Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Not just pandas, but meerkats. Not all meerkats, just the ones in the Compare the Market adverts. They should have African accents! Why don't they? Why?Specialized Roubaix Elite 2015
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Errr...'cos they're Russian meerkats?Giraffoto wrote:Not just pandas, but meerkats. Not all meerkats, just the ones in the Compare the Market adverts. They should have African accents! Why don't they? Why?Ecrasez l’infame0 -
Licking your fingers before turning a page. Yeuch!I'm left handed, if that matters.0
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Automatic doors which open just slightly slower than you expect.0
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Automatic doors that fail to acknowledge my existence and only open for other people.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0
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seanoconn wrote:
Funnily enough, I've just been in a shop where the automatic door was opening and shutting all the time I was just standing there, but stayed shut when I walked towards it until I waved at the sensor.Specialized Roubaix Elite 2015
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No matter how carefully I squeeze the cat's food from one of those poncey pouches a bit of the smelly jelly always manages to attach itself to my hands.Always be yourself, unless you can be Aaron Rodgers....Then always be Aaron Rodgers.0
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Mr Goo wrote:No matter how carefully I squeeze the cat's food from one of those poncey pouches a bit of the smelly jelly always manages to attach itself to my hands.
Roll don't squeeze.Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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Funnily enough, I've just been in a shop where the automatic door was opening and shutting all the time I was just standing there, but stayed shut when I walked towards it until I waved at the sensor.[/quote]
Those constant revolving doors that stop anytime someone gets too close. Had great fun watching the entrance at our local hospital that last time I had to go there with the madwoman. The disabled side door is brilliant, there's a push plate at the side and it opens inwards, needs rapid reversing by anyone in a wheel chair who is trying to get out. The reception desk is too low for wheel chairs to get close, which results in lots of shouted conversations. Clearly the architect was an idiot. I would find it annoying if I were in a chair, but as I'm an a*se its just funny.0 -
When people 'pronounce' their sneezes, as in shouting, "aaaachooooooo".
Why do they do it? It's just a sneeze, it doesn't require the use of vocal chords.
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Capt Slog wrote:When people 'pronounce' their sneezes, as in shouting, "aaaachooooooo".
Why do they do it? It's just a sneeze, it doesn't require the use of vocal chords.
Well . . . when I had a bad back, sneezing made it hurt more, unless I totally relaxed and let it go as noisily as possibleSpecialized Roubaix Elite 2015
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Capt Slog wrote:When people 'pronounce' their sneezes, as in shouting, "aaaachooooooo".
Why do they do it? It's just a sneeze, it doesn't require the use of vocal chords.
In Portugal they don't say "aaaachooooooo" they say "aaaaacheeeeem" so it is a cultural language thing and not a noise that is related to the actual sneeze, and I agree is completely unnecessary and annoying.my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
Estate agent flyers that say something along the lines 'House X near you sold for such and such, call now for your free valuation.' Er no I won't, just f*ck off! Not helped by my already intense dislike of estate agents, they are the one creature that makes me wish I could legitimately carry and use a hunting rifle in public.0
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The ads that scroll down the page so they're always in view.
Must be quite new as I don't recall them last time I visited BR.
Mind you, now that I've logged in, they're gone!0 -
team47b wrote:Capt Slog wrote:When people 'pronounce' their sneezes, as in shouting, "aaaachooooooo".
Why do they do it? It's just a sneeze, it doesn't require the use of vocal chords.
In Portugal they don't say "aaaachooooooo" they say "aaaaacheeeeem" so it is a cultural language thing and not a noise that is related to the actual sneeze, and I agree is completely unnecessary and annoying.
Im so going to try an "aaaaacheeeeem" next time I sneeze in the office just to see how people react :twisted:0 -
awavey wrote:team47b wrote:Capt Slog wrote:When people 'pronounce' their sneezes, as in shouting, "aaaachooooooo".
Why do they do it? It's just a sneeze, it doesn't require the use of vocal chords.
In Portugal they don't say "aaaachooooooo" they say "aaaaacheeeeem" so it is a cultural language thing and not a noise that is related to the actual sneeze, and I agree is completely unnecessary and annoying.
Im so going to try an "aaaaacheeeeem" next time I sneeze in the office just to see how people react :twisted:
...you could then say foda-se (pronounced fodsa) instead of 'bless you' when someone else sneezes
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CambsNewbie wrote: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.
Because that's the time it takes for you to trip the sensor, for it to go through it's cycle programme and turn the lights green?0 -
awavey wrote:team47b wrote:Capt Slog wrote:When people 'pronounce' their sneezes, as in shouting, "aaaachooooooo".
Why do they do it? It's just a sneeze, it doesn't require the use of vocal chords.
In Portugal they don't say "aaaachooooooo" they say "aaaaacheeeeem" so it is a cultural language thing and not a noise that is related to the actual sneeze, and I agree is completely unnecessary and annoying.
Im so going to try an "aaaaacheeeeem" next time I sneeze in the office just to see how people react :twisted:
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Ahhhhhhhhhhsoles, makes just as much sense.
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that kid at the end of the lidl christmas advert.
f ack off!
also the john lewis bear and hare one...all the buzzfeed crew and middle class papers getting there nuts about about it, its "is that it?" imo0 -
The baby language pioneered by Microsoft and taken up by the World and its dog that has given us "MyDocuments", "MySupport", etc., etc. ad nauseam. :roll:Purveyor of "up"
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Being told to have my ticket ready to operate the automatic barriers. That makes it a ticket operated barrier not an automatic one.0
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Looks like this was briefly touched on a few pages back, but I really have to have a proper rant about it...
ESCALATORS... 1) People who block them by standing two abreast. Usually couples. 2) people who think that slightly narrower escalators are not wide enough for someone to pass, and so stand right in the middle blocking the way, when in fact there is plenty room to pass (even if you are as fat as such people generally are). 3) Any fully able-bodied person who ever stands going down an escalator. Ok, I know this seems to be about 95% of the population and so I am not making a lot of friends here, but WTF?? I just don't get why anyone would want to spend 30 seconds of their life standing like an idiot on a moving stair going down when you can run down in 5 seconds with a minimal expenditure of energy. And these people are often also guilty of 1) or 2) as well. 4) People who walk/run up or down an escalator, thus blocking the "fast" lane, but do so incredibly slowly. Pull into the standing lane and let me pass, for F's sake!! 5) People who commit any of the above sins and then have the temerity to appear displeased or unhelpful when you politely ask to get past, as if you are somehow at fault for not wanting to spend 30 seconds or a minute staring at their fat arse.
The cumulative effect of all this is that about 70% of the time I use an escalator, I am needlessly obstructed, which is often several times a day. Perhaps a machete is the answer.0 -
And the other thing. BEING ASKED FOR THINGS I DON'T WANT BY CHECKOUT OPERATORS...
"Do you want a bag?" NO, I've got one. If I wanted to needlessly waste plastic and kill marine life despite clearly having a perfectly functional receptacle on my shoulder, I'd ask.
"Do you have a store card?" If I haven't already presented it, then NO.
"Do you want me to put these frozen veg. in a little separate transparent plastic bag?" NO. WHY THE F WOULD I WANT YOU TO DO THAT? I'm not planning to let them melt completely and then squeeze the minute amount of water produced over the other contents of my bag. But perhaps I could use it to suffocate you. Ok, go on then...0 -
neeb wrote:Looks like this was briefly touched on a few pages back, but I really have to have a proper rant about it...
ESCALATORS... 1) People who block them by standing two abreast. Usually couples. 2) people who think that slightly narrower escalators are not wide enough for someone to pass, and so stand right in the middle blocking the way, when in fact there is plenty room to pass (even if you are as fat as such people generally are). 3) Any fully able-bodied person who ever stands going down an escalator. Ok, I know this seems to be about 95% of the population and so I am not making a lot of friends here, but WTF?? I just don't get why anyone would want to spend 30 seconds of their life standing like an idiot on a moving stair going down when you can run down in 5 seconds with a minimal expenditure of energy. And these people are often also guilty of 1) or 2) as well. 4) People who walk/run up or down an escalator, thus blocking the "fast" lane, but do so incredibly slowly. Pull into the standing lane and let me pass, for F's sake!! 5) People who commit any of the above sins and then have the temerity to appear displeased or unhelpful when you politely ask to get past, as if you are somehow at fault for not wanting to spend 30 seconds or a minute staring at their fat ars*.
The cumulative effect of all this is that about 70% of the time I use an escalator, I am needlessly obstructed, which is often several times a day. Perhaps a machete is the answer.
Don't forget people who block travelators at airports etc. They stand blocking your path and you have to stand and watch people on the concourse walking past you. These moving pavements are brilliant for moving people quickly, but every time people see a moving pavement or escalator, they seem to lose control of their legs.0 -
Aaarggh, tell me about it. I often give them a fright by jumping clean over their luggage, which they have helpfully positioned on the other side of the travelator instead of in front or behind them.Ballysmate wrote:
Don't forget people who block travelators at airports etc. They stand blocking your path and you have to stand and watch people on the concourse walking past you. These moving pavements are brilliant for moving people quickly, but every time people see a moving pavement or escalator, they seem to lose control of their legs.
And then there are these arrival gates at heathrow where there is only an escalator (invariably blocked by people and their carry-on luggage) and no stairs.0
