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AIBU?

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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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Feelingathomenow · 12/12/2024 22:04

CeliaCanth · 12/12/2024 20:50

People selling things on Facebook etc. who post a video of themselves wiggling the (usually overpriced and not particularly effective) product at you and tapping their long acrylic nails on it. Just in case you can’t quite see it.

Also - the awful follow-up emails you get from retailer after having browsed a few things online. Worse if they are jauntily personalised - “Wow, Celia! You’ve got great taste!” and “We saw you peeking…”. Yes I was just looking. I don’t want you stalking me by email for the next week.

Oh yes those people who do that nail
tap thing need to have all their internet use suspended

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 12/12/2024 22:06

CheerfulBunny · 12/12/2024 22:00

Having to set up a password for EVERY SODDING THING now

This!

Especially when it's makes you make a new one every 1-2 months, and they only accept AhsT55z&*$!!!kPS//''pp=dgiHiu"Dh13iu6LguG9ihh!. (And by the time you have remembered it, you have to change it again.)

JohnTheRevelator · 12/12/2024 22:09

People in TV dramas/soaps/films who never ever wash their hands! They take a bag of rubbish out to the bin,touch the filthy bin,then go back indoors and start preparing food. Yuck.

JohnTheRevelator · 12/12/2024 22:15

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 12/12/2024 18:11

A little tip re: Chuggers.

I simply tell them that I already have a DD with them.

I would also add another tip for chuggers:- Maybe learn to read people's body language and facial expressions. Don't pick on someone who clearly has 'I've fucking had enough' written large all over their face, and is limping because their arthritic hip is killing them. Yes sure I'll just stand here in the freezing cold for 10 minutes talking to you when all I want is to collapse at home into an armchair. I've come to the conclusion that the majority of chuggers are completely clueless in this respect.

Makingchocolatecake · 12/12/2024 22:17

ShamblesRock · 12/12/2024 12:28

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?

You are doing it all wrong. You need to challenge yourself to how many sheets you can pull off. Hold onto the perforations and pull slowly.

I do. I still get mostly singles.

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BigDahliaFan · 12/12/2024 22:25

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.

Shit...I don't know which is correct?

AngelinaFibres · 12/12/2024 22:30

DOGS.
Dogs in cafes
Dogs on extending bloody leads in packed places.
Dogs at farmers market stalls jumping up at the food tables
Big signs in cafes saying ' Dogs are welcome but paws on the floor at all times'...cue Dogs on the seats, sofas, peoples laps. Put them on the fucking floor.
Dogs in John Lewis, the Range basically everywhere. Train your dog to be kept at home and then LEAVE IT AT HOME. If you can't cope without your dog ( assistance dogs excepted from this) then get a grip.

Livinginaclock · 12/12/2024 22:34

Men pretending to be women.

Mokel · 13/12/2024 06:43

Christmas music in shops. The reason behind this is to make people to spend more in shops.

That reason has gone out of the window. It makes people spend as little time as possible.

Plus it annoys the staff too. My friend who works for a supermarket has to mentally block out the music played. This makes her more tired - along with being rushed off her feet. I doubt the CEOs have this crap played through their speakers in their plush offices.

I4gotmyname · 13/12/2024 06:48

The dark mornings

Mokel · 13/12/2024 06:53

Christmas Eve - people that buy 18 loaves of bread and 36 pints of milk for just in case. In case of what?

SharpOpalNewt · 13/12/2024 07:03

I hate how you get so many emails per online order which you can't opt out of. The bare minimum seems to be:

-We've got your order
-We dispatched your order
-Evri has your order
-Evri is going to deliver your order between the times of...
-Congratulations, your order has been delivered
-Please leave feedback on your order
-There's still time to leave feedback on your order

Can this not be streamlined in some way? I've been shopping online for over 20 years now and the number of emails per transaction has increased exponentially.

DustyLee123 · 13/12/2024 07:07

SharpOpalNewt · 13/12/2024 07:03

I hate how you get so many emails per online order which you can't opt out of. The bare minimum seems to be:

-We've got your order
-We dispatched your order
-Evri has your order
-Evri is going to deliver your order between the times of...
-Congratulations, your order has been delivered
-Please leave feedback on your order
-There's still time to leave feedback on your order

Can this not be streamlined in some way? I've been shopping online for over 20 years now and the number of emails per transaction has increased exponentially.

Yesterday I got 6 texts about one parcel being delivered. 3 from the company I purchased from and 3 from Royal Mail. That’s excessive, and it feels like harassment.

Neveranynamesleft · 13/12/2024 07:11

Having to constantly reject cookies and goodness knows what else every time I need to quickly look at a website.

TeamPolin · 13/12/2024 07:19

People who treat dogs like fashion accessories.
Nigel Farage
Baked beans
Flesh coloured leggings
Leopard print anything

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 13/12/2024 07:24

People who get their dogs ears cropped. People wearing real fur.

UpTheMagicChristmasTree · 13/12/2024 07:28

A lot of things, but a few are:

People who pretend not to be racist but clearly are.
Reform and the whole rotten associated crew.
Beetroot ruining things.
Yellow.
People who suck joy out of Christmas.
People who make excuses for their child's poor behaviour rather than dealing with it and finding out why it is happening.
Bad manners.
Ipads or phones playing in restaurants.

KimberleyClark · 13/12/2024 07:48

Hotafternoon · 12/12/2024 09:49

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.

My small local Co op often has them as well right inside the door. 😡😡😡

Mokel · 13/12/2024 09:04

Evri losing my first parcel. Then lost the replacement parcel. No human interaction with Evri.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 13/12/2024 09:08

Potatoewithawonkyeye · 12/12/2024 08:54

People who take up seats on a packed bus with thier bags (and I don't mean if you have a lot of shopping and not much room) I mean people taking up a seat JUST because they dont want to have to sit next to someone. I have to stop my self screaming 'Are all your bags about to have a long hard day and need the rest?!?!? It boils my piss!!!

I hate ‘boils my piss’ and a few other MN expressions, inc. ‘Not your circus, not your monkeys.’ WTF??

Also, especially now, ‘gifting’!

ismu · 13/12/2024 09:13

People who are literally, obviously, stupidly wrong, refuse to accept it and it affects me.
I am one of the bags on seats because I hate sitting in an empty bus or carriage then some smelly big person eating wotsits and listening to loud game music on speaker SITS NEXT TO ME

SharpOpalNewt · 13/12/2024 09:30

ismu · 13/12/2024 09:13

People who are literally, obviously, stupidly wrong, refuse to accept it and it affects me.
I am one of the bags on seats because I hate sitting in an empty bus or carriage then some smelly big person eating wotsits and listening to loud game music on speaker SITS NEXT TO ME

Yeah me too. No problem at all with bags on seats when the train has plenty of seats. Sit somewhere else which is not next to me!

Tinyratsarse · 13/12/2024 09:33

People using the word " borrow" as in " she borrowed me her coat"
Long ,excessively pointed , fingernails. I wonder what's lurking under them.
People who block whole sections of supermarket shelf while they dither. I usually say " excuse me" and reach over to grab what I need. However a few weeks ago ,a couple were examining and discussing what seemed like every loose tomato on the shelf. They appeared oblivious to every " excuse me" and just looked up and then carried on sorting. I remarked to another customer " how long does it take for 2 people to buy a tomato "
Only to see the three of them later shopping together in the biscuit aisle.

Potatoewithawonkyeye · 13/12/2024 09:33

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER I swear I knew someone would comment this! I can't stand the terms 'it is what it is'....'no is a full sentence' and the word 'moist'😅

Tinyratsarse · 13/12/2024 09:37

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 13/12/2024 09:08

I hate ‘boils my piss’ and a few other MN expressions, inc. ‘Not your circus, not your monkeys.’ WTF??

Also, especially now, ‘gifting’!

Oh yes ! Gifting! Did it have its origins in a certain shopping channel. ?
Also, while I think of it I hate the way presenters say" oh yes this is just the top for when you are out for a meal ,in a pub,on a summer day ,with your friends...or if you are on a cruise and need to cover up in the dining room" It's a top ,I have dressed myself for several years now !