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What things irrationally wind the hell out of you?

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ElfOnTheTopShelf · 06/03/2009 18:18

I HATE listening to the BBC news in the morning, when the news readers say "its is EXACTLY half past six" because I always end up shouting "IT IS NOT!!" because it surely can never be EXACTLY unless they string out the sixxxxxx until it is exactly that time.

I get annoyed when people talk about the coins and say that the Queen is on the FRONT of the coin, she is on the back. Because if you were looking at all the pictures of all the coins, you'd put the Queen down to see the pics, therefore she is the back of the coin. And its only "heads and tails" because its a picture of her head.

When I'm really stroppy, I get annoyed at the Kool Kids sign near my house. If they wanted to use alliteration, use Cool Children, surely?!

So... what gets your goat for no reason

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vezzie · 10/03/2009 15:56

Love this thread.

Mine:

People walking into me BACKWARDS and then saying "sorry love" and looking all surprised. You great hulking oaf, trampling all over my feet and elbowing my sore pg breasts, what did you think would happen when you STARTED WALKING BACKWARDS AWAY FROM YOUR FRIEND WITHOUT LOOKING, saying, "yeah yeah laters mate"? Of course you are going to walk into someone if you don't look, you are in the middle of a crowded city, you almighty arsehole. Look, this is what you should do:
[standing quite still, facing friend] "Well, Robert, it has been lovely to talk to you but now I really must be off. Good day!" [at this point you raise the brim of your hat and bow slightly. Then you turn crisply in the direction you are going, and set off, with your eyes facing forwards, alert to any possible obstacles]

Cars driving in the bus lane across which I need to turn left to get into the supermarket who beep me because I don't telepathically know that they are going to stop to let me turn, perhaps through some belated guilt. Look, you are in the fucking bus lane, as far as I am concerned all bets are off, and while it may arguably be reasonable to let the non-law-breaking driver turn, how the fuck do I know you are going to suddenly come over all reasonable now at this late stage?

tallulahbelly · 10/03/2009 16:05

Vezzie - that happened to me in the butcher's the other day. It's always freakishly huge men who do it

laweaselmys · 10/03/2009 16:07

"spelling fiends" is an excellent phrase that I will adopt.

Vezzie I couldn't stop laughing at your backwards walking thing...

UnquietDad · 10/03/2009 16:28

But I think people like me get so annoyed about "their/their" and "should of" and so on because they are

SO

FECKING

UNNECESSARY!

It's not like writing "dependant" or "definately." These are still awful, and still make me shudder, but you can see why people get them wrong. They'll still get you put on the Spelling And Grammar Offenders' Register, but they're not as serious.

ScottishMummy · 10/03/2009 16:32

but if you can follow the jist of the thread,such mistakes are minor misdemeanour's

daisybaby · 10/03/2009 16:50

People who drive very, very, very sloowwly up to red traffic lights. Why?

curlygal · 10/03/2009 17:25

people who refer to being pregnant as having a baby in their stomach.

It's so not in your stomach love, trust me

Megglevache · 10/03/2009 17:27

peope who cough and splutter it is so farkin' annoying, unless I do it and same with eating really crunchy apples.

Why do I want to kill anyone doing that?

gardeningmum05 · 10/03/2009 17:45

the fact that just because you are pregnant complete strangers think its ok to touch your bump!

lou222 · 10/03/2009 19:15

people who don't put the plastic divider on the belt where you put your shopping so you have to lean over and do it yourself - selfish

paolosgirl · 10/03/2009 19:24

Women who haven't worked for years because "I'm so lucky I don't need to, I know" which means they want you to know their DH earns a shedload - and then sneer at other women and what they have or don't have. Example - woman (who doesn't work, married to a man who happens to earn a lot) to my friend "oh, we decided not to go for your style (of 5 bedroomed) house - we felt it was too small.

And before I get the "it's OUR money" responses, this is an irrational thread, OK?

Gorionine · 10/03/2009 19:26

Squeezy bottle of mayo thAT YOU CAN NEVER FINISH UP PROPERLY! (SORRRY FOR CAPS!)

GetOrfMoiLand · 10/03/2009 19:27

Pop socks. They are beyond the pale.

My manager was wearing pop socks today. Her trousers rode up and I could see the top of the pop socks

You're 32 woman, you're not my gran, why are you wearing bloody pop socks???

GetOrfMoiLand · 10/03/2009 19:33

lol at Vezzie's bus lanes and Talullah's self-service checkout rantings

chegirl · 10/03/2009 19:42

Couples on those relocation programmes who are moving because 'we need more room for the baby' fair enough you might think, but they are moving from a 3 bedroom house. How much bloomin room do they need?! They are having a baby not opening a B&B. Does it need its own bathroom or do they just want it to be housed in a seperate wing?

Actually the vast majority of couples on those programmes wind me up.

There was one woman who stood straining her ears until they nearly popped off and said 'I can hear a car, I cant live here'. BUT she had to be in commuting distance of a large town and therefore live somewhere near a road presumably.

AtheneNoctua · 10/03/2009 19:45

Gordon Brown

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ElfOnTheTopShelf · 10/03/2009 19:47

This is the best thread I have ever started, I am really enjoying reading how wound up people get, when I thought it was just me!

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HarleyQuinn · 10/03/2009 19:53

Internet spellings of teh, liek, whta and yeha, just spell it properly for god sake!! ( Can you tell I spend too much time on the internet? )

People who eat with their mouth open, its horrible, close your mouth!

People who walk in pairs very slowly on narrow pavements, blocking the whole pavement or People, usually tourist who stop dead in front you to look at a map or interesting shop sign or something

Teenagers (normally) who listen to music from their mobile phones speakers at top volume instead of putting in headphones on buses.

Or my fave, People who say "Cheer up, love it may never happen" Not everyone should has to have smiles plastered across their face the whole time! arggghhh.

AtheneNoctua · 10/03/2009 20:16

Text speak in email (or on MN).
Socialism (or Lib Dems)
Anti American rants like we are the one nationality who isn't allowed to take offense. GOTTEN!
Mouldies
Lazy parents at school who let the minority do all the work.
Taxes in the name of being green (like bloody Marks And Spense bag tax which does more to pad their profits then it does for the environment)

AtheneNoctua · 10/03/2009 20:17

OMG, I HATE when people I don't know call me "love". What is up with that?

MrsGuyOfGisbourne · 10/03/2009 20:17

All those above!!!! What a relief I am not alone....
Especially (thanks GettoffMoiLand) as I tell DS2 EVERY fecking DAY it is AITCH, not 'haitch'

lou222 · 10/03/2009 20:44

harelyquinn - yes the walking in pairs slowly - aargh !
also people who can't walk in a straight line when i am trying to get past them
why do people have to walk so damn slowly anyway

GodzillasBumcheek · 10/03/2009 20:53

People who complain about mispronunciation when a common cause of this is verbal dyspraxia (ok that doesn't annoy me as nobody can be expected to know every learning difficulty ever).

'Resealable' packaging which pops open secretly in the cupboard when you're not looking and leaves your food going off without you knowing.

SebbysMum · 10/03/2009 20:54

"I have referred this to yourself"

No no no. It wouldn't bother me quite as much as it does if I didn't get the impression people who do this think they are being a little more polite and proper than everyone else.

Mummyfor3 · 10/03/2009 21:03

Computer at work crashing repeatedly for no apparent reason, requiring lengthy restart of various programs (8, yes eight, different usernames and passwords) 17 times today.

Coming home to power failure in house, speaking to frigging automated emergency number at power supplier - then put through to a real person (well, sort of ) and having to repeat all my details again

DS2 hating every single of his birthday presents today and being Very Rude to my mum on the phone - but he liked my homemade strawberry fairy cakes [smug]

Sorry, all of the above probably not that irrational but these were the irritants of the day.