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?

I hate when train service people push their trolley down the middle asking if anyone wants any "teas or coffees". Why not just tea or coffee? We know we're not all going to share one!

Similarly, I hate sentences like this: "over there, you've got your jams, your marmalades, your chutneys"

No idea why it winds me up so much! But just say "over there is the jam, marmalade and chutney!" argh!

Inserting "my" into statements- I like my music / films/ food

And photos of newborns in buckets

Words on walls

on FB someone saying they have brought a new car (for example) ...no Kevin, you bought a new car.

What is brought and bought?
The Difference between “Brought” and “Bought”. Brought is the past tense and past participle of the verb to bring, which means “to carry someone or something to a place or person.” Bought is the past tense and past participle of the verb to buy, which means “to obtain something by paying money for it.” Both brought and bought rhyme with cot, tot, and plot.

The sound of my tap dripping in my kitchen sink. I'm ready to lose my shit listening to it

People who have 'little prince' or 'little princess on board' signs on the rear windscreen. Just fuck off.

Brought and bought wind me up too, written and spoken. But Both brought and bought rhyme with cot, tot, and plot ? erm, nope.

Are you pronouncing bought as bot? Or cot as caught? I can't figure it out?!

People who don't cut the tailors tacks off the back of a new coat

@Nohomemadecandles

Inserting "my" into statements- I like my music / films/ food

And photos of newborns in buckets

Words on walls

Photos of newborns in buckets 🤣🤣🤣

Nothing groundbreaking here but you did ask

People who abuse the pronoun 'myself'. If you find yourself using the word 'myself' regularly, you are, without doubt, an offender.

If you have ever used one of the following idioms or adjectives, you should have a strong word with yourself. If this has been prefixed with a '#', there is little hope for you

Cheeky anything
.... more sleeps
This one
Blessed
Making memories
Living my best life
Love where you live
Couple goals

When someone offers you sugar in a tea or coffee and then obliges but barely bothers to scrape the sides of the cup as they "stir". Nothing more annoying than undissolved sugar at the bottom of a cup. If you can't be bothered to do it properly don't offer or let me do it myself.

People who link arms in twos or threes on platforms of train or underground stations. It's great that you love each other but the London rush hour isn't the place for it.

Multiple hashtags is definitely a thing that both amuses me and irritates me.
There’s a woman at my school who, on outward appearance is totally normal. Friendly, sensible and pleasant.
Made the mistake of friending her on Facebook and every post is an absolute plethora of totally bizarre and specific hastags like #golucyyouawesome8yearold
#wowshesthefastestrunnerinyear2
#heswonthetrophyforfootballagainwhatastar
#welldonebobyouvewonanotherawardthirdonethisterm

It’s so bizarre, like you’re allowed to say the most ridiculous braggy things so long as you run it all together and start it with a #

@Tlollj

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

I do this! Well, I don’t get into the wrong line but most fuel hoses these days are designed to stretch over cars to reach the outer side. Sshh though, it means I don’t have to queue

I hate these new white streetlights with a passion. They replaced the old orange one outside my house with a white one and I feel a rush of rage everytime I see it. Its ridiculous I know they are better for the environment etc but I just can't stop obsessing over it. I annoy myself by how annoyed I am by it!!

Whistling

Makes me want to rage. Once had a housemate who'd break off in the middle of a sentence to whistle a tune. I never killed him...I know, I'm a saint.

People who don't say thank you when you let them pass. Or at any other point tbh.

People saying ‘changed his bum’ instead of ‘changed his nappy’ - loathsome!

'In a red wine sauce. Why the 'a'? Can't we just say beef in red wine sauce?

Over reactive people. Not in the sinister sense of being especially angry etc, of course that is serious but just people who see a completely innocuous happening and are like 'OH MY GOD!! LOOK!'
I Had a housemate like this 'Oh my god! You've just made a tea and you have water as well?!'
'You're having a sandwich?!? It's 9 PM!!!!'
I came downstairs this morning and there was a FLY!! IN THE ROOM!! ARRGGH!'
'WOW! Look! Its RAINING!'
Or 'eeeek!! Look at THIS!!!' (Insert completely regular usual thing that's happened...'

People who ear loudly in the office. Or type loudly. Once had a colleague who couldn't stir his tea without clanging his spoon against the cup with every motion.

He didn't last long.

*eat

Oh and people who whisper in libraries

People who say 'for sure'

....I'm finding this thread very cathartic 😁

My husbands parking anxiety. It takes him like twenty mins to park the car.. it has to be absolutely perfect... it doesnt matter if we are late or the shop is shutting or we aren't even staying parked there just nipping out of the car to post a letter then getting back in.. whatever is going on... the car must be parked perfectly. He will get out of it and stand there looking at it, then get back in and so on and so on... it drives me utterly mad.

Call centre people who finish calls with "Is there anything else I can help you with?".

It's inoffensive (and O know it'll be in The Script) but irrationally winds me up.

"Ah, glad you asked. Thank you for booking my car in for a service and yes, now I think about it, please could you sort out DC's maths homework, collect a few bits from Sainsbury's and find me a cheaper deal for my gas,"

Passed when past is meant. Why has this become so common, FFS?

In a "branded" shop, if you ask a member of staff about a certain product and they answer ..

"I don't have that one at the moment . I do have a green one. I've got this and this .."

"YOU" don't have anything!! The SHOP owns the stock - it's not YOUR property.

Fuck off

Teenagers saying everything is "sick" when they mean amazing arghhhhhhh I loathe it

People buying dogs when they don't have adequate space for them