People who are openly confrontational/aggressive/mouthing off towards others and then, when asked to stop, claim that they're providing some kind of valuable public service because "people need to have their views challenged!" No; you're just an a*sehole
Trivial things that annoy you intensely. (Part 3)
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Originally Posted by TrebleKing:
“That 'uptalk' that people do nowadays when they finish anything they're saying like they've asked a question. I think it originated in Australia or California. A guy in his 40s in my work does it constantly, and I think he gets it from his two daughters.”
“That 'uptalk' that people do nowadays when they finish anything they're saying like they've asked a question. I think it originated in Australia or California. A guy in his 40s in my work does it constantly, and I think he gets it from his two daughters.”
I've tried to imitate people doing that but find it impossible.
People who always park next to me.
This morning 37 car spaces, 3 cars parked and when I returned from walking the dog, a fourth parked next to me so they ignored 34 other spaces.
I can park right away from a supermarket entrance where it's deserted, come back and another in the next bay. Why?
I try to stay clear of others as I need the door to open wide to get the dog in. At supermarkets to avoid dings.
This morning 37 car spaces, 3 cars parked and when I returned from walking the dog, a fourth parked next to me so they ignored 34 other spaces.
I can park right away from a supermarket entrance where it's deserted, come back and another in the next bay. Why?
I try to stay clear of others as I need the door to open wide to get the dog in. At supermarkets to avoid dings.
People that are lost when they are driving and forget everything they were ever taught about car control, road positioning, using their mirrors etc...
This is especially annoying in areas that are full of roads and parking places where they can stop, look at a map or satnav and then rejoin traffic safely.
This is especially annoying in areas that are full of roads and parking places where they can stop, look at a map or satnav and then rejoin traffic safely.
This GoDaddy company who, according to their current TV ad campaign, believe the word is pronounced doh-main. FFS, say it like the rest of us - more like d'main or as in "terrain", not with a long "o".
Originally Posted by Mutter:
“People who always park next to me.
This morning 37 car spaces, 3 cars parked and when I returned from walking the dog, a fourth parked next to me so they ignored 34 other spaces.
I can park right away from a supermarket entrance where it's deserted, come back and another in the next bay. Why?
I try to stay clear of others as I need the door to open wide to get the dog in. At supermarkets to avoid dings.”
“People who always park next to me.
This morning 37 car spaces, 3 cars parked and when I returned from walking the dog, a fourth parked next to me so they ignored 34 other spaces.
I can park right away from a supermarket entrance where it's deserted, come back and another in the next bay. Why?
I try to stay clear of others as I need the door to open wide to get the dog in. At supermarkets to avoid dings.”
People feel their car is safer from being targeted if it is parked next to another car, It is a psychological thing. I have heard people actually say 'Oh god my car is all by itself now' when they come out of a place at closing and their car is sat with no one around it and a big cluster nearer the doors
You ask them why and they say well no one will look out for the car on its own. Weird but true
Originally Posted by seventhwave:
“People who are openly confrontational/aggressive/mouthing off towards others and then, when asked to stop, claim that they're providing some kind of valuable public service because "people need to have their views challenged!" No; you're just an a*sehole”
“People who are openly confrontational/aggressive/mouthing off towards others and then, when asked to stop, claim that they're providing some kind of valuable public service because "people need to have their views challenged!" No; you're just an a*sehole”
I remember very similar comments being made in a thread about homophobic language in a pub. Was it by any chance you who was insisting that challenging such offensive comments, however calmly and politely it was done, was confrontational or aggressive?
Originally Posted by spimf:
“Add to the list:
Not being able to swear on DS.”
“Add to the list:
Not being able to swear on DS.”
I find that a blessing!
Originally Posted by TrebleKing:
“That 'uptalk' that people do nowadays when they finish anything they're saying like they've asked a question. I think it originated in Australia or California. A guy in his 40s in my work does it constantly, and I think he gets it from his two daughters.”
“That 'uptalk' that people do nowadays when they finish anything they're saying like they've asked a question. I think it originated in Australia or California. A guy in his 40s in my work does it constantly, and I think he gets it from his two daughters.”
Australian question intonation is one of the names for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal
Vocal Fry also irritates me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_fry_register
Bad fonts.
Especially bad fonts on Newspapers - the ones where R's look like K's.
No excuse for bad fonts.
And shops that have handwritten offers full of spelling mistakes (yes very trivial I know).
Especially bad fonts on Newspapers - the ones where R's look like K's.
No excuse for bad fonts.
And shops that have handwritten offers full of spelling mistakes (yes very trivial I know).
Originally Posted by degsyhufc:
“Australian question intonation is one of the names for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal
Vocal Fry also irritates me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_fry_register”
“Australian question intonation is one of the names for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal
Vocal Fry also irritates me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_fry_register”
It drives me nuts and I'm hearing more and more of it all the time!
Originally Posted by SnrDev:
“A return to an old theme here, but the growing trend to say that someone has passed, not passed away, is somewhat annoying. It's just appeared in the Schumacher thread.”
“A return to an old theme here, but the growing trend to say that someone has passed, not passed away, is somewhat annoying. It's just appeared in the Schumacher thread.”
I find both of those terms annoying. What's wrong with saying someone's dead or has died?
Appologies if this goes against the thread and isn't considered trivial but I need to rant somewhere.
If you're couple out drinking with a single friend and buying drinks in rounds then guess what? You should be getting 2 rounds to your friends 1.
I've just come home, looked in my wallet and wondered where all my money went, considering we only popped out for a bit and only had 2 rounds. Then I realised...
I got the first round, I had a pint, one friend had a double spirit and mixer and one friend had 2 (yes two) cocktails as they were on special offer for 2. Cost of the round was £14.
Next round my friend got me and him a pint each and his girlfriend didn't want anything. Round cost £8. (Very expensive pint!)
It wasn't till I got home that I realised I'd paid £14 for 2 pints of beer. That's obscene even by London prices.
These are two of my best friends and I honestly do t believe they wouldnt have thought about it in the way I just have, but I do feel a little bit mugged
If you're couple out drinking with a single friend and buying drinks in rounds then guess what? You should be getting 2 rounds to your friends 1.
I've just come home, looked in my wallet and wondered where all my money went, considering we only popped out for a bit and only had 2 rounds. Then I realised...
I got the first round, I had a pint, one friend had a double spirit and mixer and one friend had 2 (yes two) cocktails as they were on special offer for 2. Cost of the round was £14.
Next round my friend got me and him a pint each and his girlfriend didn't want anything. Round cost £8. (Very expensive pint!)
It wasn't till I got home that I realised I'd paid £14 for 2 pints of beer. That's obscene even by London prices.
These are two of my best friends and I honestly do t believe they wouldnt have thought about it in the way I just have, but I do feel a little bit mugged
People who've never watched a news bulletin in their life who now get their information via their facebook news feed
"Apparently there are 15 muslims to every white person in 90% of the UK..."
"It said online that they're passing a law making it mandatory for everyone to become Muslim"
"In Muslim countries they kill you if you sneeze on Tuesday"
....it's as if decades of switching the TV off the second something comes on that isn't Emmerdale or Coronation Street has made people a bit thick and gullible.
"Apparently there are 15 muslims to every white person in 90% of the UK..."
"It said online that they're passing a law making it mandatory for everyone to become Muslim"
"In Muslim countries they kill you if you sneeze on Tuesday"
....it's as if decades of switching the TV off the second something comes on that isn't Emmerdale or Coronation Street has made people a bit thick and gullible.
Drivers who don't know what a cul-de-sac sign is. At least a dozen cars and vans a day up our narrow Close, some of them at 30mph plus who must be idiots frankly. A far fewer number of pedestrians or cyclists and zero motorbikes.
Is it only bikers who know their Highway Code signs?
Is it only bikers who know their Highway Code signs?
Originally Posted by bbclassics:
“The terms Feminazi and Social Justice Warriors”
“The terms Feminazi and Social Justice Warriors”
Here you go.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...2135115&page=9
Originally Posted by evil c:
“Drivers who don't know what a cul-de-sac sign is. At least a dozen cars and vans a day up our narrow Close, some of them at 30mph plus who must be idiots frankly. A far fewer number of pedestrians or cyclists and zero motorbikes.
Is it only bikers who know their Highway Code signs?”
“Drivers who don't know what a cul-de-sac sign is. At least a dozen cars and vans a day up our narrow Close, some of them at 30mph plus who must be idiots frankly. A far fewer number of pedestrians or cyclists and zero motorbikes.
Is it only bikers who know their Highway Code signs?”
…maybe your cul de sac is one of those Sat Nav ‘black-holes’ !
Originally Posted by lionsof66:
“Appologies if this goes against the thread and isn't considered trivial but I need to rant somewhere.
If you're couple out drinking with a single friend and buying drinks in rounds then guess what? You should be getting 2 rounds to your friends 1.
I've just come home, looked in my wallet and wondered where all my money went, considering we only popped out for a bit and only had 2 rounds. Then I realised...
I got the first round, I had a pint, one friend had a double spirit and mixer and one friend had 2 (yes two) cocktails as they were on special offer for 2. Cost of the round was £14.
Next round my friend got me and him a pint each and his girlfriend didn't want anything. Round cost £8. (Very expensive pint!)
It wasn't till I got home that I realised I'd paid £14 for 2 pints of beer. That's obscene even by London prices.
These are two of my best friends and I honestly do t believe they wouldnt have thought about it in the way I just have, but I do feel a little bit mugged”
“Appologies if this goes against the thread and isn't considered trivial but I need to rant somewhere.
If you're couple out drinking with a single friend and buying drinks in rounds then guess what? You should be getting 2 rounds to your friends 1.
I've just come home, looked in my wallet and wondered where all my money went, considering we only popped out for a bit and only had 2 rounds. Then I realised...
I got the first round, I had a pint, one friend had a double spirit and mixer and one friend had 2 (yes two) cocktails as they were on special offer for 2. Cost of the round was £14.
Next round my friend got me and him a pint each and his girlfriend didn't want anything. Round cost £8. (Very expensive pint!)
It wasn't till I got home that I realised I'd paid £14 for 2 pints of beer. That's obscene even by London prices.
These are two of my best friends and I honestly do t believe they wouldnt have thought about it in the way I just have, but I do feel a little bit mugged
”
Maybe it evens out in the long run? I find the concept of "rounds" a bit odd though, as I normally only have one drink when I'm out!
newspapers using endless 'puns'. Isn't it time to stop now and just use plain english. It's not entertaining, just dumb
Originally Posted by Wolfsheadish:
“I find both of those terms annoying. What's wrong with saying someone's dead or has died?”
“I find both of those terms annoying. What's wrong with saying someone's dead or has died?”
It's supposed to be more tactful, delicate and compassionate ... I don't know though, whenever I've had a death of someone close to me, I've always found "passed on" or "passed away" irritating and would have preferred people to just come out and say they died
Sock fluff!
Buy a new pair of socks, take them of at the end of the day and feet covered in fluff, cotton or wool.
It doesn't happen with nylon but I won't buy them.
Buy a new pair of socks, take them of at the end of the day and feet covered in fluff, cotton or wool.
It doesn't happen with nylon but I won't buy them.
Originally Posted by Mutter:
“People who always park next to me.
This morning 37 car spaces, 3 cars parked and when I returned from walking the dog, a fourth parked next to me so they ignored 34 other spaces.
I can park right away from a supermarket entrance where it's deserted, come back and another in the next bay. Why?
I try to stay clear of others as I need the door to open wide to get the dog in. At supermarkets to avoid dings.”
“People who always park next to me.
This morning 37 car spaces, 3 cars parked and when I returned from walking the dog, a fourth parked next to me so they ignored 34 other spaces.
I can park right away from a supermarket entrance where it's deserted, come back and another in the next bay. Why?
I try to stay clear of others as I need the door to open wide to get the dog in. At supermarkets to avoid dings.”
Had similar experience on a train the other day. My boyfriend and I sat next to each other at a table seat and even though there were about 50 empty seats, a woman comes and sits opposite me. Why?
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