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Really minor annoyances

Hawkings Boots said:
People who go to gigs/cinema/shows/matches and walk around looking for their seat as if they have never been to anywhere in their life where you have to read letters and numbers in order - they then make a whole row of people stand up, walk along a row and then back out the other end as their number isn't in that row
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The same people walk into a supermarket and stop, jaw drops to the floor as the ponder the sheer magnificence of it all. It’s like Kevin McCallister when he walks into Duncan’s toy shop for the first time.

Whilst everyone behind shunts into them like train carriages.
 

Stirring, specifically tea and coffee. People who bray the spoon off the walls of the cup/mug as if they're trying re-create 'Ding-Dong Merrily on High' through the medium of porcelain. One or two simple rotations of the spoon without hammering the walls of the cup/mug is sufficient to distribute the contents of said mug/cup satisfactorily you f***ing bellends.
 
beverly macca said:
I seen a review on a hotel the other day where the wifey complained that their flights were delayed and that they missed their evening meal.
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I've seen ones where they've added their holiday snaps to the review. I just want to know about the room and hotel facilities Sandra. I don't want to see you grinning in front of a nearby Cathedral or something.

Also guest pictures of the room where the bed is unmade and there's clothes and stuff chucked everywhere. That's not really appealing either.
 
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Becs said:
I've seen ones where they've added their holiday snaps to the review. I just want to know about the room and hotel facilities Sandra. I don't want to see you grinning in front of a nearby Cathedral or something.

Also guest pictures of the room where the bed is unmade and there's clothes and stuff chucked everywhere. That's not really appealing either.
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Or when the only info they give are the staff names.
Hotel GREAT
Staff GREAT especially Peter and Sue, great fun and thanks for the free sangria around the pool that day. Eeeeeee class. See you next year. Tell Ian I was asking after him

M x
 
I guess it is more of a major annoyance really. OK. It is really, absolutely important for me right now to give you lot a good idea as to the shape of the road layout of my cul-de-sac before going on so you can get a good picture in your head as to what it is I am on about. I will be telling you all this and if I leave vital stuff out you won't have a clue about how it all works out.

If you look at it on Google Maps on satellite imagery, for years I have likened it to a table on it's side with one leg longer than the other. The top leg a bit shorter than the bottom one which leads to a row of garages and a dead end. You go in down an incline along the bottom leg going from East to West. But the problem is the bottom property on the right hand side has a large side fence which sweeps around it's side garden in line with the change in road direction to a straight North-South. Now, you cannot see anything that is around the curving fence as you are coming around.

So imagine a family friend is visiting someone and are coming around this blind corner, but a taxi driver or van driver is reversing toward them which they have a horrible habit of doing because they refuse to use the space in front of ours to turn and drive straight out. They won't see each other till it's too late. The rear of the taxi or van could potentially ram the front end of the family friends's car. That possibility is always there. It has never happened but the odds of it happening increase every time it doesn't.
 
ned_werby said:
Stirring, specifically tea and coffee. People who bray the spoon off the walls of the cup/mug as if they're trying re-create 'Ding-Dong Merrily on High' through the medium of porcelain. One or two simple rotations of the spoon without hammering the walls of the cup/mug is sufficient to distribute the contents of said mug/cup satisfactorily you f***ing bellends.
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The same can be applied to cereal bowls - clattering the bottom of the bowl as if you`re digging for gold is not necessary or desirable.
 
ned_werby said:
Stirring, specifically tea and coffee. People who bray the spoon off the walls of the cup/mug as if they're trying re-create 'Ding-Dong Merrily on High' through the medium of porcelain. One or two simple rotations of the spoon without hammering the walls of the cup/mug is sufficient to distribute the contents of said mug/cup satisfactorily you f***ing bellends.
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The ones who use a violent, sloping 'whippy' action rather than the simple vertical rotation method are the worst. They usually finish the last drop of drink and accompany it wih a huge 'arrrrggggggghhhh'
 
ShieldsBlackCat2015 said:
I guess it is more of a major annoyance really. OK. It is really, absolutely important for me right now to give you lot a good idea as to the shape of the road layout of my cul-de-sac before going on so you can get a good picture in your head as to what it is I am on about. I will be telling you all this and if I leave vital stuff out you won't have a clue about how it all works out.

If you look at it on Google Maps on satellite imagery, for years I have likened it to a table on it's side with one leg longer than the other. The top leg a bit shorter than the bottom one which leads to a row of garages and a dead end. You go in down an incline along the bottom leg going from East to West. But the problem is the bottom property on the right hand side has a large side fence which sweeps around it's side garden in line with the change in road direction to a straight North-South. Now, you cannot see anything that is around the curving fence as you are coming around.

So imagine a family friend is visiting someone and are coming around this blind corner, but a taxi driver or van driver is reversing toward them which they have a horrible habit of doing because they refuse to use the space in front of ours to turn and drive straight out. They won't see each other till it's too late. The rear of the taxi or van could potentially ram the front end of the family friends's car. That possibility is always there. It has never happened but the odds of it happening increase every time it doesn't.
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Sorry mate, not a clue. Just post the Google map image/coordinates and I promise not to come round for a cup of tea.
 
mickb2112 said:
The same can be applied to cereal bowls - clattering the bottom of the bowl as if you`re digging for gold is not necessary or desirable.
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I think I have misophonia, look it up. Sounds like loud stirring, eating food, clicking pen tops send me into intense rage and panic until they have stopped. It started after covid and is getting worse, once I have tuned into it I can't concentrate until the sound has stopped. I work in an open plan office and have to behave or I would get sacked but one day I worry I will snap and big dan or Angela or someone will get a kicking for just stirring a cup of tea once too many. Bizarre but true.
 
Becs said:
I've seen ones where they've added their holiday snaps to the review. I just want to know about the room and hotel facilities Sandra. I don't want to see you grinning in front of a nearby Cathedral or something.

Also guest pictures of the room where the bed is unmade and there's clothes and stuff chucked everywhere. That's not really appealing either.
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eBay have added pictures to reviews, I've just checked mine and every one is just a boring crappy picture of the trainers I've sold them, the listing has 20 pictures so another 1 wont add anything to help people make their mind up. If eBay really wanted to stop people being ripped off they'd close accounts down that scam customers but instead they now just let you leave a tiny picture instead.
 
mickb2112 said:
The same can be applied to cereal bowls - clattering the bottom of the bowl as if you`re digging for gold is not necessary or desirable.
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I have considered whether or not I’m suffering from one of those minor annoyances that are merely symptomatic of a strong need to seek divorce, or possibly just one of those things that happens in every marriage, when little things just start to irritate.

And I’ve decided that neither is the case

My wife makes all those clattering and scraping noises whenever cutlery or crockery interface during any type of meal.

To examine this more closely I started to pay more attention to my own eating habits and whether I did the same. I didn’t. I even thought ‘maybe I do it but my experiment caused me to pay attention and take more care’. But no. I consciously just ate normally and so I know that it’s entirely possible to take a piece of food onto a fork, via variety of methods, or slice a piece of food with a knife, or use a spoon on dessert or cereal or whatever… and not make a continuous clattering noise. So it’s not just me being sensitive.

But I’ve said nowt

The reasoning being : She is convinced that I’m unable eat without ‘throwing it down myself’ and has no hesitation in mentioning it frequently. But I’m a bloke and she’s my missus so, from experience I know that to mention or go anywhere a criticism of any kind - even once - will bring long years of misery. And to argue or deny criticism flowing in the other direction results in the same unhappiness with added sarcasm and often public humiliation of the ‘do you know what he said to me.’ variety.

So I post it on here instead.
 
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BiG said:
I have considered whether or not I’m suffering from one of those minor annoyances that are merely symptomatic of a strong need to seek divorce, or possibly just one of those things that happens in every marriage, when little things just start to irritate.

And I’ve decided that neither is the case

My wife makes all those clattering and scraping noises whenever cutlery or crockery interface during any type of meal.

To examine this more closely I started to pay more attention to my own eating habits and whether I did the same. I didn’t. I even thought ‘maybe I do it but my experiment caused me to pay attention and take more care’. But no. I consciously just ate normally and so I know that it’s entirely possible to take a piece of food onto a fork, via variety of methods, or slice a piece of food with a knife, or use a spoon on dessert or cereal or whatever… and not make a continuous clattering noise. So it’s not just me being sensitive.

But I’ve said nowt

The reasoning being : She is convinced that I’m unable eat without ‘throwing it down myself’ and has no hesitation in mentioning it frequently. But I’m a bloke and she’s my missus so, from experience I know that to mention or go anywhere a criticism of any kind - even once - will bring long years of misery. And to argue or deny criticism flowing in the other direction results in the same unhappiness with added sarcasm and often public humiliation of the ‘do you know what he said to me.’ variety.

So I post it on here instead.
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So much in a long term relationship is best left unsaid. I agree with your post.
 
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