What little niggly things bother you?

Question

i hate when people interrupt me before i finish speaking, coz i always forget what i was saying.

It also really bothers me if the toilet roll is put on the holder the wrong way with the paper facing the wall....i dunno why, it just bugs me!

You've alll reminded me of more annoying things. i agree with the middle lane hogs on the motorway (UK) there's just no need. People who talkto someone else when they're on the phone to you.

How annoying is it when you ring a call centre, it takes ages to get through to someone then they say "i'll just put you through to the right department!" - makes my blood boil.

Thanks for answering everyone, it seems i helped you all get something off your chests!

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THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ANSWERS
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>>i agree fully with you all, some very good points<<

Answer 1

Looks like most of mine have been covered apart from fragile items that are packed in seemingly bullet proof plastic packs that are heat sealed and the only way to get to the thing inside is to cut all the heat sealed plastic away before you can get to the item inside and in the process of opening the pack you stab yourself in the hand or destroy the item in the pack that you have just purchased ! And my other fave is people on bicycles who believe that pedestrian crossing stop lights do not apply to them or any other traffic signal they choose to ignore and I love people who when you are trying to teach a child that on a pedestrian crossing not to cross until the green man beeps just ignore the the red lights and run across the road in front of the child you are trying to educate about road safety and I hate seeing small kids taking the family rottweiler out for a walk knowing full well that a 9 year old little un has no chance of controlling the Hell hound should it decide to get out of hand I have a estate behind me and every morning a little girl of around that sort of age takes out two ROTTIES on her own before she go,s to school ! Fair enougth I think every child should have a dog at some stage in there lives as did I but not a huge biting machine on legs My friend once had a Rottie and I often used to dog sit the monster and know full well how strong they are and I am 14 stone and it used to drag me about sometimes when it got a bit frisky on very rare occaisons but most of the time he was a big lumbering bear on a lead the hardest thing to do was getting it to move if it felt a bit lazy but if it decided to move a bit quickly I had little chance of stopping it quickly ! thats enough for now apart from mobiles with the bloody keytones switched on or using the default Nokia ring tone

Answer 2

Bad spelling, grammatical errors, glaring punctuation misuse - for goodness sake, they're just simple plurals; they don't need a comma.

How hard is it to understand that when you put the cutlery away in the drawer, it's in the order of knives, forks and then spoons and why, oh why, would people not put them in the drawer facing the same way.

Doubling back. Why do it? You know what you want, you know where the shops are in your town/city; have a route planned before you leave the house then you'll get everything you want without all that wasteful meandering.

People who answer surveys and questions with 'no opinion'. If you have no opinion then why waste your precious life to tell everyone that you are brain dead. If it's on Y!A; you can see the answer, if you don't know, don't care or have no opinion find a question that you can give an informed answer to, you'll still get your two points and possibly another 10 because you're not going to be voted best answer for 'dunno' or 'who cares?'

People who ask you a question, especially about science (which they do with me quite often) and then say "That's stupid." after you've given them an informed and acurate answer.

Siblings who seem to think that it should mean something to you that you had the same parents as them and demand that you phone them or make some effort to visit/contact you more than once a year - my male sibling makes sure I visit him once a year, a week before the end of it, he comes and gets me to make sure I visit him once a year. I think I've convinced him that it is perfectly acceptable to only visit younger female siblings when there's a gift protocol in existance.

Well, I'll leave it there but I have a plethora or niggles. Like people who insist that I don't use 'big' words when I enjoy exploring our fine language and sometimes even expanding my vocabulary.

Answer 3

People who repeat themselves all the time.

People at checkouts (normally woman, let's be frank) who don't get their money out until the last minute,a nd then hold everyone else up.

Rude people.

Hybrid car drivers. I find myself irritated by their smugness, the 'hollier-than-thou' do-gooder attitude projeted by these people. Cars like the Toyota Prius really aren't any more econmoical than diesel-powered cars, and are clearly 'showing off' with their cars. No Ferrari driver shows off to the same extent as the hybrid driver.

Cyclists. Same as hybrid drivers. Except these odious prats think they lack of an engine means the Highway Code doesn't apply to them.

Arrogant people who somehow think their views are more important than everyone else's.

Dust. Whenever I clean it, it feels as though it's gone up my nose. Bloody irritating as hell.

Those who use the volume of their voice to belittle you/win an arguement/etc.

Bus drivers. A little irritation? Not someone THIS dangerous, surely?

Any saremongering news report on climate change. It's still only a theory, despite being presented as fact, and the emotive-edge is just irritating and attention-seeking.

Music elitists. They suddenly go off a certain band just because they become popular. These faddy bastards are just inverted lemmings, really.

Vegetarians. I'm not really one for telling people how they should live or what they should eat, but it's the pure misguidedness and ignorance often lying behind vegetarianism that annoys me.

Slow drivers. Those people who seem to insist on driving at least 20MPH below the speed limit,. even though it is safe enough to proceed faster, and their vehicle is able to do just that. Why do they do it?

Grammar nazis. Oh, so I missed an apostrphie there, or I accidentally neglected use two 'T's. Well, put the letter 'I' between the two 'T's, and we've got a fitting description for such a cretin, I reckon.

Answer 4

People who sit in the centre lane on a 3 lane motorway or sit in the 3rd lane of a 4 Lane motorway even although the inside lanes are empty.We should be like America and allow overtaking on either side. Or if there were more Police patrols to move vehicles over.

Answer 5

Oh my where do i start.....old people who harp on about how the kids of today are rude and thoughtless then push in to a queue..if thats not rude what is,when people dont put a new loo roll on the holder at all!!!!.when i spend ages cleaning and when i look again i might as well not have bothered..ie.work surfaces that end up with enough crumbs on it to make a new loaf,just after making 1 sandwich for goodness sake!!!...wet towels just chucked on the radiator crumpled up!!!
Litter louts just really annoy me,especially when they are next to a bin,make you wonder what their houses are like.
Smelly people,get a bath!!!
Spitters...Arrrggghhh....people who stand in the middle of the aisle at the supermarket nattering to about three others while your trying to shop.
people who think a person who's overweight dont have feelings..
Appointments that your well in time for only to be kept waiting over an hour.....sloppy service in cafes and restaurants then they expect a tip!!! i dont think so...
Waiting for buses for ages and then 4 arrive at once.
Telesales people who phone you just as you sit down to dinner and then wont take no for an answer....
Is there any wonder i'm stressed out!!!!
I could go on for hours but i wont cos i might be upsetting someone by going on as much as i have...

Answer 6

I hate it when my kids get a drink of juice and don't put the bottle back in the fridge.
I hate it when you are on the phone to a friend but they are also having a conversation with someone else at the same time as you.
How men never put the toilet seat back down and don't always flush if they have been for a pee.
perople who don't say please and thankyou.

Answer 7

Litter louts...especially those who put chewing gum where you are most likely to step or sit on it!

People who don't clean up their pets poo on the streets

People who use the race card whenever they don't get the job etc.etc.etc.....usually when it has nothing to do with their colour and everything to do with their attitude

Racists

Call centres

Road works which go on for a year outside your apartment (so far it's only been 10 months outside mine, but it won't be finished by May)

People who pick their nose in front of me!

Dirty public toilets & people not washing their hands after using the toilet....yuk!

I feel better after getting that off my chest.

Brown nosing creeps at work. The kind who suck up to those above and poo on those below....The usually have large egos and small minds

I feel much better now. Thanks for the question!

Answer 8

People who try to complete my sentences if I pause for breath.
Apostrophes in the wrong place.
Public nose-picking or spot-picking.
Fog lights on in high visibility situations.
Engine running when unnecessary e.g. for 20 minutes while waiting outside a school.
Blunt pencils.
People who don't listen then ask you about what you've just told them.
Dirty dishcloths used to wipe surfaces.
Lack of handwashing after using the loo.
People chucking litter out of car windows.
People who use mobile phones while driving (especially lorries going round roundabouts!)

Answer 9

Miss Tic when someone interupts you say "I'm sorry for talking while your interupting" I no longer have a toilet roll holder, I did away with because I was the only one who put the roll on the holder. What really annoys me is people who use tea towels as a hand towel. I feel like shouting at them, tea towel for drying dishes only.

Answer 10

Racism at its lowest level. The derogatory put down. Being English and having lived in Scotland for over 30 years, there are still some anti-English comments made. This applies especially to the BBC in Scotland as well as other broadcasters when England play anyone else, but especially Scotland. It irritates me beyond measure.