Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

forehead

Matthewfalle wrote:

I can see your point but as so many cars have those stickers that don't have kids in (i.e. They might be at nursery.at home with other parent. Left in the pub) do you honestly think that every car gets looked in?

Surely it would be better to have something that you took up and down to signify a sprog is in your jam? I.e. A flag or similar?

Fair comment, maybe I'll buy a flag instead.

However, flag, or no flag; sticker, or no sticker, I'd sincerely hope that rescue crews do actually have a proper look inside burning cars on the motorway, if drivers are incapable of communicating to them.

I'm turning into a really grump as a parent now, and I love it :-)

Ben6899

I think fire crew would look properly in all vehicles, regardless of a poxy sticker.

forehead

Ben6899 wrote:

I think fire crew would look properly in all vehicles, regardless of a poxy sticker.

I agree. However, its an additional mitigation that cost me about 3 quid, so I'm cool with that. If it winds up other drivers who think I'm doing it as some sort of proclamation of my fertility, that is also cool with me.

dinyull

Matthewfalle wrote:

I can see your point but as so many cars have those stickers that don't have kids in (i.e. They might be at nursery.at home with other parent. Left in the pub) do you honestly think that every car gets looked in?

Surely it would be better to have something that you took up and down to signify a sprog is in your jam? I.e. A flag or similar?

This. The crumpled car burning will get checked if it has a sticker on the boot or not.

Matthewfalle

As an addendum, if things are blowing up and exploding into fatal fireballs no one is going anywhere near there. This isn't the movies.

veronese68

Forehead wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

I think fire crew would look properly in all vehicles, regardless of a poxy sticker.

I agree. However, its an additional mitigation that cost me about 3 quid, so I'm cool with that. If it winds up other drivers who think I'm doing it as some sort of proclamation of my fertility, that is also cool with me.

Are you sure you're not using the same logic as Marge Simpson and you bought it so people would stop driving into you on purpose.

davesnothere

Milk containers that spill a little bit of milk every time you make a cup of tea

Mikey23

Going to see no1 son and being confronted by a normous 6 month old chocolate labrador who jumps up at you and licks you at every opportunity. And son seemingly oblivious to the fact that dad is well pissed off and is on crutches recovering from a total hip replacement... grrr

mrfpb

Mikey23 wrote:

Going to see no1 son and being confronted by a normous 6 month old chocolate labrador who jumps up at you and licks you at every opportunity. And son seemingly oblivious to the fact that dad is well pissed off and is on crutches recovering from a total hip replacement... grrr

The general ignorance of dog owners of how annoying/aggressive their dog's behaviour is. The dogs that run over small children while their owners laugh and say "he's just being friendly". Actually it's not trivial, my kids have been needlessly terrified by dogs due to their owners not manging them.

FishFish

Matthewfalle wrote:

Surely it would be better to have something that you took up and down to signify a sprog is in your jam? I.e. A flag or similar?

What about the nanny as an example - I'd up and down her. Well I wouldn't but I'd like to which is about the same.

awavey

mrfpb wrote:

Mikey23 wrote:

Going to see no1 son and being confronted by a normous 6 month old chocolate labrador who jumps up at you and licks you at every opportunity. And son seemingly oblivious to the fact that dad is well pissed off and is on crutches recovering from a total hip replacement... grrr

The general ignorance of dog owners of how annoying/aggressive their dog's behaviour is. The dogs that run over small children while their owners laugh and say "he's just being friendly". Actually it's not trivial, my kids have been needlessly terrified by dogs due to their owners not manging them.

for me its the fact they automatically assume you are ok with the damn thing slobbering all over you and using your leg as a scratching post,, and its always "oh its just being friendly", call that friendly!!! :evil:

and you either get the yappity yap ones that run around like lunatics and wont shut up, or the shetland pony sized ones that will bowl you over given half a chance, there was one at the cafe I visited at the weekend, the dog owners came in and then just let their shetland pony dog flop on the floor blocking the whole gangway through by their table because it was so big, and you had people having to try and step over it to get to the loo, when the dog owners finally relented and decided their wet smelly dog could move a bit closer to them so people could actually walk past and it settled down, of course some other dog loving idiot then came over and started making a fuss of it and so the blooming thing woke up and it started all over again.

Mikey23

Have no probs with an obedient well trained one. Hate the way people regard them as children. Why the ***** are you having a conversation with it? It doesnt understand english...

bompington

Mikey23 wrote:

Have no probs with an obedient well trained one. Hate the way people regard them as children. Why the ***** are you having a conversation with it? It doesnt understand english...

Better then some English people I know, if the bomphound is anything to go by

mrfpb

Mikey23 wrote:

Have no probs with an obedient well trained one. Hate the way people regard them as children. Why the ***** are you having a conversation with it? It doesnt understand english...

Without wanting to kick off a tired debate, I always make a point of thanking dog owners who keep their dogs under control when I'm passing them on my bike (or running).

team47b

As an Englishman you should always thank people for common courteousy, I always thank drivers for stopping at a roundabout or people for saying please

Pross

New parents who act as if they're the first people in the world to have kids.

capt_slog

mrfpb wrote:

The general ignorance of dog owners of how annoying/aggressive their dog's behaviour is. The dogs that run over small children while their owners laugh and say "he's just being friendly". Actually it's not trivial, my kids have been needlessly terrified by dogs due to their owners not manging them.

Ah yes, the "he's just being friendly".

I too hate this, especially if I'm outside and they jump up you with muddy paws. One of these days I will answer to "He's just being friendly" with "well, I'm just kicking him in the bollocks".

dinyull

I hate that. When walking our dog it always amazes me at how many owners will allow their dog to run over and jump all over you to "say" hello, covering you in mud.

Could only laugh in amazement at once being told it was my fault for not wearing "dog walking" clothes whilst being caked in sh*te.

dinyull

Car snobs.

A few folk in the office are the biggest car snobs in the world when it comes to VW - to the point they have bought newer VW's with a lot of miles on the clocks because apparently they go on forever and they are the best things since sliced bread.

2 of them have their cars in the garage at the minute - one with massive electrical problems that keep returning and the other with a faulty caliper that has caused £600 worth of damage. Another had to replace something to do with front suspension that cost over £500 a couple of months back.

capt_slog

"Marcus! You called Direct Line exactly two hours and thirty-seven minutes ago. You've got an uncontrollable leak".

So, in two and half hours it did not occur to you to turn the water off at the main stop-tap you dozy f*ckwit?

Alain Quay

People who text at traffic lights, then belatedly realise the lights have changed to green and just get through them before they change again, while those in cars and on bikes sitting behind them do not.

haydenm

Dinyull wrote:

Car snobs.

A few folk in the office are the biggest car snobs in the world when it comes to VW - to the point they have bought newer VW's with a lot of miles on the clocks because apparently they go on forever and they are the best things since sliced bread.

2 of them have their cars in the garage at the minute - one with massive electrical problems that keep returning and the other with a faulty caliper that has caused £600 worth of damage. Another had to replace something to do with front suspension that cost over £500 a couple of months back.

The GF's Golf just exploded at 75k miles, admittedly it will likely go on being slow forever but I don't think that is the point.

I've probably mentioned this before but what really really annoys me is people in average jobs, living in a boring house with some ridiculous commute who then get into debt to own a low spec white BMW or similar. They'll then invariably drive it a fast as possible into gaps in traffic at the last minute or try and floor it up a slip road then shoot out into the outside line immediately. Great. Nearly everyone with a job can afford a PCP deal I just don't need to spice up a dreadfully boring life with slightly better than average cars...

dinyull

I wouldn't care, but if anyone else has a problem with their car it's "ah, you should've got a vw".

Those PCP deals are a joke. When we bought our car last years it was the first time I had ever looked into finance options. Most places would only do PCP and you'd still have to pay £5-6k once the monthly payments ended. Back in my youth a new car was a rare even in the street, now almost everyone has a brand new numberplate on their driveways ever few years.

haydenm

Dinyull wrote:

I wouldn't care, but if anyone else has a problem with their car it's "ah, you should've got a vw".

Those PCP deals are a joke. When we bought our car last years it was the first time I had ever looked into finance options. Most places would only do PCP and you'd still have to pay £5-6k once the monthly payments ended. Back in my youth a new car was a rare even in the street, now almost everyone has a brand new numberplate on their driveways ever few years.

Exactly, I was in a skoda dealership two weeks ago and he was saying they sell all of their new cars on PCP. It seems reasonably low monthly payments and might work out if you would just upgrade the car at the end and not pay the balloon payment but to have a car with 180bhp for £80/month seems too good to be true so we walked away... plus the GF doesn't like fast cars because shes wrong.

FatTed

PCP = Angel Dust, think I must be going wrong somewhere.

finchy

Potato wedges.

byke68

Huge wedges of pepper and onions in my Chinese take-away!

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team47b

byke68 wrote:

Huge wedges of pepper and onions in my Chinese take-away!

Yeah it's annoying when you realise that they know you're going to eat it with a knife and fork

shortfall

Putting windmills all over the countryside whilst having to maintain conventional power generation for the many days each year when it's not actually windy and all in the name of reducing global CO2 when China is building new coal fired power plants every week. Actually that's not trivial but I've said it now.