Especially not someone bumping into them intentionally purely as some juvenile protest.

Nothing juvenile about it, just my way of encouraging these mobile muppets to show respect to other people by looking where they're going.

Anyway, if you really are desperate to spend every waking minute playing with your mobile phone, why not find a quiet spot and sit or stand still where you won't be a nuisance to others?

People starting sentences with the word 'so'. Stop it!!

People on DS who post in "live" threads about TV shows, quoting "funny lines" as they're said. If we're watching them it's unnecessary; if we're not it's just a spoiler!

Much has been said on this forum regarding the users of mobile phones, but it really is time to acknowledge that those who seem to be unable to put the wretched things down are suffering from a terrible, terrible sickness.

At present, such behaviour elicits much jocular comment, but in a few years time it will be seen as a major disease in society, and the psychologists will be having a field day trying to straighten out the minds of these sad people.

Another DS one - people who post something, which you read, and then go back and edit to add a load of other stuff which you don't notice.

I know, "trivial" is the word

And you get them constantly asking the significance of something that they missed while typing

All the time i see threads with 'Why was x doing this or that' And it was explained but people can't leave their phone or laptop alone and concentrate these days

I agree, I asked to get sent alerts for IT jobs and they send me roles like 'Registered Nurse' wtf.

My gripes are: standing on an upturned plug - I still have the imprint on the bottom of my foot.

Hanging out with people who are five billion times more successful than me

Overpriced bars that stuff their (cocktail) drinks with about 5 huge ice cubes each

When I laugh at my own jokes

The cat being temperamental

Stupidly long application forms that you spend ages on and probably won't hear anything back

Bit of a spelling and grammar moan here, sorry!

I get annoyed when people mix up effect and affect, should of is another one, and people using American spellings like program for programme, color for colour and centre instead of centre

Most keyboards, phones and tablets will have an option for British English, it's not difficult to find in options.

Grrrr!!!

To be fair, they are quite similar!

Oops! Autocorrect doing its job there!

Talking of grammar, it might be a regional thing, people who use 'f' instead of 'th' ie 'I fought' (thought), i was 'finking' (thinking), 'free' (three)

Double Standards - hypocritical bastards

Grr yes. My sister's a highly intelligent woman, she really is. But when she's feeling poorly, she says things like, "My froat's really sore." I think it's her way of trying to appear needy and vulnerable, so I (or whoever) will feel really sorry for her.

But it bugs the hell out of me!

Needing a wee, but you can't be arsed to get out of bed.

See the Lego Star Wars Millenium Falcon for <£100 (free p+p) but it just ain't my cuppa-tea, but I really wish it was cos that is a cracking price, darn it.


Lucozade bottles are your friend.

People closing windows on buses when it's hot.

I might have posted this one already, but another DS bugbear (could probably make up a whole thread of them, it would be taken down though )...

When somebody does a Reply with Quote on something, but they do it on something like page 17 of 52 so it ends up with absolutely no context and is meaningless, as in:

Post: "It was in 1967, in series 3."

Reply: "No, it was definitely 1972."

See what I mean? Use Multi-Quote, guys, so we can see the original-original post... #anal

Oh, yes - that, and people replying to somebody's question without checking whether it's already been answered, either on the next page or like, one post above...

Another "netiquette" one. I'm a member of several community groups on Facebook where people ask for tips on local tradesmen, takeaways etc. Bet your bottom dollar that somebody will always post the word "Following" (or even more infuriatingly, "F"!) so that they can "track the responses".

Aaargh! You don't have to do that at all - you simply click on the little arrow on the top right and select "Turn on notifications."

Actually I might have mentioned this one already in which case I apologise; it's a long old thread...

I mentioned this on here before. "F" means nothing to most people. It took me a while to work out what it really means as well.

Someone even recently did an egg-sucking "diagram" to explain how to do the notifications thing, but people still do "Following" each and every day...

Being male but having inordinate inner thigh and arsecheek fat. Aargh!

Facial hair. I'm female.

Grown adults who say "Olliebobs" instead of holidays. I have seen it a lot lately especially on Facebook.
Also, people who say it's "3 sleeps till..." an event rather than days or nights.

Blimey, it's bad enough as "holibobs" which is what I know it as