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

People mispronouncing almond. Yes to the poster about aitch totally agree!

Being asked to do something I was already going to do. Gives me the rage! Yes, I was already doing the thing. I didn't need you to ask me!

My dad was unwell recently (he's now recovered) but he's started doing this fucking cough-groan noise and it sets my teeth on edge. (he's perfectly well, has had a clean bull of health from the GP) There's something so performative about it that makes me want to smash things. Ditto the way he yawns!

Customers complaining because its busy and there's a queue. Yes I had noticed and you saw how busy the place is and yet you decided to still come in! Don't fucking blame me cause you can't find a seat!

@TheMoreYouKnow

Yes to the Magnum ice cream noise - makes my teeth itch, really hate it!!
Also drivers who come zooming up behind you on dual carriageways, tail you, then (eventually) pull out , go round you - then sit on your front bumper!!! Just why???
My absolute pet hate is people who park right next to you when there are stacks of empty spaces - again, just why????
Our works car park is pretty big - doesn’t stop some Muppet parking right next to me, leaving 70+ spaces free 🤷‍♀️

The existence of other people, generally.

I hate all bubble tea shops here in London as they are extremely busy and charge £6 for a drink then only have one person working on the counter as the other person is busy doing 100 Deliveroo orders.

Menus without the price listed

Can I have a fruit scone with butter and jam please?

Response (in a computer-says-no voice) fruit or plain ?

Fruit please (internal monologue do NOT point out you’ve just fucking said which one you want.

In a patronising if-only-you-were-the-full-ticket voice: if you could just go back to the fridge (does swirly waving motion with arm to show me how to walk to the fridge) and get your cream ??

Also to the posters being annoyed by Elaine Paige - you can’t have that one for goodness’ sake. There is nothing, nothing irrational about wanting someone to take out an injunction to stop Elaaaayyyynne Paaaaiiiiggge ever going near a microphone again. It’s the voice. The undulating, deeply improbable voice. It is SO affected. Like someone once said to her “Elaine darling, your voice comes across a bit flat on air, could we brighten it up a bit?” So she starts speaking as though every fucking sentence was a trip to the top of Mont Blanc and allllll the waaaaiiiiy back doooooooowwwwn again.

I second tailgating. It makes me want to cry with frustration. Okay I’ve reached a stretch of road whereby if you just backed the fuck off you’d be able to see far enough ahead to know there’s nothing coming towards you, so you can overtake. But you’re not going to do that are you? Because you’re a shit, clueless driver.

You’d rather sit on my tail for the next 3 miles.

That isn't irrational at all! I'd be livid!

I get irrationally angry with people who comment on private group posts on Facebook saying 'Can't share!!!!!' That's because it's a post in a private group and after using the bloody platform for over a decade you must know by now that it isn't the OP's choice to make it unshareable (is that even a word?)! Just sick of seeing it really.

People who ask me what I am doing when it's perfectly obvious what I am doing .

My Dh expecting a fucking medal for anything he does in the house "oh I have done the dishes for you " yeah I do them everyday and don't expect a street party in my honour for it .

Teenagers walking around with thier trackies around thier arse all gangster like makes me want to kick thier heads in .

My dog walking around like lady of the fucking manor when dh is in cos she's good as gold when he is in and a total twat for me when he is out .

Everything really

People who join the motorway at 40mph. The speed limit is 70, the rest of the traffic is doing 70. Do bl**dy 70!! If you can't please surrender your driving licence.....

People kicking the rugs in my house out of place! I dont know why but everyone who visits seems to kick my living room rug so it's not in line with the furniture and it drives me crazy! Or when I go in the bathroom and the bath mat is halfway across the room and has a big wrinkle in it.

People who brag about getting a short Facebook ban. You're 40, no one thinks you're impressive for swearing at someone on a BBC comments thread!

People eating down the phone
Customer < chomp, slurp, crunch > "sorry I'm eating granola
Yes, I can hear
I have misophonia anyway but the white hot rage. And I can't tell them to stop eating

The Lark Ascending.
I hate it. Really hate it. It is one of very few pieces of music that I switch the radio off for. And it's top of Classic FM's Hall of Fame again this year.
It would be vastly improved by the addition of the sound of a shotgun about 10 bars in. Then silence.
I appreciate this is irrational but it makes me feel physically violent. I don't much like Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis either.

Sniffers
Excessive sneezers (5 RRRRAAAAAAAAAACHHHOOOOOOOO!s in a row)
People who leave their coats on in restaurants
Customer facing staff who say 'yourself' when 'you' does perfectly well
People who use 'John and I' incorrectly because they think saying 'me' and referring to oneself first is impolite e.g "Steven invited John and I".

Facebook sales of 'shabby cheek draws', things that 'need a clean' or 'need gone by tonite' or 'just want wat I payed for it'.

@PlasticineMeg - just touching on your issue, when this happened to us (board game taken to a sleepover) I found out many months later the family dog had chewed a substantial part of a corner of the board as well as the box, and it was still stuffed under host child's bed when mine went back for a play over... DD was given the original remains back, and we were told a replacement would be sourced.

never happened.

Watching a news item that has been video'd by witnesses, yet none of them coming forward to assist those in need.

@JaneJeffer

People saying aitch instead of haitch

People who pronounce "Th" as "f", like saying "free" when saying the number 3. Or "fought" instead of "thought" drives me mad.
People who chew with their mouth open.
My neighbours, although that's not really irrational, they are inconsiderate and I hate them

People who don’t squash down empty containers before putting them in the bin or recycling box. Then just ram everything else in on top so the bag, that’s probably only actually half full splits when you take it out.

@JaneJeffer

People saying aitch instead of haitch

Eh? It’s the other way around! Haitch is completely incorrect.

There is no H in aitch!

People at traffic lights who don’t drive off when the light goes to green. Just move ffs- you have ONE job to do - shift your arse!

@bettertocryinamercedes

My Mother. Everything she does! 😬

People who sell things on FB which "just needs a clean". Clean it yourself you lazy cow.

People who can't reverse into a passing place on a single track road. Don't drive here if you can't go backwards.

All of this!!!

People who treat their pets like children or compare them to children, if it makes you happy awesome but dont expect others to agree

People who tell you how to raise your children, but in reality have zero experience or clue

Homeopathic medicine...im not totally sure why but it gives me the rage

People who get you to do things they cant be arsed to do themselves, but they need it done

Lack of manners, seriously pisses me off

I feel so much better now

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