Pet hates that niggle mums

By [bbanks]

Mothers in Lincolnshire are fed up of life's little niggles, with a raft of gripes being revealed in response to results of a new survey.

Top of the pile in the national poll, carried out by TheBabyWebsite.com, is when family members dump dirty clothes next to the washing basket.

While other annoyances include narrow shopping aisles, nursery fees and leaving dirty mugs around the house.

But locally it seems the biggest bugbear is selfish childless drivers who take up supermarket parent and toddler parking spaces.

Sarah Rackham, from Bunker's Hill in Lincoln, said the inconsiderate nature of others had become a real problem for her when she took her 21-month-old daughter Maisy Gray to the shops.

"It's something so petty," she said.

"But when you pull up at Tesco's and you see someone in one of the spaces getting out without children, it's very annoying.

"I've asked them to move before but people just walk off.

"Another bug bear is that I don't have enough time to myself."

Top 50 Bug Bears

1. Dirty clothes dumped next to the washing basket

2. Toothpaste in the sink

3. Over-flowing bins

4. Wee on the toilet seat

5. Skid marks in the toilet

6. Tissue left in pockets in the wash

7. Leaving empty toilet roll holders

8. Toilet seat left up

9. Empty cartons and boxes in the back of the cupboard or fridge

10. Leaving wet towels on the bathroom floor

11. Automated phone calls

12. Crumbs in the butter

13. Lack of time to get everything done

14. Shoes lying in the hallway

15. Teabags left on the kitchen side

16. Leaving the washing up

17. Pubes in the bath

18. Muddy shoes dumped inside the door

19. Leaving lights on when leaving a room

20. Unopened curtains

21. Leaving dirty glasses and mugs in the bedrooms

22. Overflowing washing baskets

23. Crumbs on a newly vacuumed carpet

24. Lack of 'me time'

25. Shaving hair over the sink

26. Cut bread on the kitchen side

27. Unmade beds

28. Bunched up socks in the wash

29. Thinking about what to cook for dinner

30. Forgetting to clean down the kitchen sides

31. Narrow shopping aisles

32. Partners who never wake up when the children cry in the night

33. Chewing gum on the carpet

34. Wearing shoes in the house

35. Low waist trousers

36. Shops without lifts or escalators

37. Teabags in the sink

38. Strangers commenting on why your child is crying

39. Other mums interfering about how you raise your child

40. Heavy doors

41. Shops with steps at the font door

42. Squeezing the toothpaste tube from the middle not the end

43. Narrow doorways which don't fit pushchairs through

44. Nursery fees

45. Toys scattered over the floor

46. Putting a glass down without a coaster

47. Strangers touching and cooing over your child

48. Skinny jeans

49. Wonky rug

50. School paperwork