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To want to know the pettiest things that annoys you.

488 replies

IseeNarcPeople · 16/08/2023 21:30

Just for fun to take our minds off the huge, horrible stuff in our lives.
Me :
Tiny, tiny cloves of garlic
"Pull tab here"

OP posts:
Marmite17 · 17/08/2023 10:44

Pen clicking.

Xanadu58 · 17/08/2023 10:45

Public toilets with no hook on the door! I don't want to put my bag and coat on the pissy floor thanks .

Tessisme · 17/08/2023 10:47

People behind me at the supermarket checkout who start putting their stuff on the belt before I've finished. I have been known to space my items out reeeally far just to make them panic a bit😂

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 17/08/2023 10:49

Threads where the OP is saying “I’ve messaged my boyfriend/best friend/sister/plumber 17 times and they’ve seen all the messages but haven’t responded 😔” and the genius posters queue up to reply “Stop sending messages and pick up the PHONE, for FFS! Just have an actual conversation!!”

Yeah, because the person who ignored 17
messages is happily going to pick up the OP’s call breezily saying “Ooh, hiya!”, aren’t they? They couldn’t possibly just ignore the ringing phone too.

Coastalcreeksider · 17/08/2023 10:49

The increasingly hysterical sounding beeps when reversing.

Shut up! Shut up! I can see how close I am.😡

sadaboutmycat · 17/08/2023 11:06

marshmallowfinder · 17/08/2023 03:28

Things falling off and falling over. For example, the rucksack of shopping I placed on the table. If I'd wanted you to hurl yourself to the floor, I'd have done it myself.

People writing 'your' when they mean 'you're.' Two completely different words. Are you abbreviating 'you are' in your sentence, or not? 🤬

I too loathe things falling!

Puffalicious · 17/08/2023 11:07

Xanadu58 · 17/08/2023 10:45

Public toilets with no hook on the door! I don't want to put my bag and coat on the pissy floor thanks .

God! I'm just back from a UK holiday and experienced this so many times. Rage!

sadaboutmycat · 17/08/2023 11:08

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 17/08/2023 07:16

@HerAvatar , rediculous, yes, definately 😉

And ect instead of etc.

Defiantly! It's a working process tho. I pacifically said that as a perfessional example.

Lincslady53 · 17/08/2023 11:08

MargaretThursday · 16/08/2023 22:29

My washing machine sings like this:

This is what you need to do.(we have the same machine and I love it) it is not any if my family playing.
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Samsung Washing Machine Song (F Schubert - Trout)

Samsung Washing Machine Song (F Schubert - Trout)Guitar: Yamaha C80Mic: AKG Perception 120Camera: Xiaomi Redmi 4Xhttps://www.instagram.com/sandi_simonhttps:/...

https://youtube.com/watch?feature=share8&v=TzBtQD3-f18

sadaboutmycat · 17/08/2023 11:10

PickUpTheDogAndBone · 17/08/2023 08:20

The increasing use of "gotten". Seems to have mushroomed over the last 5 years or so

We had this conversation re marking work for Apprentices. Quality Assurers all agreed it can be used casually but not professionally or in any marked work.
I don't mind language evolving colloquially but there are still professional accepted standards!

sadaboutmycat · 17/08/2023 11:17

Xanadu58 · 17/08/2023 10:45

Public toilets with no hook on the door! I don't want to put my bag and coat on the pissy floor thanks .

A lot were removed after a particularly bad theft in a department store's toilets. Woman hung her bag on the hook on the door... thief reached over and stole it! Woman reported theft to store security (as you would) but no discernible CCTV. Woman went home to cancel all cards etc. having got a spare key from her neighbour, 2 hrs later got a call from the store "your bag has been located with most contents intact, just cash and phone gone". She went to the store, about a 45 minute trip each way. They had not called. While she was out her house was burgled using the keys that were in her bag...

sadaboutmycat · 17/08/2023 11:18

People saying burgelry instead of burglary

Gives me the rage!

Xanadu58 · 17/08/2023 11:31

@sadaboutmycat . That's terrible. Maybe I shouldn't moan in future!

IseeNarcPeople · 17/08/2023 11:32

@sadaboutmycat
Yikes! I think I pronounce it burgelry
Library is another one.

OP posts:
DontYouThreatenMeWithADeadFish · 17/08/2023 13:23

The new local estate agents who no longer put up 'under offer' signs but instead 'spoken for' signs.

Cherrysoup · 17/08/2023 13:46

People who light up the second they get out of the supermarket so I can’t help but walk into the cloud of secondhand smoke. Should be banned on the whole site. There is no need to smoke after 30 minutes in a shop! 🤬

Dotjones · 17/08/2023 13:50

The Taj Mahal. Fucking hideous building, an eyesore. It needs a nuclear warhead dropping on it. I actually feel queasy when I see a picture of it. How people can actually visit it is beyond me. It's disgusting. No other building has this effect on me. Some buildings are attractive, most don't stand out either way. But the Taj Mahal is the vilest piece of shit that has ever been built by mankind.

Flossflower · 17/08/2023 13:58

Dotjones · 17/08/2023 13:50

The Taj Mahal. Fucking hideous building, an eyesore. It needs a nuclear warhead dropping on it. I actually feel queasy when I see a picture of it. How people can actually visit it is beyond me. It's disgusting. No other building has this effect on me. Some buildings are attractive, most don't stand out either way. But the Taj Mahal is the vilest piece of shit that has ever been built by mankind.

Have you seen it IRL. It is lovely and ver impressive.

Mysland · 17/08/2023 14:00

Supermarket noises like those clattery plastic trays for restocking, or stock trolleys, loud people, rickety wheeled trolleys.

People in the UK referring to toilets as bathrooms, I mean where’s the bath?

Small children’s shrieking voices on radio adverts, like the Sky broadband one

Cherrysoup · 17/08/2023 14:04

SkiingIsHeaven · 17/08/2023 00:22

For me it's clothes sizes. They should be standard so a 12 is a 12 in all shops. Sometimes a 12 is a 10 in another shop etc. I've ever had an XL which was probably a 10. It should be standard. It drives me crazy.

This drives me nuts. I’m currently losing weight so I’m going through (charity/selling) clothes that no longer fit, so I’m expecting all of one size trousers will no longer fit, but no, one pair is massive and falls off, same size pair, different brand, just about zips up! 🤬

Cherrysoup · 17/08/2023 14:08

sadaboutmycat · 17/08/2023 11:08

Defiantly! It's a working process tho. I pacifically said that as a perfessional example.

The defiantly one confuses me: surely people look at it and think ‘That can’t be right!’ I mean, obviously not.

I have a friend who spells lovely as lovley. Drives me nuts, but I can’t tell her!

JudgeJ · 17/08/2023 14:09

FrogTaped · 16/08/2023 21:58

When I get myself a coffee I'll ask my husband if he wants a drink.

He usually replies "Yeah, please."
I'll say "What do you want?"
Then, without fail, he will say "What have we got?"

What have we got?! The exact same fucking options that we have had for the past decade. He knows what we've got!

Nothing on this planet is more irritating.

My late OH would drive me mad, when I asked What would you like for dinner tonight? he'd say I'm easy, drove me mad, I used to reply Yes, I know you're easy but what would you like to eat?

Flossflower · 17/08/2023 14:09

AnneAnon · 17/08/2023 00:10

Dog shit on the pavements. Even the little patch that’s left behind in the unlikely event that the owner has bothered their arse to pick up the substantive shite.

Why is it ok for dogs to shit on pavements at all?! Why don’t we have higher standards?! It’s fucking disgusting.

I really don’t know why it is OK for dogs to toilet in places where children play, like parks. Yes why can’t dog owners take some antibacterial spray and a kitchen towel to fully clear up after their dog. You can do because that is what my sister does when her neighbour goes on holiday and leaves their dog with her.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 17/08/2023 14:11

Men who faff with luggage esp on planes. You’ve just spent half an hour on your arse in the departure lounge. Why do you need to faff NOW!?

JudgeJ · 17/08/2023 14:11

Those twee warnings at the start of a TV programme such as 'This programme has scenes that some people may find upsetting', then if you're so sensitive don't watch Midsomer Murders and so on, there's a clue in the title!