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Things that annoy you that are none of your business

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bonsaiii · 16/09/2020 12:18

Little girls dressed head to toe in insipid pink

OP posts:
ImANosyNeighbour · 16/09/2020 15:06

During lockdown 2 sets of neighbours with young kids who live over the road but a bit further down made the most of furlough and the heatwave. They both set up every day in their front gardens with deck chairs, parasols and paddling pools. They both have back gardens but for some reason decided the front gardens were the place to be. Several of us nosy neighbours commented to each other we found it strange. It didn’t effect us in the slightest, they weren’t excessively noisy and didn’t have music blaring, they were just living life!

I agree with many other posts but have to echo my disgust at:

Fake nails - The long pointy ones especially. Every time I see them all I can think of is how unhygienic they are. I can’t imagine the owners of these monstrosities clean under each nail every time they use the loo or take out the bins before they prepare dinner. Or do these talons mean they can’t do things like cooking?

Botox, fillers & face lifts - I can’t understand how very attractive people fill their faces with this shit and surgically stretch their faces beyond recognition. The non moving face and pumped up lips look is quite scary. It’s the lack of expressions that gets me the most.

Anyway I can’t talk, I always say Haitch, I regularly have my curtains closed admittedly at the back of the house and I hog the middle lane amongst many other horrors. Shock

Sanitisethat · 16/09/2020 15:07

Ooh, I’ve thought of some more!

Any use of the phrase ‘our little family’ 🤮

Saying ‘baby’ instead of ‘the baby’ or ‘my baby’ (like, ‘I fed baby then went home’)

People who use the word ‘boobing’ to describe breastfeeding 😡😡😡

Saying you changed your baby’s bum instead of their nappy. Why would anyone want to be needlessly vulgar like that?!

Iamagree · 16/09/2020 15:07

@loobyloo1234

Oh I have another - cyclists who don't ride single file on country lanes just so they can have a chat with their mates next to them - rageeeeeee inducing
To pass a cyclist safely you have to pull out at least partially into he oncoming lane. You wouldn't do this if there is any oncoming traffic, you only pass the cyclist if the other side of the road is clear. So two abreast is the same and you stil have to wait and only overtake if the oncoming lane is clear. Cycling 2 abreast increases their visibility and so is safer than being at the mercy of ragey drivers. Rule 139 of the Highway Code states “give cyclists at least as much room as you would a car when overtaking”. Rule 188 of the Highway Code states “When passing a cyclist give them plenty of room”.
Mochudhu · 16/09/2020 15:07

NotImpossible
Pictures of food -covered babies on FB
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This. A former colleague used to have a photo on her desk of her DD covered in spaghetti hoops. Made me boak every time I had to go near her.

Turnedouttoes
Whole families going shopping together, clogging up the aisles and letting their kids run riot

Plus Grandma and Auntie.

Standing in a checkout queue behind 2 women (usually mother and adult daughter) with one trolley only to have them split the shopping into 2 or more lots and it's too late to switch queues.

"Loose men" (almost exclusively over 60) in the supermarket. There is an associated woman in there somewhere but she's doing the actual shopping and he's only required to pay and drive home so he stands in the aisle gazing at random shelves. Usually with his hands in his pockets, whistling tunelessly.

I don't know why but younger and same-sex couples of any age don't seem to do this, they tend to go round together.

Arthersleep · 16/09/2020 15:08

Low slung trousers/shorts revealing most of a guys boxers! Why do we need to know where you buy your pants from?

rosecakequeen · 16/09/2020 15:10

Celebrities who say they hate the gym, but fail to mention they do yoga 4 times a week, run 3 times a week and work out with a trainer at home everyday.

Same goes for Botox. They clearly just use another brand so they can say the've never used Botox.

sapnupuas · 16/09/2020 15:10

[quote MarmiteWine]@sapnupuas

It's obvious. They've let the budgie out of It's cage and don't want it to fly into the window!

100% only replying so I can praise you on your username and show off my upside down reading skills.[/quote]
I've been impatiently waiting for someone to notice/comment on my username. You're the first one. Thank you. I feel like my hilariousness has finally been appreciated.

TwentyViginti · 16/09/2020 15:10

@FamBae

Unflushed public toilets & drips on toilet seats and most of the above as luckily (it seems) I don't know Carl or Deborah.
Please try to remember its Karl, now. Debs gets a cob on if it's misspelt.
timeforanew · 16/09/2020 15:15

Little girls in dresses on playgrounds. especially if they are continuously reminded to not get their dress dirty, rip their dress, or get their shoes dirty. So they sit on a bench watching their brothers play.

dworky · 16/09/2020 15:16

@bonsaiii

Little girls dressed head to toe in insipid pink
Even worse, restrictive clothing so they can't play freely.
felineflutter · 16/09/2020 15:17

People who drive at 40mph in a 60, then carry on at 40mph in the 30!! Except that does technically impact on me because one day I'm going to go to jail for

I'm sure this would come up in psychological testing of serial killers.

AngusThermopyle · 16/09/2020 15:18

People who let dogs lick their face 🤮

stovetopespresso · 16/09/2020 15:23

people who drop it in to conversation irrelevantly that their children are at private school

Aneley · 16/09/2020 15:29

Electric scooters.
See through and leather looking leggings.
PVC clothes - I think I can smell people wearing those even from the screen.

RelaisBlu · 16/09/2020 15:31

mintyroller what is Slimming Hurled????

lakesidefall · 16/09/2020 15:31

People who drive at 40mph in a 60, then carry on at 40mph in the 30!! Except that does technically impact on me because one day I'm going to go to jail for murder.

You would surely be let off.
What is worse is I'm sure these drivers believe that they are good and safe drivers.

CatsArePeopleToo · 16/09/2020 15:32

Men wearing jeans below the crack.
Grandparents posting very detailed info about their grandkids in FB chat groups.
Adult men with videogame related tattoos.
Adult women with cartoon character tattoos.
People sharing gruesome content on FB.

HundredYearOldMan · 16/09/2020 15:32

Before I opened this and read your opening post my immediate thought was hairbands on babies
and toddlers on reigns.

Blondiney · 16/09/2020 15:32

BBQs in terraced back yards. There is not enough space, you ignorant cunts!

RelaisBlu · 16/09/2020 15:33

feistyoneyouare my DD insists there is a difference between "donuts" and "doughnuts" - they are 2 different things apparently Grin

SweetPetrichor · 16/09/2020 15:34

Karens.
Pregnant women...the idea of a parasite growing off you, stretching you, is disgusting.
Boy racers.

MedicalMystery1 · 16/09/2020 15:34

@OverTheRubicon

When strangers on the tube are wearing jackets that still have the little X at the back that holds together the back flap, which you're meant to unpick after buying it.

So incredibly unimportant to niggle me so much. I might even be posting here in the hope that it makes somebody check the back of their jacket and fix it 😳

What do you mean the little x that you need to unpick Blush ive never heard of that Blush
attillathenun · 16/09/2020 15:35

God there are so many things I don’t know where to stop:

Pavement dawdlers (especially in flip flops)
Families in matching outfits
People going to the shops in pyjamas
Kids who are too old using dummies and prams
“Look at me people” on Instagram pretending to be wealthy in their fake designer gear
Gender reveals
Attention seeking check ins to hospital on Facebook

I could literally go on for days

EdinaMonsoon · 16/09/2020 15:36

14 pages of rage inducing comments that I wholeheartedly agree ...I had to stop after p4 to preserve my own sanity.

My neighbour’s laugh irritates me beyond measure. I’ve not heard it today but even thinking of it gives me the rage. She has, what I imagine she considers to be a “tinkly laugh”. The sort I suppose which is intended to flatter men & be unthreatening & fawning. I literally want to shout STFU every time I hear it over the fence.

UnfinishedSymphon · 16/09/2020 15:36

My neighbour always shuts one of his driveway gates when he goes out in the car, even if it's for a few minutes; he drives out, parks up, gets out and shuts ONE gate and then gets back in the car. He then comes back, parks up, gets out, opens the one gate and drives in. Just seems a bit fat waste of time, he even does this in the pouring rain.

DP eats desserts etc. with a teaspoon rather than a dessert spoon, this includes things like ice cream, puddings & custard. Affects me not one bit but it annoys me

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