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.

Hun this, hun that.

Facebook frames

Instagram ... in general.. I don't get it

People who say something and immediately say 'don't you think' meaning you end up feeling pressured to agree or say 'no' which feels rude. My family do it a lot ... 'oh my god she's such an attention seeker, don't you think!?' Er, no but now I don't know where to go with this conversation.

All this 'you're doing amazing babe' to almost strangers. How do people know? Yes it takes quite a lot to be doing something really badly but how does anyone know that his hun/babe has got this. I feel miserable saying that but all this relentless positivity when sometimes people are actually just a bit shit at something makes me cringe

@SallyOMalley

When people say "can I get ..." in cafes or shops. No, you can't get it, you may have it. "Could I have ...".

Um.... 'get' as in receive? They can get it because the barista will give it to them?

Or as in 'What did you get for Christmas?'

No idea if I say this or not but it seems a strange thing to be annoyed about.

@FangsForTheMemory

Sliders used to be called mules. I don't know why they aren't any more. Agree about 'furbabies' too. My cat is not a baby substitute, he's a smally furry predator who licks his arse.

Lol I though sliders were a row of three very small burgers...

That woman in her forties at the gym,who exclaims to the camera Iv'e got a secret in my pants,.. the ad for the incontinence pad.. then she says,I don't let a little pee upset me, the she walks off in her tight gym wear showing her swaying bum.

I quite like 'unclench'. It rolls satisfyingly off the tongue.

"Baby dancing" however...

So many things;

Be kind - generally said by dreadful people
Any messaging on walls stating tacky messages
Grey decor and the explanation to why did you go for grey of 'I wanted to try something new'.You wasn't you was following a billion other people's equally original idea.
Fake empathy; long explanations of why the death of a parent of a young child or a child or anyone who is affectively a stranger is tragic. Obviously it's tragic and sad its death but if the person who died is a stranger of near to being a stranger people appear to publicly grieve while next moment adding a meme to a Facebook post. Fake empathy.

I could go on but broadly all of the above link back to the same type of people.

Please using the word Cringe. (Unless it’s an actual physical reaction)

@Mypathtriedtokillme

Please using the word Cringe. (Unless it’s an actual physical reaction)

People using the word cringe…

There’s a lot, many have already been mentioned here haha.

The one that makes me cringe the most is people saying brought instead of bought. Doggo, pupper, hubby, calling your other half “this one”, checking in at the hospital or generally any attention seeking post and then telling people who ask “message me”.

Telling people to “kick rocks” or “pound sand” when annoyed with them.

“Eating for two” or saying that the baby wants whatever you’re eating. Saying you “fell pregnant”.

People on Marketplace asking why you’re selling something and asking if it works. No it doesn’t, I listed it as excellent condition for a laugh.

The sideways crying laughing emoji for some reason.

Also abbreviating things on here like DC, DS, DP, DD, DH... Maybe there’s a good reason for it but it makes me cringe every time. People who say AF instead of period. Baby dancing...

'Mama/s'. I hate it.

People who do a facebook check in at the hospital/GP/A&E

Hun

Potty shot 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Nibbles and fizz

People will probably think I'm weird/ unreasonable with this but...

Drivers who will stop for a pedestrian waiting to cross the road and wave them across when it is not their right of way (e.g. not on a crossing). I'm talking particularly about when the road is not particularly busy and they are the only car coming with nothing behind them.

As a pedestrian it winds me up because I would really not have minded waiting the extra second until the car has gone past! And when they've stopped for me I have to do an awkward run-walk so as not to take too much time crossing and inconvenience them.

Honestly, please just drive on and I'll cross when it's clear!

People who intonate their sentences so that everything sounds like a question.
Spitting
Adults wearing football shirts just as regular clothes
Men wearing scruffy joggers as trousers all of the time when out and about, they’re for exercise or when at home in my opinion

Lol...this again.
It's like Groundhog Day around here.

I can suppress a sneeze so it doesn't make any noise, but it HURTS. And it is not at all satisfying. If I don't suppress it, it is just a wave of noise - AWOOOSHOOO. Brilliant. So satisfying. You should all try it.

I HATE the phrases “you do you” and “you got this”.

Also, young people using vocal fry and upspeak to try and sound like the Kardashian’s. So fake and pretentious sounding.

People using the word '' merch'' especially YouTubers, can't stand it makes me cringe and it grates on me like crusty bread. The word is merchandise!

I once went into a men's outfitters - as posh as you will find in the colonies.

The assistant looked down his nose at me and asked "what cloth would I like to try" while motioning towards a rack of pre-made shirts. But in his boss's parlance, these were not "shirts", but cloths.

Ignoring all this I found one I liked and bought it. I expressed pleasure at the fact that I'd found a shirt off the rack that fitted me.

"Yes, that's because you came to a tailor" he said, still down his nose.

Tailor? WTF?? CRINGE, CRINGE, CRINGE!!

@AdobeWanKenobi

People singing on the telly, ie bargain hunt contestants etc. Just get on with it, I don't want to hear you screeching over lunch.

Toyah and her tits on YouTube every Sunday. Can't decide of she's serious or genuinely needs some help.

Haha yes yes to singing on TV!!! So awkward and cringey. My old flat mate literally couldn’t stay in the room if any of that nonsense started. As you can imagine, She didn’t watch X factor with us.

People who call me or anyone else 'hun'

People who call their work colleagues 'heros and legends' no, you go to work in an office, you are neither!

"Stay safe" it's a new one that has to be said.

Whistling
People who call their husband - hubs, hubby or the absolute worst hubster 🤮
Spitting
Oversharing on facebook with every aspect of their life for attention
When people have cheese growing on their teeth
People who get in the way in supermarkets by standing in the middle of an aisle
People who leave skidmarks and don’t clean up after themselves

The list could go on and on!

‘Can I borrow you’ - certain bosses grrr
‘Shall I take my mask off?’- Every.Single.Patient. - kind of essential in the dental chair no? Grr

@AdobeWanKenobi

People singing on the telly, ie bargain hunt contestants etc. Just get on with it, I don't want to hear you screeching over lunch.

Toyah and her tits on YouTube every Sunday. Can't decide of she's serious or genuinely needs some help.

Toyah and her tits need no help from anyone or anything.

People letting dogs lick their faces. makes me cringe and dry heave in equal measures. Its just licked its *arsehole/dick/dirty feet. Its disgusting.