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What annoys you?

199 replies

YesIknowIcare · 23/02/2024 18:59

What annoys you in everyday life.

Selfish drivers parking their car halfway up the sidewalk - forcing prams/wheelchairs out to road.
Tomatoes.
Smokers.

OP posts:
Thedogscollar · 24/02/2024 00:47

Whole families with teens shopping in the supermarket.
Whole families with teens using parent and child car parking spaces.
Car drivers who don't indicate.
Car drivers in the wrong lane who then pull across in front of you.
Going in to a shop loo to find no toilet paper when there is a sign on the wall saying these facilities are checked every 30 mins.
Hospital visitors, not all just the bloody rude ones.
People who knowingly disclose the end of a film or Tv show you've recorded.
This government the worst I've known and that's saying something since I lived through the Thatcher era.

MixedCouple · 24/02/2024 01:13

Similar to people parking cars on pavements..people who allow trees and hedges to overgrow onto the pavement so you have to dismount with a baby on a busy road. Inside their garden the tree/hedge is maintained. Selfish gits!

Swearing in public for no good reason just causally.

PDA in public especially enclosed spaces or lines 😡

People with dogs. Everything about it.

MixedCouple · 24/02/2024 01:20

@DSD9472 😂 that last one made me cackle. COVIT. Waaaaaaaa

MixedCouple · 24/02/2024 01:33

Lovelycupofcoffee · 23/02/2024 21:01

Noisy bloody neighbours. It sounds like a herd of elephants has moved in and are having a rave every night .

Yes!!! I have a toddler who likes to-do toddler things...but my neighbours have a 9year old and a 17year old and like clock work when DS is going to bed they literally jump down the the stairs for an hour straight. They March all the way up and repeat. 3 story town house. Stomping and jumping. Now and then the 9yr old will scream bloody murder. This disturbs DS and I have to turn up the White noise! Both parents are home and just allow it.

Untilitisnt · 24/02/2024 05:24

Thedogscollar · 24/02/2024 00:47

Whole families with teens shopping in the supermarket.
Whole families with teens using parent and child car parking spaces.
Car drivers who don't indicate.
Car drivers in the wrong lane who then pull across in front of you.
Going in to a shop loo to find no toilet paper when there is a sign on the wall saying these facilities are checked every 30 mins.
Hospital visitors, not all just the bloody rude ones.
People who knowingly disclose the end of a film or Tv show you've recorded.
This government the worst I've known and that's saying something since I lived through the Thatcher era.

"Thatcher era'!! Are we that old?

Asiatoyork · 24/02/2024 05:40

Parents that don't check their kids, letting them run riot...'Nooo it's fine, little Tarquin can run behind my chair several times and whack my shoulder blade with his light saber whilst I try and have 20 minutes peace with a coffee and cake

Passive Aggressive shite...if you've got something to say then just say it

These two next to each other in one poster’s list is ironic 😀

Catching a belt loop on a door handle makes me furious!

MastieMum · 24/02/2024 06:58

People vaping, especially when they are indoors and trying to tuck it up their sleeve so nobody notices. I NOTICE because I'm bloody allergic to one-off the chemicals in vapes.
People who don't read their emails and send me question about something I've just told them in my original email.
Dog owners who bag up their dog poo and then leave on a branch/gate/stile!!!!!

That feels better OP - thanks.

Lovelycupofcoffee · 24/02/2024 07:06

@MixedCouple its driven me back to the office full time and today I’m going to have to go round there and gave a polite word . I hate confrontation but it’s awful

Scorchio84 · 24/02/2024 08:07

PrueRamsay · 23/02/2024 20:45

People in general but especially other peoples DC.

Cyclists

Another one here who cannot cope with glottal stops or “haitch”

People who don’t indicate

Couples who hold hands in public (totally irrational)

Tories

Cheese

I'm with you up until "haitch" Steve Coogan & I, & now you, will always have to disagree

TigerRag · 24/02/2024 09:18

Clothing / shoe sizes. I've got a pair of size 2 shoes that fit fine and a pair of size 5 trainers that just fit.

And why are women's clothes now small, medium and large?

Cuppachuchu · 24/02/2024 10:00

Untilitisnt · 23/02/2024 23:03

Why? Was it a designated no-smoking area?

No, but it was an area where people were eating lunch, as we were, and there were loads of free seats and tables around. When I asked him politely to move away from me he waved his hand in my face and turned his back on me. What would you have done?

Sandytoes2 · 24/02/2024 10:09

Cuppachuchu · 24/02/2024 10:00

No, but it was an area where people were eating lunch, as we were, and there were loads of free seats and tables around. When I asked him politely to move away from me he waved his hand in my face and turned his back on me. What would you have done?

I'm with you on this @Cuppachuchu
Smoking whilst eating or where others are eating is gross. 🤢
I take a mini fan on holiday now and point it directly at the smoker until they've finished. It blows all their foul smoke directly back to them.

largeprintagathachristie · 24/02/2024 10:12

People who rip open the packaging or don’t reseal the packaging on wet wipes, so they all go dry.
So they’re thrown away and a new packet comes out - then repeat.

This is at work (hot desking). I don’t buy them for home. SDC (teenagers) now know that you can miraculously use a cloth to, for example, wipe down their desks, like in olden times.

cheapskatemum · 24/02/2024 10:24

I've always found packets of batteries, spare electric toothbrush heads and sandwiches ridiculously difficult to open & thus really annoying. I can now add to this: feta cheese containers. I like the aged stuff that comes in a rectangular carton. You're supposed to break off a bit of plastic on the corner & use that space to pull off the lid. Except that it's a) impossible & b) really painful! I ended up cutting through the lid with a paring knife, to get to the cheese, thus nullifying any benefits of it being in a re-sealable container.

sashh · 24/02/2024 10:25

Unnecessary TV / noise.

A few years ago I was staying in a hotel in Manchester.

THey had a huge circular restaurant with TVs all around showing a football match.

I asked if we could turn one TV off to get away from the nose, I was told, "No because people are watching the football"

THere were about 5 people in the room with about 10 TVs.

Untilitisnt · 24/02/2024 10:25

Cuppachuchu · 24/02/2024 10:00

No, but it was an area where people were eating lunch, as we were, and there were loads of free seats and tables around. When I asked him politely to move away from me he waved his hand in my face and turned his back on me. What would you have done?

I would have tutted loudly and asked him to move too.
But, outdoor areas are often designated smoking areas, even if food is being served, so theoretically, he was within his rights
Still didn't stop him being a moron!😀

Rosestulips · 24/02/2024 10:37

A lot of the posters on the thread about the FC putting tights and making the boy hot and uncomfortable.

Redlarge · 24/02/2024 10:37

Poor parenting
Spoilt kids
Men
Tories
People who walk into a shop and immediately stop and block the door.
Slow walkers.
People who make instant negative assumptions about northern accents.
Gentle parenting
Too thin bin bags that are neither use nor ornament
The phrase 'circle back' or 'amazeballs'.
City boys
Grabby bastards
Losing things (everyday... i have adhd)

Yes im due on.

So... periods also ha

Redlarge · 24/02/2024 10:38

Yes late People and people who dont indicate. Agreed.

Redlarge · 24/02/2024 10:40

Untilitisnt · 23/02/2024 22:57

Calling waiting staff 'wait staff'

Think thats American isnt it.
I agree with playing phones without headphones. Awful.

TealSapphire · 24/02/2024 11:07

Attention seeking men
Indecisive people
The wind
Pearl clutching parents
Driving long distances

ApiaryNexus · 24/02/2024 11:18

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bfsham · 24/02/2024 11:21

Today, it's the inability of stupid people to look at issues from different viewpoints. But I have a lot more....

TigerRag · 24/02/2024 11:30

Unsolicited "advice" which isn't useful

Katemax82 · 24/02/2024 21:21

DSD9472 · 23/02/2024 20:03

  • People walking along a pavement who just stop for no apparent reason
  • People in supermarkets chatting on their phone with the trolley blocking the item I want. Despite multiple 'excuse me, excuse me' they don't hear till I've had to get loud and now it sounds like I'm just being rude and loud
  • People pronouncing TH as F- 'I've got free eggs', no, you have three eggs
  • People who say 'I've got The Covit' (MIL)

With my MIL it's "covic" SCREAM!