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 laugh as a ploy to get you to say "what's funny?" or "what are you reading?"

I ignore them. Every. Single. Time.

Adults who use the word "tummy" when they're not speaking to a child.

People who say 'my bad'. Makes me want to slap them.
Hun/Babe etc.
Anyone who signs off an email or card or anything with their surname and the word Team in front of it.
Adults who can't go to the supermarket on their own.

steff Adults who use the word "tummy" when they're not speaking to a child. this gives me the absolute rage. Ditto 'bottom'.

When your watching tv normally a celeb quiz and Someone whose a comedian is on who has to try and be funny alllllllll the way through the programme to the point it’s awkward

Yes and when the host sycophantically laughs heartily at every one of the comedian's 'funny' remarks.

Commenting "beautiful family" or "gorgeous family" on completely run of the mill photographs of people & their kids on social media.

It really grinds my gears. Such smug fuckery. Ooh you've managed to reproduce & share your very average genes well done.

Very rarely post pics of DD on social media but my DP posted one of all of us on his recently & someone commented just that & I wanted to ask WHY just WHY. I mean we're not dog ugly but FFS hardly merits that level of enthusiasm. Wow that was cathartic.

When people who live in towns call it "the village".

Hubby 😬

People who say pacific instead of specific.

@keepmeawayfromthesherry yes!
And people who sign off texts etc. with just their Initial or "initial X"
Utter rage. Arrogant twats.

My SiL, whose married name is my maiden name) signs off with a "kooky" version of the name and I dry heave every time.
Think "Smith" = "The Smithsonians"

thanksmate I do that , sign with just my initial. I never thought of it as arrogant! What's arrogant about it please? Rethinking it now.

People who park opposite my drive
People who are in front of me in the queue
People who are loud
People who follow every trend

@TheCap

The cutlery holder for the dishwasher. It just irritates me so much trying to push the cutlery through the little holes, then it gets caught or knocked on something and the whole lot goes over.

yes! and you end up touching whatever is on the end of them!

People walking slowly in front of you. People walking three abreast.
Doing something at work then something happens that means I have to do it again (document not updated in SharePoint; restore written over changes). Prob not irrational though.

@Butterflyfluff thanks for this 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

I had never thought about this before. You’re right and now this is going to annoy me too. I’d have preferred to stay oblivious to it!

Just remembered one from yesterday.

A former good friend put out a happy birthday insta story shout out to Kate Moss. KATE MOSS. She's not going to give a fuck! Why bother? She's not your friend. Same as Bowie etc. Girl in question wouldn't do it for the majority of her actual friends so why a celebrity? Made me cringe.

@Isisiris I think it gives the email/ text an air of self-importance. Like the sender is a "brand", and has some kind of propriety over that letter.
The folk I know who do it are quite arrogant in other ways so I could be generalising.
Remember I'm being irrational so please don't be offended!

People who latch on to whatever is popular at that moment and have a sheep-like mentality but also expect you to be enthralled with said thing too so:
Have you been watching Schitts Creek? No??? But It’s brilliant!
Have you been watching The Tiger King? No??? But it’s brilliant?!
Do you follow Mrs Hinch on Instagram? No!? But she’s AMAZING!
I LOVE her!
What do you mean you haven’t seen LA LA LAND?? (or whatever godforsaken thing is popular at the moment)

They then act all incredulous and agog because you basically, you know, have a mind of your own and don’t fall for all the hype in the media!

People who write in really long sentences instead of breaking things down into smaller sentences and people who say "I personally" before they say they think something or people who qualify their opinions by saying "as a mother" about things that are completely unrelated to parenthood, but are just things that most people think or people who add "there, I've said it" to the end of their opinions.

Eg "sorry, but as a mother, I personally don't think it's right to go around stabbing people. There, I've said it."

Line eyes.

@Grits, yes - my rant is never over, it just occasionally goes quiet for a bit before resurfacing

Andy Peters and the relentless competition advertson ITV.. maybe I just need to get out more haha!

The word ‘unprecedented’

When people give a minimum or maximum, but give a range, for example “I need a minimum of 3 or 4”
That would be a minimum of 3 then!

"Some personal news..." Nope, don't fucking care

Recipes which use "pop" instead of put .. as in "just pop the spinach on a plate..." "pop the potatoes in the oven..." - RAGE.

I can't drive, & sometimes I say I don't drive - because on some level I feel like an utter twat for still not being able to drive. Well I can, technically, but obviously not very well, given that I've never sat a driving test. You see? That's a very long explanation that no one cares about. I can't drive.

"I, for one..."

As opposed to you, for seven?

And usually a preamble to a bigoted statement!