Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

Giraffoto

johnfinch wrote:

Giraffoto wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

And people who call McDonald's "Maccy D's". And French people who call it "McDo". Which is all of them, so basically the French.

Is "Maccas" OK? It's a habit I picked up in Australia and, to be honest, suits them better than their proper name

No, it's not OK. Don't do it again. And neither is calling Wilkinson's (the shop) "Wilko's".

You're safe there, I always use the full official title of "Mr Wilkinson's Emporium of Wonderment". I maintain, however, that a place where you don't call any of the food by its full name (two [ham]burgers, small [French] fries and a chocolate [milk]shake) really should go by a nickname.

finchy

Giraffoto wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

Giraffoto wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

And people who call McDonald's "Maccy D's". And French people who call it "McDo". Which is all of them, so basically the French.

Is "Maccas" OK? It's a habit I picked up in Australia and, to be honest, suits them better than their proper name

No, it's not OK. Don't do it again. And neither is calling Wilkinson's (the shop) "Wilko's".

You're safe there, I always use the full official title of "Mr Wilkinson's Emporium of Wonderment". I maintain, however, that a place where you don't call any of the food by its full name (two [ham]burgers, small [French] fries and a chocolate [milk]shake) really should go by a nickname.

The correct nickname is "CrapDonald's".

finchy

Daz555 wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

No, it's not OK. Don't do it again. And neither is calling Wilkinson's (the shop) "Wilko's".

This is how the company commonly refers to itself. http://www.wilko.com/

I don't think I've ever heard people use the full name to describe Wilko.

It's a trivial thing. A really, really trivial thing. It does, however, annoy me. Hence my posting in this thread.

seanoconn

johnfinch wrote:

Daz555 wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

No, it's not OK. Don't do it again. And neither is calling Wilkinson's (the shop) "Wilko's".

This is how the company commonly refers to itself. http://www.wilko.com/

I don't think I've ever heard people use the full name to describe Wilko.

It's a trivial thing. A really, really trivial thing. It does, however, annoy me. Hence my posting in this thread.

What if I call you Finchy?

ballysmate

johnfinch wrote:

Daz555 wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

No, it's not OK. Don't do it again. And neither is calling Wilkinson's (the shop) "Wilko's".

This is how the company commonly refers to itself. http://www.wilko.com/

I don't think I've ever heard people use the full name to describe Wilko.

It's a trivial thing. A really, really trivial thing. It does, however, annoy me. Hence my posting in this thread.

What about the Scouse penchant for shortening things or adding 'y'?
eg Leccy

finchy

seanoconn wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

Daz555 wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

No, it's not OK. Don't do it again. And neither is calling Wilkinson's (the shop) "Wilko's".

This is how the company commonly refers to itself. http://www.wilko.com/

I don't think I've ever heard people use the full name to describe Wilko.

It's a trivial thing. A really, really trivial thing. It does, however, annoy me. Hence my posting in this thread.

What if I call you Finchy?

That's OK, seeing as I am neither a shop nor a fast food outlet.

finchy

Ballysmate wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

Daz555 wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

No, it's not OK. Don't do it again. And neither is calling Wilkinson's (the shop) "Wilko's".

This is how the company commonly refers to itself. http://www.wilko.com/

I don't think I've ever heard people use the full name to describe Wilko.

It's a trivial thing. A really, really trivial thing. It does, however, annoy me. Hence my posting in this thread.

What about the Scouse penchant for shortening things or adding 'y'?
eg Leccy

It's better than them nicking my bike.

andi1363

Riders who spend 4 figures on a bike and kit but don't buy proper socks!

mfin

As hinted at above... people who have/call people nicknames which involve shortening it and bunging 'ey' on the end.

Or people in cycling clubs who give members nicknames that are supposed to be relevant to their riding. Tw@ts.

jawooga

Alain Quay wrote:

Any article in the Telegraph, where in the reader comments section, the most xenophobic
comments get the most 'recommends'. And they think they are custodians of all that is respectable.

Mr Guardian cliche, i.e. the guy who no matter what the current global crisis is, will always
blame it on the USA.

Very very true. I would like to add comments on the comments section of the likes of the Daily Mail where every comment suggest a conspiracy theory, or worse indicates that the reader has believed some sensational reporting with no sense to step back and think for themselves, question motives of the journalist etc.

lockstock666

People who do do not understand why an advanced air conditioning system should be left on AUTO and left at the one temperature.

If the temperature of the room drops, the unit heats it up, if the temperature rises, the unit it cools it down.

You do not set it to 18° COOL ONLY mode if you feel a little warm. This will then make the room too cold as the unit blasts ice cold air at maximum force trying to achieve the desired temperature.

Then you wonder why you feel too cold? Do not set the room temperature to 28° force it into HEAT ONLY mode, this makes people feel very uncomfortable and drowsy. I will then set the temperature at 22° and back to AUTO.

I go through this cycle two to three times per week. :roll: It's got to the point where I need to make a sign. People

Similarly people who require an oven to be 200°C that then set it to 250°C because it will "heat quicker". Er no! It won't. Thermostats don't work like that. They never have, they never will. :idea:

Giraffoto

LockStock666 wrote:

Similarly people who require an oven to be 200°C that then set it to 250°C because it will "heat quicker". Er no! It won't. Thermostats don't work like that. They never have, they never will. :idea:

Apologies in advance if this annoys you, but I'll set the oven to 220°C instead of 200 when I'm warming it up for a pizza, then set it to 200 and shove the pizza in. The loss of hot air when I open it usually cools it down to the required temperature (or less) and it comes back to 200 in lass than a minute.

But I agree about people who play with the controls, I used to work with a load of them including one woman who set it to freeze every time she had a hot flush, and I guy who played with the controls, opened the window and set a fan heater playing on his feet. Drag them all off to the salt mines in chains, I say

RDW

Web links that open a new window (or tab), rather than just opening the new page in the current window (or tab). If I'd wanted a new Window or tab I would have used middle-click or the right-click menu!

Javascript web links that don't work with middle-click or the right-click menu, so I can't open the target in a new Window or tab when I actually want to.

andyd77

people who say 'train station' rather than railway station

team47b

people who cook pizza at 200c, cazzo :roll:

takethehighroad

Not had a chance to read all 33 pages so apologies if these have been said.

- People who open the windows on a car with air con "to cool down"
- People who use their buggy as a battering ram, then people who don't give you space because they think you're on of those people
- "to" when you mean "too"
- The Daily Mail
- Cyclists who ride on the pavement, specifically, cyclists who RIDE PAST ME on the pavement when I'm waiting at traffic lights
- People who think that just because I'm talking to them on the phone about whatever problem they have means that I'm somehow subhuman
- People who went to a "big university" thinking they're somehow superhuman
- Michael Jackson's daughter Paris, specifically stories in the news about her
- The Kardashians, TOWIE, Made In Chelsea, but not Geordie Shore.
- Beliebers - I don't blame Justin Bieber, he's just trying to make a buck, I just abhor my Twitter feed being filled with #1YearOfBelieve and #PrayForBelieberRyan

Think that's it for now, god that was relaxing, I'm sure I'll think of more

takethehighroad

- Shaving. Hate it

graham.

Whenever I go to plug in a USB lead, it is always...ALWAYS the wrong way around! :evil:

takethehighroad

Jessie J's vocal acrobatics, and the way she sings along on The Voice.

God, this is like therapy

verylonglegs

Graham. wrote:

Whenever I go to plug in a USB lead, it is always...ALWAYS the wrong way around! :evil:

Plugging the lead in with the USB wire/connection symbol face up so you can see it usually means it's the right way up first time.

desweller

verylonglegs wrote:

Graham. wrote:

Whenever I go to plug in a USB lead, it is always...ALWAYS the wrong way around! :evil:

Plugging the lead in with the USB wire/connection symbol face up so you can see it usually means it's the right way up first time.

What about when the port is upright? What then eh, smartass?

markhewitt1978

DesWeller wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

Graham. wrote:

Whenever I go to plug in a USB lead, it is always...ALWAYS the wrong way around! :evil:

Plugging the lead in with the USB wire/connection symbol face up so you can see it usually means it's the right way up first time.

What about when the port is upright? What then eh, smartass?

Or when it's in the car connected to a cig lighter socket which can swivel around, and yes it's *always* the wrong way around

markhewitt1978

andyd77 wrote:

people who say 'train station' rather than railway station

People who complain about people saying "train station".

A bus station is where the buses are stationed.
A police station is where the police are stationed.
Railway station doesn't fit this pattern, so train station it is.

graham.

markhewitt1978 wrote:

DesWeller wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

Graham. wrote:

Whenever I go to plug in a USB lead, it is always...ALWAYS the wrong way around! :evil:

Plugging the lead in with the USB wire/connection symbol face up so you can see it usually means it's the right way up first time.

What about when the port is upright? What then eh, smartass?

Or when it's in the car connected to a cig lighter socket which can swivel around, and yes it's *always* the wrong way around

And what if it's somewhere dark...which it ALWAYS is!

AchillesLeftKnee

Apple's fetish for co-ordinate systems with the origin in the bottom bloody left with values of Y increasing as one goes "up" the screen.

Yep, sure, that's just like wot one would expect if drawing pretty graphs, but it's a monumental pain of the highest order when it comes to layout stuff out because for non-arabic types, the world goes from left to right, then top to bottom, so the world's anchored by the top left!

I really love having to work out the total vertical space required by content before being able to add that content to something, rather than just adding the content and extending the available space to fit. It means I have to write yet more pointless, stupid, boilerplate, and that makes me really happy.

*shoves square brackets up Steve Jobs' dead arse and lights them*

Giraffoto

team47b wrote:

people who cook pizza at 200c, cazzo :roll:

Now why doesn't that get blocked by the swear filter? For the education of all of us poor two-hundred-degree-pizza-cooking plebs, what's the right temperature (please answer in degrees, because I don't have a proper wood/charcoal fired pizza oven)

seanoconn

Giraffoto wrote:

team47b wrote:

people who cook pizza at 200c, cazzo :roll:

Now why doesn't that get blocked by the swear filter? For the education of all of us poor two-hundred-degree-pizza-cooking plebs, what's the right temperature (please answer in degrees, because I don't have a proper wood/charcoal fired pizza oven)

180! Figlio di troia :roll:

markhewitt1978

So *thats* why my pizzas come out tasting like crap; cheers (honestly)

Giraffoto

seanoconn wrote:

Giraffoto wrote:

team47b wrote:

people who cook pizza at 200c, cazzo :roll:

Now why doesn't that get blocked by the swear filter? For the education of all of us poor two-hundred-degree-pizza-cooking plebs, what's the right temperature (please answer in degrees, because I don't have a proper wood/charcoal fired pizza oven)

180! Figlio di troia :roll:

Grazie mille

markhewitt1978

Leaving my phone at home for the first time in - first time I can remember, must be 5 years!

On the day when I'm expecting quite a few calls, and my wife has ended up having to email me, argh!