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Things you hate...

228 replies

Makingchocolatecake · 12/12/2024 08:31

Those toilet roll dispensers that only give you one piece at a time. End up using more because I scrunch them into a ball. Who ever uses just one piece?

Gift wrapping services. For one present maybe. But all of them? Waste of effort/money, know it goes to charity but you can donate anyway. Get some gift bags!

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Sophiasguitar · 12/12/2024 09:20

Also, people who exaggerate.

marshmallowfinder · 12/12/2024 09:26

Misuse of apostrophes. I am so heartily sick of it, especially the incorrect 80's, 70s, etc, that's all over social media. Why?

Things falling down, off or over. Instant rage.

Keepingongoing · 12/12/2024 09:27

Dog poo on the pavement. Such a disgusting smelly mess if I get it on my wheels, and sometimes don’t see it until it’s too late.

AnxieTeapot · 12/12/2024 09:33

People who are unapologetically blunt and rude and make other people feel like they are the problem for 'not being able to handle it'.

Also tailgaters. I will never understand the mindset of someone who does this.

marshmallowfinder · 12/12/2024 09:33

marshmallowfinder · 12/12/2024 09:26

Misuse of apostrophes. I am so heartily sick of it, especially the incorrect 80's, 70s, etc, that's all over social media. Why?

Things falling down, off or over. Instant rage.

I meant 70's.🙄

TheYoungestSibling · 12/12/2024 09:38

People who click pens repeatedly in quiet environments. Like during training days.

Wrapping paper that tears if you breathe on it too heavily.

How the days go by faster than items get ticked off the To Do list.

Coffeetostart · 12/12/2024 09:38

Dogs in cafes, shops etc.
The owners who say he’s friendly really but said dig jumps up on my coat leaving muddy paw prints. So annoying and has happened often. @

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 12/12/2024 09:41

People parking on the road opposite my driveway, when they've got their own (empty) driveway!

Utter cunts.

ssd · 12/12/2024 09:42

Folk at work who have been there too long thinking they run the place

squirrelnutcartel · 12/12/2024 09:43

Loud, antisocial yobbish behaviour. They're often very entitled and aggressive too.

Crowded places and loud music. Why is the music so loud in shops now? Are people generally hard of hearing or something?

People who cut trees down for no good reason (disease or dangerous). Leave trees alone!

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 12/12/2024 09:43

AnxieTeapot · 12/12/2024 09:33

People who are unapologetically blunt and rude and make other people feel like they are the problem for 'not being able to handle it'.

Also tailgaters. I will never understand the mindset of someone who does this.

This. ^

The 'tell it like it is' brigade. The ones who think that being blunt and rude and 'honest' is some kind of positive attribute. Sometimes it's OK to just say nothing. If your opinion has not been asked for, why are you giving it?

serendipity70 · 12/12/2024 09:43

LaurenAction · 12/12/2024 08:57

To see people on TV cleaning their teeth. Just why?? You never see anyone washing their hands.

Back pain.

Bullying and controlling behaviour.

Yes the teeth cleaning - WHY???!!! It is so gross!?

ssd · 12/12/2024 09:43

marshmallowfinder · 12/12/2024 09:33

I meant 70's.🙄

Brilliant Grin

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 12/12/2024 09:43

Entitled dog owners. (I love dogs btw.)
Anti-intellectualism.
Overpowering synthetic fragrance in everything.
Shitty cruelly produced meat.

404ErrorCode · 12/12/2024 09:45

People who don’t indicate
Rude people
Paper straws
Idiots playing crappy music loud via cars or boom boxes in public
People who walk around staring down at their phones banging into people

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 12/12/2024 09:45

Sophiasguitar · 12/12/2024 09:20

Also, people who exaggerate.

This. ^ I know 175 million people who do this.

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See what I did there. ^

I'll get my coat!

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 12/12/2024 09:47

serendipity70 · 12/12/2024 09:43

Yes the teeth cleaning - WHY???!!! It is so gross!?

YES! And the 'spitting blood' into the sink shot.

ALWAYS shown at mealtimes! (Usually teatime/around 5.30pm to 6.30pm.) Confused

Octopies · 12/12/2024 09:47

People who walk everywhere incredibly slowly with their heads buried in their phones and music on so loud they can't hear you ask for them to let you get by.

Luminear · 12/12/2024 09:48

People who spit

People who dither, especially outside escalators or lifts.

People who don’t pick up their dogs shit.

People who drop litter

people who have phones on loud bastard speaker to have conversations in public places

People have music/ rapping/ religious music on loud speaker in public places.

Feet/ bags on seats on trains. Dirty dirty selfish cunts.

People in McDonald’s who leave the eir shit all over the table and floor when the bin is 5 strides away. Cunts.

People who never ever ever ask anything about anyone else but talk at length about themselves, all conversations circle back to themselves

Shit and confusing signage.

Pop up shit adverts. In fact any adverts especially when there are lots one after another after another between programs. I record and completely bypass which I suspect most do.

Selfie takers. FB etc pages that are littered with numerous pictures of the person themselves. The assumption that everyone wants to look at them then comment.. FFS.

Hotafternoon · 12/12/2024 09:49

TheWorminLabyrinth · 12/12/2024 09:15

Charity muggers in Morrisons. A different one every week.

Yes, Monday this week, first time I've seen them there. Started with "can I ask a quick question"?

Except it never is. Once you stop they've got you.😡

I kept walking into the store, so did everyone else asked the same thing.

Might give going there a miss now and shop elsewhere for a while.

Noshowlomo · 12/12/2024 09:50

Dogs and dog shit EVERYWHERE. It flows on the pavements like rivers because of filthy dog owners. I hate it I hate it

Oldandcobwebby · 12/12/2024 10:06

Dogs in shops - ugh
Stupid men with cars with stupid noisy exhausts
Noisy motorbikes
Grey everywhere on everything
Lousy fruit and vegetables since Brexit
Having to constantly accept/decline cookies on websites

Jostuki · 12/12/2024 10:20

Hairstyles where the hair is longer at the front than the back. Example - inverted Bob. Shudder.

Letterboxes at the bottom of the door.

Recycling zealots.

Black ice.

Scarves doubled up and pulled through a loop.

Men and women wearing a warm winter coat with mismatched footwear such as sandals or sliders.

Penguins and Gnomes peddled as Christmas ornaments.

Blue Christmas lights. Indoor or outdoor.

Sprayed on glitter or white flocking to look like snow on miniature Christmas trees. I feel sorry for these plants that mostly die a few weeks after Christmas.

Those hideous dyed Heather plants in neon orange and blue.

Aggressive Big Issue sellers. I wouldn't buy that Lefty rag in a million years.

Boiled Beetroot.

Doodle dog breeds. I don't hate individual breeds but I dislike the trend for these 'designer' dogs which in my mind are mixed breed dogs. Mongrels.

Most shop brought bread. Unless it's sourdough, all taste sweet nowadays. Nothing like how bread used to taste.

Margarine. Who buys this muck?

Twenty cushions on a bed. Four pillows are more than adequate.

Mauve or purple lipstick or god forbid, blue unless it's Halloween.

Most modern comedians.

Road diversions.

The lack of a decent magazine.

Saying 'Huh?' when they haven't heard or understood what you've said.

Paper straws.

Polystyrene cups.

Polystyrene chips used in packaging.

Polystyrene balls used in packaging.

Amazon cardboard packaging usually ten times larger than the contents.

M&SS paper shopping bags that disintegrate by the time you've reached your car.

Rubbish or dog poo bags left on the floor next to a public bin.

Dog poo bags hung on trees.

People that feed random horses utter crap from their own food. My sister caught a family trying to give one of her horses a Kit Kat once. According to these morons the horse wouldn't have come over if he wasn't hungry!

Turkey teeth.

Fake branded handbags.

Ketchup.

My husband looking at what I'm doing and suggesting that it might be quicker to list the things I do like as this post about things I hate could go on forever! 😬

mjf981 · 12/12/2024 10:25

People who talk far too much, and people who talk at you.

And when you finally manage to get a word in, you can tell they're just waiting for you to finish so they can start talking again.

It does my head in. I think many people have lost the art of calm, back and forth conversation.

fivebyfivebuffy · 12/12/2024 10:25

Excessive noise like my neighbours that SLAM their car doors, I mean slam as in the car would shake if you were sat in it
Usually around 2am and they are in and out the car and slamming each door
My other neighbour said he had never heard someone close a car door so loudly Grin

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