Things people do that just baffle you

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What does either a specific person in your life, or just the general public do, you just don't understand why they do it, and you either can't ask them or you've tried to ask them and they can't tell you?

Write it here and maybe someone else that also does it can tell you why, or has an idea as to why.

Here are mine:

Why do my neighbours across the street bring their bins outside a full 24hrs early? They are retired, home most of the day, go in and out of their house five or six times during that 24hr period, but bring their bins out early Monday morning when they don't get picked up until Tuesday morning?

Why do people talk on their phones on speakerphone in public, what is the purpose?

Perhaps the gardener has lots of other jobs on. Or might want to get the work done in the cool of the morning not in the burning hot sun.

sorry yapping

I would be politely complaining about this! That’s bang out of order

So you put it in the general bin where it’ll sit being manky and smelly for a fortnight instead of the food caddy which gets collected weekly?

I don’t buy enough for delivery. Besides, there isn’t a reduced section online

Omg this does my brain in too.

The bins thing..same in our road. The two retired men put their bins out by 8am to be collected next day...often in their pjs/dressing gowns. They men will then be in and out multi times that day. I think its competitive bin putting out 🤔
They have also taken to stacking the recycling tubs in the same v neat way...and had a discussion about it one evening 😀

The woman who lives opposite my parents (technically the first house on the cul de sac) hires a gardener/cleaner/handyman. She makes him jet wash the driveway for a few hours a week. Even when we had a hosepipe ban.

If there is a hosepipe ban this summer, my parents are going to report her. I bet her lawn if real was lush green.

Why do whole families go?! Never understood that.

The bins. There are two households where the woman doesn’t take the bins in. Have seen them walk past the bins. Still on top of the drive and path for 3 days until the husband takes it in

Why do people pay £100 to go to a gig and then stand and talk the whole way through it? At one gig a complete stranger turned round, shook my hand, and introduced herself, clearly ready for a chat. No thank you, this singing and dancing and listening to top tunes isn’t going to do itself.

Sorry - do you mean you don’t understand people who do or don’t do this ?

Why does my DH have to close every door of a room he's in, and even ones he's not in. Drives me bonkers!

Why do people eat sandwiches with a knife and fork

Our council doesnt provide a food caddy so its a moot point anyway but I dont keep my general waste bin inside my house (noone does) so why would there be any smell?

Besides, everything is bagged up in sealed bin bags. If this food caddy is kept inside it sounds far more stinky

I imagine this is down to the gardener’s schedule rather than your neighbours. I can’t imagine your neighbour is the only one they garden for. I guess being self employed they choose to start early, either to maximise their day and earning opportunities, or so they can finish early .

@WonsWoo THIS! And the same with some people in art galleries, exhibitions or stately homes too. Pig-ignorance is my guess for why they do it, because they’re clearly not curious at all to learn anything at all about where they are.

I’m also baffled by why anyone is still smoking.

So for us, it’s the same thing. Bin bag in kitchen bin gets moved to the outside bin when it’s full, and little bag in the food caddy gets moved to the outside (larger) caddy when it’s full. And as the food caddy is smaller it gets put outside more often than the general waste. Larger caddy is kept in shed alongside cardboard recycling bag.

Well those are people who live in quite safe areas, surely? Or a big family when there is almost always someone home and not enough keys for everyone.

Why do all family members crowd around the baggage collection belt at the airport? Drives me insane 🤯

Where I live you get a fine if you put the bin out on the wrong day.
I was laughing when on another thread someone was shocked a person living in a flat may have left a bin in there during their holidays. She didn't seem to understand that some people just aren't allowed to put their bins out on the wrong day.

I suspect they are the same people as the ones who compulsively write reviews.

"Haven't used it yet."

"Bought as a present so didn't try it."

"Hasn't arrived yet, so don't know what it's like."

I went to the theatre last year and there was a family of 3 or 4 adults sitting behind me. I overheard mum moaning that she hadn't been able to sleep because the audience was laughing too much! It was a comedy ('A Comedy about Spies' - the clue is in the name?) so what was she expecting?! Tickets were pushing £100 each. If she wanted to sleep she could have gone to a hotel for that!!

Anyway, that really was a head-scratcher. People are odd!!

why do cyclists insist on cycling on the pavement beside a perfectly good cycle-lane right next to them on the road?

My sister, who is very careful with money, spends £100 on a kettle - just because of the brand name when mine nearly the same to look at £19. I mean, all it does is boil water, if it had another function e.g. make tea, I could understand it! Weird, or just a snob?