From Monday mornings to self-service checkouts, Britain's top 50 gripes

A recent poll has revealed the 50 most annoying things about modern life.

18:05 06 February 2015

A survey conducted by Mobileslots.com has revealed the 50 most annoying things about modern life. Some that made it to the list include PPI calls, Perez Hilton, constant DFS sales ads, self-service check-outs and Monday mornings.

One frustrated Brit commented: ‘All I ever hear is “unexpected item in the bagging area”, and by then I just want to thrust my fist through the screen.’ Sound familiar?

‘Modern life has given us some real positives. But there are some aspects of it which really get our goat,’ said Mobileslots.com, which carried out the poll of 700 people.

Check out Brits’ top 50 gripes (in no particular order):

1.    Self-service checkouts
2.    Queue jumpers
3.    Nigel Farage
4.    Slow walkers
5.    Public transport
6.    People who put the milk in first when making tea
7.    Snow
8.    Tulisa
9.    Perez Hilton
10.    People who do shopping at petrol stations
11.    Bad grammar
12.    BO on public transport
13.    PPI calls
14.    Josie Cunningham
15.    The One Show
16.    Small talk
17.    People who talk in lifts
18.    People who don’t stand on the right on escalators
19.    Rude shop assistants
20.    Spam email
21.    Traffic wardens
22.    Celebrity fitness DVDs
23.    PDAs
24.    Endless furniture sale ads
25.    Potholes
26.    Weather being news
27.    Slow wi-fi
28.    House prices
29.    People who leave their phone on in the cinema
30.    People who reserve train/bus seats with bags
31.    Expensive mineral water
32.    Twitter trolls
33.    Overcrowded trains
34.    Others listening to music without earphones
35.    People having a phone conversation on the bus
36.    The Voice
37.    All-day delivery times
38.    Katie Hopkins
39.    Foreign call centres
40.    Finding the start of the sticky tape
41.    Cyclists who don’t ride single file
42.    Speed cameras
43.    Cat poo
44.    People who like their own statuses on Facebook
45.    Clocks changing
46.    Jimmy Carr
47.    Justin Bieber
48.    Pigeons
49.    Litter bugs
50.    Monday mornings