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What is your idea of hell on earth?

609 replies

Aubreylights · 08/10/2023 23:33

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.

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yearofthebuttercup · 09/10/2023 11:36

Evangelical church weddings

CeaselesslyIntoThePast · 09/10/2023 11:37

Israel

Thebestwaytoscareatory · 09/10/2023 11:51

Benidorm, or similar, at the height of the English summer holidays.

Edinburgh during the Fringe

AngelinaFibres · 09/10/2023 11:51

meatyryvita · 09/10/2023 09:41

"Okay, let's all introduce ourselves to the group with a little precis of who you are."

Or the other version "turn to the person next to you ,tell them about you ,then they tell you about themselves" Then just to add to the seven circles of hell, at feedback time you have to remember the things they've told you and tell the whole room all about Barbara . Can take forever. I just don't care. I will never see these people ever again . Its just a time filler and it's completely disrespectful to professional people who have travelled for hours to get there.

Moonlightdust · 09/10/2023 11:53

A packed holiday resort abroad with loads of Brits fighting over sunbeds lol

theDudesmummy · 09/10/2023 11:57

Being at a work event/conference and having to eat lunch with people who you don't know or know very slightly.

AngelinaFibres · 09/10/2023 12:05

Men of a certain age ( usually hits when they turn 60) who tell jokes that are looooooonnnng ,never ending stories . You have worked out the punch line 4 seconds in but it will go on for at least 4 minutes. Means you have to stop the conversation with the person next to you and listen to the drivel joke, hold an 'interested' look on your face and ' laugh' at the end. In my head Im screaming ' I don't care, its not funny, oh god I've heard this before". One day ( probably when I turn 60) I will realise that I'm not just saying it in my head anymore.

Selfishlazyme · 09/10/2023 12:06

Holiday resorts that have small rectangular pools and everyone sits around staring at each other.
The walk in and out of said swimming pools being judged.
The sunbed wars to sit around said swimming pools.

AngelinaFibres · 09/10/2023 12:08

DoughnutDreams · 09/10/2023 10:13

Honestly? I find the thought of having to go into Primark ever again more horrifying!

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This. I'd happily fight aliens rather than have to go into Lidl in Malvern Link. Absolute shit hole.

Barbadossunset · 09/10/2023 12:13

Cattenberg · Today 11:30
I agree about IKEA.
I can’t find what I came for.
I can’t go back to an item I passed earlier and now want to buy.
I can’t get out.

Excellent description! I’ve been once but never again. It was not being able to get out which was the worst.

EverythingYouDoIsaBalloon · 09/10/2023 12:15

After watching last night's Big Brother I'd say my idea of hell would be being stuck in that house with its loud/annoying occupants...

Butteredtoast55 · 09/10/2023 12:17

Basically other people

AngelinaFibres · 09/10/2023 12:29

I used to love live music. I presume my hearing has changed and I have become hypersensitive to sound because its so loud it's agony. I have to take earplugs because everything makes the inside of my head rattle. It must be me because we went to a concert recently and ended up as far back as we could get to be able to stand it. There were people in the first few rows clapping and swaying happily. I was in pain.
We went out for food recently. There was a band playing at the same time. They were 6' away from the tables. They set speakers up. Dear God it was so unbelievably loud. You couldn't have a conversation because you couldn't hear anything anyone was saying. We didn't stay for pudding. They didn't need a sound system to amplify the noise. It was like being in your living room at home with the tv at absolutely maximum volume. WHHHHHHYYYYY.

itstoopeopleyoutthere · 09/10/2023 12:30

School PE class

Everythinghasgonetoshit · 09/10/2023 12:35

Whiskeypowers · 09/10/2023 10:57

Conservative Party Conference

I thought it was quite funny (although it's out of trying to not despair as an alternative). They are so out of touch and lacking in self awareness it was comical. Had the same level of polish GB News has - lime watching a home made soft porn movie from the 80's.

Any TV show that has analysed it pretty much took the piss. They are a laughing stock.

yearofthebuttercup · 09/10/2023 12:36

Long airport passport queue (especially on the way back)

SunshineAndFizz · 09/10/2023 12:44

@Donkeyrides I've only been once or twice and never liked them.

Just don't see the appeal of sitting sweating next to someone. My hair goes frizzy, contact lenses steam up, face goes red..and I have to do all this in my swimsuit with my chubby body on display. No thanks.

lenalove · 09/10/2023 12:44

Airports
Camping
The tube at rush hour when it's 60 degrees and smells like the devil's armpit
Like someone else said, making the bed
Forced fun at work

ChocolateCinderToffee · 09/10/2023 12:48

Realising that you are about to have explosive diarrhoea and that the nearest public loo is too far away to get to.

Reader, I dashed into a cafe and into their loo without apology or explanation because there was simply no time.

Goodmirror · 09/10/2023 13:00

Fightyouforthatpie · 09/10/2023 10:41

Having to work in that open plan office I used to work in with the woman who had swallowed a fucking megaphone and shouted every phone call (she made lots) thereby largely obviating the need for a fucking telephone.

🤣

concernedalot · 09/10/2023 13:09

Baby showers
Weddings
being stuck sat next to a conspiracy theorist on a busy train
blues festivals
going to work
status quo concert

Barbadossunset · 09/10/2023 13:10

itstoopeopleyoutthere · 09/10/2023 12:30

School PE class

As a teacher or pupil?

Foreverdecorating · 09/10/2023 13:14

University open days - currently living this hell most weekends. Bonus hell points for doing them in torrential rain

yearofthebuttercup · 09/10/2023 13:16

Waiting for a train on a freezing platform late after a long day at work.

Foreverdecorating · 09/10/2023 13:20

Another one, staying in someone else's house. I can't have overnight guests here and I couldn't cope with being an overnight guest. The only exception to this is I like staying with my in-laws- no idea why!