Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

When people put the toilet roll on the wrong way round, so that the loose end is pressed up next to the wall and not dangling freely away from the wall.

DorsetKnob wrote:

Fellow cyclists who refer to their bike as 'steed' or even worse 'trusty steed'!
Dont know why, and I know it should'nt, but it really gets on my pip.

More annoying is 'rig'.

Cubic wrote:

When people put the toilet roll on the wrong way round, so that the loose end is pressed up next to the wall and not dangling freely away from the wall.

pb21 wrote:

DorsetKnob wrote:

Fellow cyclists who refer to their bike as 'steed' or even worse 'trusty steed'!
Dont know why, and I know it should'nt, but it really gets on my pip.

More annoying is 'rig'.

Yep, that'll do it.

Bad spellig and grammer iritate the bejesus out of me.

Joking apart, my particular hates at the moment are plurals with apostrophes in them. They're getting more and more widespread, and it does my head in. It is never, ever, ever correct to include an apostrophe just to make a plural.

So I'm forever seeing things like day (singular) becoming day's rather than days, in the plural for instance.

And it's more work, not less, to include the bonus apostrophes, so it's not a question of laziness, with which I can sympathise (for instance, in IM chats I almost never bother with capitals or puctuation at all).

The worst I've seen is "Todays new's". That's a hanging offence, goddammit.

If you don't like this one, I have plenty of others. 'Infer' when they mean 'imply'... 'ignorant' when they mean 'arrogant'... the list is endless.

Sorry, can't help it. When I read something with spelling errors in it, it's like they're highlighted in red, and it becomes literally difficult to read. Weird, but true. More of a curse than anything else, a lot of the time.

Whilst lane swimming slower swimmers who start off just as you approach the end of the lane and then you have to pass them.

People who leave a mess/stain in the toilet bowl.

kieranb wrote:

Whilst lane swimming slower swimmers who start off just as you approach the end of the lane and then you have to pass them.

^^^ god yes.

People who leave a mess/stain in the toilet bowl.

^^^ and people that can't aim. Do they p*ss on their own bathroom floor ffs???

If you can't aim, sit.

Not sure this thread is good for my blood pressure, tbh

DorsetKnob wrote:

Fellow cyclists who refer to their bike as 'steed' or even worse 'trusty steed'!
Dont know why, and I know it should'nt, but it really gets on my pip.

Yes!

ChrisAOnABike wrote:

The worst I've seen is "Todays new's". That's a hanging offence, goddammit.

At a job I had a while back, I received a form from a Miss Jone's.

Impoliteness.

Here are 2 examples from yesterday....

I was walking along a corridor behind two women. The women went through a fire door and they left it to slam in my face rather than hold the door open for one second. They just did not care I was right behind them and the door would close.

Second example is going to a cafe on my own. I spend ages patiently cueing to get a drink, then as I'm getting my drink a group of people have just walked in and sat down at the only table without buying anything yet. Again, they don't care that they are screwing over everyone who walked in before them.

It's almost as annoying as being in a pub and some guy holding a fiver in the air jumps in front of you, as the indecisive barmaid is unable to realise who's next. If the guy was any good, he would have the decency to say "The other guy was here before me".

These are all things that I would not do, I'm not selfish.

What ever happened to decency, respectability, caring for others and chivalry?

I've never had this problem parking my car though. As people around here are that lazy, they must park as close to the door of Tescos as they can, rather than walk 100m across the carpark where there is an abundance of empty spaces.

Twunts on the train who bump past you (you're seated) and smack you with their bag. I got a 'hot ear' yesterday from some pillock's bag whacking me upside my head.

Not even an acknowledgement ever and it happens at least twice a day.

I'm going to stop there - it's the most forefront 'irk' in my mind right now. I have seriously considered a book on this subject (irritations). I could fill 300 pages in a week!

Victor Meldrew's got nothing on me....

fat friends who try to educate me/others on healthy diets. (one told me nuts were super fattening....so is your fcuking cheeseburger)

fag reek.

folk posting flyers through my door, even though I've got a massive sticker saying I don't want your flyers.....

People who feel the need for "recovery drinks'/blood transfusions after a 30 mile social pace flat run....

The government.



I've got loads...

People who struggle into work with a cold - because they are F*cking heros - only to pass the cold on to everyone else in the office and ruin their week and god knows how many people on public transport.

Stay the f*ck home - you job isn't really that important - if it was, the company would have given you remote access, so you could work from home is unwell!

And the worse thing is, these people think they deserve a medal for struggling in and making everyone else ill. I hate having to sit here and listen to them sniff, cough and sneeze all over the place - f*cking w4ank to$$ers - hate them!

He aims - he fires

Bunneh wrote:

Born again Christians (all of them).

This.

Cats.