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”.

People who think they know better, for example, most of the people I work with don't have children yet, but assume they know everything there is to know about them and judge parents on their decisions. They're in for a rude awakening the day the do have them.

Angry? Or just observant?! 😉

Women who regularly chat fraff about being an "empath" as an excuse as to why they forever land themselves with utterly shit men who apparently are 'drawn to their empathy'. Nothing to do with their own choices.

Men who hate women and seek out opportunities to be derogatory/scathing about womenx

Litter droppers
Loud people
People who dont get to the point and fully expect you to hang onto their every long drawn out utterance until they (maybe) do

Leggings - so unflattering. You may as well be out there in your tights. The abominable Jeggings can do one too

The untravelled of mind and body styling themselves as an oracle, loftily talking about conspiracies, illuminati etc. You go nowhere do nothing never read a book, or study. Go. Away.

People who see others' misfortune or sad circumstances as choice gossip fodder.

People who are unkind to animals. People who love animals and openly state they dislike children. People who are unkind to others especially publicly but cant own it when caught out and say 'its only a joke'.

Tins with a ringpull thats actually really hard to pull. Excessive packaging a la Amazon, such needless waste

I love this thread. So therapeutic! I’m glad people are still posting.

• A recurring gripe is those idiots at supermarket checkouts who wait until all shopping is packed then ask how much it is, then ask for it to be repeated, search their bag for purse, fiddle about locating the right card… I want to shout ‘Do you KNOW how FUCKING ANNOYING you are!!!’ 😀
• People who don’t listen; the ones who are waiting to talk, interrrupt you, always turn the conversation to all about them. We have a friend like this and I now never expect an actual grown up conversation as everything turns into a monologue from him.
• a thousand other things which I’ve no time to list 😆

People who tell excessively long stories about people you don’t know, that you’re never going to meet, and includes things like what their partner does and how many kids they have. It starts off with a story about Jack and Jill, you mentally drift off and when you come back they’re talking about Hugh and Stacey’s new car.

Have just had a week long visitor who did this. I could have cried

When they vote Tory.

Ilovecleaning · Yesterday 06:15

A recurring gripe is those idiots at supermarket checkouts who wait until all shopping is packed then ask how much it is, then ask for it to be repeated, search their bag for purse, fiddle about locating the right card… I want to shout ‘Do you KNOW how FUCKING ANNOYING you are!!!’

Oh yes! And their relatives, the ones who stand there not packing, until it's all rung through. And the ones who block the exit aisle, leading from the till and get huffy when you try to get past.

And finally, the ones who block the doors, by stopping for a chat / to have a look at what they bought / find a purse, or whatever.

I am now in my mid forties. I have started encountering young men who walk into me. I don’t think it’s malicious, they don’t fancy me so just can’t see me. It does make me wonder what they do at work when they encounter middle aged women.

They're not walking into you because you are invisible. They are walking into you because they don't have any manners.

This is probably true but they always seem so shocked (and apologetic) when they walk into me. I think people have lost the ability to navigate pavements since Covid.

Oh yes you are so like me on all of these! My DH usually looses his shit at Gatwick at a point where we have gone through security, then there is a winding walk with Duty Free either side and people just stop dead to look! We call it the airport meltdown!

I know we don't need to socially distance any more but people who stand too close.

The people at airports who seem surprised that they need to produce a passport and a ticket in some form when checking it. Then spend several minutes trying to locate it.

People who witter - verbally or in writing - and takes ages before get to any point. Can’t stand it. Can’t stand posts here that are 90% waffle.

A basic one but seems to happen constantly where I live; holding a door open for people and not so much as a thank you.

People who, after finishing packing and paying for their shopping, stand there and natter away to the assistant whilst an entire queue just stands there like a bunch of lemons.

Personally I do get really annoyed by misspelling and mispronunciation of words (by English speaking native tongues).

People who drive 10-15mph below the speed limit for no seemingly good reason. Understandable when the road conditions are bad.

Oh yeah and people that tell really long winded stories without stopping for breath about something they know you have no interest in/knowledge about so can have no input to the conversation. Same with people you don't know/have never met. Being talked at, basically.

People like this! Being able to pedal does not make you a rocket scientist, Sheila 😂

Thick colleagues who can't do their simple jobs and I have to explain what to do over and over.

People who explain every little thing they have done that day in a simple text message/if you bump into them in person... example...

Them: hey you okay?

Me: yeh I'm good thanks hope you're well.

Them: yeh I got up today then had a shower, which I usually do the night before but I was soooo tired so I did it this morning, then I had breakfast...blah blah blah...and yes unfortunately I know someone who does this often and it's draining.

People that walk slowly diagonally when crossing the road so they take the longest possible time.

People that walk across in front of you or suddenly stop when they are walking in front of you.

People that take their bad day out on employees.

People who let their kids bombard other tables at restaurants like we will think they are the best thing in the world. I don't mind saying hello and being polite but I'm not babysitting your kid!

People who litter.

People who start talking on their phone when they get to the cashier then act annoyed when they cashier dares to ask them anything.

People who use the phrase 'The customer is always right'

I think I may now understand my antisocial personality a little more 🤣

People who hesitate before getting on escalators AND THEN STOP when they get to the top! They just stand there inviting you to fall into them. Stand aside!!