I really hate........

gtvlusso

keep it to one each, anything you like:

People that ride bicycles on pavements - total f*cknuts

The Rookie

+1 I rarely use pavements when they are dual use anyway as they are usually only fit for plodders.
and RLJ
and pass stationary cars at ped crossings

Simon

leodis75

Smelly buses..

Soon I shall be riding the light fantastic on me new Cannondale.

Brakeless

Madonna

welkman

Michael Gove

secretsam

Wilful and knowing stupidity

bails87

welkman wrote:

Michael Gove

Ooo

Andrew 'La La' Lansley.

bompington

People who say they really hate things that are actually just trivial annoyances

CiB

Hate? Phone calls from people that start 'Are you sitting down...?' or 'Can you talk...?'. Put the heebie-jeebies up me they do, and they seem to be more frequent these days.

secretsam

bails87 wrote:

Andrew 'La La' Lansley.

Do you get Roy Lilley's blogs, then?

rick_chasey

CiB wrote:

Hate? Phone calls from people that start 'Are you sitting down...?' or 'Can you talk...?'. Put the heebie-jeebies up me they do, and they seem to be more frequent these days.

A good headhunter should ask if you can listen, not if you can talk :P.

davis

CiB wrote:

Hate? Phone calls from people that start 'Are you sitting down...?' or 'Can you talk...?'. Put the heebie-jeebies up me they do, and they seem to be more frequent these days.

Good point. I do that. If the person answering the phone wasn't in a position to talk, they shouldn't answer the phone.

I shall now stop doing that.

clarkey cat

... the way the term 'hate' has entered the vernacular.

dhope

Rick Chasey wrote:

A good headhunter

Hmm?

Wallace1492

Reality TV

CiB

davis wrote:

CiB wrote:

Hate? Phone calls from people that start 'Are you sitting down...?' or 'Can you talk...?'. Put the heebie-jeebies up me they do, and they seem to be more frequent these days.

Good point. I do that. If the person answering the phone wasn't in a position to talk, they shouldn't answer the phone.

I shall now stop doing that.

So the phone rings - it's your mother. You think 'ah - Old Mother CiB ringing ...' and answer it, to be met not with the usual cheery chippy old dear asking if I'm okay and will we be up this weekend, but the pause and the 'are you sitting down. I've got some news...'.

If it's headhunting / job hunting going, I just put the phone down mid-sentence if I have to and assume [rightly usually] that person at other end knows what the score is.

rick_chasey

CiB wrote:

davis wrote:

CiB wrote:

Hate? Phone calls from people that start 'Are you sitting down...?' or 'Can you talk...?'. Put the heebie-jeebies up me they do, and they seem to be more frequent these days.

Good point. I do that. If the person answering the phone wasn't in a position to talk, they shouldn't answer the phone.

I shall now stop doing that.

So the phone rings - it's your mother. You think 'ah - Old Mother CiB ringing ...' and answer it, to be met not with the usual cheery chippy old dear asking if I'm okay and will we be up this weekend, but the pause and the 'are you sitting down. I've got some news...'.

If it's headhunting / job hunting going, I just put the phone down mid-sentence if I have to and assume [rightly usually] that person at other end knows what the score is.

It's worth being polite when you say no.

No-one minds if you don't want to move. If they hassle you when you've already made it clear, then they're bad at their job and desperate.

CiB

Rick Chasey wrote:

It's worth being polite when you say no.

No-one minds if you don't want to move. If they hassle you when you've already made it clear, then they're bad at their job and desperate.

Other way round - I'm on the phone busy sorting out a potential move and suddenly Big Chief Honcho looms into view making a bee-line for me. I'm not going to put him off for a minute whilst we discuss the finer points - "...a car. Yes a car, and a chauffeur + reasonable expenses. And Thursdays off too. Thanks. I'll confirm next week. <phone down>. Now then boss - what can I do for you?..."

rick_chasey

CiB wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

It's worth being polite when you say no.

No-one minds if you don't want to move. If they hassle you when you've already made it clear, then they're bad at their job and desperate.

Other way round - I'm on the phone busy sorting out a potential move and suddenly Big Chief Honcho looms into view making a bee-line for me. I'm not going to put him off for a minute whilst we discuss the finer points - "...a car. Yes a car, and a chauffeur + reasonable expenses. And Thursdays off too. Thanks. I'll confirm next week. <phone down>. Now then boss - what can I do for you?..."

Either you say "no thanks, I'm very happy" or you can say "now is a difficult time".

I don't expect to discuss anything with anyone at work. If they decide they can spare 10 then great, but I expect to talk when THEY are free (so usually in the evening).

I don't even bother trying to discuss anything when they're at work just "here's the deal. If you're interested, I'll call you on this number. What time suits?"

CiB

That makes you better at your job than I am at sorting out new positions during work time then. And the twice it did happen Old Mrs Boss arrived from round a blind corner. Anyway.

Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike Manure nited and their gloating glory-hunting fans? No. Good.

Stone Glider

The 'Red Top' press. They have done more harm to the general tone of life in this country than any government.

Feltup

the suspense........

shouldbeinbed

Courgettes & The smell of popcorn.

Aiming high in my hatreds here

Bike wise RLJs & their apologists, especially the ones that do it (always for their own safety) but want zero tolerance and strict liability for any other form of transport. Also the sort of deluded campaigners that can't accept it won't magically become like Copenhagen by a week on Wednesday and berate / belittle anyone that tries to live in the real (cycling) world we have now. Or maybe I just follow the wrong people on twitter :-)

shouldbeinbed

Courgettes & The smell of popcorn.

Aiming high in my hatreds here

Bike wise RLJs & their apologists, especially the ones that do it (always for their own safety) but want zero tolerance and strict liability for any other form of transport. Also the sort of deluded campaigners that can't accept it won't magically become like Copenhagen by a week on Wednesday and berate / belittle anyone that tries to live in the real (cycling) world we have now. Or maybe I just follow the wrong people on twitter :-)

jds_1981

people double posting :P

itboffin

flat tonic water :evil:

byke68

The smell from any Subway take-a-way outlet
Stupid people at work who don't do their job properly which in turn makes my job difficult
Motorist using their mobile whilst ....erm... motoring
Pedestrians who wait to cross the road 12 feet or so from a zebra crossing
Reality shows..........hang on, make that all tv programmes.
Petty people
Instant coffee
Drivers who pull out in front and then drive off at about 20mph
Sales that start after my money is gone
Dogs

I could go on & on & on & on. Isn't life great!

"stuff that in your Volvo glove compartment"

sandy hill

One Born Every Minute.

medoramas

Radio 1,
The word "hun" on facebook,
My financial/overdraft crisis.

PBo

medoramas wrote:

Radio 1,
The words on facebook,
My financial/overdraft crisis.

FTFY

king_jeffers

Nazis & bake potatoes :evil: