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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!

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meowzeer · 14/05/2022 00:33

English people who say "I brought it" when they mean "I bought it" arggggh why.

People who can't use the correct version of too or to

MrsRinaDecker · 14/05/2022 00:37

Dcat who puts all four of her paws in the litter tray, then proceeds to hang her bum over the edge and pee all over the floor (she’s gorgeous though so I forgive her!)

GraceAnatomy · 14/05/2022 00:39

I get irritated when people say/type "I brought it from the shop"
No. You BOUGHT it. Brought and bought are two different words.

That one little extra R in the word makes me scream internally.

NippyWoowoo · 14/05/2022 00:43

repetitive posts like this

Readinstead · 14/05/2022 01:00

That Sudocrem does not have a childproof lid.

HopingForMyRainbowBaby · 14/05/2022 01:01

XenoBitch · 13/05/2022 22:19

Microwave meals where you have to take it out halfway through, stir, then put it back in. I bought it so I could whack it in and do nothing! Argh

Or microwave meals where you have to turn them half way. WHY? They are spinning around anyway!

The ones that need to be turned half way round, will be for the microwaves that don't have a turn table on them

HopingForMyRainbowBaby · 14/05/2022 01:05

GraceAnatomy · 14/05/2022 00:39

I get irritated when people say/type "I brought it from the shop"
No. You BOUGHT it. Brought and bought are two different words.

That one little extra R in the word makes me scream internally.

I struggle like fuck with this. So much so I try to find a different alternative so I don't have to try and remember which one to use

TravelDreamLife · 14/05/2022 01:17

People who park next to me at school pickup with stereo blaring or smoking.

People who use the word 'youse'. It's 'you' 'all of you' or something like that. If I hear you say 'youse' I automatically label you a bogan.

ReviewingTheSituation · 14/05/2022 01:24

The fact that my neighbour, in his 3+ years of living here, has not once put out a single item of recycling. Everything goes in his black waste bin. Every single week. I know full well it's none of my business, but why can't he put his recycling out separately like every other house in the village? It's pure laziness and it makes me cross!

And yes, he's perfectly physically able to sort it, and has the space to store it, and is an intelligent, educated man.

Funkyblues101 · 14/05/2022 01:29

Furrbabymama87 · 13/05/2022 20:52

People who go on about artificial sweetener in drinks being worse than sugar, when a can of Diet Coke has no calories and a full sugar can has about 200.

Eh? Calories aren't artificial sweetener though?
You seem to be befuddled.

QuestionableMouse · 14/05/2022 01:41

My mother.

She's forever going on about people who we used to know and what they're up to now. I don't care what the neighbours who lived next door when I was 17 are up to now. (I'm 37, for context!)

growandhope · 14/05/2022 01:56

food packets that have a tab on the plastic to open them eg. vacuum packed meat, ham slices, cheese and the tab never ever works. The rage when I have to slice it open with a knife. Some company is paid by the producer of the food to package it and add a tab and the tab adds a few cents to the packaging provided and it doesn't work. If a million of these products are packaged in a week and that tab adds at least 5 cents into to the packaging cost, that could be a 50,000 grand loss per week for the company or the like. Yes it drives me irrationally nuts.

MardyOldGoth · 14/05/2022 02:05

Non-applicator tampon wrappers. There used to be a little tab that you pulled and it opened the wrapper. Now you have to crack it like a fucking glow stick to break the plastic wrap. So there I was, at 4am, having got up for a wee and found out that I'd come on, sitting on the loo, freezing cold, unable to force open a tampon wrapper, getting teary and begging it to 'please, just fucking open, I'm so tired!' I bet it was a man who decided to change them! 😄

Neu · 14/05/2022 02:20

People making me jump on purpose

Maddiemoosmum0203 · 14/05/2022 02:22

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MardyOldGoth · 14/05/2022 02:22

My bloody seat belt currently refuses to retract properly and therefore gets caught in the door every time I get out of the car!

The incessant bloody roadworks in my area. I can no longer remember a time when there wasn't a set of temporary lights or a diversion within half a mile of my house. The main road by me is jammed enough at the best of times, now it takes forever to get anywhere.

The fact that I'm knackered but I've just had an IBS flare up which is making me reluctant to go to bed in case of further issues.

MathersonC · 14/05/2022 02:25

Men walking around with shirts off at the first hint of sunshine, put it away
Shrinking chocolate bars so if I want a chocolate binge I eat more bars now anyway, it doesn’t make me eat less chocolate or prevent obesity it’s just about profits
customer service now being absolutely rubbish almost everywhere ‘cos of covid’

orangetriangle · 14/05/2022 02:41

People who put she/her under their name on their e mails completely pointless
People who say on teams good morning from X House - we dont need to know you are not working from home and are fulfilling tick box of going into office feel like replying good morning from home grrrr
rude managers who start messages with can staff we do have a name and a please wouldnt go amiss
micro managers
rude colleagues
people who post every detail of every meal out every show every holiday they go on onto facebook do they not realise some people cannot afford to continually do these things. It's completely thoughtless having a meal with hubster at x restaurant it's the same four or five rich people we dont need to know grrr

sjpkgp1 · 14/05/2022 02:47

Coathangers mating.

PomBearWithoutHerOFRS · 14/05/2022 03:13

Why do lamb dishes on restaurant menus always have fucking rosemary on them?
I love lamb, and detest rosemary. On the rare occasions I get to eat out, I can never order the lamb!
even cheapest cut frozen lamb is "with rosemary " more often than not now 😓

Gooseysgirl · 14/05/2022 03:25

Lorries overtaking lorries

YouHaventDoneAnyWork · 14/05/2022 06:23

Oh good yes! It takes a mile for them to inch past, so they can go 1 mph faster.

digitalstowaway · 14/05/2022 06:36

HopingForMyRainbowBaby · 14/05/2022 01:05

I struggle like fuck with this. So much so I try to find a different alternative so I don't have to try and remember which one to use

The way I remember (and hopefully I've got this right 😅) is that if you're bringing something with you, you would use brought. And bought is for buying things.

stuntbubbles · 14/05/2022 07:08

MardyOldGoth · 14/05/2022 02:05

Non-applicator tampon wrappers. There used to be a little tab that you pulled and it opened the wrapper. Now you have to crack it like a fucking glow stick to break the plastic wrap. So there I was, at 4am, having got up for a wee and found out that I'd come on, sitting on the loo, freezing cold, unable to force open a tampon wrapper, getting teary and begging it to 'please, just fucking open, I'm so tired!' I bet it was a man who decided to change them! 😄

Sainsbo’s own brand have the tab!

VintageGibbon · 14/05/2022 07:18

DysmalRadius · 13/05/2022 20:29

When I catch my sleeve on a door handle I want to burn all the doors in the world in retribution.

Grin Grin Grin

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