What minor things annoy/anger you far more than they should?
Posted by Bjc93Bjc@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 442 comments
For me it has to be electrical salt and pepper mills. Absolutely angers me beyond belief. Just feels completely unnecessary. Don’t get me wrong, for people with arthritis, grip issues or disabilities, I completely understand it and it’s a great thing for them. However, for the average Joe, what’s more satisfying than cracking salt and pepper yourself manually? I keep seeing them more and more in cooking videos, whether that’s on YouTube, Reels or TV and, yes, it boils my piss.
dan_in_his_own_way@reddit
Vapes. I don't know why, but every time I see them I think of a baby sucking on a dummy with the amount of time people have them in and out of their mouth.
BulkyHulk78@reddit
Everything I encounter having FUING adverts! You watch YouTube, you get bombarded with ads, before, during and after each video, you go on social - media adverts, you PAY MONEY to subscription services Netflix, Prime, Apple+, but if you just want the basic subscription you get ADVERTS!!! DON'T THESE COMPANIES ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY? Also subscription tiers! FUING SUBSCRIPTION TIERS!!!
noodlepringle83@reddit
People typing on their phones with the keypad noise on....and before anyone says anything, I disabled mine! 🤣
Curious-Term9483@reddit
Just phones making any noises ever. I definitely agree with the typing, but also I don't need to hear your video. If you need to hear the sound use headphones or wait till you get home.
Although my husband has taken to watching those little short videos on Facebook that repeat over and over if you don't skip them. And he plays them while playing on the playstation so if he's on a hard bit it can be 6 or 7 repeats and I have to leave the room. (He also plays them whilst allegedly watching TV. But then I request the TV goes off or the videos do. 🤬)
BulkyHulk78@reddit
My partner is "not a gamer" but shes always on her phone playing games, as soon as she starts she has to hurriedly turn down the volume on her phone from full volume because a "targeted" ad plays (she's 50+, so you can guess what the ads are targeting). I however, before playing any game or going to any social media, instinctively turn the volume down.
dhardyuk@reddit
Kill him
Major_Toe_6041@reddit
I do this and I agree. I piss myself off with it so much that I’d rather just loose and turn off the phone.
Curious-Term9483@reddit
Bit of a last resort. 🤣
dhardyuk@reddit
Justified, necessary and a service to the nation.
Nail his pelt to a lamp post as a warning to others.
noodlepringle83@reddit
Bit harsh 😬
SaltyName8341@reddit
Walk over, pick up the phone and throw it at the wall. You'll feel miles better. /s incase
noodlepringle83@reddit
True that
StardewObsessive@reddit
Changing the fitted sheet by myself. Clothing items that won’t stay on the bastard hangers.
BulkyHulk78@reddit
A tip I learnt years ago was use elastic bands on each end of the hanger so the clothes have something to grip to.
StardewObsessive@reddit
I like this! Definitely cheaper than replacing my hangers!
Alarmed_College_8169@reddit
How in 2026 are we still having to change the sheets manually. The bedsheets I'm ok with but the duvet cover?? Outrageous
StardewObsessive@reddit
Duvet vexes me less. I turn it inside, shove my hands inside to the top corners so I look like I’m cosplaying as an eccentric ghost, and then grab the corners. Then I do a weird wiggly dance to get the duvet cover back the right way around with the duvet contained within it. Then I swear a lot as I do up the fastenings.
Spiritual-Oven-9936@reddit
I do this without climbing inside.. grab the corners and then "just" shake the cover down to envelope the duvet. Still a chore that needs bedrest to recover from 😅
JohnLennonsNotDead@reddit
I’m a stuffer in, grab the corners at the opening end and wave through the air furiously until the duvet flattens in the cover kinda guy
VegetableActual7326@reddit
I do this but once I've got the corners I stand on the bed, hold the duvet so its vertical and shake it out. Then I only need to tuck the bottom corners of the duvet into the cover and do it up.
SmokingTheBowl@reddit
We also use the ghost method. This will always include an obligatory "WooOOOoooOo" if there's more than one person in the room
prustage@reddit
That hack worked perfectly well when I only had to cope with a single duvet cover. It is impossible to do that with a king size
StardewObsessive@reddit
Ahhh see I have weirdly long arms.
01000010-01101001@reddit
You either need longer and or a smaller duvet.
UglyFilthyDog@reddit
This is how its done. Honestly I absolutely love changing the bed, so satisfying, it's just getting my fat ass into gear and actually starting to do it
Ecstatic_Hamster_765@reddit
This is the way…
sunkissedb3ar@reddit
Ive just discovered a hack. I do that weird wiggly thing as well but half the time it doesn’t go in properly. But you know what? Once I get into bed and give the duvet a couple proper kicks it magically works itself out ! So that’s what I do now instead of breaking a sweat trying to stuff the damn duvet in
dhardyuk@reddit
I had a knot in the duvet once that woke me up. I gave it a good kicking to sort it out.
The cat was most unimpressed.
StardewObsessive@reddit
I’m going to give that a go. If I get tangled in the duvet though, it’s getting added to this list.
SissaSays@reddit
Honestly! This ‘hack’ alone goes some way to proving my theory that some people are all brains & no common sense.. you would have thought I’d completed some insane David Blaine move when I tried to teach my Dad how to do it this way!
Alarmed_College_8169@reddit
Basically I need you to change my duvet cover and I'll do your fitted sheet. I've just changed them today, see you in a week!
StardewObsessive@reddit
🤣
Alarmed_College_8169@reddit
I do think that next time I'm doing the duvet if I just try to remember that I'm actually "cos playing an eccentric ghost" it will take the sting out of it a little bit.
Alarmed_College_8169@reddit
I do this as well. But I still feel it's a ridiculously complicated affair. The swearing helps though I feel.
StardewObsessive@reddit
A linguistic reward if you will.
GardenDuck88@reddit
Coverless duvet. I will never go back to having to dress a naked duvet.
Gnomio1@reddit
I spent a few years living in the U.S. and loved the setup I had there.
I slept underneath two layers of sheets that were essentially like a duvet cover, which I then placed a “comforter” on top of. The comforter was essentially like a duvet with the cover built in, and I could wash the whole thing together.
It was less maintenance than a duvet plus duvet cover.
Outraged_Chihuahua@reddit
My husband is American and I don't think he'll ever accept duvets and duvet covers. Every time we change the sheets he's grumbling about how comforters are so much easier and why do we make life difficult for ourselves lol.
Gnomio1@reddit
Your husband is right. I also grumble to my partner about this. Give it a try!
RealLongwayround@reddit
“We don’t do duvets”?
https://c.tenor.com/nGgWcY9W6nkAAAAM/duvet-duvets.gif
PiesPiesAndPies@reddit
I struggle with duvet covers - I always end up inside the cover with the duvet. My wife despairs, but I keep on trying 😎
Millietree@reddit
There are coverless duvets now! However, I don't think I'm going to be able to fit a super king size coverless duvets in my tiny 6kg washing machine!
WanderWomble@reddit
Buy a coverless duvet. So much easier!
Silent_Region_472@reddit
Let me help you. Firstly, fabric coat hangers. The fabric creates friction to stop clothes from sliding. Secondly, zip bed sheets. You can buy bed sheets where you only have to fit the sheet once, then theres a zip that goes around just the top of the sheet, making the top removable. You just have to unzip the top and zip it back on after washing it!
StardewObsessive@reddit
Do fabric coat hangers still work if you’re hanging clothes up in the doorways to dry or do they go manky over time? If they don’t, I will slowly replace our existing ones. Also did not know about zippable duvet covers!!! Game changer!!!
batgirlsmum@reddit
Zips round 3 sides?
Silent_Region_472@reddit
Totally a game changer! As a small person with a bed in the corner of a room I found the zip duvet to be one of my favourite purchases, ever. Haha. The fabric hangers are great! I’ve had mine for years and years and not once have they gone weird!
No-Cherry-6678@reddit
Where are these sold? Have never seen them
LeftyTimStoutheart@reddit
Pretty much any homewares store - The Range etc
DoIKnowYouHuman@reddit
Changing the fitted sheet? It’s folding the thing by myself that turned me into a slob not ironing the bastards
GreatChaosFudge@reddit
It was learning to fold a fitted sheet that finally helped me accept I’d peaked in life.
StardewObsessive@reddit
Oh mine just get shoved inside the duvet case when everything is clean and then rolled into a tube. Pillow cases go in there too. Then it’s all together when I want to change the bed. I’m not ironing them, I don’t have guests and other half and I don’t care. They’re only getting creased again anyway.
Interesting-Scar-998@reddit
Yes! That and changing a duvet cover!
bakedNdelicious@reddit
Try changing bedsheets with a cat. I swear it’s his favourite game
ArtisticOperation399@reddit
Larger things being left on top of smaller things next to the sink in the kitchen, especially if it's in a way that unbalances them.
Example: cereal bowl in sink. Someone puts a dinner plate on top of it.
Wolf-Dagger@reddit
Things on packaging that don’t peel properly. Like when the tag snaps on the seal on the milk. Or when you’re trying to peel the film off a ready meal and it won’t budge. Or when it disintegrates when you peel it back for the half way stir.
itsfourinthemornin@reddit
Bacon packets give me undeniable rage.
55marty55@reddit
The plastic packaging that's so strong it takes much longer than it should to tear open but it has split it will rip completely. Arrrgggh!
rocketscientology@reddit
At the risk of outing myself as a complete fattie, Tesco did something to their microwave puddings recently that mean the seal is GLUED down and will not peel off as instructed. I have to take a knife to the fucking things. Just let me eat my sticky toffee pud in peace!
Kezmangotagoal@reddit
Yes literally this one
Famous_Counter9175@reddit
I've just commented this, it's not just pudding, it's every food item that says peel back film. It should say cut with scissors or knife 😒
dhardyuk@reddit
…. And juggle scalding contents on removal from microwave…..
ChewpapaNeebrae@reddit
Hey, get a load of this fattie! 🫵🏻
Spirited-Ad-9558@reddit
r/mildlyinfuriating
Latte-Addict@reddit
Every Asda 2ltr for me recently ffs
PalmerRabbit78@reddit
Having this with yoghurts recently. Can’t snap one off the 4 pack without splitting one of them open. I’m having to take a pair of scissors to cut and separate.
getoutmywayatonce@reddit
I’m a big kid and it’s happening to my cheesestrings constantly. Trying to separate them means one or sometimes even two packets are getting ripped open. I pretend to be upset by having to then eat both of them
No_External_417@reddit
Did you post before a picture of this?
M4niac81@reddit
Once a long time ago I was so surprised that a packet of bacon opened properly I emailed Tesco customer services to congratulate them. They sent me a £10 voucher just for making them laugh.😂
RespondDry6817@reddit
those 'easy peel' tabs on bacon packets are basically decorative at this point
SkyPilotOne@reddit
My conspiracy theory is that they peel ok at the temperature of the supermarket chillers but the cold of my fridge causes the glue to go hard.
Btd030914@reddit
Why the hell do I have to open homebargains rice thins with a pair of scissors?!
RealLongwayround@reddit
This is exceedingly annoying when the thing I’m trying to open is the container for a knife. I have been camping. I have forgotten a knife.
I know they do this to help prevent stabbings, but I’m not entirely sure how many knife attacks would ever be prevented by such a system.
Satanic-nic@reddit
It may inadvertently contribute to stabbings as by the time people have got the knife out of the packet their patience is one step away from exploding.
RealLongwayround@reddit
Good point, but perhaps not one I would make to customer services.
AnxiousAppointment70@reddit
And on vac pack meat, especially bacon where there's a seal tab and it will not budge because they melted it shut
stripeycat88@reddit
This is a very valid complaint. If anything we should be angrier about this!
Piff_Pav@reddit
The same with fish, sealed in plastic. Impossible to separate the layers.
BonusEruptus@reddit
The coop smoked haddock peels off with ease
rebekha@reddit
Lidl and Aldi smoked basa also
Alarmed_College_8169@reddit
I have never once managed to do this on fish. Or bacon. Why do they lie to us? They're gaslighting us.
1182990@reddit
Vegan products are the worst for this. I reckon the person running packaging design is a carnivore and has a secret hatred of vegans and this is the only way he can show his distain without getting fired.
r/lowstakesconspiracies
Sgt_major_dodgy@reddit
When it peels but only takes the top layer so it's still covered.
Obvious-Water569@reddit
"Easy-peel film". Aye, we'll see about that.
M&S are the only place that sells these things where the film actually peels easily and even they don't get it right 100% of the time.
Mattybmate@reddit
I once saw it put as 'easy-open' is the greatest lie told by man
Interesting-Scar-998@reddit
I hate when you peel the foil top of of a yogurt pot and it rips in two. You risk cutting your finger trying to remove the part left behind.
Batalfie@reddit
I've become so used to this struggle that it's the assumed default, but that means that when they do peel off as they are supposed to it is a rare but earnest source of joy.
Bjc93Bjc@reddit (OP)
This is another thing for me.
max_af9@reddit
Hiccups, myself or anyone. Cannot fucking stand the sound of hiccups lol
cat5crochet5femme@reddit
I had hiccups after abdominal surgery and they were excruciating 😣 I heard from a nurse that a man in the other ward had had them for over 24hrs!!
Imaginary_Finger7844@reddit
I'm over 50 so I guess everything does.
cat5crochet5femme@reddit
I’m over 50 and very chill but I’m not a bloke, you guys are grumpier I think.
RonBonxious@reddit
The phrase 'making memories'. I don't even really know why it annoys me.
cat5crochet5femme@reddit
Yep and just sentimentality in general is cringe
Bjc93Bjc@reddit (OP)
I second this.
Knowing_Eve@reddit
When they get a 4 month old to play a newborn in a tv show.
cat5crochet5femme@reddit
But that’s obvious, newborns are very fragile.
searchinformyrizla@reddit
Noise, it’s ridiculous really but some noises just irritate me to the point it’s painful, noisy eaters, tapping, whispering, loud tv, phone speakers, loud breathing 😅 I realise it’s petty but it fucking kills me
cat5crochet5femme@reddit
I’m the same but more so when in pain, I was once in hospital and there was a child visiting another patient running up and down jangling keys, the sound actually caused me pain and not in my ears in my nerves.
cursed_cucumbers@reddit
Ooh I've got a colleague who manages to eat with his mouth open AND have noisy breathing at the same time
BabbleFinch@reddit
People that write chefs kiss . Go fuck yourself all the way back to hell you absolute bell end. Day time tv presenters that think their opinion matters. Poison on society.
Reality tv of any kind. Now I need to go drink some Gaviscon
JakeCMMA@reddit
This might be too big or too common for what you’re asking but other people in supermarkets. More so since the lockdowns. Nobody seems to have a clue - dawdling taking up full aisles with trolleys or standing in front of shelves doing absolutely nothing. Also standing too close in the queue. I saw a man a few weeks ago in a queue standing less than a foot behind the person paying. It didn’t just mildly annoy me it made me want to be genuinely violent.
In most situations i’m easygoing almost to a fault but I can’t go to supermarkets when I know they’ll be busy anymore because one person’s behaviour can ruin my entire day.
cursed_cucumbers@reddit
The amount of times I've seen groups of up to FOUR people having a full on catch up in the middle of an aisle, all with trollies blocking the traffic. I say "EXCUSE ME" in a tone that tries to give off "MOVE YOU FUCKING ENTITLED MINDLESS ASSHOLES".
The standing too close in a queue thing genuinely puts me in high alert. Especially if I'm shopping on my own and it's a bloke behind me. I always turn at a 90° angle so I can see them in my peripheral vision. I will ensure to have a resting bitch face in the process.
Oster-P@reddit
Sometimes if I feel someone right behind me queueing I'll take a step back like I'm changing my leg position to relax, and because I'm usually wearing a big backpack it sometimes nudges them. Then I turn around and say something like "oh sorry, i didn't realise you were stood right behind me!" Doesn't really achieve anything but it amuses me and maybe teaches them not to stand so close to people.
cursed_cucumbers@reddit
I wish I was this good at acting. One part of me is too polite and the other part is too internally pissed off to pull this off.
Oster-P@reddit
Oh yeah I'm usually pissed off when I do it, just finished work waiting in shop, just gotta channel the anger, I think of bumping into them like punching them 😆
khan800@reddit
I always ask the too close in the queue people if they're buying my groceries.
IHateTheLetter-C-@reddit
I went shopping earlier, I think everybody in there was there for a get together! Nobody seems to have a list these days. I totally understand taking a moment to find the best flavour preseasoned pork or whatever, but do you really need to spend multiple minutes working out what brand of potato salad to buy‽
ICantBelieveItsNotEC@reddit
My pet peeve is old people at self-checkouts. They stand there staring blankly at the screen as if they've just been asked to pilot an alien spacecraft. Self-checkouts have been around for decades now, and you've presumably been watching cashiers do it for the best part of a century; why is it so confusing to you!?
repair-it@reddit
People having a family gathering in the aisle, blocking it so only one person could possibly squeeze past if they tried hard.
resident_queerdo@reddit
Omg. I am that dawdler. I have to look at everything before I buy something. Sometimes I annoy myself. Sometimes I wonder if the shop assistants think I just don't want to go home.
However, I usually make sure I'm not in anyone's way. And I get annoyed if people stand too close. But I've never dared to confront them yet, and they seem oblivious to my passive aggressive moving. 😅
JakeCMMA@reddit
I have no problem with conscious dawdlers, anyone can be one of those including me. If i’m taking my time to look for something on a shelf and someone else comes along I will step back until they’ve got what they need.
JustNoGuy_@reddit
I was at work today and some guy put his kids push chair in a way that blocked the whole aisle, he was just stood there for a few minutes looking at cables and chargers completely unaware that he's making everyone turn around and take another aisle to get past.
If I was a customer I would've told him to move it out the way. I wouldn't have thanked him for moving it because people should have some sense and awareness to not block whole aisles.
And why are they standing there looking at everything, like they've never bought it or seen it before, it's a tin of beans mate, they're the same as the last 50 times you bought them, just pick it up, put it in your trolley and move on, you don't need to read all the words on the tin and put it back and pick another tin up and do the same.
It takes me 10 minutes to do a weekly shop, in and out and I don't even care if people block my way anymore, I just squeeze past or squeeze in and grab my shit, they give funny looks, I just smile and move on.
Sorry, went on a rant there. 🤣🤣
Bjc93Bjc@reddit (OP)
I completely agree but to the point where I think this is a major thing not a minor thing. Every single time. Why are you stood in the middle of the aisle with your trolley sideways?
AlucardVTep3s@reddit
Simple thing - People who don’t indicate in their cars.
It’s such a simple task we’re taught as learners and is such a powerful tool used for communicating with other road users and helps tremendously with planning.
Major_Toe_6041@reddit
More so on roundabouts, you may be ‘going straight’ but without the indicator I don’t know that, and cannot go when I could’ve - I hold up traffic and then problems occur.
nameunknown345@reddit
My husband’s favourite line while driving—“There’s something wrong with that BMW, its indicators work.”
repair-it@reddit
Or indicate so late that they are actually turning before using the indicator.
VagueNostalgicRamble@reddit
See I don't think this is a minor thing, and more people should be annoyed by it. In some cases it's literally a safety issue.
I've lost count the amount of times I've almost had an accident because I've pulled onto a roundabout thinking the person already on it is going straight, but it turns out they're actually going right but just didn't bother indicating. And apparently I'm the arsehole for "cutting them off..."
Less dangerous but equally annoying is someone turning left at a roundabout or junction and not indicating, despite the fact there's a car clearly waiting for them to pass. I find it incredibly selfish. I wondered for a while if my car somehow goes unnoticed in these situations, but I was driving my sister's bright Canary yellow Kia Stonic the other day and it still happened.
It's such an easy task as well. It's takes zero effort. Choosing not to indicate means you, quite literally, won't lift a finger to share the road properly.
Ok-Handle-6663@reddit
People leaving tbeir engines running and/or their hands free kits plugged in while they're parked two wheels up on the pavement so everyone walking past gets squashed, poisoned and subjected to their inane conversation.
Major_Toe_6041@reddit
Jokes on you my engine is so loud you can’t hear what’s going on. You’ll just be deaf if you get too close.
thekittysays@reddit
People who park and leave their engines running generally. Whenever I pick my daughter up from dance class there's at least 2 car sat with their engines running for like 10min til the class ends. Just fucking why?!? Just switch it off you arseholes.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
To listen to the radio, keep the air con / heating going etc without draining the battery I suspect.
thekittysays@reddit
Those things can all run for 10min without draining the battery. And the car will stay warm/cool for that time even without it running. It's just so fucking rude and inconsiderate. You get the twats who do it outside the school too, despite all the signs saying not to.
Like most of the things people do it's selfish. Sometimes I feel like I'm one of the last few people who actually give a shit and think about how my actions affect other people and the environment around them. I'm fed up of it.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
Ok. Honestly I haven't found it bothers me as it does you, cars are driving all around anyway.
SaltyName8341@reddit
If it's moving the pollution gets dissipated, if it's idling it stays in the location
SaltyName8341@reddit
And their lights on
PublixEnemynumberone@reddit
One of the seldom mentioned advantages of electric cars is that people can run their’engines’ as long as they want without spewing out noxious fumes.
Major_Toe_6041@reddit
S not Z.
Decent_Confidence_36@reddit
Tv being too loud / general loud noises, not sure if there’s some autism going on but I’ve had to leave the room a few times when my girlfriend is watching a film
Weekly-Practice-8614@reddit
Lucky you with your strong hands! Arse
Inevitable-Care@reddit
The USB is always the wrong way up first time (sometimes the second time too!)
ShihtzuMum39@reddit
There’s a house I pass most days that was sold about 6 months ago. Used to have gorgeous front garden, lots of flowers, mature bushes, space for two cars etc…Couple who have bought it have flattened the lot to make way for a driveway that is clearly way bigger than needed. They have also added the most luminous strip lights to the porch. I’m sure they can be seen from space. The whole house just looks like a lost soul!
Ok_Aioli3897@reddit
How things like cereal which have multiple portions are not in resealable pouches
jez_24@reddit
The way people walk right up your arse on stairs. Or anywhere really.
Guinness710@reddit
When my coat pocket gets caught on a door handle or something. The only time I've nearly hulked out on anything. Always happens when I'm in a mood already as well
einstein425277@reddit
That heart shape thing people do with their hands
FCSadsquatch@reddit
🫶🫶
Glozboy@reddit
It's the one that uses the pointer and index finger that really winds me up. It's always girls who do it for some reason.
Longjumping_Car3318@reddit
You sound particularly joyless
PowerApp101@reddit
Who does that outside of footballers?
Groundbreaking_Dare4@reddit
StardewObsessive, pay attention!
Late-Champion8678@reddit
Why do I hate this so much?!
mightaswell625@reddit
Ooh the billboard outside my work has a lady doing this and I have an irrational hatred for her.
StardewObsessive@reddit
Ohhh I do that a lot! 😅 Sorry!
SnooHamsters7166@reddit
...and the fact that most people are so lazy that they just make a ball shape.
Silencer-1995@reddit
Unless they in a glass cage in a Russian court room.
FCSadsquatch@reddit
People in front of you walking slow. Bastard wasps & moths entering the window as soon as spring starts. The sound of children screaming, through the window.
Known-Veterinarian-2@reddit
My Lisinopril heart meds, I re-up them every 2 months and about 1 time in 4 they'll come as a slightly longer tablet that when I try to pop out of the packaging breaks in two. Now I have a 28 day med pillbox and there's approximately a 3 in 4 chance they'll break into two when I pop them. It is really really fucking irritating but I'm at the mercy of my pharmacy as to which generic type of this pill they'll give me.
I have asked if I can make a request as to which generic pharmaceutical company they use for these tablets and just been looked at as an absolute lunatic.
StereotypicallBarbie@reddit
People with off leash dogs.. who let their “friendly” dog bounce right on over to me and my leashed dog…
Stop doing that!!
HarketSavoy@reddit
When I was younger, I was absolutely terrified of dogs. Because of my fear, every single dog used to turn rabbid. Dogs running or barking at me will make me scream. I’m better with dogs if they are leashed. No eye contact works really well too. It’s eased my fears and being around them now.
dragongirl_3@reddit
This shit winds me up at least weekly! Had it with my last dog who became reactive because of it and now I have a younger dog it seems to be worse!
ICantBelieveItsNotEC@reddit
Yeah, "he's just being friendly" really pisses me off - I don't care what's going on in his head; I don't want his mucky paws all over my freshly washed jeans.
StereotypicallBarbie@reddit
If it was just me on my own.. I wouldn’t even mind! Bring on the muddy paws..
But when you can see my dog is leashed and muzzled.. they aren’t just an accessory.. I don’t care how friendly that other dog is! Mine won’t be friendly back..
Lazy_Composer6990@reddit
If we're going seemingly going more for triviality, the main two at the moment are: remote boot doors and the people that use them, people who don't close their blinds/curtains when it's gone dark and they've got lights on.
Swansboy@reddit
Putting a deep fitted sheet back after it comes off on a practical daily basis. My swearing lately is towards mattress and deep fitted sheet.
EmuComprehensive8200@reddit
Other cyclists who don't respect traffic rules, and pedestrians who walk on bike lanes when there is enough space not to
DavidJonnsJewellery@reddit
Having to turn the volume up and down on the telly because the advert volume is way higher than the actual programme. Youtube is the worst for this
Spiritual-Oven-9936@reddit
This should have more votes 😤
repair-it@reddit
It's about time the broadcasters sorted this out. Volume from one channel is way higher that the last one you were on.
redcloud226@reddit
Walking into a cobweb
Rest_In_Many_Pieces@reddit
Cyclists! Not all cyclists!
BUT the race-bike type cyclists who decide that they want to go on their leisurely exercise stroll along the bendy country roads in the middle of rush hour! BONUS POINTS; If they are doing a hill climb at 3mph.
Traffic be lined up for miles, stop-starting. No-where to overtake. Stuck.
I call bullshit to anyone who says cycling is better for the environment. Maybe in Europe with the cycle paths. But not on our roads.
ReflexArch@reddit
Someone chewing with their mouth open.
Rest_In_Many_Pieces@reddit
Or when pets lick themselves and make that horrible schlerp sound!
Behavingdark@reddit
I've been watching a Korean cooking show ,everyone of them tasting the meals slurp for all they are worth it's horrendous
resident_queerdo@reddit
My mum used to inhale soup. 🫠 Drove me nuts even as a kid.
PowerApp101@reddit
Also clacky teeth
AmazingSong7255@reddit
Eurgh yes!
irishstreams@reddit
I get annoyed with the little tab to unroll the aluminium foil. I’m extremely careful every time, but invariably I’ll tear the bastard and waste some.
My wife gets annoyed when a tin doesn’t have a ring pull.
StardewObsessive@reddit
I’ll add poor quality clingfilm!
Rest_In_Many_Pieces@reddit
Clingfilm is my mortal enemy!
I don't care if it's the best quality clingfilm ever! It's still not going to stick where I want it too, will stick in the wrong place, then curl up, break and I won't be able to get it off the roll.
That stuff belongs on the lowest level of hell and I will die on that hill!
irishstreams@reddit
Yeah, you definitely don’t want a single crease or dimple when you’re putting it across a bog seat.
StardewObsessive@reddit
🤣
IHateTheLetter-C-@reddit
I got the hang of foil, I put the box on the edge of the table/worktop, pull the foil up to get the length I need, then as near to straight down as possible to get a tidy tear. Out parallel to the table never works, rips every time.
Buy your wife one of these
leftintheshaddows@reddit
I hate the tab on dog poop bags that rips the top bag while I'm trying to get it off. I know there is sticker tabs out there that wouldn't rip them but I guess extra sticky tabs are cheaper.
runew0lf@reddit
Best way is to use the opposite end of the tab and pull it backwards over the edge, its less likely to tear!
Amazing_Goal_8003@reddit
Maggi cook in the bag - those tabs!!! Every time I make a hole in the bag
AncientImprovement56@reddit
Do you know of a good one-handed manual pepper mill?
The big advantage I found of having an electric one (before the batteries went) was that I could operate with one clean hand, while the other hand turned the raw meat over.
PalmerRabbit78@reddit
Originally I was on OP side. It appears I have done a 180
dhardyuk@reddit
That’s a kitchen tool.
You don’t bring the blender to the table to season your mashed potato to taste.
SaltyName8341@reddit
You have different grinders for different rooms?
dhardyuk@reddit
Yes.
Surely you are familiar with the concept of a toilet brush.
You can take it to any room you like, but put it on the dining table and everyone will know it’s wrong.
Scott19M@reddit
Sorry to hijack you but it's relevant to the proposal question asked, and to your comment. I have a friend who describes a U-turn in opinion as a 360. I've pointed out before 'that means you're going the same way as before, it's full circle'. So I reinforced the behaviour and now he says that just to annoy me.
And it works.
It really works.
VodkaMargarine@reddit
That used to annoy me too but recently I've done a 720 on it
JohnLennonsNotDead@reddit
Is this some kind of euphemism?
Fizl99@reddit
I dont know this brand but I used to have something similar which worked well https://www.premierhousewares.com/squeeze-white/clear-salt-and-pepper-mill-0508993?srsltid=AfmBOopwHfoT9CfFHv_GxEaS-mEDvDHtDRxe1zjB9Qs7NAMg_uG64TLU
Alarming_Matter@reddit
I have Salter ones that are wifi enabled. Once you've tried it, theres no going back.
dhardyuk@reddit
Your washing machine can interfere with that.
Use separate SSIDs and fully segregate them with vlans.
vizard0@reddit
My dad had one that had a lever grip, just squeeze your hand and pepper was ground.
https://browin.com/shop/product/510020/manual-pepper-grinder-and-salt-shaker
Looks like they don't make them anymore, shame it was a decent pepper grinder.
VodkaMargarine@reddit
Yes
I-am-MelMelMel@reddit
The Donnie Darko of pepper mills…. Wait, Is it still a mill if it doesn’t go round? 🤔
sookietea@reddit
Yep, I used to wonder what was the point and then randomly got gifted one - just the pepper mind, and haven’t looked back. Totally worth it.
Mroatcake1@reddit
You can get some that you press down with your thumb a few times and it grinds it for you manually... bit shit, but they work after a fashion.
Grenache@reddit
I'm old so pretty much everything.
SpecialistGas2884@reddit
Small little annoyances really wind me up. Childish yeah. Pocket catches door handle. 😡😡
SaltyName8341@reddit
It's ok as you get older you get shorter so it's less of an issue
Late-Champion8678@reddit
Only happens when I’m carrying something I don’t want to spill!
damalan67@reddit
Tore the pocket in my favourite suit jacket that way.
irishstreams@reddit
I’ve ruined several shirts on door handles. Infuriating!
PiesPiesAndPies@reddit
Agreed. Even other old gits' complaints 😂
StinkyBird64@reddit
I’m in my mid 20s and I’m exactly the same 😭🤣
DoveHopeDownwrdSlope@reddit
Came here to say this. A little annoyed you got there first so let’s add that to the list
Grenache@reddit
Yeah I'd have been pissed off too.
ttocsy@reddit
Having to grind my own salt and pepper.
ChangingMonkfish@reddit
It boils my piss when I keep seeing all these unnecessary rotary twisting salt and pepper mills everywhere.
What’s wrong with just pounding it into oblivion in a mortar and pestle before every meal?
Alarming_Matter@reddit
Mines wifi enabled.
ChangingMonkfish@reddit
Can you set it to pre-grind some when you set off from work so it’s done by the time you get home?
More importantly, will it run Skyrim?
SaltyName8341@reddit
Probably runs Doom
VodkaMargarine@reddit
God I hate seeing people use a mortar and pestle. What's wrong with crushing it under your bare feet like our ancestors did?
ChangingMonkfish@reddit
Why can’t people just eat their chips near an exposed vein of salt in the landscape and just occasionally lick it?
dhardyuk@reddit
Just chew it and spit it out
WoodenFault7969@reddit
The trend the people are now seem to be putting the “owerrr” sound at the end of sentences. So a simple “no” comes out as “Noah”.
“What are you doing” is “what are you doingaaah”
It’s so annoying(aah)
Sarrebas89@reddit
People who use apostrophes when pluralising words. Why???
Fresh-Dot5824@reddit
Plastic grass and synthetic garden landscaping. Nature is being decimated by new housing estates. At least if the homeowners kept the garden as natural as possible, full of plants and grass/clover lawns instead of turning the gardens into sterile indoor looking spaces, they could preserve something of what was.
InnerFaithlessness93@reddit
Supposed 'open and reseal' pasta packets. Never once in my whole life have I ever 1, opened the pack without it ripping and pasta going everywhere, or 2, resealed the pack with the shittest attempt at a sticky label like thing in the world
Mental_Emu4856@reddit
playing videos outloud around other people, especially in public. no one cares about your ai generated tiktoks!
Famous_Counter9175@reddit
Food packages that say peel back film lid and you have to get a pair of scissors because it never feels, it just rips the pull tab off.
Key-Original-225@reddit
Bacon is a prime offender here
Famous_Counter9175@reddit
I get the scissors out. I haven't attempted to pull bacon for many years 😂
terryjuicelawson@reddit
I don't even try any more, and giving it a good stab with a knife is very satisfying
Rootes_Radical@reddit
I find it usually delaminates, leaving an identical slightly thinner film.
If someone said to me delaminate this plastic film please I couldn’t do it on purpose, but in bacon? Easy peasy, watch this.
ZanaZoola14@reddit
I'm getting it constantly at this point, it is so annoying
Moppo_@reddit
Or worse, a thin slither peels off all around the edge.
ZanaZoola14@reddit
Or even worse, a thin layer of the plastic peels off so it looks like you succeeded only for there to still be a complete layer of plastic left there in your way even while holding a sheet that says the easy peel off.
Long_Creme2996@reddit
When people blindly press the button on a crossing before they even look to see if cars are coming. And then cross the road anyway. USE YOUR BRAIN
BeanOnAJourney@reddit
Washing my face at the basin and water trickles down my arms all the way to my elbows.
My car door not staying open properly when i'm getting in or out, and then not shutting properly when I want it to.
Trying to save time after going to the toilet by pulling my pants and trousers up at the same time but accidentally not getting hold of my pants and my trousers pull up but my pants stay down.
Sleeves getting caught up inside hoodies/cardigans/coats.
Any item of clothing being cut too high under the armpit and I can feel it constantly.
People at the petrol station forming one si gular queue behind one singular pump and blocking access to all the other unused pumps.
Windscreen wipers juddering and scraping.
People trying to hold a conversation with me by shouting from a other room or while i'm on the phone.
Every building - residential or commercial - being lit up outside like a Christmas tree all night long.
Wind chimes.
AfternoonAfraid2192@reddit
People trying to talk to you while you're on the phone drives me INSANE it's so fucking infuriating!!
coffeeebucks@reddit
For the water trickling down arms, you can get little absorbent wrist cuff things. Usually seen on TikTok skin care videos, they actually work really well and I use them every day now
BeanOnAJourney@reddit
Ok why have I never thought of this? Thank you!
maersyl@reddit
I’ll add “shops that leave all their lights on during the night” to this.
Just… why?! I’m supposed to be turning off my little electrical doobries to save the planet yet you’ve got your fucking shop lit up all night when nobody’s in it.
Turn the fucking lights off.
angelillustrations@reddit
people trying to cross a road when they are about 10 second walk away from a safe crossing,
Where I live theres an extremely busy interchange that has pedestrian bridges and the amount of people cutting across 5 lanes of traffic instead of using them boils my piss
AfternoonAfraid2192@reddit
Beeping a Horn longer than is necessary. Be it on the road, or on the forklift at work. If you're entering the building to let people know you're there, 3 short blasts is ABSOLUTELY all you need. Punching the damn thing so it's just a loud noise for 10 seconds is awful.
Leader_Bee@reddit
People at work who stand in doorways tobhave a chit chat like i dont have places to be.
Dangerous-Web-1962@reddit
shitty tin openers.....we must have bought a dozen in 15 years, always shite and only partially open the tin...
jlelvidge@reddit
Recently discovered I have ADHD, even my skin annoys me when it sweats. I get too overstimulated by things quickly.
Mysterious_County154@reddit
The sound of toilet light pull switches. CLU CLU CLUNKK
In my parents house i shared a wall with the toilet and I would hear that shit constantly. My brother would pull it like he was trying to pull the ceiling down and it was so damn loud
I haven't lived with my parents in years and the sound still sends me into a fit of rage
ICantBelieveItsNotEC@reddit
My childhood bedroom was next to the bathroom, and I spent my entire life hearing clu-clunk braaaap ahhh fwwwwsssshshshhh tsssssssssssss clu-clunk slam three times a night. I blame the fact that I didn't make it to Cambridge on this fact.
OrdinaryAssistant853@reddit
I've vowed to myself that I will never again occupy a bedroom next to a bathroom if I can help it.
New-Nectarine8298@reddit
Sounds like you may have misophonia
GrabbedByTheGhost@reddit
No that just sounds really fucking annoying.
My brother used to slam the bolt shut in the bathroom door and my bedroom used to back onto it.
SHHHHHHRRRRR-POCK!
That's not misophonia.
resident_queerdo@reddit
I definitely have misophonia as part of my autism, but still...
The way my sister used to slam the light switch in her bedroom used to say to me: I am entitled to electricity and the whole world needs to hear it!
This is a hill I'll die on.
Short-and-paranoid@reddit
Loving the written sound effects. Whilst the noise itself being annoying isn’t the same as having misophonia, the commenter saying it sends them into fits of rage just thinking about it does seem like they could be suffering.
DoIKnowYouHuman@reddit
Agreed, no misophonia on you or u/mysterious_county154
I’m no Freud but you do both mention a certain relative, so could be an element of odium fratris
Imaginary-Hornet-397@reddit
Nah, it's just childhood trauma.
Dr_Quink@reddit
We had two pull cords in our bathroom when we moved in. One turned on a light above the shower and fan. The other turned on so many lights it converted the bathroom into a room that could easily have been used as an operating theatre.
I rewired it and replaced one with a PIR that turns on one light when you walk in and it’s dark enough (CLU CLUNK GONE!). I left the other, which does the fan and activates sun mode. All in all would recommend.
I’m looking into soft close doors and quiet locks or good reasons to evict my kids.
BeingOtherwise7829@reddit
Omg yes!
The sound of the one in the bathroom at my parents' house drives me nuts, always used to when I was a kid because both my bedrooms (changed to bigger room after extension was built) were directly on either side of it so everytime someone would go in the bathroom when I was trying to sleep it would disturb me. Still hate the sound of it now!
LazyEmu5073@reddit
Fun fact: It doesn't even have to be a pull cord, unless your bathroom was ultra-tiny and you could reach it whilst standing in the bath/shower.
A 'normal' switch is allowed by the regulations, outside of the 'zones'...
https://www.betterbathrooms.com/Files/images/bb/lighting-zones-desktop.jpg
Mysterious_County154@reddit
Luckily for me my current house had a switch on the outside already when I moved in
I live alone so no worry of someone pranking me and turning it off
Silent_Region_472@reddit
I totally sympathise though I actually absolutely love that sound
ICantBelieveItsNotEC@reddit
When you wash the bedsheets and the pillowcases and sheets somehow end up tightly knotted inside the duvet. It seems insane that with all our modern technology, we don't have a solution to this problem yet.
pouchey2@reddit
When the tear notch on a sachet of sauce isn't there or it just doesn't want to open.
I just want my ketchup dammit!
Jags666uk@reddit
Having to Unsubscribe from e-mails that I never agreed to receive or signed up for.
In many cases, it is not simply the case of clicking the 'Unsubscribe' link, you are taken to a website to 'Mange your E-mail Preferences'. Once selected yet another page appears to confirm your choice.
WorcsBloke@reddit
"Dogs welcome... well-behaved humans tolerated" signs. They are, if you're really in the mood to be generous, mildly amusing the first time. Not the two hundredth.
CosyColouringBooks@reddit
Live, laugh, love signs as well. Makes me want to claw my eyeballs out
terryjuicelawson@reddit
Any wacky sign. "Unattended kids will be given an espresso and a puppy!".
CosyColouringBooks@reddit
I saw one in a home I went into for work which read "Misbehaving children will be packed off to the circus" which was ironic given I work on Child Protection and was there to check on the welfare of the children 🙄
___MorningLovely@reddit
Live laugh lobotomy!
leftintheshaddows@reddit
Live laugh toaster bath
dontuwantme2join@reddit
Exist, grimace, tolerate
CosyColouringBooks@reddit
I do like the prints you can buy that have a picture of a ghost in the bathtub with the words live, laugh, toaster bath though haha
irishstreams@reddit
Wine time bbz OXO
resident_queerdo@reddit
Basically all the signs that have idiotic imperatives on them. Also all those 'our house rules'-signs: Love each other. Forgive each other.
If that's not the most toxic thing I've ever read.
Alarmed_College_8169@reddit
You ok hon? Inbox me
Short-and-paranoid@reddit
Good vibes only!
Famous_Counter9175@reddit
This is the absolute definition of chav 😂
b_of_the_bang_@reddit
My husband’s aunt has so many of these signs in their various forms that I sometimes leave the house feeling time I’ve read a novel.
maersyl@reddit
Just think, though, it might be someone else’s first time reading it and they get the mild amusement.
TheTjalian@reddit
Whenever I see those signs I actually read "a miserable person to be around lives here"
irishstreams@reddit
MAN CRÈCHE
repair-it@reddit
Translation apps that do not translate into English, they translate into American (see Simplified English)
No_Air8719@reddit
Being banned from Reddit for “threatening harm” then seeing lots of posts in the same reddit that are just as bad but not picked up by the automated bot
repair-it@reddit
Yes, see r/facebook/
Ok_Mathematician4038@reddit
Yours made me think of people who put the little clear plastic lid back on disposable salt/pepper grinders every time
CuteMaterial@reddit
Bottle lids staying attached 😒
repair-it@reddit
Isn't this a EU directive thing?
I hate it too, you cannot pour the liquid out without it spilling everywhere.
repair-it@reddit
Americans - just that !
Steelydawn@reddit
When someone follows a comment with 'Does that make sense to you?'. Yes, it does, I still have my faculties and you were not explaining quantum mechanics.
leftintheshaddows@reddit
People.
People annoy me.
And anything with more than 4 legs. You're just greedy.
JohnCasey3306@reddit
For anyone else here working in tech, or have ever looked at r/AppIdeas, the electric salt and pepper grinder is just the physical product equivalent of 99.999% of new saas and app products released nowadays -- utterly pointless; desperately trying to solve a problem that just doesn't really exist.
No doubt the inventer of the electric grinders was online "validating" their invention by asking other thirsty inventors who are also building pointless products.
jimmyfuci@reddit
When my wife buys cheap clothes from china
Nyko_Neon@reddit
Loud noises from an unknown source, or in the same manner, weird smells I can’t place. Makes me seethe.
Reesy@reddit
When friend u/xgabipandax takes her shoes off after she gets home from the gym, it hits you like you've just walked into a French market cheese shop on a hot summers day and it makes me cry. I even say, do you know how bad this is? And she just says ''yess''.
xgabipandax@reddit
You always talking about a friend huh
maersyl@reddit
Leaf blowers. Honestly, what is the point? Use a rake you lazy sad sacks. You’re just blowing leaves from one area to another…
You literally bought an energy guzzling fan to blow nature around.
farlos75@reddit
Running and cycling clubs. And I say that as someone who both runs and cycles. I know why I hate running clubs, cycling clubs just kinda irk me. Not sure why. Still, fuck em.
the_fox_in_the_roses@reddit
Leaf blowers. Get a brush.
Euphoric-Wall-2576@reddit
People who are unreasonably pissed off by products designed for disabled people. In order for such products to be profitably they often need to be marketed to non-disabled people as well. I am grateful that non-disabled people buy things like electric salt and pepper mills because it helps to make them available for the disabled people who need them. I also think it's kind of weird to think there's virtue in not doing things on easy mode when you can and it's not harming anyone.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
Products designed for disabled people is a very niche market. It is very useful for them sure but they are primarily targetted at the lazy.
Euphoric-Wall-2576@reddit
It's not niche at all. About 1 in 6 people are disabled and more of us are living longer into old age and needing accommodations. Tons of companies make products explicitly for disabled people. It's a huge market.
AnonymousTimewaster@reddit
Google discontinuing Google Assistant and replacing it with Gemini. I used to be able to just say "hey google, take me to the nearest McDonalds" and my phone would open Google Maps on its own and just direct me there. So easy.
Now I do the exact same, and I get this
VegetableActual7326@reddit
Didn't they also make it so that Spotify no longer works with it? I remember asking Google to play a specific song while I was driving and it just gave me the link instead of playing it lol
AnonymousTimewaster@reddit
Yeah I've had a similar experience. Absolutely useless
Nublar_Repair_Man@reddit
Not fully awake and I thought "electrical salt" was a new product
Wireless vinegar is gonna take off!
Experiment328095@reddit
I use electric grinders for salt, pepper and a few other spices I use regularly, makes it easier to add to the pot during cooking.
6lackPrincess@reddit
Those loud fucking cars that zoom up the road so loudly and only seem to get louder and louder until it literally activates a fight or flight response in your body
Active_Definition_57@reddit
Usually on 20 year old BMWs I find.
resident_queerdo@reddit
Fight them! 💪
_Curious_Koala_@reddit
Auto correct and spell check. They don’t seem to be improving despite technology improving rapidly.
Active_Definition_57@reddit
Our works correspondence system often wants me to replace "form" with "from". Even when the sentence wouldn't make any sense with it.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
Specifically for me when a word auto corrects but it is slang or intentional. You correct it, it puts it back. You do it again - why do you think I have been undoing your correction! You can save it of course but it should realise what is going on.
resident_queerdo@reddit
I noticed a change though. When my phone got to know me it insisted on changing fuck to duck. Now, after some years, on the rare occasion I want to type duck it won't let me.
ToadInTheHole7181@reddit
Yes! Any kind of "helpful" software in fact.
Moppo_@reddit
"Serving suggestion"
It's a picture of the food, on a plate. No fucking shit. Did they think I was going to get confused and eat it from a portaloo seat?
PuzzleheadedLow4687@reddit
This is a legal thing. It means not everything is the picture is part of the product you are buying. On a box of cereal the bowl, milk and spoon aren't included for example.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
Interesting to know how ingrained in the law this is. Like could I sue if I complained my box of cereal had no fresh strawberries or milk inside.
Bjc93Bjc@reddit (OP)
I think this all the time hahaha
coffeeebucks@reddit
Definitely in place because someone complained that the pic on the front didn’t look identical to what was in the packet, plates accessories and all
resident_queerdo@reddit
Is it me or have serving suggestions turned half arsed lately? They used to have some garnish on them or whatnot. Now it's just the bare item. Where's the suggestion?!
Lower_Canary5713@reddit
Microwaves that continue to beep until you remove the food. Shut up I heard you the first time. I’ll get my food when I feel like it
Active_Definition_57@reddit
My elderly mother's one does that. I often take ready meal for me round there. Many of them say leave to stand for 1 minutes after heating so the additional beeps are totally needless.
akPete47@reddit
People who wait to cross the road when there’s a set of traffic lights/pelican crossing 30yards down the road, they then give you the death stare if you don’t stop and let them cross. For some reason this really irritates me, especially when they are either a)walking in that direction, or b) have walked past the crossing
OrdinaryAssistant853@reddit
My housemate blowing his nose every morning. I have an uncontrollable burst of rage each time he does it. By far the most ridiculous noise I've ever heard someone make.
Kaylee__Frye@reddit
People who don't respect the queue system at a bus stop.
Glozboy@reddit
Men who stand with their fingers in their jeans pockets and their legs angled forward like a centaur. Hard to describe but always annoys me. Usually done by the sort of man who wears a blue gilet.
Icy-Initial2107@reddit
Our block of flats has two communal large wheelie bins (the giant kind with four wheels that hook across the garbage truck's back). Some absolute numpty goes to the effort of bringing their bin bags down to them and then... just puts them next to them! So close, yet so completely missing the point.
avamissile@reddit
Slow walkers and walkers who have no spatial awareness, stopping randomly in your path and getting in the way.
nickgardia@reddit
Simple grammar mistakes annoy me, like using of instead of have (should have, could have etc.).
Clokkers@reddit
Having to put the shopping away when all you want to do is cook your dinner and go to bed
hannahbutgreener@reddit
I live near a “turbo roundabout” which I use once or twice a day. It’s been great since they put it in but for it work, you HAVE to stay in your lane. It’s on loads of signs and it’s written on the floor in big letters everywhere. Do people stay in their lane? Do they fuck…
dl064@reddit
No, a couple of months.
mrs_shrew@reddit
It's not that big OF a deal.
Please kill me, the ofs are all over the place!
VickyAlberts@reddit
Should of, Would of, Could of.
PowerApp101@reddit
Well at least the yanks are consistent. After all we both say "a few months".
sookietea@reddit
Whilst we’re at it “write me” / “write John and update him” etc. It’s “write to..”!
VagueNostalgicRamble@reddit
A few years ago one of my kids was playing outside with some friends and I was walking out to the car. They came over to me and asked something along the lines of "are you going Tesco?" omitting the "to" for some reason. That's a trend that can't disappear quick enough for my liking.
dl064@reddit
It was shared Monday
Alarmed_College_8169@reddit
I could care less about this
Alarmed_College_8169@reddit
I got a warning for this! I promise it was a relevant reply about what else annoys me and not me being a dick to you!
TheTjalian@reddit
Ah, I guess you really did care after all! You've been rumbled.
Outraged_Chihuahua@reddit
Bra straps. No matter how much I adjust them, they still don't stay on my shoulders and I spend half my time trying to fish them out of the sleeve of my top just for them to end up back there again 5 minutes later.
Cha_r_ley@reddit
People who walk out of shops then just STOP in the middle of the walkway or doorway to think about their lives, oblivious to people walking behind or towards them. This applies double if there’s a group of them.
KelpFox05@reddit
I use mobility aids for chronic pain - whenever somebody says something to me like "What have you done to yourself then?". I know they're just trying to be nice and make conversation but it really does make me want to start biting people like a rabid dog.
Longjumping_Car3318@reddit
God that's such an insensitive thing to ask
Oohoureli@reddit
Pop-ups that cover the entire page before you continue, especially the ones that appear 15 seconds after you've negotiated the initial accept/decline cookies page and are settled in to read the article.
shlebee@reddit
when books have 'NOW ON NETFLIX' stickers on but they aren't actually stickers
CarpetGripperRod@reddit
Hellmann's mayonnaise jars. The neck of the jar is too damned narrow to get all the mayo out.
I'll balance that with the excellence of Nutella... label peels of easily, the plastic lid makes for a handy coaster, and the container itself makes for a decent glass.
utf-16@reddit
People who somehow want to give you more than 100%
tumshy@reddit
My sleeve getting caught on a door handle.
blodblodblod@reddit
People without kids with them parking in the parent and child spaces. Last week I saw two blokes parking a Lamborghini in one, which I felt was taking the piss slightly.
BeachTheHam13@reddit
When people whistle. Makes me want to rip their throat out.
ice_planet_x@reddit
when you're on a crowded bus in traffic and the driver brakes incredibly hard every few metres or so
All-Hail-The-Ale@reddit
Grated cheese, or frozen mashed potato. How lazy do people have to be?
RevFernie@reddit
People driving everywhere with wing mirrors tucked in.
People putting their seatbelts on after they have pulled away, like they think they don't have time to put it on before driving away.
Interesting-Scar-998@reddit
People bumping into me on the street because they don't look where theyr'e going.
Minsc_NBooToo@reddit
People who describe something as to die for
As in this Greg's sausage roll is to die for 😩
I know it's hyperbole, but it makes me want to put them to the test
GrabbedByTheGhost@reddit
People who can't spell or use grammar properly. I think about what it must be like inside the mind of someone who cares so little about how they come across, yet is arrogant enough to think it doesn't matter.
It's not a place that makes me happy.
prustage@reddit
When I see awful spelling, poor grammar or badly constructed posts, to me its like saying "Here you sort it out, I can't be arsed"
The implication being that my time and effort is worth less than theirs.
GrabbedByTheGhost@reddit
Yes that's exactly how it feels. Well done for putting that into words!
Bbew_Mot@reddit
English spelling is in urgent need of reform though.
GrabbedByTheGhost@reddit
It really isn't. What do you even mean by that?
Bbew_Mot@reddit
We could bring back þorn for a start!
KFlaps@reddit
I mean, the language does contain a whole bunch of ridiculous and unnecessary spellings and pronunciatios, some for the most arbitrary of reasons (blame the Dutch 😋).
That said, reforming the language artificially hasn't always worked.
(And yes, I'm a big fan of Rob Words)
ChamomilePeppermint@reddit
I feel like you’re saying this from a place of tremendous privilege.
ActionBirbie@reddit
The privilege of.....functional literacy?
GrabbedByTheGhost@reddit
Oh yeah it MUST be privilege.
Silent_Region_472@reddit
I feel for the dyslexics out there :(
GrabbedByTheGhost@reddit
It's more the people who just don't care
inspectorgadget9999@reddit
When were watching a film but my wife is just looking at her phone
ChangingMonkfish@reddit
When you have a click-seal bag and the click-seal won’t align properly so you keep pressing it just doesn’t seal. Until it finally does, but why does it have to be so difficult?
Bjc93Bjc@reddit (OP)
I feel this
resident_queerdo@reddit
The worst is when you annoy yourself.
I drop stuff 27 times a day. I've already removed all the aspects of it that could be chalked up to negligence, like setting things down close to the edge or putting something in front of the microwave so the door won't open all the way. Still happens. It's like my brain goes, ooooh, a bowl of peas, are you sure you want to grip it that hard?
Or talking to myself. 'Right. That's that done.' Which can be nice and reassuring but some days I'm like, just shutttt up already! Or when you find yourself going 'Right.' halfway through a task. It's not right! We're nowhere near done! Shut up!
It's a good thing I live alone. 🙈
My only consolation is that I don't go 'aaaah' after having a drink or sitting down because that, without a doubt, is the worst.
darthpaul1978@reddit
The sound of human fingers actively seeking some secret page between the pages of a book causes this... rubby little squeaky squawk that absolutely enrages me.
snarkmaiden5@reddit
Trying to butter bread but the margarine seems to be allergic to the knife, and keeps slip sliding away from it,. So it becomes a weird pushing it along from all weird angles thing
Latter-Interest-2856@reddit
People who clap out of time to the music during my favourite performers at concerts/festivals - or even slap IN time. STOP CLAPPING like a seal. I’ve paid to listen to the band, not to listen to you clapping.
Competitive-Fact-820@reddit
Why do they invariably follow the snare?
The true rhythm is the bass drum.
Brilliant-Shirt-6376@reddit
-- People saying "hack" (who are native English speakers but aren't American .... It's a "tip".
-- People saying "reach out" (who are native English speakers but aren't American) .... as in "I reached out to her".
-- People saying "math" (who are native English speakers but aren't American) .... It's "maths".
-- People saying "parking lot" (who are native English speakers but aren't American) .... It's a "car park".
-- The Office USA (it's just so, so wrong, on every level).
-- Everything "Alan Partridge" other than the absolute genius that is "I'm Alan Partridge series 1 & series 2". All the "other" Partridge shows/stuff just don't cut it for me unfortunately.
-- People who get "there, their & they're" mixed up.
-- Above all - people saying "my bad" (who are native English speakers but aren't American) .... Arghhhhhhh!
.... I think that'll do for now!
Competitive-Fact-820@reddit
I initially thought you meant when your cat is hacking up a fur ball and wondered why that would be a "tip". Then my brain kicked in.
tbhvandame@reddit
People touching me to get my attention- fuck off.
Competitive-Fact-820@reddit
People touching me end of story - there are a very limited number of people who are allowed to touch me and colleagues are NOT on that list and random strangers definitely aren't.
Love a good snuggle on the couch with my other half and we are very tactile with each other - if I'm at the PC and husband needs to walk past me we always have a little hand hold for a few seconds or stroke the other person's shoulder. Still hug my adult son. Anyone else can do one.
CauseOptimal8501@reddit
Whistling. Completely and unreasonable makes me annoyed instantly
Competitive-Fact-820@reddit
I yell at anyone who whistles near me, the sound completely grate son me and makes me go in to rage mode.
One of my colleagues said I just don't like people being happy (he was joking) and I replied that I just preferred not being jailed for ABH.
crowort@reddit
My gran worked as the administrator at a nursing home. As you can imagine she met the local funeral directors and one of them would whistle when he came in and out.
She hated that and made it clear she wouldn’t give him any business that she had a say in.
indiegirl1980@reddit
Anyone being in the kitchen at the same time as me.
People (in my house) who scroll fb reels/tiktok with the volume on full then send it so you have to bloody watch it too.
The biggest thing that angers me is when I have the radio/music on and people turn it down. ( I will add it's never above 3 on the smart speaker so it's not super loud)
SpaceTall2312@reddit
The council not bothering to do any weeding, mowing or tidying of public areas in my city. It looks dreadful.
Fast_Bee7689@reddit
Existence itself
Fickle-Public1972@reddit
People who walk in front of me and walk slowly
Additional-Ask-5512@reddit
When you buy something with a sticker on (e.g. pretty much every pan I've ever bought). That sticker is a bitch to get off and leaves a permanent mark. Why put such an aggressive sticker on in the first place?
AmazingSong7255@reddit
Either heat up the pan slightly then peel the sticker off or use a hairdryer to heat up the sticker.
AmazingSong7255@reddit
School pick up small talk. Eurghhh it’s like same shit, different day. I just want to invisibly pick up my child and get out without having to talk to anyone. I had one lady take my number then pester me for over 2 weeks to go for a coffee with her. She would send messages then send ????? a few times after. It was so annoying. I had to as AI to help me come up with a nice way to decline her. Now she avoids me. Thank the lord her kids are not in the year group and mine.
parsl@reddit
Windscreen wipers that move out-of-sync with the music on the radio.
FeelingSimple331@reddit
Yes!!!!
Fantastic-Pear6241@reddit
Anytime I visit the states, see "Shepherd's pie" on sale and it's made from beef mince
FeelingSimple331@reddit
Buying a new pair of scissors, the packaging of which requires a pair of scissors to open.
Infuriating.
apewave@reddit
I hate that my neighbor keeps complaining about my rumplestiltskin cosplay
Pircster38@reddit
Lidl Low Sugar Granola is very good. It has a pinch & pull bag. It doesn't work and I'm wary that if I tried to pull it hard the contents would go everywhere. Consequently, the only way to open it is using a scissors. Pointless and very annoying. No sense whatsoever.
ljr69@reddit
Whispering. I fking hate anything being whispered, ads, real life, don’t care. Fecking shout it from the roof tops you fking melts!
cursed_cucumbers@reddit
God that fucking laundry softener advert. Never wanted to punch a TV so hard in my life
Cptnemouk@reddit
On the lines of punching the fucking TV. The cracking noise when they bite into a magnum ice cream. I'm getting angry just thinking about it.
DrChonk@reddit
Whispering actively makes me nauseous, I cannot stand it. I reckon it's because my ex used to do the entire Whisper Song in my ear like I was supposed to be... impressed? Turned on? Instead its just a visceral reaction to anything whispered. ASMR makes me want to put a screwdriver through my eardrums too tbf
ChewpapaNeebrae@reddit
Obviously there are times when it's necessary to whisper but when I have to listen to it, my rage goes from 0-100 in milliseconds. Dunno why, it just drives me bonkers.
Emotional_Passion929@reddit
Oh I fucking hate whispering. Drives me mental.
KFlaps@reddit
The biscuit beetle that manages to just fly across my eyeline as I'm gaming, and then immediately fecks off into the aether before I can zap it, only to dance across my line of sight the moment I start gaming again.
It's been doing this for the last hour...
ACalcifiedHeart@reddit
When people say stuff like "I'm making it up as I go along!" Or "I'm still figuring it out" when some youngin asks something like "how do you know when you're an adult?"
It's a weak attempt to sound relatable at best, and incredibly patronizing at worst.
Especially as it's only ever said by people who are successful in life and know exactly what it means to be an adult.
Ultimately, I know it's mostly harmless.
It's just bothersome when someone looks for guidance and they get a parade of people trying to sound wise behind a veil of regurgitated quirkiness.
roja_85@reddit
Waterfall taps, or whatever they are called. I'm so conditioned that the water comes out of the bottom of the tap, when I encounter one of these bastards unexpectedly, my hands will be in the exact position to get soaking wet cuffs. Even when I'm in short sleeves, I'm still slightly annoyed that it gave me wet wrists.
PeaIcy760@reddit
God I miss twisting salt and pepper grinders. Broke both my shoulders and honestly I had no choice but to go electric
keg994@reddit
Ouch, how did you manage to break both?
PeaIcy760@reddit
Had a seizure (first of my life) while riding a bike. Not entirely sure if it was the clenching or the falling or a combo. They broke backwards, maybe forwards honestly there was a lot of morphine the whole month is quite a blur. They did say the only time they see breaks and dislocations like that is seizures or both handed electrocution so I guess the seizure but I can't imagine hitting the road at 15mph helped. Was a bit of a terrible expirience and now I have to show my scar to airport security to explain why I'm setting off metal detectors
ChamomilePeppermint@reddit
Do you have epilepsy or was it a one-off?
PeaIcy760@reddit
I had another two in the hospital which by the terms of the NHS does mean I'm classed as epileptic. I have medicine for it and luckily has only reoccurred once since but less intense and I was sitting on a sofa at the time so not nearly as bad. Still don't recommend it though it legit feels like you are about to die very grim
ChamomilePeppermint@reddit
I can sympathise; my mum randomly had two seizures 18 months ago and she’s been on Levetiracetam ever since. Unfortunately she also developed non-epileptic seizures not too long after which we’re still dealing with.
Wishing you all the best 🥰
PeaIcy760@reddit
Really appreciate the well wishes! It can be really stressful and scary when people around you have seizures bless my partner for going to a first aid class entirely without me knowing to learn how to take care of me of it happens. Much more pragmatic than I've ever been. I hope your mum manages to get a handle on it all and I hope you all are good and well going forward 😊
ChamomilePeppermint@reddit
It sounds like you have an amazing partner! Thank you also ☺️
TheresaGreen22@reddit
When people start quoting Peep show and other crappy shows. It’s the same old thing! Ronnie Pickering…who? Jheez it’s not funny anymore. Meet at the Winchester! Fuck off! Also I scrolled too far to find this! Bore off!
possiblyAudhd0910@reddit
When I ask my partner a question and instead of answering it, he instead decides to explain how he arrived at his answer, without actually telling me his answer. And then acts surprised when I say “you didn’t answer my question”
Grower_munk@reddit
Loud people. Kids/teens walking back from school in a group - fine ... I'm not keen but it's fine. Someone making a video call on a train...no... Not fine.
dhardyuk@reddit
Those ads for stuff that are just scams.
Used to be that the advertising standards people would get dodgy ads pulled, the sheer overwhelming volume of “I’m a Japanese electrical engineer who designed thls water jet welder / rust remover that will heat every room in your house for less than it costs to fart” makes me wish my invention had taken off.
My real product was going to be “pressing the red button on an ad you’ve already watched once completely would prevent it being shown to you again.”
Signal_Tailor_5788@reddit
people who video call in communal areas and don't use headphones. I don't want to hear your screaming kids while I'm eating lunch thanks
mightytonto@reddit
Biweekly! Is it twice per week, or once a fortnight? Even writing this makes me furious
Bbew_Mot@reddit
The world's longest tiramisu that was unveiled today. Why couldn't they have made a dessert that I like instead? I just hate the flavour of coffee!
fiendofecology@reddit
They made it for me, you see.
Bjc93Bjc@reddit (OP)
TiraYOUsu
Desperate_Land_8975@reddit
I saw that and it annoys the shit out of me because it’s actually (probably) just lots of large regular tiramisus laying next to each other.
Bjc93Bjc@reddit (OP)
Funnily enough I thought the exact same thing when I heard about this on the radio today.
Super_Development150@reddit
Small talk. For example, when you walk past a neighbour and they comment on the weather. ‘Lovely day isn’t it? Won’t last long though!’
I don’t know why but it irritates me SO much
OptionalQuality789@reddit
Oh that Wally loves to say it's a hot one when I already know it's a hot one. Cause I'm standing outside in the hot one.
keg994@reddit
You ever been in a storm, Wally?
Super_Development150@reddit
This is my favourite show
Key-Original-225@reddit
I’m a grumpy shit, almost everything angers me.
People in a cue who seem absolutely surprised that they have to pay when they get to be served, no wallet ready, no readiness to pay, just a blank stare upon their countenance like some sort of oblivious slack jawed halfwit. Yeah don’t worry mate, we’ll all just wait around for you grow a brain cell and get your shit together.
Amazing_Goal_8003@reddit
When people stand really close behind you too, so you move up and they just move with you
I stared an old lady down SO HARD this morning and have zero guilt. The old bint deserved my wrath.
Bjc93Bjc@reddit (OP)
I feel the same when I go to Costco and queuing for fuel. Sometimes we can be queuing for fuel for about 10/15 minutes. People then get out their car and check every pocket or dig deep in their bag for their purse/wallet. I have my Costco and bank card in hand as soon as I start queuing. I could get to a pump after someone and almost be finished filling up by the time they’re just putting the nozzle in their tank.
SlickPillock@reddit
People asking me what minor things annoy/anger me more than they should.
Ok-Sandwich-364@reddit
When people take a big swing in the opposite direction to then turn into another road while driving. There’s one road in particular near me where people will make this dramatic swing out to the right to take the left turn, and the road isn’t even properly perpendicular to the main road so there’s really no need. People be driving about thinking they need the turning circle of a Boeing 747.
Heeberon@reddit
You’ll like this. I’ll try to be concise.
My dad driving along (me in passenger seat)
Car in front swings into the clearly marked filter for turning right.
My dad carries on straight
Car in front swings left to take the left turn! Admittedly it was almost à switchback turn.
The car in front has now hit the back of my dad’s car behind the rear wheel.
Cue some very confused coppers and insurance people!
GrabbedByTheGhost@reddit
But it's the racing line.
NoRooster5575@reddit
People who don't pick their feet up when they walk.
Heeberon@reddit
People who drink from milk cartons in the street.
Showing my age with carton, but plastic bottle would nearly be as bad. Just nobody needs milk that badly. CMV!
And it’s not minor if you ask me ;-)
neammm@reddit
Lol I didn’t even know electrical salt and pepper mills existed
Bjc93Bjc@reddit (OP)
I wish I was you before seeing this post.
Long-Improvement-894@reddit
The disingenuous “morning everyone, good weekend?” message on morning teams chats
May well be “here sir” like the register at school
irishstreams@reddit
Small talk in general irritates me.
Sure-Present-3398@reddit
Wet socks.
SnooHamsters7166@reddit
Coat hangers wind me up. The way they jump off the rail and then all join together on the floor in a bit tangle.
BungadinRidesAgain@reddit
KSI's annoying laugh
amyreb2002xx@reddit
Tailgating although I guess it’s valid to get annoyed at it
Kudosnotkang@reddit
Inconsiderate/entitledness
SithoDude@reddit
Getting ghosted.
Lemon-Flower-744@reddit
I don't know why and maybe I'm not being unreasonable but when you're in an exercise class and people are talking... why are you in an exercise class if you're going to talk/chat ?? This one woman today drove me mad how she was banging on and on about her bfs mum doesn't like her.
I'm not expecting silence the whole time because having a laugh or chatting about the moves is fine but not a full blown chin wag.
funnystuff79@reddit
My cousin has one like that helpfully labelled at both ends.
One end says "open here for pepper" the other days "open here to spray the room with peppercorns"
PerfectEmphasis9016@reddit
My irritating neighbour
BumblebeeFlaky2170@reddit
Something that sounds creepy.
Content_Classic9776@reddit
I wouldn’t trust it to get the right amount on
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