Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

Anonymous

Back on topic:

"This report contains flash photography"

Just don't watch the fcuking news if you do not like flashing lights.
It's your problem, not mine (or 99% of people watching)!!!

What do they do? Close their eyes?

FatTed

Carbonator wrote:

Back on topic:

"This report contains flash photography"

Just don't watch the fcuking news if you do not like flashing lights.
It's your problem, not mine (or 99% of people watching)!!!

What do they do? Close their eyes?

I think they believe the flashing lights may induce a seizure in some epileptic people

Bobbinogs

yeah, be interesting to see the facts into how many people have ever had an epileptic seizure from watching a 5 second news item on the Oscars. I have never thought one way or the other about the warnings but I figure that anyone liable to be affected in that way must be in a fairly precarious state?

bompington

Bobbinogs wrote:

yeah, be interesting to see the facts into how many people have ever had an epileptic seizure from watching a 5 second news item on the Oscars. I have never thought one way or the other about the warnings but I figure that anyone liable to be affected in that way must be in a fairly precarious state?

Had to look this up as it's common knowledge, but clearly not as common as it should be, that photosensitive epilepsy is in fact pretty rare.

Turns out to be about 3% of epilepsy sufferers, which is about 1% of the population - so about 1 in 3000 people: quite a few, in fact, although you'd have to factor the percentage of times a seizure is triggered (and it is reduced by medication, too) to work out the overall risk.

seanoconn

bompington wrote:

Bobbinogs wrote:

yeah, be interesting to see the facts into how many people have ever had an epileptic seizure from watching a 5 second news item on the Oscars. I have never thought one way or the other about the warnings but I figure that anyone liable to be affected in that way must be in a fairly precarious state?

Had to look this up as it's common knowledge, but clearly not as common as it should be, that photosensitive epilepsy is in fact pretty rare.

Turns out to be about 3% of epilepsy
sufferers, which is about 1% of the population - so about 1 in 3000 people: quite a few, in fact, although you'd have to factor the percentage of times a seizure is triggered (and it is reduced by medication, too) to work out the overall risk.

I can confirm your math is roughly correct

veronese68

seanoconn wrote:

I can confirm your math is roughly correct

Maths!
Americanisms creeping in by stealth.

verylonglegs

The use of the word epic. Epic fail, epic adventure etc...blah blah blah. Just stop talking like a twat and fark off.

Paulie Walnuts

Epic bantzzz

Frank Wilson

Company Tag Lines with the word "You" in it

Desingned For You

With You In Mind

Here For You

etc, etc.

Now the cynic in me would say it isn't for me but for the furtherance of the business and the benefit of the shareholders.

philcubed

Websites which require the date entered from 3 drop down lists (day, month, year) then go red and display INVALID DATE after I have entered the day. I haven't had chance to enter the month and year yet!

Giraffoto

OK, not me, but I bet a lot of people were annoyed by this.

Subway, yesterday lunchtime. For those who don't go there, you get to choose just about every aspect of your sandwich and the people make it then and there while you watch. There are signs all over the shop explaining this, and telling you what the choices are. You can read them while you're queuing, in fact I defy anyone not to read them while they're queuing. Queues get boring otherwise. A thousand people have gone through the queue this morning and have all asked for w bread with x filling and y salad, maybe with z dressing, toasted or not as the spirit moves them.

I've ordered mine and am dutifully watching the guy make it at super speed without dropping stuff all over himself or losing a finger. Both of which I'd do if I made a sandwich that fast. The next customer steps up and . . .

"Do you have chicken? Is it fresh, or pre-packaged stuff? What's that over there? Can I get coleslaw with that? Is that extra? How much is the cheese? Can I get . . ."

This went on for some time. At least long enough for my sandwich to be finished, handed over and paid for before it stopped. I'm sooooo glad she was the one after me, not before

oblongomaculatus

Some time since I posted something on this thread, but I was reminded of this, again, last night: The One Show theme tune.
You've come in, had something to eat, watched the news and the regional news. There's a couple of trailers for stuff upcoming. By now you're feeling relaxed, even a bit sleepy. There's a tiny pause, then.... OOOOONNNNE!!!! It's loud, it's jarring, it frightens the cat (and I haven't even got a cat, I mean the one from across the road). Horrible. Is it supposed to make you get up and switch the TV off or something? That's the effect it has on me, anyway.

chris_bass

courier instructions that have a max of 25 characters, how am i meant to say where to leave something in 25 characters? pointless, and the courier probably won't take any notice anyway!

Ben6899

oblongomaculatus wrote:

Some time since I posted something on this thread, but I was reminded of this, again, last night: The One Show theme tune.
You've come in, had something to eat, watched the news and the regional news. There's a couple of trailers for stuff upcoming. By now you're feeling relaxed, even a bit sleepy. There's a tiny pause, then.... OOOOONNNNE!!!! It's loud, it's jarring, it frightens the cat (and I haven't even got a cat, I mean the one from across the road). Horrible. Is it supposed to make you get up and switch the TV off or something? That's the effect it has on me, anyway.

Routine.

TheBigBean

Ice cream parlours that think the best place to list available flavours is next to the ice creams and therefore only visible to someone at the front of the queue.

Anonymous

Pulled Pork!

More of a love/hate relationship tbh.

team47b

Carbonator wrote:

Pulled Pork!

I had to google that, I was a bit concerned typing those two words :shock:

bobmcstuff

team47b wrote:

Carbonator wrote:

Pulled Pork!

I had to google that, I was a bit concerned typing those two words :shock:

Have you been living under a rock for the last 2 years??

team47b

Porque?

bobmcstuff

Just not sure how pulled pork has passed you by, mainly.

Anonymous

bobmcstuff wrote:

Just not sure how pulled pork has passed you by, mainly.

Maybe he's Jewish or Muslim?

team47b

...Or living in another country or vegetarian

veronese68

We finally have some absolutely glorious weather on a weekend and people are complaining it's too hot. FFS!!!

Alex99

oblongomaculatus wrote:

Some time since I posted something on this thread, but I was reminded of this, again, last night: The One Show theme tune.
You've come in, had something to eat, watched the news and the regional news. There's a couple of trailers for stuff upcoming. By now you're feeling relaxed, even a bit sleepy. There's a tiny pause, then.... OOOOONNNNE!!!! It's loud, it's jarring, it frightens the cat (and I haven't even got a cat, I mean the one from across the road). Horrible. Is it supposed to make you get up and switch the TV off or something? That's the effect it has on me, anyway.

Every time I hear it I think it's the jingle from the Dr Pepper advert of several years ago. Stupid brain. It's met with an automatic reach for the off button.

Alex99

The expression "win/won at a canter"

e.g. Marcel Kittel won at a canter

Alex99

Mid peleton race directors. e.g. "c'mon lads, chase it down" :roll:

Alex99

philcubed wrote:

Websites which require the date entered from 3 drop down lists (day, month, year) then go red and display INVALID DATE after I have entered the day. I haven't had chance to enter the month and year yet!

That is annoying.

Websites that have pictures and banners loading, so that as you click on a link, the one you want, the page stutters down and makes you click on something random instead.

ben@31

We finally have some absolutely glorious weather on a weekend and people are complaining it's too hot. FFS!!!

Just had a busy few days, legs are now feeling heavy and tired and todays rest day just happens to have glorious sunny clear blue skies (still). My mind wants to go out on the bike again but the legs have gone on strike.
Why cant it rain today and then be sunny for the rest of the week?

Ben6899

ben@31 wrote:

We finally have some absolutely glorious weather on a weekend and people are complaining it's too hot. FFS!!!

Just had a busy few days, legs are now feeling heavy and tired and todays rest day just happens to have glorious sunny clear blue skies (still). My mind wants to go out on the bike again but the legs have gone on strike.
Why cant it rain today and then be sunny for the rest of the week?

Taking the thread slightly off course - by not complaining about tourists blocking Tube escalators - but whenever I have this 'dilemma', I still go out but take it really easy. Either do the whole ride like that or warm up into a proper effort. Hey, it's better than sitting on the sofa.

Pross

Cash points that don't allow a 'cash only' option so give a receipt I have to wait for that I don't want and then a pathetic attempt at a bin that means any nosey person could pull it out and read my balance.