Sick of hearing about "bits"

[HelloDenise]

I'm fed up of reading about people going to B&M, Home Bargains, Next, M&S, the pound shop or wherever to get some autumn .... BITS!

Throws, pumpkins, candles, cushions, foliage, wreaths and garlands ARE NOT BLOODY BITS! They're whole, substantial items, not bits of items .

Where the hell did this come from? Or should I be on Pedants' corner?

If you read my OP I'm not annoyed by people buying seasonal decorations, as I've said I do it myself.

But they are cushions, throws and wreaths. Not bits.

And avo!

What a let down…knew I should have gone to the sex board.

And they will be out and about getting bits and bobs - 23rd to 24th December - as just need to get a few bits

It winds me right the F up aswell !

Apologies for misreading your OP. I think I got carried away with the number of people complaining about others who were buying these things and find it hard to understand why it upsets them so much. Apologies for directing my frustration at these people towards you.

With regards to calling them “bits” - I can see why others might choose not to use that term, but not why it would irritate them so much when others do! In my head it’s a perfectly reasonable and inoffensive name as they are “bits” in the sense that they are parts of the whole decor in the room.

Tat.

Tat is what you are going to buy.

I'm going to buy some seasonal tat.

Just admit it 🤣

I absolutely admit it’s tat😂😂 i’ll
also freely admit that it’s tat (or bits!!) that I don’t need. I just want them! (But I do buy
them to reuse each year, so not quite landfill tat!!)
Tat, bits, seasonal cushions and decor…we all know what is being referred to. Just not sure why the word ‘bits’ is so triggering to some people!

It's not triggering exactly. It's a useful way to sort people into Bits People/ non Bits People and go from there. Eg it would be very hard for me personally to be able to have a friend that says she's just nipping to Marksies for some picky bits for tea. It just wouldn't happen. 100% guaranteed.

Yeah me too!

Yeah, I was disappointed also

The whole bits thing makes me cringe, it's like when people say ' I've nipped in tesco for some bits' gives me the ick

Omg I totally agree.I cannot tell you how many times my blood pressure has shot up either the mention of picking up ‘bits’. It is so hard to give the OP a fair hearing. While I’m on a roll it also drives me mad when people refer to their baby as baby.

I’ve not heard anyone saying that (and yes I thought it was going to be about genitals as well) but christ I hate that shit. Cheap disposable tat that nobody needs. It’s bad enough in the likes of Poundland and TK Maxx but even the charity shops are at it now, selling new stuff that’s probably been shipped from China. It’s depressing isn’t it?

Same. I’m similarly sick of “popping” - just popping to the shop for some bits. Just pop a… well I can’t think of anything now, but pisses me off when I hear it nearly as much as when I see it written.

Same. Gutted

I’m not a fan of saying I went shopping and got some ‘bits.’

But what I hate more is when people on tik tok, call their shopping a ‘haul’. So they say, let me show you my Home Bargains ‘haul’. When it’s stuff you can get in most supermarkets and nothing special.

I have no autumnal nick nacks. I’m also over ‘picky bits’. If I may add too, Love Island bikinis when I’m swimming.

The word should be banned. ‘Bits and bobs’ and people who are upset being in ‘bits’ makes me feel slightly nauseated. Not heard it applied to autumn furnishings, but yes that’s awful too.

I’ve never heard of ‘bits’ in this context.

The worst is "picky bits". Fuck right off!

Hahahahaha I thought the thread was going to be about picky bits.

Love picky bits me.

Also love picking up a few bits from the shops.

Its ok im a big girl i can take the hate 🤣

Worst of all is “doing bits”. As in, “B&M’s autumn bits are doing bits this year”.

I also hate the whole "haul" thing.
So they bought a load of plastic shite and fast fashion that they will wear once and it go in landfill.

Round here doing bits is a euphemism for class A drugs 😂😂😂