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Things that make you irrationally mad

168 replies

DontGetIt1 · 13/05/2022 20:26

I'll go first... Why is herbal essences shampoo is so flipping hard to get out of the bottle!

OP posts:
midsomermurderess · 13/05/2022 22:47

People saying 'folk/s'. It's an attempt to sound authentically connected but only ever sounds inauthentic.

itsnotmeitsu · 13/05/2022 22:47

When you're approaching someone in the same space on the pavement so you veer away, and then they veer from their approach so you have to veer back again. Even though they're seen you, so it's not as if they just haven't noticed they're in the way. Also, people in supermarkets who move their trollies around [reversing, etc) without checking if someone's in the vicinity of the trolley > Apologies go a long way.

autienotnaughty · 13/05/2022 22:52

Bumping my head on the stair cupboard door.

Peachyscream · 13/05/2022 22:52

So many that I relate to on here!
Annoying neighbour ALWAYS parking his car outside his garage door so that pedestrians have to walk around his car into the street to get past. We live near a primary school, meaning kids are walking around his car into the effing road.
Also means that on bin day, the bin men block MY drive with his bin. Meaning every week I take their bin over before school run. Realised today he saw his bin (it's a bigger than normal one) blocking me in and ignored it, knowing Ill just move it for him.
Sorry for that paragraph. Today was bin day

Cegbee · 13/05/2022 22:52

How loudly my DH sneezes

autienotnaughty · 13/05/2022 22:52

StScholastica · 13/05/2022 20:33

People who say "Picture or it didnt happen".

Great book

IvysMum12 · 13/05/2022 22:57

People who dump their supermarket baskets on the floor of an aisle, and mooch away to choose their shopping.
Accident waiting to happen.
Idiots who dodge around your car while you're trying to park - usually supermarket car parks.

Beseen22 · 13/05/2022 23:11

Newmans own ranch dressing. Tastes amazing but I shake it then tap it once and hardly any comes out, so I tap it again and half the jar comes out and ruins whatever I'm eating

GertrudeKerfuffle · 13/05/2022 23:15

I get really angry when I get hurt - stubbed toe, bashing head on a cupboard kind of thing. I don't understand it at all, but I feel like destroying the universe for a few minutes.

Thepossibility · 13/05/2022 23:16

I have another one. When the car in front of the big line of cars doesn't immediately GO when the arrow goes green, meaning less cars make it through on the green arrow. You have a responsibility as the car in front to pay attention!

AramintaLee · 13/05/2022 23:17

Cegbee · 13/05/2022 22:52

How loudly my DH sneezes

Yes the same. My DP has the loudest sneezes and I swear he does it on purpose. Also he never sneezes less than 5 times in a go. I honestly don't know how he isn't buried under my patio.

Also the way he scrapes the plate with his knife and fork when eating. Like that horrible, ear curdling, nails and a chalkboard screech...

Leah2005 · 13/05/2022 23:19

My across body bag swinging around the front of me when I bend over to take my shoes off. Wearing a slightly tight pair if trousers when trying shoes on so it feels a massive struggle and makes me really hot. Not knowing where to put said bag when trying new shoes on in a shop - have it strangle me or have it nicked.

SilentBob · 13/05/2022 23:38

Bacon packets. Peel here. Fucking aye, fuck of.

Share bags of snacks with 'resealable' written anywhere on them. me, you and the cat's mother know we're not gonna be resealling anything, let's be honest about it.

vanillapods · 13/05/2022 23:38

My neighbour always chooses to park outside our house even though there is space outside hers. Grrrrrr....

twistingmylemon · 13/05/2022 23:40

When people start threads on MN and get a million invested replies and follow up questions and just do not respond.

There's an AIBU right now about a graduate taking a job as midday supervisor and it's been tumbleweed from them since they posted their OP an hour ago.

Yes it makes me irrationally mad. Because I see starting a thread like opening a conversation. Reminds me of people who ask you a question on whatsapp then disappear for another 10 years.

Herejustforthisone · 13/05/2022 23:42

If I bang my head on literally anything, I am overcome with rage. It’s really weird. I sort of instantly want to cry and scream.

tootiredtoocare · 13/05/2022 23:45

People who step on the train and then just stop and stare because there aren't any seats. MOVE! I'm behind you and I want to get on the train! People who turn around too quickly wearing backpacks and come close to giving me concussion because I'm short and their back pack is level with my forehead. People who stand too close behind you on the escalator. Can you tell I've just gone back to using public transport? Ugh.

hangrylady · 13/05/2022 23:47

The smell of fake tan! I've used high end expensive stuff, cheapo brands and everything in between, but that smell is always there. I want a bit of colour and have been using the gradual tan moisturiser and after a week I have a lovely glow but smell like a biscuit. Surely someone can invent a product without the tell tale pong?

Kat1953 · 13/05/2022 23:49

Mansplainers 🤬

Oh sorry, you said "irrationally" angry...

Hangers.

Feckingfeck · 13/05/2022 23:50

FlissyPaps · 13/05/2022 22:13

Traffic lights turning to red as you’re about to go through. I’m an “Amber gambler” sometimes though.

Apparently there are sensors underneath so you can expect them to change if there has been a big gap before you or a gap between you and the car/cars in front . Learnt from my driving instructor recently 😉 ........

Yellowcakestand · 13/05/2022 23:54

Cutting the grass
Putting a duvet cover on

BabyBin · 13/05/2022 23:56

twistingmylemon · 13/05/2022 23:40

When people start threads on MN and get a million invested replies and follow up questions and just do not respond.

There's an AIBU right now about a graduate taking a job as midday supervisor and it's been tumbleweed from them since they posted their OP an hour ago.

Yes it makes me irrationally mad. Because I see starting a thread like opening a conversation. Reminds me of people who ask you a question on whatsapp then disappear for another 10 years.

Agree... its just rude

I was irrationally annoyed about the OP with the headache asking for advice... took the advice... then fucked of!!!

How rude!

IsSpringSprangedYet · 14/05/2022 00:10

As well as catching my sleeve on door knobs, I also catch the inside of several different cardigan pockets on a chest of drawers in the house. It lets you walk a couple of steps and then pings you back like a bungee.

Cars that mount the pavement near our school on the school run. Either back up safely or wait in a gap so I can pass. Do not mount a kerb!! It's like they can't be bothered to stop at all.

Pinklimey · 14/05/2022 00:21

ShirleyPhallus · 13/05/2022 20:46

Also palmers cocoa butter! It’s so thick it’s impossible to squeeze out the tube!

Im also adding instructions to put together any toy where even adding a single part has 18,817 steps written in another language

Really tricky instructions where there is not a bloody word, yet you are supposed to understand the random pictures 😡

Workinghardeveryday · 14/05/2022 00:31

‘Kids we have to set off for school right now or we WILL be late’. ‘Have I got time for a poo mummy. Ds11 everyday!!!

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