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Silly things than annoy you

205 replies

Nottodaythanku · 07/08/2023 17:20

just a light hearted one..little things that annoy you.

I will go first…

going out for a meal with a friend tonight and still having to cook for kids before you go

your turn.😛

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VeronicaBeccabunga · 07/08/2023 17:35

My gym has nice, clean locker/changing rooms.
The exercise machines are close together and the spaces between and around them are always littered with rucksacks or other bags.
There is a nice empty bit of wall where people who are going on from the gym to studio classes park mat rolls and the odd bag of squashy Pilates balls etc, but the bag-dumpers obvs need their stuff right by them.
Use a locker, FFS, before I break my neck on your luggage!

Suffolkmum81 · 07/08/2023 17:44

Not replacing the empty loo roll
people that can’t let one car out when someone’s trying to pull out ,
People that stand and chat in the middle of supermarket aisles blocking the way

CustomerServiceSmile · 07/08/2023 17:51

Kitchen cupboard doors being left wide open
The noises that accompany DH on Duo Lingo, trumpets, dings or the same word over and over
The police helicopter flying low over our house for ages at night but not looking for us
Dogs pooing on my front garden path
Kids being left to run around busy restaurants with parents on their phones

Sparklesocks · 07/08/2023 17:56

When you open a new box of paracetamol/ibuprofen at the ‘wrong’ end and the folded paper leaflet thing is in the way 😡

Lauryn95 · 07/08/2023 19:10

Lidl packaging ,it never opens easily and you need a knife or scissors even when it's got that little "open here" part that's meant to rip easily ,it never does 🤣🤣🤣

cheapskatemum · 07/08/2023 19:45

Toothbrush, or electric toothbrush head packaging & battery packaging are all designed so you can't actually remove the product. Annoying

Droppit · 07/08/2023 20:39

People who pronounce women the same as woman.

LaMaG · 07/08/2023 23:11

DH whistling. No one in the history of the world ever wants to hear a person whistling.

The fact that no one in my house ever opens or closes curtains or blinds. If it's dark enough to turn the light on then it's dark enough to close the blinds.

Longingforthesummer · 07/08/2023 23:14

People wm(co worker 😡) who moaned they've got no money, skint, struggling but have had a weekend away, holiday to Spain, birthday meal out and a new car!!!

pineapple7peach · 07/08/2023 23:15

I’m with you on this. I can’t stand whistling!

SM4713 · 07/08/2023 23:24

We done this!
We was at the park!
I done that! 😡

Kabbalah · 07/08/2023 23:25

Having to use an app to pay for parking.

jcyclops · 07/08/2023 23:26

People who step off a bus/train and immediately stand still.

longtompot · 07/08/2023 23:31

Sparklesocks · 07/08/2023 17:56

When you open a new box of paracetamol/ibuprofen at the ‘wrong’ end and the folded paper leaflet thing is in the way 😡

If you open it the end that has the logo on it, be it a named brand or the local shop, and not the date end it should be the 'right' end and have no leaflet intended way. I open a LOT of medication boxes and this seems to be the trick.

People who walk out of shops into the main pavement where other people going about their business. Especially bad when coming out of supermarkets with trolleys. I get that you are glad the shop is over, but you don't have right of way and don't pretend I am not there when you almost crash into me.

Yetanothernamechangeagain · 07/08/2023 23:31

The bit of cellophane which stubbornly sticks to your fingers when you try to throw it in the bin

adhdneedsajob · 07/08/2023 23:42

Sparklesocks · 07/08/2023 17:56

When you open a new box of paracetamol/ibuprofen at the ‘wrong’ end and the folded paper leaflet thing is in the way 😡

Omg this!!!

SunshineAndFizz · 07/08/2023 23:47

Sparklesocks · 07/08/2023 17:56

When you open a new box of paracetamol/ibuprofen at the ‘wrong’ end and the folded paper leaflet thing is in the way 😡

WHY DO I NEVER OPEN IT AT THE OTHER END FIRST TIME?!!

ChaChaRealSmooth · 07/08/2023 23:47

The sound of people breathing, and chewing. Ultimate nightmare is someone with a cold, chewing so it’s loud nasal breathing!!! 😂

SunshineAndFizz · 07/08/2023 23:49

Filters. Social media pics with filters.

BlueBellsArePretty · 07/08/2023 23:55

Said this before on a similar thread. When you're paying with contactless, it bleeps making you think it's gone through, you put your card away and go to finish packing and the cashier says 'its not gone through you'll have to put your card in the machine.' So you have to stop packing and get your card back out 😡 I mean why does it bleep as if everything is all right then?

sjpkgp1 · 08/08/2023 00:00

Coat-hangers mating. Or "un-consciously coupling". When I pull one out of the basket, I didn't expect you all to pile on. In the same vein, Christmas lights.

Avatartar · 08/08/2023 00:06

Turning tv/sky off with remote and then it turns itself back on and it takes ages pressing the same buttons to get it off permanently

Tothemoonandbackx · 08/08/2023 00:21

@sjpkgp1 aaaahhhh, so you've seen my basket in the spare room that's been hiding in there since I can't untangle the threesome that's been going on between my velvet hangers!!!!!

Original poster
Nottodaythanku · 08/08/2023 07:03

Loving these😂
sometimes we all need a little moan.

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Goodadvice1980 · 08/08/2023 07:06

Catching a belt or other clothing in the door handle 🙄 mostly happens when you’re in a rush!