Sorry rant alert…….AIBU? Please join in.

Technology - trying to install a new security app on my work laptop & phone as asked to and failing miserably 🤯🤯

Yes why does food come in a tower these days? It also makes the plate look half empty. And why are some small desserts served on massive plates?

NotSpaghetti

Patsy70

Most of what has already been mentioned irritates me too. Also, those female voices, often radio presenters, with strangled vowels.

And vocal fry!

Oh, most definitely, NotSpaghetti, but I wasn’t familiar with the terminology.

Lixy
Next time you have the jar lid problem: with a wooden spoon give the lid rim a short hard knock. It works.

😂😂😂

What on earth am I meant to say about Evri deliveries. That they mostly just dump whatever I’ve ordered on the doorstep and don’t even bother to knock or ring the bell? Nearly Every.Single.Time.

Wow ……said by everyone. What does it mean anyway ? I can think of a few unrepeatable

I have a misshapen spoon or two

lixy

Current 'small things' rant ... a jar of preserved lemons that is defying all attempts at opening it. I've even tried sneaking up on it in the dark but to no avail. Humph.

Problem solved today - one of the good things about having builders in the house! Thanks for the suggestions.

lixy If you have one of the old-fashioned openers for drinks cans, tinned milk etc, you can put the end under the edge of the jar lid and lever it up slightly to release the vacuum. That is probably what your good thump does, but the can-opener takes less effort. A teaspoon handle of the right shape works for that too. Only lever it until it gives in, if you keep going long enough to bend the lid out of shape it doesn't close again properly.

lixy I have found that if you give a good thump to the centre of the jar lid with something heavy, (wooden rolling pin, my very old IKEA stainless steel garlic press both work) allows me to open the jar. releases the vacuum. Warning DO NOT HIT SIDE OF JAR. Has worked even when Mr T has been unable to open one for me.

Patsy70

Most of what has already been mentioned irritates me too. Also, those female voices, often radio presenters, with strangled vowels.

And vocal fry!

I get quite annoyed when people ignore the quite explicit notice I have on my door about "no sales/charity/politcal/religious or callers without appointment." If I bother to activate the app to see whose at the door I often ask "Tell me do you have difficulty reading and understanding the King's English?"

The conversation then goes rapidly down hill from there.

Mostly I ignore the door unless Im expecting someone or a delivery. Delivery people have an "implied" appointment so long as the parcel is for me.

I get fed up with reviews too. The joys of selling online. At least you can automate them on Ebay.

Most of what has already been mentioned irritates me too. Also, those female voices, often radio presenters, with strangled vowels.

lixy have you tried a rubber band round the lid or rubber gloves?

Nor directed at OP -I appreciate the irony of your description Sago.

I’m quite sick of “lovely” although I have to plead guilty as charged- “lovely hairdresser, lovely cleaner, lovely gardener” and “you lovely ladies/people”

So overused it has become meaningless.

Current 'small things' rant ... a jar of preserved lemons that is defying all attempts at opening it. I've even tried sneaking up on it in the dark but to no avail. Humph.

luckily he is in USA and will need to go through UK courts, can't believe some people. Do they have a hobby of wasting other people's time?

Tizliz

Snow ploughs which dump the snow on the pavement making it impossible to walk on them

Packets of bacon with corner opening which never work

But this week a customer has topped the charts of timewasters with 23 emails about the product he wanted to buy and USA custom regulations and after everything agreed inc change of product and me invoicing him, he cancelled.

Watch out, Tizliz, for some future complication or other involving that invoice - perhaps a claim that he paid it but hasn't received the goods? Keep his cancellation email safe!

Greenfinch

The use of words such as incredible , amazing and unbelievable for really quite ordinary events and when we are told that everybody loves…or everybody wants….etc when clearly I don’t.

Oh yes! A similar one that particularly riled me was a newspaper article by some evidently vacuous journalist, who wrote, ‘Let’s face it, we’re all obsessed with celebrities.’

Speak for yourself, dear! 🤬

Being asked to review travel insurance as soon as I have bought it. I won’t know if it is any good unless I need to make a claim.

My pet driving hate is people who think they own the road and don’t wait or give way when I have right of way .
Unfortunately women in big 4x4s and SUVs are guilty of this . I have a polo and they just barge through .
Also parents on dropping off and collecting their kids from school . At ths schools near me . They park on the zigzag lines , stop in the road outside the gates and get their kids out . Today I saw a woman doing a 3 point turn outside the school gates , with parents and kids all milling around and trying to cross the road .

Rogue apostrophes

Definitely no indicating here in France, in fact it's hardly worth the bother of putting them in french cars.

The middle and outside lanes are overtaking lanes. We drive in the near side lane, move over to overtake, then should return to the inside lane if possible. It’s actually illegal to sit in the middle or outside lanes if the inner lanes are free - obviously Police don’t have time to enforce it. No-one should just head for the outside lane and keep to it - if driving on a motorway is so stressful, don’t do drive on motorways - take the scenic route!

That sort of driving is actually one of my pet hates. It causes drivers who want to drive at 70 to get frustrated/annoyed and I’ve witnessed (also illegal) undertaking on many occasions as a result.