Things that (sometimes unreasonably) get on your nerves...hopefully lighthearted

I really get unreasonably irritated by people who talk loudly on their phones or even have the phone on speaker whilst on public transport or in a cafe etc.

Sloppy writing in novels where the author can’t be bothered to research his settings, characters, time lines etc. Once spotted I can’t read on.

The Passengers by John Marrs was so full plot holes and errors I had steam coming out of my ears. I was astounded that the rest of the book group could just ignore them and enjoy a as a rattling yarn.

I saw nothing but contempt for his readers.

Well of course the preceding thread would be one, people who don't pause for breath and make the conversation all about them. Worse still one dimensional conversations that are doggedly about the same subject change the bloody record I'm often thinking!

Yes people who talk loudly into their phone, are they deaf? Or do they simply don't care that everyone else has to listen to their business.

I get irritated by people's visitors who toot their horns loudly as they are leaving even after midnight.

Not having a great choice of birthday cards at a local card shop as half of the store was taken up by Christmas cards 😡

This was only last week!

A neighbour in the early morning talks in her garden on the phone on loudspeaker grrrrr!

Lathyrus3

Sloppy writing in novels where the author can’t be bothered to research his settings, characters, time lines etc. Once spotted I can’t read on.

The Passengers by John Marrs was so full plot holes and errors I had steam coming out of my ears. I was astounded that the rest of the book group could just ignore them and enjoy a as a rattling yarn.

I saw nothing but contempt for his readers.

I know exactly how you feel Lathyrus3 I read a lot and really can't stand spelling errors or misused words. I can't continue with the book if it happens a few times. I recently started a book where the author frequently commented on a character's 'mental issues' It grated on me so much I couldn’t continue.

I'm irritated by the trend to introduce numerous characters separately, giving a variety of timelines, sometimes many chapters apart and with unmemorable names and characters. I keep flipping back thinking, was that the brother or.....? Who the hell is she?

I'm irritated by Royal Mail never delivering my post !

It irritates me when writers keep to-ing and fro-ing between dates. I wouldn’t mind two sets of dates but it’s often 3 or 4 and I have to refer back. It spoils the smoothness of the reading.

People walking down out track thinking they can use it as a short cut