Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • the playing mantis
    the playing mantis Posts: 2,129
    i shall take my medicine gladly.

    another one: wayne grady's exclamation of 'whooshka' everytime jason day got the big stick out at augusta. most irritating, and almost drove me to the miserble commentary of ewen murray on sky, almost.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Unless it's already been mentioned in the previous 20 odd pages, I would like to add the likes of Nicholas Parsons and Michael Parkinson for plugging financial products that are well dodgy.
  • the playing mantis
    the playing mantis Posts: 2,129
    whats that funeral expense savers?
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    the playing mantis wrote:
    whats that funeral expense savers?

    yep, and wonga
  • jawooga
    jawooga Posts: 530
    Non-descriptive links that people post on forums,

    e.g.

    my favourite ganster film? this...
    my least favourite singer? this...

    I'm pleased that people can use a bit of mark up, but I'd rather read people's opinions without having to open yet another tab to find out what it is. A link can be welcome, but how about a bit more clarity:

    most iconic unplugged? Nirvana in New York (youtube link)
  • bushu
    bushu Posts: 711
    people..

    although i like this, you may be exempt :|
    jawooga wrote:
    Non-descriptive links that people post on forums,

    e.g.

    my favourite ganster film? this...
    my least favourite singer? this...

    I'm pleased that people can use a bit of mark up, but I'd rather read people's opinions without having to open yet another tab to find out what it is. A link can be welcome, but how about a bit more clarity:

    most iconic unplugged? Nirvana in New York (youtube link)
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  • jawooga
    jawooga Posts: 530
    Managers (at work) who decide that a new member of staff is a real go getter based on picking up rudimentary skills quickly, and the self fulfilling prophecy of the promotions that follow, and in turn the confirmation that this guy is indeed a go getter, due to their quick advancement through the ranks.
  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    jawooga wrote:
    Non-descriptive links that people post on forums,

    e.g.

    my favourite ganster film? this...
    my least favourite singer? this...

    I'm pleased that people can use a bit of mark up, but I'd rather read people's opinions without having to open yet another tab to find out what it is. A link can be welcome, but how about a bit more clarity:

    most iconic unplugged? Nirvana in New York (youtube link)
    This!
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    linky
  • CambsNewbie
    CambsNewbie Posts: 564
    People at the gym who spend ages at the water fountain filling up their two litre bottle of water to the brim, taking ages to do so and then emptying the fountain of all the chilled water. Then by the end of their work out they have barely drunk anything because they spent nearly all their workout on the bench press texting and not broken into a sweat.

    :evil:
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Biscuit tins where the lid is rectangular enough that it only fits one way round, but square enough that you can't tell which way round that is
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    Threads that go on and on forever without sight nor sound of a decal.
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  • roypsb
    roypsb Posts: 309
    Cycling commentators that go on and on and on about how great it is to see a rider from Eritrea win a bike race.

    We're all glad to see new young riders coming through but why is it so good that they're from Eritrea?
  • the playing mantis
    the playing mantis Posts: 2,129
    because its a country that if u have the misfortune of being born in, you usually dont have such great life prospects. plus its new ground in cycling
  • jawooga
    jawooga Posts: 530
    Forum posts (BBC sports comment are the worst), where people refer to each protagonist by their initials.

    I'm trying to follow a discussion on the Lions tour on the BBC website. With playing and coaching staff there must be over 40 people, and while I've followed rugby for 25 years, I've got no idea who is being referred to half the time, and certainly no appetite to work it out.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Nice post J, but I preferred TPM's. CN's was better too come to think of it, but at least FF hasn't been seen in this thread...
  • jawooga
    jawooga Posts: 530
    :D

    While I'm at it about the BBC sports comments section... with no ability to quote, and a silly character limit, people will refer to another post by number of author, which may be on another page all altogether.
    "#23 ... lol, yeah totally get what you mean"

    This doesn't add anything any value. Seemingly, it may be trivial. But it really annoys me.
  • Alain Quay
    Alain Quay Posts: 534
    Starburst wrappers. How many car crashes has it caused?
  • Darlophil
    Darlophil Posts: 16
    johnfinch wrote:
    Every time I go to the bank now they ask me how I am. They don't give care how I am and I'm quite happy with the situation as long as they handle my money well, so why do the banks make the staff ask?

    +1 to this.

    I like to get a little bit of fun out of this kind of situation but saying something like "Actually I'm not too good at the moment" or "I'm feeling a bit depressed and need someone to talk to, would you mind?", then wait for the paniced look on their face. This also works on telemarketers as a technique to stop calling you.
  • k-dog
    k-dog Posts: 1,652
    A new one for me - Checkout operators waiting for you to empty your trolley before starting scanning.

    What is this? I don't do a 'big shop' very often but had to last week and was reminded of this. I had a full trolley so started loading the conveyor belt. The person in front of me had gone but the checkout operator just sat there looking at me. Eventually I had filled the whole belt but they still didn't start scanning. I had to pile up things to get the last few items on and then they started scanning them. Ridiculous.

    Not the first time I've seen this either and I'm not sure what the point of it is. Just basic inefficiency.
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    k-dog wrote:
    A new one for me - Checkout operators waiting for you to empty your trolley before starting scanning.

    What is this? I don't do a 'big shop' very often but had to last week and was reminded of this. I had a full trolley so started loading the conveyor belt. The person in front of me had gone but the checkout operator just sat there looking at me. Eventually I had filled the whole belt but they still didn't start scanning. I had to pile up things to get the last few items on and then they started scanning them. Ridiculous.

    Not the first time I've seen this either and I'm not sure what the point of it is. Just basic inefficiency.

    See, I don't want them to start scanning until I'm ready to start filling my bags. That's probably what they've been told.
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  • Wunnunda
    Wunnunda Posts: 214
    Yes.
    If you ask them they will pack for you (most ask to be fair), but then you get a 17year old who doesn't want to be there putting your 5kg bag of King Edwards on top of your sliced loaf....since we're speaking of trivial things that irritate us...there's one from me!
  • k-dog
    k-dog Posts: 1,652
    DesWeller wrote:
    k-dog wrote:
    A new one for me - Checkout operators waiting for you to empty your trolley before starting scanning.

    What is this? I don't do a 'big shop' very often but had to last week and was reminded of this. I had a full trolley so started loading the conveyor belt. The person in front of me had gone but the checkout operator just sat there looking at me. Eventually I had filled the whole belt but they still didn't start scanning. I had to pile up things to get the last few items on and then they started scanning them. Ridiculous.

    Not the first time I've seen this either and I'm not sure what the point of it is. Just basic inefficiency.

    See, I don't want them to start scanning until I'm ready to start filling my bags. That's probably what they've been told.

    I can understand that but the other day I had some sort of bizarre standoff where I couldn't get the contents of the trolley on the belt but she wouldn't start scanning until they were all on. That doesn't make sense to me - if she had moved a few items along it would have been fine.
    I'm left handed, if that matters.
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    health and safety issues i reckon ...
  • marylogic
    marylogic Posts: 355
    If I decline the checkout assistant's kind offer to pack by bags for me (eggs on bottom of course) they then seem to see it as a challenge to try to scan things through as fast as is humanly possible to try to overwhelm me.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,430
    pack faster, while looking nonchalant

    btw if you put the veg/fruit other stuff that can't be scanned at the rear of the belt you can always beat them and finish packing with a superior air
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  • chrisaonabike
    chrisaonabike Posts: 1,914
    sungod wrote:
    pack faster, while looking nonchalant
    +1
    btw if you put the veg/fruit other stuff that can't be scanned at the rear of the belt you can always beat them and finish packing with a superior air
    Better still is put the stuff that needs to be weighed interspersed with the stuff that can be scanned quickly.

    That gives you several opportunities to look both smug and slightly pitying as they catch up.

    You should obviously have several bags on the go at a time, effortlessly depositing fridge things in one bag while other stuff goes in a different one. If you can chat to the checkout guy/girl at the same time it creates an air of all-powerful multitaskability that leaves them in no doubt of your general god-like coordination.
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  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    jawooga wrote:
    Forum posts (BBC sports comment are the worst), where people refer to each protagonist by their initials.

    I'm trying to follow a discussion on the Lions tour on the BBC website. With playing and coaching staff there must be over 40 people, and while I've followed rugby for 25 years, I've got no idea who is being referred to half the time, and certainly no appetite to work it out.

    Oddly, Amozon reviews for Pink Floyd albums - the reviewers often refer to band members by their initials. But two band members have the initials RW. Just lazy!
  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    marylogic wrote:
    If I decline the checkout assistant's kind offer to pack by bags for me (eggs on bottom of course) they then seem to see it as a challenge to try to scan things through as fast as is humanly possible to try to overwhelm me.

    So? Just pack as fast as you damn' well please. You're paying at the end of it, so you don't have to act like it's a smash and grab raid. If you're calmly and contentedly packing, they can't throw extra stuff at you until there's space.

    Edit: wahey! 600th post of this thread!
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Spicking of shops, the process that happens if you dare to try paying for a bottle of wine at the DIY checkouts. I get that it has to happen, but Morrisons require a sequence of inputs from the check-out character who's always tied up at the furthest till that would put the US nuclear code sequence to shame. Why not a deft wave of the card reader over the laser (like now) and a pop-up that says 'Old? - Y/N'. Job done.

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