To ask: what irrationally annoys you?

[PlasticineMeg]

DD (9) went to a sleepover last weekend (as in 8 days ago) and took her iPad and bike as they went on a bike ride. When I went to pick her up I checked her bag and said “Have you got your charger?”. She didn’t, so I asked her to go and check friends room. Her friend and her family are lovely people but if you remember that TV show “how clean is your house” - that’s what their home is like. Which is fine, I’m not judging, but in that kind of chaos she couldn’t find her phone charger, it wasn’t where she left it. Her friend is one of five and they couldn’t figure out who’d taken it. She also couldn’t find her bike helmet, it wasn’t with her bike. I had to go pick DS up from football so left and the friend’s mum said when she found them she’d bring them over. Which she never did.

I’ve messaged the mum a number of times over the last few days asking if she’s found them, and she hasn’t. It’s now pointless asking, I’ve done all I can and I’m not getting the stuff back.

Yes DD is old enough not to lose stuff, but I’ve had to spend £35 on a replacement charger from the Apple Store (the knock off ones are shit and I refuse to buy them) and £30 on a replacement bike helmet. If a child came over to my house I’d be mortified if they left with expensive items not having been found and wolf do all I could to track the items down. On the day I felt like Carrie from SATC when she loses her shoes in her friends house and her friend couldn’t give fewer shits this other mum acted like I was making a big deal out of nothing.

I’m not asking for advice as like I say literally nothing more can be done, I’ve asked and asked and they haven’t been found. But I’m irrationally angry about this. I once got punched in the face on a night out in a case of mistaken identity and I got over that more quickly than I have this. An exBF also cheated on me and I wasn’t this angry. Its stupid as I’ve had a solution but for some reason I’m a weirdo who’s still seething So help make me feel better and tell me what makes you irrationally angry. Please help me feel normal

Pavement parkers! It's rife were I live because the traffic wardens never visit here. Also, I live in a cul de sac and in the houses either side of me have 4 vehicles in each house for just 2 people, then expect to be able to use all the parking spaces meant for visitors 😡

People constantly having their faces glued to a phone when out, especially as some ignore their children whilst doing it.

Not stopping at mini roundabouts to give way and, if they do, seem to have no idea who's got right of way.

Facebook. Enough said!

Smoking stinky weed outside, it's worse than inside and seems to be totally accepted now.

Ahh that's better!

Oh interesting, I've never noticed that!

*that was to janejeffer

I agree on the pavement parkers - it doesn't happen often where I live now, but it did where I used to live.

@Livpool

People who stop dead in front of you - my son told a man off rather dramatically at the top of an escalator - "we nearly died because of you." 😂😂😂

Now, the 'opposite' side of that annoys me. People who walk so stupidly close to you, that if you stop suddenly, they go flying into you. Don't walk/stand so close if you don't want to 'nearly die' when someone stops suddenly.

Do you/your son do this on the roads too? Drive up people arses?

This one woman was walking on mine and DH's heels about 18 months back, (not even REMOTELY observing the '2 metres social distancing' rules,) and she was directly behind DH. Literally like 18 inches behind him! He just stopped mid walk as she was pissing him off so much, and she went BANG into the back of him.

She hollered hysterically like she was in great pain, and screamed 'YOU NEED FUCKING BRAKE LIGHTS! YOU FUCKING ARSEHOLE!' DH said 'and you need to keep your FUCKING DISTANCE and not walk on peoples FUCKING heels!' She stormed off ranting and said she was reporting him to the police for being abusive and violent. Fucking weirdo. Never heard from the police about it. Funny that.

Don't dish it out if you can't take it back luv!

When a car in front of you wants to go right, and you are turning left, so you ought to be able to pull alongside them on their left and go....only you can't, because they haven't positioned their car properly.

Public toilet roll holders, that don't roll when you pull at the paper - so you get a piece of paper the size of a postage stamp.

Dog shit not picked up.

Empty conveyor belt, but the person in front of you piles their shopping at the far end (ie. the farthest end from the cashier). So, there's now acres of empty conveyor belt and you can't start loading. WHY?

People who fill their car with fuel at an M&S petrol station, and then do a weekly shop leaving their car sat at the pump. Gives me the absolute rage.

People using 'Pay at the pump' but not paying at the pump.

Every single note of music existing in my Dh's CD collection.

@SparklyEyes1

Cling film and sellotape. DH saying Danke Schon instead of thank you. We aren't German. Not being able to find umlauts on my phone keyboard. The wasp that woke me up early this morning by angrily buzzing up and down the curtains.

Can't find umlauts? Are you sure that you're not German?

When you're typing, hold down the letter, say "u" and various forms of u will appear. Slide your finger to the one you want, ü
You can dank Mir later.

People who put their Wordle score for the day on Facebook

When the clock chimes a certain time on the button, They must eat lunch/dinner! No margret you'll be fine eating dinner at 23 mins past 6. Live a little

@MurmuratingStarling he was about 3 steps in front of us and got to the top and just stood there! The person behind us was complaining too

The mini roundabout near where I live. It's 3 exits and it's stupidly small for the size of the roads it serves. And if 3 people arrive at once no one knows who's turn it is because they're all giving way to the other person

Yes to Elaine Paige it's the laugh! And the fact that I know more than my fair share of show songs and I never know any on that radio show.

People who don't move up in queues. I've no idea why it annoys me, as I know the queue will even itself out eventually. It just makes me really twitchy.

Anyone who says 'winner winner chicken dinner', calls it 'holibobs' or says 'mischiev-ee-ous' or 'pronounciation'.

People who put bunny ears on their selfies (while pouting and sucking their cheeks in, of course).

'Live Love Laugh' signs and also the ones about learning to dance in the rain/moments that take your breath away. I actually used to like these, but they're so ubiquitous now that they just annoy me.

@PlasticineMeg when the new apple charger comes put some sort of bright tag on it with her name on.
We also use the heat shrink coloured tubes that also protect where the connectors often break. In our house It stops child A going off with child B's charger. All apple chargers look the same.

Not sure you could have gone much about the helmet. How can the other family not know where it is? It's a largish item. They just be in quite a muddle!

Catching my sleeve or bag handle on a door handle .

And yes Amanda Holden . Don’t know why .
Cold shoulder tops .. hate them
That house alarm advert where the “alarm fitter arrives” and the house owner says that his neighbours were burgled. The fitter says something like” that’s awful “ . The most unconvincing acting ever.

When you are vacuuming and the plug comes loose and it goes off..

Yanbu Op - I would have gone so raj! I would have been itching to get into that house myself to search
For me:
Also elaine Paige - makes me queasy
People who say thanking you
My whole family who that the wire bit out of my Apple charger & just leave the plug bit plugged in. GRrrrrrr & no one ever admits to doing this. sends me off my head.
Alex salmond 🤮
Tories like Reece mogg talking about god.
Also some english people waxing lyrical about scottish politics when they clearly know nothing about what they're talking about.
People who clap when the plane lands
People who say cheerie bye
Anime people on Twitter

I could go on but realising I just sound a moany bitch that hates everything.

@onepieceoflollipop have you tried this? It's really nice, smells lovely despite being cheap as.

lloydspharmacy.com/products/fresh-start-coconut-lime-shower-gel-400ml

@WalkingInTheAir13 thank you! Unfortunately, only a little remains of my GCSE German.

People who over explain things in far too much detail.

@SkiingIsHeaven

People who put their Wordle score for the day on Facebook

I hate that too!

@SkiingIsHeaven

People who put their Wordle score for the day on Facebook

I hate that too!.

@100problems

Also men, it's always men, that flash their lights to "allow" you to turn right. Then flash them over and over if you don't obey their command.

I don't experience this much, but it did remind me how much I loathe it when my DH and I are out shopping, or out for a walk, and when the pathway narrows, he says 'after you........' EVERY FUCKING TIME.

I really feels my hackles rising when he does it. It's like 'I was going to go single file and walk in front of you anyway, I don't need your permission/for you to 'allow' me to go first. It's such an irrational annoyance but it makes my blood boil. Every. Single. Fucking. Time.
'After you.............'

I have started doing it to him. When I see our pathway narrowing, I say 'after yoooooooooooou.' Funnily enough, on the 3 or 4 times I've done it, he has side-eyed me, and looked quite annoyed.

Don't like the idea of being given permission to go first eh?

Another thing that irks me, is DH on the computer behind me, suddenly bursting out into a 'muttley' type peal of laughter 'heh heh heh yak yak yak.' But not saying what he's laughing at. He wants me to say 'what's so funny?' OR he says 'well that's ridiculous!' And doesn't say anything else. Again, he wants me to say 'what is?' I have got to the point where I don't ask now. Mainly because I genuinely don't care. It's still annoying though.