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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

weenanni59 Thu 28-Feb-19 09:54:46

I hate drivers who drive too close to me , bumper to bumper and try and make me go faster ?
I also hate people saying .. perfect ! after everything!
2lbs of mince please ... perfect!?

Sarahmob Thu 28-Feb-19 09:55:48

The long ribbon loops they put in tops that then dangle outside your clothes!

Carole28 Thu 28-Feb-19 09:57:24

Being called 'shug' by shop assistants who look about 12. !!!!!

Minerva Thu 28-Feb-19 09:59:58

Being asked to adopt a snow leopard or a dolphin or whatever. People don’t adopt it, at best they sponsor it but probably they are just contributing to the society. My precious little adopted daughter asked me often, quoting the ads, how much I had to pay for her. Still annoys me.

Anrol Thu 28-Feb-19 10:04:32

Posting answers/comments on GN/FB etc, when haven’t read or understand the post properly then give wrong information or completely go off on a tangent. In the bin.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Thu 28-Feb-19 10:07:50

Tailgaters - who seem to object to people not going over the speed limit.

Nannyme Thu 28-Feb-19 10:09:22

Channel 4 news readers and their endless interruptions when they don’t get the answer they want.
Dog owners who don’t pick up poo
People who park right outside the cashpoints, probably because they haven’t got legs!
People who park in disabled or parent and child bays when they are or have neither.
I could go on and on smile

Minerva Thu 28-Feb-19 10:11:15

People who staple flyers to trees and don’t take them down when the cat is found or the carnival is over or whatever.

Drivers who cut the corner at speed turning into any road at all, oh and drivers who overtake coming up to blind corners. Add to that the cyclists who ride at speed down the walking lane that I walk my little grandson up after school. He is really frightened by them. Also cyclists who cross on a red light. I had better stop and have a coffee.

Ramoneh Thu 28-Feb-19 10:12:34

That bugs me too..especially mothers with buggies..

Kim19 Thu 28-Feb-19 10:12:52

I would bin unkind, nasty or unnecessary responses that sometimes appear on here. Love the wit, helpfulness and practicality that mostly occur.

JanaNana Thu 28-Feb-19 10:13:07

Men who wear those baggy calf length type of shorts during the summer .....no no no, they just look like overgrown toddlers.

Hollydoilly10 Thu 28-Feb-19 10:19:42

Spitting

Applegran Thu 28-Feb-19 10:24:57

A friend of mine said yesterday over a cup of tea, that she'd read a book which helped her when someone does something she doesn't like. She reminds herself it is not about her, any more than when it rains, and she had planned a picnic. She feels better if she just says to herself "It's not my business" and lets it go. I thought it was a great way to look at it - will work on it myself.

rascal Thu 28-Feb-19 10:26:31

Cyclists who hug the road, usually a few from a cycle club where there is a perfectly good cycle lane to the left of them! They hold up the traffic and have the cheek to wave you on to pass them on a blind bend! I feel like shouting to them 'cycle path' but it may sound to them like psychopath! angry

Annaram1 Thu 28-Feb-19 10:29:16

Frankly, I love being called "love" or even "my lover." I lived in Dorset for nearly 30 years and thought it sweet to be someone's lover. In Devon they say "love." Why take offence? I lived in South Africa and people didn't say it there. And its not an age thing either. I was called those sweet names when I was still in my 30s and 40s. I seem to recall that the Government once proposed outlawing people saying "love" and there was an outcry. I once called somebody "Sweetheart" when they called me "love" and I felt so stupid that I never said it again.
As for men in shorts - it depends on their legs. If they have nicely shaped muscular calves I like them. Not if they are skinny and too white though.

Sheilasue Thu 28-Feb-19 10:30:10

Brexit, sick of hearing about it. Bin it.
Moaning dh bin him.

EEJit Thu 28-Feb-19 10:32:43

Politicians, every last one of them of all parties

Rmsusieb Thu 28-Feb-19 10:37:31

Oh so many of these are just what I would have written and they made me smile but I think Juliette’s post about the vandalising toddler and his very rude mother really resonated. These people are the dregs of society - what will that child be vandalising when he’s older?
Also the smokers taking over the seating areas outside places that mean non smokers can’t comfortably sit outside when it’s warm although I know that there are places, probably with a double frontage, who have one side as non smoking which is good (unless the wind’s in the wrong direction! ?)
Definitely the dog owners who don’t clean up after their dog.
Probably my iPad which is stopping me from doing my ironing right now.
Definitely clothes that need ironing! (That is most of them!!)

Boolya Thu 28-Feb-19 10:47:46

Side lights on cars - they are of no earthly use, yet are often the only lights, if any, turned on in the fog; so add to that drivers who don't use lights in the fog. Oh yes, and those whose cars haven't been fitted with indicators.

TerryM Thu 28-Feb-19 10:50:18

Really detest being called "hun"
Peeved that being of a certain age means you have no technological knowledge at all.
Our local library
"Coding for 10 -12 years old "
"Learning email and surfing the net for our senior citizens " !!!!

Amagran Thu 28-Feb-19 10:50:35

Oh no! Oldgaijin - you have just put my OH in the bin!!

Aepgirl Thu 28-Feb-19 10:51:43

Cyclists who won’t use the cycle lanes that have been put in for them, at enormous expense

sroge Thu 28-Feb-19 10:53:06

People who say "I'm not going to lie" before they tell you something. Makes me think is that what they usually do then? Aaarrrgghhh!

1inamillion Thu 28-Feb-19 10:53:44

Drivers who only look left when turning right at a junction.
People who don't listen.
Mums who let their buggies hang out into the road when attempting to cross - they are safe on the pavement while their toddlers are in harm's way.
Husbands with selective hearing.

Amagran Thu 28-Feb-19 11:05:49

1inamillion - just when I had dutifully heaved my OH out of the bin, you have put him back in!