Silly things that give you the rage

[Ontobetterthings]

Maybe its cos I'm peri but we were out for a meal and someone was eating chicken wings and being very meticulous about using a knife and fork to eat them and very slowly. It was holding up the next course for everyone.

Do you have any examples of getting the rage over something silly 🤣

If that is the case, well, that's a load of sexist nonsense. Who gets to decide what are programmes for men and what are programmes for women? DH and I watch the same programes mostly, but I watch some sport, and action films/programmes, some sci fi, and lots of crime shows, and he watches old black and white films, sci-fi and reality TV. And chat shows.

We both watch soaps (well Corrie and EE,) and Love Island and Big Brother, and we also both watch documentaries, and nature programmes. As a woman I do not see mens sanitary products advertised during any programmes. (Even ones that are supposedly aimed at men.) I can't remember ever seeing an ad for mens sanitary wear, ever, and 'as a man' DH can't remember seeing them on TV either. I asked my middle aged brother and he said he never sees them either, and he watches F1, golf, football, and DIY programmes. (Ya know, programmes 'made for men.' 🙄

Commercial broadcasters commission programmes and entire channels to appeal to different demographics so different advertisers can have different audiences to advertise to.

We're all free to watch what we like but more men than women like to watch Top Gear and more women than men like to watch This Morning.

There are lots of advertising opportunities out there. It's no surprise to hear you don't recall seeing any particular advertising campaign.

That doesn't mean men's incontinence pads aren't advertised on TV. They are, as the link I posted above shows.

Anything that gets shared to “raise awareness” of a particular issue. I used to have a FB friend who would put nonsense up on her feed and, when I asked what it was about, she PM’d me to say that I had to do the same as it was raising awareness of breast cancer. When I asked how writing a load of nonsense raised awareness, she said she didn’t know.

I have someone else who keeps WhatApping me with stuff about Palestine “to raise awareness”. I read a newspaper, I don’t need to read whole piles of stuff someone chooses to send me.

People posting

Amen.

on Facebook posts. Really very annoying.

Most fashionable or trending turns of phrase, especially (but not limited to) calling a room a ‘space’. “What a beautiful space.” Give over. You’re just copying magazines and the television.

People saying 'handhold please,' sometimes when they've just burnt a hole in their DH's shirt (with the iron.)

People who say 'mat leave' instead of maternity leave...

'And that's the tweet/and that's the post/and that's the thread!' (Someone giving an opinion as if it's a bloody fact!) 🙄

Proofreading a post, and seeing NO errors in it, then posting it, and seeing an error within a 325th of a second!!!!!!

Agreed, but I also hate when the last person in the queue stands about 10ft away from everyone else then you join the queue where you think it ends and some nob declares "I'm in the queue!!" (Happened to me at a pharmacy a few months ago, made me want to go off on one at the stupid man)

Apparently, I now not only have to ‘Believe in Better’ (Sky), but also ‘Believe in Chicken (KFC).

This is something I see on eBay occasionally. A pair of used shoes in a photo resting on a kitchen surface. Maybe they disinfect the surface afterwards, who knows, I just don't want to see it . Think of the shite that's going on a place where you next put your sandwich.

Maybe you could save a bit of effort and Believe in Better Chicken? I'd be tempted.... 😁

Agree, I won't buy clothes or crockery especially that's placed on a manky carpet for photos.
Could come from wherever, but it's the seeing it.
I would see that carpet everytime I ate off the plate. Had to let go of a beautiful full Wedgwood set because they were placed on the floor with a dog bowl centimeters away.

Another one, people who look at your dress/top label without asking.

I imagine they've been lied to before or such, but find it rude. Just ask & I'll tell you.

I won't buy anything that's being modelled by the seller in the photo. Nope,don't want to see your sweaty body in my new dress thank you very much

@idolikealiein 😂 true, prancing about in your dress. Some people have no manners! 😅

I like my sports.
You are into your music aren’t you ?

No,

I like sports.
You are into music aren’t you ?

I know language evolves but what are these extra words for ?

“I like my sports” would imply that there are certain sports the speaker likes, @grumpygrape, whereas “I like sports” suggests they like all sports. But I could be wrong here.

Agree about the intern. There’s one at my work who often says ‘wait, what?’. So irritating.

Vinted sellers stating an item is ‘new with tags’, followed by ‘only worn a few times’ in the description.

FaceTime/calls with no headphones.

People writing ‘rediculous’.

People writing ‘could of’. Do they not see ‘could have’ written anywhere and wonder if they are getting it wrong.

Season instead of series.

Websites that make finding their search bar a sport.
When you finally find it, it states item not found and to make matters worse, their filter is not broad enough.

I'm from the south west and pronounce draw and drawer slightly differently to both with one syllable but draw is a longer word.

People speaking to their children in really loud voices in cafes as if they are hard of hearing but are actually just wanting to make it clear that they are excellent parents.

Ditto parents in airplanes. Just give them a tablet and get over yourself.

I've no issue with children being noisy but parents don't need to be!

After the late Queen died, a few businesses near me (mainly estate agents) put black and white portraits of her in their windows (fine). Except they left them there well after the new King came out of official mourning and started work. I know this is silly because it doesn’t affect me but it’s the sort of thing that actually looks quite disrespectful - the estate agent mourns the Queen more than her own family. I expect that, once they were up, no one wanted to be the one to take them down.

I feel a bit the same way about the silences for 9/11. A friend’s father was killed in the World Trade Center and he finds the silences quite weird and upsetting. It’s performative grief.

My phone when it doesn't recognise my face or says "no face detected". What have I got attached to my neck then?

Ads that pop up with the tiniest little 'x' in the corner to close it down. If you do actually manage to click on the tiny 'x' it opens up their website anyway

Anyone who asks a (large) favour but makes out that it’s for your benefit. “So next weekend, as you’re not around, why don’t I take your car to Oxford? I could do a couple of errands and it would do it good to have a proper run!”.

The thing is, if the person had said “Cru, I’m really stuck. I need to drive to Oxford on Saturday but my car is in the garage. Please could I borrow yours?” I might be all right with it. It’s that prickling feeling when you know that someone is trying to manipulate you.

Oh yes especially if they end their request with "win win" or some such nonsense.