Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

neeb

Reminds me:

Graham. wrote:

The term "Methinks".

"Methinks" is not incorrect or even necessarily redundant - it's just an archaic way of saying "it seems to me that". It doesn't mean quite the same thing as "I think".

It's one of those words that has fallen out of use despite possibly being quite useful. A bit like "yonder".

"Yonder" is to "that" as "that" is to "this":

"This tree is an elm" (standing right beside the tree).
"That tree is an oak" (pointing at a tree a few meters away)
"Yonder tree is an ash" (pointing at a distant tree on the horizon).

Oops, I may be indulging in trivialities that annoy people..

arran77

Could we say 'yonder yonder tree' to describe the one beyond the ash?

neeb

arran77 wrote:

Could we say 'yonder yonder tree' to describe the one beyond the ash?

No more than you could say "that that tree" to indicate "yonder tree"..

You could say "the tree beyond yonder ash" however...

markhewitt1978

Would it not be 'over yonder'?

neeb

markhewitt1978 wrote:

Would it not be 'over yonder'?

That's another usage, I believe as an "adverbial phrase" (I had to look that up.. )

Over here
Over there
Over yonder

But it's also an adverb (modifies a verb or adjective):

Let's eat here
Let's eat there
Let's eat yonder

And my example was for another usage as a determiner (modifies a noun rather than a verbs or adjective):

This bike
That bike
Yonder bike

Of course some usages are more archaic than others so seem more or less natural.

team47b

Aqui
Ali
Alem

Here, there, yonder.

Where the fcuck is it! Just stand still FFS

Giraffoto

neeb wrote:

. . . it's also an adverb (modifies a verb or adjective):

Let's eat here
Let's eat there
Let's eat yonder

This reminds me of something trivial that annoys me - getting to a restaurant with a group of people, who stop dead just inside the doorway and start a long discussion of where to sit, with no one ever saying, "let's sit there". It's all, "what about over there?" "would anyone prefer to sit outside?" etc.. I've tried starting a conversation on the way there, along the lines of, "If there are any tables outside, let's sit outside" but to no avail. Dining alone has a lot to recommend it

stoveman

One major thing that really gets me is someone reading my newspaper before I do.
Call it OCD but I like my newspaper fresh and crisp,not mangled and limp. :evil:

The other main one is people not saying thank you for letting them through when they don't have right of way and I am being polite,tends to lead to a bout of being 'not quite so polite'

stoveman

madasahattersley wrote:

stoveman wrote:

One major thing that really gets me is someone reading my newspaper before I do.
Call it OCD but I like my newspaper fresh and crisp,not mangled and limp. :evil:

The other main one is people not saying thank you for letting them through when they don't have right of way and I am being polite,tends to lead to a bout of being 'not quite so polite'

As has been mentioned, trivialising OCD which can be quite a serious mental disorder is not cool. You like having a fresh newspaper, there's nothing "OCD" about it.

But I agree with the 2nd point. The same goes for holding doors for people. A nice audible "YOU'RE VERY FCUKING WELCOME" tends to do the trick

Apologies for giving the wrong impression of trivialising OCD,certainly not my intention.

As for opening doors, with you on that one,also whenever I work in the restaurant as opposed to the kitchen,amazing how many children have much better manners than their parents when being served.
Courtesy and manners cost nothing.

Peddle Up!

Being asked what I want for my birthday. Responding, and being told, "Oh no, you don't want that". :roll:

oblongomaculatus

It's just occurred to me what a lot of things there are that annoy me. Here's another one: People who do crosswords then continually ask for assistance, eg "What's and eight letter word for irritating, beginning with a?" It's your crossword. You do it.

Giraffoto

stoveman wrote:

The other main one is people not saying thank you for letting them through when they don't have right of way and I am being polite,tends to lead to a bout of being 'not quite so polite'

If it has that effect, my work here is done. Ceding right of way to be "polite" takes the nice predictable rules of the road and turns them into a recipe for disaster. If you want to be polite to someone, consider the people behind you who may not want to be kept from their hearth and home for another second so that you can feel that you're being polite. Here's my rule: if there's no one behind me, I don't cede right of way because they'll be able to get out when I've passed. If there's anyone behind me, I don't cede right of way because I'm being polite to them. Needs of the many and all that.

oblongomaculatus

Giraffoto wrote:

Ceding right of way to be "polite" takes the nice predictable rules of the road and turns them into a recipe for disaster.

Good point. I've been waved through by drivers when on my bike where had I gone I would have been wiped out by another car.

stoveman

Giraffoto wrote:

stoveman wrote:

The other main one is people not saying thank you for letting them through when they don't have right of way and I am being polite,tends to lead to a bout of being 'not quite so polite'

If it has that effect, my work here is done. Ceding right of way to be "polite" takes the nice predictable rules of the road and turns them into a recipe for disaster. If you want to be polite to someone, consider the people behind you who may not want to be kept from their hearth and home for another second so that you can feel that you're being polite. Here's my rule: if there's no one behind me, I don't cede right of way because they'll be able to get out when I've passed. If there's anyone behind me, I don't cede right of way because I'm being polite to them. Needs of the many and all that.

Can see your point in certain situations,but feel that if some people showed a little more courtesy on the road,traffic would flow better in certain situations.For instance if I followed your logic,anybody leaving the estate that I live on the edge of to get onto the main road through town,could easily be waiting there for 10 - 15 minutes to pull out if no one stopped to give way.

oblongomaculatus

Twenty20 cricket. Who decided the world needs a game where the batsman tries to hit it out of the ground every time? We have such a game already. It's called baseball.

Twenty20 is to test cricket what seaside crazy golf is to The Masters.

verylonglegs

Giraffoto wrote:

Here's my rule: if there's no one behind me, I don't cede right of way because they'll be able to get out when I've passed. If there's anyone behind me, I don't cede right of way because I'm being polite to them. Needs of the many and all that.

I wish the driver I was behind yesterday had similar awareness to yourself when there was a bus waiting to pull out and I was behind one other car approaching the junction. The car was turning right down the road where the bus was waiting and decided to let the bus out first even though he didn't need too. He probably drove off thinking what a wonderfully polite courteous person he was where as I was cursing him for being a daft annoying c*** as I was left to follow the bus slowly along a country road for 5 miles when I didn't need to be. The was nothing in sight behind me so the bus could easily have pulled out after I'd gone by.

evil_breakfast

Trivial? Check.
Annoying? Check.



Why is the guy wearing a lid on a turbo :?:
I steel myself, daily, for the aural torture that is P&P and this is my intro. :evil:

oblongomaculatus

evil_breakfast wrote:

Trivial? Check.
Annoying? Check.



Why is the guy wearing a lid on a turbo :?:

Because cycling is VERY VERY dangerous, and we must ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS wear a helmet. We're told this all the time by Government ministers, health and safety officials etc, so it must be true.

drlodge

stoveman wrote:

The other main one is people not saying thank you for letting them through when they don't have right of way and I am being polite,tends to lead to a bout of being 'not quite so polite'

It really pi$$es me off when people (who have right of way) let others through (who don't have right of way). It causes no end of confusion and annoyance for others, and can be down right dangerous. When its less clear, it is certainly nice for each other to be polite and let the other go first, but then sometimes (as happens on roundabouts) everyone is waiting for each other. JUST MOVE!!

:twisted:

Ah I feel better now.

pinno

drlodge wrote:

stoveman wrote:

The other main one is people not saying thank you for letting them through when they don't have right of way and I am being polite,tends to lead to a bout of being 'not quite so polite'

It really pi$$es me off when people (who have right of way) let others through (who don't have right of way). It causes no end of confusion and annoyance for others, and can be down right dangerous. When its less clear, it is certainly nice for each other to be polite and let the other go first, but then sometimes (as happens on roundabouts) everyone is waiting for each other. JUST MOVE!!

:twisted:

Ah I feel better now.

They can't all move at once.

If we all abided by the highway code (give way to the right etc, as above), it would simplify everything and make things predictable.
What really annoys me is other car drivers not indicating. Par example - You are sitting at a roundabout and the car approaching the roundabout on your right is not indicating so you presume he/she is going straight on. As they get closer, they suddenly turn left (your right) and you think "Bugger, I could have moved", but they are such selfish baskets; the most of them only concerend with their actions. I dunno why, but if they don't indicate when they are driving a Chelsea tank, then it riles me even more.

oblongomaculatus

pinarello001 wrote:

What really annoys me is other car drivers not indicating. Par example - You are sitting at a roundabout and the car approaching the roundabout on your right is not indicating so you presume he/she is going straight on. As they get closer, they suddenly turn left (your right) and you think "Bugger, I could have moved", but they are such selfish baskets; the most of them only concerend with their actions. I dunno why, but if they don't indicate when they are driving a Chelsea tank, then it riles me even more.

I have a theory that this happens more when the person who is inconvenienced is on a bike rather than a car. The motorist is thinking, "Oh, only a cyclist, they don't matter, I won't bother indicating."

pinno

oblongomaculatus wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

What really annoys me is other car drivers not indicating. Par example - You are sitting at a roundabout and the car approaching the roundabout on your right is not indicating so you presume he/she is going straight on. As they get closer, they suddenly turn left (your right) and you think "Bugger, I could have moved", but they are such selfish baskets; the most of them only concerend with their actions. I dunno why, but if they don't indicate when they are driving a Chelsea tank, then it riles me even more.

I have a theory that this happens more when the person who is inconvenienced is on a bike rather than a car. The motorist is thinking, "Oh, only a cyclist, they don't matter, I won't bother indicating."

Last year I was heading downhill towards a roundabout on my bike and a car was approaching at my 12 o'clock in front of me. It appeared that he was coming around a third of the roundabout and going straight on. Theoretically, he didn't need to indicate as he was going straight on. I ended up braking as he was turning right in front of me because he wasn't going straight on.
Not only that, he had the cheek to get out of his car and give me verbal abuse. I was incensed and took the number plate and went to the copshop where I was told "We are not here to uphold the highway code"?! What? You mean to say that the speeding ticket I got (34mph in a 30) 5 years ago was not upholding the highway code?
Institutionalised discrimination.

pinno

Back on topic.

Ads that promotes the 'me' hedonism that has pervaded our society (see above 3 posts) - "Because you're worth it"..."You deserve..." etc

oblongomaculatus

pinarello001 wrote:

Back on topic.

Ads that promotes the 'me' hedonism that has pervaded our society (see above 3 posts) - "Because you're worth it"..."You deserve..." etc

Whenever I hear that "because you're worth it" line I always think, "what? I'm worth £2.99? Gee, thanks."

pinno

Reminds me of this

Only a Ginger

Incorrect use of the word 'literally'.

The excel document I made for you today definitely isn't literally the best thing to happen all week now, is it.

ballysmate

pinarello001 wrote:

oblongomaculatus wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

What really annoys me is other car drivers not indicating. Par example - You are sitting at a roundabout and the car approaching the roundabout on your right is not indicating so you presume he/she is going straight on. As they get closer, they suddenly turn left (your right) and you think "Bugger, I could have moved", but they are such selfish baskets; the most of them only concerend with their actions. I dunno why, but if they don't indicate when they are driving a Chelsea tank, then it riles me even more.

I have a theory that this happens more when the person who is inconvenienced is on a bike rather than a car. The motorist is thinking, "Oh, only a cyclist, they don't matter, I won't bother indicating."

Last year I was heading downhill towards a roundabout on my bike and a car was approaching at my 12 o'clock in front of me. It appeared that he was coming around a third of the roundabout and going straight on. Theoretically, he didn't need to indicate as he was going straight on. I ended up braking as he was turning right in front of me because he wasn't going straight on.
Not only that, he had the cheek to get out of his car and give me verbal abuse. I was incensed and took the number plate and went to the copshop where I was told "We are not here to uphold the highway code"?! What? You mean to say that the speeding ticket I got (34mph in a 30) 5 years ago was not upholding the highway code?
Institutionalised discrimination.

People who think the Highway Code is legislation.

awavey

stoveman wrote:

Giraffoto wrote:

stoveman wrote:

The other main one is people not saying thank you for letting them through when they don't have right of way and I am being polite,tends to lead to a bout of being 'not quite so polite'

If it has that effect, my work here is done. Ceding right of way to be "polite" takes the nice predictable rules of the road and turns them into a recipe for disaster. If you want to be polite to someone, consider the people behind you who may not want to be kept from their hearth and home for another second so that you can feel that you're being polite. Here's my rule: if there's no one behind me, I don't cede right of way because they'll be able to get out when I've passed. If there's anyone behind me, I don't cede right of way because I'm being polite to them. Needs of the many and all that.

Can see your point in certain situations,but feel that if some people showed a little more courtesy on the road,traffic would flow better in certain situations.For instance if I followed your logic,anybody leaving the estate that I live on the edge of to get onto the main road through town,could easily be waiting there for 10 - 15 minutes to pull out if no one stopped to give way.

but maybe if that happened,the council would be then forced to fix the issues causing that, which is no doubt they allowed an estate to be built and didnt bother with planning the impacts of the extra traffic or put in adequate provision of alternate means of transport

Peddle Up!

pinarello001 wrote:

Back on topic.

Ads that promotes the 'me' hedonism that has pervaded our society (see above 3 posts) - "Because you're worth it"..."You deserve..." etc

Aren't those the titles of women's magazines?

capt_slog

BBC radio 2 news.

They've started giving the headlines of the first three news items as a sort of introduction, and then going back to the first one to tell us "in depth". I could see the point if this was going to be a long bulletin anyway, but it's usually less than 5 minutes long for the whole thing, and repeating any of it seems a waste of time.