[Closed] Insignificant things that drive you mad - but shouldnt..

Pop ups that ask you for your opinion of the web page before you've had any chance to assess the content.
Actually I'll change my mind, any web designer who thinks it's a good idea to do this is surely going to provide me with a crap experience, I'll now simply close the page straight away.

Those 'ident' things on the telly to remind you which channel you're watching.
Seriously, if I ever meet the person responsible for those, I'll end up in chokey.

Guaranteed to ruin the atmosphere of a good dramatic moment in Corrie 😳

People who stop in doorways. I was once walking behind a woman who decided it was a good idea to stop in the doorway of Piccadilly Station so she could read the departure boards. Just take one more step forward and one to the right/left!!!

Well, not so much my wife as her inability to actually close anything, and i mean ANYTHING, properly.

How is she with light switches, out of interest?

Pop ups that ask you for your opinion of the web page before you've had any chance to assess the content.
Actually I'll change my mind, any web designer who thinks it's a good idea to do this is surely going to provide me with a crap experience, I'll now simply close the page straight away.

I've been on one about this for months now.

Not just those but the stupid irritating pop-ups about 2 minutes before the programme you're watching finished to tell you what's coming up next, or worse in 2 days time.

Worse is, during the end credits of an episode, "and here's a preview of the entire plot of next week's episode!" Cue a mad leap for the remote control.

All true, but in spoken english "would've" and "would of" are indistinguishable so please keep your pedantic mouth closed.

I was referring to the written word 🙂

I remembered another one: referring to push bikes as "steeds"

Cougar - Member
How is she with light switches, out of interest?

Don't get me started on light switches....

Well now that you have, she's chuffin' awful. Switches the bathroom light in as she passes on her way to the bedroom to do stuff (god knows what) before going into the bathroom. Then she closes the bathroom door on her way out and doesn't turn it off again.

And has to turn all the lights on in the kitchen to make a cuppa and leave them burning away because she'll be going back in again in 30 minutes to do something or other (don't know what as I do most of the cooking).

Arrggghhh...... now look what you've done........

In spoken English would've is nothing like would of.

Thread titles:
"Sorry, have we done this yet? (what I actually want to sat content)"

Drivers who don't indicate turning left and drivers who indicate right then go straight on!

All true, but in spoken english "would've" and "would of" are indistinguishable

8am in the morning

People who say "8am in the morning". As opposed to what? 8am in the evening?

People that stand still on escalators

Shibboleth - Member
• Tattoos[b] (Hmmm, I'll have to post pics of some, then)[/b]
• Cats
• "Flesh tunnels"
• Floral tributes
• Vinegar pots in gastro pubs (I light spinkling would be good, not a deluge) [b](Never had an issue, myself. Are you just clumsy)[/b]
• Funeral corteges driving at half the speed limit. [b](Disrespectful to do otherwise)[/b]

I have others... [b](I'm sure you do, and you'll be letting us know sometime soon, I'm sure)[/b]

London's an anomaly compared to the rest of the country, though.

In London, people stand on one side and walk on the other, and it Just Works. Everywhere else in the country, this doesn't happen.

It's the "travelators" that get me. Moving walkways and gentle inclines, and people always stand in the middle holding both rails and lose the use of their legs.

Oh good, i've been waiting for a thread like this for a while.

For the past two months i've had to get the metro to work (in Newcastle) because of a hand injury. My conclusions are that most commuters are fine - they keep themselves to themselves, understand where to stand etc. But some of them... some of them are morons with no appreciation there are other people in the world. Some examples:

- the woman who barged past three people to get off the metro first, only to stand on the escalator while all those she pushed past walk past her.
- people who don't understand lane discipline when going round a corner. You wouldn't cut me up like that in your car would you?!
- people who suddenly stop in front of you
- people who insist on walking three abreast when there isn't enough room for oncoming people
- people who fail to see the STAND ON THE RIGHT signs every two metres on the escalator and stand on the LEFT!!!

Right, this really, really winds me up, and it's an issue with an aspect of one of the jobs I do at work. I deal with the incoming post at a business that does raffles and lotteries for many of the major charities, which means I often get lots of mail, (78 trays, or boxes, today). I then have to sort through all of it and separate it into the different charities for the girls to open and deal with the money, tickets and banking.
Now, with so much post, it's not unreasonable to expect to find mail intended for other addresses mixed in, and I do everyday. That gets handed back to the postie in the afternoon.
And then, more often than not, it comes back a day or so later.
And then again a day or so later.
Today I had come in about a dozen letters addressed to other local businesses that have been given back to the Post Office four times over the last seven days.
WHY THE ****CAN'T THESE IDIOTS READ WHAT'S CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY WRITTEN ON THE ENVELOPE?
Is it too much to expect a letter addressed to a company half a mile away gets delivered to that company?
Last year I even had a large, pink envelope, addressed to a young lady in India, posted in Essex, return to me SEVEN times over the course of fourteen days! And I'm in Chippenham, Wiltshire!
Sweet Baby Jesus, do your f¢¡»§/? job properly!
And breathe...

Supermarket checkout people that ask "are you ok with the packing" at 6am when I have 2 pasta pots and a pint of milk.

people who don't understand lane discipline when going round a corner. You wouldn't cut me up like that in your car would you?!

You mean pedestrians with no lane discipline??

- people who fail to see the STAND ON THE RIGHT signs every two metres on the escalator and stand on the LEFT!!!

This seems only to bother those who have lived in The South.

Oh, and what bothers me is folks who come through amber lights very late, often when they have turned amber when they are still on approach. Even more annoying when I'm waiting to turn right.

So annoying that I've somewhat irresponsibly taken to moving forward a bit as they go through, often causing them to swerve slightly.

I then have to sort through all of it and separate it into the different charities for the girls to open and deal with the money,

another thing is companies which employ children to open envelopes and deal with money

I'm told they teach some twee little mnemonic now, akin to the "only a fool ignores the two second rule" one for braking distances, but I can't remember what it is exactly.

"only a t.w@t drives as close as that"

might not be 100% correct

@ evans cycles - if I go to express checkout - it means I have probably forgotten password or forgotten i've even registered with you, it doesn't mean I want to go through all the process of receiving an email to renew my password & then have to spend even more time winging on tinternet 👿

6 music adverts (on 6 music) blathering on about how great they are

Oh I could go on for hours with this.. But here are a few.

People who indicate right at roundabouts then go straight on.. Really? Who taught you that?

People who overtake then cut you up to take the motorway exit you are now level with.. It would cost you less than 5 seconds to wait behind me as opposed to driving like a bag of balls!!

People doing 20mph in a 30mph... When there is no need to do 20mph.. You think your being safe but you are just frustrating everybody.

People parking over 2 spaces... Grrrr

People who say "I brought it brand new".. No you "BOUGHT" it.

Chris Bloody Evans.. Just calm down man!

Neds

People wearing track suit bottoms.. In public..

Teenage boys walking about with hands down trousers.. YUK.

Men in skinny jeans.. WHY OH WHY!

People who get to the top of a climb breathing out their backside then have a fag!

The "won't work" attitude that seems to be sweeping the youth of today.

And breath..... Loads more but that will do for now.

The one thing that is ratcheting up the level of my rage at the moment...The Shrug. The universal, non-verbal response to any enquiry especially in relation to a task that should have been done ages ago. From what I can see it means a mix of the following;
1) I Know what you're saying, but I don't care
2)it's not my problem,
3) I am a little bit sorry about that but not enough to have done anything about it
4) What do you want me do about it (in the dismissive sense

I wear skinny jeans 8)

For me, it's people who walk slow. I'm slightly concerned about how angry this makes me when I'm out. For example, if somebody is walking on the opposite side of the road but the same direction as me, and they then cross the road diagonally at the exact trajectory to intercept the pavement about 1 yard in front of me. And then walk really slowly. The rage and vitriol this engenders in me is out of all proportion to what it should be.

But also just people who walk slow in general. Hate them. Seriously, who's got the time?

Socialists.

😉

Made In Chelsea.

'Live' bands on telly that have no audio and/or power cables connected to their equipment. Likewise, singers with radio mics that are clearly switched off.

1 - Idiots who when filling up with fuel wait for a pump where the pump is on the same side as the fuel cap - THE PIPE WILL STRETCH YOU ** * ****!!!! there should be snipers on top of the garage forecourt paid to take these people out.

I've a Fiesta and this doesn't work because its got no Fuel Cap and the nozzle has to be bang on level else it won't go in the filler neck.

Made In Chelsea.

Oh, good Lord above yes! Hateful thing, and I've never even seen it! They were filming it in my favourite local steakhouse the other day. Damned near ruined my lunch! And if I ever see them filming it in the Cod, there'll be hell to pay, I can tell you!

Either that or they brought in sometime after I passed and before you started learning. Either way, I'd not heard it before; or rather, I'd not heard a specific distance beyond leaving 'some room' to get out in case, say, the car in front breaks down. I'm told they teach some twee little mnemonic now, akin to the "only a fool ignores the two second rule" one for braking distances, but I can't remember what it is exactly.

"Tyres and Tarmac" is the phrase. Main reasons for using it are so that you have a clear escape route should the vehicle in front break down, someone attempts to carjack you ( seen this happen ) the vehicle behind hits you and doesn't push you into the one in front, the driver in front rolls back.

I could be here a while but :-

Drivers who let learners go when they have Priority, confuses the learner

People parking opposite junctions

Geordie Shore

Disrespect

Pedestrians who just stop when walking down the street

"Reality TV Celebrities". These contemptible morons that are famous for essentially being a bad example of a human being. Worst thing is, they make a fortune doing it!
Is this what the world has come to? Why oh why does anyone give a toss?

People who post "I just spat tea/coffee over my keyboard reading that!"

No, you didn't.

Less when they mean fewer.
Drivers who corner at 20 but accelerate hard to 65 then brake hard for next corner (especially on the A7).
At the moment parents who take their kids out of school for a ski comp even tho the kid hasn't finished their UCAS form. While knowing that I will now have to do the final part when I should be on holiday and they're arsing around in St Moritz.
people who think it's ok to shake my dogs head in a friendly way then can't understand why he growls. You are a complete stranger how'd you like it if i did that to you.

People who say 'haitch' for the letter aitch. Having said that it makes me feel smuggly superior to the people that say it, so they can carry on.

Michael Atherton saying 'gotten'. I could stand the dirt in the pocket but not this.

I hate it when people can't properly pronounce words like:-
dance, France, chance, garage and scone.

I've a Fiesta and this doesn't work because its got no Fuel Cap and the nozzle has to be bang on level else it won't go in the filler neck.

I've a Mondeo, same filler system and much wider vehicle, and it does work. Only just though; the hoses are at full stretch and it can occasionally take a bit of fiddling to get fuel to flow without the auto-cutout tripping. I'd be amazed if the Fiesta wasn't fuel-able from the wrong side.

(Isn't the Fiesta cap on the opposite side (driver's side) to most others anyway?)

People who say 'haitch' for the letter aitch.

Interesting reading:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11642588

People on telly who are obviously drinking out of empty mugs. You're supposed to be actors F.F.S.

I've a Mondeo, same filler system and much wider vehicle, and it does work. Only just though; the hoses are at full stretch and it can occasionally take a bit of fiddling to get fuel to flow without the auto-cutout tripping. I'd be amazed if the Fiesta wasn't fuel-able from the wrong side.

(Isn't the Fiesta cap on the opposite side (driver's side) to most others anyway?)

Just wondering then if yours is Petrol or Diesel as mines Diesel and obviously the nozzles are different ?

The Fiestas fuel filler is on the nearside.

Politicians

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Robert

Pessstonnnn.

'Most alterations to the English don't really bother me, as they are simply the evolution of a living language. However, hearing the incorrect pronunciation of the letter H really does annoy me. It also gives me the impression that the person uttering it is a complete twerp. An obviously personal view, you understand. I notice that certain BBC presenters are now using the "haytch". If it ever reaches the national BBC News then I'm sure it'll certainly be the death of the correct "aytch" pronunciation.'

I'm with this person on aitch. Didn't realise it caused such a stir elsewhere in the world though, David Sillito indeed!

Just wondering then if yours is Petrol or Diesel as mines Diesel and obviously the nozzles are different ?

Diesel also. You need to bring the nozzle in perpendicular to the filler and then once in, angle the handle downwards.

All else fails, there's a funnel in the boot you can use to override it (in case you're overseas or otherwise find a non-standard pump). (-:

The Fiestas fuel filler is on the nearside.

I always get those terms confused. That's the passenger side, yes? Mine's on the other side. It sticks in my mind because every Fiesta I've ever driven (right back to a 1977 one I used to own) has had the filler on the 'other' side to to pretty much everything else I've ever driven.

(EDIT: I just realised, I mistyped in the last edit when I said 'driver's side', I'd got it back to front. Must've been standing on a mirror, or something.)

People at work who point out that I'm wearing shorts. I know I'm wearing shorts, this doesn't need to be brought to my attention.

people who CC the world and his !@#*ing wife into mundane emails.
People who [u]always[/u] use the word "utilize" rather than just.... use.
People (usually 'mericans) who say "December eleven" and miss off the th/st.
People who mumble

so very, very many things. Far to many to list. Although my sanity has been infinitely improved by moving to the desert away from most of the human race and not having a television.

However I fully reserve the right to incapacitate anyone using the phrases 'Well Jel' or 'Yolo' in my presence.

Shops.
Is it really nessesary at this time of year to have the heating turned up so friking high yet have the staff in t - shirts.
If I walk in off the street all toasty - what the hell makes you think I want to spend time and money getting heat raped in your store?
I don't.

Make the staff wear coats and spend less pi55ing heat away every two seconds when the door opens .............

At the moment it's the fat, ugly mothers who smoke in the school grounds at pick up time, they genuinely look like something from Jim Hensons workshop

As I rapidly approach 40 I'm finding more and more things wind me up though, not sure who said it but if your not a socialist in your 20s you have no heart and a conservative by your 40s you have no mind and I'm becoming more Daily Mail every day

Grown men riding bikes on the pavement, especially when there is a cycle lane.

Grown men riding bikes on the pavement,

X 100000

People not de-icing/de-misting their windscreens properly before setting off and then driving along erratically at 15mph peering out of the bottom clear bit holding me up...

Groups of people who walk into a busy coffee shop, join the back of the queue I'm near the front of (and have scoped my seat out), leave one to get the drinks and then sit down. where the hell am I and the 8 people in front of you going to sit now?

boils my piss

very specific, but people who walk in the cycle lane on the bridge from the SECC in Glasgow across the expressway. The two lanes are not for 'up the way' and 'down the way'

Hmmm....

- People who don't indicate when driving, so you wait for them to pass & they turn off before they get to you
- People who accelerate hard up slip lanes in an attempt to undertake you, rather than just merge into the half a mile of empty road behind. Then when they only manage to get their 1.2 Corsa level with you, expect you to slow down & let them in or move out a lane
- People who insist on overtaking you just before an exit slip, only to cut in front, slam on the brakes & disappear up the slip road, when they could have just pulled in behind you.
- People who want to show how powerful they are by overtaking in the least possible space, i.e, approach my rear bumper until they are 2 feet from it, pull out, but not completely into the next lane, scythe past & nearly take the front of my car off pulling back in even when I am on the 4 lane stretch of the a1 & they have 3 lanes to use for overtaking
- you park as close to a pillar/bollard on one side in a multi-storey as you can to leave as much room inn the free side of your car as you can for opening the door. You come back to find the neighbouring car that was there has gone to be replaced by a RR Sport parked 20cm from your door having used up all the extra space you 'created'

- people in shopping centres/train stations/pedestrian areas who dawdle along, but even though they are facing away from you, seem to be able to thwart your attempts to overtake by meandering in exactly the same direction as your overtaking path
- People who you hold a door for that walk through & don't even acknowledge you, as if it is their god given right to waltz through while you hold it open
- People who insist on turning their phone on the instant the plane lands & then rush to stand in the aisle for 20 mins moaning about how slow the doors are to open

- my phone keyboard when it knows jolly well what I want to type but just puts random crap down instead

- the handles on our kitchen cupboards that are just the right height to get caught on my trousers pocket if I lean on the kitchen side when I get in from work

- the bag I use for work that never seems to stand up on it's own, falls off my shoulder & generally does it's best to be annoying

- my ability to lose something even though it was just in my hand a second ago. Usually when working on the bike

- the power button on my laptop that sits flush with the surrounding plastic & is right ovthe edge so when I pick it up from the floor, having put it down shortly before, I invariably turn it off

- Pro/E for being a million times more rubbish than Solidworks

There's more, but i've run out of steam...

People who post "I just spat tea/coffee over my keyboard reading that!"

No, you didn't.

Erm, sometimes i actually have spat a bit of coffee out. It causes a bit of confusion in my large open plan office where I'm 'working'

Mines insignificant as it's about my sport that no other bugger plays. At the level of hockey i play at each club provides an umpire and it drives me mental when the ump from the other club is being a ba*tard and trying to rig the game for them.
I didn't travel to have you ruin my game with your blatant misinterpretations of the rules or seeing offenses when there are none (Ben Rhydding and City of York HC's I'm looking at you especially)