Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

ben@31

Pross wrote:

Couple of new ones for me:

Trying to sell a car. My daughter has just started Uni so we are selling her 12 year old car for £400, photographed 2 weeks ago and not driven since and with the minor dent on the wheel arch clearly included in both the photo and the description. People are coming around and acting as if they are expecting a Rolls Royce with delivery mileage. Even when I bought my first car nearly 30 years ago £400 for a working car with 6 months left on the MOT would have been a bargain. One bloke tried to say it wasn't the same car as in the photos and pulled his phone out to show me the advert, when he realised it showed everything clearly he said it wasn't mentioned in the description, when I pointed to the bit in the description that said 'minor damage to rear nearside wheel arch' he invented a non-existent oil leak. Another person was trying to haggle the price down before even coming to take a look and we had the traditional Gumtree scam attempt 'I'll buy it and pay you now by Paypal but I'm disable so I'll send a representative around to collect it'. I'm tempted to just scrap it, it's a perfectly decent first car for someone but kids these days (in my area at least) all seem to get given brand new Minis or Fiat 500s for their 17th birthday.

People with folding bikes who take up the limited spaces in the cycle racks at my offices. It's a folding bike, why not fold it up and take it up to the office with you so that those without folding bikes can park in the rack?

You'll probably make more than £400 if you dismantle the car and sell the parts separately. For example, sell a light unit or bumper on ebay. People are always after these parts to repair accident damaged cars.
Or sometimes people are looking for second hand parts like an alternator, water pump, wheel bearings and gaiters.

figbat

Riding in a group with someone who's gears are not dialled in. That constant tinkle-tinkle of chain on sprocket... GAAAAARGH!!!!

Giraffoto

jawooga wrote:

Freecycle! Even giving stuff away for free, people moan. Also the prevalence of "WANTED... fridgefreezer. Must be good condition...". F...ing eh?

If all you want is to get rid of something, stick it on eBay. People will be so stoked at having "won" the auction that it will never occur to them that they're saving you the price of a skip and the effort of lugging all the junk into it. For example, when we moved into our house we wanted to clear the garden of . . .

A shed. Rotten, fit only for firewood - someone paid £15, disassembled it and took it away.

A greenhouse, not what you want with small children on the premises. £60 (from a starting price of 99p) and they spent two days carefully disassembling it

and even asked if the wooden shelf units were included. They were.

At least 50 concrete paving slabs. £12. If two men carry 50 paving slabs one at a time from the end of the garden at least 50 metres to their van, how much energy has each man expended? Show your working. We gave them a cup of tea.

About 40 edging blocks. £10. There was a dangerous moment when I offered him some capstones as well and he nearly twigged that we were taking the p!ss

pinno

Giraffoto wrote:

jawooga wrote:

Freecycle......". F...ing eh?

At least 50 concrete paving slabs. £12. If two men carry 50 paving slabs one at a time from the end of the garden at least 50 metres to their van, how much energy has each man expended? Show your working. We gave them a cup of tea.

Well, you would wouldn't you? Served with a wry smile.

Ben6899

We used to advertise our lodging room at 1.5x what we wanted. Keeps riff raff from applying.

And it was always nice telling the successful applicant that they've actually found a room much cheaper than they can afford.

bobmcstuff

People who don't understand the liquids rules at airport security. It's been what, 10 years now? Of course you can't take 3 bottles of wine through security! What is wrong with these people!

Also people who don't understand airport security in general, it's pretty simple.

bobmcstuff

Oh also old people who can't use the boarding pass scanners they have now. Just stand on the picture of the footprints, scan the barcode where it says and stare at where the arrows point. It's not that hard!

orraloon

bobmcstuff wrote:

Oh also old people who can't use the boarding pass scanners they have now. Just stand on the picture of the footprints, scan the barcode where it says and stare at where the arrows point. It's not that hard!

Ooh, ooh, ageism, ageism! Where's Rick when you need him?

dav1d1

bobmcstuff wrote:

People who don't understand the liquids rules at airport security. It's been what, 10 years now? Of course you can't take 3 bottles of wine through security! What is wrong with these people!

Also people who don't understand airport security in general, it's pretty simple.

This, also people who dont prep while waiting to go through security and wait than spend 10mins taking clothing off, unpacking carry on case.

pinno

orraloon wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

Oh also old people who can't use the boarding pass scanners they have now. Just stand on the picture of the footprints, scan the barcode where it says and stare at where the arrows point. It's not that hard!

Ooh, ooh, ageism, ageism! Where's Rick when you need him?

He is busy reading.

This:

team47b

Giraffoto wrote:

jawooga wrote:

Freecycle! Even giving stuff away for free, people moan. Also the prevalence of "WANTED... fridgefreezer. Must be good condition...". F...ing eh?

If all you want is to get rid of something...

...Take it to the charity shop, job done, tight wads

pinno

team47b wrote:

Giraffoto wrote:

jawooga wrote:

Freecycle! Even giving stuff away for free, people moan. Also the prevalence of "WANTED... fridgefreezer. Must be good condition...". F...ing eh?

If all you want is to get rid of something...

...Take it to the charity shop, job done, tight wads

I take lots of stuff to the charity shop.
Have you signed that petition yet? It costs nought.

homers_double

In other slightly related news if anyone wants two three seater leather sofas in a plum colour then I have some going for cheeps.

No I won't deliver to London FOC.

pinno

'Plum' ?! :roll: We know who wears the trousers in your house.

Wheelspinner

homers double wrote:

In other slightly related news if anyone wants two three seater leather sofas in a plum colour then I have some going for cheeps.

No I won't deliver to London FOC.

Taking the chance to flog them while the missus is away eh?

Are they "plum" because you fell asleep with the remote in one hand and a bottle of red wine in the other?

Ben6899

homers double wrote:

In other slightly related news if anyone wants two three seater leather sofas in a plum colour then I have some going for cheeps.

No I won't deliver to London FOC.

Never mind London, you'll need to deliver to the 80s.

seanoconn

Ben6899 wrote:

homers double wrote:

In other slightly related news if anyone wants two three seater leather sofas in a plum colour then I have some going for cheeps.

No I won't deliver to London FOC.

Never mind London, you'll need to deliver to the 80s.

Giraffoto

team47b wrote:

Giraffoto wrote:

jawooga wrote:

Freecycle! Even giving stuff away for free, people moan. Also the prevalence of "WANTED... fridgefreezer. Must be good condition...". F...ing eh?

If all you want is to get rid of something...

...Take it to the charity shop, job done, tight wads

Well yes, if it's something that any charity shop would accept. Try turning up at your charity shop with a ton of muddy paving slabs and you'll get some uncharitable language for your trouble.

Pross

When you want to turn left into a side road on the approach to a traffic signal junction but have to sit through the whole cycle of the lights because the kind soul in front is leaving a gap for non-existent vehicles turning out of the side road or right into it. It happens every morning on the final junction before I get to work. Also, the cars that don't move when lights turn green then finally get going and go through on amber leaving you waiting for another cycle.

fat daddy

my gears !

12-32 cassette .... I do use the 32 on the way home, there are a couple of hills that by the end of the day when I am lugging 12kg of bike + fully loaded panniers of laptops clothing and that nights dinner .. the 32 is a god send for my knees.

BUT

accelerating away from lights on the mornings SCR .... pedal BANG pedal BANG pedal CLANG pedal CLUNK .... the gaps are so friggin big between gears I managed to come unclipped during one prutal acceleration today as it smacked through the gears juddering the bike on each change .... god knows how my rear hangar is still there !

haydenm

I might have mentioned this in this thread already but it happened to me again this morning. People who don't bother to slow down for the roundabout at the end of my road. They are on a 'main' road and there is a building obscuring their vision to see if there is anything coming until the last minute so people just fly straight across without slowing down. Nothing better than them realising half way across, stopping and blocking the entire junction...

pinno

Pross wrote:

When...because the kind soul in front is leaving a gap for non-existent vehicles turning out of the side road or right into it.

I hope you're cycling along one day and you want to turn right and there's a queue of cars with no gap - then you'll be back on here. :roll:

veronese68

HaydenM wrote:

I might have mentioned this in this thread already but it happened to me again this morning. People who don't bother to slow down for the roundabout at the end of my road. They are on a 'main' road and there is a building obscuring their vision to see if there is anything coming until the last minute so people just fly straight across without slowing down. Nothing better than them realising half way across, stopping and blocking the entire junction...

There's a roundabout near my house that cars approaching from the main road to my right are travelling at such speed that if I pull out when the road looks clear I fear I will get someone hit the side of me one day. If they are going slowly enough that you can see them and they are indicating left it's not safe to pull out as they are usually taking the second exit, what happened to indicating after you pass the exit before yours?

Alain Quay

Saturday morning pre-club cycle ride when your departutre from home needs to be timed to perfection
and you can't find one arm warmer, mobile, keys, helmet, shoes, etc.

Pross

Pinno wrote:

Pross wrote:

When...because the kind soul in front is leaving a gap for non-existent vehicles turning out of the side road or right into it.

I hope you're cycling along one day and you want to turn right and there's a queue of cars with no gap - then you'll be back on here. :roll:

I go in a different entrance when cycling. Surely it would be logical for a driver to move forward so that the driver behind (who is clearly indicating) can turn left that it is to sit leaving a huge gap for non-existent right turners? The road leads to very little other than a car park so it's rare for anyone to be coming out in the morning whilst right turning in is rare as most people coming from that direction would enter at the other end (as I do when cycling).

fat daddy

Pross wrote:

I go in a different entrance when cycling. Surely it would be logical .................... blah ....................... the other end (as I do when cycling).

dude, this thread is Seemingly trivial things that annoy you ..... you don't need to defend yourself against Pinno ... the thread is about the irrational annoyance that occurs due to a stimulous that does not warrant worrying about OR is even a stimulous that is in the wrong.

Crap sticks I get annoyed when people cough in public "FFS go die somewhere else and stop infecting me" ..... its a trivial thing that annoys me .. you could argue "I hope one day you get a cough" ..... well yea one day I will, and you know what .... that will annoy me as well !

mrfpb

Midges!

Went home later than planned last night, and couldn't wear my sunglasses so kept getting them in my eyes.

We are now officially in the Dark Half of the year, so I'll need to remember to pack my clear lenses for future commutes.

webboo

Bracken, what's the point of it. It just makes walking on the hills hard and unpleasant.

pinno

Webboo wrote:

Bracken, what's the point of it. It just makes walking on the hills hard and unpleasant.

It has been put there for photographers, no other reason.

As for the 'defending yourself against Pinno' bit, Pross is one of those men that not only orchestrates surface dressing, he swears that it is not cheap and it is effective. Until he finds another vocation, Pross is in my cross hair and as far as I am concerned, fair game.

Soz Pross.

homers_double

Well surface dressing is definitely up there.