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 work in a supermarket and when you ask people ( for example) if they have their loyalty card or if they need any more bags they laugh hysterically! It’s always the older generation too ( sorry to generalise, but it is)
I don’t know why that makes you laugh Doris but it certainly baffles me

I don’t understand people asking women if they’re pregnant, or telling people struggling to conceive “just relax and it’ll happen”, or telling people with cancer to go on a detox / any other type of “natural cure”. Don’t they have any empathy or any type of filter? Don’t they realise how much these comments hurt? People in their 20s and 30s getting Botox.

I’m baffled when pensioners and elderly people who don’t work choose to do their weekly shop at the weekend. Is it just habit? When I was on maternity it was a relief to be strolling around an empty weekday morning supermarket. Supermarkets around us are rammed at the weekend and sometimes run out of produce.

It's never been any different in my time, except that ranges and choice have increased massively so obviously it takes more time to find or choose between items.

What do you think the people "staring at shelves" are doing? I think most people call it something like "doing the shopping" or "buying the groceries".

We don't all have equally good eyesight, cognition and mobility.

Maybe they just got into a habit?

I’m decades away from being a pensioner but I shop Saturdays, batch cook on Sundays.

I don’t see why I should change that habit when I’m retired.

Exactly. Escalators are not only for disabled people, they are for everyone so all this "you must have a valid reason to use one" is nonsense 🤣.

I dont understand why people are arguing they are for people who are disabled anyway- you cant take a wheelchair on an escalator FFS and because they move so fast they could in fact be dangerous if you had impaired mobility.

The lift- now that is for disabled people and people with prams because its wheelchair accessible and has enough room in it for mobility aids.

Yes, and so what. People are allowed to be irritated at just about anything not least selfishness or stupidity.

Because it's much easier and quicker to shop during the week. From finding a parking space, to getting those last boxes of soya milk before someone else grabs them, to having a better choice of fresh produce that other people haven't picked through, to not queuing at the till, and finally not queuing to get out of the car park.

I often put the bins.out early if I happen to be in the.vicinity of where they are the day before if I remember thay bin day is soon (ie within 2 days)

I regularly forget which day of the week is, have done since childhood so not a new thing . Yes I have reminders on my phone and email but I have so many reminders for everything nowadays, things still get missed.

I sometimes get a reminder.on.my phone when I am doing something else and think." I'll do that next, then forget. So often I just put them out when I remember before the reminders so it is another job for the week done

If I had 3 Google.reminders a week in one night just for the bins, I cant imagine how many reminders I'd need for other life tasks.

I'm don't have a smart watch or Alexa or anything like that. Why would I, I get tired just thinking about how.many more things it.could ' organise me' for

If an older person has memory problems it’s very likely that they couldn’t set up an alert on a smartphone which they most certainly won’t have 🤦🏼‍♀️

You can obviously do whatever you like but whenever ive gone shopping on a Monday daytime for example I have found the experience to be so much less stressful - its quiet, so easy to park, no queues, and relatively calm compared to the busyness and hustle of a weekend.

Not really sure why anyone would prefer being jostled about or wait ages for a parking space when they dont have to is all 🤷‍♀️

People who don't season their food. FIL doesn't even put salt on his chips. Should be a jailable offence.

How do you know they don't work? Or they could be caring for a partner, and get a bit of respite at the weekend when their family are not at work. Or... so many possibilities...

Maybe they've been busy all week looking after grandchildren. 😂

Is it a sadomasochistic relationship or is it abuse?

• Sadomasochism: Negotiated, consensual, brings pleasure to both parties, and has clear boundaries.
• Abuse: Non-consensual, intended to harm or belittle, lacks boundaries, and creates a cycle of fear rather than trust.

Why on MN people copy and post the entire OP of 10 paragraphs and reply with 3 words. No need to copy the OP, we can all see it.

People who “style” their homes with “influencer” tat - Mrs Hinch and Stacey Solomon type stuff. Then post pictures on their instagrams showing their houses all looking the bloody same!! I’ve never woken up and thought “I want a duvet cover with Stacey Solomon’s dog on it” 🤦‍♀️

And why do my neighbours always leave their wheelie bins out for days after collection day even though they are young and fit, have two teenage DC and they all walk past them in multiple occasions.

Exactly this wtf!

It baffles me why people go to a beauty spot - beach, National
Trust property etc - and eat their picnic next to their car in the car park.

Nearly every time I put my bags on first, up comes the "unrecognised item in the bagging area." and I need to wait for a shop assistant to allow me to proceed, so I no longer choose "using my own bag" and go straight to scanning my shopping

Why do people look away rather than a simple smile or half raise of a hand. Neighbours I mean.
Must require more effort?

Did the bin actually get emptied? On several occasions, I've left one of mine out because it didn't get emptied. (And the council lied and said it wasn't put out, when I know damn well it was) On principal, I leave it out for the next collection (and because very occasionally they arrange an extra pick-up, and I want to make sure I don't miss it)

I vape, I'm an ex Smoker of 35 years with multiple quit attempts of up to 2 years. Vaping is the only thing that's kept me off cigs, it's less damaging to me, I can breathe better and I smell better. I don't understand why non smokers start vaping though.

The cinema thing is weird, I have had that happen too.

That's illegal air pollution

They are far too busy through the week meeting friends for lunch, bowling, golfing, theatre, cinema, etc, etc, roll on retirement.

Regarding pensioners doing their shopping at the weekend, it's worth pointing out that some supermarkets do 'specials' at the weekend - maybe these are what they are shopping for?