purely for that reason. (We created a boot room)

There's worse than just fiddling around to pay, after they've eventually finished they stand there chatting shit to the staff member.

Don't know if anyone's mentioned this-people who step off an escalator and stop dead.

People pushing on to the tube before existing passengers have had a chance to get off.

People hitting you with their rucksack or swishing the dirty straps into your face.

People taking up more than their fair share of room on public transport (elbows right across the arm rest or manspreading, etc.).

People using public transport but not bothering to have a wash beforehand.

Dp scrapes his burnt toast in the sink and leaves the bits.

Dp leaves milk carton with small amount left in it in fridge and starts a new, fresh carton.

Dp leaves butter knife on chopping board (next to sink).

Dp leaves toilet roll with one square on it on toilet roll holder.

Dp shaves and leaves bit in the sink.

Grrrr!

@BecauseReasons but I said I was talking about buses, not trains. Also, I shouldn't have to ask you to let me in to the seat you aren't sitting on because you want things to be easier for yourself. Don't tell me it's for my convenience because we both know it's your convenience you're considering.

I'll add to this: people who twist what you say on Mumsnet so they can make it about themselves or virtue-signal. Gives me the rage!

”d”h who has been playing various different versions of I’m gonna be (500 miles) by The Proclaimers on YouTube since we got home 90 fucking minutes ago

Surprised no-one's mentioned this: empty wrappers left in the After Eights box

People indicating to go straight over a roundabout

You are meant to! As you get to the last exit you want, your indicator should be twinkling left.

So if you are turning left, it goes on right away.

If you are going straight on, you switch it on as you get to the exit (but not before, otherwise people will think you are leaving the roundabout at the exit before).

And if you are going right, you put your right hand one on and switch it over the left hand one once you are past the last but one exit and are approaching the exit you want.

But in all cases the left hand indicator should be on just before you leave the roundabout.

I hate buffet sloths. Those people who go into super slo-mo the moment they get a serving spoon in their hand. I want to snatch it out of their hand and ladle the salad/pasta/trifle whatever it is onto their plate for them.

I hate buffet sloths so much that I once reorganised a buffet at a wedding I was a guest at so there were two lines, one each side of the table, because people were standing about so long waiting.

@Hairwizard

There are some people that just can't say specifically

People.

There are some people that just can't say specifically pacifically?

When you’re looking at something you might buy on your phone and it comes up with a box that says ‘8 people are looking at this right now’ and that stays there blocking the image for a while and then fades, and then is replaced my ‘10 people have bought this today...’ I don’t care!! And now I can’t see the item to decide if I actually want to buy it because your boxes are blocking what I’m looking at! And breathe...

Adult DS comes to visit and reads post that I’ve j oh kept for him. Scatters opened junk mail and envelopes around the house, leaves again not taking post.

Shop workers stapling receipts together before they are passed to you. WHY?!?!?!? Drives me insane!

Retail assistants asking if you'd like an email receipt and the person in front of you saying yes please. Cue 20 minutes while they fuck around with the ipad and you just want to pay and leave.

When people get me/I wrong. Eg ‘please forward the information to Jane and I’

Yeah, how hard is this? Just remove 'Jane' and see if it makes sense! Nobody ever writes "forward the information to I", do they?

Calling adult women “girls”. I work in a mainly female environment. The amount of times I’ve heard a senior staff member say “I’ll get one of the girls on to that....” Only we are mostly mid 40’s and most definitely not “girls!”

Phrases such as “pissing myself laughing” and abbreviations - not all - but quite a few make me squirm. For example cuppa, chocs, pots, toms.

People who say “pacifically” rather than “specifically”.

And my ex perching screw lids back on bottles and jars, rather than screwing them back on. FFS why?