I’m in a mood. What should be banned (lighthearted)

[Merryoldgoat]

Fucking door knocking charity callers. Why is it allowed? It’s intrusive and I bloody hate it.

Pink deodorant - always cloying and horribly floral.

Having to refill rinse aid

I think the menopause is hitting hard today.

With you - I hate the damn things

Nooooo , I love lemon curd and it is really easy to make ( well it is sort of easy you just need to stand beside it , stirring it)

You're very welcome to my share of the global stock of lemon curd!

I agree whole hearted with this.

Also the idiot designer that thought my whole ( and probably 1000s of other ) estates have roof gutters that go into drain pipe that in turn go straight onto the pavement ( no gardens) so every other house has a flaming mini skating rink outside their homes .

Did you not say anything to said woman? I'd have had to!

@Lorrymum Mumsnet acronyms! Sometimes takes me ages to work out what I am reading.

Ikwym!

People are very loud and who play videos and music on their phones out loud and have every conversation on loudspeaker, even if they are on a train.

And people who throw their McDonalds waste out of their car window as they drive by my house.

Delivery drivers who pretend they missed me when I was there all day long and they didn't even knock.

People who stink. I work in a public facing role and the amount of people I have to stand close to who absolutely stink to high heaven of BO or that musty, ingrained dirt smell of clothes that never get washed, or they stink really strongly of cigarettes, or all three is mindblowing. YOU MAKE ME WANT TO THROW UP.

Fuckers. What is the matter with everybody these days? Nobody has any manners or sense of civic responsibility at all.

Dogs
Dog Shit
Dog owners who don't pick up and correctly dispose of dog shit
Dog owners who bring their dogs everywhere
Dogs in offices/workplaces
Grey Tracksuit bottoms (aka prison pants!)
Long, pointy fake nails
Turkey teeth and fake tans
Paddy McGuinness and John Bishop

@TwigletsAndRadishes you're right about the Macdonald's being thrown out the car,they don't want to drive a mobile bin but don't mind turning where people live into a bin.

@Abracadabra12345 yes as the woman with the 40 minute loudspeaker call was leaving, I told her that I thought it as very uncool to have a loudspeaker call in a quiet cafe. She told me it was ok because her son was in Australia so it was a special occasion. The cafe owner was pissed off with me. Not sure why because he also thought she was being off but said he'd rather have spoken to her himself. Thing is he didn't. I spoke to her as she was about to walk out the door.

Awww, don't ban my son. He only wears jeans or joggers. He's lovely though....really. Fashions change.

Philomena Cunk 😈

Mysoginistic male doctors who ignore your Endo symptoms

Small orange men with bad vocabulary and tiny hands

Gentle parenting

small animal vets charging 3 times what farm vets charge for the same thing

Greedy landlords. the 3 x 3 room you are tyring to rent out, with a mini fridge and plug in hot plate, is not a studio flat, and i cant believe you are trying to charge 1200£ a month for it.

I used to have a flat next to a family that always had their flat door ajar so that their cats could go in and out. Their flat absolutely STANK to high heaven. It was so gross. I had to hold my breath whenever I passed. One day I got so sick of it I pulled the door closed.

People's general behaviour in supermarkets - the usual suspects. Conversation havers, leaving trolleys sideways across aisles while getting something off shelves, standing in front of me to look at something on a shelf that I am also standing there looking at etc etc.
I'd say there should be rules to keep these knobheads in check like, IDK, arrows on the floor or something but we all know that that doesn't work.

Other than that:
Outdoor cats
MLMs
Bottled water
Vapes
People that are unable to speak at an acceptable volume
January
February
People that say "eggy bread"
All of the endless varieties of dating show where everyone is wearing a bikini and on some sort of island
Self diagnosis (fight me)
GP receptionists
Being forced to download an app just to complete a simple mundane task
Ridiculous rules on what your own password needs to contain
Looking at your phone while walking along the street.
Swearing in the school playground
Parking on, or partially on, pavements
Bins being collected during rush hour
Chinese lanterns
Balloon releases
Unsolicited phonecalls
Child Beauty Pageants
Christmas in November
Flights doubling in price when you go back to them after 5 minutes
Not being allowed to "skip ad" on YouTube
Standing to close to people in queues
Not letting people leave a lift, train or bus before barging in
Andrew Tate
Lame excuses for not paying. It's 2025. Everyone knows you can do a bank transfer while you take a shit. Pay or just be honest about why you haven't.
McDonalds
Massive deposits just to buy a house
Gambling advertisements - come on, they banned cigarettes adverts, get started on gambling next
Adverts that say things like "dermatologists hate her!"
Microbeads
disposable nappies
calling cushions pillows
Pugs
Fat, cuddly unicorns that sort of sit up in a babyish way.
Slow internet
Drizzle
Mrs Hinch
Bringing kids to events clearly aimed at adults
British kids using American words for things
Corporate greed
Sex under 18
Paying taxes under 18/ not giving the vote to 16 year olds - pick one.

That's all I can think of except the really obvious stuff like sexism, racism, puppy farms etc. I may return.

Oh and The Easter Bunny

The weird sort of tuneless signing that certain late middle age men do to I don't know, appear casual?. A sort of "la da dee, la da dum" I can't bear it. My mum's abusive ex partner used to do it and I heard a bloke doing it in Iceland the other day. I had to really grit my teeth to stop myself screaming at him to stop.

Those “are you a robot” things, I hate them so much. I never know if I’ve clicked the right ones! Which one has a crossing in? Well dos the corner count? What’s a crossing?

What did it smell of specifically? I don't know why but I'm really curious 😆

I had one of those where I had to click the bicycles, and one of the squares was a road sign of a bicycle. I've also had loads where the thing was in every square.

The overwhelming smell was of really old, dirty chip pan oil. Like you'd smell if you walked into a really skanky old chippy but much worse.
Mixed in with that there were notes of cat piss and weed

It was grim, really grim

I genuinely get stressed! They might see my metal spanner hand and realise that I am indeed a robot .

I like this list and it's inspired me to add a few to my earlier lists. I'm adding:

Fireworks (maybe I'll allow public ones but only on NYE and actual Bonfire Night)

Cold-shoulder tops/jumpers/dresses

Asymmetrical hemlines

We have two of those in our block of flats,the smell hits you like a punch in the face when opening the communal front door.🤮

People who drive so close to the back of your car even when the roads are icy . absolute melts

people who bang on about being on a no carb diet. No one cares bore off

people who sit next to you at work and stink of cigarettes .

neighbours who let their dogs crap in the garden and then leave it so in the hot weather an ambient aroma of shite wafts over the garden fence.

people who don’t walk their dogs.