What irritates you about other people?

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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”.

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!

Black and white thinking

People on Free to You sites

Almost everything.

Not all disabilities are visible. I need a seat on a bus but I don't look like there's anything wrong with me. Just something to bear in mind.

On a training course today ( the usual corporate nonsense). Some people are far too fond of their own voices especially at finishing time 😬

People who don't shut up and people who don't take the hint...or even those who are both so you get two for the price of one.
Example, I'm sat on my lunch break reading a book and up rocks Jane.
Jane...hi.
Me..hello.
Jane..how are you?
Me..I'm fine, you?
Jane..I'm fine, what are you doing?
Me eating lunch and reading my book.
Jane..ooh, what is it about?
Me.. gives a brief synopsis.
Jane..ooh, I prefer a thriller myself
Me..sighs
Jane...do you like thrillers?
Me..um, yes sometimes.
Jane....wibbles on
Me...cries in print.

Everything.

YES OP! DP is the worst.

Me: I saw Georgina yesterday, she said she’s moving house
DP: how many bedrooms does the new house have?
Me: I didn’t ask, I have no idea
DP: Why didn’t you ask?
Me: because I just didn’t, we didn’t get into that level of detail
DP: Is there a double garage?

He makes out I’m somehow socially lacking because I don’t ascertain EVERY SINGLE DETAIL during a brief exchange in the supermarket

Maddening

Men on public transport who want me to engage in conversation with them/tell me their life stories. It’s always men. Leave me alone. Doesn’t my book being open tell you what I want to be doing?

People who stand talking to you whilst their ddog is barking like a crazed beast and they don't tell it to stfu.
Dc who constantly interrupt unchastised.
Cyclists.

Radio two particularly when playing in shops. Local radio ditto. People who play load music in their car. Phone in talk shows. I don't want to listen to inane crap.
People who put their feet on seats on trains and buses.
People who complain about social media but still use it. Just stop!
I'm also really done with middle aged white men and their helplessness .
And that's just today.

OP I hear you! DS is the worst for this

him: who’s the best footballer in the world?
me: I don’t know ds. I don’t know much about football
him: it’s probably Messi, right mum?
me: I don’t know ds
him: but it probably is, right?
me: screams silently into the void

People saying they are offended by something, so what, the world doesn't revolve around you!

People who cannot for a second even contemplate that maybe others might think or say or do things differently!

for example I am Middle Eastern- there are certain things we do and have been raised to do ‘correctly’ as know it. Eg- holding cutlery differently.

there is a colleague who i have back and forth over with everytime we are out eating- she tries to ‘correct’ me on the right way to hold my cutlery when i have informed her numerous timesthis is how we and (possibly billions of other Middle Easterners and asians) would hold Their cutlery yet she likes to insist its wrong 🤦🏽‍♀️

another example one is Gym- when people keep trying to inform me of the ‘correct’ body parts I should be working together- i have done my own research so I don’t need or want your opinion 😩

People who write off everything they can't personally relate to as 'weird'. 😬

People who use their health conditions as some sort of competitive sport.
I was at a table today in a community hub. Some of us were doing crafts. A lady approached, and asked what we were doing. She then went to say she wished she had more time for crafting, but she was busy working in a cake shop. One lady's answer to this was "I have osteoarthritis in my elbows"... and after that it was a back and forth of progressively worse health condition.

People who talk utter bollocks but with conviction and authority. I have friends like this and I really do have to bite my lip. This happened just the other day and I just couldn't hold it in so I excused myself, went out side and shouted " FUCK RIGHT OFF YOU UTTER WANKER " at the top of my voice. When I came back in everybody was starring at me. I apologised and said it was a mild form of Tourette's.

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

Turns out I’m a tad angry today..

Cashiers and shoppers who have a full blown conversation after the bags have been packed and change given.

People who let children sit on dining tables in cafes and restaurants, or clamber all over the seating. Same for people putting their feet on seats on public transport.

People who ask for advice, launch into and have a massive conversation with me about it, ask what you think they should do, then do the exact opposite! If you knew what you wanted to do, why ask me?!

People who can't be on time. I'd rather be early than late though!

People who speculate without any information at all.

People they pick to interview on the news/tv, who can't string a sentence together without say erm, like or you know, being said lots of times.

Cats who wait til you've cleaned the litter tray and walked away, before they decide it's too clean and have another poo! 😁

Brandnewskytohangyourstarsupon ...... you do know you are Victor Meldrew.

Oh! And all those too! 🤣

Angry uptight people who are addicted to complaining about everyone and everything. I have taken to wearing an ear pod at work hidden under my hair to block them all out, downloaded some lovely calm music instead, It's heaven.

People coming on social media asking questions that could easily have been answered by them doing a quick/simple google search, i.e. what time does xyz chip shop close on Saturdays?

Drivers who park on pavements not giving a toss about pedestrians, people with prams/wheelchairs, etc., nor other road users by blocking visibility by parking across junctions, etc.

People who don't take the "hint" that you don't want to talk, when you're sat on a bench or in a cafe, train, etc quite clearly doing something else, like reading a book and avoiding any kind of "invitation" such as eye contact, saying hello nor anything else like that - no, your conversation isn't more interesting than my book, and no, it's not my job to entertain you because you're bored/lonely.

Another drivers one - when you're waiting to turn on a road, and there's a steady stream of traffic coming, but then the last person in the stream makes a big deal about stopping and letting you go across - just why? Just carry on because I can go across straight behind you just five seconds later!! Why don't you look in your bloody mirror to see there's no-one behind so you don't need to make a song and dance about letting me across and expecting thanks for it!!