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What 3 things do you hate most?

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AlgeswifeVal Thu 15-Oct-15 20:52:11

1. Queuing in shops etc

2. Traffic jams.

3. Miserable rude people

Your turn!!!!

tanith Thu 15-Oct-15 20:55:39

1. The loudness of sound at the cinema

2. Unknown item in the bagging area at self-checkout

3. Bin men who drop rubbish in the street.

merlotgran Thu 15-Oct-15 21:05:02

How long have you got? hmm

grannylyn65 Thu 15-Oct-15 21:12:53

Self service checkouts. Full Stop
Cold Calls
Christmas Crap in late Sept/ early Oct.angry

grumppa Thu 15-Oct-15 21:49:10

1. Cyclists who treat pedestrians as lesser mortals.

2. People in cars throwing their rubbish out of the windows.

3. Salespeople on the phone or in writing who address me by my first name. If I write to e.g. the Chairman of BT, I write to Dr. Mr. X; why do his minions address me as Grump?

Leticia Thu 15-Oct-15 21:52:44

People dropping litter

Hallowe'en

11+ and selective education.

Elegran Thu 15-Oct-15 21:58:32

Cold callers who think it is my fault that they wasted their time phoning me.

Drivers who park blocking a narrow pavement and, when I comment that a woman with a pram and a toddler had to walk in the road to get past, reply that "I was only there for five fucking minutes"

Youths who ring my doorbell with a holdall of stuff to sell, and, when I reply that I never buy anything from anyone at the door, call me a miserable old cow. Less of the old, please.

NanKate Thu 15-Oct-15 22:03:24

Inane tv presenters who talk a load of cr** and think they are being funny.

Litter at the back of a local grammar school I walk by.

Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross.

Leticia Thu 15-Oct-15 22:05:41

I agree with Russell Brand- I can't stand him.

rosequartz Thu 15-Oct-15 23:17:51

Litter including polythene bags along the verges of roads

Loud applause and screaming on the tv when someone does something well (can't watch Strictly any more for the inane noise)

School run mums who block the way and are then arrogant and rude

Indinana Thu 15-Oct-15 23:27:19

Drivers who don't indicate at junctions and roundabouts.

People announcing on Facebook that they've done all the hoovering and washing up and have got the roast in the oven hmm

Insincerity

TwiceAsNice Thu 15-Oct-15 23:56:27

Drivers who pull out in front of you at the last minute and then you realise there's no- one behind you for ages and they only had to wait another minute to pull out safely!

Parents who swear at their children or scream at them in public. If they do this in public what do they do to the poor kids in private!

Waiting on hold to inane music every time you have to make a public service enquiry phone call!

I could go on.......

gillybob Thu 15-Oct-15 23:59:33

Know it all's.

Russell Brand (again)

Don't do as I do, do as I say.

ninathenana Fri 16-Oct-15 00:02:35

Bad, inconsiderate drivers

People who don't control their children in restaurants

The low lifes who mock those disabled in any way.

kittylester Fri 16-Oct-15 06:46:57

The Idiot

Drivers speeding through our village or anywhere really.

And, like others, people who park without any consideration eg, on the zigzags by the pedestrian crossing, on the pavement or double parking outside the school!

soontobe Fri 16-Oct-15 07:05:29

I assume we are keeping this lighthearted

Call centres that are abroad

Cold calls

I'll come back with a 3rd

whitewave Fri 16-Oct-15 07:21:36

Getting the Daily Mail delivered insteAd of the Guardian

Getting the Sun delivered instead of the Guardian

Reading them

rosesarered Fri 16-Oct-15 08:25:31

Elegrangrin
Hmmmn, just three?
Litter in my area( obviously if it's in Sheffield say, or Plymouth, then I can't see it)
Any cold calls, or at the door.
Sales assistants who believe they are too good for the job they are doing.

Spidergran Fri 16-Oct-15 08:31:12

1. Dog dirt that people do not clean up. My town has pavements littered with it. The same for Scottish beaches and woods we visited in summer.
2. People parking cars half on the pavement so grandchild's buggy cannot pass and I have to walk in the road
3. Litter everywhere and nobody will pick any up that doesn't belong to them!

inishowen Fri 16-Oct-15 08:38:09

1. Housework, it's such a bore
2. Religious people ringing my doorbell and assuming I want to speak to them.
3. Cars parked across two spaces. Apparently the drivers do it because they have a fancy car and don't want anyone too close to it.

annodomini Fri 16-Oct-15 08:46:04

1. Cold, damp weather that gets into my bones
2. People who speak loudly on their phones in the confines of a train carriage.
3. Emptying the dishwasher!

shysal Fri 16-Oct-15 08:48:56

The idiot in my family.

Racism.

War.

(Not exactly light-hearted!)
Plus most of the above, mentioned by others.

GrannyMosh Fri 16-Oct-15 08:51:17

I don't hate anything or anyone. It's a waste of energy and time, and it doesn't solve anything. I'd be happier on a personal level if;
1) People were kinder and more considerate in all things
2) Cold calling, either in person at the door or from call centres, wherever they are located, was banned
3) If everyone reading this post had a really good day!

Lona Fri 16-Oct-15 08:51:57

My first exh
My second exh
My dd's exh.

soontobe Fri 16-Oct-15 08:52:08

Noisy neighbours.
I dont actually have noisy neighbours, but I always imagine that I would struggle to cope with that.