What irritates you

[Kazz]

Well after an all out row over wait for it................a tube of toothpaste............ ....I just wonderd what irritates you the most inside your own home or outside it.

[Kazz]

Mine are in order of tonights row........

Inside the house

1. Toothpaste and people who squeeze the tube form the middle not the end, and do not replace the flip lid.....

2. People who do not replace the toilet roll when it empty or pretty close to empty.

3. People who leave the taps dripping instead of turning them off fully.

4. Not putting the milk in the fridge after use.


Outside in no particular annoyance order

1. People who in car pars park that close that you cannot get into your drivers door

2. People on mobile phones on public transport and in shop qeueus (basicaly mobile phones I think)

3. People with more than 10 items in their baskets in the basket queue..........

4. People who park cars on pavements/half on half off pavments...causing pedestrians to walk in the road

5. None disabled parking in disabled zone.

6. Throwing litter on the floor.


6.

[dandysmom]

As there's no one in the house but me, no irritations there! But definitely with you on mobile phone yakkers in inappropriate places, people who try to get thru the checkout with excess items, and litterers! Also buses that travel in packs. And what drives me up the wall are people on TV who pronounce February as Febbuary, and Arctic as Arrtic! Practically everyone on my local TV channels does, and it makes me want to scream!! And people who don't cleanup after their dogs!

Super thread idea, Kazz!

[CathyW]

oh good god have u got all day. ill probably end up with writers cramp.
indoors. visitors who bring their children around then sit there while the said children wreak my home, and dont tell them off. if they wont do it I WILL.
outside ok here goes.
1. rubbish drivers who dont know what their lights are for.
2. ppl who throw rubbish in the street.englands a big enough dump with out them adding to it.
3. ppl who patronize you. i hate that, makes u feel small.
4 so called friends who say one thing and do another.
5.asda greeters who are grumpy. (theres one in our local asdas)
6. men who beat up women.and abuse them in other ways,mentally.
7. the legal system. big joke.
7 better quit for now could go on for more.
8 call centers.

[calismum]

yes, all of the above (what a grump I am) and there's more
Inside
the fact that I'm always last in this house to get the use of the remote
people who finish the milk in the middle of the night and don't think it matters because they can function fine in the morning without a caffiene shot (same with bread)
Outside
visitors who just open the drive gates and drive in without either checking the dog is ok or asking if they can.
people who walk past and stare - even if they see you.
drivers who park and sit in their car with the engine running - for ages
'thankyou for holding, your call is important to us' - if it so important why don't you answer the ***** phone
'contact us by email' - but we won't reply, ever.

Think that might be enough to be going on with. I realise my sister is right when she says I'm very patient but extremely intolerant.

CM

[Steph]

I`ll just duck. I get irritated by women who go on and on about toilet seats-I defy anyone to find one left up in this house, but do you ever hear a male ranting on about that bit of loo paper we find hanging around????

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by Steph

I`ll just duck. I get irritated by women who go on and on about toilet seats-I defy anyone to find one left up in this house, but do you ever hear a male ranting on about that bit of loo paper we find hanging around????

Oh, another irritating thing: loo paper in a public facility that's hung wrong so it rolls away from you instead of towards .........

[kado]

I have a so-called friend who irrating me all the time and of course the OH as well

[yola]

Inside:

1. Misbehaving children (well, one child in particular)
2. People who don't put things away, specifically: cups, glasses, shoes, books left all over the place, washed dishes not dried and put away, clothes left all over the chair/floor in the bedroom
3. Sinks left wet around the edges in kitchen and bathroom (we have very hard water) leading to limescale stains all over the place. A quick wipe means that limescale removers don't have to be used!
4. Throwing food away that has gone past it's sell by date but is obviously still perfectly OK to be eaten (OH does this a lot)!!

I have pretty well managed to train everyone to replace spent loo rolls and to put the loo seat down after use now!

Outside:

1. People who are discourtous when driving or who don't use indicators
2. People that park in the parent parking - usually white vans. They don't seem to realise that to get a small child into a car seat requires the door to be opened fully!!
3. Cyclists who cycle on the pavement That's probably my number one annoyance
4. I think I'll add call centres to my list too.

[meep]

Great thread! This is off the top of my head, so there probably are others but, in no particular order:

- Pointless Mess. For some reason, if the flat is messy it irritates. I'm not meticulously clean, and I don't mean if it gradually gets dirty but, for example, if my OH's socks are on the floor instead of in the laundry basket it irks me.
- People who walk really slowly on the street and take up loads of room. Basically, when town is busy on a Sunday and full of obnoxious people.
- Screaming children. I do empathise with the parents, and don't blame them, but still - the sound of a screaming kid when you're trying on a lovely new dress for a party doesn't really put you in the mood. (In Glasgow, there are a lot of them, and they normally get a skelp on the bum and something similar to "shut your f**king mouth, or i'll take you f**king home now". That irritates me even more.)
- I'm with the 'not putting milk back in the fridge'!
- Bad use of the English language. Whether in talking or writing. One of my colleagues sends emails round (quite often large ones to a lot of people external to the company) and uses no full stops or commas. She just ends a sentence then goes one line down to begin the next. Simply dire.
- As an extension of that, 'txt spk', such as 'l8r' etc.
- I know this one is random, but pornography and prostitution. Obviously a lot of people have strong feelings towards these, but the moment I get into a conversation about them I get highly irritated, passionate about my point of view, and the conversation never ends well. Can't help being a feminist at heart. (This one really, really riles me up. I'm getting angry just thinking about it now!)
- Bad shop assistants / waiters. I have worked as a waitress and shop assistant, and always, always was cheerful, happy, chatty and made the customer feel welcome. I hate being served in a shop whilst the two shop assistants chat to each other, don't even glance at you until they ask for your money, and even don't look at you as they hand you your receipt. It's so damned rude! (Probably my number one, everyday irritation.

I think that'll do me, it's first thing and I've not had my morning cup of tea!