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

Cyclists with their seats too low. I literally have to restrain myself from adjusting their seats at traffic lights. Give your knees a break! Also go faster/further for less effort!

My neighbour who sits in her garden and coughs loudly all summer long. She obviously has something respiratory going on but it is the dirtiest hackiest cough ever and it’s well annoying.

DH every time I am making a noise that isn’t of the usual day to day variety - e.g. bashing biscuits to make a cheesecake base, he will pop his head round and say “ooh, that’s what you’re doing - I couldn’t place the sound” EVERY TIME

When you’ve hosted friends / family for an entire weekend, cooked and entertained them, and they don’t so much as send a text to say thank you

People who indicate too early on roundabouts and also when someone's reply to a problem on this site is "have you got any family or friends who can help you?"

People using cutlery the wrong way and swapping the fork around, it looks really awkward.

Root canal is the part of the body you had treatment on. You didn't have root canal, you had a root canal filling or treatment.

Saying electric not electricity.

Colleagues ringing me on Teams without checking I am free to chat. Put a time in my calendar, stop interrupting me doing my work.

People thinking the NHS is underfunded and full of angels. The frontline staff are amazing, but you would be horrified at the inefficiency of the management.

That my SIL has well and truly bought into "blue for boys and pink for girls" with my niece and nephew.

AAAARRRGGGHHH

My mother in law.
My father in law.
My brother in law.
Cyclists.
Putting petrol in the car.
My daily morning meeting.
Running out of milk so I can’t have a cup of tea.

Don’t feel any of them are irrational tho.

@Tangelo

What about cyclists in the wrong gear? Peddling a million times a minute like SWITCH UP THE GEAR. It’s more funny to watch than annoying though tbf

Michael Ball - can he just go away now please? He's every flipping where!
Holly Willoughby - is there any point?
Desserts with too many eggs in.

@Giraffesandbottoms
The cycling equivalent of a clown car. Argh!
Also: cyclists with no rear mudguard. Why? You are not in the Tour de France. It will not weigh you down so much you lost your stage win, and it will stop you having a shower of mud up your bum. Idiots.

So many of these! And people who stand directly in front of the train doors on the platform when I’m trying to get off the train. Move out of the way, you selfish twunts, and let people get OFF before trying to get ON - and no, I’m not suddenly going to melt before your eyes but I may just shoulder charge you one fine day.

@Tangelo

Your Tour de France comment is one DH always makes about the top to toe Lycra. How much time is it really saving?

People who put their camera on for what is just a telephone call between us.

Meetings of two or more people, fine. But 2 years ago you would have just picked up the phone. You could pick your nose/scratched your arse, I could roll my eyes, and nobody would have been any the wiser. Simpler times.

People saying aitch instead of haitch

I’m due on so absolutely everything right now!

But currently top of the list are my
DH’s hayfever
Claudia Winkleman's fringe
The lack of Easter biscuits in the shops this year
The cat
My middle finger nail

Three or more

People who walk slowly down the street at snail pace with a baby toddling along holding their hand, assuming that everyone is looking thinking their child is adorable. No, just fucking let me past, you're blocking the pavement.

Yes and the parents who seemingly can’t get their group of kids to walk in a straight line on a narrow pavement when you know the kids would likely be expected to do so at school. The amount of evil eyes I get for politely asking to get by is ridiculous nor do they consider that other people are likely waiting to get pass too.

The other is people who decide to take a stroll through a busy area for public transport where there are numerous bus stops. Why do this?!

@ssd

Everything annoys me. The Internet isn't big enough to list it all.

Oh yes. Spot on!

People saying something has 'dropped.' ie; Ariana Grande's new single DROPS on Monday. Who the FUCKITY FUCK started that off?

Also. People saying 'they need to be more transparent.' (Meaning more honest and open.) It sounds fucking ridiculous. Transparent means see-through, and saying people should be transparent to mean 'open and honest' sounds stupid.

I also get irrationally annoyed by yasmin alibhai-brown. I can't articulate how I feel about her on here without getting banned. I LOATHE her. SO much that I feel an inner rage building just typing this post.

@Ragwort

I am irrationally annoyed at the thought of a nine year old having her own iPad .

My 9yr old has had an iPad mini for the last two years … because of lockdown learning. I didn't particularly want to have to buy it and you should maybe keep your judgmental beak out.

@Xmasfairy86

The lack of Easter biscuits in the shops this year.

Easter biscuits? Never heard of them

Lycra clad c*nts too. 4 abrest across the road in the country lanes.

*abreast

Mumsnetters who live rurally and don't drive. WTF were they thinking?

Every single suggested as to how to improve whatever situation they're in is met with "That won't work as there are no shops within 50 miles and one bus that runs every 12 days if there are no clouds in the sky."

Fucking morons.

@Oysterbabe

DH when he tries to occupy the same space as me. I'll be cooking and he'll decide that is the moment he'll load the dishwasher and then he'll just stand in front of cupboards I need to open until I tell him to fuck off.

Are we sister wives? @Oysterbabe

I've just had a meltdown tonight because I can not poach a fking egg. Seriously annoyed the life out of me, I bounced the slotted spoon across the kitchen floor.🤣🤣🤣 I can cook, I make bread from scratch, perfectly boil an egg, make beautiful silky omelttes but I can not poach an egg. Complete irrational rage, not helped by DP and DS rolling around laughing at my failure 😂