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Put it In the bin (bit of fun) put your pet hates in the bin

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calamitycarrie Tue 26-Feb-19 22:01:49

If you could put something in the bin
What would it be ?
I’ll start
Being called love by a shop assistant who is 30 years younger than me !!
IN THE BIN

quizqueen Thu 28-Feb-19 19:48:36

smokers, drunks, druggies, animal abusers, layabout benefit cheats

MissAdventure Thu 28-Feb-19 19:34:38

Did she take a selfie of the pair of you, though? smile

glammagran Thu 28-Feb-19 19:29:44

Stopping at the bottom of an escalator has reminded me of travelling down an escalator on the London Underground a few years ago. A woman put her suitcase down beside her, then looked at her phone transfixed. Saw disaster coming at the bottom of the escalator so made sure I fell into her rather than tripping over her case at the bottom. My language was rather colourful.

Grandmama Thu 28-Feb-19 19:27:52

Merlotgran and I must buy the same bleach - needed a screwdriver and pliers to open it.

Litterbugs

Passengers on the bus who (a)sit on the seat by the gangway or (b) use a seat for their shopping both of whom seem to resent having to clear a seat for me.

People with rucksacks. They swing them off their backs, swing them back on, oblivious to anyone in their range. Rucksacks on backs are just the right height for hitting me in the face.

Pancake Day - it's Shrove Tuesday. Mother's day - it's Mothering Sunday

Finally KIDS. Kids are young goats, for heaven's sake.

Tooyoungytobeagrandma Thu 28-Feb-19 18:46:15

Drivers who enter the yellow box when their exit isn't clear then block my lane of traffic when the lights change (every morning Monday to friday), drivers who indicate but cut you up anyway and don't wait to be let in, drivers who don't acknowledge when you let them out/through, drivers who push the nose of their car into traffic from side streets hoping I'll let them in,eh no, had you sat there nicely I would but now you've pushed you can do one (I have become an angry driver). People who don't say thank you when you open doors/offer seats/move out of the way. People who spit OMG I hate that with a passion it is disgusting. People who cycle on the path and expect pedestrians to move, cyclists who sit in middle of lane holding everyone up then go through red lights because they do not apply to them. People who let their dogs off lead then are unable to control them when they are jumping all over my dog. People who say /treat service people with no respect "can I get", "want a burger" etc no please thank you. Parents who let their children run round in shops touching displays/stock just keep the little darlings under control. Hmmm think old age is making me much less tolerant of bad manners grin

sassenach512 Thu 28-Feb-19 17:50:09

lemon my Volvo's lights are permanently on, lots of car manufacturers do this, I suppose I never have to worry about being seen on a murky day ☺️

trendygran Thu 28-Feb-19 17:37:24

Agree with you Marydoll.

kittylester Thu 28-Feb-19 17:26:15

lemon i cant turn my lights off - theg are called something like 'daylight running lights'.

nahsma Thu 28-Feb-19 17:24:01

Marydoll These days when people fail to acknowledge polite gestures - holding doors open, stepping aside on narrow pavements, etc. - I turn to them and say “you're welcome” in a loud voice. Petty I know, but perhaps next time they will remember their manners. Sometimes they turn and mutter 'sorry', sometimes they totally ignore, sometimes there seems to be a chastened scuttle, but that might be wishful thinking on my part!

lemongrove Thu 28-Feb-19 17:09:51

The thousands of car drivers who drive with headlights blazing on all day long, even on the clearest, sunniest day.....
I mean why?!

pce612 Thu 28-Feb-19 17:06:02

Ask the dispensing chemist to put them into a container that you can open or get someone to open it and then decant into another container, just make sure it is kept out of the way of children.

Tinker18 Thu 28-Feb-19 16:31:52

People who walk in the road rather than on the pavement, even worse when they are pushing a pushchair.

Ngaio1 Thu 28-Feb-19 16:27:12

The use of "overly". People starting posts with So". Extending dog leads. People stating the obvious. People who sail through a held door without acknowledgment. Bad table manners.

Nannyxthree Thu 28-Feb-19 16:22:24

People who spit in the street as has already been said, but also those who clear their nostrils by blowing down one and holding the other - gross!
Rudeness and general lack of consideration for others.

sassenach512 Thu 28-Feb-19 16:17:07

Drivers who overtake a waiting queue of traffic or drive down the hard shoulder and push in at the front. People who let their dogs roam off lead and say "he's friendly" just as he bites a chunk out of my dog's ear (who is on his lead). All those ads for paying for your funeral. Jenny Eclair for that awful ad she's doing, she must be hard up for work these days.

Foxyferret Thu 28-Feb-19 16:13:50

Starting every sentence with So, trivial things/achievements being described as awesome, bad manners, people who can’t even go upstairs without their mobile, rude shop assistants, magpies scoffing all the bird seed, Jonathan Ross and that Lemon bloke (forget his Christian name). I could go on and on.

instagran Thu 28-Feb-19 16:00:25

Rascal - sure you don't mean psychlepath?!

grandtanteJE65 Thu 28-Feb-19 15:33:51

Everyone who says f*ck and varieties thereof.

Rosiebee Thu 28-Feb-19 15:28:31

The word "like" when used indiscriminately in conversation. It's not just a youth problem. I listened to an expert on something recently and his talk was peppered with the word "like", like. It, like, really grates on me, like. angry Also that habit of using a questioning inflection at the end of nearly every sentence.

Jane10 Thu 28-Feb-19 15:25:13

People who 'hilariously' call me young lady!

Bazza Thu 28-Feb-19 14:39:59

Agree with nearly all of you, but must add people who turn down corners of library books.

Shirls52000 Thu 28-Feb-19 14:33:03

People who park outside my house but park in such a way that they take up two spaces meaning I can t park there as well ..... pah

gillyknits Thu 28-Feb-19 14:26:33

Drivers who pull out on motorways and fill the space that you have left to keep the right distance from the car in front!

Day6 Thu 28-Feb-19 14:23:09

I was reminded this morning of one horrible thing - people who cough up phlegm and then spit it out on the pavement. Ugh. I'd bin them but make them clean up their mess before they got in.

Sorry for the P word.

notreallyagran Thu 28-Feb-19 14:13:20

Drivers on country roads who crawl around bends for miles, holding everyone up, and then speed up on the straight bits, making overtaking hazardous, if not impossible.