Things other people do that irrationally annoy you

[HuzzahIndeed]

What do other people do that makes you really mad even though it really doesn't matter. My mum has made me so cross this morning over something that is meaningless. Logically I know it doesn't matter but I'm fuming. 🤣

The crime? She said that my youngest brother has been with his fiancé longer than I've been with my husband. I started dating my husband before he started school and got married just as he started secondary school so it isn't like she's slightly out. See, doesn't matter and yet grrrr.

Also middle brother announced his engagement at oldest brothers engagement party. Oldest brother and his wife are the most chilled people you have ever met (unlike me clearly) so didn't seem to mind but I was furious as it's such bad form.

Also the cat is a dick. She has several water bowls and fountains but won't use them. Put a mug of water down someone and her head is straight in there. We've taken to leaving water mugs in various places (which inevitable end up getting spilled) and drinking out of lidded travels cups.

I have no idea why & I know it's completely unreasonable......drivers that sit in a left/right turn only, indicating....

People not seeing things that are there. Particularly in the context of DC being unable to find objects in the cupboard, fridge, bag etc. Nope, been looking for ages and it’s definitely not there. I schlepp up the stairs, look in the exact same cupboard and lo! The sought-for item is there after all. It’s like a miracle.

Also drivers not using their indicators. No really, don’t bother. I’ll just use my psychic powers to GUESS which way you might be going to turn.

I have a friend who, whenever she posts on FB, writes as though she is promoting a product or experience (she isn’t a MLM bot). It doesn’t affect me but it does irritate a bit.

Specifically the staff of the hairdressing salon I was in this morning. It was 9am and the receptionist was going to the local shop for breakfast for everyone so took their orders and then repeated back that she was ordering a total of 5 'breakfastses'. Not breakfasts - breakfastses.

I’m one of those people who can’t find things that are right in front of me. But I swear I don’t do it on purpose and I really am looking properly. It’s just somehow things just seem to become invisible and then somehow it magically appears the moment I say: ‘Has anyone seen the… oh there it is.’ 😁

I share your feelings about drivers who don’t indicate. But every time I see someone indicate to switch lanes, there’s enough space for them to do so, and the car in that lane speeds up to block them, I think that’s why people don’t indicate anymore.

Performance sneezing.
Pepper who suck their teeth noisily instead of flossing.
Men doing snot rockets.
People gulping food or drinks.

People who post on Nextdoor looking for gory details on a road accident pretending they "hope everyone is OK" when really they just want to ogle.

Unless she was Golem?

Firstly, one woman’s Jeremy is another woman’s David. The name breaks me out in hives.

People (usually blokes) who shove their trolley into the middle of the aisle then stand staring with their hands on their hips, blocking whatever you want to get, or having “performance” conversations “Okay Darling, I’ve got the fresh coriander and the Nam Plaaaaaah, the tins of baby sweet corn and bamboo shoots. What else do we need for the golden parcels?” Oh fuck off! (Water chestnuts you knobber)

Certain people (DH) who noisily suck their fingers and say “mmmmmph” after every meal despite having eaten with a knife and fucking fork. Makes me gag.

Elf on the Shelf

In work one of colleagues will approach me from no where and say ‘did you call that woman?’.

I speak to hundreds of people a week so some context of which woman he is referring to would really fucking help. He does it all the time. ‘Oh hi, how did it go with that guy last week?’. My blood is boiling at the thought of it.

Also, our office has a team of 15 people in and they all sit and wait for someone to get up and make a cup of tea and then they bombard that person and demand they make them one too. I’m sorry but making a round for 15 people is just too many. MAKE YOUR OWN DRINK.

@mothermotherm i would just give the twat a blank look until he clarifies. Don’t ask who he means.

People who say "Am I only one...? followed by a very consensual statement such as "Am I the only one who has noticed that prices have gone up at the supermarket" or, even worse: "thank you for stating [the obvious] I thought I was the only one".

People who are overinvested in celebrities' lives. Recently a friend was "devastated" because Rihanna is working with Johnny Depp.

And that one is totally ridiculous I know, but I hate when radio hosts take a break, and they have a substitute.
I want my radio host back. I don't want them to take a break. They're not real people they're radio hosts. MY radio hosts. They have a duty of care.

@HuzzahIndeed
Can you please explain this bit of your post to me:

"I started dating my husband before he started school and got married just as he started secondary school "

Thanks!

She started dating her husband before her brother started school, and married her husband just as her brother started secondary school. I agree, all the he's and him's got a bit confusing.

People who stop to have conversations in shop doorways. It never occurs to them to move to the side

when you park far away in a carpark & someone parks next to you. Some people have said that they need another car to “line up with”

people who can’t wait 1minute to be seated at a restaurant & sit themselves down & rudely ask the staff to get a menu

drivers who refuse to move from middle lane especially when quiet. The left is the safest place as you have the hard shoulder

drivers who are incapable of sticking to their lane on a roundabout. They drift into your lane, you beep & they look at you like you’re the arsehole

@sueelleker Thank you! That makes perfect sense:)

@Stephy1886 when you park far away in a carpark & someone parks next to you. Some people have said that they need another car to “line up with”
Yes!
Lonely Car Syndrome. Annoying.

I hate it when people start posts with 'sweetheart', 'darling' or something equally puke worthy.
It might come across as warm and friendly in real life, but it just makes me recoil when I see it on here, I inwardly recoil and quickly jump to the next post.

Yes! Particularly when someone (on hearing that this is a thing I don’t bother with) says “But you have to do Elf on a Shelf!!!”. No. No, I don’t. It’s only a thing if you make it one.

People posting stuff I’m not interested in on Next Door. It used to be a fairly useful site, now it’s been invaded by nutters.

I have recently deployed the mute button on Nextdoor. I have silenced people who only post boring crap, as well as people who I find offensive. It's bliss!

People who walk into my shop and ask “What sort of a shop is this then?”

It’s perfectly obvious from the items on sale what sort of a shop it is.

People who then, after my smiling explanation say:

”Ooh, not my cup of tea at all” and walk out as though my shop exists primarily to upset them.

Why? Just why?

I didn’t know this was a thing. When my mum was dying, Dad kept stroking her hair and I got so angry I wanted to cry. It was just the repeated movement- nothing else. I felt like such a bitch ☹️.

People on here that use the word "Gosh"
It just reads so condescending.