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Original poster

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:
seratoninmoonbeams · 16/08/2023 22:08

MrFoxLovesComingToOurPlace · 16/08/2023 21:34

Lots of petty little things drive me mad, but the main one at the moment is when my husband leaves a cupboard or drawer open.

He's not 52 is he? Mines just started doing this HmmAngry

tt9 · 16/08/2023 22:08

I have so many.....

people who call themselves foodies on SM (when they just like food and all they eat is standard burger/chips etc.) and spell palate as pallette or other variations.

men in the summer with their tops off, sunning their beer bellies, looking like overcooked lobsters.

Original poster
IseeNarcPeople · 16/08/2023 22:09

@SpamFrittersYouSay
Just like the "pull tab here" best not to even entertain it. Just grab the scissors/knife and get in there first.
Bloody liars.

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Bumblebee112 · 16/08/2023 22:09

Strawberryfieldsforeverrr · 16/08/2023 22:07

My lying bastard of a washing machine. Says there's 4 minutes left, that could be anything from 30 seconds up to half an hour. I've sometimes had a coffee and peed twice in the "4 minutes". Turd faced little fibber.

@Strawberryfieldsforeverrr this could not be more true. A washing machine minute and a normal minute MUST be different things!

Daphnis156 · 16/08/2023 22:10

Old men driving.

Women with children in supermarkets.

Young people.

GCAcademic · 16/08/2023 22:11

Packing tape. Why doesn’t it stick to cardboard? That should be the whole fucking point of it, right?

fuckityfuckityfuckfuck · 16/08/2023 22:11

Surely2023IsTheYearForMyRainbowBaby · 16/08/2023 21:53

Those fridges and freezers that throw a hissy fit 10 seconds after the doors been opened

They need a "putting away the food shop" button at the very least, so it doesn't beep then. I can cope with it when it beeps at other times but when I'm unpacking the food shop it drives me nuts!

PickUpTheDogAndBone · 16/08/2023 22:12

CymruChris · 16/08/2023 21:44

People who say expresso instead of espresso

Ah, this depends on which country/area you're in/from!

Hawkins009 · 16/08/2023 22:12

How people usually presume a conspiracy needs to have all the participating people knowing the full details of the conspaircy etc.

EffortlesslyInelegant · 16/08/2023 22:14

Just the two things at the moment.

Conspiracy theorists

and

People who mis-use 'myself' all the bloody time. Just stop it.

Tothemoonandbackx · 16/08/2023 22:14

People who pay for their big shop all in change!!!!!! The most recent one was a guy spending £60, and handing it to the cashier coin by frikkin coin!!!!!

bluegreenandcoral · 16/08/2023 22:14

People who say “works do” at Christmas.

People who hate all managers indiscriminately just because they are managers.

MrsPoliportsGoose · 16/08/2023 22:14

The little tab on the milk seal coming off before I've torn it off and opened the bottle 😩 I can't get to my milk. Woe is tea.

TheChosenTwo · 16/08/2023 22:15

Anyone who lives in my house who doesn’t put their fucking shoes on any of the shoe racks provided that I recently cleared out to ensure there is more than adequate space and instead leaves them lying about for me to trip over 🤬

Anyone who lives in my house (sensing a theme here?) who doesn’t bring down empty glasses from their bedrooms leaving the glass cupboard empty 🤬 - we have around 30 regular drinking glasses not including pint glasses and can I ever get one when I want one? No, no I can’t.

MrsPoliportsGoose · 16/08/2023 22:16

1983Louise · 16/08/2023 21:58

People who put - This - on a MN comment, it's lazy, you should have your own opinions

And. This.

Puffalicious · 16/08/2023 22:16

F0RBIDDEN · 16/08/2023 21:48

Seatbelt beeping at me. FUCK OFF IM JUST ABOUT TO OUT IT ON

Oh my God- this!! I think peri-menopause is making me disproportionately angry towards inanimate objects- toilet seats, bin lids, laundry and seat belts to name a few.

JohnnyYenSetHimselfOnFireAgain · 16/08/2023 22:16

Iam4eels · 16/08/2023 21:59

Drivers, and it's almost always Audi drivers, who ride up my arse along a very specific local road despite me doing the speed limit (it's 30mph) and then have the nerve to toot when we get to the blind junction/give way line at the end. Shall I pull out in front of that incoming bus just so you can get to your destination 30 seconds sooner? Nob.

Yep, and if it isn't an Audi it's a BMW or Merc. Twats. 😡

Mrsjayy · 16/08/2023 22:16

Strawberryfieldsforeverrr · 16/08/2023 22:07

My lying bastard of a washing machine. Says there's 4 minutes left, that could be anything from 30 seconds up to half an hour. I've sometimes had a coffee and peed twice in the "4 minutes". Turd faced little fibber.

My Dryer does this it has the longest 5 minutes it's like a time warp!

Regholdsworthswaterbed · 16/08/2023 22:18

1983Louise · 16/08/2023 21:58

People who put - This - on a MN comment, it's lazy, you should have your own opinions

This

Mrsjayy · 16/08/2023 22:19

New milk bottles have a white lid I spend half my time looking about for the green lid !

JohnnyYenSetHimselfOnFireAgain · 16/08/2023 22:19

Regholdsworthswaterbed · 16/08/2023 22:18

This

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Travellingraspberry · 16/08/2023 22:20

The toilet roll being put in the wrong way round!

goingtotown · 16/08/2023 22:21

Cold water running for a few seconds before warm water starts to come through shower.

Iam4eels · 16/08/2023 22:21

JohnnyYenSetHimselfOnFireAgain · 16/08/2023 22:16

Yep, and if it isn't an Audi it's a BMW or Merc. Twats. 😡

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Anyone who toots ate at that junction automatically buys themselves extra waiting time because I will let every other fucker out before I pull out.

Regholdsworthswaterbed · 16/08/2023 22:22

People who don't put the divider after their shopping at the checkout, absolute turds. I make a big show of reaching over to get it.