Small things that annoy you... (me)

[Tilllly]

I'm turning into that grumpy middle aged woman.... 🤣. Seems like lots of little things annoy me

This morning's being, stopped at cafe for breakfast
My coffee didn't arrive until I'd finished my bacon sandwich

Day ruined 😉😂

People who film fireworks displays - you are never going to watch that again, but you’re blocking everyone’s view and preventing them enjoying it in the moment

People who cut hedges down and pave/astroturf gardens, because who wants birds/small mammals/ecosystems/a functioning planet

Cars with laser-bright headlights that can be seen from seven miles away but which render everything else invisible for other drivers

DH offering to make tea, going out to buy bags of stuff for it even though fridge and cupboards are groaning with ingredients and we could do with not spending the money, spending three hours in the kitchen cooking, then serving us all something bland and/or weird which the kids pick at AND THEN me having to appear really grateful and not frustrated and baffled, because I couldn’t be bothered to cook tonight so I need to just say thanks. Boiled broccoli, cut-up jarred peppers, and a single small roll, anyone?

Anyone who still has keyboard sounds turned on on their phone when they type

Ketchup

Rosie looks like Janice from the muppets. It’s been driving me insane.

Damn wrong thread sorry (love island - she does!)

MN users who post on the wrong thread😁

MN users who reply to my moans telling me I'm wrong! 🤣🤣🤣

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My DH does this and it gives me the fucking rage... take your coat off its bloody rude!!! He's getting so much worse as he's getting older...

People pronouncing latte as lartay - no, it is lattay.

Even more annoying when you order correctly and the assistant or barista try to correct you!

I do this.

I do it with the 4 stick ones too.

People on MN almost look down in disdain from their high horses at people who reply to texts faster than a week. To me, it’s just rude. If someone has taken time out of their day to text you, you can’t be that busy that you can’t spend 10 seconds texting back 🙄

Niggles:

1. People who take too long to text back
2. When someone gets to the checkout and there’s A Problem that needs sorting out. Not their fault but still really annoying.

Everyone says ‘train’ nowadays though. People don’t say ‘darling, I’m off to ride the railway to work this morning’. They just say, ‘I’m getting the train’. Language evolves 🤷‍♀️

Indicators are annoying, aren't they? Indicating right to leave a roundabout - why? If I see a car indicating, I just assume that their indicator is in working order and nothing more.

Brushing my teeth a big blob of toothpaste fell on my black top.

Thinking about the food waste bin. Could it be because the waste food goes to making animal feed, and therefore risks contaminating future food products?

On another note, this thread has highlighted that I am justified in my constant state of irritation with my husband. I think he's guilty of 80% of the gripes mentioned 😀

My current major irritation (not with my husband) is packets of food with the tiny corner which isn't sealed to the rest of the packet, which says "peel here". Like a fool, I try to "peel here" every time, before hurling the sodding packet across the room before resorting to a chainsaw to it.

Animal feed is not made from food waste. Its actually illegal even to give your own chickens kitchen waste (although people do).

But you are fare dodging by trying to go through on my ticket and not asking 'grumpy' staff. If there are staff there ask them. If you try and come through on my ticket, you are a thief

I think you've missed the fact that I have bought a ticket, it just doesn't work in the barriers. I am not stealing anything! Bizarre attitude.

Anyway if you don't like people doing it, talk to TFL and ask them to make sure tickets work and staff are helpful.

People who give you information really, really quickly and use the phonetic alphabet thinking they are being clever. I speak to them at the same speed and use it back. Difference being I know it inside out and backwards as I’ve used it for over 30 years. Without exception the person then cannot react as quickly back to my response. They seem to think I won’t understand the phonetic alphabet and it will stump me. Wrong.

Dog walkers with extender leads letting their yappy dog come right up in my dog's face. The big bright yellow muzzle and me obiviously keeping my dog back with 'leave' commands clearly isn't a big enough clue to not invade our space.

Drivers letting people out if their cars at crossing

My partner pronouncing "espresso" as "expresso" with an exaggerated X, for the love of God it doesn't have an X in it.

Are they French?

On the Luas home today,some women answered the phone and gave her medical history to whoever rang her.
Anyone with an ounce of cop on would say they can't speak now and they'll call them back.

When paying with contactless doesn't work, especially in a supermarket. You know you tap the card, it beeps, you put card away and continue to pack shopping then the cashier says 'it's not gone through' so you have to get it back out to use chip and pin. I mean why does it beep then?

DH doing the washing up but leaving the trickier pots 'to soak' on the draining board.
Bollocks do they need soaking. Roll yr sleeves up and scrub 'em you bastard.

Broken glass on the ground
Ditto shit, spit, puke etc etc.

People who walk along taking up the whole path and expect me to move to the edge of the kerb for them, when it would be FAR easier for them to take the kerb-side and they're considerably less likely to tip over sideways into traffic.

People who walk two or three or more abreast along a path but scowl and humph if two wheelchair users would like to travel side by side so they can have a conversation... I mean how DARE we... again it is MUCH easier for you to move than for us. (We do not yield now. We play 'walker chicken'. They move.)

People with zero spatial awareness - if I say excuse me, because I need to get through, please use your brain. Me and my chair are wide and heavy, if I need an extra foot of space that is currently occupied by you, scooting over half an inch will not work. Staring at me and huffing won't change this, no matter how much you despise me for being both fat and disabled!