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.

'Chester draws' instead of 'chest of drawers'

Actually having just said I won't list all the things that make me cringe, I will just mention this one

Siddiq Khan's voice. Just been listening to him on GMTV. He mumbles and gabbles and doesn't ennunciate clearly, constantly managing to roll three words roll into one. It sounds like mouth is stuffed with sponge. The more I hear it the more irritated I get.

Little girls being praised for demanding madam behaviour. Normally accompanied by ohh "princess or your such a diva ". No she isn't a princess and behaving like a diva she is a spoilt little brat and it's not nice.

Most words which are shortened, e.g. advert for advertisement, invite for invitation.

Textspeak on forums such as these.

Bad grammar and spelling or using the wrong word, such as 'aloud' for allowed, 'reign' for rein, 'pacific' for specific, 'bare with me' for bear with me. I know the old excuse 'dyslexic' will be trotted out, but it's funny that there never used to be such bad spelling displayed everywhere, but I am sure they were just as many dyslexic people!

What is 'the cringe' as opposed to 'cringe'?

Public marriage proposals
Red Nose Day, Children In Need etc programmes
People who post sentences on social media with a full stop after each word to show just how important their view is.

Pretentious people using the word “incredibly” an incredible amount of times 🤣. Hate hate hate.

People who say reaching/reached out.
People who say brought instead of bought.
People that eat with their mouths open.

There's too many to list.

People who talk about how they really need chocolate because they are on their period.
People who use pregnancy hormones as an excuse for shitty behaviour.
Women who giggle and say “ ooops! Baby brain” if they forget something or say something stupid.

Everything about the Peleton ad!

Ditto to the explosive sneezing. Yes, I’m looking at you, dh - you really do not need to YELL! at the same time.

And while I’m at it, people who yell when they sneeze and say they can’t help it. Yes you can - just don’t yell at the same time!

@eatsleepread

I really don't like dandelions. Unfortunately my garden has seen an explosion of them in the last few days.

@eatsleepread apparently they are good for bees, so try to feel happy that you’re saving the planet 😊

@WarmSausageTea

Sliders. I can’t explain it, but they infuriate me.

God yes! Me too.

People who share this kind of crap on Facebook

@RosesAndHellebores

Poor grammar Poor enunciation Poor table manners Gratuitous swearing Gratuitous shouting

Those very tight beige leggings where one looks twice quickly to make sure the person wearing them hasn't forgotten to put on their trousers. It appears the style is also available only in large.

Fat shamers

Mumma
FB posts about dead people "Fly away home /up in the sky"
Baby daddy
#professionalstylist by someone who has done a 4 hour course ( if that ) online
styling an outfit

Crocs. Those wicker hearts. Stupid facebook posts.

@Paperreceipt

Posh accents.

Facebook grieving.

Teabags left out on the side or in the sink.

Inverted snobbery. (Agree about the other two though )

I live in London so English gets mangled all the time, because people have brought words in from abroad, are learning English or are aping "urban" language of "the street". I have nothing against urban vernacular but at least use proper grammar! (Oh I'm a snob!)

The misuse of the apostrophe. Banana's. Banana's what?

Racism, the overt type. When I see it around town it makes me cringe for the victim. I always try and defend them.

Street harassment. It's uncivilised and bullying, plain and simple.

Public marriage proposals

God, yes! Just toe curlingly awful and quite controlling too.

I also cringe at the current fad for very contrived and planned proposals in romantic, unusual, instagrammable locations and circumstances, all for the benefit of social media.

Fine if one half of the couple genuinely has no idea it's about to happen, that's how a romantic proposal should be. But when it's already been agreed they will get engaged and a ring has been chosen and then the future bride just waits patiently to have this 'surprise' sprung on her, like she really didn't have a clue what might happen when she agreed to pose in front of the Eiffel Tower or whatever then yeah...cringe.

People on Twitter who write:

“Sorry I’ve been quiet on here (reason xyz) I’m back now”
(Not a blue tick and have 78 followers) no one wondered where you were

Also, tweets like this:

“I tweeted last night that my my hamster had run off and nobody replied NOT EVEN ONE LIKE. Don’t pretend you didn’t see it, no one cares…”
I have no words. It’s just so needy. Cue lots of people commenting about the algorithm and ‘are you ok hun?’ 🤣

Harry Potter, no idea why but it just makes me inwardly cringe. I hate walking past anything Harry Potter themed in shops. Primark’s pyjamas section is a joy I tell ya!

Yes to the extravagant man sneezing. I can hear my neighbour sneeze through the wall. He sounds like he's been stabbed. Twat.

I’m not at all arsed by “can I get...” in coffee shops because you do get it. You receive it from the barista and even then, they don’t GET it, they MAKE it. It’s not something I say, I say “please may I order”, but it’s not something that doesn’t make sense to me.

I wonder how many who say they hate “can I get...” would say “I’m going to Starbucks to get a coffee”.

I also don’t know whether this thread is about pet hates or cringes but I’ll go with a cringe - children singing seriously. Can’t stand it. I’m not talking about a happy little child singing along to a song, I’m talking about videos uploaded to social media by parents who think their child can sing. They can’t. It’s four no’s and you are not through to the next round.

Baby daddy
Baby mamma

It’s just so Springer/Kyle, just horrendous.

When music starts playing on a tv show and the audience all start clapping in time.
Songs that have dances to go with it. I have to leave the room when people do the Time Warp. I know it’s totally irrational.

@Poppynit

I’m not at all arsed by “can I get...” in coffee shops because you do get it. You receive it from the barista and even then, they don’t GET it, they MAKE it. It’s not something I say, I say “please may I order”, but it’s not something that doesn’t make sense to me.

I wonder how many who say they hate “can I get...” would say “I’m going to Starbucks to get a coffee”.

I also don’t know whether this thread is about pet hates or cringes but I’ll go with a cringe - children singing seriously. Can’t stand it. I’m not talking about a happy little child singing along to a song, I’m talking about videos uploaded to social media by parents who think their child can sing. They can’t. It’s four no’s and you are not through to the next round.

I would say 'I am going to Starbucks FOR a coffee' - no need to add 'to get'.