Pet Hate - what makes you Cringe?

[marton4710]

For me it is the habit of drinking out of bottles. Everywhere you go people are swigging out of bottles. Had a bank appointment and even Manager was drinking out of a bottle. Agh I must be getting old. Give me a glass any time.

And people on "A Place in the Sun", who after finally finding the house of their dreams, throw in a stupidly low offer, and then walk away for the sake of a few thousand pounds, despite the house being under budget
Aargh!! You're just wasting everyone's time.

Using numbers instead of letters in words on business names - or Yooneek spellings. I am never going to buy a car from Gr8 EnGins.

Shit number plates that try to say something but don't - DAV3 doesn't spell Dave.

Kitchen islands

People who describe everything as "grim". It must be the most overused word on here and I automatically feel hostile to the input of anyone using it.

@NoProblem123

Pet hate/ cringe/ sets my teeth on edge;

Loose hair

Hair on the floor about to touch my naked feet. Hair in the basin. Hair on a hair brush. Hair wrapped around my dyson.
Worst thing in the world - Hair on ( in ) a sponge !

Same here! Once hair has left my head, I feel nauseous at the sight of it. Finding one in the kitchen sink is always horrible. As for finding hair in a sponge... it makes my stomach turn!

@ddl1

Another thing: People standing over me and watching me when I'm doing something, especially anything that requires eye-hand co-ordination, which is not my strong point to put it mildly! I don't mind so much if children do it; but when adults do it, I find it at best very distracting and disturbing, and at worst nerve-wracking and as though they're judging and probably flunking me in a sort of exam. Thanks for offering to 'keep me company in the kitchen', but please don't!

Absolutely. ExH would always stand right behind me when I was sitting on the settee, or wander about back and forth - I always find it really unsettling, almost threatening in a way, even though he meant no harm.

He also used to dither about in the kitchen when I was in there, usually with a boiling hot pan/tray in my hand, invariably wandering to the spot I needed to be in. Drove me crazy. If you MUST annoy me in the kitchen, at least make yourself bloody useful or preferably just fuck off and browse FB on your phone elsewhere

@Cheeseandlobster

Oh and to the poster who said they cringe at people who put an r in words like bath. Well I am cringing at you because that is how approximately two thirds to a half of the country speak. Because. You know. Dialect and accents

Not in my country we don't. Because you know, dialect and accents. So yes, I cringe at the extra rs - set my teeth on edge.

@ResIpsaLoquiturInterAlia

People with many or different alternative names for example why call yourself Harry if it is in fact Henry. Otherwise change to it Harry officially. Not talking so much about middle names or people from international non English language heritage with a chosen English name etc but names which are not even official on any paperwork. Strange and bewildering!

Dad equites was named after his father. His parents divorced when he was three. His mother gave him a pet name which was slightly insulting . His godfather gave him his confirmation name, which he used all his life. Naming a child with a short or informal form of a name is limiting and childish.

you'd hate my accent

Probably but sure look it, other people will hate mine too

Another one for today - people snuffling snot back up into themselves instead of using a tissue! It's awful.

I loathe slides, flip flops, and trainers not worn for immediate athletic purposes. I go barefoot in my own home but won’t take off at others’ homes unless Japanese style with mats. My feet smell, and It ruins sock feet, leaving them filthy. If you want pale carpeting, put down plastic runners.

Posters on here who say ‘Dear Reader’ or ‘Reader’. Excellent in a classic novel but hardly needed in a mumsnetter’s banal post about taking the washing in or how they met their husband in a bar.

Emojis (apologies to those above who have used them)
People writing "hun". That really gets my goat.

I cringe when people speak to their offspring overly loudly so everyone else can hear. It makes me feel embarrassed for them. especially when they say something showing the child off, letting us all know what a clever little clogs it is

Couldn’t agree more with ‘fur babies’ reference. Ugh!

@Anordinarymum

I cringe when people speak to their offspring overly loudly so everyone else can hear. It makes me feel embarrassed for them. especially when they say something showing the child off, letting us all know what a clever little clogs it is

Remember the thread a couple of weeks ago where a poster talking loudly to her nephew (who had hearing loss) got told off by a passerby for performance parenting?

Think what you like about parents speaking loudly to their children, as long as you keep your mouth shut.

Please stop following me around on here.

Women who say "WE are pregnant", presumably to include the husband.

Anyone who refers to their "other half". Because it implies that one is only "half a person" if one has no life partner.

@Anordinarymum

Please stop following me around on here.

Think you’ve got me mixed up with someone else!

@CallMeCleo I agree, I much rather congratulate my other half’s bollox in private by patting them and repeating “good job, boys”

@Anordinarymum

Please stop following me around on here.

Yes!

People who say that.

As if a forum is a physical place and someone could actually follow you.

This is one I'm sure is totally unfair on my part but I cant help it .. I cant .. I read it and cringe
When there has been a death and people post phrases like:
"Fly high little one "

@Cheeseandlobster

People who shorten words all the time. My colleague who is lovely does this all the time and it makes me cringe. Something like "I went to Sainsbos and saw this gorge dress. It was just adorbs"

The Peloton ad.Even the actress looks embarrassed. "Yes. With You Peloton"

The Peloton adverts actually features the instructors - the one who says "yes to you" is Leanne Hainsby, who was the first UK instructor for Peloton. Yes to you is her tag line (however cringe worthy it might be). She is followed by the "yes to you crew".

When you're all saying sliders I keep picturing those mini burgers!

Mine are:

"This one tho!" This one though what? It doesn't make any sense!

People who respond to all those stupid data mining exercises on Facebook like 'Tell me a girls name that begins and ends with E. I'll wait'. Yes, we all know there are loads of girls names that begin and end with E, we don't need you to show that you think you're clever by typing one and all you've done is give a company your information now to spam or hack you or your friends. Good one!

#bekind Usually tried out by the meanest, snidiest bitch you know

Mansplainers and manspreaders

I could go on!

@SofiaMichelle

Ohh 🤣 I thought @Anordinarymum was actually saying that to me. Was thinking how strange that was when I don’t recall ever interacting with them before!

1. Little man referring to their little boy.
2. Wetting the lettuce (vomit)
3. Famalam
4. Hubster
5. People picking food out of their teeth
6. Having a Bevvie (beverage)