Stupid things that annoy you

[Arlanymor]

I know this is probably stupid because I don’t pay the bill, it doesn’t impact on me directly and frankly why is it any of my business… but it really aggravates me when a retail outlet has moved premises or gone out of business but the bloody lights are still on. Surely it’s wasting resources and not brilliant for the environment? Why didn’t the person who was last to lock up flick the switch?! Is there a reason? Does maybe the landlord require the lights to be on for security reasons or something? It really does drive me nuts when I walk past a place that isn’t in use and the lights are on. And breathe… tell me stupid things that annoy you too so that I don’t feel so alone!

people who correct you when you say the wrong pronunciation.
That doesn't bother me unless it's somewhere I know well and they're wrong.
If I'm saying a place name incorrectly I'd prefer to know.

Guilty, sorry 😞

Dogs in shops and cafes/restaurants

People 'hinting' what they want, rather than just asking

Bad parking

Old(er) people who have hearing loss and refuse to accept it, or worse still - know and won’t wear the hearing aid. Both my dad and FIL are guilty of this, mum and MIL both use their hearing aids fine so maybe it’s a man thing. My dad is worse than FIL because at least he accepts it, my dad is in total denial and thinks his neighbours are on witch hunt against him when actually no, his TV is insanely loud. It doesn’t really impact me too much, but it is annoying.

People saying "park up". WHY? WHY THE "UP"? There is no need. Park will do.
I parked the car. I parked up the car. Waste of time, waste of words, bad grammar. I judge you from behind my annoyance. It annoys me so much.

Fry off is another one. Fry. Just fry.

I knew a revolting bloke years ago who used to speak of having an orgasm as 'come off'.

Similar to the op’s annoyance, I have a Red Cross charity shop in my town and whatever the weather through the winter, it always has it’s door wide open and the heaters blasting inside. It’s such a waste of energy. Especially since it’s for a charity. The other thing that gets on my tits is that all the sizes are mixed up yet the colours are put together. 😡

Incompatible packaging and product design! Washing up liquids, hand creams and scissors in sealed plastic packets.

People who allow their children to play iPads or phones on public transport/in restaurants with the volume right up and no headphones. Ditto people who take video calls on public transport/play TikTok or music without headphones. Actually, not a stupid thing to be annoyed about.

No worries, I think because of other posts on this thread I wasn’t sure. Sorry, didn’t mean to accuse you at all. Weirdly I had a really similar conversation with friends about a week ago, funny how the same themes come up randomly but in a short period of time isn’t it!

This is niche, but the Octopus Energy radio ads, where the play 'members of the public' recorded calls saying things like 'you've really stepped it up as and energy company' and 'i love octopus energy sooooo much I would NEVER dreaaaam of going elsewhere for my energy'

FUCK OFF. NOBODY is talking to their gas/leccy suppliers like that. Do they think we are fucking stupid!!!!

Yes the idea may be for it to stick in my head, but if I hate an advert it makes me NOT buy that thing.

People who rub their feet together so you can hear the rubbiness, makes me want to heave, toe nail clippings

All those

in addition people who say ‘I don’t know the facts but I know what I think’

roadworks going on for months but zero sign of any action

people not flushing public loos ( when they flush perfectly well)

shop assistants busily chatting to themselves at the till when I’m waiting to pay

companies using the tiniest of writing in well hidden ‘conditions’

In films and TV shows

People carrying handbags that are clearly empty.

People holding coffee cups with a lid that are clearly empty.

This annoys me much more than it should.

Cyclists going through red lights
People who watch their children barge into people and don’t correct them
People who don’t say thank you
Entitled people
New developments that are built on land being used by wildlife and making them homeless
those who will call a no carb meal a healthy meal

I realise some of these are not stupid and so I’ve digressed into listing my general life annoyances 😂

I can’t stand that advert!!

They have the very lightest suitcases going om holiday!
Regarding shops doors open in Winter can I add shops boasting 'We are airconditioned' in Summer but their doors are wide open, making the AC useless.

This is actually an instance where I do believe they are legit customers. I only really hear the one with the guy saying "you just get it right" and it doesn't sound like he's acting. I still turn the station over though as I've heard it too many times. But those flipping funeral adverts like the one that goes "Dad would have been so pleased with that send off". Piss off. Talk about over acting!

Oh I have a list!

1. My neighbours - at least 4 of them have ripped out their once lovely front gardens to replace with coloured stones/tacky ornaments (gnomes and ducks) or the cheapest nastiest astro I've ever seen - it quite literally looks like a sheet of flat felt. Their gardens now look awful and are full of weeds - absolutely no effort to remove. Note they are not disabled/unable to do this physically.
2. Local people who allow their dogs to poo all over the pavements. There are bins everywhere! I live in an area of outstanding natural beauty and it's awful to see it littered with dog poo.
3. People who don't understand the simple driving concept - if your move forces a person to have to do an emergency stop - DON'T do it.
4. Front covers of crap magazines - although at times this does amuse me. It's just so ridiculous, "I left my husband for his dad" type nonsense.
5. Click bait headlines online.
6. Poor grammar/spelling on customer facing documents/items (menus, brochures, van decals etc)

The Vauxhall Adam. Something about the look of the back of it makes me cross.

My neighbours taking my bins (despite having my address written on them in bold letters.)

People who don’t vote.

My family member, when she says something she has eaten was “orgasmic”. It makes me cringe every single time.

People who brag about their purchases etc. I know one people who bragged about having a new toilet, which allegedly cost around £4k. (For that amount of money, I’d want it to wipe my bum for me.)

Front covers of crap magazines << This reminded me of something else that really annoys me.

Full cover back and front adverts for newspapers and magazines that say 'your regular copy is inside'. I don't want to paw past an advert that I deliberately don't read because it annoys me so much. I want to see the headlines or the front cover. It's especially annoying if it's stapled on and I rip it off.

Adverts on little metal signs on little and mini- roundabouts that used to just have flowers and greenery on them . A beautiful little village near me has just done this and it so ugly and intrusive. I don't care how strapped the council are for cash and what they get paid for it, the environmental ugliness means they should be banned. If I was more criminally minded and not afraid of being arrested I would go out in the middle of the night and spray paint over all the adverts in a nice green colour.

So many things annoy me. It's exhausting!

My current "favourite" annoyance is badly behaved audiences at the theatre or cinema. It's getting worse and is particularly bad if the actors in the play are well known.

The guy who runs my local shop. Whenever I go in he talks and talks and talks at me to the point I cant leave, its not just me its everyone. Its got so bad I cant go in there and have to drive to the next shop w milrs away which is incredibly inconvenient!!

Websites which force you to set a password that is so complicated you have to note it down somewhere, thus defeating the whole point of having a secret password!

Then entering your password and being told you also need to enter a secret code being sent to you via email. Fine if it’s banking or something needing lots of security but just to pay my bloody water bill?!

People who pronounce H as haitch, it's aitch.
Drivers who don't move onto a box junction when their exit is clear.
People who don't put the loo lid down before flushing.