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

267 replies

Crumpetsforthequeen · 18/02/2020 18:50

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? Grin

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ElbasAbsentPenis · 18/02/2020 20:12

Never being able to remember which lever on the toaster makes the bread go down for roasting and which raises the annoying warming rack thing on top.

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 18/02/2020 20:12

When everyone in the family puts rubbish/recycling on the worktop above the bin, instead of just IN THE BLOODY BIN!!

3 boys/men in this house and every one of them oisses the toilet seat (although, they are getting better at cleaning it recently)

Not putting dirty plates/cups in the sin, just leaving them on random worktops at the other side of the kitchen.

Not cleaning their rubbish out of the car. Crime committed by dp and the other men he takes to football or sometimes work. So selfish. Takes your shite out my car when you leave!!

Leaving dirty clothes all over the floor for me to pick up. DP works away sometimes. He came back last weekend from a week away and his case is still lying in the bedroom with all his dirty clothes in. I refuse to move it.

Do tries to wash the dishes without a scrubber, just throws some fairy liquid on and rubs with his hands.

God I am surrounded by lazy fuckers!!

HeronLanyon · 18/02/2020 20:14

Butter in the marmite/marmelade/jar - someone once said of you are thinking about getting serious with someone just check this. Agree 100% it will tell you everything you need to know.

Namechangeymcnamechange11 · 18/02/2020 20:14

Leaving the empty cardboard tube when there are new toilet rolls in the holder and all you need to do is swap them and put the cardboard in the recycling.

People who stand around in the door vestibule of the train and look vacantly at you trying to get on when there's a whole empty bloody aisle to stand in. Then look blankly and tell you they can't move when you ask them to move down the carriage. Argh the rage.

Man-flu.

Not cleaning the toilet after leaving skid marks.

Putting dirty stuff on the work surface above the dishwasher instead of in it.

ILs little passive aggressive digs.

I may just have pregnancy rage.

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 18/02/2020 20:15

Oh and the dog who keeps eating stones and sticks, blocks himself up, can't do the toilet on his hour long walk, then gets the shits as soon as I leave him in the house for 45 mins to go to ds school show.

HeronLanyon · 18/02/2020 20:16

Oh and wet cloths (of any sort/size in any room) left in a heap rather than allowed to dry out.

Crumpetsforthequeen · 18/02/2020 20:16

😂 I'm pissing myself over these replies and I can relate to most of these, it's also made me realise most of the stuff that irritates me is stuff DH does lol

Puts rubbish on the counter above the bin
Puts stuff into the water when I'm washing up when he knows I like to have it to one side and not all in the water.

But I think the Biggie and this downright infuriates me and I'm looking at it right bloody now is his damn socks left right Infront of the laundry hamper!!!! And his shirt left ontop of said hamper!!! On top!

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SnugglySnerd · 18/02/2020 20:17

Dh leaves the last inch of tea or coffee in his mug. Despite living with him for the last 12 years I still forget and put the mug upside down in the dishwasher causing cold tea or coffee to splatter everywhere.
Our dishwasher isn't working at the moment so instead I always find the mug with cold tea or coffee afterI've filled the sink to wash up. It drives me crazy!
I also can't bear the butter being contaminated by crumbs, jam or whatever.

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 18/02/2020 20:17

The mums who congregate in a huddle in the middle of the school gates so yiu can't even squeeze past yourself, never mind get a double buggy through, and seem oblivious to the people saying excuse me because they are so busy gabbing.

HeronLanyon · 18/02/2020 20:18

Not on top op surely not.

largeprintagathachristie · 18/02/2020 20:20

People sitting in vehicles with the engine running. I’m mostly a pedestrian and just sick of breathing it all then.
I once asked a man why he hadn’t turned his engine off. Genuinely interested to know (though also goody, I know.) He said he’d paid for his diesel and he could do whatever he liked with it. Sigh.

Stampy84 · 18/02/2020 20:20

For some reason, I absolutely HATE having to put petrol in my car. I’ll be watching the orange light knowing I need to fill up with petrol, but for some reason it’s such a bloody hassle to me.

largeprintagathachristie · 18/02/2020 20:21

Goady not goody!

Bibby26 · 18/02/2020 20:21

DH leaving items in the sink to soak. JUST BLOODY WASH THEM UP OR LEAVE THEM ON THE SIDE TO BE WASHED UP IF YOU ARE UNWILLING TO DO THEM THERE AND THEN.

Crumpetsforthequeen · 18/02/2020 20:22

Just went to get DH's mug to make us a cuppa and low and behold there's about half an inch of cold tea in there as always @SnugglySnerd are we married to the same man?

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Notso · 18/02/2020 20:23

DH taking the toilet roll off the holder every time he uses it and placing it either on top of the cistern or perching on the adjacent radiator.
This!
DH does this because he's a weirdo who stands up to wipe his arse and then because he's really tall he leaves it on top of the towel rail, which means I can't reach it.

Stuff that's not butter in the butter. It doesn't really happen in our house but PIL's butter is like a massacre of condiments and spreads.

My in laws and parents 'telling us off' about stuff or pointing out really obvious things we need to do that we are well aware of but haven't got round to doing.
Like the kids bikes being in the drive when they've literally just got off them or we get a log burner and they helpfully suggest on the day it's installed that we buy some logs.

I hate it when my kids or DH ask what's for breakfast/lunch/tea/dinner/snack. I don't know why but it pisses me right off, my youngest has cottoned on that it annoys me and looks in the meal planner but the others are oblivious.

FartyFenella · 18/02/2020 20:23

People who want to pay cash at store tills or on the bus who only start to look for their purse when the cashier tells them how much they need to pay. I have wasted so much time waiting for people rummaging through enormous handbags just to find their fucking purses.

They know they will have to present some form of payment, so have it ready! It isn't fucking hard to do!!

There's a woman who gets on my bus fairly regularly. She's an expert in a particular historical field and has been interviewed on a variety of TV programmes due to her specialist knowledge. But every fucking morning that she gets on my bus she always asks for the fare from where she gets on to where she gets off. It's always the same price until the annual price change. And then she spends a few minutes digging out her purse from her handbag before she can pay her fare. I really enjoy the stuff she does on telly but I bloody hate her when she gets on my bus!

HeronLanyon · 18/02/2020 20:24

‘Low and behold’ - one of the best phrases ever. Must use it more.

HeronLanyon · 18/02/2020 20:26

Or lo not ‘low’

sassafras123 · 18/02/2020 20:28

Drawers and cupboard doors being left open, always by men.
Loo roll empty and not renewed.
No matter when you wash the kitchen floor someone always appears and plods over it.
Bloody slugs getting in the sink ! Urgh !
Shopping hell kids , trollies , or rather trying to locate one,people always in the way blocking the entrance yakking. And that's before you actually get inside.

Notso · 18/02/2020 20:30

DS1 if we ever go out to eat anywhere,
"Would you like a drink"
DS1 "yes"
he then proceeds to look blankly at you while I assume sending his drink order through the power of thought. Every.Fucking.Time.
He's a great lad in general but this makes me want to ship him off to some kind of boot camp!

Millie2013 · 18/02/2020 20:30

Those “97% of my friends won’t share this” posts on Facebook
No, no we won’t

A lady in Lidl the other day, who had 2 items compared to my 15ish. She asked if she could go in front, I obliged as thought she may be in a rush. Turns out she was also seeking a refund for something, so the manager was called and then she queried the refund amount and generally famnied around. I had steam coming out of my ears

Come to think of it, most things that other people do annoy me. Of course, I’m not annoying at all, ever Grin

ExtraFox18 · 18/02/2020 20:31

People not taking their shoes offf in house.
Standing in a wet patch on a floor.

Walking on dirty floors.

I’m pretty precious about floors.

sweetkitty · 18/02/2020 20:32

DD1 who uses the hand towel in the bathroom, takes it off the towel rail and throws it on the floor Angry

Everyone else in this house who cannot take the empty toilet roll off the holder put the new one on and put the old one in the bin.

Grobagsforever · 18/02/2020 20:33

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

NO YOU WOKE FROM A LIE IN YOU IDIOT

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