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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.

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 19/07/2023 13:31

Yeah, it's great that none of you are coeliac so don't have to concern yourself with cross contamination.

But broken breadsticks poking out of the cheese, pots of olives and over the grapes at the staff shared lunch? REALLY?

Imanalias · 19/07/2023 20:22

lieselotte · 19/07/2023 10:11

Oh and loud people in pubs who swear all the time

I've just had the misfortune to sit near one of these.
A man, on the phone the entire time. He's going on holiday to fucking Spain. Its fucking hot out there. Apparently.

AllTheChaos · 19/07/2023 23:55

CC4712 · 16/07/2023 21:35

That tea towel should ONLY be used for drying plates if you aren't air drying- NOT to wipe dead flies off the work top, clean spills off the floor, clean dog prints off the floor and THEN dry the plates with it 😡

I think I was just a little bit sick reading this… 😂

sueelleker · 20/07/2023 09:26

Hedjwitch · 15/07/2023 11:15

Supermarket pickers for home deliveries. Why are you ALWAYS in my fucking way? Do it at night when the shop isnt full of customers who actually shop in person and who cant get past your trolly load of orders!

I get my delivery mid-evening. Do you think they should pick it (with all the perishables) 18 hours before?
You cannot be quite unique, unique means there is nothing like it, so it's either unique or it isn't. This one really grates on me!

FFSwhatisthis · 20/07/2023 09:49

lieselotte · 19/07/2023 10:09

Interesting, I've not heard it in either place, only in the south of England.

along with the very irritating laaaahhhhhtay for latte.

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@lieselotte but to be fair, in the U.K., you look like a right twat asking for a latte rather than a laaattttay.

or a properly pronounced croissant etc.

YappyCamper · 20/07/2023 12:27

Depends where you are. In the north anyone asking for a laaaaartay is the one who sounds like a twat

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 20/07/2023 13:01

I don't draw out the ahhhhh part, but in my normal accent, latte is lah-tey - I'm not doing it to be a twat.

Almahart · 21/07/2023 09:34

My dad says Awldi and Leedel because that's how they say it in Germany. You lot would love him 😂

Ourshoddyhouse · 21/07/2023 16:28

You do not need to tap your card against the terminal, it's contactless... The clue is in the name 😫

lieselotte · 21/07/2023 16:48

Almahart · 21/07/2023 09:34

My dad says Awldi and Leedel because that's how they say it in Germany. You lot would love him 😂

I also say Leedel because I first knew it in Germany. I just can't do the liddle thing, it just sounds wrong despite the fact they play on it in their adverts.

But his pronunciation of Aldi sounds like an English person would say it. I would say Al-dee with the al like the cal in calculator.

lieselotte · 21/07/2023 16:48

Ourshoddyhouse · 21/07/2023 16:28

You do not need to tap your card against the terminal, it's contactless... The clue is in the name 😫

I know, I always catch myself tapping it Grin

PumpkinsAndCoconuts · 21/07/2023 17:08

lieselotte · 21/07/2023 16:48

I also say Leedel because I first knew it in Germany. I just can't do the liddle thing, it just sounds wrong despite the fact they play on it in their adverts.

But his pronunciation of Aldi sounds like an English person would say it. I would say Al-dee with the al like the cal in calculator.

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native German speaker here 😉

yes to leedl, definitely the authentic pronunciation. 👍

But no to Aldi with an al-sound like a calculator, that sounds very Anglo to me.

The “a” should basically sound like the RP/BBC English pronunciation of the word can’t. Just a bit shorter.
not unlike “cunt”, I suppose.

ALongHardWinter · 21/07/2023 17:24

A friend of mine keeps saying she finds Sundays 'so boring'. Every. Bloody. Sunday. At least 3 times. OK I heard you the first time. Now shut up!

eastegg · 21/07/2023 17:38

YappyCamper · 20/07/2023 12:27

Depends where you are. In the north anyone asking for a laaaaartay is the one who sounds like a twat

Exactly. Since when did saying latte with a short a make you sound like a twat? Even down south it doesn’t, where the incorrect pronunciation is obviously very common.

tanstaafl · 21/07/2023 18:14

lieselotte · 21/07/2023 16:48

I know, I always catch myself tapping it Grin

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I always tap!

That way you’re not wafting in hope the terminal picks it up.

DuesToTheDirt · 21/07/2023 19:27

You cannot be quite unique, unique means there is nothing like it, so it's either unique or it isn't. This one really grates on me!

Ah, but the trouble with 'quite' is it has two different meanings. So this could be 'quite unique'='completely and utterly unique, i.e. actually unique', or 'quite unique'='fairly unique, i.e. not actually unique'.

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TheSlowRush · 21/07/2023 19:34

Thought of another one.

Tony Bennett died today, before I had even received the BBC notification my phone one of my FB friends had posted “RIP Tony Bennett” this gives me the rage - WHY do people need to prove they know something before anyone else?!

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Oldnproud · 21/07/2023 20:01

DuesToTheDirt · 21/07/2023 19:27

You cannot be quite unique, unique means there is nothing like it, so it's either unique or it isn't. This one really grates on me!

Ah, but the trouble with 'quite' is it has two different meanings. So this could be 'quite unique'='completely and utterly unique, i.e. actually unique', or 'quite unique'='fairly unique, i.e. not actually unique'.

Quite 👍

Lupiemumof1 · 21/07/2023 22:05

Wait a minute, are we are living in the same house??? Same same but different 🤷🏽‍♀️ I thought it was just me and my ocd 😫🤢

LaMaG · 21/07/2023 22:18

Smug sea swimmers - F off. I'm glad you 'feel great afterwards' but STFU about it. I don't like it I never will and yes I've "tried" , I grew up near the coast. Just cos one day in your 40s you woke and noticed the ocean for the first time doesn't mean you have to tell me about it and try to persuade me to like what you like. Grow up and get over yourselves!!!

prayforthecottransfer · 21/07/2023 22:22

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ilovesushi · 22/07/2023 09:52

Every time my mum sees someone with a tattoo either in real life or on TV she has to tell us all that she doesn't like tattoos. Every single time. I start to go tense in anticipation every time as I know it's coming.

Blossomtoes · 22/07/2023 10:38

ilovesushi · 22/07/2023 09:52

Every time my mum sees someone with a tattoo either in real life or on TV she has to tell us all that she doesn't like tattoos. Every single time. I start to go tense in anticipation every time as I know it's coming.

I’d get in first “Oh Mum, look there’s a tattoo - time for you to tell us for the millionth time how much you hate them”.

Mookie81 · 22/07/2023 10:41

And self-service tills, particularly people who pile up their shopping, pay and THEN start packing it. Weigh your fucking bags before you start and pack as you go, muppets.
This is my number one, I want to punch them in the head!

Mookie81 · 22/07/2023 10:45

LadyGrinningSoul85 · 17/07/2023 11:13

Some people have no fecking choice!

Sorry, kids. I know you're only 3 months, 1, 3 and 4 but you need to fend for yourselves for a little while as I need to get the food shopping and have nobody to rely on for childcare and the miserable boomers on Mumsnet have decided that children cannot go to supermarkets anymore because it slightly irritates them for a few minutes.
Whilst we are at it, maybe don't go anywhere ever again because God forbid any of you make the slightest bit of noise when we go anywhere/sit in a seat at a cafe that Is apparently for older people only/look at a tablet (ironically to stop any noise that older people don't seem to be able to handle anymore)/get on a bus or take up any space in general whilst walking/being pushed in a pram.
Maybe let's not breathe around anyone, and just stay in the house until you are all 18, and then we will be allowed some sort of life, if it doesn't inconvenience anyone else, of course.

No wonder I'm crippled with social anxiety, bordering on agoraphobia, when we are made to feel so unwelcome/a huge inconvenience whenever we go anywhere.

An no, I can't and won't "Just shop online".

This world isn't only for miserable adults.
Maybe I don't want my kids around passive aggressive, tutting whenever we go shopping, anyone think of that?

Probably best I leave this thread and don't come back, for the sake of my mental health, and the fact I can't be arsed to read any responses to what I've written, I've said my piece.

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Oh get over yourself.
It's obvious they're talking about situations where 2 parents are present and one could occupy the kids while the other goes shopping.
Here's another one from me- people on MN who take slight at posts not aimed at them, then act like they've been assaulted and abusedHmm

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