Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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The amount of times my dipped headlight bulbs blow. Seriously I was only at Halfrauds 3 weeks ago now the other one has gone
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arran77 wrote:Arriving at work on time after a 3 day weekend to discover that the boss is out for the day :roll:
How can that be bad, surely that is a good result
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2Phat4Rapha wrote:Drivers who park on the “wrong” side of the road.
I’m old enough to remember that though not illegal in daylight, my driving instructor, an ex police driver, made it clear it was frowned upon.
These days I can hardly ride anywhere without having to swerve out the way of drivers edging their way back out out virtually blind to oncoming traffic.
Personally I think this should be a road traffic offence day or night.
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florerider wrote:arran77 wrote:Arriving at work on time after a 3 day weekend to discover that the boss is out for the day :roll:
How can that be bad, surely that is a good result
Yes, but if I'd known I wouldn't have bothered getting in on time
"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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ALL other people in airports and almost ALL of their behaviour! Jostling, skipping queues, starting unnecessary queues to get on the plane ( NEWSFLASH! It wont leave without you and furthermore they have just called for families and people needing assistance.. give them some room), People with MASSIVE bags to put into the hand luggage overhead bins (if you cant lift it yourself.. its too big!!!!) and last but by no means least.... The baggage reclaim! Yes, I've got a brainwave, lets all stand as close to the belt as we can, push in front of one another. That will most certainly help the bags come out quicker and definitely help those at the back see their bags, let alone the elderly who struggle with their bags at the best of times, why would they need a little bit of breathing space.. wouldn't it be a lot easier if we all took 3 steps bag and only approached when we actually saw our bag............. AHHHHHHHH!
Long story short... AIRPORTS!!!!
Rant over! Ah, that's better.0 -
jamieprang wrote:ALL other people in airports and almost ALL of their behaviour! Jostling, skipping queues, starting unnecessary queues to get on the plane ( NEWSFLASH! It wont leave without you and furthermore they have just called for families and people needing assistance.. give them some room), People with MASSIVE bags to put into the hand luggage overhead bins (if you cant lift it yourself.. its too big!!!!) and last but by no means least.... The baggage reclaim! Yes, I've got a brainwave, lets all stand as close to the belt as we can, push in front of one another. That will most certainly help the bags come out quicker and definitely help those at the back see their bags, let alone the elderly who struggle with their bags at the best of times, why would they need a little bit of breathing space.. wouldn't it be a lot easier if we all took 3 steps bag and only approached when we actually saw our bag............. AHHHHHHHH!
Long story short... AIRPORTS!!!!
Rant over! Ah, that's better.
On a similar note, people who, on landing, rush to unbuckle their seatbelt before being told its ok to stand up and rush to get their overhead carry on luggage then rush down the aisle to the front door only to wait like a twunt 5 minutes while the steps arrive. Rush down the steps to stand for another 5 minutrs on the bus. Then rush through the airport all the way to passport control and the rush all rhe way to the carousel to stand another 20 minutes plus before it even begins to move and load up with bags, rush outside to stand in the arrivals area and stand around waiting for a taxi or hire car then rush out the car park to stand in traffic. F@cking well done you dipshits! I waltzed through the hole thing and im still sat there next to you at the traffic lights.0 -
Tosh - it can't 'come off'. Press the button, squeeze the handbrake up gently as far as necessary to hold the car, and release the button. Been doing it all my driving life and never once had a handbrake slip off, and like Graham says, it makes an awful noise which in my world indicates that the driver is a cretin with zero mechanical sympathy.SmoggySteve wrote:Graham. wrote:Drivers putting the handbrake on without pressing the ratchety buttony thing and making that hideous clicking noise! :evil:
You are actually meant to. the button is to release it. if you hold the button on when applying it, it can come off.
Add to Trivial Things... tv progs where the handbrake sound is added on or boosted for effect. Aaggh.0 -
YES YES YES!!!! I cant believe I missed one. The amount of flights I've almost missed (in case you hadn't guessed I travel for my work and spend quite some time in and around airport unfortunately) because of the braying mob of sheep who jump to their feet almost the instant the wheels touch the runway. Surely a better solution would be for the airlines to have a list of who has a connecting flight and they can stand first, collect their hand luggage and proceed out of the plane first.
AND... (the list goes on apparently) Phones... the guy (there's always one) who is still on his phone, talking loudly, even after the cabin crew have told him twice to turn it off. Is your call THAT important. Don't be a d!ck just turn it off. I couldn't give a flying bellsniff if you are in an important call with your office... get it off!!!0 -
Parking in the disabled parking slots outside the co-op is blinkin lazy, but worse, to then have to drive into the main car park to turn around to get onto the road. She didn't hear me call her an effing lazy bitch.0
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"The hive mind". You're on a bloody forum. Ask a question and people will be along to answer it; that's what forums are about. You don't have to "ask the hive mind" - you won't get a better answer. You'll get the same answer but you won't look like a twerp who's trying too hard to be trendy so just stop it!Faster than a tent.......0
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Adverts for online betting during football programmes. Especially that one with Ray Winstone's giant talking head. "Go Ahhn! 'Ave a bet! Waste your money! "Ave a free bet to get you hooked! You knahh you wanna! Do it naaahhw!"
They're relentless.0 -
Buying a set of drills from a supposedly reputable manufacturer only to find that they're essentially a collection of soft metal rods of different sizes. :evil:Purveyor of "up"
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If we're going into airlines / airports then I would say the bloke who caused us to be over an hour late taking off as he had a panic attack and wouldn't fly. It wasn't so much him being unable to fly but the announcement by American Airlines telling us that he was one of their frequent flyers as though they wouldn't have bothered with the hassle for a mere one off passenger.
I agree on all the people rushing to get on the plane (when they have a pre-allocated seat) and rushing to get out of their seat when the plane doors are shut. Lunacy!0 -
"I agree on all the people rushing to get on the plane (when they have a pre-allocated seat) and rushing to get out of their seat when the plane doors are shut. Lunacy!"
I think people may rush onto the plane so they can put their excessive hand luggage in everyone else's overhead storage.0 -
SmoggySteve wrote:
On a similar note, people who, on landing, rush to unbuckle their seatbelt before being told its ok to stand up and rush to get their overhead carry on luggage then rush down the aisle to the front door only to wait like a twunt 5 minutes while the steps arrive. Rush down the steps to stand for another 5 minutrs on the bus. Then rush through the airport all the way to passport control and the rush all rhe way to the carousel to stand another 20 minutes plus before it even begins to move and load up with bags, rush outside to stand in the arrivals area and stand around waiting for a taxi or hire car then rush out the car park to stand in traffic. F@cking well done you dipshits! I waltzed through the hole thing and im still sat there next to you at the traffic lights.
I have a theory that these are the nicotine addicts on the flight. They are so desperate for a ciggy after the 4 hour flight that they think it will get them out quicker if they do all of he above :roll:
Add to the carousel misery the complete burks who stand next to it with their 4 kids, none of whom are able to lift a case, but daddy just has to let them have a go.
The older I get, the better I was.0 -
Haven't flown with my children for a while (too skint), but we would always wait to let the pushy b*stards get off first and scamble for their bags, no loss of time, but a lot less stress. Trains in the uk with children and bike can be a trial but my rules of politeness and letting others go first make for a calmer journey.
I'm sure it will have been touched on earlier, but what is it with groups who hog the pavement and force others into the gutter? Had this sort of pushy impoliteness at my daughter's parents' evening earlier this week too - it sometimes feels like no one else knows how to stand back or hold a door...0 -
mm1 wrote:I'm sure it will have been touched on earlier, but what is it with groups who hog the pavement and force others into the gutter?
Yes, that gets to me too. The way a group of people manage to string themselves out so they manage to block the entire pavement, no matter how wide it may be. Also mothers with buggies stopping to chat with each other, bang in the middle of a busy pavement, with the buggies either side so no-one can get past in either direction. Often in front of shop doorways so no-one can get in or out. It's a long thread so this has probably been mentioned before too. Possibly by me; but then it is very annoying.0 -
mm1 wrote:I'm sure it will have been touched on earlier, but what is it with groups who hog the pavement and force others into the gutter?
When i see people do that, i'll continue without moving into the gutter, if they walk into me or vice versa so be it. They don't have right of way to hog the pavement etc0 -
That happens a lot around here, mostly groups of people from a workplace on a lunchtime walk. I have a theory that it's often a manager with subordinates, and none of the underlings wants to be the one that drops back. In any case I've had a few cases where a group of three side by side has been walking towards me, obviously not considering giving way and I've stood my ground, always results in them relenting eventually. 0
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This scenario.
It's, cold, dark, raining and blowing a gale, and you're waiting for the bus, which is three quarters of an hour late, in a queue behind about forty other people. Eventually the bus rolls in, its' last stop before going back the other way, and the incoming passengers get off. Except... they spend an age gathering together their bags, putting their coats on, and discussing with each other whether or not the bus stopping and the driver turning the engine off means they have arrived. About every third person getting off pauses to ask the driver directions to wherever they're going. Eventually they all shuffle down the steps and people can get on.
This is where the fun really starts. At least half of those getting on wait until they reach the front and the driver says "yes, please?" before they even think of looking for their ticket or money. Middle aged women seem to be the worst offenders, because invariably their ticket is in their purse, which is in their handbag, which is in another bag, underneath their shopping. When they finally unearth their purse they spend another age searching through the 97 compartments, before remembering the ticket isn't in their purse at all but somewhere else entirely... Only they can't quite remember exactly where...0 -
oblongomaculatus wrote:This scenario.
It's, cold, dark, raining and blowing a gale, and you're waiting for the bus, which is three quarters of an hour late, in a queue behind about forty other people. Eventually the bus rolls in, its' last stop before going back the other way, and the incoming passengers get off. Except... they spend an age gathering together their bags, putting their coats on, and discussing with each other whether or not the bus stopping and the driver turning the engine off means they have arrived. About every third person getting off pauses to ask the driver directions to wherever they're going. Eventually they all shuffle down the steps and people can get on.
This is where the fun really starts. At least half of those getting on wait until they reach the front and the driver says "yes, please?" before they even think of looking for their ticket or money. Middle aged women seem to be the worst offenders, because invariably their ticket is in their purse, which is in their handbag, which is in another bag, underneath their shopping. When they finally unearth their purse they spend another age searching through the 97 compartments, before remembering the ticket isn't in their purse at all but somewhere else entirely... Only they can't quite remember exactly where...
Are you on the bus yet or still typing the above on your smart phone?0 -
Ha ha! Variations of the above happen so regularly I often find myself thinking if I'd ridden in today I'd be home quicker. Any delay over about 20 minutes and door to door, taking into account walking to and from stops, the bike will be faster. But it's a 50 mile round trip, which is a bit much to do every day, and work (which is also cycling), so I only have the occasional pleasure of cruising along mostly empty back roads imagining how far behind me on the main road the bus is stuck.0
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The purse/bag thing is a female trait, I'm certain. Example: been shopping (or anywhere in the car really) with Mrs BBGeek. I will walk to the car with keys in hand in order to get in the vehicle asap. If Mrs BBGeek is driving, she will walk to the car, then think "oh yeah, I need the keys", stop, and search for ages because they are always at the bottom of the bleeding bag. And it's always raining when she drives. And it's not just the missus - I'm sure all women do this.Ecrasez l’infame0
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Oh yes; happens all the time. I used to work in a Newsagents, and you'd get women (it was always women), who put a tonne of stuff on the counter and I'd spend ages ringing it up, during which they stand staring at me like a plank, and only when I ask them for money do they start to think to look where they put their purse.
The other end of the scale is those who have exact change and literally throw it at you and run away... (always men)0 -
markhewitt1978 wrote:The other end of the scale is those who have exact change and literally throw it at you and run away... (always men)
That would be me, though I don't actually throw the money... My motivation is that I don't want to waste any more time than I have already queuing behind people who haven't grasped the idea that you have to pay for stuff in shops...0 -
People who flash their lights at temporary traffic lights :x It doesn't work, they are microwave detectors and don't pick up beams of light. The fact they 'change more quickly for me when I flash my lights' is purely down to there being nothing the other side and the detector has picked up the approach of your car. Some lights are set to go to all red when it's quiet and so they change more quickly as there's no intergreen time required. Even worse, people who flash their lights at permanent traffic signals that are controlled by induction loops. Taxi drivers are the worst culprits for this but then they are the worst culprits for everything 0
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People checking their mobile phones whilst going slowly up stairs or along train platforms so you can't get around them
People without kids parking in child bays at supermarkets. We don't want the parking space because we are lazy and want to park close to the supermarket, it is because you have more room to get child seat out from the side, hard to do in a normal bay.
People who set themselves up as self employed or running a LTD company and make up ridiculous expenses so they can claim working tax credits.
Slow cyclists that overtake me by going through a red traffic light so I have to try and overtake them again. Seriously, do you think you are some kind of tough hero going through a red light?0 -
wannabecyclist wrote:People without kids parking in child bays at supermarkets. We don't want the parking space because we are lazy and want to park close to the supermarket, it is because you have more room to get child seat out from the side, hard to do in a normal bay.
The easy solution then is to make the P&T bays the furthest from the store. I have no idea why they make them the second closest.0 -
Pross wrote:wannabecyclist wrote:People without kids parking in child bays at supermarkets. We don't want the parking space because we are lazy and want to park close to the supermarket, it is because you have more room to get child seat out from the side, hard to do in a normal bay.
The easy solution then is to make the P&T bays the furthest from the store. I have no idea why they make them the second closest.
^^ Quote from someone who has obviously never tried to juggle a shopping trolley and two screaming infants on a Saturday lunchtime in the wind and rain.0 -
People out walking their dogs without a lead, even when you aren't cycling and just out for a lunctime walk, I don't want your mutts jumping up on me, I don't care if they are 'just being friendly'.0
