Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

izza

If I phoned you and you didn't answer, I would not phone back 6 times in two minute. Especially if you directed me to voicemail straight away. It would be either ridiculously rude or a ridiculous level of issue such as imminent death.

So why in God's heaven do Vodafone set up their voicemail to do just that!! I asked a customer service agent from Vodafone would they phone me repeatedly over a two minute window if I kept diverting the call. "No, sir as that would be plain rude." was her response. So they know what they are doing is inconsiderate and rude!!

ben@31

My life seems to revolve around charging electronic items. Phone, watch, Garmin, bike lights, laptop. Its like a daily ritual I have to go through. At least most use USB. #FirstWorldProblems.

ballysmate

Fat bastards on aeroplanes.

chris_bass

Ballysmate wrote:

Fat bastards on aeroplanes.

Is that Samuel L Jackson's new film?

webboo

People who run with water bottles. Most of them run at a speed which if they kept at it for days they wouldn't even break a sweat.

sswiss

it's "One, Two, Three"....not "One, Two, Free"....and don't tell me that it is dialect or accent.

capt_slog

"Minimum stays" on hotel booking websites.

I don't want to stay for two nights, I just want to stay on Saturday. I hope you have the bloody room unsold.

drlodge

Ballysmate wrote:

Fat bastards

FTFY

keef66

drlodge wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Fat bastards

FTFY

The original post was my experience. If people want to get fat in their own time and space that's fine by me. It's when they then try to cram their bloated bodies into normal sized / spaced plane seats, but fail and spill out into the adjoining seats / aisle that it starts to annoy me. Inconsiderate. I've paid for a seat and expect to be able to use all of it and the space that comes with it.

They should have a larger version of the thing that Ryanair use for cabin baggage; if you can't fit into it, you don't get on the plane. Or you pay a surcharge to use one of the premium, bigger, Fatbastard seats.

drlodge

keef66 wrote:

drlodge wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Fat bastards

FTFY

The original post was my experience. If people want to get fat in their own time and space that's fine by me. It's when they then try to cram their bloated bodies into normal sized / spaced plane seats, but fail and spill out into the adjoining seats / aisle that it starts to annoy me. Inconsiderate. I've paid for a seat and expect to be able to use all of it and the space that comes with it.

They should have a larger version of the thing that Ryanair use for cabin baggage; if you can't fit into it, you don't get on the plane. Or you pay a surcharge to use one of the premium, bigger, Fatbastard seats.

I agree, its just that I find fat people, well, revolting frankly. What really irks me is fat people sitting in train seats and leaving far from enough room for anyone to sit in the seat next to them. Its particularly a problem in the "row of 3" seats as the middle seat is narrow enough as it is.

capt_slog

keef66 wrote:

drlodge wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Fat bastards

FTFY

The original post was my experience. If people want to get fat in their own time and space that's fine by me. It's when they then try to cram their bloated bodies into normal sized / spaced plane seats, but fail and spill out into the adjoining seats / aisle that it starts to annoy me. Inconsiderate. I've paid for a seat and expect to be able to use all of it and the space that comes with it.

They should have a larger version of the thing that Ryanair use for cabin baggage; if you can't fit into it, you don't get on the plane. Or you pay a surcharge to use one of the premium, bigger, Fatbastard seats.

+1

I've heard of people who've had to sit by a fat on a plane and it's caused them physical damage by the end of the flight. If i remember correctly, the lard couldn't get in the seat with the armrests down, and so spilled into the next seat.

This wouldn't be trivial if it happened to me.

veronese68

Capt Slog wrote:

keef66 wrote:

They should have a larger version of the thing that Ryanair use for cabin baggage; if you can't fit into it, you don't get on the plane. Or you pay a surcharge to use one of the premium, bigger, Fatbastard seats.

+1

I've heard of people who've had to sit by a fat on a plane and it's caused them physical damage by the end of the flight. If i remember correctly, the lard couldn't get in the seat with the armrests down, and so spilled into the next seat.

This wouldn't be trivial if it happened to me.

On the subject of which. Why isn't the luggage weight limit a combined weight for passenger and luggage?

homers_double

Because there are enough isms and ists in the world as it is. We don't need fatist adding to the list.

finchy

People sitting in a doctor's waiting room on their mobile phones despite the 5 or 6 notices pinned up politely asking them to turn them off while they are in there. If they can't sit there for 10 minutes without getting bored, can't they take a book?

Flambes

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Child's homework that asks, if it was 20C today, and it's half as warm tomorrow, what will the temperature be? Oddly, the answer they want isn't -126.575C or 146.575K.

FatTed

Veronese68
"On the subject of which. Why isn't the luggage weight limit a combined weight for passenger and luggage?"
Check out Samoa -Air
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/ ... assengers/

veronese68

FatTed wrote:

Veronese68
"On the subject of which. Why isn't the luggage weight limit a combined weight for passenger and luggage?"
Check out Samoa -Air
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/ ... assengers/

It does make sense if you look at it in a purely logical fashion. Sending freight you pay by weight and volume.

Bobbinogs

Veronese68 wrote:

FatTed wrote:

Veronese68
"On the subject of which. Why isn't the luggage weight limit a combined weight for passenger and luggage?"
Check out Samoa -Air
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/ ... assengers/

It does make sense if you look at it in a purely logical fashion. Sending freight you pay by weight and volume.

Yepp, I really don't have a problem with that. I think tolerance of big biffas has gone too far and there are too many excuses rolled out for being, what is essentially, a fat bstard.

drlodge

Bobbinogs wrote:

Yepp, I really don't have a problem with that. I think tolerance of big biffas has gone too far and there are too many excuses rolled out for being, what is essentially, a fat bstard.

The problem is, if you penalise people for being "fat bastards", they'll got all offended. To which I'll say..."and your point is?"

evil_breakfast

And they say the secret of comedy is timing.....

veronese68

Bobbinogs wrote:

Yepp, I really don't have a problem with that. I think tolerance of big biffas has gone too far and there are too many excuses rolled out for being, what is essentially, a fat bstard.

Sorry, can't go as far as to agree with that. Air travel is weight critical, I can be penalised for an overweight bag, on trains it doesn't matter so much.

Bobbinogs

Veronese68 wrote:

Bobbinogs wrote:

Yepp, I really don't have a problem with that. I think tolerance of big biffas has gone too far and there are too many excuses rolled out for being, what is essentially, a fat bstard.

Sorry, can't go as far as to agree with that. Air travel is weight critical, I can be penalised for an overweight bag, on trains it doesn't matter so much.

I think we're agreeing? I don't have a problem with an airline introducing larger seats for those with the girth...and then charging as approp. Seems like a good idea to give bigger seats and the policy of charging more would be fair given the environmental impact of flying small families of elephants around the world.

I like the concept of weighing passenger and baggage as that is what the plane will have to carry and also gives Mrs FatBstard the perfect excuse "Oh, I must have packed a bit much (into that very small bag)".

drlodge

How about airlines charge based on combined weight of person + luggage, and if its more than x kgs you get an automatic upgrade to a larger seat! That way you might choose to take 50kgs of luggage and get the equivalent of an economy plus seat.

markhewitt1978

You turn the TV on in the morning when the rest of the family is still asleep and it's always on 100% volume and the remote control always refuses to work for at least 30 seconds.

secretsam

drlodge wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Fat bastards

FTFY

Define "fat"
And why only illegitimate porkers?

secretsam

"Seat guarders"
You know, people who sit in the outside seat of a pair and dump their bag on the inside seat, hoping noone will sit in it
I always go out of my way to find these arseholes and sit next to them. Especially when I'm hot and sweaty from a ride

bbrap

"Feedback", what is it with people/companies wanting "feedback" on every bloody transaction. Gasman comes to service the boiler, next day I get a call wanting feedback on how he did. Buy something in a shop/restaurant and they want feedback on their service. If something is not right they will get feedback there and then without needing to request it. Aparrently "fuck off" is not the sort of feedback they are expecting :-)

bbrap

Flambes wrote:

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Child's homework that asks, if it was 20C today, and it's half as warm tomorrow, what will the temperature be? Oddly, the answer they want isn't -126.575C or 146.575K.

You missed out the "Gtech" adverts, used to be just battery/cordless hoovers, now they seem to have branched out into mowers and electric bikes. Also that one with the pony and very big cat flap.

drlodge

bbrap wrote:

"Feedback", what is it with people/companies wanting "feedback" on every bloody transaction. Gasman comes to service the boiler, next day I get a call wanting feedback on how he did. Buy something in a shop/restaurant and they want feedback on their service. If something is not right they will get feedback there and then without needing to request it. Aparrently "fark off" is not the sort of feedback they are expecting :-)

Yes, feedback. Even our internal IT service desk keep asking us for feedback. Normally they're quite useless and always at the end of the call ask: Is there anything I can help you with? Well...you could start with helping me with the issue I brought to you in the first place!!

andcp

Dear Bostin Peaks Sportive organizers,
You may have a few 'celebs' you want to film riding a bike, but impeding traffic behind you with the camera motorcycles will not endear you to the locals. We have to live here all year and this will not help cyclist/car driver relations.
Tw*ts.
(I wasn't driving, I was going the other way)