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Things you hate.

491 replies

divorcinganabsolutewanker · 05/12/2025 12:16

We've had 2 birthdays in work today and I didn't join in with the singing of happy birthday. I hate it. Have a great day and all that but I don't feel the need to go and join in.

I also hate Christmas, it's a waste of money. Love the time with family but the rest of it can fuck off.

I also hate going for a wee and stopping for diesel.

What do you hate?

OP posts:
deadpantrashcan · 05/12/2025 13:17

Ketzele · 05/12/2025 12:39

New Years Eve. Spiders and slugs. Dogs without snouts. Bar stools. Smear tests. Populism. Standing in pubs. Illogical thinkers. Mobs. Shellfish. Terracotta paint. Putin-Trump-Farage. Left wing antisemites. Right wing Islamophobes. Bifold doors. The smell of bacon. Small print books. Primary colours. The lack of vocational career paths. Perfumed pantyliner. Posters who say Eww that's grim on MN threads about personal hygiene or housework. Framed prints of Kate Moss/Marilyn Monroe/Audrey Hepburn. Air freshener.

I could go on forever. I have so much hate it's exhausting.

You are right up my street

Newyearawaits · 05/12/2025 13:18

Christmas, I hate it but have to paint a smile on my face for relevant people.
In reality, it's a cover up for all the horrible things that are going on. Happy family scenarios everywhere which don't reflect reality and epitomises what has gone badly wrong

ArabellaSaurus · 05/12/2025 13:23

Flu/viruses. Cleaning. Arseholes. The relentless fucking hamster wheel of daily life. Laundry. Computers. The sound of people eating. The sound of people breathing. Liars. Phones. Reading glasses, glasses generally - how is it in 2025 we have these awkward fucking foldy poky things to stick on our faces like two shite magnifying glasses? Why isnt it invented better? Toasters. Emails. The cold. The heat. Talking. Also bras.

I'll stop now and come back later, there will be more.

idrinkandiknowthings · 05/12/2025 13:23

Baby flies (I can't even type the word)
Being too hot
Summer (because of the above)
Drivers who don't indicate
Warm public toilet seats
Warm glasses in pubs
Most mainstream music
Pretzels and olives - both fashioned by the Devil's own cloven hooves
Mrs Brown's Boys - deeply unfunny
Reform - also deeply unfunny
Racists / homophobes and anyone who discriminates in any form
People who say "should of" instead of "should have"

That'll do for now 😆

OttersMayHaveShifted · 05/12/2025 13:25

Spiders. Trying to keep on top of the laundry. Making and attending medical and dental appointments. Any complicated multi-step admin tasks. Driving somewhere unfamiliar.

SheIsLostForWords · 05/12/2025 13:29

Door slamming! I work from home and live in a terraced house. Next door neighbours don’t know how to close their doors quietly and slam the front and back door with full force every 10 minutes.

the80sweregreat · 05/12/2025 13:29

Arabellasauras
I couldn’t wear them, but have you tried contact lenses? At least we have moved on from monoclonals I suppose ! ( not sure about the spelling there )
I also loath cleaning and never ending washing. Getting it dry is a faff and I should buy a heated airer.
Family finances and dealing with insurance renewals get me down too.

MrsBeltane · 05/12/2025 13:31

Christmas
Cold Play
Eggs
Washing my hair
Hoovering

OldieButBaddie · 05/12/2025 13:32

idrinkandiknowthings · 05/12/2025 13:23

Baby flies (I can't even type the word)
Being too hot
Summer (because of the above)
Drivers who don't indicate
Warm public toilet seats
Warm glasses in pubs
Most mainstream music
Pretzels and olives - both fashioned by the Devil's own cloven hooves
Mrs Brown's Boys - deeply unfunny
Reform - also deeply unfunny
Racists / homophobes and anyone who discriminates in any form
People who say "should of" instead of "should have"

That'll do for now 😆

Never go to Japan if you hate warm toilet seats 😁

NimbleHiker · 05/12/2025 13:32

I hate listening to my mum's endless monologues. If i ended up in icu she would be more bothered about her toothache. I once broke my arm but her broken nail was far more important. I hate people who listen to music on public transport without wearing headphones. Don't get me started on the loud phone conversations. I hate football.

ArabellaSaurus · 05/12/2025 13:32

'Your password should be 12 characters long, a mix of upper and lower case, contain a number, a super special special symbol, some Assyrian poetry, two parkour moves, and your most shameful secret.

But I won't reveal all of these crucial stipulations until you fail to include them, one by one. '

ArcticGrass · 05/12/2025 13:32

Drying myself when I get out of the shower or the bath, obviously I do, but I'd love a giant handryer...or a drying bag like the dog has got.

Off road motorbikes. Nasty noisy things that you can hear but don't know quite where they are going to pop up out from on your quiet relaxing Sunday walk in the countryside and so have to pop the dog back on a lead... Gits tearing up the greenways and mountain sides.

zurigo · 05/12/2025 13:37
  • Filling the car up on cold days when freezing drips of condensation are showering down from the metal roof over the fuel pumps (I decided today that when I change my car I'm definitely getting an electric!)
  • Cleaning the cat litter and the cat's water fountain.
  • Putting the bins out - particularly when it's freezing like it was last night.
  • Attending routine appointments - so boring and time-consuming.
ArabellaSaurus · 05/12/2025 13:37

the80sweregreat · 05/12/2025 13:29

Arabellasauras
I couldn’t wear them, but have you tried contact lenses? At least we have moved on from monoclonals I suppose ! ( not sure about the spelling there )
I also loath cleaning and never ending washing. Getting it dry is a faff and I should buy a heated airer.
Family finances and dealing with insurance renewals get me down too.

I've only just worked up to outrage at glasses, contacts would be advanced level fury, I think. I only need them for reading and you cant do that in bed because pillow/glasses interface creates havoc.

Newyearawaits · 05/12/2025 13:38

People who make loud crunchy noises when they eat and appear to have no understanding of personal space whilst doing so!

divorcinganabsolutewanker · 05/12/2025 13:39

mumofoneAloneandwell · 05/12/2025 12:52

You didnt sing happy birthday 😄

Did you just sit there with a straight face?

They 2 people were in a different office.

Thanks fuck.

OP posts:
Gentlydoesit2 · 05/12/2025 13:39

Most people hate being sung happy birthday to aswel right?? It should be banned

I hate -

Grocery shopping and unpacking
Boys/men that keep leaving wee all over my toilets
Smoking outside school gates
Deciding what to cook everyday
The patriarchy
Delivery drivers waking the baby
Kale

DuchessofStaffordshire · 05/12/2025 13:41

Cyclists (when I'm a driver).
Drivers (when I'm cycling or running).
Pedestrians (particularly those glued to their phones and lacking situational awareness) when I'm cycling, running or driving.
Dogs on extendable leads.
Noisy exhaust pipes.
Cruises.
Strictly.
Reality TV.
Non-indicators.
Plain boiled or mashed spuds.
Men in charge of trolleys in supermarkets.
People who treat visits to the supermarket as a family day out or excuse for a social catch-up.
Illogical decision makers.
White cars.
The person who can't be bothered to install a new loo roll.
Learned helplessness, professional victimhood and people who don't take any responsibility for themselves, their kids or their pets etc.
See through or skin coloured leggings.
Fly tippers.
Middle lane hoggers.

divorcinganabsolutewanker · 05/12/2025 13:41

WhatWhoNoShe · 05/12/2025 13:07

The OP is probably too Busy and Important to sing Happy Birthday.

(I mean, I'm not unsympathetic, as it's the most godawful dirge and unpleasantly reminiscent of 'God Save the Queen/King'), but I'm also not that keen on workplace grumps who sit looking sourly superior while everyone else sings said dirge.)

I'm in a different office and too busy.

I'm just back from annual leave and trying to get through month end.

I don't feel one bit awful for not going.

One of the men is a bit of a perve so fuck him.

OP posts:
AgentPidge · 05/12/2025 13:43

deadpantrashcan · 05/12/2025 13:17

You are right up my street

Same here. I do like prawns though.

MarcusRashvest · 05/12/2025 13:44

When a website asks you to enter your email address and it flashes up with an angry red message telling you it’s not a valid email address after only typing the first letter

AgentPidge · 05/12/2025 13:47

ArabellaSaurus · 05/12/2025 13:32

'Your password should be 12 characters long, a mix of upper and lower case, contain a number, a super special special symbol, some Assyrian poetry, two parkour moves, and your most shameful secret.

But I won't reveal all of these crucial stipulations until you fail to include them, one by one. '

And then, "Sorry, that password is not available".

meatyryvita · 05/12/2025 13:47

People who put food from packaging into fancy jars and that type of shit (not out of necessity but because it's visually appealing/for the 'gram).
Trad wives
Those stupid men who arrogantly list what they want in a partner and the short version is 'big t8ts but lobotomised'.
Trump
Farage
Vance
Putin
People who walk along looking down at their phone
People who walk along looking down at their phone and suddenly stop
People who try to push on to the train when you're still trying to get off
People who don't put the motherpupping laundry into the motherpupping laundry basket
People who think feminism is 'man hating'
Reform and all those who fall for their bullshit
Brexiters

AgnesMcDoo · 05/12/2025 13:48

Drivers who don’t indicate

The Woke

People who I don’t know / hardly know who insist on kissing my cheeks 2-3
times as a greeting (or air kissing just as bad)

Manspreading on public transport especially on airplanes

mushrooms, fish, aubergines and courgettes

UtterlyOtterly · 05/12/2025 13:54

The assumption I am going to like a dog or want it near me.
Dogs in cafes and shops.
Tattoos.
Unkempt gardens.
Artificial grass in ordinary gardens.
Custard creams.
Virtually everything about Christmas.

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