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.

Oh yes, definitely these should be banned! I only ever get them when I'm really, really run down physically and/or emotionally and my immune system gets depressed a bit because of it. At the end of last year I got them on both sides of the corners of my mouth at the same time for a few weeks and they were so, so painful as they just wouldn't heal 😥. My sympathies for your suffering x

Oh god this. Instagram, too. Why is my feed full of people with privately diagnosed ADHD telling me ‘This is who I am. I can’t help it if I talk over you, barge into queues, and neglect the washing up. The world needs to adjust to that’.

"Influencers".

Celebrities.

Parents who allow their kids to be knobs - recently had my seat plane seat kicked for ages. When I finally spoke to the parent was told ‘that’s what children do!!!’

Non discretionary tipping in restaurants, so I have to ask to have it removed - I have no issue with tipping but I’ll decide.

Teeshirts that shrink the first time that they’re washed.

The use of yourself instead of you.

I think there might be a Traitors thread referencing this, but I haven’t been able to go on it because I’ve been watching on catch up.

’I voted for yourself’.

Easy test: try using ‘you’, if it doesn’t sound horrendously wrong, then it’s ‘you’.

Truffle 🤢

Adverts that are unnecessarily aggressive.

People who invite you to a thing but are then quite put out when, despite having a lot of notice, you aren’t able to make it.

Scented screen wash today. Im allergic to scent, perfume, candles, air fresheners you name it makes my lips and tongue swell.

I bought what I thought was unscented but realised I got sucked in by the -25 degrees label as I’ve got to go to France in March so thought good I’ll get that one not realising it stinks. Now I have to remember to put the air in the car on recycle before I squirt the windows. Arghhhhhh, I’ll never remember!

I can't believe I'm only thinking of this one now, probably because it's winter, but it's one of my top 5 pet hates.

People that totally overreact to the presence of wasps or bees.

These people drove me mad. You're sitting in a pub garden having a nice chat with a friend, an adult, in her fucking 30s probably, and suddenly she starts making stupid noises and flapping around, knocking the drinks over and generally being really overdramatic and irritating because a wasp came within 5 feet of her

Honestly, it's pathetic the way some people act around them. Just swat the damn things away and get on with your life. I have used this method my entire life and have never once been stung.

Do you mean the stuff you pour into your windscreen washer reservoir to help clean the windscreens? You get a whiff of it when you pour it in and then a little bit if you spray loads onto the screen.
I never knew you could get scented stuff! You must be very sensitive. Life must be tricky cos those scents are all over the place.

I work in quite a large supermarket, but there are one or two customers you can smell from the far side of the shop as soon as they come in. They bring such an intense smell of cigarette smoke with them that I can only assume that they must have sat in the car right outside smoking until the very last minute before they came in.

Serving them at the kiosk can be quite a challenge, as you have to hold your breath. 20 Players Red every single day...

I'd also add to this - men (and it's usually men) who don't wash, and women (it's usually women) with continence issues, who don't realise that, yes, everyone else CAN smell you.

People who are kind enough to hand down things (clothes, toys) to your children but are then appalled when, years later, they are no longer in use. That t shirt was lovely but it was for a child aged 7 and my child is now 12.

Shops (Boots, I'm looking at you) who have all the perfume ) smelly stuff at the entrance of the shop. It's my closest pharmacy and I hate having to hold my breath and walk though it (I have asthma, certain strong smells are a trigger)

Naff coffee
Cheap ham

"Content Creators" and instant coffee.

People who stand in a group on the travelator between the northern and Central lines at Bank station. Particularly when they are nowhere near 30.

I am watching Dexter (so far on series 2). I would like to ban female actresses who stand around with their mouths open. It isn’t sexy, it looks as though they have adenoid trouble.

People who hate cats

I hate that cats scare the garden birds. It used to bring me a lot of joy to watch the birds at my feeder.

Vaping
Cyclists on Road
Working!
Cancer
Beeping Horn in the Street to Announce your Departure
Doctors Receptionists
Kids in Pubs
Parking in Retail Park in a Space that is NOT a Space

Cunts.
Cunts who stop dead in front of you.
Cunts driving cars who stop dead in front of you.

People eating whilst walking around the supermarket

Plastic grass

People who are unable to use their car indicators

Yes yes yes to number 3!
I’d say about a third of people don’t bother to indicate - rising to 97% if you’re a taxi driver.

Dogs and children at farmers markets. DH and I were at one on Saturday. Dogs everywhere, mostly on leads I concede, but still barking and jumping up. And small children meandering around getting in the way everywhere. First, a dog jumped up on DH and the owner did that pathetic, "oh, hee hee, sorry" whilst expecting us to worship her mutt (I told him he ought to have screamed at the top of his voice!). Then a child dropped his bike and it hit me on the leg - the parent did a pathetic "oh, Nathan, watch the lady". I did say "Ow" quite loudly to no avail but then just gave up and we went home.