Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

verylonglegs

Ballysmate wrote:

DesWeller wrote:

I think you've misunderstood the nature of this thread.

I think he misunderstands a lot of things.

Indeed.

Maybe we should start a 'Why won't the furniture stop talking to me?' thread of its own :?

chris_bass

Back on topic

Getting half way through a long reply to certain members in this place then deciding there is no point, wastes far too much of my time

ballysmate

Chris Bass wrote:

Back on topic

Getting half way through a long reply to certain members in this place then deciding there is no point, wastes far too much of my time

Well Chris, I would just like to say... oh bollox to it. I can't be arsed.

chris_bass

Ballysmate wrote:

Chris Bass wrote:

Back on topic

Getting half way through a long reply to certain members in this place then deciding there is no point, wastes far too much of my time

Well Chris, I would just like to say... oh bollox to it. I can't be arsed.

*writes some Shakespeare (no manc33 I don't care if he really wrote anything or not) rivalling stuff full of fine wit*
*deletes the above*

Yeah

Manc33

Wunnunda

Television - I know how an eclipse works. Enough already.

Pross

An architect I'm dealing with gets his secretary to call me. I take the call and get 'I have ***** **** for you' which already gets my blood boiling, it's not the 1960s and everyone has their own phone these days but then when she connects me the idiot then leaves the phone ring for about 10 seconds before picking up. He presumably thinks this makes him look important whereas it just makes him look stupid which is confirmed when he then tries telling me I need to change something on my design and I pull his opinions to pieces. :x

keef66

Pross wrote:

People who drive but don't understand traffic lights. For example, twice this week I've been turning right at junctions where the signal head is a traditional red, amber, green with a right turn arrow. The (main) green was lit and oncoming traffic had cleared but the driver in front stayed behind the stop line waiting for the arrow which in one case didn't appear as it needed a waiting vehicle on the loop in front of the stop line to trigger it. The arrow is only there to give right turners an unopposed turn if there are no breaks in the oncoming traffic.

I suffer this almost daily at the same junction. It's even more infuriating because by that time I've escaped the traffic in Cambridge and I'm just a mile from the end of my commute. If I give them a polite toot in case they haven't noticed, I inevitably get a load of arm waving and abuse.

And a couple of times I've seen the reverse; 2 lanes held up by red lights, and when the left turn filter arrow goes green, the dickhead in the right hand lane also sets off. Annoyingly nothing coming and no police cars about, so said dickhead still unaware he / she has just jumped a red light. Grr!

jawooga

When people's Sky / digibox remote is not configured to control the Tv volume.

finchy

Supermarkets trying to fool me into thinking I'm buying food from a farmers' market by printing the farmer's name on bags of carrots. Tw*ts.

Ben6899

Pross wrote:

An architect I'm dealing with gets his secretary to call me. I take the call and get 'I have ***** **** for you' which already gets my blood boiling, it's not the 1960s and everyone has their own phone these days but then when she connects me the idiot then leaves the phone ring for about 10 seconds before picking up. He presumably thinks this makes him look important whereas it just makes him look stupid which is confirmed when he then tries telling me I need to change something on my design and I pull his opinions to pieces. :x

One of the most satisfying tasks I had was reviewing planning applications and tearing to shreds architects' attempts at road design for the developments their client wanted to build.

Such arrogance, not employing a Highways Engineer for that element of the scheme design (it's just a road, right, connect A to B?), so I really made them have it.

capt_slog

Eddie Jordon.

He's 67 and still got all his hair. The bastard.

Bobbinogs

I'm 50 and so have I, but it's ginger. Bastard!

finchy

My wife chucking away about half of everything she cooks. She can do fairly complicated calculus in her head, but she can't estimate portions.

verylonglegs

There are two communal fridges at work for people to put their lunches in. They get unnecessarily congested however due to people who bring their lunch to work in a cool bag bigger than they need and then just put the whole bag in the fridge rather than removing their lunch from the cool bag to put in the fridge. Idiots.

chris_bass

verylonglegs wrote:

There are two communal fridges at work for people to put their lunches in. They get unnecessarily congested however due to people who bring their lunch to work in a cool bag bigger than they need and then just put the whole bag in the fridge rather than removing their lunch from the cool bag to put in the fridge. Idiots.

I'm 100% with you on this.

Wunnunda

Chris Bass wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

There are two communal fridges at work for people to put their lunches in. They get unnecessarily congested however due to people who bring their lunch to work in a cool bag bigger than they need and then just put the whole bag in the fridge rather than removing their lunch from the cool bag to put in the fridge. Idiots.

I'm 100% with you on this.

....Aaaaand the ones that bring in food for the whole feckin' week on the Monday....harrumph!

pinno

I haven't got much hair. Bastards!

ballysmate

Opening the fridge at work and having to toss out manky looking sandwiches wrapped in cling film so that I can make room for my Thunderbirds lunch box and flask.
F A B

team47b

I had to have another haircut the other day, it just grows so fast, it must be all that sunshine

peat

Capt Slog wrote:

Eddie Jordon.

He's 67 and still got all his hair. The bastard.

He buys his, and so can you.

http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/for ... hree-wigs/

finchy

The way that people in McDonald's adverts never look like the vast majority of their customers

veronese68

This poxy phucking cough!
By the way, I still have all my hair. :-)

pinno

Veronese68 wrote:

This poxy phucking cough!
By the way, I still have all my hair. :-)

Unfair, so damn unfair.

ballysmate

Veronese68 wrote:

This poxy phucking cough!
By the way, I still have all my hair. :-)

So do I.
Unfortunately not on my head, just in my nose and ears.

capt_slog

Peat wrote:

Capt Slog wrote:

Eddie Jordon.

He's 67 and still got all his hair. The bastard.

He buys his, and so can you.

http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/for ... hree-wigs/

Oh Yes! That's made me feel much better.


And on we go...

That dreadful advert for Cortana



"Cortana, remind us to take some photos back-stage for our fans"

"Cortana, remind us to keep breathing in and out at regular intervals"

"Cortana, each and everyday when we wake up, remind us that we're a bunch of f***wits"

veronese68

pinarello001 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

This poxy phucking cough!
By the way, I still have all my hair. :-)

Unfair, so damn unfair.

Well, it did fall out for a bit and I can confirm that I didn't like being a slaphead. I found the top of my head was ok but the back of my head and neck always felt the cold. Also when it grew back there was less grey in it.

crispybug2

Shop assistants/taxi drivers/hairdressers who want to share their innermost thoughts on anything and everything with you!!!


I am reminded of my grandad who upon being confronted by a, shall we say 'enthusiastic', hairdresser was asked "How would you like your haircut today?". He replied " In silence please "

chris_bass

Your Grandad must be quite old:

http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_lif ... one-a.html

(you can me to your list of things that annoy you if you like!!)

graham.

That little line of dust that a brush and dustpan ALWAYS fails to pick up.
That annoys me.