Lighthearted- What petty thing(s) bother you?

[AllaMova]

I have quite a specific example.

I have a family member who saves photos from my social media page, saves them and then posts them onto her own page. (Without permission.)

It has been driving me nuts, even though it’s so petty!

What about you?

People who says

thoughts and prayers

ought to be shot!

Those "life hacks" videos that show something we have been doing for years. Pause then wag a finger. Then do the new life hack then do the thumbs up.

Plus the term life hack

Answering purely on thread title... but I will be gobsmacked if this hasn't been mentioned.......TOOTHPASTE LEFT IN THE SINK (yes DD who is 10, I'm talking to you kiddo.....and you bloody know it!)

Also the dickhead 4 doors down who owns a BMW but keeps his stupid god damn number plate under his windowscreen...... you are a twat.

Anyone over about 7 referring to her ‘bestie’.
Anyone who spells Keir (Starmer) as Kier.
Ditto Lurpak as Lurpack.

Guilty as charged 👌

Speaking up after someone else gets served ahead of you doesnt really solve the problem

It's a pub, probably busy, so it's up to you to make yourself visible and heard. That's always been the way. Queueing in a pub's absurd.

Saloon drivers who reverse into a space and keep reversing til their tyres touch the kerb, so basically the arse of their car is now overhanging and blocking the footpath. Every morning on the way to work I have pass an area like this with a narrow path and I have to walk onto the road at least once, often 3 or 4 times, to walk around a saloon.

What word is better though? Shit is awful and crude. I heard someone recently mention faeces and thought that sounded ridiculous, in the context of there being dog faeces on the path. Bowels moving is even worse in my opinion. Number two sounds too childish. Take a dump is gross.

i usually say bless you, not quite sure why i do it

"Obsessed" or even worse "literally obsessed"
No you are fucking NOT! you sound like an idiot.

Autocorrect persistently correcting even when my version was the right word. Like changing someone's name to 'sanitary'

The increased incorrect use of "may" as in "Please may you do this thing?" I audit consultant solicitors. Intelligent, experienced professionals but I've noticed more of them doing it.

People who don’t read signs, terms etc then post on social media about an offer they didn’t get.

Then complain it’s a scam.

Wasted many hours of my life explaining to customers at my previous job then refunding.
The wine offer where you buy 6 bottles or more at £6 each. A customer buys £5.50 wine. We point out the sign “oh it’s a scam” they say.

Buying wine at £6.25 a bottle is probably nicer stuff anyway.

This offer on the Lidl app I have this and know to spend £25

Completely agree - it's something I really hate, along with 'wee'. Why don't people just say they are going to the loo or bathroom, rather than go into detail about what they intend to do there???

The kid bouncing a basketball in the garden behind us right now while I am trying to lounge in bed.

Preferable to him yelling at his mum to fuck off, that he also does, but not what I want on a Saturday morning

I’m glad my tip about where to find the leaflet in the medicine box was helpful to some of you 🙂.

I can’t recall who said they had a box where the leaflet was at the other end, I wonder how usual that is? I typed the question into Google, and it said that, typically, the leaflet is the at end where the batch number etc is.

The incorrect use of "myself" and "yourselves" drives me bonkers!

It's mostly a workplace occurance and call centre operatives (sorry!)

A few examples:-
Can I help yourself with anything further?
I'll send the details across to yourself.
I think we need to have a teams meeting with yourselves.
Please forward that on to myself.

I cringe every time someone uses those words in the wrong context.

Also, I think this might be a Midlands thing, but using brought instead of bought.

E.g. I brought a new house. I feel like replying with where have you brought it to? But I don't say it out loud, even though I really want to.

Loose/lose.
Could have/could of.
Would have/would of.
There/their.

People who go shopping and meet someone they know and they stop dead and block the whole aisle with their trolleys while they have a chat.

British people who use really stupid Americanisms when they speak.

Dog walkers with those ridiculously long leads in their dog, so it's like the dog isn't actually on a lead. They walk along oblivious to anyone coming up behind them and take up the entire width of the lane.

Ditto groups of people who take up all the space as if they own the road/lane with no attempt to keep to one side, just walk along yabbering away and thinking they're the only people on earth. When did our society become so selfish?

What, like gotten, my bad, circle back 😂I agree! And the response yeah in an email. Grrr. Is shop the edit an Americanism. That's my most hated one wherever it comes from! It makes no sense.

For the 8th billion time - gotten is NOT an Americanism.

Why are so many of you are obsessed by this and are so wrong about it? Although I could also wonder why I keep trying to point out you precious Guardians Of The Holy And Correct English are wrong. As you so often are.