Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

cornerblock

When the coaster sticks to the glass as you lift it.

cornerblock

Pross wrote:

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

Blimey! What do you do when it's not a trivial matter?

cornerblock

New bin bags or carrier bags when you can't pull them open. In a similar vein new toilet rolls when you can't get them started without ending up with a load of tiny shreds of paper. Oh and sellotape when you can't find the start. Yes they all annoy me.

ballysmate

Those fcuking sausage dog adverts for Vitality. Aargh!!!

andcp

.....and while we're on TV adverts, anything by Money Supermarket - wtf?

Pross

Andcp wrote:

.....and while we're on TV adverts, anything by Money Supermarket - wtf?

They make me feel physically sick more than annoyed!

jawooga

k-dog wrote:

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.

You can take a lot of the acid out of red onions for a salad, by resting the sliced onions in iced water for a while beforehand.

BelgianBeerGeek

jawooga wrote:

k-dog wrote:

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.

You can take a lot of the acid out of red onions for a salad, by resting the sliced onions in iced water for a while beforehand.

See 'em, gotta eat 'em. I love raw onion, have to eat it, regret same.
More annoying when you get to kiss someone in the afternoon...first world problems.

pinno

Raw onion and roast beast in a good quality roll... now you're talking.

verylonglegs

Any particular kind of beast?

pinno

verylonglegs wrote:

Any particular kind of beast?

Roast crudder. Ha ha. No Roast beef or if you fancy something a little different: Take a brisket of beef, place in a casserole dish and pour in 500 - 750ml of Port (a good hearty red wine would do but Port is better), add 250ml of water, some salt and cook very slowly on gas 1.5 to 2 for about 8 hours.

The remaining Port can be made into a gravy but as brisket is not really anything fancy, I prefer it served cold. Salade Julienne? or in a roll with red onions.

bompington

Andcp wrote:

.....and while we're on TV adverts, anything

FTFY

verylonglegs

Some farmer spreading muck on a field nearby that nearly makes me gag everytime I get a whiff of it.

pinno

verylonglegs wrote:

Some farmer spreading muck on a field nearby that nearly makes me gag everytime I get a whiff of it.

Aah you see, farmers are restricted (if they play by the rules) on the frequency of slurry they can put on the fields. So they they get around the restrictions by putting extra on the fields. Something to do with oxides of Nitrogen in the water courses.
Have you noticed the huge slurry stores cropping up all over the place like a modern Shithenge? In these slurry stores, the sh1t is mainly breaking down anaerobically - hence the acrid smell.
So the two things combined make for seriously smelly shyte.

webboo

Bags of crisps that only have 3 or 4 crisps in them.

pinno

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capt_slog

Pinno wrote:

Spam:

Dear beloved,
Hi to you and peace from the Father Almighty be with you and
your whole family, My name is Mrs. Rose DUCA, an old woman,
Original widow. I worked at the Embassy of Benin (
BENIN close embrace of England) for many years,
where I left a big sums is € 1.5 million which is at
Bank level, after a long illness I went to
canada where my doctor diagnosed my cancer is already in its
terminal and that I would not last for the next eight months.
While holding account of my condition I decided to donate this fund to a
church, organization or good person that will utilize this
money, the way I'm going to instruct herein. I want
that money to go to church, organization or in
orphanages, if you want to make this work I need, please
exclaim with amiable and I will tell you what to do to
recover the money, here is my email address: ducarose@yahoo.fr
Thank you and Remain blessed in the Lord. I remain your sister Sell
Christ.

Ah that brings back some memories.

Years ago I used to write back to them under the fictional alias of a deaf merkin maker. The fun i had making them go to banks with fake visa forms (Guaranteed International Money Provision service or GIMPS for short), and generally making their life that whole lot more complex.

Pross

Popular pyramid selling schemes such as Herbalife and Forever Living (obviously they aren't pyramid selling as that's not allowed but they are). Not so much the fact they turn previously sane individuals into cult members whose entire lives are governed by the over-priced crap they try to sell to family and friends but more the ridiculous titles the people who sell it give themselves. I was behind a 2 year old Suzuki Swift earlier with a sticker in the window advertising the franchisee for a Forever scheme and their title was Global Sales Consultant. I'm surprised they were so frugal on their choice of car with such a high flying job!

joelsim

Bozo. Trivial and deeply annoying.

pinno

Joelsim wrote:

Bozo. Trivial and deeply annoying.

Which 'Bozo' - Tom Jones?

finchy

Did a quick survey of my town today.

1 book shop (relatively small and quiet)
0 music shops (unless you count CEX - and I don't)
0 large music venues or theatres

13 vaping shops
7 payday lenders
11 tattoo studios
6 nail bars
8 bookmakers, 1 bingo hall

That annoys me immensely.

Someone round the corner from us was giving a way a medium-sized box of books for free, just left on the wall of their front garden with a sign saying help yourself. She lives on quite a busy road, people walking by all the time. It took her 2 weeks to give them all away. That also annoys me immensely.

ballysmate

finchy wrote:

Did a quick survey of my town today.

1 book shop (relatively small and quiet)
0 music shops (unless you count CEX - and I don't)
0 large music venues or theatres

13 vaping shops
7 payday lenders
11 tattoo studios
6 nail bars
8 bookmakers, 1 bingo hall

That annoys me immensely.

Someone round the corner from us was giving a way a medium-sized box of books for free, just left on the wall of their front garden with a sign saying help yourself. She lives on quite a busy road, people walking by all the time. It took her 2 weeks to give them all away. That also annoys me immensely.

Sounds like you could be my next door neighbour.

k-dog

Vaping in general annoys me - I totally support it for people trying to quit smoking, but the fact that it seems to be being advertised as a lifestyle choice and marketed to teens is ridiculous.

Tashman

k-dog wrote:

Vaping in general annoys me - I totally support it for people trying to quit smoking, but the fact that it seems to be being advertised as a lifestyle choice and marketed to teens is ridiculous.

This ^^ Why do i need to be left in your "candy floss" or "summer fruits" vape cloud? I know cig smoke is none too pleasant either but at least you knew what form of hideous smell it would be. Also just because it's not a cigarette, doesn't mean i want you blwing your noxious clouds everywhere when i'm in a pub/restaurant

bobmcstuff

Webboo wrote:

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

Not necessarily...

"The name ‘Peak’ does not relate to mountains (there are none) – it is thought to derive from the Pecsaetan, an Anglo-Saxon tribe who settled the area."

http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/learning ... entrefacts

Pross

finchy wrote:

Did a quick survey of my town today.

1 book shop (relatively small and quiet)
0 music shops (unless you count CEX - and I don't)
0 large music venues or theatres

13 vaping shops
7 payday lenders
11 tattoo studios
6 nail bars
8 bookmakers, 1 bingo hall

That annoys me immensely.

Someone round the corner from us was giving a way a medium-sized box of books for free, just left on the wall of their front garden with a sign saying help yourself. She lives on quite a busy road, people walking by all the time. It took her 2 weeks to give them all away. That also annoys me immensely.

You missed out a vital statistic of how many Greggs.

Tashman

Pross wrote:

finchy wrote:

Did a quick survey of my town today.

1 book shop (relatively small and quiet)
0 music shops (unless you count CEX - and I don't)
0 large music venues or theatres

13 vaping shops
7 payday lenders
11 tattoo studios
6 nail bars
8 bookmakers, 1 bingo hall

That annoys me immensely.

Someone round the corner from us was giving a way a medium-sized box of books for free, just left on the wall of their front garden with a sign saying help yourself. She lives on quite a busy road, people walking by all the time. It took her 2 weeks to give them all away. That also annoys me immensely.

You missed out a vital statistic of how many Greggs.

And Charity shops

homers_double

Slightly related, people walking about eating Greggs (or other take away pastries).

Buy it and take it home, I don't want to see you stuffing your face.

drlodge

homers double wrote:

Slightly related, people walking about eating Greggs (or other take away pastries).

Buy it and take it home, I don't want to see you stuffing your face.

It'll go cold! I really like the odd Cornish Pasty and need to eat it there and then. Having said that, I often will eat it inside.

homers_double

I don't like walking about eating. I also dislike restaurants where you need to go to a bar and ask for your meal.