What things irrationally wind the hell out of you?

[ElfOnTheTopShelf]

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

Oh god! The inevitable comments of 'light and airy' on any property show ever where the walls are not painted dark red/ green/ other colours but magnolia.

I can understand the 'light' part but why does this create more air?

People (nearly always women and often z list slebs) who refer to themselves by name all the time.
Chantelle needs a manicure, Chantelle wants a latte now!

Chantelle needs a kick up the arse and wants to shut the feck up.

I am getting v.wound up now. I think I need to step away from this thread for a bit

I'm with you KingRolo - that add for the bathroom spray is horrible - it makes my toes curl.

Also people who say "I don't mean to be rude but...." - YES THEY DO!!

Fizpops - loved your post about the shampoo and conditioners. Mt DP gets confused as to the actual contents, often get shrieks from the bathroom saying 'I have just put conditioner on my (insert expletive here) hair thinking it's shampoo, bloody bottles look the same rant rant ad infinitum).

(a) - you are in the shampoo, dickwad, just wash it off and try again.
(b) - no matter how you try to play it, it is not my fault that the shampoo and conditioner bottles look the same so please don't give me a filthy look when you come out of the shower
(c)I think you learnt to read over 40 years ago - please use those skills to differentiate between the words 'shampoo' and 'conditioner' and stop involving me in your byzantine levels of madness

I have started to buy shampoo and conditoner in different colour bottles in order to avoid all these fun and games.

I meant you are in the shower, dickwad (who's the dickwad now )

More More I am SO in need of more. This is fab.

The woman who informed me that 'we all have our crosses to bear' on finding out about the death of my DD. Yeah? Let me show you what I can do with my cross and where I would like to shove it.

Those odd low slung buggies where the kid sits half an inch off the pavement. I am assuming they are great because so many people have them but they annoy me.

People who imply that home ownership confers moral high ground on people; and secondly, that in tough economic times, they should be helped more than those who don't own a house.
a. There is no intrinsic moral value to owning stuff - of any kind, including bricks and mortar. You are not better than me because you "own" your place.
b. Actually if you have a big fat fuck off mortgage that you can barely afford between the two of you, you don't exactly own it, do you. You are speculating. Fine, you like high risk / potential high reward investment opportunities. Don't expect everyone else to bail you out if you can't keep up the payments.
c. When I am renting my place and the landlord does a credit check on me, how the fuck is it my responsibility to pay the admin fee for this? The information is to his advantage, he should pay for it. I know I'm good for the rent, I don't need some external agency to confirm it - so why do I pay for that information? In no other case does this skewed rule apply - everywhere else, if you want to know something, and it is in your financial interests to have this information, you pay to find out. This is typical of the sycophantic materialistic arse-licking structure of this society, where the advantage is always to he who already has property - as if renters aren't real people.

at Richard Briers and the phone. I remember that.

There are lots of things on here which rationally annoy me. I wouldn't say it's irrational to be annoyed at a lot of what has been posted here.

However, FWIW, I get irrationally wound up be people parking on my street. It think it makes the street look untidy. All the drives can take 4 or 5 cars so no need for visitors to park on the road. I know it's completely irrational and I have no justification for it whatsoever but it still winds me up.

Oh, if tolerance goes down with age, I'm screwed, I'm 27 and a narky irrational bitch already (as the OP should illustrate!)

Variation on the shampoo and conditioner confusion - Superdrug saline and contact lens solution in almost identical bottles.

One label was cream on black and the other was black on cream. What a brilliant design feature on products aimed at people with bad eyesight.

Actually they don't do it any more, probably because I wasn't the only one who waited until my eyes had stopped bleeding so I could look up their number and rant.

people who sniff
people who whistle - especially old men at the market
people who don't know how long things take to do - an aspect of lateness, but also just general cluelessness
coat hangers - all varieties
the tupperware in my kitchen cupboard

oooh, and people who say 'pacifically' when they mean 'specifically'. my ex boss used to do this in client meetings. is there an emoticon for cringe?

anyone who says "i am not racist/sexist/ageist BUT...."sit cringing waiting on gaff

Just had to stick this one on as DH has just done it.....

DD is being a nightmare to get to sleep just now, she has a fanny fit is DH goes near so it's up to me. I know it's a faze and will pass like all the other little tortures but.....

DH will know I'm struggling to put DD to sleep, he'll keep the sitting room door closed so it's nice and quiet. He'll then go into the kitchen, make himself a cuppa and stir with the noisiest stir you've ever heard. It's like TINKLE TINKLE TINKLE............................................................TINKLE TINKLE TINKLE TINKLE TINKLE.

WTF why do you need to stir so farking loudly.

The fact that there are still leaves accumulating in certain corners of the garden - autumn is LONG gone, new leaves in the offing, all trees are bare - where, oh where do all these leaves come from??!

People who mumble and not look at me while they mumble at me, which makes it impossible to even guess what they are saying - and I am NOT hearing impaired (well, apart from occasional selective hearing which I use in self-defense only ).

Our local Somerfield having closed down incl. its garage - it is not that I love Somerfield all that much specifically, but where am I going to get petrol from now??

that some people are manky on public transport and smell like Camembert

i don't know why but i can't stand seeing people driving around the waitrose carpark with the carpark ticket in their mouths. They look like dogs carrying the newspaper. Why can't they take it from the ticket machine and just put it down on the passenger seat or by the hand brake, why do they have to drive around with it stuffed in their gob it looks so gormless

people who let their dogs like their faces - fgs it's just been licking it's arse

People who don't poop and scoop.
People who don't strap children into or even use car seats - do they not value their children's lives?
People who drive whilst on phone (without hands free)
People who park in disabled spaces and are not disabled.
People who park in parent and toddler (because they don't want to risk their shiny car getting scratched, or can't be arsed walking extra 100 yards to shop)
People who park over driveways without considering I may want to move my car.
People who try to put you down because it makes them feel better.
A certain telecom company who have messed me around for over 2 years, I'm soon to be free of them. Hurray.
People who hog the middle and third lane of motorway (when there is nothing to overtake)
I could go on, but I think you get the picture.

Most of the above!

Making noise while eating. I have to turn the raidio on, teeth clacking on teeth, food masticating, no no no.
Slurping
1Toothpaste spit left in the sink
2Skidmarks on the bowl
3Pubes in the bath (in that order)
Burping without excusing ones self.
Bad grammer, poor pronunciation, text speak, hun, using words you dont know the meaning of to sound clever!
Click the XYZ button if desired/you wish- in user manuals. I wish for and desire many things, clicking an effing button is not one of them.

I spend a large part of my day annoyed - sad waste of life really

Just thought of another:

Automated responses when you call a company (and then spend hours going round in circles, as well as eventually being cut off or being put through to a call centre person who just reads from a script)

It sounds like I don't like people, but I just don't like rude unplesant people

Or cold calls, where its just a recorded message at the other end so you cant even vent....

We've been getting many lately about our unconsolidated debts. I relish telling them we live within our means and so dont have any and hang up.