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?

I think it comes from an ingrained “I’m better than you” stance. They always seem to know better too, like have you thought of adoption?! Horrible.

Perhaps that's the seat with one of the best views?

How does it get minging? The rubbish is all in black bags, none of it actually touches the bin.

Our bin collection is every three weeks. Never seen any sort of fly or maggot in it, never cleaned it. It's fine. I mean, I wouldn't eat my dinner off it but it's a bin, not a plate.

I had a friend who was incredibly anxious because her baby was measuring small and all these comments really caused unnecessary extra stress. Just don't comment on people's bodies.

Yes exactly. Baffles me that so many Mumsnetters think they can command where other people sit/park in public spaces/car parks!

I haven't noticed that level of policing here. We currently have green (garden and food waste), blue (paper, glass, card, some plastics) and black (general waste) and will get our food waste bins in the autumn. With the green bin it's important to make very sure no scrap of paper gets in there. I've never seen anyone open bin sacks from the black bin and envelopes with windows aren't allowed in our blue bins anyway. Also dirty card like takeaway boxes is also forbidden.

Oh I’ve just thought of one, it doesn’t annoy me in fact I’m impressed by it:

On a recent transatlantic trip, I was sitting in the aisle seat both times. On neither flight (7 hours each way) did the people by the window/middle seat get up to use the toilet! I didn’t sleep and I would have had to stand up to let them out.

Who are these people with cast iron bladders?!

I was seriously impressed. They were in all cases young - under 30 for sure. I suspect that may have something to do with it 🤣

That sounds sensible, but it I hate people parking next to us in a nearly empty carpark at night. I find it quite creepy knowing they've deliberately parked as close to me as possible.

Why do people use self service tills and not put everything straight in the bag? Everything goes on the shelf then they bring out the bags at the end and slowly pack

Car drivers that don't stop at traffic lights or pedestrian crossings or leave enough space for cyclists or use their phones or leave their engines running whilst stationary

I agree with the car park one.

On the same theme I went to the cinema one time with my husband for a daytime showing (weekday, we had the day off for his birthday). Went into the screen and we were the only ones there. Great we thought, sat down. Just before the film started a lone bloke came in AND SAT RIGHT NEXT TO US. So weird. The only explanation we could come up with afterwards was that he was an ardent rule follower and could only fathom sitting in the specified seat for his ticket.

Also people who stand up and clattering around with their bags 10 mins before the train arrives at the stop then stand by the doors looking all miserable and uncomfortable when they could have stayed in comfort a while longer. It wouldn't usually bother me but it always seems to be the people who sit in the window seats and so the aisle passenger (ie me) has to move to let them out, then sit down again.

Ditto knobs who stand up as soon as the plane lands even if they are seated waaay back and won't be leaving the plane for another 10 mins. No doubt the same ones who rush to the boarding desk when business class passengers/passengers travelling with young children/ boarding group A etc are called and stand there blocking it where the actual boarding group passengers shuffle around them. I feel like yelling "you are not getting on the plane any faster by doing that!"

Aaaahhhh I feel better now.

I never understand people who accept to being bunched up and seated so closely to other tables with people who you do not know in a restaurant.

Airports - kids on suitcase scooters! What could possibly go wrong?!?

Women going about with giant hair curlers in... you look really daft.

Why, for some people, entering a supermarket makes them go into a sort of trance like state.

Judgy thread

I live on a new-ish build estate and the level of car washing is insane. There’s forever people out washing their cars in all weathers.

Yeah I guess that’s why. I am clearly a lone wolf human!

Noone is saying they command it. They're not getting up and ordering them to move, are they?

People are just saying they don't understand why

I must admit that I put out my bins early.The simple reason ist that I have been known to come home in the evening, see the clustered bins, think I‘ll just drop my bag inside and then forget the bin

Having said that.. people who sit in their parked cars with the engine running staring at their phones for ages

I can understand that but they leave the house to walk their barky spaniel several times throughout the day and into the evening.

I put my bins out early too 😬

Please tell us why!

Why do people drop litter at my nearest bus stop, when there’s a bin literally 3 paces away? 🤬

Especially in winter before it gets dark