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

Cutlery in the washing up bowl (yes I know bowls are manky and no I don't have room for a dishwasher), I can't even explain why but I grind my teeth all the time I'm washing the annoying fiddly bastards and it's like a physical relief when it's all done.

😡Cyclists

🤢People who cook proper food in the staff room

🙄Parents who say things like “that lady is going to tell you off” - how about you discipline your own brat

If I plan something for my birthday and anyone drops out last minute or even if they say they can’t make it I get irrationally pissed off, I’m 36 so this makes no sense to me and I know it’s ridiculous, I just can’t help it. Any other time I don’t really mind if people are a bit flakey but if it’s my birthday, I’ll be silently furious.

Even for groceries? Never park backwards at my local sainsburys, narrow spaces and backed up against a wall! I ain't squeezing past there and performing yoga to unpack

Ah yes just reminded me of another.

Washing up bowls.

100% agree with this, it's really rude. When I'm invited to something I note the date, and if anything else comes up I say 'sorry, can't make it, I've got plans already'. Anyone cancelling last minute has just gotten a 'better offer' and I don't waste my time with people like that

Selfish parking.
Kids that scream.
My boss calling at 4.55pm when I finish at 5.
Slow walkers in supermarkets.
Only answering part of an email.
DH not hearing anything first time and having to repeat EVERYTHING.
Mumsnet step mum bingo bashing.

So many more, there’s not enough space on the Internet, I’m highly intolerant of stupidity.

So many to choose from... but my latest is when I ask someone (usually DH) a yes/no question and get a long-winded reply that I then have to reply to with, "so, that's a yes/no then?" for clarification. In my head I'm screaming, "it's a yes/no answer, just fucking say yes or no!!!"

Oh, and I also get extremely irrationally annoyed by my dad replying to every single message I send him with "ok" or "thanks". We work together and so exchange many emails a day and he cannot not reply.

People facetiming loudly on public transport
People suddenly stopping in a door way of a busy shop to check their phone and causing a pile up behind them.
People who don't know which version of their/there or they're to use.
Referring to chocolate as choc ie hot choc, box of chocs etc

These are of course entirely rational...

Loud speakerphone broadcasting beyond the intended audience. Especially the people who pull up outside my house to take a call in the car and can be heard 10m away from the front door through their sealed car.

Unmarked carparks where cars space out leaving just under a car width between them reducing the car park capacity significantly.

The leaked chocolate milk permanently encrusted in the inpenetrable creases of the fridge. I'd given it a good clean the day before.

The ring on the shower that keeps it stuck and nearly low enough for a body wash and makes it a PITA to feed the shower head back in to the slot. DH assures me that this ring is Very Important, but he's 10" taller and doesn't deep clean the shower so has never experienced how impractical and annoying this impediment is.

The lack of a sun visor on my sun visor in the car.

Big cars not being designed for the driving comfort of small women.

Clickbait instructions. No, I won't DO THIS...

This segues nicely into the SM comment "this girl/ boy/ dog"... yeah? What about them? Nice photo, but what's your point?

People who regularly post what is fundamentally the same photo. Or really bland, blurry photos.

I agree!
And!!! My Dad apparently does this and it gives my Mum the irrational rage as the passenger!

There's a MN name for this, it's called being a Spoony Fucker Search it on here (if you can work out how since the revamp!) and you will see you are far from the only one annoyed by it

Actress Julia Roberts.

Because years ago when “Pretty Woman” was released, everyone was raving about how good it was and the reviews said newcomer Julia Roberts was “charming.” When I finally watched it, I was seriously underwhelmed. The plot was ridiculous and a bit unnerving, and I thought her roommate, played by Laura San Giacomo, was funnier. I was annoyed because I’d wasted two hours of my life that I’d never get back.

Guilty by association, Julia bore the brunt of my annoyance for many years. She’s a good actress as I’ve seen her in a couple of movies since then, but I can’t shake my initial, irrational annoyance.

I doubt Miss Julia will be losing any sleep over this, though 😂

A homeschooling mum I stupidly follow on instagram, every day there's photos of them eating out in cafes and the hashtag is always #toocoolforschool urgh !!

Kids that scream
Dummies
Fruit shoots
Black training shoes
Hoodies
Shower screens that won't clean
Toasters, toastie makers, George formby malarkey that clutters up the work top
The husband
The children
The parents
Rice
Dust
People who feel the need to leave sticky finger prints on glass panels of doors when there's at least 85% of un-glassed wooden door they could push/pull to open.
Silly dogs eg whatever's "in fashion" pugs, French Bulldogs, sausage dogs etc etc can't breathe, can't walk, joint problems but "hey, it's so cute!"
White bread
Easterly wind
BMW/Audi drivers

I could go on.....

Please do, that list is hilarious!

why is there always a tea spoon left at bottom of washing up bowl when I’m sure I’ve washed it all . Grrr
More clickbate “ pensioners in Maidenhead are going crazy for these hearing aids / funeral plans /walk in baths”
” primary shoppers are obsessed with this £24.99 dress”
” Everyone is talking about this £3.99 gadget from Aldi middle aisle “

No they aren’t !! They really aren’t !! I think I’m more annoyed with myself for reading it .

“ woman removes wrinkles with this weird trick .Doctors are baffled”
They aren’t ! I probably need to get out more .

Primary ? Primark! Now that has irritated me .

Someone calling a charity shop 'chazza' as in a recent thread !

@NannyOggsWhiskyStash ok, I shall
White bread
Bacon
Leaky stuff in fridge
People not knowing the correct order of food in fridge eg raw meat on top shelf!
Gone off potatoes that you can't locate
Fat on meat
Belly pork
People starting a reply with "so..."
Dyson blockages of unknown origin
Shark vacuum cleaners
Cordless vacuum cleaners
Eufy vacuum cleaners
Mould
The cold.
Snow
Water bottles with elaborate paraphernalia that means you can't clean them effectively
Oven bottom muffins
Out of season tomatoes
Holly Willoughby
Aloe vera juice
People playing Tipping Point incorrectly ie always go for 3 c counters and sideways go for drop zones 1 or 4

People who talk to much.

People on diets who tell you in minute detail what they can eat and recoil with horror if you unknowingly offer them something they can’t. As if you had offered them arsenic . Same people telling you how much they have lost .( Especially when they are frequently dieting , gain back any losses within weeks and more . Then start again)
People I hardly know asking how old I think they are . Despite me saying I am no good at guessing , they insist .

I would like to add to that list: celery, mushroom soup, Tena ladies, margarine, decaff coffee, that fucking advert about coming home for sausages, Mrs hinch, Instagram influencers, bridal programmes apart from the one where the groom arranges the wedding, cat piss, tasteless white rolls, fat on meat, gristle, skirting boards, white eggs, the calories in pizza, the fact that nobody can be arsed inventing diet chocolate, young people constantly labelling themselves, old people voting Tory, Olivia Munn, Chrissy Teigen, The Kardashians shit taste in men, espec Khloe.

People who insist that they look 10-15 years younger than their age because "people are always telling them that" - no, it's because you ask and people don't want to be rude to your face. You got ID requests for alcohol or whatever? It's probably some 19 year old on a minimum wage asking, it's not the wisdom of Solomon.