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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:
GalaApples · 17/08/2023 14:13

Tesco packaging - practically anything of theirs - so hard to open, you get the feeling they just do not care about the customer at all. Or everything spills out as it is impossible to open cleanly. Or in some cases plastic film has come open leaving food unsealed. Never had the same with other supermarkets.

JudgeJ · 17/08/2023 14:14

sadaboutmycat · 17/08/2023 11:18

People saying burgelry instead of burglary

Gives me the rage!

I agree with your burgelry and raise you burglarized, let's stick to English English.

dontletsaskforthemoon · 17/08/2023 14:19

when my sleeve gets caught in a door handle.

even worse when I'm carrying a drink.

FFS

momtoboys · 17/08/2023 14:19

I thought about this post last evening and came up with another one...people using the word "myself" indiscriminately. An example: "My husband and myself went to the cinema". Why can't people just correctly use "I" ? Or, "If you have any questions please call "myself" or "momtoboys"? Why insert myself instead of correctly using "me". How did this ridiculousness even start?

Qwerty21 · 17/08/2023 14:24

Mrsjayy · 16/08/2023 22:26

It's infuriating my small brain obviously can't process white lids😄

I've started writing G and B on ours as we have one of each and it does my head in

Mrsjayy · 17/08/2023 14:27

Qwerty21 · 17/08/2023 14:24

I've started writing G and B on ours as we have one of each and it does my head in

Oh that's clever 😃

Dutch1e · 17/08/2023 14:30

Using the word 'journey' when not actually going anywhere. No, it was not a weight-loss jeeeerrrney, you just dropped 3 kg.

TheChippendenSpook · 17/08/2023 14:51

Forever home. It makes you sound about five years old.

GiddyUpH · 17/08/2023 16:27

Qwerty21 · 17/08/2023 14:24

I've started writing G and B on ours as we have one of each and it does my head in

I read that without the history at first and thought you were talking about boy/girl twins. I was just thinking 'good idea but a bit lazy'!

FooFighter99 · 17/08/2023 16:46

My very fucking ditzy, annoying colleague in the office next door who keeps leaving the fucking door open between our office and theirs - we get up every time to close it (otherwise it bangs in the breeze) and she KEEPS FUCKING FLOUNCING THROUGH AND LEAVING IT AJAR - she must have been born in a fucking barn and it's pissing us right off!!!

Coastalcreeksider · 17/08/2023 16:56

TheChippendenSpook · 17/08/2023 14:51

Forever home. It makes you sound about five years old.

Same for:

Hubby or variants of
Fur baby

declutteringonedayatatime · 17/08/2023 17:51

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! 🤬

I had this when I left bingo last night.. so irritating.

dontletsaskforthemoon · 17/08/2023 18:53

@MadCattery "People who mean LOSE and write LOOSE. You can’t LOOSE weight people. I despair over this." ARGH!!!!!!!! I get irrationally angry when I see this, and I see it a lot as I need to lose weight so am on a lot of FB/instagram pages to do with weightloss...drives me potty.

But if I were to say anything, I know all I'd get is abuse and the #bekind brigade would all troop out. 🙄

Flossflower · 17/08/2023 23:10

Greek style yoghurt is not Greek yoghurt. Greek yoghurt is a far superior product.

swimlyn · 17/08/2023 23:15

sadaboutmycat · 17/08/2023 11:10

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!

So Shakespeare was wrong when he used that word?

swimlyn · 17/08/2023 23:23

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!

I’m amused by them stating “scenes of mild violence” or “scenes of extreme violence”.

I guess someone at the channel has the job description: Grader of Violence.

gingersnappz · 17/08/2023 23:28

People who walk into the entrance of a supermarket and then just stop.

CallieQ · 18/08/2023 00:17

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.

Grow up this is totally ridiculous

CallieQ · 18/08/2023 00:17

People who endlessly moan about dog poo even when it's picked up in a bag and put in a bin

CallieQ · 18/08/2023 00:18

When we were growing up and no one picked up their dogs poo did we ever get anything terrible from it?

No

squashedalmondcroissant · 18/08/2023 00:22

People that go into a cafe/restaurant etc 15 minutes before closing time and insist on having food to eat in, ensuring that the staff will be leaving at least half an hour later than they would have had to because they now can't clean up.

Honestly, they should be on some sort of watch list 😡

QueenFlamingo · 18/08/2023 00:38

The sound of chewing and people grinding their teeth.

Those people in tiktok who whisper into a microphone on camera and make sounds into it like tapping their nails on it or scrunching up a crisp packet into it.

GuffyTheDustBuster · 18/08/2023 07:15

Spending an arm and a leg on a night at the theatre...and you get the understudy.

Perfectly good performances but annoying when you've been getting excited for 'the star'.

Happened to me twice this week...

spaghettimaretti · 18/08/2023 07:32

Ibizafun · 16/08/2023 22:47

Americanisms like "reach out" instead of text message, or "jump on a zoom"

Reach out needs to be made illegal, it’s so annoying! You’re not reaching out, you’re just phoning me ffs

Also hubstser, hubby etc. Fuck off with your tweeness

DontYouThreatenMeWithADeadFish · 18/08/2023 07:56

CallieQ · 18/08/2023 00:17

People who endlessly moan about dog poo even when it's picked up in a bag and put in a bin

Well I imagine for most people it is not the poo that has been safely disposed of that is the problem. It is the multitude of twats who let the dogs shit on the pavement, in play areas down the park, on beaches etc and do not clean it up. Or the morons who think hanging their bags of dog shit in shrubs and trees, or dumping it in someone's domestic waste bin so it stinks out the place.

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