Totally unimportant things that drive you insane.

I don’t know how you live with it, CanadianGran!

Also note in above photo the screws are not aligned... should be either straight up or straight sideways, not all helter skelter.

It drives me mad when light switches are not 'up for on, down for off' especially when there are two switches for the same light on opposite side of the room.

I will go about making them 'right'.

The indiscriminate use of 'Rent' and 'Let'

Oh I love that fourormore ?

During lockdown we, like many others I'm sure, have been watching a bit more daytime TV. One programme in particular is good harmless fun - Tipping Point!

Why, when there is so much else going on, does it really irritate when so many of the contestants appearing on the show do not say PLEASE!!! Why can they not say "Drop zone one please?" or "Can I pass to 'X' (fellow contestant) please?" Arghhh - petty irritation !!!! It is so refreshing when the word 'Please' is used!

I'm sure Tipping Point isn't the only show where this happens - and we probably notice it because we are at home more at the moment and it's on at 'cup of tea' time!

Have many GC we have a family saying - "that's not very good manners is it Grandma" if a GC (or adult!) forgets to say please or thank you. Nowadays DH and I sit and watch Tipping Point but constantly say "He's not got very good manners has he Grandma?" or "She's got nice manners hasn't she Grandma!"

cornishpatsy Wed 17-Feb-21 13:58:56
Ready meals that state "pull back film" it does not pull back it needs stabbing with a knife then messily pulling off a bit at a time.

Oh yes, cornishpasty. . Does my head in that does.

The speech thing - pronouncing words ending ing as in. The worst offender who drives me insane is Pritti Patel! She talks about walkin, talkin, drivin, ad infinitum. Aaaahhhh!

Shampoo and conditioner bottles which look the same but I can't read the labels in the shower without my glasses. Ditto hotel showers with complicated instructions inside.

Oh yes Jane43 that small writing grrrrr.

Those tops on bleach bottles that you have to squeeze and turn at the same time, they’re beyond my capability now. Also small writing on food package information, especially of it’s not black print on a white background.

We have a post box on the wall, a large one, no letterbox and our regular postie is brilliant, but the occasional filler in and people who leave bin content insist on jamming it in. And, leave it half in, half out. As we’re home now, it’s an annoyance, but hello burglars when we’re eventually allowed out, never mind damaged cards etc.

Constant news item about a 99 year old man 'resting' in hospital. Resting from what????

Just thought of another annoying thing. When you click on a link to a website and before you can get to to your topic of choice, you have to wait whilst all the adverts click in, making the website jump all over the place. GN included!

Those ribbons on new clothes, designed to keep them on the hangers. Are you supposed to keep them or cut them off and never hang the item without it falling off? If you keep them they travel out of the neck and look stupid.

I forgot very long posts with no paragraphs.
I’m afraid just can’t be bothered to wade through them.

Ugh jaffa cakes vile monstrosities whether they're cakes or biscuits!

Hetty we once had that problem, I wish I’d thought of your solution. Brilliant.

People who say ‘choclit’ instead of chocolate.

They took away the dividers in supermarkets here because of Covid ( everyone touches them)
Bubble packs where they are impossible to open without scissors and when you do get them open you cut yourself on the sharp edges.

PIR security lights that suddenly blind you when you walk past a house. Why are they allowed?

In particular, the light from a house at the back (that should have been directed a little lower) that flashed on every single time I used the back door.

To avoid migraines, I had to 'install' something in my tree to block it from my eyes. My search in the garage revealed an old mirror - ideal! I made sure it reflected back exactly.(Of course, they've moved it now.)

3dognight

The way presenters on the BBC,,when doing an outside broadcast in winter, have to have on enormous scarves!

Yet their overcoats are often not even fastened up!

I have a pathological hatred of sticky labels, clothes tags and hanging ribbons - and my obsession with their complete removal!

Ramblingrose22

Absolutely agree Blossoming. Life without just cake wouldn't be a life.

I once saw a claim on another website about a cake called "Better Than Sex Cake". I eagerly looked up the cake and its ingredients only to find one of its main ingredients was something I don't like. You can imagine my disappointment!

Maybe I should start an argument on the arguments thread about what the ingredients should have been.

It should be renamed "About the same as sex".

My son suffers from man blindness. At least once every day he opens the fridge or food cupboard and says ‘where’s the butter’ or ‘we’ve run out of tomato sauce’ or whatever else he wants. I look and it’s literally right there, without even moving anything, he just can’t see it. Drives me mad.