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What tiny things make you irrationally annoyed?

357 replies

Bikergran · 07/01/2026 06:28

Just that, really. I'll start with a few.

The way discount pop-ups scream at you on a shopping page as soon as you click on it. Excuse me, I haven't had a chance to look at the product yet, I don't KNOW if I want a 15% discount!!

Daytime TV adverts. Either they are for funeral plans, featuring perky older couples chatting gaily about "lovely send-offs" or overpriced tat that requires them to repeat the same information repeatedly for several minutes in the hope you'll be hypnotised into ordering it.

Supermarket layouts. Always moving stuff about, completely random grouping of items. For instance, my local Morrisons has just moved half its meat products on an aisle away from the butchery department.

I have dozens more, nothing major, but niggling.

OP posts:
TheSalvadorsStickbymebaby · 09/01/2026 14:45

Ibuprofen can mess with blood pressure meds.
We've to stick to paracetamol for that reason.

KimberleyClark · 09/01/2026 16:28

TheSalvadorsStickbymebaby · 09/01/2026 14:45

Ibuprofen can mess with blood pressure meds.
We've to stick to paracetamol for that reason.

I cannot take ibuprofen either, at least not for long term pain relief. It messes with my thyroid meds and I get anaemic.

TheJustJoker · 09/01/2026 17:14

TheSalvadorsStickbymebaby · 09/01/2026 14:45

Ibuprofen can mess with blood pressure meds.
We've to stick to paracetamol for that reason.

Same here.

ForProudPinkPombear · 09/01/2026 17:35

BIWI · 09/01/2026 10:23

What a very unpleasant post.

Yes, transphobia is completely pleasant isn't it

BIWI · 09/01/2026 17:57

Oh dear! Being gender critical does not make one transphobic. HTH.

Mamamia35 · 09/01/2026 18:21

PersephoneParlormaid · 07/01/2026 06:31

My DH breathing.

The winner 😂

Byeretail · 09/01/2026 20:33

RonaldMcDonaldTrump · 09/01/2026 10:11

Our Lidl opened just after COVID and had them from the very start. I did actually Google it last night like a saddo and there was something about them rolling it out strategically, largely in urban areas with high footfall to begin with. We are suburban (ish) so not sure how ours qualified. I know some people just pop in solely for bakery items so baffles me why they haven't done this everywhere. Hope you get it soon!

Edited

There's one about half a mile further away in a different direction which has self scans.

Edit - I just had a look on Streetview at the Lidl without the selfscans and the one I visit. The one without self scans opened end June 2018 as there was a poster on the SV a few weeks before they opened with the opening date.

The Lidl I usually shop at opened a year later. It was Waitrose in Sept 2018 and the the next SV was Nov 2020.

DuchessofStaffordshire · 10/01/2026 20:14

BeQuirkyMintScroller · 07/01/2026 07:13

When people say things such as "please contact myself with any questions" and "this report has been prepared by myself and Linda".

I know it's irrational irritation because not everyone has the same grip on correct grammar usage as some of us do.

Also cake served on top of the bloody napkin.

Oh gosh, yes! Reflexive pronoun abuse.
Myself and hubby.....
You'll hear from ourselves.....
Was it yourself who made the tart?

Also, insisting on always using the subject pronoun 'I' and never 'me'. I think this may be because people had it drilled into their heads that it's 'Bob and I', never Bob and me'.
The dog went to the park with Bob and me. Great!

Bluedenimdoglover · 10/01/2026 20:16

People beefing about "the state of the country", the government (any government which happens to be in power), the "NHS is broken", paying tax.... 🤬

tramtracks · 10/01/2026 20:46

The word ‘triggering’. Or ‘stressful’.

Blueuggboots · 10/01/2026 21:15

This:
34£

why??!!

a £ goes in front of the numbers.

Byeretail · 10/01/2026 21:21

Blueuggboots · 10/01/2026 21:15

This:
34£

why??!!

a £ goes in front of the numbers.

Some countries put their monetary sign after

Ailsajayne1980 · 10/01/2026 21:51

SchnizelVonKrumm · 07/01/2026 08:01

People who sign off on internal emails with "kind regards" etc when you are sitting in the same office. You literally spoke to me half an hour ago so you don't need to send me your regards!

I do this. But only because I was told I was rude when I didn’t sign off like that 🤦🏼‍♀️ same with not having the “hello, how are you” conversation every time someone calls me on teams, even if Ive
spoken to them already. That makes me irrationally angry.
but then most things do these days 😂

Blueuggboots · 10/01/2026 22:00

@Byeretail, yes some do, but the UK DOES NOT!!

DuchessofStaffordshire · 10/01/2026 22:08

Member869894 · 07/01/2026 08:38

Oh so many...
My teenage dd saying 'literally' every thirty seconds
People sneezing theatrically
Men in women clothes shops trailing around after their partners like gormless goats
Grown women who pout in photos- WTAF?
Passive aggressive work emails copying in the world and his wife for extra effect.
'Making memories'

I could go on and on...

Yes to men in clothes shops. I know some have 'man chairs' situated near the changing rooms.
Also, men (who have obviously been sent down to the supermarket) pushing trollies, looking as though it's their first day on planet earth with a bewildered expression on their faces.

Gizzywizzywoo · 11/01/2026 12:03

Noisy eaters.loud runching or chewing gum especially! Talking while eating is another
Whistling
Leaving cupboard doors open
Leaving mess in the bathroom ie towels on the floor, water everywhere
Not hanging washing correctly on the airer so it drys ( hubby just checks it on so ends up only half drying and all creased
The list is endless but it all gives me rage

NimbleHiker · 11/01/2026 12:07

People who immediately drone on about themselves for 10 minutes when i start a conversation.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 11/01/2026 14:07

Since I’ve just seen it on here, people who say ‘brekkie’! Mind you my FiL used to call it ‘brekker’, which is even worse.

TheSalvadorsStickbymebaby · 11/01/2026 14:08

I hate the use of Sarnie.

Newname71 · 11/01/2026 14:15

Somebody leaving drawers and cupboard doors open.
Somebody putting the cheese grater on the glasses and cups shelf.
Somebody using my deodorant because they took the one I bought them to work.
Somebody hanging their coat on the back of the dining room chair.
Somebody dropping the dogs harness and lead wherever.., Then wandering round looking for it and asking me where they are.
Somebody leaving their dirty socks and undies on the bathroom floor after they’ve had a shower.
Somebody is DH!
27 years I’ve been nagging about the same old shite!!

Newname71 · 11/01/2026 14:16

Gizzywizzywoo · 11/01/2026 12:03

Noisy eaters.loud runching or chewing gum especially! Talking while eating is another
Whistling
Leaving cupboard doors open
Leaving mess in the bathroom ie towels on the floor, water everywhere
Not hanging washing correctly on the airer so it drys ( hubby just checks it on so ends up only half drying and all creased
The list is endless but it all gives me rage

Is my DH a bigamist? 😂

A100percent · 11/01/2026 15:06

When I'm about to click on a link or button on my phone and the interface changes and I end up clicking on something else! Drives me insane.

People, i.e. everyone now, who say 'a hundred percent!'. Just 'yes' or 'absolutely' will do. 😤

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 11/01/2026 15:20

Another scratch card one - people who save up all their scratch cards and bring them in on Christmas Eve to cash in, despite the queue already being out of the door, and then saying 'I'm not sure which ones are winners, your machine will check, right?'

Well, yes, but it still needs me to input the four digit number and you could have come in on a quieter day! And at least check which are the winners and just bring those ones in!

Gizzywizzywoo · 11/01/2026 15:36

Newname71 · 11/01/2026 14:15

Somebody leaving drawers and cupboard doors open.
Somebody putting the cheese grater on the glasses and cups shelf.
Somebody using my deodorant because they took the one I bought them to work.
Somebody hanging their coat on the back of the dining room chair.
Somebody dropping the dogs harness and lead wherever.., Then wandering round looking for it and asking me where they are.
Somebody leaving their dirty socks and undies on the bathroom floor after they’ve had a shower.
Somebody is DH!
27 years I’ve been nagging about the same old shite!!

I know exactly how you feel
I live with one of these somebody's too.... I do wonder how they get so set in their ways and dont realise what they are doing or how bloody irritating it is

Itiswhysofew · 11/01/2026 15:45

Being blocked by other shoppers in supermarket aisles & exits. Sometimes I'm relaxed about it, but other times not so much. Yesterday, behind a shopper with a large, very full trolly, struggling to push it one-handed whilst on her mobile & collecting a shop leaflet from a rack at the same time. I mean, give me strength😩