‘What’s a quite mild but very British punishment you could wish on an enemy?’ – 21 satisfying irritants
12.
– every item they scan at a self-served checkout is followed by an "unexpected item in bagging area" announcement
– scones always served with jam & cream in the opposite order to how they deem correct
– discovering half a soggy biscuit at the bottom of every cup of tea they drink— Madi; fighting myself to stay alive ♡ (@_madi_faith) May 14, 2024
13.
They have sugar put in their Tea if they don't normally have sugar.
And if they do have sugar, Id hope it's actually salt.— Dauntless (@TheDauntedOne) May 14, 2024
14.
Bumping into someone they vaguely know in the first aisle of the supermarket so for the rest of the shop they have to either work out how to pretend not to see each other again, or just go straight home without completing the shop.
— Andrew Walsh (@playbrarian) May 14, 2024
15.
“May your shopping carts always veer off slightly to the left which means you have to pull them and not push them”
— Jules 16th (@Jules16th) May 14, 2024
16.
Catching their cuff on the door handle as they walked into a room.
— Bunny Stroganoff (@BunnyStroganoff) May 14, 2024
17.
“May you always forget your bags for life, and never have a pound coin for your trolley.”
— Eleanor Minney (@minneymezzo) May 14, 2024
18.
That the string on their teabag snaps as they try to take it out the cup
— Louis Hansen (@louislhansen) May 14, 2024
19.
They have to go to Swindon and navigate across the Magic Roundabout, WITHOUT hesitating before entering. pic.twitter.com/TRXYRGm7K5
— Nerdsauce (@Nerdsauce1) May 14, 2024
20.
For someone to always push in front of them in a queue.
— Chris Stanley (@chrisstanley1) May 14, 2024
21.
Waiting at a bus stop on "flying ant day"
— judi rayner (@judirayner) May 14, 2024
This often happens to us.
Getting one’s bin days in a muddle. https://t.co/666NxMgvUO
— Kartik Raj (@Kartik__Raj) May 14, 2024
Maybe we’ve been cursed.
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