What really grinds your gears?

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Sigh 1 Dec 12:56pm, 1 Dec 2024 29,871 posts	0 Sigh I think the list of annoying driving habits would be quite long; I'll add folks who dawdle along, then speed across a junction when the lights have changed to amber.
Jen HB 1 Dec 12:57pm, 1 Dec 2024 3,132 posts	0 Jen HB You are walking on a shared cycle way/pavement but you have headphones on and your eyes glued to your screen.
JamieKai chameleon 1 Dec 1:00pm, 1 Dec 2024 19,659 posts	0 JamieKai chameleon The people (usually, but not exclusively, American women) who comment on cute cat videos on Facebook, either fat-cat-shaming ("OMG, put that poor kitty on a diet, you are KILLING it" - genuine comment from today on a very fluffy but otherwise normal cat), calling normal play behaviour animal abuse, or otherwise whining about outdoor vs indoor cats.
cackleberry 1 Dec 1:45pm, 1 Dec 2024 4,261 posts	0 cackleberry I'll counter you JK with - the allegedly cute or funny animal videos on Facebook that are neither cute nor funny. Usually some annoying child, irritating the dog/cat until the dog/cat snaps - despite several clear warnings from said animal. (I am all for videos of animals being silly all on thier own)
XB 1 Dec 1:49pm, 1 Dec 2024 18,734 posts	0 XB Suppliers who have a different deal nearly every day. I'm looking at something for the campervan and am keeping my eye on 3 competitive suppliers. Nearly every day there's an offer on something or other. I waited until Bollack Friday to see what they were offering but decided not to bother. And then I get an email today with an extra 5% off BF deals. At this rate I won't buy because I don't want to regret going a day too early
JamieKai chameleon 1 Dec 9:08pm, 1 Dec 2024 19,661 posts	0 JamieKai chameleon cackleberry wrote:I'll counter you JK with - the allegedly cute or funny animal videos on Facebook that are neither cute nor funny. Usually some annoying child, irritating the dog/cat until the dog/cat snaps - despite several clear warnings from said animal. (I am all for videos of animals being silly all on thier own) Oh, absolutely. But someone teasing their cat by blowing party blowers at them is not abusing their cat (yesterday's example), and so many other examples that have the general Facebook population clutching their pearls and lecturing all-comers. The Internet was a much better place before everyone was here.
cackleberry 2 Dec 7:51am, 2 Dec 2024 4,265 posts	0 cackleberry There are certainly a lot of idiots out there!
3FrenchMs 2 Dec 10:20am, 2 Dec 2024 25,285 posts	0 3FrenchMs [The Dilbert Principle. "People are Stupid" or "God must love stupid people. He made so many of them." (Robert Heinlein, I think!) ]
cackleberry 2 Dec 6:38pm, 2 Dec 2024 4,267 posts	0 cackleberry Click bait articles. Just wasted 12 seconds of my life reading a load of bollocks article on the GB News website shudders about a topic which doesn't affect me at all.
GordonG 2 Dec 8:11pm, 2 Dec 2024 10,728 posts	0 GordonG the smart survey advert that joyfully proclaims that "4 out of 5 people are happy with their smart survey". which means 1 in 5 - 20%!!!!!! - are not.