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Most annoying minor thing to happen to you recently

204 replies

mycatisannoying · 09/07/2022 05:19

A woman bought something from me yesterday, through Facebook Marketplace. She messaged in advance to ask if cash would be ok, and I said a bank transfer would be far preferable, as I rarely carry cash these days. She saw the message and didn't reply, so I assumed that was ok.
She turned up to collect the item and only had cash on her Hmm I accepted the cash, thinking that I could use it to pay for something in town later.
In town, I discover that the cash has somehow fallen out my bag Angry
So it's a loss all round for me.

What's a relatively trivial irritation you've had to put up with lately?

OP posts:
Dibble135 · 10/07/2022 20:15

Ordered a latte. Server placed it on end of table. As I went to lift it, he shoved the saucer towards me, spilling it everywhere. Then mumbled sorry and tried to walk off leaving me with only half the coffee I’d paid for left to drink!

LonelyInAutumn · 10/07/2022 23:36

SkiingIsHeaven · 10/07/2022 10:42

How small are you? I thought I was small but even I don't catch my sleeve on door handles.

I'm 5ft1 but the sleeves were a little baggy

KitKattaktik · 11/07/2022 00:05

Wheelyfembot · 10/07/2022 14:16

Random woman in supermarket car park decided I didn’t look disabled enough for her and demanded to see the reverse of my clearly displayed blue badge to make sure it was issued to me 😳

Hope that you told her to fuck off! Judgemental mare.

HippyChickMama · 11/07/2022 00:46

Someone dd managed to flush the rim block, complete with plastic cage, down the toilet on Friday. It took DH two days to retrieve it from a very blocked toilet using a poky thing so that we could avoid a very expensive dyno-rod call out.

Binkybix · 11/07/2022 04:43

@BlueStarfish

have you tried ironing the dress? Viscose sometimes needs that to stretch out again.

I got to the ‘fill in the details’ stage to return an expensive dress, couldn’t be arsed to finish and now I’m told the expiry date has passed.

Gingerkittykat · 11/07/2022 07:40

The Amazon delivery driver didn't shut my gate and a dog came into my garden and had a shit.

QuestionableMouse · 11/07/2022 17:10

I ordered a take away at 4pm for a treat and it still hasn't arrived. I'm bloody starving too.

Charlavail · 11/07/2022 17:20

Was looking forward to a day in the city tomorrow and some primark bargains (closest city but still a bit of a trek). Feel like I haven't been out for shops and lunch or anything not child orientated in a while. DH (who goes out plenty) has sprained his ankle so needs taking to the hospital/ someone to look after him tomorrow so it will just be a normal day doing housework rather than a special day.
Also dyson is cutting out constantly 😡

Mysterian · 11/07/2022 17:43

I was walking along inside a location when I realised the tension in my shoe laces were significantly mismatched. I tried walking on until an opportunity to sit and re-tie presented itself, but even though a fair amount of stoicism is one of my many positive attributes, there came a point where I could stand it no longer. The slipping of my port-side Sketcher was simply intolerable and immediate readjustment was required. I lent upon a passing wall for balance and did the deed. I carried on sufficiently taut for the rest of the shoe wearing day.

takeitandleaveit · 11/07/2022 18:02

Lurleene · 09/07/2022 22:30

It's pretty hot today where I am down South. It seems I was stupid having my wine rack near a window , it must have raised the temperature of the wine which caused the cork to pop. I guess people in hot countries know better and keep their wine out of the sun 🍾Lesson learnt.

Wine has normally finished fermenting when it is bottled. Sometimes not quite, so the pressure builds up a bit inside, and the heat must have finished the job. We had a bottle of red wine explode in our cupboard under the stairs once. Dear God, the mess.

Spicylollies · 11/07/2022 19:21

Got covid for the 3rd time this year so holed up in bed whilst it's beautiful outside.

MrsGamgee · 11/07/2022 19:29

CakeyCakeyCakeCake · 09/07/2022 10:34

I just put on my oodie backwards. The hood went over my face and I got stuck in it. My life flashed before my eyes.

I have had an incredibly shitty day and the image of you stuck in your oodie gasping for breath has really cheered me up 😊 I'm sorry for your near death experience, but thank you for making me laugh!!

BlueStarfish · 11/07/2022 21:28

Binkybix · 11/07/2022 04:43

@BlueStarfish

have you tried ironing the dress? Viscose sometimes needs that to stretch out again.

I got to the ‘fill in the details’ stage to return an expensive dress, couldn’t be arsed to finish and now I’m told the expiry date has passed.

Thank you for the tip but this dress really shrank so it would likely have to be boiled inside a volcano to bring it back to life! Fortunately somebody tried it on and went "wow, it looks like it was made for me! I'm keeping it! 😘😘😎". So it's no longer a real issue!
I think I have to check all labels now because it felt like real cotton so I assumed it was cotton but I stand corrected 😆by the universe!

Cherrysoup · 11/07/2022 22:05

Laiste · 09/07/2022 08:41

During the night one of the cats has torn up his fluffy toy into millions of little pieces on the door mat.

Fluff sticks to this bloody doormat like shit to a blanket Hmm I'm going to be at it for ages with a hoover tool to get it all off.

Put on trainers and have a paint tray with water in, dip feet in, scrape along mat. I have the same issue with the mat by the front door, put down so the puppy didn’t slip on the tiles. Pita.

Cherrysoup · 11/07/2022 22:14

Charlavail · 11/07/2022 17:20

Was looking forward to a day in the city tomorrow and some primark bargains (closest city but still a bit of a trek). Feel like I haven't been out for shops and lunch or anything not child orientated in a while. DH (who goes out plenty) has sprained his ankle so needs taking to the hospital/ someone to look after him tomorrow so it will just be a normal day doing housework rather than a special day.
Also dyson is cutting out constantly 😡

Take out the filter (cordless? The little cone one at the top) and tap it hard, replace. Or check there isn’t stuff wrapped round the brush in the head, mine hates that-3 dogs and my long curly hair make it very unhappy!

Brigante9 · 11/07/2022 22:17

Nowhere stocks kaolin for kids anymore. It resolves dog diarrhoea almost miraculously. Been to 4 chemists and looked online. Nothing. Gutted.

QuestionableMouse · 11/07/2022 22:20

www.chemistdirect.co.uk/kaolin-morphine-mixture/prd-o2d

Cheaper version!

TheWayoftheLeaf · 11/07/2022 23:03

Giant spider is in the house. It escaped me and the dog and now I know it's crawling around somewhere.

JasmineVioletRose · 11/07/2022 23:03

Power cut. I'm trying to sleep. Alarms going off. Arrrrgh 🙈🙈🙈

QuestionableMouse · 12/07/2022 01:09

It's too damn hot to sleep, people keep driving down the road to my house and turning around once they realise it's a dead end, and a massive bug just crawled on me. I'm not having a good time!

QuestionableMouse · 12/07/2022 01:13

Seriously, WTF is that?!

Most annoying minor thing to happen to you recently
Oceanus · 12/07/2022 01:23

I hope that's not your house because that looks a lot like a mother fucker cockroach... I'm sorry to say, they usually don't crash parties alone.

hornchurchmum · 12/07/2022 01:25

Recently I booked a thing for me, my friend and our kids (I booked at my friends request). The total was to be split and she’d send her half. The total was £39.80 and she literally sent £19.90! Surely you’d just think “oh its £40 and £20 is half” and not bother to go to your calculator to work it out exactly. It’s hard when people just don’t think like you…. Not that I’d feel over generous in paying 10p extra lol I just though it was weird to not just split £40 🙄it really irritated me and I don’t really know why😵

Oceanus · 12/07/2022 01:26

@QuestionableMouse Sorry, forgot to tag you before! I hope that's not your house because that looks a lot like a mother fucker cockroach... I'm sorry to say, they usually don't crash parties alone.