Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

arran77

Ben6899 wrote:

the playing mantis wrote:

another example, if you are in a secluded spot, be it beach carpark, forest car park, or some parking area in the countryside at some beauty spot you park out of the way away from other cars, in a nice quiet secluded spot (be it for whatever reason! including adult ones and non adult, such as parking in the corner of a clifftop cornish beach carpark that is a field most of the year, and getting everyone out the car and putting a rug on the grass to have a picnic before decending the many steps to the beach), and some bell end pulls up right next to you 5 minutes later, despite them having plenty of other spots, and (in the non adult cornish beach car park scenario) despite them seeing you and your frineds/family sitting on the grass beside your car in the out of the way spot you chose.

Fuck1ing hell, this! +1000

Slightly different, but a few weeks ago me and Miss6899 went to Kenwood House for their re-openining after all the work that's been carried out. There were craft stalls, food tents, live music etc. Very nice.

There was also a massive expanse of grass (aka the grounds) [<-- this bit is pertinent to the story so stick with it] as there would be if you went today and as there was if you visitied prior to the re-opening,

So why did the four late teens/early 20-somethings decide to sit RIGHT NEXT TO US as we're having a chat and enjoying our Fentiman's lemonade and the jazz band? Seriously one of the lads may as well have sat on my fuck1ng knee, the ignorant little fuck1ng turd.

And I told him as much.

He probably thought I'm just a grumpy old tw@t, but I found it very cathartic.

Probably fancied your missus :P

Seriously though people follow others much like some animals do, there's a need deep ingrained in our psyche to be with our own kind, to feel safe in numbers and not feel isolated.

It is feckin annoying though I agree, I love my own personal space :roll:

Peddle Up!

The Passport Office still using photocopiers from 1972. "Black ink only". In 2013? Really? :?

winnersh cyclist

Drivers who cant figure out what shade of Green they should start moving at traffic lights

Or the woman who wouldnt keep moving in traffic on the Reading IDR yesterday as she was moving her head fully to talk to her passenger letting queue jumpers in

markhewitt1978

This! At Wallington - a National Trust property, very popular with families. Sat on the large grassy area (think football pitch size), and most people are clustered towards the top end near the cafe. All fine. This meant that the bottom area of the grass was all but empty. So why do they insist on playing football / other ball games right in amongst people having picnics. Twice my wife had to act fast to stop a ball which was headed at speed right towards our 2 year old daughter.

markhewitt1978

People who shout in the street, we live in a terraced street and you can guarantee every Saturday and Sunday morning you'll be woken up at some point during the night with someone shouting, be it an argument, or just spending 10 minutes saying goodnight, presumably with the other person half a mile away.

But anyway last week we were woken up again but this time it was different, the shouting started again, and then
"Why don't you just **** off!". "I get up at 6am every morning to go to work" "And every ****ing night you lot are screaming outside at all hours", "It was 3am last night, 2am the night before, why don't you just ***** off!!".

Well said

diamonddog

Hypocrits! :roll:

bushpixy

people who park in the parent/baby spaces when a) they don't have a baby b) have a 6 year old with them or c) there are no disabled spaces free so this is the next best thing despite not actually having a blue badge. They're just overweight and won't walk an extra 20 metres to the store.

people who put their rear fog light on when they approach fog when I'm right behind them. They don't need to increase their visibility. I can see them lol. All they're doing is dazzling me now.

People who are quite happy to use flat out fastest setting possible on their wipers during rain, yet don't turn on their lights! especially silver/grey cars which are even harder to see.

obese people

toilet paper on the holder backwards (already covered on page 1)

overweight people who give out diet/nutrition advice to me, someone with a BMI of 21!

photos of people holding glasses of wine on social media sites

k-dog

bushpixy wrote:

photos of people holding glasses of wine on social media sites

Yes, that's a good one. Worse is them holding the bottle - as if I'm supposed to be impressed.

Kieran_Burns

Oooh God I just remembered one thanks to bushpixy

Sitting in a car with someone who doesn't turn off their wipers when the rain has stopped.

Oh Holy Hell. I think it should be deemed self defense if you murder these people to death, but only if you poke them repeatedly with the offending wipers while shouting "IT'S NOT F*CKING RAINING ANYMORE YOU DEAF TW*T!!!"

Seriously - how much noise do these things generate that somehow get completely ignored by the utter mong in the driver's seat?

arran77

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Oooh God I just remembered one thanks to bushpixy

Sitting in a car with someone who doesn't turn off their wipers when the rain has stopped.

Oh Holy Hell. I think it should be deemed self defense if you murder these people to death, but only if you poke them repeatedly with the offending wipers while shouting "IT'S NOT F*CKING RAINING ANYMORE YOU DEAF TW*T!!!"

Seriously - how much noise do these things generate that somehow get completely ignored by the utter mong in the driver's seat?

Generally that's the outcome of murder :P

CambsNewbie

Traffic lights on red - why is it no matter how quickly/slowly you approach them, they always wait until you've unclipped before turning green.

verylonglegs

Glitter on greetings cards. That sh1t gets everywhere, should be made illegal really. Or only sent to people you really hate. Which makes me want to check who's sent me one of those cards....

FatTed

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Oooh God I just remembered one thanks to bushpixy

Sitting in a car with someone who doesn't turn off their wipers when the rain has stopped.

Oh Holy Hell. I think it should be deemed self defense if you murder these people to death, but only if you poke them repeatedly with the offending wipers while shouting "IT'S NOT F*CKING RAINING ANYMORE YOU DEAF TW*T!!!"

Seriously - how much noise do these things generate that somehow get completely ignored by the utter mong in the driver's seat?

I was cycling behind a "Gospel Van" with the rear wiper on, It was a sunny day, no rain for at least 5 hours.

CHRISNOIR

Pictures of people's bloody kids in their new school uniform clogging up my Facebook feed.

Also, maybe it's just become I'm from Rochdale (the shallow end of the gene pool), why have so many of these kids got massive foreheads?

Giraffoto

CHRISNOIR wrote:

why have so many of these kids got massive foreheads?

Cr@ppy phone cameras with fairly wide angle lenses, parent holding the phone about a foot away from the sprog and telling them to look up into the camera. Try it on yourself - you'll look like one of the Roswell aliens

CHRISNOIR

Giraffoto wrote:

CHRISNOIR wrote:

why have so many of these kids got massive foreheads?

Cr@ppy phone cameras with fairly wide angle lenses, parent holding the phone about a foot away from the sprog and telling them to look up into the camera. Try it on yourself - you'll look like one of the Roswell aliens

That's a relief. I'm due to be meeting some old mates this weekend so it's nice that I don't have to lie about their kid's appearance ("Woah, he's got a forehead like a basketball!").

CanalRider

Incorrectly filling the dishwasher. Putting the forks in prongs downwards to they drop through the container and stop the spray arm rotating.

Not indicating at roundabouts.

Daughters endless pursuit of building the worlds highest tea bag mountain.

+1 for carrier bags on door handles.

People who insist on only using one side of a petrol pump. The fuel line will reach round your car.

Websites that ask you to complete a survey BEFORE you have visited the site

Plane spotters with ladders. Why does being three foot nearer the plane matter?

Scewiff parkers, dog fouling, people who pick up their dog if another dog comes near, cycle lanes, computerised switchboards advising me to use the website, people who stand in train carriage doorways even if there are empty seats, the fact Simon Mayo's confessions is timed the coincide with my train entering a tunnel, the wife's ability to have emptied the car of fuel by 7pm on a Thursday... So I have to fill it for the one night i use it.

ballysmate

CanalRider wrote:

Incorrectly filling the dishwasher. Putting the forks in prongs downwards to they drop through the container and stop the spray arm rotating.

Not indicating at roundabouts.

Daughters endless pursuit of building the worlds highest tea bag mountain.

+1 for carrier bags on door handles.

People who insist on only using one side of a petrol pump. The fuel line will reach round your car.

Websites that ask you to complete a survey BEFORE you have visited the site

Plane spotters with ladders. Why does being three foot nearer the plane matter?

Scewiff parkers, dog fouling, people who pick up their dog if another dog comes near, cycle lanes, computerised switchboards advising me to use the website, people who stand in train carriage doorways even if there are empty seats, the fact Simon Mayo's confessions is timed the coincide with my train entering a tunnel, the wife's ability to have emptied the car of fuel by 7pm on a Thursday... So I have to fill it for the one night i use it.

You seem a pretty happy go lucky sort of chap. Nothing seems to get you down.

k-dog

Remembered another road one - unnecessary use of filter arrows.

I know why they're there - to allow traffic to turn across a busy road - but there are a few by me that have a straight arrow and a right arrow only. So you sit for 2 minutes with nothing coming the other way then you get a few seconds of the arrow so only the first few cars get through. Just pointless. Make the straight arrow a green light and there would be no issues.

k-dog

People who make up phonetic spellings of terms they use?

(Skew-whiff)

k-dog

People licking their fingers before looking through a pile of paper. That's just gross.

jawooga

Petrol pumps that say Use Both Sides - Long hose (or whatever), which then don't stretch around a well-parked fiesta.

Peddle Up!

4kicks

win.

garyk72

Sting- The tw@t!
People that leave their bloody indicators flashing after they have made the turn! Utter mongs
Candy crush on my facebook feed. Please f**k off!?
Hashtags. Why?
Radio 1.
Non aggressive sharks- Pointless and a waste of sea water!
Pubs that sell tea and coffee.
Non jolly fat people- You are supposed to be jolly not miserable about spending a lot of time eating you selfish muppets!
Train drivers
Sir Clive Sinclair
Richard Hammond- A man with a fork in a world full of soup!

And relax.............

mr_goo

Some peoples' desert eating habit, especially with ice cream.
Insert spoon into mouth.
Withdraw spoon from mouth.
Half of desert still on spoon. Yuck!

Kieran_Burns

Mr Goo wrote:

Some peoples' desert eating habit, especially with ice cream.
Insert spoon into mouth.
Withdraw spoon from mouth.
Half of desert still on spoon. Yuck!

Is that like eating a sandwich?

declan1

Mr Goo wrote:

Some peoples' desert eating habit, especially with ice cream.
Insert spoon into mouth.
Withdraw spoon from mouth.
Half of desert still on spoon. Yuck!

People that spell 'dessert' like this...

secretsam

garyk72 wrote:

Non jolly fat people- You are supposed to be jolly not miserable about spending a lot of time eating you selfish muppets!

Fuck off.

<<Eats another pie>>

verylonglegs

People who insist on wearing cargo shorts and flip-flops up until October. Let's face it, it is a rather unimaginative and generic look even when the sun is out, so don't compound the error by continuing with it when it's 13degC and drizzle. Summer is gone, get over it!