To ask what winds you up even though you know it’s irrational

[Butterflyfluff]

Lighthearted (I think!)

A few things popped into my head today which irrationally annoy me and I figured I can’t be the only one who gets irrationally angry about stuff like this

Those I can think of now are

• People who say ‘I don’t drive’ when they actually can’t drive - you wouldn’t say you ‘don’t perform brain surgery’ if you can’t so why is it different with driving

• People with double barrelled / hyphenated first names, eg, Peggy Sue - I’ve never heard one that doesn’t sound twee and they just make me think of weird American cults

• people who still have their Christmas trees up

I realise none of these things actually affect me - they just annoy me! 😂

What winds you up?

People who drone on about lockdown being pointless because only elderly people die. Honestly by now they should know better

People who talk about their ‘baby girl’ or ‘my boy’ when they mean their DOG!! It’s a dog not a human for Christ’s sake.

People who say something, you dont hear them so ask for them to repeat it,and they only repeat it partially.

E.G
"I saw a lovely horse on my walk this morning."
"Pardon?"
"Horse! This morning!"

Or 'I have to speak to Pamela at work tomorrow about my shifts'
"What?"
"Pamela."
Drives me insane.

[quote PattyPan]@GoLightlyontheEarth sure for something old fashioned or a camping stove. Calling a hob the stove/stovetop is different.[/quote]
My mother always called it a drive at home as did everyone of her generation.

Stove not drive!

Old people choosing a vanilla cornet from ice-cream vans. Always vanilla.

DH sees it as an insult to food that I choose vanilla ice cream and milkshakes 🤷‍♀️ I like what I like.

@Isisiris

People who say something, you dont hear them so ask for them to repeat it,and they only repeat it partially.

E.G
"I saw a lovely horse on my walk this morning."
"Pardon?"
"Horse! This morning!"

Or 'I have to speak to Pamela at work tomorrow about my shifts'
"What?"
"Pamela."
Drives me insane.

My sister does this - it's infuriating!

Good vanilla is the best!

@Iamnotminterested

Old people choosing a vanilla cornet from ice-cream vans. Always vanilla.

What's wrong with that? I'm sure it isn't just old people. I only like plain ice cream, can't bear flavoured.

@Tlollj

People getting in the wrong line at petrol stations and stretching the hose over the car. Men whistling.

I'm the exact opposite, it cracks me when people wait for the pump on the side their petrol cap is on causing unnecessary queues. The hoses are long so that they can reach the other side and so you can use any pump that is free.🙂

People who put things on Facebook I have absolutely no interest in at all!
People who are always in front of me in the supermarket looking at the one thing I want to buy. Go away.
People who think it's funny to play silly pranks on people. I hate any kind of ' slap stick ' type humour. My dining table chairs as they are so uncomfortable and I can't justify buying new ones.
I'm miserable today.

@Isisiris

People who say something, you dont hear them so ask for them to repeat it,and they only repeat it partially.

E.G
"I saw a lovely horse on my walk this morning."
"Pardon?"
"Horse! This morning!"

Or 'I have to speak to Pamela at work tomorrow about my shifts'
"What?"
"Pamela."
Drives me insane.

My husband does the opposite, if I haven’t heard what he says he massively over explains it.

“Do you think we should take DD to the park this morning”
“Sorry, didn’t catch that, take her where?”
“Well, I was just looking at the weather forecast, and it looks like it will be dry this morning but raining this afternoon so I was thinking we could take DD to the park by Tesco so she can run around, plus it’s got the swings she likes.”

Just repeat the bit I bloody missed!!!!!!

Oh and I’ve thought of another one (also involving DH).

On our microwave, to set the time, you can either just type in the time or press a button to just add 30 seconds on. This button is clearly designed if you just want to quickly zap something for a little longer. DH uses this button to set any time, so for 8 mins, instead of just typing 8 0 0 he will press the 30 second button 16 times.

I cannot bear it.

I only like plain ice cream, can't bear flavoured.
It's not plain it's vanilla flavoured!

DH uses this button to set any time, so for 8 mins, instead of just typing 8 0 0 he will press the 30 second button 16 times.
I do this too!

I can put up with people whistling or singing along to the radio, but in the old days, when we could go to theatres, we went to see The Dusty Springfield Story and the bloody woman next to me tried to sing along to every sodding song. Except, she was about half a word in front and obviously out of tune. My daughter was peeing herself at my reaction, but the woman obviously had some issues, so being kind, I just put up with it.

When anyone on tv or radio does an impression of Bob Dylan, and it is always a whiny take on how he sounded in 1964. He has had a 55 year career since then, but that is rarely recognised. Still, I suppose when he died the media will be full of people saying how wonderful he was, when they have spent the last 50 years flagging him off.

@twobrews

I only like plain ice cream, can't bear flavoured. It's not plain it's vanilla flavoured!

Yes but vanilla is known as 'plain'. There's nothing wrong with it, it's nice but the point is there is surely nothing wrong with people requesting vanilla flavour and they won't all be old.

Shoes/boots that are described online as Vegan. Wtf? They are synthetic! It just annoys me.

@LongDistanceClaret

Shoes/boots that are described online as Vegan. Wtf? They are synthetic! It just annoys me.

I totally 'get' that. I bought someone a vegan purse for a birthday last year, it was good quality plastic!

Hiccups. They are just so bloody unnecessary and completely pointless!

People who don't stop talking during a gig, in the theatre or cinema! If they don't want to listen they should stay at home!!!!

I also only like vanilla

Vanilla is the BEST

S-backing. It's when people pronounce the str sound as sh, so not street but Shtreet, Shtress for stress, etc. It's all over the radio, it seems to be spreading and I just can't stand it.

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