Silly irritations

My husband's way of eating cereal. He, in my humble opinion, puts way too much milk in the bowl so the last few minutes is just the sound of the spoon hitting the bowl as he tries to fish out those last few pieces. Gets on my last nerve.

My most irrational irritation is a particular singer. He's incredibly talented, his voice is amazing but just the sight of him sends my irritation level through the roof. I have been this way since I was a kid and still have no idea why.
 
People who do not use words correctly, as in loose and lose, affect and effect, went and gone, etc., and using a plural verb with a singular subject. Example: None of them are going. None is a singular subject so it should be None of them is going. I know I am picky, but English was always my favorite subject in school.
I am also still annoyed by men who do not take off their hats in restaurants.
 
MissStitch626 said:
My husband's way of eating cereal. He, in my humble opinion, puts way too much milk in the bowl so the last few minutes is just the sound of the spoon hitting the bowl as he tries to fish out those last few pieces. Gets on my last nerve.

My most irrational irritation is a particular singer. He's incredibly talented, his voice is amazing but just the sight of him sends my irritation level through the roof. I have been this way since I was a kid and still have no idea why.
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My mother has said the exact same thing about the way my Dad eats cereal. She hid the ceramic bowls and bought plastic ones so she didn’t have to hear it anymore!

And I’m dying to know who the singer is! Please tell us!!
 


emer95 said:
My mother has said the exact same thing about the way my Dad eats cereal. She hid the ceramic bowls and bought plastic ones so she didn’t have to hear it anymore!

And I’m dying to know who the singer is! Please tell us!!
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Haha I'll never tell, I feel so mean!
 
emer95 said:
Oh, so many!

Trite, overused phrases like: asking for a friend, just sayin’, at the end of the day, etc.

When my husband yawns and he turns it into a Tarzan call.

Way too many emojis accompanying a text.

People who laugh way too loud. Nothing is ever THAT funny, Ashley.
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Oh my goodness you get me! All of these things! I had a co-worker who would laugh very loudly and inappropriately all throughout the day. People would complain to her directly and to her supervisor but she kept doing it. Some of us got to the point that we thought that maybe she had some kind of mental/emotional condition that she could not control. It was either that or she was just being an ******.
 


Trendy corporate phrases such as "What's the ask?" or "Let's have a conversation."

Sun burns on other people. I have my own history with skin cancer so I know I have a bias, but for some reason this raises a real visceral reaction in me even though I usually try to mind my own business about what other people do with their bodies.

When the news broadcast shows the wrong video or image to accompany the story, e.g., showing a video of a house fire when the story the anchor is reading is about a local 5k fundraiser. Even when I was a kid that would bother me. It is somebody's job at the tv station to match the video with the story, so somebody fell down on the job.
 
CT Yankee said:
When the news broadcast shows the wrong video or image to accompany the story, e.g., showing a video of a house fire when the story the anchor is reading is about a local 5k fundraiser. Even when I was a kid that would bother me. It is somebody's job at the tv station to match the video with the story, so somebody fell down on the job.
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Not the same, but as a kid, I used to rearrange the candy boxes in the check-out aisle. You know, those metal frames that have chocolate bars/gum in them? They'd have labels on the rack but, often, that label didn't match the box of candy behind it. So, I fixed it. Still annoys me when I see it now, but I can resist "fixing" it.
 
china mom said:
My (non-Greek) in laws insisted that they will be knows as MawMaw and PawPaw, which had been well established with previous grandkids. I shudder every time those names are used but you gotta pick your battles.
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My in-laws wanted to be called Mamaw and Papaw, so I feel your pain. They are not common terms where we live, nor were they used with my DH's grandparents. We have the first grandchildren and were able to avoid those terms.
 
tvguy said:
For some reason service people working at any of my neighbor's houses always seem to park in front of my house. It IS a public street, and it is perfectly legal, and isn't a problem, but if you are cutting the lawn, fixing the HVAC, cleaning the pool, cleaning the house, delivering GrubHub, and there are no cars in the street in front of the house where you are going, I would think you would park in front of that house.
Today, I had my garbage cans and my car in front of my house. My neighbor across the street and one house down has a house cleaner. I was watching today as he arrived. The house he works at had no cars in front of it with room for two cars to park, and no cars in a driveway that has room for three cars. He went two houses past that house (and one house past mine), turned around and parked two houses from where he was working, in front of a fire hydrant. Did I mention that there was a parking space in front of the house immediately next door to the house he was working at, but he elected to park two houses away, illegally.
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My next door neighbor's landscaper always parks in front of my driveway. I have asked him to move a few times so I can get out of my driveway - why can't he just pull up more close to that house? Same with food delivery - makes no sense :sad2:
 
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Tinkerbell58 said:
People who use the microwave and don't clear the timer when they take out their food before the cycle is done
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This is the longest running argument my wife and I have had in our 10 year marriage. She grew up stopping the microwave with a couple seconds left so that the buzzer didn't wake her father who worked nights. But it's been 25 years.
AnnaS said:
My next door neighbor's landscaper always parks in front of my driveway. I have asked him to move a few times so I can get out of my driveway - why can't he just pull up more close to that house? Same with food delivery - makes no sense :sad2:
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This always happens at my mom's house in Minneapolis. After the first one gets a ticket and tow, the rest have stopped.

My MIL decided when my SIL was pregnant with her first that she was going to be Nana and my FIL was going to be Papa. My mother is known as Grandma, my father as Grandpa Frank, my grandmother as GG and my grandfather was Grandpa.
 
When you have 10-15 minutes to kill bef an appointment so you pull the phone out to play a game. Win the challenge and the reward is 30 minutes of unlimited playing time. Give me a rocket or bomb or something useful for later
 
Myself I loved the wallpaper I put up last year now its getting on my nerves so after Christmas its going. I will replace with paint and put wainscoting on the walls
 
People who post those long-winded birthday announcements of their kids. I get being proud of your kid(s) and recognizing that day that is important to the parents but multi-paragraphed essays about what an amazing child they are when they are 7 years old and do not even have social media to read is a little much. We are all proud of our kids, think they are beautiful, smart, etc etc etc, but you are not posting this for them you are posting it for the masses ;)

But even more of an irritant to me is when adults announce their birthdays. "It's my birthday!" or "This is what 37 looks like!" You're just looking for wishes :D
 
Husband has been using powder room but coming out to kitchen to wash his hands when there is soap and a hand towel (washed every week) in powder room. It bugs because he splashes drips all over counters and we have hard water so it leaves water marks on my granite. AND he uses a paper towel to dry which eats up my paper towels (which are precious now, thank you COVID).
 
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