Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

Anonymous

Veronese68 wrote:

People eating breakfast in the office. Get up earlier and have breakfast before you leave the house.

Is it ok if they cycle in?
I sometimes eat at work rather than cycle just after eating.
Also gives time to cool down etc.
No excuse if you got the tube in though!

Assume they eat it before their start time?

Maybe they are having two breakfasts 8)
Then salad for lunch with a Dominos meal deal (two medium pizzas, wedges, dip, and fully leaded 1.5L Coke) for tea just before falling asleep on the sofa

Anonymous

Cowsham wrote:

All the new toolboxes cos the manufacturers seem to think we need to see what's below the tote tray by giving us HALF A TOTE TRAY !!!!

Sounds very unbalanced (if I am visualizing that correctly)!

capt_slog

Veronese68 wrote:

People eating breakfast in the office. Get up earlier and have breakfast before you leave the house.

Sorry, I do this every day.

Get up, get ready for work and leave at 7:30,
get to work at around 8,
have breakfast,
work starts at 8:30.
Journey is 13 miles and takes around 30 mins at that time

I could get up even earlier than I do now,
have breakfast
and then join the long queue to drive in to get to work on time (or 15 to 30 minutes late),
which is why I stopped doing it.

Tashman

Pinno wrote:

Tashman wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Having ...me.

Surely you posted this in the wrong topic -- should this not be in the ' Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up topic '

It was just a response to 'The hundredth idiots'' mini rant but I agree nonetheless. Perhaps he was stuck on the A27 (again) and had to endure looking at signs for Polegate - that place is enough to make anyone a bit ill.

That's where my parents live

I had a GF from there. I once got on the train from Eastbourne to Polegate one Christmas. Can't remember why I didn't cycle. Some party goers were smoking funny stuff and drinking tinnies. I may have inhaled and had a tin. When I got off the train, there were these lights in the window of the DIY store, (the other side of the railway lines towards the Horse and Groom). I got mesmerised by the lights. Took a bit of explaining why I was late.

haydenm

Capt Slog wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

People eating breakfast in the office. Get up earlier and have breakfast before you leave the house.

Sorry, I do this every day.

Get up, get ready for work and leave at 7:30,
get to work at around 8,
have breakfast,
work starts at 8:30.
Journey is 13 miles and takes around 30 mins at that time

I could get up even earlier than I do now,
have breakfast
and then join the long queue to drive in to get to work on time (or 15 to 30 minutes late),
which is why I stopped doing it.

Work starts at 8 for me, I often eat breakfast in work during work hours. I'm not going to get up earlier if I can sit in my office and get paid for it...

Pross

People sticking their arms out of car windows. Not just resting their arm on the open window but dangling it down the door, having a hand on the roof or even sticking it out straight as if signalling a turn. It's something I've noticed quite a lot in the last few days.

dinyull

We buy any car adverts which totally contradict themselves.

One ad says: sell your car to us and with the cash you'll be able to get a better deal on your new car.

Second ad: I value my time more than getting a few extra quid selling my car.

So, you'll get a better deal on your new car but be out of pocket selling the old one.

Tashman

Dinyull wrote:

We buy any car adverts which totally contradict themselves.

One ad says: sell your car to us and with the cash you'll be able to get a better deal on your new car.

Second ad: I value my time more than getting a few extra quid selling my car.

So, you'll get a better deal on your new car but be out of pocket selling the old one.

The principal they explain badly is that as a cash buyer for the new car you should get a better deal. It completely ignores the fact that you might still require finance for the balance. At least they do acknowledge that their whole concept is based on offering below market rate for ease of transaction though.

dinyull

I get it.

It's just your very unlikely to make back the money you loose selling the car quickly by getting a better deal. You might "break even" if your very lucky, but I doubt it.

But then, yes, it's more like a pay day lender kind of car buyer.

pinno

I got a valuation on my old Saab and We buy any car offered £450 for it. It was an SE spec, leather interior in A1 condition - refurbed alloys, the lot.
I got a trade in value of £1650 when I part x'd it for my current Merc. That was Parker's maximum trade in value for a car of that age and spec. I had a friend with a Ford Fiesta. She texted me excitedly to say We buy any car are offering £575 for it. I said no, that car is clean as a whistle and really low mileage. I asked her to have a look at similar Fiestas on autotrader and get an idea of what she could get for it selling it privately (£1500 to £1950). Fiat (of all people) gave her considerably more than that on a trade in.

They are f*cking rip off merchants.

Tashman

Pinno wrote:

I got a valuation on my old Saab and We buy any car offered £450 for it. It was an SE spec, leather interior in A1 condition - refurbed alloys, the lot.
I got a trade in value of £1650 when I part x'd it for my current Merc. That was Parker's maximum trade in value for a car of that age and spec. I had a friend with a Ford Fiesta. She texted me excitedly to say We buy any car are offering £575 for it. I said no, that car is clean as a whistle and really low mileage. I asked her to have a look at similar Fiestas on autotrader and get an idea of what she could get for it selling it privately (£1500 to £1950). Fiat (of all people) gave her considerably more than that on a trade in.

They are f*cking rip off merchants.

Yeah, last time I looked they offered me £55 for my Citroen Xsara Picasso. Admittedly it's no wonder car. High mileage and well lived in, but it's scrap value is greater than that!

Ben6899

Adults who cannot sit still for an hour. We're delayed by about 30mins, here on the runway at Gatwick.

At T-minus 15mins, Pilot: "feel free to stretch legs, but be ready for me switching back on the seatbelt signs if we get an earlier slot".

Every f***er up. It's like being on a school fuck1ng trip.

dinyull

People unbuttoning their seatbelt and getting their luggage from storage seconds after the plane has landed.

In all of my years flying there has always been a good 5/10 minute wait for the steps to arrive and be "fitted" so why the f*cking rush.

crispybug2

Dinyull wrote:

People unbuttoning their seatbelt and getting their luggage from storage seconds after the plane has landed.

In all of my years flying there has always been a good 5/10 minute wait for the steps to arrive and be "fitted" so why the f*cking rush.

Also, accompanying the sound of seat belts being loosened is the sound of a a hundred mobile phones being switched on and the accompanying messages tones with the welcome to wherever they are messages.

Gets right on my tits!!

veronese68

Dinyull wrote:

People unbuttoning their seatbelt and getting their luggage from storage seconds after the plane has landed.

In all of my years flying there has always been a good 5/10 minute wait for the steps to arrive and be "fitted" so why the f*cking rush.

As Ben said, it's like a school trip. At Milan you sit on the plane until almost everyone else is gone. They've all pushed and rushed to get off the plane and get onto a bus. You then get your bag and leisurely stroll to the bus getting on as one of the last. Then, when the bus gets to the terminal guess who is nearest the door and first one off?

Pross

Veronese68 wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

People unbuttoning their seatbelt and getting their luggage from storage seconds after the plane has landed.

In all of my years flying there has always been a good 5/10 minute wait for the steps to arrive and be "fitted" so why the f*cking rush.

As Ben said, it's like a school trip. At Milan you sit on the plane until almost everyone else is gone. They've all pushed and rushed to get off the plane and get onto a bus. You then get your bag and leisurely stroll to the bus getting on as one of the last. Then, when the bus gets to the terminal guess who is nearest the door and first one off?

Shush, don't go giving that tactic to everyone!

The other airport one I hate is when they call people based on their row to the gate and everyone goes forward. You've got a seat allocated and the plane won't be leaving until everyone has boarded so why rush to sit 10 minutes extra on the plane and probably have to move to allow someone else into their seat?

dinyull

Pross wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

People unbuttoning their seatbelt and getting their luggage from storage seconds after the plane has landed.

In all of my years flying there has always been a good 5/10 minute wait for the steps to arrive and be "fitted" so why the f*cking rush.

As Ben said, it's like a school trip. At Milan you sit on the plane until almost everyone else is gone. They've all pushed and rushed to get off the plane and get onto a bus. You then get your bag and leisurely stroll to the bus getting on as one of the last. Then, when the bus gets to the terminal guess who is nearest the door and first one off?

Shush, don't go giving that tactic to everyone!

The other airport one I hate is when they call people based on their row to the gate and everyone goes forward. You've got a seat allocated and the plane won't be leaving until everyone has boarded so why rush to sit 10 minutes extra on the plane and probably have to move to allow someone else into their seat?

Another pet hate. The plane will leave bang on time 90% of the time, and the 10% will NEVER be because someone didn't join the queue early enough.

meursault

Dinyull wrote:

Pross wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

People unbuttoning their seatbelt and getting their luggage from storage seconds after the plane has landed.

In all of my years flying there has always been a good 5/10 minute wait for the steps to arrive and be "fitted" so why the f*cking rush.

As Ben said, it's like a school trip. At Milan you sit on the plane until almost everyone else is gone. They've all pushed and rushed to get off the plane and get onto a bus. You then get your bag and leisurely stroll to the bus getting on as one of the last. Then, when the bus gets to the terminal guess who is nearest the door and first one off?

Shush, don't go giving that tactic to everyone!

The other airport one I hate is when they call people based on their row to the gate and everyone goes forward. You've got a seat allocated and the plane won't be leaving until everyone has boarded so why rush to sit 10 minutes extra on the plane and probably have to move to allow someone else into their seat?

Another pet hate. The plane will leave bang on time 90% of the time, and the 10% will NEVER be because someone didn't join the queue early enough.

Agree, I've also never got this. They stand in the aisle, looking directly into the persons face they are next to in that awkward way. If we ever need to explain to aliens what is wrong with humans, take them to an airport.

dinyull

People unable to accept responsibility.

At lunch, one of my colleagues is telling everyone about how he's just wrote his car off.

Going round a tight bend @ 40mph his car spun 180 onto the opposite side of the road and someone coming the other way ploughed into the back of him.

To me that would seem pretty night and day that it is no way on earth the other person's fault....but no, this guy is outraged that the other bloke has contacted a solicitor to sort out his claim and said "if he wasn't going so fast he wouldn't have hit me".

If you hadn't spun your can and ended up in the opposite lane he probably wouldn't have hit you either, you absolute weapon.

kingstongraham

Pross wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

People unbuttoning their seatbelt and getting their luggage from storage seconds after the plane has landed.

In all of my years flying there has always been a good 5/10 minute wait for the steps to arrive and be "fitted" so why the f*cking rush.

As Ben said, it's like a school trip. At Milan you sit on the plane until almost everyone else is gone. They've all pushed and rushed to get off the plane and get onto a bus. You then get your bag and leisurely stroll to the bus getting on as one of the last. Then, when the bus gets to the terminal guess who is nearest the door and first one off?

Shush, don't go giving that tactic to everyone!

The other airport one I hate is when they call people based on their row to the gate and everyone goes forward. You've got a seat allocated and the plane won't be leaving until everyone has boarded so why rush to sit 10 minutes extra on the plane and probably have to move to allow someone else into their seat?

Because they encourage people to take everything as hand luggage, when there's not enough space for all the hand luggage.

pinno

Flying.

BelgianBeerGeek

Pinno wrote:

Flying.

+1. Saw a history programme the other day about air travel. Remember when it was glamorous, and cool. Chaps in hats, clinking martinis, smiling cabin crew. Now it is hell on earth. Will be visiting a mate in Portugal in September, and I am considering driving there (I am about a 15 minute drive from Portsmouth though). The thought of getting on a plane fills me with despair.
Still, if the weather stays like this, you can poke going abroad :P

pinno

In my short lifetime, it's gone from complementary drinks, food (even on short haul flights) and great service. Now it's packed in like sardines, poor customer service, over-priced trolley goods and it's no better than getting on the National Express. This has been exacerbated by the fact that we have children. The number of times we have been jostled and pushed around by people in queues, those faffing around with overhead baggage and obstreperous cabin crew complaining about my two wandering up the isle occasionally because they want to say hello to everybody.

I want to get a mobile home so we can travel without the stress and amble on down to the Alps, taking a few camp sites on the way.
To this day, it's always a pleasure to arrive on the continent. I'll never tire of that. Feels like travelling when you arrive by ferry.
Vive La France!

BelgianBeerGeek

Annoying - the Channel Tunnel. I have used it because I got a deal. And it's crap. And full of crap - the last time all the toilets were out of order, which was distressing for all. Especially those with kids who'd just spent 10 hours on the autoroute. The least they could do is sort out the bogs. Ferries have their downsides (coaches full of excitable kids) but you cannot beat rolling down that ramp and being on the continent.

dinyull

The airports are a complete and utter joke too.

They have you trapped in departures for an hours with almost nothing to do apart from go for a pint, coffee, bite to eat etc except they all charge an arm and a leg. £5 for a pint of beer......in north east England is daylight robbery. The plane is no better.

Few years back got delayed 5 hours for a flight to Paris. Got 1 poxy voucher for some food that basically stretched to a bag of crisps and a bottle of water.

Over the barrel and by the danglies. F*cking detest the places.

cowsham

Carbonator wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

All the new toolboxes cos the manufacturers seem to think we need to see what's below the tote tray by giving us HALF A TOTE TRAY !!!!

Sounds very unbalanced (if I am visualizing that correctly)!

This is what I mean

http://www.diy.com/departments/stanley- ... 543_BQ.prd

cornerblock

Those automatic soap, water and hand drying contraptions you find in some loos. All hidden from view and poorly marked that you can never find the blooming drying function and you have to move your hands along and back, up and down, in and out, so you end up looking like some demented pianist. Grrr.

Frank Wilson

People on here when telling a bike related story who feel compelled to tell you the make and type of each component whether it is relevant to the post or not.

Sometimes I feel the whole post is just a vehicle to let the rest of us know that such and such a person has XYZ pedal set or whatever and he /she just wants to try and impress the rest of the readership.

Pross

Cornerblock wrote:

Those automatic soap, water and hand drying contraptions you find in some loos. All hidden from view and poorly marked that you can never find the blooming drying function and you have to move your hands along and back, up and down, in and out, so you end up looking like some demented pianist. Grrr.

And then the dryer blows all the soapy water back out of the sink and over your hands. They never seem hygienic to me and the dryer never dries your hands anyway.

the_hundredth_idiot

Pinno wrote:

Flying.

I'm not sure I'd count that as a trivial thing.

I absolutely @£$%ing hate flying. It's a miserable experience these days, and I don't even sink to the depths of Ryanair.

I much prefer loading the car, and crossing the Channel on a ferry (tunnel a second best) then driving. It's quite an adventure in the car with the whole family - stopping overnight at some cheap hotel in the middle of nowhere before arriving at the resort.

My wife has persuaded me to fly to Marseille this year where we will hire a car before heading along the coast to the place we've rented. I would much rather have driven - next year, I hope to get my way (for a change).