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?

[quote cliftonbear]the words ‘lippy’ ‘hubby’ ‘holibobs’ and the phrase ‘yummy mummy’ make me want to bite something >.

@XenoBitch

People who use 'indeed' as a complete sentence as a reply.

Bloody Teal'c

@Freetodowhatiwant

People using too many exclamation marks or using them when they’re not necessary. I almost feel the need to add one there now. I’ve learned to go through my emails afterwards and remove them all.

Also people trailing off a sentence with ellipses when it doesn’t need it... you see so much of that on here... agh!!

And the use of ellipsis with more than 3 dots........... 😳

Yes even worse when it’s more than 3 dots! Now I feel like an idiot for using an exclamation mark but I feel it warrants it.

Absolutely agree with holibobs and famalam. Ugh.

The opposite annoys me. I choose not to drive. I think car drivers are incredibly selfish and destroying the planet. They are arrogant and have little thought for future generations. I hate going in cars. I hate that normally kind, thoughtful people turn into raging twats the moment they’re behind the wheel. I hate being offered lifts with that sad tilted head. I hate having to cycle past queues of selfish bastards driving 1/2 mile to pick up their shopping then complaining that they’re fat.
I live in a city where everything is on public transport and there is a great cycle network. Why bother having a car?

Why bother having a car?

Because I live 160 miles from where I work and commute weekly. It's a 2h 40min drive or a 4-5 hour train ride, assuming they're on time. And a 3 mile walk walk from station to where I work. Good enough?

@Freetodowhatiwant

Yes even worse when it’s more than 3 dots! Now I feel like an idiot for using an exclamation mark but I feel it warrants it.

Absolutely agree with holibobs and famalam. Ugh.

Totally warrants an exclamation mark! Only one mind 😆.

All the people saying “I don’t drive”’is incorrect and irritating, does it annoy you as much when people say
“I don’t speak Spanish”? Just wondering.

People that start every sentence with 'basically' The uni students I work with are the worst culprits.

Posters on here who live in a self centred bubble thinking the universe revolves around them. Not on this thread 🤣

@Snoozysnoozy I meant why bother having a car in my situation. My problem is with aggressive car drivers thinking that I should drive when in my city it’s actually quicker to cycle (and sometimes walk). I hate the snooty attitude that some people impart when they’re the ones ruining the planet.

@AdventureCode

People who breathe loudly,

Having the fabric fire lable tags hanging out from under my pouffe, i can't pin them up as it'll ruin the leather. I can't cut them off as i wont be able to donate them to the charity furniture shop when i replace them. So I'm stuck having them annoy me everytime i catch a glimpse of them.

Tape!?!

When I ask my husband what he wants for dinner and he says “I don’t know, really...” after showing my irritation on more than one occasion he’s upgraded it to “I don’t know, something veggie?” Which winds me up even more!

People who start a thread asking about the chances of lock down ending soon or the chances of school going back or the chances of being able to go on holiday soon . Not even the government know that so why should a few randoms on the internet.

@Gobbycop

People that use the word brought instead of bought.

"Thanks for reaching out", "I reached out to" the reaching out thing drives me fucking insane.

I got a generic email from some company thanking me for reaching out. I sent a reply saying I hadn’t reached out, I’d asked them a question!

DH walking around the house with his hands on his fucking hips all the time.

DH eating toast over the sink - we have a dining table? He's not Chandler?

People who don't indicate when driving

Poor punctuation

Incomplete email requests I. E. Can you send this to XYZ address, but don't include the full frigging address, meaning I have to send ANOTHER frigging email asking for said complete address.

Bad service I. E. Waiting 3 weeks for winter viits, it's almost feckin spring

Viits???

Boots

I don't drive, should be,

I can't drive

Shouldn't it?

People slagging of people who physically have to leave their house to work and is it essential and its lockdown, I mean fuck the fact we have mortgages to pay and kids to feed, yet will watch soaps, ITV shit etc, all non essential, and could all be closed down for now.

I do have some spelling and grammar triggers when reading social media, but I am trying to train myself out of them as I think it's a bit petty. I do really twitch when I see inspirational wall decals or wallpaper that's meant to look like a cityscape or books on shelves.

I think I must be irrationally irritated a lot of the time because a lot of these, I’m thinking, yes, this one annoys me too!. The one about the tailors tacks in the back of coats does my head in and I cannot understand why people would honestly think that a well made wool coat would have a crappy white stitch right in the back of it as a design feature?, cut it off, ffs.
I confess that grammar and spelling errors get me but I only correct it in my head as I’m aware it’s my issue.

Like others, I used to HATE bad spelling and grammar. However, I'm learning to not be so judgemental as my daughter is severely dyslexic and, despite being very bright, she can hardly read or write.

I occasionally ask my husband if he has any ideas what we should have for dinner. His response is usually "oh I don't know, I can't think of anything". This REALLY annoys me as I've had to come up with ideas every other night over the past 25 years!!!

When someone says marshmellow.
I ended up shouting MALLOW like a deranged woman.

@grassisjeweled

DH walking around the house with his hands on his fucking hips all the time.

DH eating toast over the sink - we have a dining table? He's not Chandler?

People who don't indicate when driving

Poor punctuation

Incomplete email requests I. E. Can you send this to XYZ address, but don't include the full frigging address, meaning I have to send ANOTHER frigging email asking for said complete address.

Bad service I. E. Waiting 3 weeks for winter viits, it's almost feckin spring

You've made me laugh so much with your DH walking round with his hands on his hips! My friend's dad used to do this and it always made me laugh (don't know why)🤭