Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

dinyull

We were spoiled in the early/mind 00's!

bobmcstuff

Mrs Brown's Boys just isn't funny, I didn't realise there were that many lobotomy patients in Britain.

drlodge

Pross wrote:

Carrying a takeaway coffee and finding that after a few minutes of walking the liquid has escaped through the little drinking hole and dripped down your fresh shirt leaving you sat in the office all day with a coffee stain on your stomach. Why don't they all have that little slide system so you can close the hole while not drinking?

People who buy take away coffees, adding to the enormous landfill waste problem. Or worse still, thinking the coffee cup is recyclable.

Pross

Why isn't a cardboard cup recyclable and if that's the case why does it have a big note on it saying it's recyclable?

drlodge

Pross wrote:

Why isn't a cardboard cup recyclable and if that's the case why does it have a big note on it saying it's recyclable?

Cos the cup has a polythene (or similar) lining in it to make it waterproof, and its made from virgin pulp. Where's the recyclable sign - on the cup or the cardboard sleeve (which can be recycled)?

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall did a superb programme on this waste problem...https://www.rivercottage.net/news/wake-up-and-smell-the-waste

dinyull

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

veronese68

Pross wrote:

Why isn't a cardboard cup recyclable and if that's the case why does it have a big note on it saying it's recyclable?

Because they are lying cheating corporations. There is only one place in the UK that can recycle coffee cups and they can only cope with a tiny percentage. One of the major chains claim they recycle them but are not a customer of the aforementioned plant.
There was an interesting piece on the BBC about it here
If you don't fancy that try reading this
The amount of rubbish we generate is something that I find quite appalling, and far from trivial. Sorry if I sound sanctimonious.
Aah, beaten to it. Pesky customers interrupting my rants, that's annoying.

drlodge

People who put recyclable stuff in their general waste bins and needlessly contribute to the landfill problem.

pinno

I was only aware of Mrs brown's Boys, Outnumbered and the office from that list. The rest was totally new to me (and just as carp I expect).

The landfill/lack of people recycling problem, is inherently linked to that list - population of stoooopid people.

Ben6899

Pinno wrote:

I was only aware of Mrs brown's Boys, Outnumbered and the office from that list. The rest was totally new to me (and just as carp I expect).

The landfill/lack of people recycling problem, is inherently linked to that list - population of stoooopid people.

You need to watch The Thick Of It. Its viewers definitely recycle.

drlodge

Stoooopid people

pinno

Stooopid drivers.

Whilst preaching to the converted in a cycling forum is not going to provoke much opposition, can I have a moan about them?

Not waiting 3 seconds for the on coming car to pass and giving me some space instead of aiming for the gap however small it is.
Pulling out on me on a quiet road.
Tailgating the car in front so that you they cannot see me when they pass or at least, the car that they are tailgating sees me and manoeuvres around me but they don't bother. What are they thinking? Or aren't they? Do they think the car on front is moving over to the right a little just for the hell of it?
Beeping at me on a narrow country road and then shooting past at 50+.

Fucsjdbskdfjskhgfxnjhgjsdh stoooopid b4stards.

ballysmate

People who fail to properly reseat the turntable in the microwave properly. (This may include my missus). I put my soup/beans in and switch on, only to hear that clunking sound.

ballysmate

People using phenomena instead of the singular phenomenon.

I used to go trail riding before it got popular (think early 80's) and it was great fun - motorcycles in the countryside was a rare phenomena

bompington

Ballysmate wrote:

People using phenomena instead of the singular phenomenon.

I used to go trail riding before it got popular (think early 80's) and it was great fun - motorcycles in the countryside was a rare phenomena

That's certainly a criteria for getting upset.

veronese68

My dire lack of fitness due to a distinct lack of riding this year, must try harder.

Ben6899

bompington wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

People using phenomena instead of the singular phenomenon.

I used to go trail riding before it got popular (think early 80's) and it was great fun - motorcycles in the countryside was a rare phenomena

That's certainly a criteria for getting upset.

I lolled.

veronese68

Ben6899 wrote:

bompington wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

People using phenomena instead of the singular phenomenon.

I used to go trail riding before it got popular (think early 80's) and it was great fun - motorcycles in the countryside was a rare phenomena

That's certainly a criteria for getting upset.

I lolled.

Not only am I lacking fitness at the moment but also wit. Thank you for highlighting that Ben, I'd not noticed earlier but am now also laughing.

k-dog

Opening the Neopolitan ice cream you bought to discover that some cretin has eaten all of the chocolate and left the rest untouched.

finchy

Chocolate ice cream. I like chocolate. I like ice cream. So why do I find chocolate ice cream so vile?

k-dog

I can offer you some untouched vanilla and strawberry then.

veronese68

finchy wrote:

Chocolate ice cream. I like chocolate. I like ice cream. So why do I find chocolate ice cream so vile?

Poor quality. A good Italian dark chocolate ice cream is what you want. I can recommend a few gelaterie if you like. Particularly good one near Verona in Parona run by a former MTB world champ, failing that there is a good one in Castellina in Chianti.

capt_slog

Veronese68 wrote:

finchy wrote:

Chocolate ice cream. I like chocolate. I like ice cream. So why do I find chocolate ice cream so vile?

Poor quality. A good Italian dark chocolate ice cream is what you want. I can recommend a few gelaterie if you like. Particularly good one near Verona in Parona run by a former MTB world champ, failing that there is a good one in Castellina in Chianti.

Grand. I'll have a Mr Whippy and two flakes, hold the sprinkles.

jawooga

Red onions are more palatable for most people in a salad than white onions, so we end up having them in the fridge. But I'm currently frying some to go over some bean burgers and they don't taste of anything - especially fried in rape seed oil because I've run out of olive oil

TheBigBean

Buy x save £y offers in supermarkets that don't work, so you end up with (x-1) more items than you needed having paid full price for them.

Alternatively, you get to reenter the supermarket, queue, wait and finally get a few quid back.

type:epyt

jawooga wrote:

Red onions are more palatable for most people in a salad than white onions, so we end up having them in the fridge. But I'm currently frying some to go over some bean burgers and they don't taste of anything - especially fried in rape seed oil because I've run out of olive oil

A glug of balsamic vinegar in amongst the onions, then cooked off, works wonders (I do this for steak sandwiches) ...

Alternatively, just have the red onion raw, add's a bit of freshness and texture in amongst the burger (and the usual salad leaves, tomato, cheese, bacon) ...

Or make some salsa/chilli relish ...

k-dog

Raw onion in a salad. I don't mind the taste but don't want to taste what I ate for the rest of the day.

webboo

people who refer to the Peak District as the "The Peaks" There is only one peak so it's The Peak.

Pross

The new Apple advert, it makes me want to kill people.

awavey

takeway coffee cups that have leaky lids (its that cup seam join thing they dont seal properly) that you dont notice till its already dripped down your chin on to your clean white office blouse, and now youve got to pretend you havent got a coffee stain all day on your clothes.