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What tiny things have you done to specifically annoy someone?

701 replies

FlyingSoHigh · 10/08/2021 23:18

My Mil came from a pretty wealthy family and definitely saw herself as a 'cut above' most people.
So I always used to chop carrots into rounds when she came for a meal as I knew she thought it was 'common'; posh people always cut carrots into sticks.
It was a tiny thing but it gave me so much pleasure over the years.Grin
Can anyone beat passive-aggressive cooked carrots?

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Grimacingfrog · 11/08/2021 08:16

@WolfFleeceSpotter

A few jobs back, my old boss was vile. If I had an excuse to go in his office, I would make a point of twisting the phone cord around so when he picked up the phone, the cable was very short and he would have to speak to the person with his head close to the phone whilst he untangled it.
This is just genius. Work of art PA.
GreatAuntEmily · 11/08/2021 08:16

I mean the angry posters complaining not the funny payback posters

MolG5276bvfg · 11/08/2021 08:16

@Bashfulinseduary

I enjoy being really friendly to a colleague I know doesn't like me. It makes me giggle inside to watch her being forced to smile at me.
I learnt to do this after being bullied for several years in what was supposed to be a women’s friends group. I’d actively find the her and breeze past with a huge smile loudly saying Hello Monica! By the time she bustled to a response I was gone. I’ve taught a few others to do the same who later told me she was doing it to them. Without her it’s a fantastic group and we love the days she doesn’t come.
ThumbWitchesAbroad · 11/08/2021 08:25

I would love to be able to do the above, make people who don't like me be polite, but I have a level of selective muteness and actively can NOT speak to people like that. It makes life quite annoying but I've never quite managed to get past it!

sadperson16 · 11/08/2021 08:27

Hilarious, still we got 3 lovely pages before the pretend therapists chipped in with gaslighting.

Any minute now we will get dyslexia and /
or ADHD.

Smiling and waving in a faux " Oh silly me " manner to a woman who was enraged about parking was quit fun.
Constantly moving my hideous siblings reading glasss around a holiday cottage was entertaining.

ChilliChaos · 11/08/2021 08:28

When dp is annoying me I make him a cup of tea with the milk in first. Or ‘forget’ to put sugar in.

ActonSquirrel · 11/08/2021 08:28

@sadperson16

Hilarious, still we got 3 lovely pages before the pretend therapists chipped in with gaslighting.

Any minute now we will get dyslexia and /
or ADHD.

Smiling and waving in a faux " Oh silly me " manner to a woman who was enraged about parking was quit fun.
Constantly moving my hideous siblings reading glasss around a holiday cottage was entertaining.

Oh OK I hope someone spoils your food on holiday says there is nothing wrong with theirs and thinks it is funny.
ILoveAnOwl · 11/08/2021 08:29

I used to move the cutlery into different sections of the cutlery tray each time I went to a clients house as she was incredibly rude and annoying.

DrSbaitso · 11/08/2021 08:30

On another forum I used to use, there were always various "game" threads going. One charming individual mentioned how much she hated them and hated then occupying the top active spots. I made a point of keeping them alive and reviving old ones.

Disfordarkchocolate · 11/08/2021 08:31

I think I love you @WolfFleeceSpotter.

viques · 11/08/2021 08:34

I used to work with a really nasty woman , a bully and a racist. I called her out on several occasions so she started to blank me. I made sure I always said good morning to her in a cheerful yet totally insincere voice. She never responded, but I knew it infuriated her.

I see I am not alone in this tactic, I fully recommend it , it is so satisfying knowing you are being a niggling thorn in the flesh every day.

[She thought she got her own back by not inviting me to her leaving do - she actually gave out little invites- I made sure all my colleagues knew of this crushing snub, and quite a few of them generously and desperately offered me their invitations. She was not a popular woman.]

I got the last word, I put a penny in her leaving collection which entitled me to write in her leaving card “ I don’t think Anyone could express in words how much we will all miss you. Viques.”

NoIDontWatchLoveIsland · 11/08/2021 08:35

Unplugged DH phone when its charging if he's been fiddling about on games too much & ignored requests to cut back. It enforces a break, which often then makes him realise he's been on it too much and resets things.

I switch between pulling out the charger cable and blaming the children, turning off the wall socket, or pulling the USB end out if the plug til it doesnt work.

Terhou · 11/08/2021 08:38

I have a racist relative who, whenever you tell her about someone who has done something that is criminal, stupid or whatever asks "Is he black?" Every time I tell her that the person concerned is white Anglo-Saxon, even if they aren't.

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 11/08/2021 08:38

@Amima

I have a tiny gadget the size of my thumb that beeps and chirps at random intervals. Its sole purpose is to annoy people. The sound is short and irregular so the gadget is difficult to locate. When DH annoys me I turn it on and hide it somewhere. Been doing it for ten years and he’s never found it yet. He was particularly puzzled when we moved house and the mysterious chirp came with us!
Oh god I so want one of these for annoying year 11 classes who won’t stfu, or worse still play noises on their phone just on the edge of teachers hearing. I’m not a petty woman, but dear god they’d drive mother Teresa to revenge. (Btw I would not do this, before the pearlclutchers descend. But I can dream.)
crowsfeet57 · 11/08/2021 08:39

I used to work in an office where there was enough parking for the managers but only two spaces for the six supervisors. We used to squeeze six cars into the two spaces, but that meant that two cars were parked sideways in front of the others and had to move before any of the others could get out. Most of us were very considerate and moved as soon as we were asked even if we had to go back in to the office to finish off.

One of the supervisors would not move his car until he was ready to leave and as he and his wife regularly eked their work out to 5.30 (for the overtime) they often kept us all waiting.

One day I needed to leave sharp to get to a family event in London, I made him aware of this and asked nicely for him to let me out on time, but no, despite my repeated requests they didn't move the car until 5.30. and had smug grins on their faces.

The following week they mentioned that they were leaving at 5 one day as they had an appointment. That day I got to work a few minutes late so I was parked across the front . At 4:55 precisely the wife told me to move my car. "I'll be down now" I told her and carried on working. At 5:05 I heard the doorbell go and knew they would ring me from the lift (the offices were spread over four floors) Sure enough my phone rang. I answered it breathlessly "Sorry on my way now" and kept on working. Ten minutes later the bell went again so I went to look for files in the filing room.

Eventually I moved my car at 5:40. The whole office had stayed to watch the situation unfold because I had been furious the week before and they (unlike the pair of CF's) had guessed I would take revenge. I let it be known that any time they kept me waiting, I would keep them waiting for 10 minutes longer next time they wanted to leave on time.

They NEVER kept me waiting again.

notacooldad · 11/08/2021 08:42

I got the last word, I put a penny in her leaving collection which entitled me to write in her leaving card
I love that!!!!

NoIDontWatchLoveIsland · 11/08/2021 08:44

Oh and if DH isnt pitching in enough with cooking I put decaf beans in the grinder.

OldTurtleNewShell · 11/08/2021 08:46

Weird thread. I'd also leave a DP if they did some of these things to me. The chirping one in particular is awful.

Countthosestitches · 11/08/2021 08:48

My MIL dislikes my DDs curly hair, says it’s messy and looking unkempt… She is 3 so it’s just her hair! I make sure it’s extra big and messy whenever DD sees Granny.

Sparklfairy · 11/08/2021 08:49

Ooh @PyongyangKipperbang I have a hair dye one too!

I'd been dating someone for a matter of weeks, and was musing idly when we were out one day about possibly dying my hair blonde from mousey brown which I really dislike.

He was so dramatic Hmm "DON'T dye your hair blonde, ill really hate it if you dye your hair blonde" etc etc. After a bit of prodding he made some excuse that his mum was blonde? Not sure where he was going with that...

Anyway, between then and our next date i of course dyed my hair but didn't mention anything. Knowing it would annoy me was the push I needed to bite the bullet Grin

He arrived and said, oh, you dyed your hair, I thought I said not to? I dumped him...

GrandmaSteglitszch · 11/08/2021 08:50

@Rockmehardplace

If DH is annoying me, I transfer £1 into his bank account with references like “uraw*nker”. Petty but makes me happy.
GrinGrinGrin
Hungry675tf · 11/08/2021 08:51

@crowsfeet57

I used to work in an office where there was enough parking for the managers but only two spaces for the six supervisors. We used to squeeze six cars into the two spaces, but that meant that two cars were parked sideways in front of the others and had to move before any of the others could get out. Most of us were very considerate and moved as soon as we were asked even if we had to go back in to the office to finish off.

One of the supervisors would not move his car until he was ready to leave and as he and his wife regularly eked their work out to 5.30 (for the overtime) they often kept us all waiting.

One day I needed to leave sharp to get to a family event in London, I made him aware of this and asked nicely for him to let me out on time, but no, despite my repeated requests they didn't move the car until 5.30. and had smug grins on their faces.

The following week they mentioned that they were leaving at 5 one day as they had an appointment. That day I got to work a few minutes late so I was parked across the front . At 4:55 precisely the wife told me to move my car. "I'll be down now" I told her and carried on working. At 5:05 I heard the doorbell go and knew they would ring me from the lift (the offices were spread over four floors) Sure enough my phone rang. I answered it breathlessly "Sorry on my way now" and kept on working. Ten minutes later the bell went again so I went to look for files in the filing room.

Eventually I moved my car at 5:40. The whole office had stayed to watch the situation unfold because I had been furious the week before and they (unlike the pair of CF's) had guessed I would take revenge. I let it be known that any time they kept me waiting, I would keep them waiting for 10 minutes longer next time they wanted to leave on time.

They NEVER kept me waiting again.

They deserved that! Good on you
Wexone · 11/08/2021 08:51

@viques i am going to rob your quote and use it at the end of the month for a lovely "witch" i work with. Love it thanks

EdinburghLights · 11/08/2021 08:52

Someone was really rude to me at work and I didn't meet their gaze/look them in the eye for five years. I was perfectly polite. I just didn't look at them.

FreeBritnee · 11/08/2021 08:52

Got my three year old (who had opened the door before I reached it) to shut the door again on my neighbour’s red, frothing face as she tried to shout once more about a fence that had fuck all to do with her. I can still remember it clearly and it brings me such joy.