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Ridiculously petty things that you can’t even say out loud

591 replies

TheSlowRush · 14/07/2023 17:45

I’ll start.

This has been bugging me all day but I can’t say it out loud to anyone as it’s really not that bigger deal.

Parking is a huge issue where I live, not many people have ORP.

My elderly neighbour got rid of her car a few years ago, we are quite close and she has a driveway, so it was agreed that I could now park over her driveway meaning I am pretty much guaranteed a space right outside my house, rather than having to park halfway down the street.

My lodger has now begun using this space, she works from home a lot too so it’s there for days now sometimes. WAAAaa 🙈🙈.

I can say anything as I will sound like a selfish loon.

OP posts:
DustyLee123 · 14/07/2023 17:47

You shouldn’t park over a dropped curve, your neighbour doesn’t own the pavement or road.
Why don’t you just park on her drive ?

TheSlowRush · 14/07/2023 17:48

The dropped curb is over her driveway, it make’s absolutely no difference whether I park over the dropped curb or park on her driveway 🙈

OP posts:
TheSlowRush · 14/07/2023 17:57

And totally missed the point of the thread 🙈

OP posts:
Mmmmdanone · 14/07/2023 17:59

Tell her it's your space, as you agreed it with the owner. Not petty at all!

Madamecholetsbonnet · 14/07/2023 18:01

I don’t understand. Why is your lodger using your space? Tell them to stop!

evtheria · 14/07/2023 18:02

• Please do not sit on the bed in clothes that have TOUCHED THE OUTSIDE WORLD omg
• I am a faster reader than you so I should read the paper first.
And a whole bunch of other teeny but arsey things that would make people roll their eyes/edge away from me...

😬🤐 my lips are sealed, obviously

Pot8ohs · 14/07/2023 18:04

Tell the lodger it’s your space. Them’s the perks of being the house owner. Say it’s what you neighbour prefers 😉

PuttingDownRoots · 14/07/2023 18:05

If you are on a table for four on the train, you can't have your bags at your feet.

okiedokie1 · 14/07/2023 18:09

There is literally zero problem with the lodger parking in your discs. Just tell them to stop. Tell them it is an arrangement you have with the neighbour. It's not an open invitation. It's an arrangement between the neighbour and you. The room you rent doesn't come with a parking space. The neighbour will call the council if any car other than yours is parked there

Imanalias · 14/07/2023 18:09

J you are being ridiculous. You can't ignore what is happening and whilst I accept that you don't have lots of money, you know you'd get a discounted flight. They're emigrating for a better life and you should accept that its not about you and not be encouraging everyone to snub them.

P, stop doing that stupid bloody pout in every single photo.

thenewaveragebear1983 · 14/07/2023 18:11

some guy over the road from me and a few doors down has taken to parking his car outside my house. All the time. Even though his own drive is empty. It’s a black Subaru with a whale tail and it’s ugly AF. I get disproportionately enraged about it. It’s not even opposite his own house so I have to look at the hideous thing and he Doesn’t. It’s making me angry just typing this out 😡

CableTidy · 14/07/2023 18:13

Work one - no one is ever going to look at the emails you print off and file. No one.

LePetitChat · 14/07/2023 18:14

You’re wearing odd socks and are therefore going to hell.

you’re stacking the dishwasher in a way that I’m sure works but tells me you are unhinged.

Eudaimonia5 · 14/07/2023 18:14

I get irrationally annoyed by that one person on every course that always has something to say. Whenever the tutor asks a question, they're in there sharing their thoughts and always asking questions.

"Ok, we'll end things there for today, unless anyone has any questions or anything they'd like to share?"

"Well actually, I'd just like to share my reflection on today's topic and ask a question about the assignment that's due at the end of next year"

Course you do, Ian. We all knew you'd have something to say. Just fucking shut up for once in your life! Let someone else speak, you don't have to talk in every single bloody class. You're a pain in the arse!

Except he's not a pain in the arse, he's merely being an active and engaged learner. He's contributing to lectures and sharing his experiences. He's making the most of the course and trying to get as much out of it as possible to benefit his personal and professional development.

But by god, it pisses me off!

CC4712 · 14/07/2023 18:19

I get irrationally annoyed by people using a shopping trolley as some sort of walker and lean their boobs and body all over it. They are also inching it down the centre of the aisle- so you cannot pass either side! 😡

Madamecholetsbonnet · 14/07/2023 18:20

PuttingDownRoots · 14/07/2023 18:05

If you are on a table for four on the train, you can't have your bags at your feet.

Where should you put them if they’re too big for overhead space (which is tiny on Southern trains) and there’s no room available in luggage area?

Nugg · 14/07/2023 18:22

I know you tell me ridiculous lies. I let you think I believe you. That's why I question you a fair bit. To watch you tie those knots tighter 😝😂

Namechangedforthis2244 · 14/07/2023 18:24

Your wife is awesome and I love her to pieces so I can’t say anything about it incase it upsets her.

But, why the fuck is she organising our meet-ups when you’re my friend. I know it’s not to do with me because she has to do the same thing with your parents.

Youre 40 and quite feminist. How are you leaving all of the wife work to her????!!!!

longtompot · 14/07/2023 18:25

Neighbour, please stop calling over to the neighbours on the other side of us when you are outside and can hear them. I don't appreciate being the (silent) piggy in the middle of your conversation.

ColdHandsHotHead · 14/07/2023 18:27

Madamecholetsbonnet · 14/07/2023 18:20

Where should you put them if they’re too big for overhead space (which is tiny on Southern trains) and there’s no room available in luggage area?

on the roofrack

Madamecholetsbonnet · 14/07/2023 18:54

The roof rack on southern trains would just about fit a handbag. No way could I fit my suitcase up there. Impossible.

OldTinHat · 14/07/2023 19:12

That allocated disabled bay outside my house is registered to me, my house, my car, my blue badge. It is not for you, cunting ignorant neighbour with three cars, to park in and leave one of your fucking cars in for weeks at a time. Oh, and you may wear a nurse's uniform so I assume you work for the NHS, but neither you nor any of your other householders have a blue badge. So you should know better!

So I'll continue to drive around and either park 20mins away (I can't walk anywhere near that far) or pay £££ for a parking permit in a car park half a mile away which is also too far away for me to walk to. Or park and have to pay for a fucking taxi to pick me up and drop me home (also in reverse to get my car). Or just not go out and miss medical appointments of which I have three a week.

AAARRRGGHHHHH!!!

dentydown · 14/07/2023 19:12

I get it’s your right to stand in the wheelchair padded bit, and I am a rollator and not a wheelchair, I hate travelling sideways and getting flung about. Move your perfectly working legs to another spot so I can park up safely.

I don’t know you, don’t touch my walker. Don’t wheel it away from me. If I removed your shoes from your feet and put them somewhere else you’d go mad.

Lacucuracha · 14/07/2023 19:12

Of course you can tell her not to park there. Tell her now before it’s too late.

hookiewookie29 · 14/07/2023 19:13

CC4712 · 14/07/2023 18:19

I get irrationally annoyed by people using a shopping trolley as some sort of walker and lean their boobs and body all over it. They are also inching it down the centre of the aisle- so you cannot pass either side! 😡

Oh my God, same here! Absolutely no idea why it irritates me so much,but it does! It's up there with people who stop right in shop doorways to put their purse away....

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