What is your idea of hell on earth?

[Aubreylights]

So nothing biblical.

For me today it was ASDA, 1pm on a Sunday, event going on nearby so huge amount of traffic to get in, even longer queues inside, screaming kids, adults barging by you, having to queue for customer service.

Anything else would include cave diving, pot holing or being on a submarine.

Popping into m and s food to grab some nice bits for the weekend to be greeted by an XL bully dog sniffing around. Least I was able to leave my hell on earth quickly!

Any situation where I am the sole focus of attention. Stop looking at me!

Any situation with loud drunk exhibitionist-type people.

Any situation where I'm in a crowd or crush.

Cruises. Something about the idea of thousands of people packed into a tiny tin of "manufactured fun" floating in the middle of nowhere makes me shudder. Maybe because biologically, there's nothing natural about the concept of cruises. Humans have always hunted, gathered, farmed, travelled on land, lived in tribes etc and many leisure activities based on that makes sense (hiking, sightseeing, shopping etc). However there is zero evolutionary reason to pack a ship full of human sardines, launch it into the ocean and the entire experience being sold as purposeful or entertaining. Not to mention the massive pollution and climate damage the cruise industry does.

Camping in a tent. Or staying in a caravan. Why would you if you have a perfectly comfortable reasonably sized house.

I havent gone to my industry event this year as last year's was so bad; like a Labour party conference without the MPs. Being forced by the presenter to turn to the person to your right and explain who you are and why you're there.

There have been some terrible ones here but this is truly hell. The only thing that could make it worse would be asking the new people to stand up and introduce themselves.

I lived my hell. It was a balmy December and I was waiting for the 6+hour flight from Perth to Brisbane. I start seeing an increasing number of school children arriving in the seating area. Attempting to calm myself i think they must be travelling somewhere else. They must be. Board the plane to find nearly all of economy is filled with children. To top it off, someone has thrown up between my seat and the window and not told anyone. Hostesses let me temporarily relocate to one of their seats, but I was having to move back when they needed them. Final straw was the plane didn't have a movie selection, it had 6+ hours of infomercials.

So imagine being surrounded by school kids on a major excursion, treating the aisles like a schoolyard gathering place, blathering on about the most mundane rubbish in not quiet voices and being forced to watch 6 hours of commercials. HELL

This baffles me. I have no idea why some people's idea of a holiday is to experience worse living conditions.

The life of a celebrity, or of someone who works in PR.

Nothing I hate more than many shallow interactions, and gatherings of people. Would drive me insane.

The DFDS ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe.
its like they have designed the entire experience to be the most uncomfortable time of your life; from the check in to the seats on the ferry.
Its cheap, but I’ll never do it ever again.

Alton Towers
Glastonbury or similar
Wetherspoons

War

Mow 'em down and use poor eyesight as an excuse, they've already thought you can't do anything.... this is what I would do. I'd fix a loud horn to annoy people too so when they said 'scuse me love I'd just honk at them.

Working until I'm 68 to get my state pension.

Disney, cruise ships, anywhere crowded really.

Oh and those dance competitions where small children have ludicrous hairstyles, trowelled-on make up and costumes covered in rhinestones and proceed to throw themselves about and do the splits repeatedly. I would really struggle to sit through that so I’m grateful neither of my DCs was into that.

Meat
Other people's children
Crowded places
Shopping
Housing estates
Builders

Definitely agree with Sartre as a ND person, nodding at so much of the list 😮

Being new in a workplace, especially when you're markedly different to the others. They're quite close knit, chatty, social, etc. and there's endless chatter about fun things (particularly involving active outdoorsy stuff, baking and children). Constant Teams messages full of gifs and corporate cheerleading.

Meanwhile my chronic pain is kicking in with my fake smile and the expectation of another meeting, then there's a fun quiz and the team leader - who's super switched on, all manic grin and staring eyes and a bit clippy - wants me to introduce myself and tell the team a bit about me. All eyes on me.

Argh!

Live comedy.

They moved to mid Wales? Less people there :)

Doing presentations for work - imposter syndrome & stage fright combo
Driving round the M25 with travel sick kid in back. Cleaning chunder from said car
Mammogram, smear test and dental scale and polish on the same day

Slough

Needing a poo at work

Being on a Ryanair flight from London to Dublin where 90% of the passengers are a rugby club off on their annual booze-up. All in fancy dress & extremely drunk. I thought the singing would never end!

And camping - there’s a reason walls & beds were invented!

Cruises.

Dealing with accountants.

Work mandated personal development training.

For those of us who like to camp- that is part of the appeal! For me there is something very wholesome and gratifying about getting back to basics. Modern life is stressful and full of ‘stuff’. Spending time mostly outside in nature with basic amenities does my head a lot of good. I am not very comfortable in luxury surroundings and don’t really enjoy being ‘pampered’ or waited on so although I have stayed in some very posh and expensive hotels, I’m much more comfortable on a campsite. I like that it takes 15 minutes to make a cup of tea- just makes me appreciate that tea all the more.

I know lots of people wouldn’t like my camping holidays but just thought I’d try and answer the question about why people like it.

I’m with you @waterlego