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Things that give you the absolute RAGE!!

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strawthatbrokethecamelsback · 22/07/2023 11:33

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?

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SouthCountryGirl · 04/09/2023 16:20

HA giving really vague times of between 8 and 5 of the time they'll come to visit me about something.

But I get moaned at for being out. Their solution was to suggest that I get someone else to stay home if I need to go out. I live alone.

Tomasinabombadil · 04/09/2023 18:58

@PurpleButterflyWings

ALSO, people saying 'reader.. I told him to get lost.....' Feck off with saying 'reader......' Again, soooo pretentious!

Please explain, I don’t know what you mean.😳

Mugaloaf · 04/09/2023 19:35

ComtesseDeSpair · 22/07/2023 11:42

The trash collectors not emptying a bin if the trash level is high enough to make the lid ajar, even if it’s only ajar by about an inch. Way to solve any problems with littering and fly tipping.

Luckily the people that collect our bins aren't too fussed about this because the next door neighbours always put loads of bags in our bin the night before bin collection.

It's a HMO, they don't appear to use their recycling bins and each bin only gets emptied every two weeks so you can imagine how much they pile into our bin 😡

Royalbloo · 04/09/2023 19:49

People who say, "3am, in the morning"

We KNOW because you said AM. Grr

Cattenberg · 04/09/2023 20:08

4am in the morning
Carried away by a moonlit shadow…

Mugaloaf · 04/09/2023 22:15

leopard22 · 22/07/2023 14:07

People who type the term "me thinks", it gives me the rage!

I really HATE this!

Mugaloaf · 05/09/2023 01:14

People who put a question mark at the end of a statement?

😡😡😡

L4R4CR0FT · 05/09/2023 07:01

Yep, , "reached out" drives me nuts too. What was wrong with contacted? Why do we have to Americanise everything?

L4R4CR0FT · 05/09/2023 07:08

Oh, and when I'm listening to members of the public on the radio, every sentence they speak rises at the end like a question? Somehow more noticeable on the radio.

People who pronounce aitch as haitch! Petty, but annoying!

Symphony24 · 05/09/2023 07:23

Thepeopleversuswork · 22/07/2023 11:41

When people who have the luxury of not having to work to support themselves come on MN and accuse working mums of “farming out” their children by using childcare to enable them to work to support their families.

If someone ever said it to my face I would struggle to restrain myself from being very abusive. But of course no one has the balls to actually say it, it’s all from the comfort of a keyboard.

Yup, agree and some people say it in real life. My mil's mum used to say it to and about mil's sister. My mil said something similar to me me, you should look after your own kids more, but it wasn't that she was rich, she had no choice but to stay home really as she earned minimum wage where there were limited childcare options.

Symphony24 · 05/09/2023 07:25

littlebopeepp234 · 28/08/2023 16:18

People who always seem to be involved in some sort of drama and air their dirty laundry all over Facebook. Always seem to be the victim of something or someone and drama just seems to follow them about! When in reality, 99% of the time it’s them who is the cause of it all but they just love to play the victim and let everyone on Facebook know how badly done to they are!

Agree, for me it's particularly when people share others' private messages on fb and say, can you believe my exs girlfriend sent me this..

Wanting people to say she's a b** etc but you're only getting one side and that was private so I just ignore.

Thequeenofwishfulthinking · 05/09/2023 07:27

People who insist on picking you up for an event or activity and turn up very early and expect you to be ready to leave.
People who don’t indicate.
People who think there are in the same boat as a lone parent when their partner/husband works away in the week.

Symphony24 · 05/09/2023 07:38

People who think their opinion is so important that no one else's matters. Partucularly people who hold prejudiced views and go on about it whilst insisting they're not prejudiced they just think that.. etc

smilesup · 05/09/2023 08:42

Thequeenofwishfulthinking · 05/09/2023 07:27

People who insist on picking you up for an event or activity and turn up very early and expect you to be ready to leave.
People who don’t indicate.
People who think there are in the same boat as a lone parent when their partner/husband works away in the week.

Not dismissing your viewpoint but I can honestly say I don't think anybody has ever insisted on picking me up from an event ever since I was over the age of 12! Occasionally DH has offered but usually only if I make it obvious I'm angling for a lift. Who are these lift offers from! How do I get in on the action

Thequeenofwishfulthinking · 05/09/2023 08:46

I meant picking up from home smilesup as in they insist on driving instead of you. Or insist on getting you from home instead of taking two cars when I would rather meet at the event or venue.

Meowandthen · 05/09/2023 20:52

People who walk around with their faces in their phones, not paying any attention to others. I was in a mall earlier and every other person was walking around like that. I had to dance around them to get anywhere.

DuesToTheDirt · 05/09/2023 21:50

Meowandthen · 05/09/2023 20:52

People who walk around with their faces in their phones, not paying any attention to others. I was in a mall earlier and every other person was walking around like that. I had to dance around them to get anywhere.

Can I add, drivers in front of me at traffic lights who are glued to their phones and take a while to react to the lights changing to green. Especially annoying when they turn red again just as I get there.

AngeloMysterioso · 06/09/2023 01:20

Drivers who don’t indicate, but especially at roundabouts where their lack of indicating implies that they’re going straight over so I wait for them to pass, and then they turn off so I could have pulled out but didn’t and there’s a load of cars behind them going straight over so I have to wait even longer.

Mydietstartstomorrow · 06/09/2023 07:13

Keeping ticking unwatch this thread then keep getting notifications on it every time a new message comes on and having to go into it and untick it again!

PurpleButterflyWings · 06/09/2023 11:48

Also hate people who - for example when you say 'I hate the cold and wet weather' say 'ME THREE.' I mean it's annoying enough when you say 'I hate the cold and wet weather,' and someone says 'me too' and a third person says 'me three,' but to just say 'me three!' when someone has just said I don't like .. whatever... ARGH!

L4R4CR0FT · 06/09/2023 12:59

was in a cafe with my best mate/boss/wheelchair user (im also his carer). we were enjoying a nice lunch. Next to us was a mentally disabled man with his carer. She was slumped back in her seat on her phone for the duration of his meal(she didnt order anything). failing that she stared out of the window. The man kept asking her if she was ok. She was monosyllabic! How rude!!! She didnt engage with him once and im assuming she was being paid for her time. I hope he speaks up and gets a nicer carer.

L4R4CR0FT · 06/09/2023 13:03

Also, when you go to a friends house for dinner or to go out and theyre still up stairs showering when you have arrived on time. Meaning you are hanging around not knowing what to do with yourself.

Turning up at a friends house who you havent seen for ages and they spend half the evening on the phone to their boyfriend that they see every day! Or they start cleaning their kitchen! FFS!

Meowandthen · 06/09/2023 19:33

People who use the phrase “there is nothing worse than” for trivial things.

Tonight’s example: “There’s nothing worse than overcooked duck.” Yes there is. Cutting your hand off or even a broken toe are much worse. FFS!

It has me shouting at the TV on a regular basis.

tidalway · 06/09/2023 22:54

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gingerguineapig · 08/09/2023 08:40

Two more things: stupidly expensive and restrictive school uniform policies and holiday home owners who think the world owes them a living and it's a passive income stream.

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