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To ask: what irrationally annoys you?

398 replies

PlasticineMeg · 18/04/2022 20:06

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 Grin 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 Grin So help make me feel better and tell me what makes you irrationally angry. Please help me feel normal Grin

OP posts:
NippyWoowoo · 19/04/2022 19:08

@Maydaysoonenough

When you are vacuuming and the plug comes loose and it goes off..
When you plug the vacuum in and it blasts on because the button was pushed in 🤯
orangeisthenewpuce · 19/04/2022 19:12

People who allow dogs on furniture, sofas, beds etc. boils my piss.

People who do that ridiculous Instagram pose with one leg slightly raised. Why? You look like a massive twat.

Off to Google Elaine Paige's laugh to see if I can get to hear it.

narcdad · 19/04/2022 19:30

The term boils my piss, just awful

JesusSufferingFuck22 · 19/04/2022 19:38

People who whistle.
Multiple sources of noise. Eg ; tv and playing guitar. 2 people speaking at the same time.
Curtains unevenly opened

JesusSufferingFuck22 · 19/04/2022 19:39

@LadyMonicaBaddingham

Splashes of water left on the kitchen and/or bathroom counter make me really quite irrationally furious I am clearly deranged...
Yes! My dh spatters water all over the floor and counter when he washes his hands in the kitchen.
NETSRIK · 19/04/2022 21:19

@narcdad

The term boils my piss, just awful
Agree
Emdubz · 19/04/2022 21:24

@Ohhelpmetoo

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.

Oh yes, cold shoulder tops for me too!
SelfishLove · 19/04/2022 21:41

@CareBear50

Couples sending messages to each other on Facebook where everyone can see the message.

Makes me want to SCREAM!

Usually when they are sat in the same room
sophienelisse · 19/04/2022 21:51

@Hellocatshome

People that stop at traffic lights miles away from the car in front of them then spend the whole time the lights are on red creeping slowly forwards. Just bloomin well stop in the right place in the first place because now I either have to also do the pointless creeping or sit here like a lemon with a massive gap in front of me like I'm the idiot who can't stop properly rather than you. I am a calm driver and generally not liable to road rage but I feel like I could do physical harm to people who do this. Just why?!
I stop behind a car so that it's rear wheels are visible.

Because if you need to make a quick exit or u turn it gives you enough space.

Was taught this in advanced driver lessons in the army in the event of a bomb or attack etc. It does my DH head in. I do it automatically but I don't inch forward.

RosesAndHellebores · 19/04/2022 22:08

Really good threads on MNet that are 12 pages long when I need to be asleep by 10.30.

When I am at the counter in Sainsbury's, momentarily because I don't dither, and someone, almost always a man, says "excuse me" and barges in front rather than waiting for 10 seconds.

People MIL who count food.

As others have mentioned the people who stop in front of you and also the mobile phone gazers who almost walk into you.

People who don't say please and thank you.

People in offices who shout down their extension phones like Dom Joly. Has nobody taught them what Alexander Bell invented is more than two tin cans joined by string.

Gratuitous noise.

Precious people who can't get dirty, deal with a dead mouse, touch raw meat, etc.

Being called "love", "darlin", etc.

Meanness.

I think maybe ssd had a point .........................

Mimijamroll · 19/04/2022 22:13

I go swimming and there's a woman who is usually there in the same lane as me and she always stares with a very worried expression. Does she have an issue with me personally, or does she stare at everyone who gets in?

Feel sorry for Elaine Paige🤣

veronicagoldberg · 19/04/2022 22:38

This, basically!

(It aligned too perfectly to ignore Grin)

To ask: what irrationally annoys you?
Neverendingmindfuck · 19/04/2022 23:11

Other people's hiccups.
The amount of spam calls my phone blocks every day.
Push (non motor) lawn mowers 😡

OkOkWhatsNext · 19/04/2022 23:17

When my dm comes for coffee she always leaves her empty mug in the sink full of water. That is not where we leave dirty mugs! Either put it in the dishwasher, or wash it up, or just leave it on the side next to the sink if you must. But having a dirty cup in the sink means it’s in the way when I next want to fill the sink to wash up, or use it to drain pasta or something, and I have to lift out a wet cup and then put that on the side to make a ring…it all sounds so petty which is why I never mention it to her, but it pees me off every time. I have left my cup on the side to be washed later, why would you do something different and neither wash it or leave it out of the way?!

TechGinny · 19/04/2022 23:39

Cakes that are made to look like real things. Oh look, a trainer. But WAIT... it's really a cake!

Fuck. Off.

bigred22 · 19/04/2022 23:50

People who say/type "me thinks" there is no situation that makes it okay

bigred22 · 19/04/2022 23:52

People who get really close in ques, I've not really noticed it since covid but it used to drive me mad when there was someone behind me who didn't grasp personal space

custardcustardmorecustard · 20/04/2022 07:13

Emdubz · 19/04/2022 15:39

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

@Emdubz amex doesn't allow pay at pump. Have to go into the shop. Now I know this, I don't get the rage as much if someone isn't using the pay at pump service

BorderlineHappy · 20/04/2022 08:40

Mumsnet changing the format without telling me.

When I worked on tills,it was people on their phones.
It's rude but also you can't answer any questions I have.
Then get snotty when you realise you need cashback but it's too late.

Momicrone · 20/04/2022 08:43

Techginny - that made me laugh

Momicrone · 20/04/2022 08:44

The term furbaby, gives me the ick, the term ick also gives me the ick a bit

holidayplanner2020 · 20/04/2022 08:48

People who refer to their DS as 'little man' - I know it's inoffensive enough and it's totally up other people what they call their kids.

But I hated it before I had DC and have NEVER used it for my own DS.

Oh, and people who don't clear up their own table in fast food restaurants. Stick your mess in the bin on the way out, fgs, rather than leaving it for the next customer or the overworked, underpaid staff to sort out!

<breathes deeply>

holidayplanner2020 · 20/04/2022 08:50

Momicrone · 20/04/2022 08:44

The term furbaby, gives me the ick, the term ick also gives me the ick a bit

Oh dear, I do this about my puppy (only to her though, not anyone else) so maybe I am as bad as the 'little man' people...

lollipoprainbow · 20/04/2022 11:33

People who put their Wordle score for the day on Facebook

I started a thread questioning why people feel the need to do this and was absolutely slated !!

yellowsuninthesky · 20/04/2022 12:17

People in a group who take up the whole pavement and don't move for you coming the other way THIS!

But the thing about people not knowing they have to pay is a bit weird. If you have a bag in one hand and a basket in the other, you can't get your purse out until you've unloaded everything onto the conveyer belt and potentially packed your shopping bag too. I am not a very patient person, but I think this is an unreasonable moan in most cases (obviously not if you only have one thing, and can't get your purse out expeditiously).