Things that annoy you that shouldn't

Many of the things that have been mentioned above are very justified and I think we SHOULD be annoyed by lazy speech, poor spelling or thoughtless behaviour.
When I read the title of this thread I thought of things that I find unjustifiably annoying, like a sharp crease down the sleeve of a man's long sleeved shirt or the noise of the crowd at a football match. I find both extremely irritating!

mayisay. Another one here brooding over hours and owers. Please help us out

I 'm from the south-east and I say 'hours' to rhyme with 'ours' and with two syllables, like flowers but shorter -er. Does the pronunciation -owers rhyme with ours/flowers or with lowers/mowers??

Or is the point whether one or two syllables? One syllable would sound something like arz and I'm not familiar with it.

Someone upthread thought it might be something to do with the 'h'.

Please put us right.

People that are so perfect they think that their way is the only way and have no patience with others

grannybuy Here in Birmingham it's always 'mom' never 'mum'.

Apologies, I meant to say christian name.

Strangers who call me by my christian particularly those who are thirty years younger than me. We are not friends, does it hurt to show a little courtesy?

'I'm looking to buy a property' (Why not trying to buy a house/flat?)

'Are you all right?' from a shop assistant when I'm obviously wanting to pay for something. (So tempting to shout No!)

The trouble with people who think they know everything is that they spoil it for those of us who do know everything.

Either "moving forward" or "going forward" being used at the beginning or end of a sentence. Even worse when used at both ends. I took early retirement a few months ago so do not hear them so often though they still pop up from Sally Bundock on the BBC.
When I was still working and going to company meetings, most people used these phrases. I would be so busy counting the number of times the words were used, I would miss some of the content of the meeting.

Petera

nanna8

People who think they know everything when they are actually quite thick.

It's actually a real thing:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

thank you petera, i'd no idea, will have to look it up when i've finished 'gransnetting'!

People who use the word loose when they mean loose. Bad spelling and grammar in general, especially would of, could of, should of.

The thing is, as a sniffer, blowing my nose doesnt help.
It's nothing that would come out if I blew.

I need a chimney sweep, I think!

Skydancer

Oh and people who write chest of draws.

or chester draws, even worse

Calendargirl

People who sniff. Blow your nose, for goodness sake!

This drives me up the wall. As a music teacher, I always have a box of tissues on hand as l refuse to sit next to a child for half an hour who is sniffing. I know now to immediately tell them to put the used tissue in their sleeve as l have been offered it back again in the past. I always remember some years ago when I was in a school as a peripatetic teacher, a boy, who came from a very nice home, wiping his nose on his sleeve. When I asked him what his mother would have thought of it, he did have the grace to look abashed.

Quote "Young women speaking in a gravelly voice for no apparent reason"

I think this is called vocal fry and it is very annoying.

Me: Can you help me with xxxxx
OH: No response, total silence
Me: Can you help me with xxxxx, it won't take a moment
OH Still no response, total silence
Me: ( In a slightly raised voice) I asked if you could help me with xxxxx!
OH: Yes, I know, I heard you the first time.

How have I not killed him?????

tictacnana

Also, like the not eating meals - empty cups used by actors who are meant to be having a hot drink. Is it a health and safety issue?

It could be H&S. Just as on Masterchef the meals that John and Gregg try are tepid or cold (yuk). Otherwise there'd be steam rising from them which would mist up the camera lens!

Starting every sentence with 'So....'
Filling 'out' a form - what's wrong with 'filling in'?
Young women speaking in a gravelly voice for no apparent reason
Saying 'like' every third word
Jeans full of holes that were bought that way

Loads more but I am a grumpy old woman !!

Also, like the not eating meals - empty cups used by actors who are meant to be having a hot drink. Is it a health and safety issue?

Turning every sentence into a question by up lifting at the end

Turning every s

Floriel

John Torode telling Masterchef contestants they’re about to cook ‘for Greg and I.’

Ooh yes. That awful grammatical error is everywhere, and even supposedly well educated people are making that mistake. Just take the other person out of the sentence and it will be glaringly obvious that the I Should be me.
I’m no grammar queen but some things just make me want to scream.

Mixing up 'less' and 'fewer'.

Using 'floor' instead of 'ground' outside.

Loose/lose - they are different!!

Using 'may' for things that have happened, when 'might' would be correct.

Uncollected dog poo, particularly when it is in a bag. Untrained dogs - 'he's only being friendly'

An excess of cookery programmes (IMO more than 1, but I realise that I am being unreasonable).

Celebrities I have never heard of.

Drivers who don't regard me, a pedestrian, as a fellow road-user who would find it helpful if they indicated when turning into a road I want to cross.

Most of the things already mentioned.

Please may I join the Victor Meldrew crew?

Mobile phone text messages being shown on TV as part of the dialogue. I can rarely see these messages as they are too small.

Actors who cry in plays but never have a hanky or a tissue.

Actors in TV who are supposed to be having a meal but just push the food round with a fork. Big Bang Theory ... always salad and no one ever puts any of the food in their mouths . Drives me mad! Also, a certain weather presenter whose clothes are far too tight. Apostrophes in the wrong place or missing eg. Your when it should be you’re, I don’t mind the use of some euphemisms for death. I think that if someone finds it hard to say ‘dead’, then ‘passed’ or ‘passed away’ are acceptable.