Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

dinyull

Are those wheetabix crumbs on the stove???

pinno

Yep. I filled the jar for the purposes of this very thread and took the pic. Fill the jar and make the mess once and then you're not having a daily scrap/clean up with the packet.

homers_double

Your grouting is a disgrace!

homers_double

Dirty grout between tiles.

pinno

It's not my grouting Grandad.

pinno

...besides, it's stained from actual cooking.

philcubed

Pour the milk in the conserve jar with the weetabix. No crumbs, as it'll turn into a soggy mess!

dinyull

Adverts on websites that take over the full screen and have a tiny, barely recognisable X in the corner of the screen. BMW 5 Series, please f*ck off.

bbrap

Leave the weetabix in the box and throw the lot in the bin. Drink the milk. Weetabix is revolting.

surrey_commuter

and put the cranberry juice back in the fridge

team47b

Surrey Commuter wrote:

and put the cranberry juice in the vodka

FTFY

figbat

bompington wrote:

Why do you need to grate it? I find half-inch thich slabs suitable for most purposes

In a sandwich, or on a plate, yes but I haven't got time to wait for a 1/2" slab of cheese to melt into a sauce, or onto a pizza.

team47b

figbat wrote:

bompington wrote:

Why do you need to grate it? I find half-inch thich slabs suitable for most purposes

In a sandwich, or on a plate, yes but I haven't got time to wait for a 1/2" slab of cheese to melt into a sauce, or onto a pizza.

Potato peeler, thin slices no grating no mess

pinno

Surrey Commuter wrote:

and put the cranberry juice back in the fridge

[miserable pedant mode: ON] My two tear abouts drink Cranberry juice like it's going out of style and you don't have to refrigerate it until it is open. There's an open carton in the fridge. [miserable pedant mode: OFF]

rjsterry

team47b wrote:

figbat wrote:

bompington wrote:

Why do you need to grate it? I find half-inch thich slabs suitable for most purposes

In a sandwich, or on a plate, yes but I haven't got time to wait for a 1/2" slab of cheese to melt into a sauce, or onto a pizza.

Potato peeler, thin slices no grating no mess

\o/

I knew I couldn't be the only person that does this.

pinno

team47b wrote:

figbat wrote:

bompington wrote:

Why do you need to grate it? I find half-inch thich slabs suitable for most purposes

In a sandwich, or on a plate, yes but I haven't got time to wait for a 1/2" slab of cheese to melt into a sauce, or onto a pizza.

Potato peeler, thin slices no grating no mess

We have a cheese slicer that works just like that.

Here's another pic (not mine):



You must eat very thin slices of cheese or else pile it 15 high before grilling it/putting it on the Jacob's/feeding Marmite.
Or... it just might be you're as tight as a [insert word of your choosing].

rjsterry

Shavings of Parmigiano Reggiano, innit. Far to thin for a sandwich or CoT

hantstooflat

mrfpb wrote:

Put the grater in the centre of a large chopping board. When done grating, shake off any debris straight into YOUR MOUTH, put the chopping board in the dishwasher.

FTFY

figbat

Pedals. Really, really effing annoying. Obviously they are incredibly useful when onboard but having 5 bikes in my garage, when it comes time to carefully lean the bikes on each other to avoid paint damage, the pedals are ALWAYS at the wrong place making tessellation impossible. Then when you try and spin the crank it catches on something you weren't concentrating on. Then when you wheel the bike backwards the crank rotates and catches something. :evil:

Actually, the main issue is the cramped space I have and the general untidiness therein, but it is the pedals that really annoy me. That and handlebars, especially wide MTB bars with grippy grips on that snag your clothing EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. you try and squeeze past.

veronese68

figbat wrote:

Pedals.

Stop whining.
I have a single garage that has shelves down one side and across the back. It holds 5 bicycles and a motorcycle as well as lots of other assorted cr@p that inevitably gets collected in a garage. I can still park the car in it, that's when things get a bit tight.

dinyull

Your idea of a single garage might not be most people's idea of a single garage.

If we parked our car in the garage I'd have to find somewhere else to keep the bikes and other associated garage sh*te.

veronese68

Dinyull wrote:

Your idea of a single garage might not be most people's idea of a single garage.

No, definitely a single garage, shorter than average but maybe a foot wider than some. Our normal car won't fit in the garage. It's a proper Mini that lives in the garage and a bike has to come out so it can go in before putting the bike back in at the side of it. Two bikes are hanging from the ceiling, one is a folder and the motorbike is in bits.

dinyull

A mini isn't a car man!!! Jealous though, 1275GT has been on the dream list since I left school but the prices in the last 5 years have exploded. Should have bitten the bullet when I was young free and single, but didn't have anywhere to keep one.

I haven't even bothered to see if our current car will fit as the only time I parked out old Corsa in it I had to perform some sort of vertical limbo to get out, it was so tight.

Pross

Trying to do a site visit and getting accosted by busy bodies demanding to know what I'm doing.

Today's version was an OAP wanting to know why I was taking photos of his house, when I explained I was taking photos of the road not his house he asked why so I said I didn't need to tell him as it was a public place and got the reply 'if you're taking photos of my house I'm entitled to know why'. Apparently I looked like someone else who'd been taking photos of the houses just before they were burgled. I ended up telling him to write down my registration and even offered to show him the photos but I wasn't going to tell him why I was there, not that it was secret I just didn't like his way of asking. Bearing in mind there's a consented housing development going in behind his house it wouldn't have been difficult to figure out and slightly more logical than me casing the joint in broad daylight!

seanoconn

Pross wrote:

Trying to do a site visit and getting accosted by busy bodies demanding to know what I'm doing.

Today's version was an OAP wanting to know why I was taking photos of his house, when I explained I was taking photos of the road not his house he asked why so I said I didn't need to tell him as it was a public place and got the reply 'if you're taking photos of my house I'm entitled to know why'. Apparently I looked like someone else who'd been taking photos of the houses just before they were burgled. I ended up telling him to write down my registration and even offered to show him the photos but I wasn't going to tell him why I was there, not that it was secret I just didn't like his way of asking. Bearing in mind there's a consented housing development going in behind his house it wouldn't have been difficult to figure out and slightly more logical than me casing the joint in broad daylight!

You always did look a bit shifty.

haydenm

You'd really be in the sh1t if someone burgled his house tonight...

Today's addition to this list, people who moan and moan at work about rubbish every time you see them to the point where you ignore them when they have legitimate complaints

haydenm

Also, people who think Blink 182 are better than Sum41. Plain wrong.

Matthewfalle

HaydenM wrote:

You'd really be in the sh1t if someone burgled his house tonight...

Today's addition to this list, people who moan and moan at work about rubbish every time you see them to the point where you ignore them when they have legitimate complaints

People who have dossy, easy, over paid white collar 9-5 jobs (and are rubbish at them but keep on getting pay rises, bonuses and all the perks) who moan about how rubbish everything is and get all sulky when you tell them at least they're not working 12 hours a day down a pit/mine/factory or getting their legs blown off, all for a pittance and no job security.

Dose of reality needed.

Matthewfalle

HaydenM wrote:

Also, people who think Blink 182 are better than Sum41. Plain wrong.

Hmmm - but better than Billy Talent?

haydenm

Matthewfalle wrote:

HaydenM wrote:

Also, people who think Blink 182 are better than Sum41. Plain wrong.

Hmmm - but better than Billy Talent?

Definitely, if only for 'what's my age again'.

I'm having a great evening drinking and reliving some excellent music whilst 'working'