Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,548
    People who prefix words with "super":

    "Superthanks to all who turned up today . . ."

    "Johnny has worked superhard this year . . . "

    Makes me squirm
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    People who ask you to pay for their cycling trip/holiday by dressing it up as a charity gig.
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    laurentian wrote:
    People who prefix words with "super":

    "Superthanks to all who turned up today . . ."

    "Johnny has worked superhard this year . . . "

    Makes me squirm

    yeah, when i went to the beach at Weston Mare people were doing it all the time!
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  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Carbonator wrote:
    People who ask you to pay for their cycling trip/holiday by dressing it up as a charity gig.

    :)

    Yes, I thought that when I saw it. You do seem some corkers out there, mind you, I am off to do some general half-arsed lazy cycling in northern France to catch the Grand Depart shortly so please fund through this link...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,322
    Carbonator wrote:
    People who eat things upside down (the food upside down) !!!

    Dr Seuss "The Butter battle book" ?
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,817
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    People who ask you to pay for their cycling trip/holiday by dressing it up as a charity gig.

    :)

    Yes, I thought that when I saw it. You do seem some corkers out there, mind you, I am off to do some general half-arsed lazy cycling in northern France to catch the Grand Depart shortly so please fund through this link...
    I might be buying a bike when I go to Italy, then I might ride it to the bar a few times. Should I be asking for sponsorship?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,322
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    People who ask you to pay for their cycling trip/holiday by dressing it up as a charity gig.

    :)

    Yes, I thought that when I saw it. You do seem some corkers out there, mind you, I am off to do some general half-arsed lazy cycling in northern France to catch the Grand Depart shortly so please fund through this link...
    I might be buying a bike when I go to Italy, then I might ride it to the bar a few times. Should I be asking for sponsorship?

    See if Nastro Azzurro will sponsor you?
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Use of lower case letters instead of capitals!!!

    We have a new old peoples home (sorry retirement apartments) near us (I think Bobbinogs has his name down for one) and the name is in lower case!

    WTF? Old people are going to hate it arnt they?
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Carbonator wrote:
    People who ask you to pay for their cycling trip/holiday by dressing it up as a charity gig.

    People at my work who do this... usually in sight of the boss... at annual appraisal time. I wonder why?
    If its really about the charity I wonder why don't they just donate their own money on the quiet and not make such a big song and dance about it in front of the boss?
    It got to a point where it seemed people were getting promoted based on charity fun runs rather than objective job ability.
    I wouldn't mind if they trained hard all year round so they went from overweight to performing like Mo Farah or Chris Froome. But when they bimbled a 5k in over half a day and then ask for money like its some mega achievement, it takes the p*ss. If they do it in fancy dress its usually an excuse to be sh*t at running.
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  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    Carbonator wrote:
    People who ask you to pay for their cycling trip/holiday by dressing it up as a charity gig.

    The whole "sponsored achievement" thing is a bit odd when you think about it. Yes, I'll donate to this charity. But only if you run a marathon. The whole marathon. You come back here and say, I ran twenty five miles and passed out, I'll tell you to shove it! I only care about your charity if you perform an exact amount of exercise!

    That's a bit odd, isn't it?
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  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    A lot of the current 'corporate' type events insist on a certain amount of fund raising prior to the event itself. Which means that people must be giving money for others to do stuff, without them actually doing anything yet. I think RideLondon is like that? The charity places are only available if an entrant commits to a certain degree of funding, although how the organisers would then reclaim any o/s monies is (I guess) left to the legal team, nice feelgood factor there.
  • hantstooflat
    hantstooflat Posts: 122
    Giraffoto wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    People who ask you to pay for their cycling trip/holiday by dressing it up as a charity gig.

    The whole "sponsored achievement" thing is a bit odd when you think about it. Yes, I'll donate to this charity. But only if you run a marathon. The whole marathon. You come back here and say, I ran twenty five miles and passed out, I'll tell you to shove it! I only care about your charity if you perform an exact amount of exercise!

    That's a bit odd, isn't it?

    With JustGiving and the like you are generally asked to stump up in advance now too. So if they complete just those 25miles you will still have paid.
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  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    As a social experiment I'd like to suggest a "sponsored regular day", whereby people pledge to donate a certain amount to charity if you just carry on as normal and don't do anything exceptional for a day. Is anyone actually going to say they won't give anything to save starving orphaned kittens unless I get a few blisters?
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  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    Chris Bass wrote:
    laurentian wrote:
    People who prefix words with "super":

    "Superthanks to all who turned up today . . ."

    "Johnny has worked superhard this year . . . "

    Makes me squirm

    yeah, when i went to the beach at Weston Mare people were doing it all the time!



    ...what - squirming?
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:
  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    Carbonator wrote:
    Use of lower case letters instead of capitals!!!

    We have a new old peoples home (sorry retirement apartments) near us (I think Bobbinogs has his name down for one) and the name is in lower case!

    WTF? Old people are going to hate it arnt they?



    ...what - being old?
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:
  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    laurentian wrote:
    People who prefix words with "super":

    "Superthanks to all who turned up today . . ."

    "Johnny has worked superhard this year . . . "

    Makes me squirm

    I find your post a tad superficial.
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    Chris Bass wrote:
    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?

    when the card machine is stuck on a really slow backhaul network and is constantly checking every transaction is valid it can take upto a minute for every transaction, that becomes really really annoying if youve got 5 people in front of you paying less then on average £3 per contactless till visit, do people really not carry around that amount of cash with them thesedays, really ? no so I rest my case :)

    so there you go, in your contactless version you skip the getting the card out of your wallet as if you always walk around with it ready in hand, yet add getting the money out of the wallet as an extra step for the cash version...just noting ;)

    but you raise a good point so me let also add people who turn up at a cash/card payment till, get served and only then remember they need to pay for it as incredibly annoying as well

    my version of cash payment is I have my money in hand ready to hand to cashier before I get to the till, Ill often even provide the exact correct amount in change, because Ive already calculated how much Im expecting to pay. this may make me sound freakishly OCD and irritable over trivial things, but its for my morning coffee!!!
  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    I don't carry cash with me, just some coins in the car for the parking meter.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    FatTed wrote:
    I don't carry cash with me, just some coins in the car for the parking meter.
    Driving into a carpark to find it has no meters that take debit cards, really annoys me. No option to pay by card seem a bit odd in 2016. I never have the coins with me.
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    awavey wrote:
    when the card machine is stuck on a really slow backhaul network and is constantly checking every transaction is valid it can take upto a minute for every transaction, that becomes really really annoying if youve got 5 people in front of you paying less then on average £3 per contactless till visit, do people really not carry around that amount of cash with them thesedays, really ? no so I rest my case :)

    so there you go, in your contactless version you skip the getting the card out of your wallet as if you always walk around with it ready in hand, yet add getting the money out of the wallet as an extra step for the cash version...just noting ;)

    but you raise a good point so me let also add people who turn up at a cash/card payment till, get served and only then remember they need to pay for it as incredibly annoying as well

    my version of cash payment is I have my money in hand ready to hand to cashier before I get to the till, Ill often even provide the exact correct amount in change, because Ive already calculated how much Im expecting to pay. this may make me sound freakishly OCD and irritable over trivial things, but its for my morning coffee!!!

    You must have missed my post where some watches will now pay contactless. So you dont need to get your card out of your wallet. Unless you've tried it, its hard to explain how quick and easy it is to pay by holding you wrist up for 3 seconds. Without a doubt the best feature on the watch.
    Very rarely do I see a slow card machine these days. I find paying cash takes longer and is more hassle, but each to their own.
    Interestingly the only time I carry cash is when on the bike for a cafe stop. I hate it when the cafe gives me lots of change, weighs me down on the 50m hill. I bet Contador or Quintana dont have to carry bags of change around for drink and cake at top of Mont Ventoux.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    People who pay for stuff with their watch.

    Especially if its an Apple Watch :evil:
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    I think RideLondon is like that? The charity places are only available if an entrant commits to a certain degree of funding

    These are absolutely scandalous. I looked at doing a London sportive a few years ago, the only places left were charity places. They wanted a minimum of £500 for a place. Its absolute extortionate to hog available places then sell them on for 10 times the original amount. Its as bad as ticket touting.
    If I worked out the whole cost of the event, £500 for the place, travel to London, probably accommodation and food... Just to cycle on public roads. It would be cheaper to go on a cycling holiday abroad.
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Carbonator wrote:
    People who pay for stuff with their watch.

    Especially if its an Apple Watch :evil:

    Why?
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Driving into a carpark to find you used to have a bike on your roof must be much worse... I've never done it but come scarily close twice.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    ben@31 wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    People who pay for stuff with their watch.

    Especially if its an Apple Watch :evil:

    Why?
    I think "people who have Apple watches" is what he means.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    bompington wrote:
    ben@31 wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    People who pay for stuff with their watch.

    Especially if its an Apple Watch :evil:

    Why?
    I think "people who have Apple watches" is what he means.

    Both!

    Although people who have Apple Watches are the people most likely to get a hard on paying for things with them.

    I 100% get the convenience though.
    I have a little pocket in the cuff of a hoodie and keep meaning to stick my card in it.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Carbonator wrote:
    Although people who have Apple Watches are the people most likely to get a hard on paying for things with them...
    ... I 100% get the convenience though.

    Funny that... People who have owned one, are happy with the convenience.

    What scuppers your rant is other people spend 10 times more on a watch that does a lot less. But thats their choice, isn't it?
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The Apple obsessed are so easy to wind up lol.

    Of course people with Apple watches are happy, but not sure it's the 'convenience'.

    Really don't get the 'it does a lot more' thing.
    If you have a 2.5k or 5k watch that just tells the time, then you could obviously get an Apple Watch if you wanted one.

    Personally I couldn't wear one though and even if I did I would still pay by card if anyone could see.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Carbonator wrote:
    The Apple obsessed are so easy to wind up lol.

    Of course people with Apple watches are happy, but not sure it's the 'convenience'.

    Really don't get the 'it does a lot more' thing.
    If you have a 2.5k or 5k watch that just tells the time, then you could obviously get an Apple Watch if you wanted one.

    Personally I couldn't wear one though and even if I did I would still pay by card if anyone could see.

    interesting that the trailblazers/geeks now use anything other than Apple. Where they lead the herd tends to follow so the bubble of paying twice as much for an essentially similar product could soon burst.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    What is the must have smart watch then?

    I like apple products as they seem to work v well IME.
    It would take a lot for me to have a non apple computer, laptop, tablet, phone or 'walkman'.

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