Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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In the John Lewis restaurant yesterday for a cup of tea & a slice of cake and the chap in front of me said - without the slightest embarrassment or shame - "can I get a piece of chocolate cake?". Didn't even say please. I know it's an old cliché of an annoyance but hearing 'can I get' provokes me into wanting to inflict a savage beating or even murder on whichever prat imagines that it's still 1997 and he's an extra in Friends. Had to settle instead for following up Dumbo's semi-literate request for what amounts to children's food, with a clear and loud enough to make it obvious who I was really addressing as he slumbered towards the till, "Good afternoon. Can I HAVE a tea and a slice of lemon drizzle cake please?". He heard. Pity he's still alive to do it again tho.
To which an old school teacher of mine would have replied "Of course you can, but whether you may or may not is another matter."0 -
Going to a children's play centre and they have signs up saying that only food and drink bought on premises can be consumed there, but then they sell nothing but unhealthy crap.0
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People who stand way too close just because you are in a queue. Like you'll get served quicker by all squashing up.0
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Going to a children's play centre and they have signs up saying that only food and drink bought on premises can be consumed there, but then they sell nothing but unhealthy crap.
Ignore them, feed your child with your own food, if anyone says anything tell them your child is on a special diet and can only eat real food
my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
The splinters I get from watching John Degenkolb and Marcel Kittel in those Alpecin adverts!!0
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Going to a children's play centre and they have signs up saying that only food and drink bought on premises can be consumed there, but then they sell nothing but unhealthy crap.
Ignore them, feed your child with your own food, if anyone says anything tell them your child is on a special diet and can only eat real food
We do ignore it. That's why it's only a trivial thing.0 -
People who stand way too close just because you are in a queue. Like you'll get served quicker by all squashing up.
They're looking in your trolley to see what kind of person you are.0 -
Drivers who brake before they indicate a turn, or who never indicate.0
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The BBC's live coverage of the tour. Particularly their use of "off the front" to mean behind the leaders.0
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Agree with no indication but brake lights are indication enough that you're slowing down - needn't have to indicate turning before indicating (brake lights) slowing down. Unless you've got some tw&t up you &rse of courseDrivers who brake before they indicate a turn, or who never indicate. 0 -
While we are on the subject.......
Agree with no indication but brake lights are indication enough that you're slowing down - needn't have to indicate turning before indicating (brake lights) slowing down. Unless you've got some tw&t up you &rse of courseDrivers who brake before they indicate a turn, or who never indicate.
Those who think it is acceptable to only flick the indicator stalk as they are making the turn. A bit redundant by then.
Or those who tailgate only to slow down once past. Or conversely, the ones driving slow in the passing lane only to accelerate when they pull in.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Ashford, Kent.0
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BBC radio going on about the Women's cricket in their sports bulletins. No-one cares, please stop.0
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People who have their name and/or date of birth tattooed on their body. Why? Is it in case they forget, or is it because the rest of the world really needs to know this vital piece of information?0
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People who feel the need to beep their horn when they are driving off from visiting other people, they know you are leaving you are waving at them from an open window as you drive off!
This forum, every time I position my pointer over something I want to go to just as I click the whole page moves up and I end up going somewhere I didn't want to go.0 -
Every time I saw the aerial shot of Paris when the last TDF stage was running, I noticed this..
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@48.8616431,2.3321486,342m/data=!3m1!1e3
Why don't they make those three bits of hedge the same length as all the others?
The older I get, the better I was.0 -
The orange Soreen loaf is obviously better than any other and they stop making it. Grrrr! *******!
"The secret's in the squidge
Squeeze me. Come on, don't be shy. There. Feel that? That's squidgy power, that is. Deliciously chewy fruitiness bursting with energy to help keep you fuelled up and ready for action. But don't take my squidginess too literally - I'm low in saturated fat too."0 -
The way some folk make the application of mastic look soooooo easy and don't have to resort to the wet finger. :evil:0
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People who use the word "pop" as a verb meaning anything but "burst".
"I'm just popping out to the shop" (should be "going")
"Pop your name on the form" (should be "Write")0 -
People who use the word "pop" as a verb meaning anything but "burst".
"I'm just popping out to the shop" (should be "going")
"Pop your name on the form" (should be "Write")
Are bottles of pop ok?0 -
People who use the word "pop" as a verb meaning anything but "burst".
"I'm just popping out to the shop" (should be "going")
"Pop your name on the form" (should be "Write")
Are bottles of pop ok?
Yes, that's a noun.0 -
The way some folk make the application of mastic look soooooo easy and don't have to resort to the wet finger. :evil:
Use detergent (Fairy Liquid or similar) to smooth it out, then it won't stick to your finger and makes it easy.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Rugby League scrums. They're an embarrassment.
This business of "Just a way to restart a game" doesn't wash either - why not just take a tap?0 -
The way some folk make the application of mastic look soooooo easy and don't have to resort to the wet finger. :evil:
Use detergent (Fairy Liquid or similar) to smooth it out, then it won't stick to your finger and makes it easy.
...And always keep the nozzle at 45 degrees ( angle not temperature!) go half way down lift off and start again at the bottom and go back up, never go full length and end at a corner, if you cut the nozzle at the right point to get the correct width and correct angle there should be no need to use you fingers, once you get the knack it's like a thing you never forget that I can't quite remember my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
"Loved Ones"0
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Referring to people as a 'National treasure'. Urgh.0
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1. Steve Wright in the afternoon.
2. Steve Wright singing over songs.
3. Steve Wright's 'Factoids' - somehow triggers the idea of the word 'haemorrhoids'.
4. Steve Wright singing.
5. Steve Wright.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
That cheap tarmacking they do when they spray molten tar on the road and then cover it with gravel.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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The incessant crap music in clothes stores.0
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The incessant crap music in clothes stores.
Spike Milligan called the piped stuff in lifts and shopping stores 'Musak' and put it into Room 101.
Buying a hoodie were you?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
