Pet Hates

What silly things really set your teeth on edge? Things, that you know rationally, should not really bother you, but for whatever reason, they are to you, like finger nails scraping down a blackboard. It could be things that certain people do or say. It could be activities you have to undertake each day.

These are things that are not quite 'Ranting Room' material, more irrational hatreds and points of minor, although strangely intense irritation. For me, it's;

People who talk to me with their mouths stuffed full of food, both on the phone and face to face. It makes me feel sick. Bananas and any bread products are the worse.

That thing that some people do when eating breakfast cereals, where they suck and slurp the milk through their teeth, making that revolting hissing sound. I can't be in the same room as someone eating cereal!

Loose objects rolling around in my car when I'm driving. They become some kind of symbol of disorder, and I have to pull over and secure them!

Yep! I should probably talk to someone! Anyone else have similar issues?

I have looooaaaaads more.

Blacksword wrote: People dropping litter in the street is one of mine. It makes me see red, when I see some hooded, spotty turd of a yoof dropping his Big Mac carton. In fact there is lot of things that annoy me 'on the streets' I should probably stay in doors!

Edited by Snow Dog - September 03 2010 at 07:23

I can't stand people who crack their fingers.

And people who crawl up to green traffic lights, then the lights go amber just as they get there so they speed up and leave you stuck on the red.

People who drive right up close behind me, when I'm already driving at or just above the limit anyway. How fast do they want to go?? I just slow right down. They really don't like that.

Supermarkets is another one. Am I the only person who's intention it is, to get in and get out of those places as fast as possible? For some people it seems to be an event, to be savoured and taken at the sort of pace one normally reserves for walking round a stately home.

The weekly ritual of 'the big shopping trip' really rubs me up the wrong way!

One thing that really sets me off is when people don't care if they get the pages of their books or notebooks all crumpled up.  In flipping through pages and stuff they fold them, tear them, wrinkle them, whatever... it drives me insane.  I like all my pages to be pristine.

The cat pooping outside the box. 

chopper wrote: Blacksword wrote: Supermarkets is another one. Am I the only person who's intention it is, to get in and get out of those places as fast as possible? For some people it seems to be an event, to be savoured and taken at the sort of pace one normally reserves for walking round a stately home. The weekly ritual of 'the big shopping trip' really rubs me up the wrong way!   Ah, supermarkets!   1) why do old people go to the supermarket at weekends when they've got all week to go?   2) why do women wait for the cashier to tell them the total before rummaging around for their handbag/purse/card/money? They've been standing there for 10 minutes, why don't they get it ready before?

Snow Dog wrote: chopper wrote: Blacksword wrote: Supermarkets is another one. Am I the only person who's intention it is, to get in and get out of those places as fast as possible? For some people it seems to be an event, to be savoured and taken at the sort of pace one normally reserves for walking round a stately home. The weekly ritual of 'the big shopping trip' really rubs me up the wrong way!   Ah, supermarkets!   1) why do old people go to the supermarket at weekends when they've got all week to go?   2) why do women wait for the cashier to tell them the total before rummaging around for their handbag/purse/card/money? They've been standing there for 10 minutes, why don't they get it ready before? Yes........why???? Makes me mad. Really does.

Sometimes they look almost suprised, and slightly offended that they're expected to pay..