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Things That Bug Me

Posted on July 13, 2012

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Every now and then the little things that drive me up the wall get the better of me, and come spewing out of my fingers and on to the screen…

Now is one of those ‘thens’.

So here is a random list of things that bug me at the moment…

  • Grey fuzz. On my clothes. Clean clothes, straight out of the washing machine. Grey fuzz! Why???
  • To leave the house, I not only have to get myself ready, but four other humans. Thank goodness three of them can dress themselves, but then someone can’t find a shoe, or they’ve lost their jacket or there is not a single solitary hair elastic in the whole house! ARRGHGRHGHR!
  • Coughing till you pee your pants, or vomit.
  • We don’t get packages delivered here. An express post envelope, which is the same size and thickness as a letter, is classed as a package here. So that means the postman has to deliver a card to my letter box, which I must then pick up, wait till the required time (usually after 4pm) and then take into town and present to the post office staff to be handed over an express post letter than is in actual fact only slightly bigger than the card that told me to pick it up!
  • My kids stand on things. Toys, tables, chairs… There is plenty of clear floor space among all the rabble, why do they have to stand on things???
  • People who think I should drink tea or coffee, just to be sociable. You know, I can talk to you and be sociable without a hot beverage, really I can.
  • Slippery muddy patches that you can’t see till after you’ve fallen on your bum.
  • Cold toilet seats.

So… what’s bugging you?

{image created using a photo by furryscaly via flickr}

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Read the comments or scroll down to add your own:

  1. Tiff says

    This hospital room is bugging me. The sound of the imed too.
    The fact that I can almost promise you that no washing has been done since last Monday and probably no cleaning either.

    Also bugging me is this heart burn that will not go away

    And the doctors with all their differing opinions.

  2. Kristie says

    Stuff that goes missing when you know it hasn’t left the house. I mean how many places are there to hide stuff that I haven’t already cleaned or looked?

    Toys that dont work straight out of the packet….grrr….i know it was cheap BUT grrrrrrr

    my little boy who says he “can’t” when he hasn’t even tried!

    Finding a fantastic buy online…only to discover it’s overseas and they wont ship to Australia :(

    Remembering you have forgotten something but can’t remember what it was

  3. Claudia says

    Oh, I think you must have just heard me! Litterally just finished teaching Mr 4 to mop his miss-aimed pee off the bathroom floor. I’m so over it…..on the floor, the seat and somehow even on the toilet paper. Really, is it so hard to just focus on one thing for 2 minutes????

  4. kelli says

    Oh hear you! I think a good whine is therapeutics

  5. Kate Sins says

    I’m in the worst mood so everything, every teeny, tiny thing is driving me insane {though reading Tiff’s comment makes me just want to shut my mouth because my stuff is so stupid}…

    It bugs me that when it rains other drivers do not put their lights on. Why do we not have a law that makes it compulsory to turn on your lights if you need windscreen wipers?

    It bugs me that people use the word ‘myself’ when they should use ‘I’ or ‘me’, and they use ‘then’ instead of ‘than’ and ‘loathe’ instead of ‘loath’ and… okay this is silly now

    It bugs me that a child can vomit once, just once, and the smell lingers forever

    It bugs me that Australia Post is generally just crap.

    Umm, and you don’t need to drink hot beverages to be social! Okay, I’m going to stop ranting in your comments and just go to bed. Hopefully I wake up on the right side tomorrow!!

  6. Dannie (A Dose of Dannie) says

    So love this :-) x Go You! On a roll
    Now my turn ~ Things that bug the shit outta me ready …..
    When hubby does not put the toilet seat down so i don’t nearly fall in when i may need to go friggen twinkle say at 3am!!!
    Double dipping ! Ewww
    Butter your toast then with butter still on knife dipping into the vegemite jar!!!
    will add some when i am out of my tizzy fit *sigh* xxx

  7. Dannie (A Dose of Dannie) says

    Another one! Yes lol… Why leave the empty toilet roll on the holder
    change it yourself and don’t throw them behind the back of the toilet to roll out later i just found 5 rolls GGRRR

  8. Debs says

    haha, I want to join in on the Australia Post rant. I really can’t stand it when they put a slip in my mailbox saying “sorry we missed you” WHEN I WAS HOME THE WHOLE TIME AND THEY WERE TOO LAZY TO COME TO THE FRONT DOOR! So, instead of just handing me my package, I have to get 2 kids in the car and out of the car and in the car again and out of the car again just to get that darn thing that they had at my house already! haha, rant over and I must say that I’m feeling better for it. ;)

  9. Janelle says

    I had that grey fuzz in the washing problem today! On my lovely work trousers too, why does it have to be on the “nice” clothes?! I couldn’t figure out what I had washed them with that would leave fuzz on them?

    That tea and coffee thing is a bit funny, do people actually question you over it? Does hot chocolate count, or is that not “sociable” enough? I’ve often wondered why “catching up for a coffee” is such a “thing”? Why not “catching up for an ice cream” instead? Or even just “catching up for a sit”? I’d be happy with that!

  10. Heather says

    Large windows I just cleaned, and the first hand print on it is not from my child, or a nose print from the dog, but finger prints from my husband!

  11. Caitlin says

    Children who cry as soon as things don’t go their way.

    Males who have nose hairs that hang out their nostrils.

    Playrooms that instantly become messy seconds after they are tidied.

    Not going to be when I’m tired. Really really tired. I’ve got baby triplets for goodness sakes and yet I’m still here sitting on the computer wasting time. Utterly ridiculous!

    With that I must go!

  12. Ruth says

    Haha Oh, don’t get me started! Having to cancel my daughter’s sleep over party, an hour before her friends showed up, because she had a raging temp and then listening to the dissapointed girls on the other end of the phone :(

  13. Jen says

    Kids who fight and then want me to adjudicate and then are NEVER EVER happy with what I decide. I know fighting is normal but for pete’s sake either fight among yourselves and leave me out of it or ask me to intervene and live with the consequences!

  14. Mandy says

    That bit about the mail, c’mon OZ Post, what year are we in. As for the drink bizzo. I don’t do hot drinks and often feel like I’m a child for not being about to do ‘out for coffee’

  15. Farmers Wifey says

    My kids climb on everything, all the time. They could be monkeys!

  16. Michelle S says

    When people (ie. my husband!) don’t turn taps off properly! Drip! drip! drip!

    When I finally get the kids to bed, the dishes done, the house is clean and all I want to do is flop on the couch and watch TV and I can’t find the remote!!!

    And when the sock fairy pays us a visit and we can’t find matching socks anywhere! Honestly, how can one household have so many odd socks?! I am convinced there is a nasty sock fairy out there who comes during the night and steals one sock from each pair! GRRRRR!

  17. Erin says

    Socks….or more the fact that my children take them off all the time and then they disapear and then i have a huge pile of odd socks.

    Toys….Do kids really need them? Coz its really peeing me off that they are always left all over the house.

    Money…or lack of…i just want to finish one fortnight with money left in the account!

    Two year olds that want to do everything themselves and want everything the other one has. I swear it takes me an hour to just get them ready in the morning.

    Toilet training…..as soon as one twin is sitting on the toilet, the other one just HAS to go RIGHT NOW…arrrgghh!

    whoa! That will do for now….feels better now though :)

  18. Bron says

    Gee I’m a bit slow commenting but I just wanted to say I get really annoyed when I order a toasted sandwich and it comes out with the serviette underneath. How am I meant to use it now that it has crumbs and cheese on it!

  19. Joyce @Childhood Beckons says

    Oh, I love this! Rofl. Beautiful picture, by the way. And the list was absolutely hilarious and I’m bugged for you! Great post!

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