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Old 01-07-2016, 12:09
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I'm extremely ticklish and it's something some of my fiends find highly amusing. One day in a factory I worked in I mentioned this fact to somebody and another man overheard it. He then went and told everybody and at every opportunity he would creep up behind me and start tickling me which meant I couldn't do the fast moving production line job. I kept politely telling him to stop before finally turning round and shouting extremely loudly 'f*** off and leave me alone'
A few days later he did it again and I told him if he continued I'd stop working and let the whole line f*** up and let the line runner know why I'd stopped working, he didn't believe me on so I just stopped. He carried on so walked away from the belt and let the whole line screw up ending production for about half an hour. The line runner came running over absolutely furious wanting to know what happened so I told her and I was fed up with it, she actually knew he was annoying me but couldn't get enough on him to report him to the manager. It worked and he stopped for a few weeks until he tried again so I just walked away from the belt as he quickly realised I meant it and helped catch up before everything screwed up.

I would class that as harassment. Assuming you are female (?) it could almost be called sexual harassment. I would report anyone immediately if they kept touching me like that, regardless of whereabouts.
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Old 01-07-2016, 12:39
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I would class that as harassment. Assuming you are female (?) it could almost be called sexual harassment. I would report anyone immediately if they kept touching me like that, regardless of whereabouts.
No I'm male but the guy is one of those weird freaks who thinks everything should be his business. I don't have an issue with friends touching me and I think this idiot thought were friends despite me making it planely clear I couldn't stand him.

The best was when he kept asking why I'd split up with a girlfriend. Apparently 'drifting apart due to both of us working long and often conflicting antisocial hours yet still remaining friends' doesn't happen! I must be imaging my own life
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Old 01-07-2016, 13:30
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Why don't you say, man I use your bank card??, please get it for me......
I'd be waiting all day for him to retrieve it, Graham!

Had more vague responses this morning from cruise ship passengers that are here for the day.

Me: Is there anything that you've read in your cruise info book you would like to see?
Them: I don't know...
Me: Do you have any particular interests, such as wildlife, archaeology, walking etc?
Them: I don't know...
Me: *gives a brief overview of some things to do as a suggestion*
Them: I don't want to do that! You're no help!

Thank God it's lunchtime
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Old 01-07-2016, 13:43
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The word "Brufen". I don't know why, but I hate it.


People saying "solfadeine" instead of "solpadeine". There is not an f or a ph in solpadeine so why do people say it that way?
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Old 01-07-2016, 22:55
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People who leave all their litter in the shopping trolley when they leave the supermarket.

People who drape themselves over the shopping trolley as they are too lazy to stand.
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Old 01-07-2016, 23:06
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The word 'douche' as in douche bag. To me people who use it are just as annoying as those they are insulting!

I have absolutely no issue with c*** by the way.
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Old 01-07-2016, 23:20
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People who leave all their litter in the shopping trolley when they leave the supermarket.

People who drape themselves over the shopping trolley as they are too lazy to stand.
I find this strangely annoying too. I notice old women do it more than anyone else - they lean forward on the trolley and move along as though it is some kind of mobility aid for them. And they meander up and down the aisles with a mostly empty trolley.

I want to be shot if I ever get to be like that....
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Old 01-07-2016, 23:52
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You mean he put his hands on you and did it again even after being told not to?

Had that been me the first time he'd have gotten a warning, the second time he'd have been nursing two very painful bits between his legs with my knee imprint on them

There are some instances where you simply don't muck about.
This is what I would do too. Anyone who isn't friends with me who feels the need to lay their hands on me (tickling or otherwise) deserves a kick in the crotch

Much like how some creep in town the other day found out
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Old 02-07-2016, 02:05
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My trivial annoyance for now is cold calls. At the moment these cold calls/scams are a real pain and just lately I've been getting about fifteen a day. I've made a note of them all, as advised by my provider, including date and time. I have a spreadsheet as long as your arm for June! I don't answer if I don't recognise the number.
Same here, signed up to the Telephone Preference Service years ago but things are now worse than ever.
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Old 02-07-2016, 06:06
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I would class that as harassment. Assuming you are female (?) it could almost be called sexual harassment. I would report anyone immediately if they kept touching me like that, regardless of whereabouts.
I'd call it a bit childish too, when do adults ever "tickle" each other (outside of the bedroom )? And on a production line" job isn't it a bit dangerous?
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Old 02-07-2016, 06:46
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People who answer somebody's question on DS forums despite the fact it's already been answered a maximum of three posts previously. Or sometime even one
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Old 02-07-2016, 07:45
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Same here, signed up to the Telephone Preference Service years ago but things are now worse than ever.
And they always call at really inappropriate times
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Old 02-07-2016, 09:59
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When you're shopping online and you click on the 'more details' button of a product and it says ' this product is no longer available'.
Well, take it off your f***ing website then!!
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Old 02-07-2016, 14:02
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I find this strangely annoying too. I notice old women do it more than anyone else - they lean forward on the trolley and move along as though it is some kind of mobility aid for them. And they meander up and down the aisles with a mostly empty trolley.

I want to be shot if I ever get to be like that....
Sorry to say I am like that. I have a blue badge, park in the disabled bay and use a walking stick. I don't use my sick if I'm pushing a trolley as, yes, it is a great aid for mobility. By the time I have done my shopping and empty the trolley into the car its all I can do to push it back to the park and walk back to the car without it. I don't consider myself old, at nearly seventy one, and I certainly enjoy life otherwise so please don't shoot me.
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Old 02-07-2016, 15:46
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When you reach in your pocket to discover you dont have enough to buy the next round. Aaaaaargh!!!
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Old 02-07-2016, 23:41
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This is something that pops up on pub quiz machines but is sure to annoy anyone who hates misuse of the English language.

They keep having the same question with a different set of multiple choice answers.

The question is:

"Chronologically which of these events happened first?"

I don't think I need to explain why that makes my blood boil!
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Old 03-07-2016, 00:03
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This is something that pops up on pub quiz machines but is sure to annoy anyone who hates misuse of the English language.

They keep having the same question with a different set of multiple choice answers.

The question is:

"Chronologically which of these events happened first?"

I don't think I need to explain why that makes my blood boil!
I t'ought I taw tautology. (it's quite hard to say that.)
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Old 03-07-2016, 00:15
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That you now need a pair of scissors in order to comfortably enjoy a 'Flake' or 'Twirl' without a flappy piece of plastic spoiling your enjoyment.
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Old 03-07-2016, 00:22
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Always getting stuck with the dodgy trolley in shops; the one that you just cannot seem to push in a straight line. When shopping today I was negotiating around the store when my trolley decided to just give up and started veering to the left. It resulted in me having to pull it backwards whilst the presumably broken wheel was screeching along the shop floor. I must have looked like a complete idiot literally having to drag it through the shop
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Old 03-07-2016, 00:23
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Women's loungewear. I actually hate this term but it's the lack of pockets that annoy me, I end up having to wear a hoodie or dressing gown in order to use pockets, whereas most men's loungewear have pockets.
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Old 03-07-2016, 00:52
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Self righteous people (usually on twitter) who be outraged on someone's behalf over trivial remarks even when the actual person person involved wasn't actually offended, as with John Inverdale and Andrew Castle.
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Old 03-07-2016, 01:26
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At the moment, it's continually typing on the wrong keyboard when I've put my laptop on the workstation of my broken PC. I can't stop myself doing it.
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Old 03-07-2016, 01:52
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People who leave all their litter in the shopping trolley when they leave the supermarket.

People who drape themselves over the shopping trolley as they are too lazy to stand.
Probably trying to protect their tealeaves from t-liefs
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Old 03-07-2016, 02:01
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Old 03-07-2016, 02:02
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Women's loungewear. I actually hate this term but it's the lack of pockets that annoy me, I end up having to wear a hoodie or dressing gown in order to use pockets, whereas most men's loungewear have pockets.
Have you considered gender-reassignment?
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