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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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snapcracklepop10 · 22/07/2023 14:16

Someone very close to me knowing I've struggled with infertility for years and them sending me pictures of the baby stuff they've bought for their new arrival. Fuck off.

ChrisTrepidation · 22/07/2023 14:18

@snapcracklepop10 I'm sorry. People can be such arseholes.

woodhill · 22/07/2023 14:19

Gingernaut · 22/07/2023 14:06

Stupidly, petty vandalism and antisocial behaviour - think broken windows in bus stops, multiple smash marks on the electric billboards, littering inside a bus, scraping the paint off railings, peeling decorative or informational decals off pillars and windows

There is absolutely no need for it, it's expensive and tedious to fix and makes the place/bus stop/bus look unsightly

This is why we can't have nice things.

Yes and the litter

Not recycling when you can

gamerchick · 22/07/2023 14:19

I might be missing something but don't you have a sink and hot water? Old fashioned way of washing dishes?

Thepeopleversuswork · 22/07/2023 14:19

@Usernamen

what’s FAR more common is people looking down on SAHMs as lazy, useless, non-contributing-to-society lepers who are essentially glorified prostitutes in their marriage.

Also fair enough and I acknowledge there is a fair bit of anti SAHM propaganda on MN, although I would say both sides give as good as they get.

But surely the point about optionality is relevant. It’s judgemental and unpleasant to sneer at the choices anyone makes with respect to how their children are cared for. But sneering and judging someone who has no choice is shitty as fuck.

Most SAHMs could find some PT work if they chose to. I understand they have their reasons not to but that choice is usually open to them, excepting situations such as where children have chronic health problems. But single parents have no alternative but to work and I think people who make them feel guilty about supporting their children are the lowest of the low.

wutheringkites · 22/07/2023 14:20

KnottyKnitting · 22/07/2023 14:15

People who bring a suitcase load of noisy packeted crunchy snacks to the cinema. Currently sitting in a cinema hoping that I will be able to hear the soundtrack above the incessant crinkling of packets.

People using their phone in the cinema Wink

andHelenknowsimmiserablenow · 22/07/2023 14:21

Bastard Dyson vacuum pretending it's full or blocked or needs another filter change and stopping working.😆

Crikeyalmighty · 22/07/2023 14:22

Machines all bleeping constantly when finished

Constant rain at weekends

People fumbling round at security at airports

changeyerheadworzel · 22/07/2023 14:23

Arseholes who berate women for not breastfeeding...none of your fucking business.

Arseholes who let their kids run riot in a restaurant and annoy other diners and become a hazard to staff.

Arseholes who bring their kids to a pub "for lunch" and then sit there all day getting pissed.

Arseholes who say they practice "gentle parenting" when in fact they do "cop out" parenting and let their kids do whatever they like with no repercussions.

Arseholes who don't smile or acknowledge a child when they say hello.

Arseholes who beep and have no patience with learner drivers.

Arseholes who drink till they vomit in public places.

Arseholes who treat waiting staff like shit.

Arseholes who dress up their dogs like people.

Arseholes who WFH and look after small kids at the same time unbeknownst to their employers to save on childcare and think they are just as productive.

Arseholes who verbally comment on a child's appearance in front of them..Ohh you are so big/small/look so young, look much older, you haven't a pick on you....FUCK OFF!

Arseholes who get a huge dog in a tiny house and never walk it.

Arseholes who get "gender disappointment". But I wanted a giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirl.

Arseholes who have a brat of a child but they are just "strong willed" and a "born leader".

Arseholes who let their child kick your airplane/ bus/ cinema seat.

Arseholes who have a load of kids and then expect their parents to mind them for free full time, week in week out, and think that they are entitled to that and if the parents dare complain then they are the devil incarnate. Such a fucking horrible thing to do your parents, I have seen friend's parents age before my eyes because they are full time childminders to babies and small kids from sunup to sundown. BUT we can't afford childcare...they HAVE to go to my Mum's, we have no choice...well why have kids then and saddle your parents with that burden. Enrages me. Their retirement is fucked being parents all over again and then if they refuse the ...well I won't help them in their old age gets rolled out. ARSEHOLES.

That was actually quite cathartic....

Emmamoo89 · 22/07/2023 14:23

AppleCinnamonBagel · 22/07/2023 13:53

Going through a doorway wearing something with pockets and the door handle catches the pocket and literally stops you in your tracks.

People (DH) who come and rummage through things near where you're working instead of just saying "have you seen the xyz" because if they'd asked I could have asked why they would think it would be in the clean laundry that's just come off the line? 😳

Yes and I'm always in a bad mood when i get caught on a door handle 🙃

midlifecrash · 22/07/2023 14:24

Does anyone produce any pass agg stickers? Eg “This is so inconsiderate”. I feel I could use a buch of these (cars on pavement etc)

KnottyKnitting · 22/07/2023 14:25

@wutheringkites
It hasn't started yet!

Crikeyalmighty · 22/07/2023 14:26

@changeyerheadworzel blimey- I'm with you on all those !!

Stripeyjumper1 · 22/07/2023 14:26

LinMortisanass · 22/07/2023 12:46

Daughter of a friend, had an amazing wedding day, posted about it on Facebook then wrote 'we're going away now to process the day..' why do people speak in such a wanky way these days? 'Process the day' my arse, you're going on honeymoon and you don't need to 'process' anything.

I know someone like this

She talks like she lives in a Jane Austen novel

changeyerheadworzel · 22/07/2023 14:27

Crikeyalmighty · 22/07/2023 14:26

@changeyerheadworzel blimey- I'm with you on all those !!

I feel a lot lighter 😂

Arniesleftleg · 22/07/2023 14:33

People!

TheSandgroper · 22/07/2023 14:38

My DH going into my neat, tidy, organised Tupperware drawer. I always know when he puts his hand in there and paws at it like it’s a box full of Lego then closes it again and then I come along and open it …

shellyleppard · 22/07/2023 14:39

Can you go elsewhere for broadband???

inamarina · 22/07/2023 14:42

Maddy70 · 22/07/2023 11:40

My family's holiday being restricted due to the 90 day limit and their constant moaning about it. They bloody voted for it!

I know someone who was planning to retire to an EU country, and yet he voted to leave the EU…

Lwrenagain · 22/07/2023 14:43

Okay, but I'm petty and a crank today so if I upset anyone, I'm sorry.

The amount of women on here in abusive relationships and I'm not able to go sledgehammer their abusive OH, drives me mental.

People who have xl bully's. No need.

This bizarre belief that liking decent food means you have to be middle class, I'm so working class I make yozzer Hughes look like he was educated at Eton but I'm still not eating or feeding my kids shite.
(All the time anyway)

Being unable to treat people in life on an individual basis because it's never going to work, but then knowing some people go without much needed help.

People who say they "hate babies". Fuck sake, what's a baby ever done to anyone? Grow up.

People who are spectacularly rude to old people without any thought process behind it, because they feel they're better than someone simply because they're old.

Anyone who defends the tate brothers.

Margarine.

People who believe they've had certain sicknesses and illnesses they've never had, then when encountering someone who's severely suffered, say things like, "oh I didn't need that", yes you bellend, because you didn't have the actual illness.

Mums who say their NT kids have meltdowns. HAHAHAHAHAHA fuck off.

The way people speak to call centre staff like shit. I'm no fan of energy companies but back off the poor call handlers. Not their fault you're getting shafted.

Women who support toxic masculinity and encourage dickhead behaviour.

People who order something at a restaurants or cafes, change the entire meal to suit themselves and are shitty with the waiter because they forgot to put the dressing on the side after an entire meal swap.

People who don't flush in public bathrooms. Mingers.

Women on hen do's making really obnoxious sounds in quiet places.

Anyone who doesn't talk to their teens about knife crime/boundaries and consent/how damaging porn is and how its not real life.

People who look down their nose at those with mental health issues because "running and yoga and 2 litres of water" cured them of the Debbie downers.

My old RE teacher.

People who can suck the joy out of anything simply by their presence.

When people stop dressing in a way that makes them happy because they're scared they're too old. You're 40 Leanne, wear the fucking butterfly clips, you're here for at least another 40 godwilling, don't go into boring without a fight.

People who use the homeless for selfie likes. It's grim.

Anyone who shames another persons body. Nobody deserves that, you have to live in your body forever, how dare someone else make you feel its unworthy.

People who begrudge those who need help getting help. Pissing on someone else's lawn won't make yours any greener.

People who have lovely families taking them for granted but equally those with toxic families being guilted into keeping contact because, "you'll miss them when they're gone". (I don't, btw)

Noel Gallagher. And his need to try shooting down (especially female) artists when his songs are massively ripped off from the beatles to 70s commercial jingles.

The fact sugar is really bad for us, but tastes wonderful.

IClaudine · 22/07/2023 14:46

Lwrenagain I think you need a nice sit down and a large drink!

SauvignonBlanche · 22/07/2023 14:48

Brexit

The sound of DH breathing.

caz114 · 22/07/2023 14:48

Please who bid on items on eBay with no intentions of buying them? WHY?

Lwrenagain · 22/07/2023 14:50

IClaudine · 22/07/2023 14:46

Lwrenagain I think you need a nice sit down and a large drink!

I only stopped because I needed a wee 😂

I'm pregnant and have had so much Time on my hands recently with being poorly, I suspect that's 7 months of unspoken rage!
Once this baby is out I'll have a brew and some toast and be less livid at the world 😂

changeyerheadworzel · 22/07/2023 14:52

Lwrenagain · 22/07/2023 14:43

Okay, but I'm petty and a crank today so if I upset anyone, I'm sorry.

The amount of women on here in abusive relationships and I'm not able to go sledgehammer their abusive OH, drives me mental.

People who have xl bully's. No need.

This bizarre belief that liking decent food means you have to be middle class, I'm so working class I make yozzer Hughes look like he was educated at Eton but I'm still not eating or feeding my kids shite.
(All the time anyway)

Being unable to treat people in life on an individual basis because it's never going to work, but then knowing some people go without much needed help.

People who say they "hate babies". Fuck sake, what's a baby ever done to anyone? Grow up.

People who are spectacularly rude to old people without any thought process behind it, because they feel they're better than someone simply because they're old.

Anyone who defends the tate brothers.

Margarine.

People who believe they've had certain sicknesses and illnesses they've never had, then when encountering someone who's severely suffered, say things like, "oh I didn't need that", yes you bellend, because you didn't have the actual illness.

Mums who say their NT kids have meltdowns. HAHAHAHAHAHA fuck off.

The way people speak to call centre staff like shit. I'm no fan of energy companies but back off the poor call handlers. Not their fault you're getting shafted.

Women who support toxic masculinity and encourage dickhead behaviour.

People who order something at a restaurants or cafes, change the entire meal to suit themselves and are shitty with the waiter because they forgot to put the dressing on the side after an entire meal swap.

People who don't flush in public bathrooms. Mingers.

Women on hen do's making really obnoxious sounds in quiet places.

Anyone who doesn't talk to their teens about knife crime/boundaries and consent/how damaging porn is and how its not real life.

People who look down their nose at those with mental health issues because "running and yoga and 2 litres of water" cured them of the Debbie downers.

My old RE teacher.

People who can suck the joy out of anything simply by their presence.

When people stop dressing in a way that makes them happy because they're scared they're too old. You're 40 Leanne, wear the fucking butterfly clips, you're here for at least another 40 godwilling, don't go into boring without a fight.

People who use the homeless for selfie likes. It's grim.

Anyone who shames another persons body. Nobody deserves that, you have to live in your body forever, how dare someone else make you feel its unworthy.

People who begrudge those who need help getting help. Pissing on someone else's lawn won't make yours any greener.

People who have lovely families taking them for granted but equally those with toxic families being guilted into keeping contact because, "you'll miss them when they're gone". (I don't, btw)

Noel Gallagher. And his need to try shooting down (especially female) artists when his songs are massively ripped off from the beatles to 70s commercial jingles.

The fact sugar is really bad for us, but tastes wonderful.

Bravo!!! Great list!