Pet hates but keep it ‘nice’

DJ on the radio this morning talking about the 'texes' she had sent. The plural of text is texts please.
On the theme of winners cornishpatsy why has one programme I know and dislike said there are no losers just runners up. No, there are winners and losers, save us from anyone having hurt feelings.

Plastic people, they all look the same as though they have been cloned, especially the young girls now! People who tell me all about what’s on or has been on the TV while on the rare occasion I am trying to watch something!!! Litter louts. Relatives who don’t bother to thank you for a present (friends always do). Gosh I will stop now as I am on a roller, could add so much more, must be getting less tolerant as I get older!

Sodapop you reminded me of another one, audiobook readers who mangle place names and famous people’s names. I listen to a lot of serious academic works on ancient and modern history, you think they’d take the time to check pronunciations.

Aksed instead of asked

Our satnav

Not only does she get lost frequently but she mispronounces place names.

I looked at the thread title and thought "Don't get me started"

I did try to be nice

You should have heard our old satnav trying to pronounce French place names Callistemon it was really funny at times.

What merlot and callistemon said!

I shout at ours quite often - "shut up you stupid woman"!!
Mind you, she's sometimes right and has got us out of ever-decreasing circles.

Caterpillar eyebrows and trout pouts
People who throw rubbish out of cars and encourage their children to do the same

That annoying voice on the ‘Moneysupermaaaaaahhhhket' ads - I have to silence him and resolved never to use that firm.

@Callistemon, using our Satnav in France was an endless source of merriment - her pronunciation was the most peculiarly mangled I’ve ever heard.

It was a relief when we eventually worked out a route that worked fine without her - as long as we had the road map with the route (Calais to not far from Dijon) carefully marked.

When people start a sentence with the word SO.
And people who cut a short story long,my sister was a dab hand at that.
And of course any kind of abuse which should have been on top of the list tbh.

One from my oh here people when giving out phone numbers say o instead of zero .
Mine is pictures of young girls with BOTOX lips pouting.
used masks thrown in floor .

Seeing TV presenters wearing ridiculous uncomfortable stiletto heels just to read the news. Would it matter if they wore trainers? Surely one day there'll be an injury.

Wheelie bins after heavy rainfall with a couple or more inches of rain inside. Was it beyond the wit of man to invent them with lids which keep the rain out?

Trendy management speak, eg ‘Blue sky thinking’ or ‘kicking that project into the long grass’.
People saying pacific when they mean specific.
Idiot drivers who drive up my bumper on roads where it’s not safe for them to overtake.

Adverts on TV.
Most of our programme viewing is now recorded.
Advertising minutes on tv is almost as long as the programmes.

The adverts themselves are completely uninspiring withnot even a catchy jingle .
We can all still remember beans, soup, chocolate etc jingles.
Now? mmm nope cant think of one.

Just boring items that drone on ...
Cars, debts , car/home insurance. Compare the market sites (even the meerkats are a bit passed their sell by dates)☹

Hurray for modern TVs
Skip and ignore ?

People who say floor when they mean ground.

So many of mine on here already (trout pouts, botox, 'haitch') but also:

People who wait until the cashier tells them how much their shopping is before getting their bag, getting purse out, deciding whether cash or card etc. And who take their time packing their grocery bags, holding those who are in a hurry up in the queue behind them.

Some phrases such as 'thinking outside the box' (just say, be original!) and 'at the end of the day' (ultimately!).

Teenagers telling me colour / symbols / metaphors etc in a piece of literature have no connotations or deeper meaning. (Just do your work for goodness sake!)

A few of my annoyances shared on here already ! Plus... I find myself snorting at the radio when yet another presenter says ‘tuh’ instead of ‘to’ . On the internet, when shopping, being asked to set up an account with yet another password when I probably won’t buy from that concern again. Also on the internet, that cookie consent pop up needing attention before I can proceed! It’s all trivial stuff really. I reserve anger for the serious things, some already mentioned.

Kate1949

People on TV, including news readers, who can't say 'sixth', which is most of them. Most say 'sick'

I mentioned that just the other day chatting to my daughter and she said she’d never noticed it. I began to thinking I was imagining it.

To name a couple of niggles:-
Lingo - only watched a few minutes before the "haitch" problem made me switch off!
I also dislike the current tendency by some to say "v" instead of "th".

I 'hate' the fact that such simple things bother me!

Inspirational quotes.
Sorry, I really mean no offence to the person who just made a thread about them, but it reminded me how much they get on my wick!

People who litter, either physically with rubbish, or verbally with excessive casual swearing. I save a good swear for when I drop frozen peas on the kitchen floor, or similar! Not just to punctuate everyday language.

Oh my God I hate inspirational quotes.

I dislike all the adverts which show shots of women's bottoms because you can't see her invisible pad. Especially the woman who lifts the weights and squats down. Yuk.

Also anything which show animals in close.mouth contact with a human's mouth. Double yuk.

Ludicrous warnings on labels. One on a top I bought told me 'not to iron while wearing'. On my pack of almonds 'contains nuts'.