I get really irritated when someone won’t accept “I don’t know” as my answer. Something along the lines of:
”Sarah is having a baby! Do you know when it’s due?”
”No, I didn’t know she was pregnant”
”Her oldest is four and she didn’t want a big age gap so it’s probably soon” <Looks at me expectantly>
”I didn’t know she was pregnant so no idea I’m afraid”
”But when do you think it would be?” <Looks at me expectantly>
”Still no idea. Between now and six months?!?”
Or
”I need to hire a nanny. How do you recruit a nanny?”
”I don’t have a nanny so couldn’t say. Have you talked to Sarah, she will probably know?”
”I should probably talk to a nanny agency, which one should I call?”
”I’ve never hired a nanny through an agency so no idea I’m afraid”
”But you must have some idea!”
It has to be okay to sometimes just say “I dunno”.
AIBU?
What irritates you about other people?
CruCru · 15/02/2024 17:35
ALongHardWinter · 15/02/2024 18:09
How long have you got?! 😂 So many things that I find irritating about the human race nowadays. Queue jumpers (seems to happen to me practically every day now). Able bodied people on buses and trains taking up priority seats and just looking the other way when a disabled person gets on. People who don't have their travel pass/debit card ready when they board the bus,despite having been stood at the stop 10 minutes,then holds everyone up while they proceed to spend 5 minutes looking for it. Ditto people in shops who spend ages looking for their purse/wallet. People in shops who insist on paying for something in loads of small change and taking forever about it. People who sit behind me on buses/in theatres/cinemas and keep kicking my seat. People on phones while they are driving. I could go on but I think that's enough for now!
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Brandnewskytohangyourstarsupon · 15/02/2024 18:44
People (cunts) who:
throw or drop litter
don’t pick up dog shit
tell you their dog is being friendly as it slathers/jumps/all over you
have phone conversations on loud speaker on a train
have shite music on loud speaker on a train
wander lonely as a cloud in front of me
leave chairs out so nobody can get past
who say “can I get?” Instead of please could I have
who leave their crap all over the place on the train.. litter and food packages
walk along looking at their phones
dont use indicators
middle lane bastard hoggers
slow down to 2 miles an hour to turn left
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