Things that give you the absolute RAGE!!

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DH has just put the dishwasher on a long cycle in the middle of the day 😡 I have all of his family coming shortly for a meal to celebrate his birthday.

surely everyone knows that during the day it’s a short cycle and overnight it’s a long cycle.

now I have to wait 3 bastard hours for it to finish with the pots building up.

of course slightly lighthearted but what does give you the rage?

People who hang bags of dog poo from trees in our beautiful countryside. Aresholes.

YES, YES AND THRICE YES!!!

London Vets. In theory I think all vets are heroes. In practice, I have a brain and I may not be qualified in veterinary sciences, but I can remember what you have told me and what I tried to tell you, and what you are saying contradicts yourself. I do care because that's my best friend right there. You do like to give little homilies on "what's best for the dog" (when talking behind another clients' backs) by I don't see how you apply it.

I did this once. I was carrying the bag, and talking to my friend about how I hated it when you saw a bag hanging in a tree. I was wondering how they get there, and swung the bag round, saying 'The bloody idiots must be doing this!', and it flew out of my hand by mistake. It ended up quite high in a tree on the far side of a barbed wire fence with hawthorn growing all along it. I couldn't get it down.

I still hate it when I see bags like that, but I do have a bit more sympathy, in case they're all the result of people making the same mistake I did...

People who are spatially unaware. Such as groups walking along in a row so that no one else can get past.

I was at the supermarket earlier going down the trolley escalator. A family decided to walk right past the very end of it one by one just as I was trying to get off. Made even more annoying by someone who decided to stand really close behind me as well!!

Not wishing to de-rail, but I have never shaved (since the drunken shaving episode) and the only time I've ever been itchy is after the shaving, when it was growing back. But maybe it's an age thing, as I'm 50. If younger women feel the need to shave, it seems to me that it's yet another unnecessary thing to do, which serves no particular purpose.

During covid I twice encountered groups taking up the whole path (one time four abreast, another time six abreast). Fuck that, I just stopped still and spread my arms wide so they had to go round.

This one I have got over since. I used to run early in the morning and I'm very aware of who is around me running in London for safety reasons - I'm not that fast that someone couldn't catch me! Sometimes I'd run in the evening and each time I'd turn into the road I'd have a good look who was on the pavement ahead of me.

I considered taking a little camera with me because of a phenomenon that I experienced that I now think may have been partly caused by myself. I HATE people running along the road expecting you to get out of their way. If a big guy is running fast and you calculate the total force that could hit you with on a collision...I think why be bloody minded that way? Let people be a bit considerate of each other. So, I have a good look and get out the way. I'll swerve onto the road if there are no cars around. I'm running - I can nip out the way.

But what I found is, people see me checking out where they are and they swerve to take the same path. Literally. A big swerve right up the other end of the road, looking right at me and another serve if I move. I thought this was weird. Then I thought it was fucking annoying. Then I thought it was funny and was going to film it and put in on YouTube. Very few people do this altogether, but there is always someone, every run.

Eventually I decided it was a reflex to me looking too involved - people don't want me cautiously monitoring the pavement for potential collision. My job is just to pass by, as they see it. So, I tried taking a path and sticking to it, looking "uninvolved" , and I ended up in a standoff - twice with a bloke's face inches from mine. Each time he was smaller than me or I would have shrunk away immediately. I don't want a fist in my face.

I found the way to deal with it is to just stop thinking about it.

*These are people walking in the opposite direction, not running.

Unfounded, but you have absolutely no idea why I dislike them.
I said they give me the rage but you "despise me"

I am 100% NOT missing out. Not on your cats, and definitely not on you.

Whistling! People who whistle. Drives me mad.

Oh and off-lead dogs allowed to go near my small children. Just no.

I'm probably not going to be popular but oh well...

People who dislike/act terrified of dogs.

People (women in particular) who act scared of bugs/worms/spiders/rats/mice/snakes and make a big attention seeking fuss.

Clients at work who think their flea and worm treatment is more important than the cat that is currently being resuscitated.

Owners of said resuscitated cat opting for euthanasia after a further 7 dedicated hours of keeping the cat alive.

Wanky speak - guys, in the loop, going forward, reaching out, boundaries, process.

Religion - they're all pure nonsense and people make up rules to appease imaginary gods.

Every badly behaved child having to be autistic - even without a diagnosis. No child can ever just be a brat anymore.

Teachers talking about children making "good choices" rather than a proper punishment.

Dog breeders - especially of brachycephalic breeds.

People who take selfies from above to show off a cleavage, also duck lip selfies.

People who put up with domestic violence when we all have agency to change our situation.

Fly tipping.

Men trying to mansplain things.

I'm sure there are more...

And 'Karen' as an insult!

Oh dear lord, yes!

Websites that ask for your date of birth on a calendar. You have to manually scroll back to your year of birth which takes ages if you're born in 1965.

Oh! I used to do that but eventually I realised that if you click directly on the Year, you can select it easily without having to scroll all the way through! Took me forever to realise that!!

People who dislike/act terrified of dogs.

People (women in particular) who act scared of bugs/worms/spiders/rats/mice/snakes and make a big attention seeking fuss.

I have to agree. I don't hate these people but they do irritate the ever loving fuck out of me. People who freak out if a wasp or a bee comes near them are the worst. The amount of times I've been sitting in a beer garden having a conversation with a friend and they suddenly make a ridiculous noise and contort their bodies because there's a BEE!! Once I had my drink knocked flying because she jumped up so fast and she didn't even offer to replace it. Urgh incredibly annoying. It's summer, deal with it.

People that are scared of dogs in public too - urgh. Mine is a rescue with an abusive past and isn't able to be off the lead due to running when he gets anxious so he can't get to you. There's no need to be such a baby just because he's three feet away, grow up 🙄🙄🙄

Littering,fly tipping and balloon releases.I wish there was a way of seriously enforcing big fines.Only this week on FB there was a big gathering where masses of helium balloons were let loose at a local beauty spot.Flying off over farmland and a resevoir Absolutely makes me furious.

Omg yes! Balloon releases and fucking sky lanterns. Why are they legal?!!

Right now? My DH. I'm menopausal so it probably a me problem but he seems so doddery. Everything takes a ridiculous amount of time. Even answering the phone it rings. He takes a full 3 seconds to look up. Then he looks towards the phone. Then after what seems like forever he tarts to get up by which time the person has rung off. Shutting curtains....the incessant 'just before we leave the house pee'. The starting to do something just as we are going out. When he calls me and I answer 'hello', he doesn't say anything. I have to repeat 'hello? Hello?' About 3 times and the he says 'oh, hello'. I can't stand it.
He's lovely.
But I can't stand him sometimes.

Customers that do not pay their invoices until days or weeks after we have completed their job. There's no excuse. You can transfer money so easily these days. You can do it while standing in the queue in tesco or while sitting on the toilet. "I've been busy" is simply not good enough. We've all got bills to pay. I can't pay mine until you pay yours.

People watching endless YouTube videos with no purpose. Especially adults when there are actual jobs that need doing.

I despise this.
And what’s worse is that my DD’s don’t agree that it’s misogyny, and they don’t see that it’s an insult to them in the future.

I agree that people should pay invoices promptly but it is not always that easy. I can't just pay bills while standing in the queue on Tesco's because I need a card reader for a new payee. In fact I might even need it for someone already on my list if Nationwide is having a moment.

That doesn't mean you can't pay within 24 hours or so. That said one time we had work done while I was staying at my mum's and HSBC wouldn't let my DH pay the bill because the bank account wasn't coming up as verified (my other bank just warns you it's not verified but still lets you pay). We were getting to the point where my DH was going to have to write a cheque but my mum banks with Nationwide so I was able to use her card reader. Such a faff.

The bigger issue is the large companies which keep smaller businesses waiting for weeks to be paid. Pay the invoices within 7 days of receipt and stop being arseholes.

Everytime there is a small gust of wind our network goes down. They never communicate issues to us. And when we call them they Gas light us and try say it is our phones!!!! Every bloody time and we are calling very often.
(We haven't changed providers as apparently the mast is not looked after and thus all networks using that 1 mast in our tiny town is affected)