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vampirequeen Fri 30-Aug-24 14:40:02

What gets you whinging?

Opening new toothbrushes. Why do the manufacturers feel the need to seal them to the card backing as if they're the Crown Jewel? I know they have to be kept clean for hygiene purposes but it's so OTT. I have to take a sharp knife to them. One of these days the knife will slip and I'll go into my fingers instead.

Ironing (and I know this is my fault). Why do I leave the ironing until it piles up and looks a mess for far longer than it takes me to actually iron it?

Toilet rolls. There are two toilet roll fairies in our flat. The female fairy changes the roll and puts the cardboard bit in the recycling bin. The male fairy also changes the roll but leaves the cardboard bit on the radiator. Later the female fairy finds it and puts it in the recycling bin. Why????? The recycling bin is in the kitchen which is next door to the bathroom.

HelterSkelter1 Sat 31-Aug-24 10:09:43

Another loo roll one. But all to do with the quality. Have bought Waitrose Essential for years and years. Suddenky thry have changed it...but still in the same packaging and called the same. Fewer and smaller sheets and it disintegrates in use. Rubbish and now I have a pack of 16 not fit for purpose. I have posted a complaining review as have 100s of other people. Waitrose haven't responded.

Spuddy Sat 31-Aug-24 10:10:40

I've just been to the public loo and as I was washing my hands a woman came out of the next cubicle, I politely said ''morning1'' and she literally pulled the sort of face as if I smell of rotting flesh then she walked out! Weirdo!

fancythat Sat 31-Aug-24 10:14:22

I am surprised we dont have more things to moan about, to be honest.

Spuddy Sat 31-Aug-24 10:17:05

My grump is idiots who try to fat shame me. ''You shouldn't have that mug of hot choc with all the trimmings, and a Full English Breakfast, you're a big girl''.

And the ''You should be wearing a nice flowery dress, not the boring black trousers'' .

For starters, I NEVER wear dresses/skirts, only trousers/leggings but if I did I wouldn't wear anything ''flowery'', I don't want to look like a mobile garden!

And mind your own bloody business with everything else too!

I've actually told people that to their smug faces!

Indigo8 Sat 31-Aug-24 10:28:51

I had a similar experience Spuddy on the train the other day. The window above where I was sitting was already open.

Two women got on and settled in the seat opposite and they started to mutter, then one got up, came to my seat, leaned over me and shut the window. I said, rather feebly, "It was open when I got on". The two women looked at other and one shook her head pityingly, neither replied.angry

HelterSkelter1 Sat 31-Aug-24 10:30:18

They could have asked...I would have been tempted to open it again.

Indigo8 Sat 31-Aug-24 10:30:26

Sorry, replying to your previous post Spuddy about the woman in the loo.

Spuddy Sat 31-Aug-24 10:31:57

FLIES! Those annoying bastards, some huge and buzzing like Harrier Jump Jets, that literally poke my face, get into my hair and dive bomb our cat's food dish!

It costs me £4.99 for each tin of Raid but I don't care! Got 2 tins here at work and 2 at home where I take pride in stalking the sadistic little turds!

eazybee Sat 31-Aug-24 10:38:53

Couples, usually retired, who shop together with one trolley each, who then stand in front of the shelves with trollies to their right and left while they earnestly discuss the respective merits of a tin of beans, thus effectively blocking any access to any shelf of any height or width in that section.

fancythat Sat 31-Aug-24 10:43:03

Spuddy

FLIES! Those annoying bastards, some huge and buzzing like Harrier Jump Jets, that literally poke my face, get into my hair and dive bomb our cat's food dish!

It costs me £4.99 for each tin of Raid but I don't care! Got 2 tins here at work and 2 at home where I take pride in stalking the sadistic little turds!

We are finding there is no spray that works any more.
We have tried some homemade things too.

Resorted to a zapp thing.
Thankfully we have not had many flies this summer.
Not sure a zapper is that much use with lots of flies.

Tried opening windows. But not sure that more come in than go out.

And they bite more often than I remember them doing. in the past.

rosie1959 Sat 31-Aug-24 10:43:07

Babs03

Gigantic cars. Honestly they are getting bigger. Tbh I don’t know why car owners don’t just drive a chieftain tank. They take up too much space in a car park and are environmentally unfriendly.

Not everyone can fit in small cars my DH has just brought an F pace and it is big but so is he at 6'4 built like a rugby scrum half with lymphadema in his legs to boot a little car would be useless. Also it's great for holidays a massive boot space.

Tizliz Sat 31-Aug-24 10:50:56

Better put my hard hat on as I want to moan at those who moan at my big car. I need all that space - would you prefer I pulled a trailer? That would take up two parking places and make overtaking difficult. It also means we can manage with just one car between us. 🪖👷‍♀️

Tizliz Sat 31-Aug-24 10:53:34

My OH would love a chieftain tank 🔫 (there used to be gun emojis)

eddiecat78 Sat 31-Aug-24 11:30:24

Every time I open a packet of pills it is ALWAYS the wrong end ie the end where the information sheet is so you can't get the pills out.

Millie22 Sat 31-Aug-24 11:37:23

Just love all of these 🤣🤣🤣

GrannyGravy13 Sat 31-Aug-24 11:37:52

My tin hat is firmly on regarding big cars! 🪖🪖🪖

One of our cars is a very big 4 x 4, DH will keep it until it dies

I am 5’2” I can park it anywhere with ease and expertise unlike some who have trouble parking a mini within the lines in a car park therefore taking up two spaces 😡

Babs03 Sat 31-Aug-24 12:25:31

Estate agents.
Sorry but being in the process of selling our house and buying a bungalow I have to say that estate agents can be pretty annoying.
I mean how is it possible to take photos of a house that make it look three times bigger and really classy then when you get there is the size of a shed and shabby and neglected.
Also the terms they use ‘vendor suited’, sounds like the seller is sartorially formal.

Cossy Sat 31-Aug-24 12:30:15

Spuddy

My grump is idiots who try to fat shame me. ''You shouldn't have that mug of hot choc with all the trimmings, and a Full English Breakfast, you're a big girl''.

And the ''You should be wearing a nice flowery dress, not the boring black trousers'' .

For starters, I NEVER wear dresses/skirts, only trousers/leggings but if I did I wouldn't wear anything ''flowery'', I don't want to look like a mobile garden!

And mind your own bloody business with everything else too!

I've actually told people that to their smug faces!

That is beyond rude!! I put on loads of weight both post pregnancies (4) and post medication, then again last year from meds.

People simply need to keep their own mouths shut!!!!

Cossy Sat 31-Aug-24 12:40:48

GrannyGravy13

My tin hat is firmly on regarding big cars! 🪖🪖🪖

One of our cars is a very big 4 x 4, DH will keep it until it dies

I am 5’2” I can park it anywhere with ease and expertise unlike some who have trouble parking a mini within the lines in a car park therefore taking up two spaces 😡

I’ve always had bigger cars, SUV types, and I always will! I’m with you GG13

fancythat Sat 31-Aug-24 12:56:57

Tizliz

Better put my hard hat on as I want to moan at those who moan at my big car. I need all that space - would you prefer I pulled a trailer? That would take up two parking places and make overtaking difficult. It also means we can manage with just one car between us. 🪖👷‍♀️

We now dont often drive a big car. Dont need to. But your hair would stand on end at what we sometimes used to need to carry around in it!

On other occasions in the past we tried a trailer.
Reversing it in narrow country lanes was, um, interesting!

I do sometimes think that some older parking spaces were not designed for the bigger cars of nowadays.
You can tell which spaces have been in existence for a long time and havent been altered!

I presume car park owners have no interest in altering them, as they would then be unable to fit in as many cars. Less revenue.

Astitchintime Sat 31-Aug-24 13:02:20

eazybee

Couples, usually retired, who shop together with one trolley each, who then stand in front of the shelves with trollies to their right and left while they earnestly discuss the respective merits of a tin of beans, thus effectively blocking any access to any shelf of any height or width in that section.

Yes........these plus the supermarket order pickers who charge around like demented ants pushing their trolleys totally regardless of all others. AND to add insult to injury they often stand in groups of three or four gossiping and blocking the aisles completely. SO RUDE!

Indigo8 Sat 31-Aug-24 13:11:22

eazybee

Couples, usually retired, who shop together with one trolley each, who then stand in front of the shelves with trollies to their right and left while they earnestly discuss the respective merits of a tin of beans, thus effectively blocking any access to any shelf of any height or width in that section.

They are probably the same couples who both attend the GP surgery, dentist or an outpatient appointment even though only one of them is being seen. As these places seem to have limited seating post Covid, I have often had to stand and wait for my appointment, while couples, not always elderly, sit next to each other. I know it is important to have someone with you sometimes but surely not all the time.

yogitree Sat 31-Aug-24 13:13:14

Litterbugs!! Selfish, shallow, spoiled, self-centred, thoughtless idiots. angry

Babs03 Sat 31-Aug-24 13:30:48

yogitree

Litterbugs!! Selfish, shallow, spoiled, self-centred, thoughtless idiots. angry

Totally.
We live opposite a lovely park and during the summer many people have enjoyed picnicking there in the nice weather, but when they leave some leave all their litter behind, including used nappies.
My DH and I volunteer with a local group to pick up litter in our area but we really shouldn’t be needed, people should be brought up to pick up their rubbish and if there isn’t a bin handy - though there are many in the park - they should bag it up and take it home.

Labradora Sat 31-Aug-24 14:44:23

Female toilet roll fairy present and correct.
The male version leaves the cardboard bit on the ledge *behind *the toilet.
Too much packaging.?? I should coco. I thought we were all supposed to be going greener so less packaging ?? What happened there ?
Motorists beeping at me on my bike here in France . One very short one-way street that I use has no overtaking space because of parked cars so I have to go down the middle. I swear it's no more than 45 seconds to reach the end yet still they beep and I nearly fall of my bike. You can't wait 45 seconds????? Grrrrrr