Petty things that annoy you …

[Lurcherlad2]

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It's happened a few times in conversation. I'm talking and the other person isn't paying attention they then talk whilst I'm Speaking. Maybe I'm boring. The latest was me talking and the other person actually looked at her phone. Manners!

Yes, very rude!

I find that people interrupt me. I rarely get to the end of my point before they cut me off.

I know in conversation, people might interject with the odd word of agreement or something, but I find they often just keep going and I don’t get to finish what I was saying.

The other day I was with 3 other people who were all doing it (one was particularly dominant) and I found myself just giving up.

I must be boring too @magpi

 

[JoanneF]

Or when they anticipate what you were going to say, and finish for you, but they are wrong and it wasn't actually what you were going to say at all (ahem, Mr F ...)

 

[Rona]

Or when they anticipate what you were going to say, and finish for you, but they are wrong and it wasn't actually what you were going to say at all (ahem, Mr F ...)

Sometimes I like this when I'm floundering to find a word

 

[Rona]

Utility company who is telling me that the RTS signal is going off soon. they were telling us it would go on 30th June before.
They also say that slots for Smart meters are going fast and that I'll be left with no heating or hot water.
It's pressure selling, and my heating and hot water will not go off, it will just cost me more.
When it does that, I will look at the options available.
Could be a year off yet!

Do you remember the pressure selling around analogue tv turn off?
All those poor people who were scared into spending money for new aerials and satellite dishes they didn't have for no good reason

 

[Dozyrozey]

Anyone who uses the expression "reach out to" when all they mean is "contact". I get this mental image of someone with arms outstretched in supplication whenever I hear or read "reach out to". But I am a grumpy old so-and-so who resents the English language being misused!

 

[Mad Murphy]

Maybe I'm just an old fuddy duddy but this latest trend for wearing those almost see-through gym leggings as day wear. They seem to have a built in string underwear and I'm sorry but I don't want to see your butt cheeks or your bum crack when I'm standing behind you in the supermarket it puts me off my food..

 

[RGC]

Anyone who uses the expression "reach out to" when all they mean is "contact". I get this mental image of someone with arms outstretched in supplication whenever I hear or read "reach out to". But I am a grumpy old so-and-so who resents the English language being misused!

Nous sommes deux oder Ich auch

 

[SbanR2]

Maybe I'm just an old fuddy duddy but this latest trend for wearing those almost see-through gym leggings as day wear. They seem to have a built in string underwear and I'm sorry but I don't want to see your butt cheeks or your bum crack when I'm standing behind you in the supermarket it puts me off my food..

A few weeks ago a teenager walked past me. Her skirt was so short it stopped half way down her butt so half moon butts moving up and down as she walked
Not a pretty view!

 

[lorilu]

In memory of Happypaws, I’ve created a new thread where we can have a little moan or outright rant about those annoying little things that crop up in life


I’ll start:

MIL insists on relaying all the miserable or catastrophic events that have been in the News recently, despite me saying that I deliberately avoid the News because I’d rather not know …

I have a friend like that, but every time she starts I cut her short. Sometimes it takes a couple of interruptions, me saying "I can't think about that kind of stuff, it causes my anxiety to escalate" before she finally stops.

 

[lorilu]

I had to buy store applesauce because of a health issue (normally I use my own which I make from the apples from my own trees but it contains sugar and spices and I needed plain)

The jar is designed in such a weird way that there is no way to get the last half cup or so of applesauce out of it. I tried everything. I kept it upside down, hoping the sauce would all slide down to the lid. It didn't. I tried three different types of spatula and two different spoons. That sauce was not coming out. It's just another way to rip the consumer off.

 

[RGC]

Maybe I'm just an old fuddy duddy but this latest trend for wearing those almost see-through gym leggings as day wear. They seem to have a built in string underwear and I'm sorry but I don't want to see your butt cheeks or your bum crack when I'm standing behind you in the supermarket it puts me off my food..

There’s a good side to this, Mad Murphy. If ever I feel that I’m putting on weight a visit to Morrison’s is so therapeutic - I’m sure that when such people visit a zoo the elephants throw buns at them.

 

[magpi]

I've finally rounded up my adult grandchildren for a day out in York next Wed. They live in the Midlands so it's half way for us all. After weeks of lovely weather it looks like rain next Wed.
They're getting the train so we have 5 hours there. To top it all they've started charging £20 to visit York Minster. There's nowhere to go indoors for free.

 

[Jobeth]

What about the Treasurer’s House in York? I’ve not been but it’s £11 if you’re not in the NT. You need to book on a tour. You could also go on a boat cruise.

 

[magpi]

I was hoping for a dry day to wander around the shambles and the market. 2 grandchildren are students and the other has just left uni with a huge loan to pay off so everything's on granny. I like the castle museum but even that is expensive to get in. I'll look into the boat cruise thanks.

 

[O2.0]

Or when they anticipate what you were going to say, and finish for you,

Ugh I have a work colleague who does that and it is SO annoying. I had to work with her for a project and when I was presenting to the group she started doing that and I just stopped talking mid sentence every time she did it and pointedly would wait for her to stop - she doesn't finish the sentence anyway, she just inserts the word you're about to say and then trails off.
It was awkward and uncomfortable for all of us and she still didn't get the message!

Anyone who uses the expression "reach out to" when all they mean is "contact".

Guilty!!
But I'm in the US, and "contact" sounds diseased somehow. Is "get in touch" acceptable?

 

[Jobeth]

I was hoping for a dry day to wander around the shambles and the market. 2 grandchildren are students and the other has just left uni with a huge loan to pay off so everything's on granny. I like the castle museum but even that is expensive to get in. I'll look into the boat cruise thanks.

The train museum is free.

 

[JudyN]

My local butcher sells eggs from a big basket. I rarely eat eggs, but fancied making a cake so popped in, with my own eggbox, and selected three. Turns out you can't buy them individually any more, you have to buy them in half-dozens - why?

I'm just going to have to make two cakes, aren't I?

 

[LindaWeasel]

My brother used to finish sentences…..I used to end up saying something completely different (even if it didn’t make sense) just to confuse him.

 

[Rona]

Turns out you can't buy them individually any more, you have to buy them in half-dozens - why?

I'd happily pay a little extra for a single egg. I buy 6 and maybe use two!
Still, the fox or Magpies get a treat

 

[Kaily]

Fence painting, only one coat done on 1 panel, 14 to go and all will need two or three coats. I may be doing this for the rest of my life ...