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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"

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sl0th · 04/02/2024 12:09

1983Louise · 16/08/2023 21:58

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

Not this.

enchantedsquirrelwood · 04/02/2024 14:11

RaraRachael · 03/02/2024 22:59

Going to use a locker in the gym that still has a key on the outside, opening it only to find somebody's bloody clothes inside despite there being numerous signs telling you not to do this😡

Yes! Although sometimes I grab my towel and go straight to the shower so am guilty of it in the short term. But I'd never just leave my stuff in there for an hour while I did the actual activity.

GreySantaRabbit · 04/02/2024 14:23

RaraRachael · 03/02/2024 22:59

Going to use a locker in the gym that still has a key on the outside, opening it only to find somebody's bloody clothes inside despite there being numerous signs telling you not to do this😡

I'm always tempted to use a trolley token in the lock and remove the key. I've never done it but my god the temptation...!

(I have a lot of trolley tokens from a previous job so would be no expense to me)

RaraRachael · 04/02/2024 15:19

I'm always tempted to use a trolley token in the lock and remove the key. I've never done it but my god the temptation...!

Ours don't even need to use a coin to operate them so maybe next time I'll "accidentally" lock one and drop the key somewhere!

LoulouMo1187 · 04/02/2024 21:29

People on local Facebook groups putting up posts like 'to the rude lady who cut in front of me in the queue at the shop today....'
The object of your gripe is not going to read your post and suddenly change their ways.

Squeezing a lemon into food and hundreds of pips coming out. Where were they all hiding???

Anyone who owns a cockerpoo. Especially if the dog is called Luna, Narla, Bertie or Teddy.

People listening to music in public without headphones.

People singing into phones in music videos.

That thing that people have started doing where they don't hold the phone to their ear, they hold it out flat in front of their face and speak into the bottom of it? What the fuck?

When cashiers give you your change and put the note in your in your hand first and the coins on top so they slide off.

The phrase 'reach out'.

People who say they were 'gifted' something instead of it was given to them as a present.

Rainbow cakes. Is the flavour supposed to be food colouring?

Baby showers, hen dos, gender reveals and bridal showers are the work of the devil.

enchantedsquirrelwood · 09/02/2024 12:42

People on local Facebook groups putting up posts like 'to the rude lady who cut in front of me in the queue at the shop today....'
The object of your gripe is not going to read your post and suddenly change their ways

Oh yes this always makes me laugh.

Although, once, the "culprit" actually did respond and apologise! It must be very rare though.

WingsofRain · 09/02/2024 12:54

My OH pronouncing escalope in a weird way.

WingsofRain · 09/02/2024 13:13

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.

I find the fact that supermarkets keep the bloody things in a place you can’t reach from a wheelchair infuriating - I always feel guilty that I can’t put one out, and annoyed when the next person dumps their stuff next to mine and it all gets mixed up.

DilemmaAtWork · 09/02/2024 13:13

Netflix and their “Are you still watching?” pop up message. I’ll decide when I’m finished you judgemental arse!

TigerRag · 09/02/2024 13:52

When someone spells my name wrong even though it's right in front of them

UnctuousUnicorns · 09/02/2024 13:54

The slow death of the word "breathe"

Every time I read e.g. "I could hardly breath", "He was struggling to breath" etc, I feel irked. It happens so often, it can't always be auto carrot.

"Breath" (noun) rhymes with "death".
"Breathe" (verb) rhymes with "seethe".

And breathe...

UnctuousUnicorns · 09/02/2024 13:56

DilemmaAtWork · 09/02/2024 13:13

Netflix and their “Are you still watching?” pop up message. I’ll decide when I’m finished you judgemental arse!

Oh, YouTube tries to stop my fucking playlist halfway through my watching it. Of course I'm still watching; it's a frigging playlist FFS! Bastards!

SerenChocolateMuncher · 09/02/2024 14:10

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.

I feel your pain.

My husband does this too. It's sometimes not all that petty and can have serious consequences he left the freezer door open all night recently (unlike doors and drawers, he doesn't deliberately leave the fridge and freezer open, but fails to take enough care to make sure it doesn't happen). Our kitchen bin is in a cupboard under the sink. I really hate it when he leaves it open, especially in the summer.

When I challenge him about it he says it's because he's too busy or he'll be going back to the cupboard/drawer again "in a minute". They are both rubbish excuses especially as the doors will still be open until I shut them, often after he's left the house.

He has even driven off with the back door or the boot of the car open.

Despite everything I have said, he is a wonderful husband and I love him very much. I know I do things that annoy him that I won't go into here...

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