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Minor complaints thread

247 replies

worldshottestmom · 10/06/2026 19:34

Share your minor complaints here.

Mine is that I can only assume that my DDs key worker at nursery bathes in perfume every morning, as DD reeks of it constantly. Very annoying as now I can only sniff her head for a quick endorphin release on weekends. Luckily my DSs teachers don't do this, so I can still sniff his head.

YABU - you are correct
YANBU - you are correct

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worldshottestmom · 12/06/2026 15:58

godmum56 · 12/06/2026 14:00

hopefully you meant on the mozzies?

Yeah hahaha

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worldshottestmom · 12/06/2026 16:02

Wingedharpy · 12/06/2026 14:01

Roofer number 3 has dissappeared into the alternative universe that roofers 1 and 2 went after assessing the job, in person, providing quotes, which were agreed to then........ nothing.
No response to e-mails, phone calls, text and voicemail messages - nothing.
Meanwhile, my garage roof continues to leak and the wooden beams, trusses etc continue to deteriorate slowly.
Why? Why do they waste their time, and mine, doing this?

How strange, 3 different roofers all disappeared after the assessment 🤔 honestly I think a lot of them can be massive mess abouts. My dad was a roofer for decades and was just all round hopeless so it doesn't surprise me

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Justploddingonandon · 12/06/2026 17:40

worldshottestmom · 12/06/2026 13:50

I didn't know these existed because I'm so poor lmao

I didn’t know these existed, and am now very disappointed my otherwise brilliant Miele washing machine doesn’t have this feature ( especially as, being a Miele I’m unlikely to replace it any time soon).

Notellinganyone · 12/06/2026 18:15

@Pibs101 - I have this and use the Canesten spray which works really well.

Notellinganyone · 12/06/2026 18:18

@worldshottestmom - I did because I have to register my form in the morning!

Bitofashock · 12/06/2026 18:28

ObelixtheGaul · 10/06/2026 21:30

There's something wrong with my coffee cup (one of those flask style ones that keeps it warm for a few hours). I take it to work. I do the tip test before putting it in my back and it leaks everywhere. I have dismantled it and put it back together to no avail. I can't make coffee at work because the water in my area tastes like it's pumped from the local swimming pool and my work hasn't got a filter of any sort, so I have to make it at home out of my filter jug.

I can't survive on one coffee in the morning. Why has this tragedy befallen me? Is it because I lied when I was seventeen?

I did the tip test on my normally very reliable travel mug this morning, and got sprayed with boiling coffee! Had overfilled and under tightened. What a waste of good coffee! Was quite tempted not to change and just suck it out of my shirt at intervals.

Sometimessmiling · 12/06/2026 18:31

5128gap · 10/06/2026 20:43

I've just had to open a tin of tomatoes with a tin opener. After paying an extra 23p for the ring pull ones, only to have it snap off. Livid.

Omg I would be raging partly because not sure where my opener is.

Sometimessmiling · 12/06/2026 18:35

canuckup · 10/06/2026 21:49

I also went to the dentist today and was tempted to complain about the hygienist and her ham fisted manner... But I didn't.

I was there too it is the "superior" attitude of the receptionists, don't they realise you are just about having a panic attack

ThePieceHall · 12/06/2026 18:47

I’m not sure that my complaint is minor, actually. But I am regretting not ripping off the testicles of the idiot who called me a slag in front of my 10-year-old daughter. My crime? Holding my right of way going past a long line of parked cars on the other side of the road. Knobhead resented having to wait all of two minutes. If that. It’s been a very challenging week with lots of life and family stuff. I’m in my 50s, I have not been called a slag since my teens. I am raging internally now. How bloody dare he?! It’s triggered all that teenage trauma of being called a slut and a slag. My 10-year-old asked me what a slag is. Genuinely MN fuming here.

Pibs101 · 12/06/2026 19:29

Notellinganyone · 12/06/2026 18:15

@Pibs101 - I have this and use the Canesten spray which works really well.

Thank you. The doctor has prescribed a cream so we will see how that goes.

RunningNananananananananana · 12/06/2026 19:34

Parcel number 1 - due to be delivered on Wed, was going to be out all day so rearranged to yesterday. It never turned up... So put chose the safe place option for today & got a confirmation that it will now be delivered on Monday.

Parcel number 2 - due to be delivered today but its Evri so when it will actually arrive is anyone's guess 🤷🏻‍♀️

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 12/06/2026 19:40

Many new London busses now have the back windows blacked out so you can no longer check if the other bus you need is behind you or not.

Grumplechops · 12/06/2026 20:10

I was making a cup of tea and put the tea bag into the food bin - which got the lid which had top of food juice condensation - a drop of which then flicked into my tea. 🙄😬🤢

I obviously got a fresh cup and remade the tea. But the main annoyance was why can’t I maintain a house where the food bin isn’t grim and full. And then forced me to clean the kitchen with my disgust which really ruined the joy of the tea in the first place

worldshottestmom · 12/06/2026 20:20

Sometimessmiling · 12/06/2026 18:35

I was there too it is the "superior" attitude of the receptionists, don't they realise you are just about having a panic attack

The one at my dentist is such a cow. My first time going I greet her with "morning! I have an appointment at-" and she just cuts me off "what name is it" with a blank stare at her computer screen. Now everytime I go its the same, no hello, just "what name is it" or if shes feeling extra friendly, just "name". She hasn't looked me in the eye once.

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worldshottestmom · 12/06/2026 20:21

Grumplechops · 12/06/2026 20:10

I was making a cup of tea and put the tea bag into the food bin - which got the lid which had top of food juice condensation - a drop of which then flicked into my tea. 🙄😬🤢

I obviously got a fresh cup and remade the tea. But the main annoyance was why can’t I maintain a house where the food bin isn’t grim and full. And then forced me to clean the kitchen with my disgust which really ruined the joy of the tea in the first place

Hahahaha we have the same brain

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worldshottestmom · 12/06/2026 20:21

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 12/06/2026 19:40

Many new London busses now have the back windows blacked out so you can no longer check if the other bus you need is behind you or not.

You should arrange a riot

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worldshottestmom · 12/06/2026 20:22

RunningNananananananananana · 12/06/2026 19:34

Parcel number 1 - due to be delivered on Wed, was going to be out all day so rearranged to yesterday. It never turned up... So put chose the safe place option for today & got a confirmation that it will now be delivered on Monday.

Parcel number 2 - due to be delivered today but its Evri so when it will actually arrive is anyone's guess 🤷🏻‍♀️

You ain't getting parcel 2 im sorry. Someone 8 streets away probably will though

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SwirlyGates · Yesterday 12:52

ThePieceHall · 12/06/2026 18:47

I’m not sure that my complaint is minor, actually. But I am regretting not ripping off the testicles of the idiot who called me a slag in front of my 10-year-old daughter. My crime? Holding my right of way going past a long line of parked cars on the other side of the road. Knobhead resented having to wait all of two minutes. If that. It’s been a very challenging week with lots of life and family stuff. I’m in my 50s, I have not been called a slag since my teens. I am raging internally now. How bloody dare he?! It’s triggered all that teenage trauma of being called a slut and a slag. My 10-year-old asked me what a slag is. Genuinely MN fuming here.

Wow, really not minor!

SwirlyGates · Yesterday 12:53

Justploddingonandon · 12/06/2026 17:40

I didn’t know these existed, and am now very disappointed my otherwise brilliant Miele washing machine doesn’t have this feature ( especially as, being a Miele I’m unlikely to replace it any time soon).

I just put my machine on pause, chuck in the sock, and continue the programme. It's never yet refused to open, nor flooded the kitchen.

Elsvieta · Yesterday 17:15

I've had a lovely few days away, but the drive home will now be three hours. If I stop procrastinating on here NOW and get going, it will be after eight when I'm home! Feels unreasonable.

My neighbours' cats love to crap on my drive, but do they ever let me stroke them? No, they do not. Snotty furry entitled little gits. Where do cats get such an attitude? It's not like they DO anything.

Perimenopause makes me feel cold and smell things that aren't there. Or that are there, but too strong. Like, a burger smells like a bucket of warmed-over lard and I can't eat it. They should invent a diet drug that does that.

SerendipityCat · Yesterday 17:23

My Original Source Zingy Lime shower gel (currently on offer at Home Bargains) doesn’t seem half as zingy as it used to. It’s okay, don’t get me wrong, but it just doesn’t feel as refreshing, somehow.

Ilovegermany · Yesterday 18:34

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 12/06/2026 09:04

Nein!

I am a huge fan of the German TV series Dark on Netflix.

It’s the name of the book in that series

Thanks for the Netflix tip.

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