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 😉😂

I saw a street with NO ENRY painted in huge letters.

@Thelnebriati
Why do they need to be food safe for waste??

Love this kind of thread. Now I am 40 I am quite the grumpy old woman.

People who refer to their child as "kiddo", sorry but it makes my teeth itch
People who announce that their toddler is transgender.
people who talk to the person next to them really loudly and with great enthusiasm about their really trivial problems so everyone within a 5 mile radius has to hear about their "nightmare" journey down the m4 and about how Waitrose had sold out of organic asparagus.
People who call their children after birds and plants
People who give their children "normal" names with alternative spellings like Emilee and Izakk ( welsh, irish, Italian etc spellings are fine, it's the made up ones I object to).
People who exaggerate everything for attention e.g. talking about when they "had cancer" when they found a lump which turned out to be a cyst or that they "nearly died" from a cold. Or people who talk about being "high risk" or "vulnerable" in a hushed whisper as if it's some kind of impressive achievement. Bonus rage points if they also say they've seen "the top consultant" or several Drs about their medical condition as if seeing 3 Drs makes them more important. PS what on earth is a " top consultant" anyway?
Journalists who prey on vulnerable people, pretend to be interested in their hobby and then print a vile article that makes them sound stupid.
Sensational headlines in trashy magazines.
People who moan that their 100k salary is too small, that they can't afford a 6 bedroom house and they can't afford to retire at aged 35.
People who are snobs
People who say mean things about the people I love.

Wow, that was quite a long list. I must have a lot of rage that I am trying to suppress.

@SarahJinx every morning here there’s a parent that stops their car just off a roundabout that links 5 extremely narrow roads. They proceed to drop off and kiss all their kids and watch them cross the road to the bus stop. The car completely blocks the road and causes absolute mayhem at the roundabout they’ve just pulled off of. They seem completely oblivious and in no rush. It it so deliciously self indulgent it doesn’t irritate me anymore just makes me laugh. I’d love to be that oblivious to others, they’re probably a lot happier for it 🤣

My DH talks too quietly when he is using his “pleasant" voice. It's not his normal talking voice and it drives me crazy because I can't bloody hear what he is trying to say so I get all annoyed while he is trying to be nice.

People who are oblivious. Todays classic at nippers (surf club for kids basically- Australian thing), had adults walking through the competition area as kids were trying to win flags (beach sprints). There would have been 500 kids and parents there so it wasn’t half obvious. Or the family who tried to set up their beach tent right next to the competition while other people were sitting there! Then got annoyed that those same people already sitting there were getting the benefit of the shade. People are weird!

Oh my god, me too. And also my kids who have no concept of inside voice 99% of the time but decide to whisper when it’s actually something I need to know.

We had this a few weeks ago but my parents were there and they are never ones to hold back.
Mum: Is it really necessary to set up 1m from us when the beach is empty? Could you give us a little space?
Woman: What is your problem?
Mum: Well, you are.
Woman: It’s a free country. I have every right to be here. You’ve ruined our day.
Dad: Stop talking nonsense.

She turned around and her husband had already started dragging things away. She then lost it at him for “not sticking up for her”. She then kept turning around to stare daggers at us from their new position but then my parents started waving at her every time she did it so she stopped.

If mum and dad hadn’t been there, DH and I would have tutted but said nothing.

I could probably hire my parents out for a small fee. Since turning 70 they give zero fucks.

Women, online, who turn any small question into a fucking essay. Get to the fucking point bitch.

Public toilets without a hook on the inside of the door . So nowhere to hang your bag or coat . It's such a small thing but gives me the rage as I don't want to put everything on the filthy floor !

People who have reached adulthood not knowing the difference between your and you’re and there/their/they’re. FFS.

Add to/too to my rant above.

People, actually it is men, who swim fast and splashy at the edge of the pool.

I have arthritis, if my knee 'locks' I need to be in grabbing range of rail / edge of the pool.

You can go faster if you are not in the edge, that's why Olympic pools have empty lanes.

People who put their shopping on the very end of the conveyer belt and then stand their watching their shopping go on a little trip instead of walking to the actual checkout.

People that jingle change in their pocket/keys!

Dont know why, but this irritates me🤣

Going into a shoe shop and asking for shoe in size 8
( or indeed any size ) and the assistant comes back and says that they haven’t, but they have a 7 and do I want to try them ? Erm no , I bloody don’t because I’m not a size 7 you fool .
GIVES ME THE RAGE !
it’s been a regular occurrence since kids were small and they are adults now

DH new habit of sniffing , we have double short sniffs and even the odd triple sniff . Its fairly recent and when I bring it up he gets very cross, I hate sniffing with a passion so it’s unfortunate that he does this , he has also started doing very loud and frequent throat clearing , I have asked him if he needs to go to the doctor with these two really fucking annoying new habits as I’m worried I might snap and stab him .

Women with very long pointed fake nails , I always wonder how they manage to change a tampon without injuring themselves,

Slow walking groups of families milling around in Ikea taking up the whole walking strip and not letting anyone past .
I love all the short cuts and dart around all the slow coaches

Our narrow terrace street has very limited parking on one side only , and lots with more than one car.
Many of the selfish unaware residents park their car 6/8 feet from the next , or from the lamppost taking up 2 spaces , or they park sticking so far out of you are behind them you can’t manoeuvre our easily . I’ve taken to writing notes on the cars asking them to me more consider and to ponder the gap . I’m sure it makes no difference but it makes me feel better ….

Procrastination and inaction , people who ( mum I’m looking at you ! ) say that they must ring the plumber / make call , but don’t do it , and bring it up every day on our morning phone call about how they must do it .
Either do it or not , but please don’t keep talking about it if you are not going to make the call . I just don’t get it

HOUSEHOLD CRIMES SUBSECTION

DS . Putting empty milk containers back in the fridge

All the males in my house chuck coats / jackets on the sofas and chairs when they get home rather than hang up , sometimes there are 4 or 5

Leaving the dishcloth in the sink so all daily stuff gets poured on it , rather than squeezing it out and putting on the fancy dish cloth container I provide
When I tell DH that it makes it manky he says that they are disposable so it doesn’t matter
He will not listen to my rational argument that while yes it may be disposable , but that doesn’t mean it needs chucking after half a day BECAUSE ITS HAD GREASE POURED ON IT YOU TIT !

Leaving the marigold gloves in the sink so they fill with water

The back door key needs to stay there for when we put out bins /let cat out , he leaves the door unlocked, then doesn’t put them back , and when we are due to leave for the day can’t lock the back door so waste time searching for the key which will be in the pocket if one if his hundreds of jackets which are never hung up so can never find
every bloody time , drives me insane ….

DD ,always asks who is at the door when someone knocks , She doesn’t get that I can’t see through doors

This has been a very enjoyable thread 😀

Adults who chew food with their mouth open.

People who don't use earphones with their phones on trains so the rest of us need to listen to their rubbish.

People who litter or fly-tip.

People with streaming colds who make no effort to blow their nose, but instead sniff repeatedly. The sound of people sucking mucus through their skull makes me want to vomit and people who make zero attempt to blow their nose to curtail this give me the rage.

I know this probably makes me a bad person.

I think it would be easier to say what doesn't annoy me!

Basically, anything 'D' H does.
He leaves water sitting idly in the washing up bowl instead of chucking it out. Drives me crazy.

Leaves things next to the virtually empty dishwasher.

Walks into the room I'm in when I'm doing something very important on my iPad playing Candy Crush and starts a conversation and expects me to stop what I'm doing and listen to whatever crap he's on about! Grrrr

He starts sentences and then trails off and doesn't finish them. I have to remind him I'm not a fucking mind reader!

People who say, 'I literally died' when saying how embarrassed or whatever they were. Errr no, you didn't literally die did you because you're telling me the story!

There's a school near my house and parents/carers/grandparents who let their children run across people's gardens without saying a word to them, or the adults scream down the road at them if they've let them run off - IT'S BLOODY 8am AND SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL IN BED!!!

People who park outside my house (no problem with that obviously) but then don't pull forward/reverse so they're not overhanging my driveway. Idiots.

Selfish bloody neighbours who play their music loudly when the doors and windows are open. I don't want to listen to your shit music thanks!

Think I'd better stop there. For now 😬😆

People who use 'iyswim' in their posts.
It adds nothing essential to the post and makes me picture someone telling a long story in a self-important tone, expecting admiration and agreement.
Just say what you mean.
'IYSWIM' makes you sound a bit thick.

'Fast forward' also makes you sound thick and a bit immature, like someone who likes the sound of a trendy new phrase but doesn't read enough to realise it is overused and grating.

Dh leaving the dirty washing up water in the bowl so it sits there for a couple of hours like dirty soup 🤢.

my next door neighbours who keep parking their multiple work vans outside our house, but have texted me to complain that my dad has parked there and where can they put their van? Currently left them on read, which was politer than my initial response would have been.

and lastly the group of cubs / scouts / sea scouts whatever they were who were at the open air museum I went to yesterday, who were running around the place screaming loudly and getting in the way and the accompanying adults clearly didn’t care.

I grew up in the North of England in the 1970's.
Never in my life have I heard anyone call it a railway station 🤔

People who can't understand grammatical pronoun usage: 'He told me a story about him and his wife's party' or 'Bob bought a new sofa for him [meaning Bob] and his wife'.

People who are clearly trying to sound polished and think 'Myself and my sister went to the shops' makes them sound cleverer than 'My sister and I'.

People who say 'I was sat at a cafe...' No. You 'were sitting'.

And no, it usually isn't a stylistic decision or choice to utilise regional dialect. They truly do not know. Again, I know this makes me a bad person for judging.

@Mariposista
To you and all the others driven mad by sniffing, chewing noises etc look up misophonia. It is an actual thing !