What's your 'pet hate' at Christmas?

[bigbaubleeyes]

Mine are: tacky xmas lights on the front of houses and in gardens - where there has been clearly no thought into the overall presentation.

Secondly people who do food shopping in excesive numbers - i.e. its okay to have two people there when you doing a big shop but why 3 or 4 they just add to the congestion of a busy supermarket. I am refering to older childrena and adults - NOT young children who clearly can't be left alone at home.

and.... these people who stop in the middle of an exit to talk - move to one side (this annoys me all year not just at xmas).

I could possibly add tescos to this for selling me mince pies last nite that have a 'best before' date today - but then again ive used this as an excuse to stuff in two whilst typing this!

Turkey 'crowns'.

End product of an avian mastectomy.

Bleeeearghhhhhh!!

Marzipan.

families

Having to have MIL to stay

I hate it when you go shopping and there are amways people acting like it's the end of the world and they must stock up on everything.

It's one bloody day

Stop pushing people, stop snatching things of shelves, relax and remember it's Christmas for Gods sake

Macca's 'Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime'

I'm not. Neither are you, probably. Shove off.

totally agree about the excessive number of people involved in the food shop

tried to avoid loud sloaney group of five, two mates and three kids, yesterday. They lined up along the entire dairy section braying at each other.

Also, even worse, are crap husbands who get roped into going on the Xmas shop and either
a)dither idiotically in mid-aisle
b) think they are so clever by being super aggressive and barging through everyone to reach a wanted item.

DONT MESS WITH A PG WOMAN IN THE SUPERMARKET THREE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

Oooh yes flutterbee,that mad Leningrad siege mentality!
People always go 'Are you ready for Christmas then?' to which I would love to reply with something along the lines of

'I think so. My 20 gallons of mead are fermenting nicely,my 1/2 ton stag is turning nicely on the rotisserie,the serfs are in the kitchen knocking together a banquet for 300 and the drawbridge is ready to be pulled up.
Let the festivities commence!'

Even the luscious young 20 something mecahnic at our garage asked me the other day. I wanted to slap him over the head and roar
'Stop being so fecking middle aged! You should be thinking about drinking to excess and shagging wild women in alleyways, not worrying about what time bloody Tesco closes!!!'

rofl moondog

ENID yes you decribed the types of people exactly -

I will go further and mention the ones who smoke next to the entrance and you have no choice but to go through them - they can also MOVE TO ONE SIDE.....

"Arabella where is the creme fraiche no darling thats double cream oh hold on Miles can you get some of that brandy butter, it is up there look, no darling over there..." etc etc

so lucky I don't carry a pistol

I know this is so awful but I can't bear fat people who sort of lean heavily over the trolley (as they can't shift their lard without support) and breathe heavily.
There is invariably a large expanse of dimply backside between one and the item desired.....

I very rarely frequent supermarkets for this reason.I'm sure thay are all out in force over the festive period.

ENID me due today - and i also nitced that on the contrary there's not that many people willing to be patient around you - obviously being heavily pregnant I found myself being v careful and stop and wait whereas i might have stood my ground previously for fear of my bump being knocked.

That reminds me of that new black eyed pea song 'my lumps my lumps my lovely lady lumps' Well this has been stucj in my head for days except I think sing bump - cute but annoying.

Dont get me wrong folks I'm cosily holed up waiting for my baby with all xmas stuff done (paired down version of) and I'm not going mad with bordom either really.....!!!!!!

My parents.

Hang on, they're my pet hate every day of the year.

It'll have to be Nat King Cole, then.

why does everyone converge on the supermarkets at the same time. I mean we all eat during the rest of the year but the stores are never this busy? They're only shut for day aren't they?

Oh and I must leave buying the veggies til the very last minute - they've got to be fresh - bugger that - you can't whack frozen sprouts - no peeling either!

I hate the way people have to push and shove in card shops when you are trying to choose christmas cards( as well as trying to leave the buggy in noones way!)

Hate to see loads of rubbish, like boxes from toys and bin bags all over the place outside houses.

The way people in the supermarket have to buy food like its going out of fashion, or as if the shops are going to be closed for a month!

You do make me larf, moondog!

omg lol MISTLE we have moved to frozen sprouts also. DH is in charge of xmas lunch and he was going to go for veg on sat which I pointed out that we normally eat veg that has been stored correctly 7 to 10 days after purchase so why do it.

I'm on a roll - GMTV presenters this morning got on my [bleep] they kept messing up and what has happened to Kat grarways hair it was almost offensive this morning. Penny's is even worse normally. I only like Ben and Fiona.

Just been in Waitrose this morning to get a few bits for Grandparents coming over later. Argh!!! Where to start!

Massive 4 wheel drives and people carriers taking up TWO parking spaces (which was packed)
People with 2 shopping trolleys full of stuff (shops are closed for what - 2 days?!)
Groups of friends stopping mid aisle to chat, along with their numerous sahopping trolleys
People with trolleys in the basket queue, becasuse "the other lines are so long!"
And no darn food left - no salad, half the bread not available, veggies left were manky....

And there is still another day to go!

(Please let Sainsuburys remember my shopping at 9pm tonight!)

Pruni....
Malory,you are so wrong about giblets....you have no ideas how much so.

What mystifies me is this fantasy that Christmas in Britain is all about snow and sleds. I'm looking out of my window as I type at a bloody avocado tree with its leaves on ffs!!!!!!!

There's a bloke sauntering acroos the next field in a sweatshirt!

Having lived in palces where people pray for it to stop snowing for a change (Russia for one) it cracks me up.

HULA and MOON LOL LOL

Eeeeee 4x4's yes CARPARKING this also happended one person parks wonkey across the line so you have to also so there is appropriate room between cars. But then they go and next person comes along - i hate to think they think that i couldn't park my car properly when i aprked in relation to some other indiot (soory this is not xmas related but part of my xmas shop debacle)

oop spelling I get carried away and my swollen preg fingers can't cope

Lol - re turkey crowns You are fighting on form today moondog! I guess spray on cream on your Christmas pud is out too..?

I don't mind outside lights but what drives me barmy are people who leave them up all year round cos they can't be arsed to take them down. We have at least three houses round here who display dusty old lights all year. Give a ladder..I'LL take 'em down!