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Silly things that give you the rage

634 replies

Ontobetterthings · 21/06/2025 18:53

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 🤣

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ChaosDream · 21/06/2025 22:58

Plugging in a USB - I always get it the wrong way round 😫

wellerhugs5 · 21/06/2025 22:58

Alwaysoneoddsock · 21/06/2025 20:58

Smaller cars that are parked right into a space. So you think there’s a space and there isn’t.

i know I’m petty 🤣

Edited

This. So much,

Katemax82 · 21/06/2025 22:58

JDM625 · 21/06/2025 21:11

My MIL!

Its specific not Pacific
Its covid, not The CoviT
At any meal, MIL will shove food in then still try to talk, so bits come flying out of her mouth!
People that lie their breasts/chest and body over shopping trolleys and use them as mobility aids.

People saying: Recommend me......, we was at ...., I done ....., You get me? Innit.

My mil called it covic

changedusernameforthis1 · 21/06/2025 22:59

When a delivery driver plops my parcel down next to my bin without even attempting to come to the door to see if I'm in, then marks it down as "delivered to resident."

I once had one marked as "left with receptionist" which had literally been chucked over the gate. Didn't realise I lived in a clinic!

-edited for typo

JohnnyLuLus · 21/06/2025 23:02

MeyerBennett · 21/06/2025 21:00

People who sneeze more than, say, twice in a row
People who sneeze loudly - gives me the fucking rage

Yes, IABU

I call this performative sneezing. Mostly practiced by men. I can hear my next-door neighbour sneeze, so fucking unnecessary.

JohnnyLuLus · 21/06/2025 23:05

MrsO3 · 21/06/2025 22:16

Strangers getting too close to me. For example, in a queue for the till in a petrol garage and they stand 1cm from me and breathe down the back of my neck. THIS QUEUE AINT GONNA MOVE ANY QUICKER AND YOU AINT GONNA BE SERVED ANY FASTER JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE PRACTICALLY STANDING ON THE BACK OF MY SHOE!!!!!! … rant over 😂

I can't stand to feel people's breath on me. We were in a queue for the bar at a concert recently and my friend could sense I was about to lose my shit and sent me to wait to the side while he got the drinks.

sunnydaysfillmewithpeace · 21/06/2025 23:08

This was mostly my fault but I still gave myself the rage. I parked in a supermarket bay today and instead of being centre in the bay, I was close to the line on the right. When I came out to a largely empty car park, some numpty had parked beside so tightly I couldn’t open the driver’s side. Had to scramble across from the passenger side. I couldn’t work out whether to have the rage at myself for not parking centre in the space or rage at the person who instead of parking in one of 50 free spaces decided to box me in instead.

I then had the rage for not knowing who to have the rage at.

Modernfamily2011 · 21/06/2025 23:10

People who don’t know the difference between ‘His’ and ‘He’s’ - I see it all the time… they are 2 completely different words
People who start putting their shopping on the conveyor belt before i’ve finished putting mine on give me the rage!

Devianinc · 21/06/2025 23:12

InMyOpenOnion · 21/06/2025 21:26

Oh yes, that advert for deodorant for men's sweaty crotches. Bad enough as a concept anyway but the bum-sniffing is just too much.

Yeah, just take a shower and wash with soap.

BorninJuly · 21/06/2025 23:15

RaginaPhalange · 21/06/2025 21:08

When my dh eats noodles, he slurps them. Ds is also awful for being a loud chewer.

When people walk slowly in front of me.

Repeating myself numerous times

I'm a slow walker due to a disability...

Isittimeformynapyet · 21/06/2025 23:17

Alwaysoneoddsock · 21/06/2025 20:58

Smaller cars that are parked right into a space. So you think there’s a space and there isn’t.

i know I’m petty 🤣

Edited

I totally agree! This really pisses me off, but I bet they get a bit of glee from doing it 😣

MrsO3 · 21/06/2025 23:17

JohnnyLuLus · 21/06/2025 23:05

I can't stand to feel people's breath on me. We were in a queue for the bar at a concert recently and my friend could sense I was about to lose my shit and sent me to wait to the side while he got the drinks.

Why WHY do they keep shuffling forward into MY personal space?! Like JUST WAIT!!!!!

soupforbrains · 21/06/2025 23:18

People who don’t read the full thread I understand if it’s a particularly long thread, but if there are 20 or fewer responses then there’s really no excuse.

Here4thechocs · 21/06/2025 23:18

HatsOffToThePigeons · 21/06/2025 21:01

People blaming everything on "peri" on MN. Like, it's ok to have a big emotion that's not because of perimenopause! I know IABU but I feel like everyone blames peri for everything this year.

People who say “ like “….

SquashedSquid · 21/06/2025 23:24

People who think drawer and draw are pronounced differently.

Greencactusgirl · 21/06/2025 23:24

People who lean their arms on the supermarket trolley to push it (unless they have a disability)

Isittimeformynapyet · 21/06/2025 23:26

Cosycover · 21/06/2025 21:16

People who say macdonalds. It's mcdonalds. It's literally right there in the name. Mc

I had American friends who pronounced it MickDonalds, even after I helpfully pointed out that one of their most popular products was the Big Mac, not the Big Mick.

Nonbio46 · 21/06/2025 23:28

People who wear rucksacks while in shops making it difficult to get past them.

Tormundsbeard · 21/06/2025 23:31

Misuse of You’re and Your.

I don’t know why but I find it really annoying and it happens all the time!

Isittimeformynapyet · 21/06/2025 23:33

When loo roll holders require me to twist more than 45 degrees to access them.

Fluffybagel · 21/06/2025 23:33

People that can’t spell the correct your or you’re and the same goes for their, there and they’re! Drives me slightly mad 😂😂 it seems everyone on social media has completely removed “you’re” from their vocabulary! Oh and saying they brought something from a shop, it’s bought!! 😂

MycatLarry · 21/06/2025 23:34

People who say "Huh?" Instead of "what? Or "pardon? " They sound so gormless.

Ooh @SquashedSquid you're asking for trouble with that one 🫣

Fluffybagel · 21/06/2025 23:37

Oh and knowing the difference between a single “woman” or multiple “women”. I’m annoying myself now!

Wolfpinkola · 21/06/2025 23:41

the sight of my nosey neighbour continually policing our communal garden and car park like neighbourhood watch on crack. Just get back inside and fuck off

chillibuns · 21/06/2025 23:43

BarnOwlFlying · 21/06/2025 22:02

The phrase ‘reach out’ instead of ‘ask’.

Yes, I hate this kind of crap.