Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,817
    Garry H wrote:
    Maybe they drive a big f***k off car, but have very poor spacial awareness and hand/eye coordination.
    They shouldn't drive such a big car then! My annoyance is people that buy big cars but can't drive them. They should be tested before they are let loose, if they can't get it through a gap or park it they should be sent away in a Smart car.
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  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    Maybe they drive a big f***k off car, but have very poor spacial awareness and hand/eye coordination.
    They shouldn't drive such a big car then! My annoyance is people that buy big cars but can't drive them. They should be tested before they are let loose, if they can't get it through a gap or park it they should be sent away in a Smart car.

    I see both sides of this argument. Let's face it, in the UK our car parking spaces are generally ludicrously small. I drive a Ford Focus (don't laugh) and sometimes struggle to get that to actually fit in a parking space. Then again, the vast majority of large/cross cars I see is out of all proportion with the people who actually get to drive off road or need that amount of internal space.;
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,279
    Drivers that pass withing a 30cm or so of your arm whilst on the horn.

    Then following that, green lights at road works. Specifically the road works 100m after the first annoyance as I would have had words with whoever it was.
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  • Alex99
    Alex99 Posts: 1,407
    ben@31 wrote:
    Alex99 wrote:
    Volume knobs on modern stereos that can't seem to tell whether you're turning the volume up a touch, or down to zero.

    I always wondered what the numbers on the display means. I turned my car stereo upto 20 (beat that Spinal Tap) but what is the scale or units of measurement...20 what ? 20 dB's, 20 Watts, the noise of 20 foxes ?

    My phone goes up to 30. That is 10 louder.
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    ben@31 wrote:
    Cost of hotels in the UK, one person for one night... £250. How do they justify this cost?

    Im sure the receptionist I would have talked to for 30 seconds and the cleaner who changes the bedding isn't paid that much?

    Similarly, trying to go away for a few days with two kids kind of requires some holiday cottage / lodge etc. But have you seen the prices? Forest Holidays wanting £700 for a three night weekend break in term time! No wonder people go abroad.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    Maybe they drive a big f***k off car, but have very poor spacial awareness and hand/eye coordination.
    They shouldn't drive such a big car then! My annoyance is people that buy big cars but can't drive them. They should be tested before they are let loose, if they can't get it through a gap or park it they should be sent away in a Smart car.

    I'm in agreement. One of them reversed out of a space and into my wife's car, which was parked on the other side of the road. Driver fecked off, but was seen and reported.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Garry H wrote:
    Maybe they drive a big f***k off car, but have very poor spacial awareness and hand/eye coordination.

    Have you ever been to USA or Canada? Our Euro cars are actually small compared to their Ford F-350's and Dodge Rams.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,817
    ben@31 wrote:
    Have you ever been to USA or Canada?
    Yes, their roads are much wider so it's less of an issue.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,322
    Veronese68 wrote:
    ben@31 wrote:
    Have you ever been to USA or Canada?
    Yes, their roads are much wider so it's less of an issue.

    ...and petrol at 1 dollar a gallon. American gallons are smaller than UK gallons but still...
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  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Smart suits worn with sh*t shoes
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    when scanning your contactless card why does it say "card accepted, please remove your card" remove it from where?!
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  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    Chris Bass wrote:
    when scanning your contactless card why does it say "card accepted, please remove your card" remove it from where?!

    the place where the person standing behind you has just rammed it for taking an unreasonably long amount of time to pay for some trifling amount of cash that we all know youve got in your pocket.

    Im not a fan of contactless :)
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    Buying a sushi box and then finding out there's no wasabi in it when I get back home.
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    finchy wrote:
    Buying a sushi box and then finding out there's no wasabi in it when I get back home.


    The very definition of 'First world problems'!
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    crispybug2 wrote:
    finchy wrote:
    Buying a sushi box and then finding out there's no wasabi in it when I get back home.


    The very definition of 'First world problems'!
    I was shopping in Asda, so more like "second world problems". :lol:
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    awavey wrote:
    Chris Bass wrote:
    when scanning your contactless card why does it say "card accepted, please remove your card" remove it from where?!

    the place where the person standing behind you has just rammed it for taking an unreasonably long amount of time to pay for some trifling amount of cash that we all know youve got in your pocket.

    Im not a fan of contactless :)

    Contactless is no slower than cash. Specially when you include waiting for them to give you change etc.

    Also it goes up to £30 now and I rarely carry much cash any more.
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    awavey wrote:
    Chris Bass wrote:
    when scanning your contactless card why does it say "card accepted, please remove your card" remove it from where?!

    the place where the person standing behind you has just rammed it for taking an unreasonably long amount of time to pay for some trifling amount of cash that we all know youve got in your pocket.

    Im not a fan of contactless :)

    Contactless is no slower than cash. Specially when you include waiting for them to give you change etc.

    Also it goes up to £30 now and I rarely carry much cash any more.

    beat me to it!

    contactless payment - hold card near terminal - done.
    cash payment - look through wallet for the right cash, count it, the person behind the till counts it, places all the coins and paper money in the right place in the till - done
    cash paymebnt v2 - get note out of wallet, hand it over, person behind the till puts it in the till, counts out change and hands it over - done

    in what universe is contactless slower?
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,817
    Chris Bass wrote:
    in what universe is contactless slower?
    When the simpleton in front of you doesn't realise the machine doesn't do contactless. Otherwise it's always quicker.
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  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Chris Bass wrote:
    in what universe is contactless slower?
    When the simpleton in front of you doesn't realise the machine doesn't do contactless. Otherwise it's always quicker.
    Earlier this week the very pretty woman just in front of me asked if they had contact less payment. Perhaps I was a little close. Great idea, but I think people can get a bit too close.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,322
    BelgianBeerGeek wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Chris Bass wrote:
    in what universe is contactless slower?
    When the simpleton in front of you doesn't realise the machine doesn't do contactless. Otherwise it's always quicker.
    Earlier this week the very pretty woman just in front of me asked if they had contact less payment. Perhaps I was a little close. Great idea, but I think people can get a bit too close.

    Voyeurism has been around for a long time.
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Garry H wrote:
    Smart suits worn with sh*t shoes

    Or worn with the wrong colour shoes.
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Contactless payment

    If you have a smart watch, its even quicker. You dont need to get your wallet out and look through it, just hold your wrist up to the card reader. Probably the only good feature on an Apple Watch.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Automatic flush toilets. You're sitting there doing what needs to be done, make a slight change to your position on the seat and it thinks you've finished resulting in an unexpected cold shower down below!
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,279
    Bottled water that advertises itself as having zero calories.

    Are consumers really that thick?
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  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    homers double wrote:

    Are consumers really that thick?

    If you have to ask!!
  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    People who fold toast before eating it.

    Just don't.
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    davis wrote:
    People who fold toast before eating it.

    Just don't.
    Quite, everyone knows that you should slice your toast to make a proper sandwich of it.
  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    bompington wrote:
    davis wrote:
    People who fold toast before eating it.

    Just don't.
    Quite, everyone knows that you should slice your toast to make a proper sandwich of it.

    You disgust me.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    People who clap themselves!!!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    People who eat things upside down (the food upside down) !!!

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