Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    People who can't differentiate between "advice" and "advise".
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,574
    Despite making a point of checking regularly that the cable of my hedge trimmer was out of the way, I managed to neatly sever said cable with said trimmer.

    Thankfully, I had all but finished the hedge, and the RCD worked perfectly. Now have to work out how to reconnect the cable.
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  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    rjsterry wrote:
    Despite making a point of checking regularly that the cable of my hedge trimmer was out of the way, I managed to neatly sever said cable with said trimmer.

    Thankfully, I had all but finished the hedge, and the RCD worked perfectly. Now have to work out how to reconnect the cable.

    Could've been more than trivial had the RCD not worked :shock:

    My trimmer's too sh!t to cut through the cable.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,183
    Cowsham wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    People who don't like the way the English language has developed outsie the UK.

    Developed -- outsie ? Might be French that's outside the uk
    Personally I get irritated by people who can't abide that the language evolves at all, and who constantly refer back to some snapshot of modern English usage as it was taught to them in the 1960s and assert that everything else is "wrong".
  • Thick Mike
    Thick Mike Posts: 337
    Discusting.
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    The f*ckwit sitting next to me in the cinema eating a McDonald's breakfast off a polystyrene plate with a plastic knife and fork!
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Shortfall wrote:
    Professional football. The skill of modern players is undeniable but the game is ruined by endemic fouling, abuse of officials, and too much money. We are also saturated with coverage of this festival of cheating on TV and radio. It's got it's own dedicated channels and yet it finds it's way into every news bulletin, every local news bulletin and then every sports round up at the end of every news bulletin. F*ck off football some of us don't care!!

    I was just coming to make exactly the same whinge about football.

    It's not the sport exactly - I'll happily watch the odd game of pretty much any sport from time to time and enjoy it - it's the way it is so completely pervasive.

    I resent the fact that I am expected to have some knowledge about it, and when I don't, people look at you like you have 2 heads. Particularly taxi drivers and barbers.

    "did you watch the match last night, was good wasn't it"

    "there was a match last night?"

    ".........."

    I don't sit down and start asking questions about the Tour of Romandie because I know that other people probably don't care.

    Even asking if I followed football first would be ok - it's this assumption that I must be obsessed with football because I am male and British, and then when I don't have anything to say, behaving as if I've insulted their mother. Why's it my fault - you brought it up!
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,183
    Cheaty ex-pros opining that "if he was touched he has a right to go down" and other such willful claptrap to tacitly excuse their own lifetimes of cheating. Irritating.

    Football is a contact sport, not dominoes.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,332
    The constant stream of Evans Cycles, CRC, Wiggle, Ribble deals and bargains emails. No I don't want a new bike, or new kit or this seasons latest whatever.
    But by the same token, I can't Spam them.
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  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    Cowsham wrote:
    awavey wrote:
    its freezing cold and cycling in sleet and hail at this time of year isnt much fun, but what I hadnt accounted for whilst trying to dry my kit out this morning, theyve replaced the hand dryers in the loos from the hot air hand dryers, which were great for drying out slightly damp kit, to the noisy just blow air ones...which dont.

    Here's the solution -- tell them the new dryers promote bacteria like Legionaries disease because the extreme force of the air makes water off your hands rebound up into the dryer then as the blower accelerates air for the next victim the bacteria from the previous client gets thrust into the hands of the user. -- I opened a faulty one and found all this gunge on the inside of the machine. -- pull the old HEALTH AND SAFETY card out.

    :shock: yikes I dont think I want to use them again ever.
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    awavey wrote:
    Cowsham wrote:
    awavey wrote:
    its freezing cold and cycling in sleet and hail at this time of year isnt much fun, but what I hadnt accounted for whilst trying to dry my kit out this morning, theyve replaced the hand dryers in the loos from the hot air hand dryers, which were great for drying out slightly damp kit, to the noisy just blow air ones...which dont.

    Here's the solution -- tell them the new dryers promote bacteria like Legionaries disease because the extreme force of the air makes water off your hands rebound up into the dryer then as the blower accelerates air for the next victim the bacteria from the previous client gets thrust into the hands of the user. -- I opened a faulty one and found all this gunge on the inside of the machine. -- pull the old HEALTH AND SAFETY card out.

    :shock: yikes I dont think I want to use them again ever.

    After washing your hands get yourself a bit of toilet tissue from the cubical, use that to dry your hands, but then keep it in the palm of your hand and use it again to open the door of the toilet thus avoiding any contact with a someone else's PISH! Which leads to another thing to be annoyed about
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    Sitting in the workplace toilet cubical squeezing one out -- you hear someone arriving, having a slash then leaving without washing their hands. You sit there thinking "Dave you dirty barsteward."
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    bobmcstuff wrote:

    Even asking if I followed football first would be ok - it's this assumption that I must be obsessed with football because I am male and British, and then when I don't have anything to say, behaving as if I've insulted their mother. Why's it my fault - you brought it up!

    +1
    Was in a pub one night and a chap tried to engage me in conversation about it, "do you follow football?"

    " no, sorry, I don't"

    "what about local teamA vs local teamB then, do you reckon that localteamA will win?"

    "Honestly, I have NO interest in it, I didn't even know they were in the same league" (and cared even less)

    :mrgreen:


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    I have a slight Liverpool accent, it used to be a lot stronger 30 years ago. Of course, that means I MUST love football. Monday mornings in work were always the same "Eh dodgy, your lot got battered on Saturday eh? hahahaha"

    Me "battered, by who, how, what?"
    Them "the football!"
    Me "there was football?"

    Idiots. I couldn't care less.

    Edit. I should add that I was away from home in the forces at the time.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    The train. Specifically the one from manchester to London.

    I've got it maybe 5 times this year and right now I am sitting here having not moved for 15 minutes since the train in front apparently hit something and they need to inspect apparently every metre of track.

    The time before there was a fire at Euston and it took me 2 hours extra to get to London.

    Then the time before that some twat inconsiderately had a heart attack on the train in front and I got delayed by 90 minutes.

    It's just too unreliable to use. I think I'd be better off just driving to somewhere on Zone 4.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,183
    dodgy wrote:
    I have a slight Liverpool accent, it used to be a lot stronger 30 years ago. Of course, that means I MUST love football. Monday mornings in work were always the same "Eh dodgy, your lot got battered on Saturday eh? hahahaha"

    Me "battered, by who, how, what?"
    Them "the football!"
    Me "there was football?"

    Idiots. I couldn't care less.

    Edit. I should add that I was away from home in the forces at the time.
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  • hantstooflat
    hantstooflat Posts: 122
    The latest trend on social media for taking photos of your newish baby with little cards announcing how old they are (months and/or weeks) or a particular first (e.g. I slept through the night for the first time).

    I saw my fiancee's friend had posted a picture with a card of theirs saying "Today I am 3 weeks old"! Three weeks? Is this a significant age now that needs announcing? The baby couldn't even hold the little card.
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  • bbrap
    bbrap Posts: 610
    When commentators on TV talk about "the community", normally after some horrendous act has been perpetrated on or by said community. Just spell it out, we won't be shocked or disturbed by knowing who the victims/perpetrators are.
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  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    type:epyt wrote:
    Boxing ... In a world where calling someone names is a criminal offence, why is 2 adults punching the crap out of each other acceptable ... oh yeah, money ...

    (add every other hand to hand combat sport to the list, except WWE, 'cause, y'know)

    As said before, consent. There is a lot more to boxing than violence. And also, sport IS different to everyday life and obviously has to remain that way. I would probably be arrested for rugby tackling people in the street as well...

    To add to the list:
    -People who walk the wrong was around Ikea
    -Ikea
    -People
  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    Also, people who supply any sort of cream other than clotted cream with a scone and jam. I went to a place near York last year that gave me whipped cream, not sure if it was from a can or not but either way it was a travesty. Bloody heathens
  • davesnothere
    davesnothere Posts: 620
    Waking up at 5:40 this morning and convincing myself it was the weekend, turning over to go back to sleep only to hear my alarm go off 5 mins later
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  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    HaydenM wrote:
    Also, people who supply any sort of cream other than clotted cream with a scone and jam. I went to a place near York last year that gave me whipped cream, not sure if it was from a can or not but either way it was a travesty. Bloody heathens

    I discovered 2 scones in the freezer this weekend ..... but only had double cream. "How bad can it be" I thought as I whipped the cream ...... it just wasn't right ... I kind of ruined the scone, I should have gone up the road and bought clotted

    pffft, a waste of 400kcal !
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    HaydenM wrote:
    To add to the list:
    -People who walk the wrong was around Ikea
    -Ikea
    -People
    Being told which way to walk around IKEA! I'm an adult FFS get out of my way sheeples
  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    Tashman wrote:
    HaydenM wrote:
    To add to the list:
    -People who walk the wrong was around Ikea
    -Ikea
    -People
    Being told which way to walk around IKEA! I'm an adult FFS get out of my way sheeples

    You have made me aware that people may walk the wrong way to stick it to the IKEA 'man' rather than just being dithering morons, in which case I approve

    Apparently I 'had' to go there twice this weekend, I'm busy trying to power walk to the things we actually went there to buy in an effort to stop the GF fannying about for three hours and then there are people dawdling around in my way! Every slight hold up and we spend 20 minutes looking at stupid glass jars or p1ss scented candles. My frustration was very real as I had a very lovely new toy from a different shop in the back of the car which I was desperate to get home...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,332
    HaydenM wrote:
    ...-People who walk the wrong was around Ikea...

    Fight. fight, fight...

    Who gonna win - Tashman or HaydenM?
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  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    Pinno wrote:
    HaydenM wrote:
    ...-People who walk the wrong was around Ikea...

    Fight. fight, fight...

    Who gonna win - Tashman or HaydenM?
    I'm a lover not a fighter. My size tends to mean people will move out of the way if they see me coming tho. This cycling lark was supposed to be doing something about that! :lol:
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    HaydenM wrote:
    Tashman wrote:
    HaydenM wrote:
    To add to the list:
    -People who walk the wrong was around Ikea
    -Ikea
    -People
    Being told which way to walk around IKEA! I'm an adult FFS get out of my way sheeples

    You have made me aware that people may walk the wrong way to stick it to the IKEA 'man' rather than just being dithering morons, in which case I approve

    Apparently I 'had' to go there twice this weekend, I'm busy trying to power walk to the things we actually went there to buy in an effort to stop the GF fannying about for three hours and then there are people dawdling around in my way! Every slight hold up and we spend 20 minutes looking at stupid glass jars or p1ss scented candles. My frustration was very real as I had a very lovely new toy from a different shop in the back of the car which I was desperate to get home...
    I feel your pain, it's a guaranteed £100 shop every time I get taken there and we always end up with firkin tea-lights!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,332
    Tashman wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    HaydenM wrote:
    ...-People who walk the wrong was around Ikea...

    Fight. fight, fight...

    Who gonna win - Tashman or HaydenM?
    ...My size...

    My money's on Tashman.
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    You have to remember Swedish culture - no-one is going to stop you from walking in whichever direction you choose, it's just that you become increasingly aware of the subtle social pressure to conform, caused by the knowledge that although no-one will say a word, they all think you're an ar5ehole.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    bompington wrote:
    You have to remember Swedish culture - no-one is going to stop you from walking in whichever direction you choose, it's just that you become increasingly aware of the subtle social pressure to conform, caused by the knowledge that although no-one will say a word, they all think you're an ar5ehole.
    That has a very British angle to it too

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