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?

Thankfully one I avoid by WFH just now but people who read books / watch films for their entire commute drive me mad

Fine in the train or tube but FFS put it down while you are walking / on the escalator

People who drive with fog lights on (not day time driving lights) when there is no fog.

@TaraR2020

What are line eyes?

It means the poster wants you to look at their pregnancy test and tell them whether you can see a line (I.e. tell them whether it’s positive).

It’s really annoying. Hiding the entire conception board has helped with my levels of irritation.

People

People who say 'bockle' & 'keckle'.

People who say “you pair” when they mean “you two”.

DH leaving the scales on the worktop after he weights out his porridge.

It drives me round the bend . We get on amazingly well on major issues but I swear one day it will Be this that ends up with him under the patio,

@Thefirsttime
Ah, thanks!

Lorraine Kelly, irrational I know but the sight or sound of her absolutely grates on me. I have to turn over as soon as I hear her voice.

Creeping Americanisms - Mac n cheese is the worst - no, it’s macaroni cheese, it’s a traditional British dish .
Vaccine is pronounced VACcine but now TV news presenters are starting to say vacCINE because that’s how the Americans say it. Similarly Cap Verde (Portuguese, final e is pronounced) has become (American) Cape Verd, and Haiti (2 dots over the first i to show that you pronounce both vowels separately, French - High-eaty) has become American (Hatey).
Also ordering ‘the’ In restaurants - it really annoys me but I still find myself saying ‘I’ll have THE soup’. We don’t do it in cafes though.
Passed as in died. Passed away is a traditional way of avoiding saying what actually happened if you don’t want to say died or dead, but passed? Always makes me think of bodily functions. What did he pass - a kidney stone?

@Isisiris

People who say 'bockle' & 'keckle'.

What do these mean?

'Vaccine' reminds me that the way Boris Johnson says 'virus' gives me the rage far more than it should, considering the perpetrator. It's not a bloody vahrus.

@Meredithgrey1
I'm guessing bottle and kettle?

Which reminds me DH will ask me to get him a bottle. I hate it, just ask for a beer you big man baby.

My teen's frequent grammatical mistakes. She has a learning disability. I should be - and am - pleased that she can make herself understood as well as she does. She is far more articulate than other people with her particular condition. I keep my mouth shut nearly all the time, because the last thing she needs is to be told constantly that she's getting it wrong.

The pedant in me is writhing. I suppose this is character-building for me.

Her sibling worked with great persistence to teach her not to say, "Me and Dad are going in the garden." Now she says, "Are you coming with Dad and I?" Aaaaargh!

People who insist on pronouncing "a" as in "a thing" as "ay" and not "uh". It's everywhere now, and I blame over-emphatic television journalists and presenters mostly.

I also get irritated by "a tea", "a coffee" and especially "a wine".

@GarlicMonkey

The bloke who does the weather on our regional tea time news program (Look North). I can't stand the sight of him.

@GarlicMonkey Aww, I like him 🤣

ASMR videos.

People who end conversations with "I'll let you go then".

Ditto to ‘I don’t drive’! From experience it often also means, ‘And I’m not going to learn, because that would mean ferrying my kids about all over the place, instead of getting my friends to do it while I sit at home all serene with a glass of wine.’
(Please NB I do not include anyone who is not a CF when it comes to lifts.)

Increasingly seeing ‘the secret to ‘ something or other, when my not-so-inner pedant is screaming that it should be ‘of’.

At the COVID-ridden moment, pairs of people ambling along and taking up most of the pavement, who make absolutely no attempt to move up, let alone walk in single file for a few seconds in order to make enough distance. So common around here I have long since stopped expecting anyone to do it and am startled if they actually do.

When people on MN say "You do realise..."
I read it in the voice of Margot from the Good Life.

Maybe it's because I know a couple of people with epilepsy who say they don't drive, but I always take can't drive mean to you haven't passed your test and don't drive means there's a reason you don't.

@FenellaVelour

Naticus
The baby needs changed.
The dog needs walked.

I've only seen it in the last few years, but shouldn't it be;

The baby needs [i]to be[/i] fed / [i]feeding[/i] etc...

Ooh and ect instead of etc...
Yes! This. I seem to see it all the time now. It sets my teeth on edge. They need stopped

Brilliant irony there. I trust that it was intentional.

@OliviaKeeling definitely intentional!

@Isisiris I’m glad it’s not just me
‘I cooked a full roast’ also annoys me. You either cooked a roast or you didn’t. An empty roast sounds disappointing!

@Tlollj people who say line instead of queue😜, in fact any americanisms, with two teenagers brought up on YouTube and Netflix it drives me mad.

My children eating - particularly the three year old. I usually find everything about her adorable but I feel such rage when she's munching on an apple that I often have to leave the room for fear I'll scream at her

When I sit beside them on the sofa and they squish their toes into my leg/side/arm over and over. Again I feel such irrational rage that I have to get up and go to another room - I really do love them I swear!