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Small things that annoy you light hearted

141 replies

NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 12:49

People who just grunt at me instead of giving me a straight answer to a simple question. It is not hard to say yes please or no thank you if i ask you if you want a drink.

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Mydogisagentleman · 19/01/2026 14:20

People who are surprised that they need to pay after packing their shopping away.
Or, today's favourite, People who need to sit and check their petrol receipt before pulling away from the pump

Unhappyitis · 19/01/2026 14:21

manicpixieschemegirl · 19/01/2026 13:11

People who pronounce sandwich as samwidge.

Excuse me? That actually hurt my brain.

Someone in the higher ups at my work cannot say think, they Ffffink. Send help.

Also addresses everyone as guysss. Help please.

NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 14:26

Accidentally clicking on an advert.

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NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 14:31

People who get offended when i don't answer the phone or respond to texts immediately. I wasn't ignoring you. I was in the shower.

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manicpixieschemegirl · 19/01/2026 14:31

Oh also people who over pronounce the g in words that end ing so thinking becomes thinking-guh, etc.

WatchingWongFilms · 19/01/2026 14:32

Unhappyitis · 19/01/2026 14:21

Excuse me? That actually hurt my brain.

Someone in the higher ups at my work cannot say think, they Ffffink. Send help.

Also addresses everyone as guysss. Help please.

Samwidge is quite a common way of pronouncing sandwich in my area of the northwest, and when I lived in Scotland, it wasn't unusual to hear people call it a sangwidge. I hate both pronunciations, but I'd take them over sarnie or buttie.

DollopOfFun · 19/01/2026 15:02

TV shows where someone gets a text, so they show the message displayed on the tiny phone screen, from the character's arms length away, and you're supposed to be able to read the what the words say.

Mate, I need my own font size to be set at 168, with maximum brightness, and the screen 3cm from my nose. Just put the message up in a bubble on the screen PLEASE.

xSnowFairyx · 19/01/2026 15:09

People breathing heavily.

People who just suddenly stop at the bottom/top of an escalator when they get off. JUST MOVE.

People walking side by side who refuse to walk single file if you need to pass so you end up walking into the road/a bush/a wall.

(At work) when a colleague sends me a Teams message with just “Hi 😁”. JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED.

Unhappyitis · 19/01/2026 15:35

xSnowFairyx · 19/01/2026 15:09

People breathing heavily.

People who just suddenly stop at the bottom/top of an escalator when they get off. JUST MOVE.

People walking side by side who refuse to walk single file if you need to pass so you end up walking into the road/a bush/a wall.

(At work) when a colleague sends me a Teams message with just “Hi 😁”. JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED.

Don't stand near me after walking up a big hill then. 🤣🤣🤣😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

xSnowFairyx · 19/01/2026 15:38

Unhappyitis · 19/01/2026 15:35

Don't stand near me after walking up a big hill then. 🤣🤣🤣😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

🤣🤣

Hill walk and exercise is fine! It’s the people who are sitting down (usually at work) mouth breathing so heavily, it makes my skin crawl.

Thepeopleversuswork · 19/01/2026 15:39

People playing music or watching reels on a mobile phone without headphones on a bus or train.

DoneAdulting · 19/01/2026 15:44

Thepeopleversuswork · 19/01/2026 15:39

People playing music or watching reels on a mobile phone without headphones on a bus or train.

I was going to say people who allow their children to watch tablets and phones without headphones in public places!

DoneAdulting · 19/01/2026 15:45

Niche perhaps but when people talk about Disneyland when they mean Walt Disney World

ArcticBells · 19/01/2026 15:46

When someone is first or second to reply to a post on here and they quote the whole first post

shouldofgotamortage · 19/01/2026 15:47

Right now it’s the 10 layers of gloss on my stairs banister spent two days sanding it down, got annoyed and took a blow torch to it. 😂

NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 15:48

People who constantly sniff. Just blow your nose. People who cough all over me. It is not hard to cover your mouth when coughing.

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booknerdhead · 19/01/2026 15:58

Cars up my behind when I’m just happily following the speed limit (particularly in the dark on winding country lanes)
Starting your meal before others are served. Bad table manners generally.
People who don’t drive having no clue what I need to know and no, petrol is not free and coming out of the sky.

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 19/01/2026 15:58

Weather forecasts which say things like 'Rain in the north, brighter and warmer in the south'. Excuse me? I'm in North Yorkshire, could you please tell me where your 'north' is? Scotland? North of Watford?

Is it going to rain on me or not?

NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 15:58

My mum's endless monologues are so annoying. I could write a book about her constipation as she has endlessly droned on about it for the last week.

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NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 16:04

My video doorbell. I get a notification when my neighbour walks his dog.

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cheapskatemum · 19/01/2026 18:33

I’ve posted about this before, but it still annoys me, so here goes:
at work there’s a cupboard for crockery & it’s stacked in piles. To me it’s obvious that you have a pile of dinner plates, a pile of side plates, a pile of bowls etc. So why do people put bowls on top of plates, dinner plates on the side plates etc?

NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 19:14

The smell of tinned sardines. The tv remote as it always ends up at the back of the chair.

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BubbadueJuly2026 · 19/01/2026 19:19

When someone posts on Facebook “Currently at the hospital” or checks themselves in at A&E and everyone rushes to ask what’s wrong and they reply “I’ll message you”

Attention seekers

Unhappyitis · 20/01/2026 05:54

cheapskatemum · 19/01/2026 18:33

I’ve posted about this before, but it still annoys me, so here goes:
at work there’s a cupboard for crockery & it’s stacked in piles. To me it’s obvious that you have a pile of dinner plates, a pile of side plates, a pile of bowls etc. So why do people put bowls on top of plates, dinner plates on the side plates etc?

I think that would actually give me the rage.

Nugg · 20/01/2026 06:04

Getting my sleeve caught on a door handle

People who misunderstand perfectly clear emails or miss the entire point and don’t respond to it

People who call my phone without warning 😱

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