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 quote the OP needlessly. Particularly in the first sodding reply.

Hyperbolic language.

And the overuse of the word literally.

@Hiptothisjive , I detest the word literally now.
A small selection from the hundreds of posts containing the word over the last 2 days:
Literally the entire post. HTH
It literally looks like a foot path
This will make literally zero difference to the family court
She literally finishes the post saying "...when he's naughty"
This is literally me ...
The title of your thread literally says...
You literally wrote...
Also no one enters public sector for the money, it is literally the lowest paid sector.
...how they will cook literally an hour after dinner .
Literally no one has been investigated or prosectuted, besides 1 woman.
I’ve literally never seen a baby group or class for 50p.
...she literally parked on someone else’s drive way??
I literally have no idea why my comment is being reviewed, it's so mysterious.
They are literally trying to mug you out of the £11K.
Avoid a bride look? She’s literally the bride!

To be fair, there were some posts where the word was used to mean 'in a literal manner' but they were few and far between.

A specific to Mumsnet one: on a thread, often benefits or money related, where the response is how do you know/nobody would share that information or similar.
I don't know if it's the fields I've worked in ( hospitality, education, housing) but people voluntarily shared all sorts with me. Not necessarily germane to the professional circumstances or information I needed or in some cases wanted to hear!

🫣😁 I say Gosh a lot at work as I have a public facing role and had to stop saying Fuck!!!

I hate posters who post ‘for the hard of thinking’. Condescending and unnecessary.

People on amumsnet not realising People live other places rather than Britain.
It's Haitch where I am.

@Worried198423 ,stay off amumsnet.

Toddlers stuck on an iPad when they’re out & about.
People talking on speaker phone in public.
Really dark misshapen eyebrows that seem to be on trend.
Fake grass & people getting rid of all the trees & flowers to put it down.
Not being able to park my small car easily due to so many people having a massive car nowadays.
The overuse of ‘mental health/anxiety’ as an excuse for being a bit flakey. I’d be a terrible counsellor tbh. I’d be telling them to just crack on with whatever it is they need to do.

Probably lots more due to being post-50 & increasingly lacking in patience as I get older.

When social media sites randomly show you an ad for, say, a pair of trousers and you click the link that says ‘shop now’ but it takes you to a home page rather than the specific item but even then you’ve to click the accept cookies and then separately confirm whether you want to subscribe for 15% off your first order only to find that the trousers you thought were quite nice are nowhere to be found.

YES! Suddenly everyone uses the phrase ‘change it up’ when ten years ago it was just ‘change’

that, and the fact that everyone these days is oblivious and walking around slowly looking at their phones. Blocking footpaths, blocking stairs, holding up people behind them the whole time. If you are in a central London tube station at rush hour it’s best to assume that people around you have places to be - so please get the hell out of the way! Or I may kick you

Illegally modified e-bikes. On pavements

Monologues

And yet some of us have a Masters in the Evolution of Language and Cognition.

And understand how language has evolved ever since oral history began and that sociolinguistics and changes to structural shifts and grammatical developments actually enable us to converse with and understand the people we live alongside much better. And just because you don't want things to change it doesn't mean they won't. Not all of us want to be small-minded.

And use 'and' to start a sentence!

Maybe my English is poor though? I speak four languages, so I guess perhaps?

OMFG….kids in trollies….id make that a hanging offence and I’m not kidding!

My Grandma had a hearing aid that she always complained was useless. My Mum had to point out to her it’s because she kept it in the sideboard… 🧐

Especially scissors. I bought some new kitchen scissors the other day to replace the ones that I had mysteriously lost and I needed scissors to liberate them from their packaging! Luckily i keep a pair upstairs for cutting labels off new clothes and opening sachets in the bathroom.

Posters who boast about their qualifications.

Thats me but not because I find it depressing, it just doesn't interest me.🤷

@LuckyManifestations , you have no interest in the news at all? Do you vote in elections?

So many things! Dog owners who are lazy and irresponsible are my biggest one at the moment as it seems to be a more widespread problem compared to 5 years ago.

My local garden centre has done the brave thing of banning dogs inside their store despite the fact they have a dog grooming service (located outside). They will inevitably lose customers, but their argument was that as well as the high cost of damaged items, they were fed up of their employees having to clean up regularly after incontinent dogs.

Recently, in a cafe, a huge German Shepherd jumped up at a nearby toddler and started licking the child's face everywhere. The dog owner just laughed and said something like 'he's a friendly one!' 😕

People who chain smoke weed for hours on end and then go directly out in public with the smell still clinging to their clothes and hair so that anyone who gets within six feet of them can smell it.

Jars that are tightly sealed with foil or plastic over the top, but it's a perfect circle exactly the size of the rim with no pull tab, and the material's too thick to poke through with your finger.

People. Myself included. We are such an entitled species and we are so very short-sighted.

Was that in their Range Rover?

some bloke near me did this. He apparently took a wrong turn? Attempted ti drive through the food (that looked more like the Thames!
needed the police & fire service to rescue him. 🙄🙄. I'd love to see his insurers reply to his claim!!

yes it's annoying having hi the long way around to get into the village & yes. Maybe he took a strong turn & found himself at the Ford, but FFS why would you drive your £80,000 Range Rover into it? Dickhead.

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And holding a drink at the same time!

their surroundings

Sorry!! I had to!😂

My minor one at the moment is the seemingly sudden overuse of 'both' I first got annoyed by it on Lingo. The host annoys me anyway, but this has not helped!

when did you both meet?

why? Just why?

when did you both get married? (To a married couple)

arghhh