Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

peat

Having grown up in a household where a Sunday roast was the accepted norm, i am still baffled if i pop into a supermarket at 1pm on a Sunday to find it absolutely rammed.

I do make an effort to get my shopping done during the week, the weekend is MY time. I'm not going to ruin it by going to a supermarket.

baldwin471

Ballysmate wrote:

Brakeless wrote:

Old people in the supermarket at weekends. You're retired, you can go anytime in the week when it's quiet, why go at the weekend when it's busy anyway and you're just making it busier.

I honestly don't know why anybody insists on visiting a supermarket on a weekend. It's a living death.
Most supermarkets have extended hours, and in some cases 24 hour opening. Go early in the morning, doesn't have to be in the middle of the night, 6ish is fine, and the place is empty. Get round in 10 mins.
I think a lot of it is because people have always shopped at weekends and it is a hard habit to break.

Or just get shopping delivered. Much easier.

Kieran_Burns

Well, if we're going to be on about Supermarkets:

People who leave their trolley perpendicular across the aisle. Or abandon them, or both.

I have on occasion moved the trolley out of the way politely. Sometimes when the devil on my shoulder wins, I will move the trolley less politely and leave it a couple of aisles away.

Could someone explain to me why people actually do leave a trolley in one aisle and then walk around with arms overloaded to bring the shopping BACK to the trolley and then walk with the trolley past the bloodyblastedsodding goods they've just loaded in there????

Peddle Up!

Well not this thread. It's Alive!

the playing mantis

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Could someone explain to me why people actually do leave a trolley in one aisle and then walk around with arms overloaded to bring the shopping BACK to the trolley and then walk with the trolley past the bloodyblastedsodding goods they've just loaded in there????

wel maybe they forgot to pick something up and dont want to lug a heavy trolley all the way back to a section they have already been to?

priory

people who say decimated when they mean devastated.
that is all.

johnny25

White bits off stuff on the dark carpet. Drives me nuts.

Oh, and cats.

ballysmate

priory wrote:

people who say decimated when they mean devastated.
that is all.

Yeah, one in ten people make that mistake.

Peddle Up!

Ballysmate wrote:

priory wrote:

people who say decimated when they mean devastated.
that is all.

Yeah, one in ten people make that mistake.

Just one of the things the Romans did for us.

ToeKnee

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Well, if we're going to be on about Supermarkets:

People who leave their trolley perpendicular across the aisle. Or abandon them, or both.

I have on occasion moved the trolley out of the way politely. Sometimes when the devil on my shoulder wins, I will move the trolley less politely and leave it a couple of aisles away.

Could someone explain to me why people actually do leave a trolley in one aisle and then walk around with arms overloaded to bring the shopping BACK to the trolley and then walk with the trolley past the bloodyblastedsodding goods they've just loaded in there????

Just pop a few items in their trolly and move on ... puts a smile on my face every time.

CambsNewbie

Charlie Stayt on BBC Breakfast. He will ask the person he is interviewing 3-5 questions at once, and often quite different questions. You can sometimes see the guest sitting there thinking which one do you want me to answer? It bugs the hell out of me and I can't believe it's not been picked up by his Bosses when they do reviews.

Peddle Up!

The price for ebooks being set as the same (mostly) as paper books. :evil:

sloppyschleckonds

ToeKnee wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Well, if we're going to be on about Supermarkets:

People who leave their trolley perpendicular across the aisle. Or abandon them, or both.

I have on occasion moved the trolley out of the way politely. Sometimes when the devil on my shoulder wins, I will move the trolley less politely and leave it a couple of aisles away.

Could someone explain to me why people actually do leave a trolley in one aisle and then walk around with arms overloaded to bring the shopping BACK to the trolley and then walk with the trolley past the bloodyblastedsodding goods they've just loaded in there????

Just pop a few items in their trolly and move on ... puts a smile on my face every time.

Hehe

option_click

The staff at Pret/Eat who, at busy lunchtimes, insist on standing in front of the stands to rearrange the produce, consequently blocking anyone from being able to pick up a fecking sarnie :evil:

lurcher lurking

This happens on radio a lot, though I've heard it said at my work from time to time:- at the end of a phone call, the person on one end says, "see you later". Really? You're speaking with someone probably 500 miles away and in no way part of that person's social circle and they say "see you later"..... even though the chances of them seeing you, or talking to you again, are, well less than one in a million.

No.

Stupid, inaccurate, over familiar, but, most importantly, WRONG!

Gets. On. My. Nerves.

fearby

The way Americans say the date as 25th May instead of 25th of May. This indefensible practice has now permeated the very fabric of our society and does my heed in.

Rob Somerset

CambsNewbie wrote:

Charlie Stayt on BBC Breakfast. He will ask the person he is interviewing 3-5 questions at once, and often quite different questions. You can sometimes see the guest sitting there thinking which one do you want me to answer? It bugs the hell out of me and I can't believe it's not been picked up by his Bosses when they do reviews.

Agree he must be the worst interviewer ever. He fires off several questions buried in some incoherent drivel. Then allows the guest to say about 3 words before interrupting them with HIS answers to his questions. Drives me mad, I'm glad to see someone else has noticed. Personally I'd just have Louise Minchin presenting, No guests or any thing else, that would keep me happy for the rest of the day

the playing mantis

greater anglia trains.

how can your deaprtue boards show a train as being expected in at 19.25, when im standing on the platform and its already 19.29, and theres no train in sight. likewise, when a train is due in at 6.01 and the sign boards are showing it as 'on time' even though its 6.05 already.

why are these train late anyway, why is the same train late everyday by a few minutes at stratford when its only just started its journey from liverpool street? if they cant be kept to timetable change the timetable to reflect what actually happens in reality if a train is consistently late by a few mins.

sure its only a few mins, but each way on a daily commute, 5 days a a week for your working life the minutes build up!

likewise greater anglia train drivers. some are ok. most though, when the train comes to an unschdeuled halt in the middle of nowhere, and precedes to stay there for 5-10 mins, dont say anything, dont apologise, dont keep the customers informed of whats going on (it would be nice to know even if the driver just says he doesnt know yet!) as passengers we obviuosly cannot do anythign about the situation but if you know the reason, or at least if you know the driver is trying to find out the reason, it makes you feel better about the situation rather than being kept in the dark.

a hateful train line. the only plus poitn when ruud hakot the bloke in charge of the whole operation offered me his seat in 1st class when i tutted my displeasure when standing there in 1st class as there were no seats left.

garyk72

Paying for something with a debit/ credit card and the stupid bloody person behind the till says " Pop you card in the machine"!! Then once you have "Pop in your pin number please"!! Yes I f#cking know how to use chip and pin by now you useless jobs worth!!

Really makes my dick itch!

garyk72

nickellis wrote:

Cornerblock wrote:

John Kline wrote:

Also, on the news when a reporter or a weather girl hands back to the studio and they say thank you very much INDEED - why indeed ?

Or when the reporter faces camera with the Houses Of Parliament in the background, like this

across the river, then finishes their report by saying " this is Andrew Neil (or whoever), Westminster"

Er, no you're not. You're in Lambeth you div!

Love this, never noticed it before, but it's true. South Bank Pri*k.

Haven't been able to stop laughing since seeing this post and the South bank prick comment!!!

Kieran_Burns

PIN number

It's a PIN you pillock.

graham.

Kieran_Burns wrote:

PIN number

It's a PIN you pillock.

Yeah! :evil:

focus123

garyk72 wrote:

Paying for something with a debit/ credit card and the stupid bloody person behind the till says " Pop you card in the machine"!! Then once you have "Pop in your pin number please"!! Yes I f#cking know how to use chip and pin by now you useless jobs worth!!

Really makes my dick itch!

Yes and they ask ' have you got a clubcard ', after they have asked the same question to the queue of customers in front, I have taken to ignoring this and just wait for the 'pop this card in' mantra!

the playing mantis

people who fail to move down the platform at tube stations. yes lets all sta ond where we joined the platform, that makes sense, it doesnt cause a aback up of people onto the platform or meant the section of the train by the doors is overly crowded when the far ends are empty

Monkeypump

the playing mantis wrote:

people who fail to move down the platform at tube stations. yes lets all sta ond where we joined the platform, that makes sense, it doesnt cause a aback up of people onto the platform or meant the section of the train by the doors is overly crowded when the far ends are empty

On the contrary, I love these people. It means that I can walk to either end of the platform and find plenty of space...

the playing mantis

not if your on the train already and they all swarm on at the set of doors your standing at.

Monkeypump

the playing mantis wrote:

not if your on the train already and they all swarm on at the set of doors your standing at.

Make sure you're standing at one of the ends then?

Kieran_Burns

the playing mantis wrote:

not if your on the train already and they all swarm on at the set of doors your standing at.

So you're complaining at people who are standing at the door that you were standing at when you got on the train?


My trivial thing that annoys me:
People who make no sense.

:P

the playing mantis

yep i was waiting for that, i didnt explain as i hoped the pedants wouldnt pick it up! now i will have to bore you with my explanation.

i get on the jubilee line at stratford. anyone who knows stratford, will know that you walk from an open end of 3 platforms as its the end of the line. there are no entrances to join the platform as such as its open plan. i get on the train somewhere in the middle usually as my office at the wharf is located eastwards of the station so the middle of the tube is most convenient for the escalators i need. i dont really judge exactly where i get on the tube in the mornings as im usually half asleep, so havent the cognitive ability at that time in the morning to quantify where i get on at stratford to where the entrances on the platforms are at advance stations.

im not stupid enough to get on at the 'near/rear of the train at stratford as thats the busiest at that point. even if a train is not leaving for a few minutes people still get on at that point even if there are no seats. madness. why not move down the train a bit?

likewise, the entrances at tube platforms are not at uniform points anyway, they varu from station to station, so my existing position on the train is irrelevant to this whole point really considering this lack of uniformity.

Brakeless

WH Smiths ' Would you like this chocolate for a pound ?' aaaaaggghhhh! If I wanted some *^king chocolate I'd have handed it to you with my magazine, take my money, give me my change f"ck off.