1: Waking up at 3am

2: Not being able to have a cup of tea until the Co-Op opens at 7am as the milk has turned

3: The shoe shop having only three styles of women's winter boots available (and not because there were loads that sold out). The rest is high heels and pumps. How frickin useful is that here at this time of year?!!

Facebook taking over common sense.

Heres an example, someone just put up a picture of a phone they had found in tescos, saying its a lost phone found in tescos in x town, if you recognise it then send me a message, proove its yours then you can collect it from me.

Why not simply hand the phone in to the manager so if whoever dropped it realises they can go in the store and ask if it was handed in? Not everyone has facebook or knows the person who found it!

Almost every day i see one of my friends share something like this, from wallets to kids toys and clothes. Nobody seems to hand things in to the store, or the police office or anything like that anymore. Nope, they take it home and then wait for the person to track them down.

I have a dire need for some counterfeit money and I find it incredibly annoying that I have absolutely no way of knowing who to contact for such a thing.

People who say guys when speaking to anything but a man.

How the word "awesome" has crept into the England. It's a horribly tacky word

People who think going to nandos is "cheeky" or a "cheeky" pint after work or any other normal everyday activity for that matter.

People who don't indicate at roundabouts, is it really that bloody hard?

People who feel the need to go shopping at 6am on Boxing Day, get a life you sad generic robots.

People who think they're some kind of deep thinker and free spirit because they can take a filtered picture of a bowl of porridge and post it on Instagram.

People who actually think "bands" like 1D and such like actually have any talent. Media coverage doesn't equal talent you know.

There's a load more but I'll just anger myself even more if I think about them.

People in the gym talking loudly, banging weights down and make noises like they're really pushing themselves. Nobody's interested!

People riding their bikes on the pavement, nearly running pedestrians over and wondering why they get upset.

Don't get me wrong when I wa younger use to ride on the pavement but if saw a pedestrian would go on the road and then go back onto the pavement when the coast is clear. I would not say 'scuse mate you are in my way' unbelievable they are violating your right to walk on the pavement with out fear of danger, and act like you are the nuisance

Another thing when I say younger I mean 14 or 15. I had an excuse for not realising the potential danger I was putting my self and pedestrians in. One lecture from a police man and I stopped that practice. You now have people in their 40s. Cycling on pavement showing themselves to be totally oblivious to the pitfalls and danger they are putting themselves and others in.

The way that as a couple with no kids, we dont get to enjoy xmas how we want to.

Every bloody year relatives want us to travel to theirs but nobody ever takes the offer to come here. So on xmas day we spend it driving around and clock watching and dont get to have a lay in, relax at home, do our own thing and have a drink.

Yet if we had kids i can almost guarentee all the grandparents would be shoving each other out the way to come and visit us at home!

Its just a pain in the arse that we want to spend xmas at home and make our own traditions but we cant because mil is offended if we dont go there for xmas, my mum feels left out if we visit in laws and not them, and then fil wants to see us as well. So we dont get any rest.

Id tell them very politely that your staying at home, they're welcome to call.

So glad I changed to black tea, no more 'no milk' fear!

I had to drink black tea as a child when I stayed with my grandmother and I hated it. Still do There was some soya milk in the fridge as well but it also looked a bit questionable

I had to drink black tea as a child when I stayed with my grandmother and I hated it. Still do There was some soya milk in the fridge as well but it also looked a bit questionable

One more: Being stuck indoors because you're waiting on a very important call. Bet they call at 16:58

The abuse of twitter. Don't get me wrong I think it's potentially very useful tool. It can help celebrity's keep in touch with their fans. A writer could give a heads up of his book signing tour. A pop star can give details of their tour.

Also for ordinary people like us. You can give a heads up about an upcoming reunion at one click of the button. You can show pictures of the reunion afterwards for example, to all interested party's at a click of a button. However you get people putting up selfies of themselves having a cup of coffee in Starbucks. You get celebrity's getting themselves into need less trouble with their post such as Rio Ferdinand. When people start putting up every inane thought they have, every mundane activity they are doing it really gets to much.
I think it's in danger of promoting self absorbed narcissism. The offending people finding everything about themselves and their life' so interesting, it is of course of intense fascination to others.

In danger? It passed that stage years ago.

Very true. Should have said even more self absorbed narcissism.

When you're waiting at the traffic lights and have already pressed the button, then someone else comes along and presses the button too! The WAIT sign is already illuminated, you don't need to press it again!

People on SW Trains who know that instead of waiting for the 'open' button to illuminate when the train pulls into a station, the door will definitely open quicker if you press the button multiple times before it lights up.

Mom is used in the English Midlands for hundreds of years ,........see article, it seems Midlanders took the word to America!!

http://resources.woodlands-junior.ke...m-and-mom.html

Maybe a different company? I'll have to try next year...

Surely the answer is to do what they're all doing. They're not moving, why should you? Say that you've decided to have a relaxing Christmas day at home and if they want to join you they're more than welcome (if they are) but you don't fancy spending the day driving around, and then enjoy the lie-in, the relaxing, having a drink etc. It'd be a poor relation who begrudged you the opportunity to do what you want to do, just so they can all do what they want to do. Establish your own traditions.

Those PPI compensation adverts and also the Christmas charity ad blitz. I'm afraid that as soon as I hear those bleeding heart voice overs and maudlin images, all I can think of are the people in advertising agencies putting them together. There's also the fact that we now now that as soon as you're gullible enough to make a donation, they'll hound you forever more, trying to get you to sign a direct debit form. What makes it worse is that we also now know that the people doing the pestering are freelance cold callers working for commission.

Ha ha Good one

If I buy summat from Lidls on the 11th why does it show up on my Credit Card statement opposite the date 15th ?

Many's the time I've thought I've been going mad , casting my mind back to the previous month, racking my brains what I was doing on the 15th ? I was at work on the 15th , nowhere near a fecking Lidls, someone is using my card then putting it back in my wallet.

Why the two dates ?

It's not just on SW Trains where that happens - there have been times when I've gone to London on Great Northern Trains where people seemingly do that at every station. (Including at the terminal stations of King's Cross and Peterborough.)

some silly b**** in work this morning..always having a go ..Today she asked if i was struggling ( i am only the cleaner so how am i supposed to be struggling Lol.)....Erm no i am not..please leave me alone woman

When you're trying to sell your house and your buyer is getting a mortgage through the Islamic Bank of Britain.

Never, EVER associate yourselves with anyone who has a Sharia mortgage.