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A new poll has revealed that other people eating crisps is the most annoying thing in the world. The poll is half right, but only skimming the surface, of course.

If I’d been one of the people asked my opinion on this, I would still be supplying answers now.

People who chew gum loudly, smackingly, open-mouthedly, would have gotten a mention, obviously.

And people who get receipts from cashpoints, thereby slowing down the entire progress of the western world, have always been a bug bear of mine.

People who say “So I turned around and said… and then they turned around and said…” giving the impression of two people spinning round and round while having a moronic conversation. GRRRRR!

Anyone who says, “Do you know what I mean?” all the time, especially after incredibly simple to understand announcements, as in, “It was raining so I got wet, do you know what I mean?” I find the answer to “Do you know what I mean?” is always, always, YES OF COURSE I DO, NEVER ASK ME THIS AGAIN.

People who don’t start looking for their wallets until they’re told how much they need to pay in a supermarket queue make my blood boil too – was it a surprise that you’d be asked for money in exchange for these goods?

Also highly irritating are constant sniffers, slow walkers, anyone cycling on the pavement who isn’t a kid, people who drive too close to you, anyone reading over your shoulder, drivers who don’t indicate, strangers sitting right next to you on public transport when there are plenty of other seats available, men leaving the toilet seat up, people who don’t thank or at least vaguely acknowledge you in some way when you stop to let them cross the road at a pedestrian crossing, anyone who confuses their, they’re and there or your and you’re, visitors who pop in unannounced, men in Ugg boots, poor umbrella etiquette, the loo roll being on the holder so that it’s coming from underneath instead of the right way (over the top), litterbugs, automated calls telling you that you may have been mis-sold a PPI, people who stand too close when talking to you.

Oh, I’ve run out of room… shame, I was just getting started...