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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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GiddyUpH · 16/08/2023 22:54

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.

Add this to 'where are the stamps?'.

In the same fucking place they have been for over. twenty. years.

Hawkins009 · 16/08/2023 22:55

Bumblebee112 · 16/08/2023 22:44

@Hawkins009 images of people are classed as ‘personal data’ and you would be breaching GDPR regs to obtain personal data without people knowing in a public place. So legally, you have to display the signs 😊

Ah I see, it could be debated that it still seems odd that in public area etc if your not upto anything suspicious etc then why be fussed if your on camera etc without signage.

IseeNarcPeople · 16/08/2023 22:56

The word "Iconic"
Just fuck off

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TheNewlmprovedMrsMadEvans · 16/08/2023 22:56

& bloody parcels being dumped by couriers on my doorstep when they are for my bloody next door neighbours

stayathomer · 16/08/2023 22:57

Inappropriate age ratings- something easygoing being aged 15s, but then a horror movie also being 15s. Ridiculously inappropriate things being 13s!

the need for more than one remote control

labels on clothing that’s so faded you can’t tell what age it’s for

jazzybelle · 16/08/2023 22:58

My washing machine used to beep when it had finished. I Googled and found instructions to make it stop.

Utereusbegone · 16/08/2023 22:59

New and improved. Ffs it's either new or improved, it can't be both

IseeNarcPeople · 16/08/2023 22:59

Earthworms on the road for no obvious reason when I'm cycling, I will rescue you fellas and escort you to some soil but I will swear at you.

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stayathomer · 16/08/2023 23:00

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DeeCeeCherry · 16/08/2023 23:02

People who phone and then minutes later, they're eating a meal. Fuck. Off. Eat before you phone me I don't want to hear you chewing swallowing slurping.

People who call me then 10 minutes in they're having a full shout across the room conversation with their DC, whilst I'm on end of phone. It's boring. So don't phone me just text me.

People who flash lights and beep horn behind me when I'm driving at speed limit on a very dark country road that I don't know. I'm not putting myself in danger for you and you don't own the road

Utereusbegone · 16/08/2023 23:02

Utereusbegone · 16/08/2023 22:59

New and improved. Ffs it's either new or improved, it can't be both

Oh and to add insult to injury, you see that on a packet or advert and you just know it is going to be considerably more shit than it used to be

MargaretThursday · 16/08/2023 23:03

Bumblebee112 · 16/08/2023 22:44

@Hawkins009 images of people are classed as ‘personal data’ and you would be breaching GDPR regs to obtain personal data without people knowing in a public place. So legally, you have to display the signs 😊

But also it's far better to not have the criminal activity than just the evidence it's been done, and having the signs up deters people.

We'd had a spate of theft from the drinks cabinet at the cafe at work and just putting the CCTV sign reduced theft by nearly 80%.

Although we did have someone who thought they'd first put the CCTV camera out of action. Unfortunately for them, they had to come close to do this, and then didn't really manage it either. So we had a beautiful full view of the face and a less clear view of the crime. The police nearly killed themselves laughing when they came to view it.

JanglingJack · 16/08/2023 23:03

The new attached lids to bottles that say recycle me together. Yes, I know I can just snap you off, but sometimes I need my lemonade in my vodka sharpish. Lid falls back down to close, lemonade everywhere except in the glass.

Having said I still miss the plastic bread tags. I have never managed to get one of the sticky things off. Bastards.

Reseal pasta - I can't the entire bag is fucking torn open.

White milk lids too. Why is that? I spent ages looking for the lid to put back on. Fucker's on there already.

Those are just my culinary insights. I don't dare start on people.

Takethatandparty30 · 16/08/2023 23:03

I hate those attached lids as well. I detach them in an act of defiance 😆

Crucible · 16/08/2023 23:04

My bin liners are just too tight round my bin. I can get them on and off but it really does annoy me.

Grass seeds. They annoy my dog. So they annoy me.

Hawkins009 · 16/08/2023 23:04

Utereusbegone · 16/08/2023 22:59

New and improved. Ffs it's either new or improved, it can't be both

On that one I disagree, it could be a new eg kettle and improved design based on the previous model that it was based off.

Busubaba · 16/08/2023 23:05

Lazy drivers who don't straighten up when they park in a parking bay and have the front wheels turned so that one is ever so slightly over the line for the next bay.

People that don't. acknowledge or wave to say thank you when you've pulled over on a single track lane to let them pass.

Baby on board stickers. Or those stick family stickers.

Number plates where they have tried to turn a number into a letter to spell a word. Example - 1 and 3 to make the letter B.

JanglingJack · 16/08/2023 23:06

Takethatandparty30 · 16/08/2023 23:03

I hate those attached lids as well. I detach them in an act of defiance 😆

I do too, but what's the point? It's not like you're going to open a bottle of pop and leave it open to go flat and lose the lid. I'm probably missing something 🤣

Utereusbegone · 16/08/2023 23:08

Bloody 67 verses the washing machine sings to let you know it has finished.

Samsung?

EmmatheStageRat · 16/08/2023 23:08

MargaretThursday · 16/08/2023 22:29

My washing machine sings like this:

I think I would rather take my washing down to the local river and beat it on rocks. Which idiot (man) is responsible for that abomination? By the way, there’s a good sale on hammers at Wilko, now that it’s very sadly in administration.

Owlplant · 16/08/2023 23:09

Crumbs in the butter. Why would I want to spread little pieces of someone else's old food on my toast? I am disgusted

LivStanshall · 16/08/2023 23:10

People who press the doorbell more than once. Mine is very loud and once is enough. Just because you can’t hear it doesn’t mean I can’t.

Delivery drivers who don’t give you enough time to come to the door.

People idling their cars outside. The exhaust fumes come in through my window and the noise drives me nuts.

MsRosley · 16/08/2023 23:10

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.

That is funny. I'd kill him, or maybe just stop offering him a drink.

DontYouThreatenMeWithADeadFish · 16/08/2023 23:10

Non Spanish people flamboyantly calling chorizo 'choritho' . Just fuck off.

MsRosley · 16/08/2023 23:12

EmmatheStageRat · 16/08/2023 23:08

I think I would rather take my washing down to the local river and beat it on rocks. Which idiot (man) is responsible for that abomination? By the way, there’s a good sale on hammers at Wilko, now that it’s very sadly in administration.

I love it when mine plays this! Always cheers me up.

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