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23 things that drive us nuts

First world problems we know, BUT...

1.Cutting into an avocado to find it’s rotten.

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2.Tissues in the wash – arrrrggggghhhhhh.

3.The gender pay gap – not enough said on this!

4.Waiting 45 minutes at the doctor’s for your three-minute consultation.

5.People who use the word literally, literally all the time!

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6.Tea towels that don’t dry dishes – why were you made?

7.The puff of air and subsequent shooting out of product when you open yoghurt.

8.Toilet paper on the wrong way – it goes over, people, not under!

9.No forks, ever, in the work cutlery drawer. There are, however, 100 tablespoons; who needs a tablespoon at work?

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10.Donald Trump – enough said.

11.The fact no matter how carefully you pack them away, your headphones will always be tangled when you get them out again.

12.Prepay petrol at the service station – why does it take so much waving/jumping up and down/calling to make the pump go?

13.Needing scissors to open a package containing scissors.

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14.Briscoes sales – just keep your prices 30 per cent off all the time and everyone is happy.

15.Disposable chopsticks that don’t break evenly.

16.Cryptic Facebook statuses like ‘this too shall pass’. Either tell us what’s up or keep it to yourself.

17.Ringing to order a taxi and they ask ‘How can we help you?’. Um, is it not obvious why I’m calling?

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18.The ‘unexpected item in bagging area’ message at self-serve checkouts – THERE IS NO UNEXPECTED ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA!!!

19.When you can see an eyebrow hair but it’s too short to tweeze.

20.The parker who can’t turn into the carpark straight – those are my white lines buddy!

21.The person in front of you at the coffee place who orders a double shot, luke warm, soy, almond hot chocolate with a half caramel shot and cinnamon sprinkles – you just want a flat white!

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22.Cash machine hoggers – just get your money and go. There is really no need for a balance and a transfer and a look at that mortgage payment from 2002.

23.Lists like these because, damn it, you just have to read them, especially when someone comments ‘LOL number 15’.

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