[Closed] little things that bug the crap out of you

old men who walk out of toilets without washing their hands. deerty old gits

little things that bug the crap out of you

Viruses.

But one of my colleagues, who sits on the next desk to me, is a heavy breather. its like sitting next to Darth Vader.

Are you Mr Stevens, head of catering?

If so , say hello to Geoff for me.

Guy I work with has many, many annoying habits.

The one I can't seem to ignore / tune out is that he gulps when he drinks water.
He drinks a LOT of water.
He'll come back from the water machine with at least 6 plastic cups full (he won't use a bottle and doesn't see why using plastic cups is an issue as "I always put them in the recycling..") and will knock them back within a few minutes, every time gulping like he's been in the Sahara for a day with no liquid.
This happens several times a day.

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There is a larger gentleman in a social group I frequent who sounds like a set of bellows wherever he goes, you can hear him coming. Not sure it's healthy.

There's someone who I work with who can be a bit of a diva.

Communication:

Doesn't read Text Messages, but sends them.

Doesn't read e-mails, never ever, not once - because he used his personal e-mail address for everything when he started the place it gets hundreds a day, refuses to do anything about it.

Doesn't read our internal messaging system, despite insisting we all do.

No the only way to communicate with him in vocally, via telephone or in person - unless he's working on something when he'll get all angry and passive aggressive - so you've got to pretty much ask for an audience sometimes and hope and pray he remembers the conversation because he won't write it down, anywhere. We're in a complex business that means lots of things going on at once, so if you need to tell him something, you need to set your own reminder to tell him because you can't e-mail him.

Conversely, if you're elbow deep in something so complex that it requires two screens 3 print out and a ouija board you must drop it immediately to answer any question he might have that could have been found out by looking at the very good CRM system we have or any of the other 3-4 databases that all hold the same info in a roundabout sort of way.

In fact he hates written communication as it's "too slow" and "can be misunderstood" (because he's a poor writer, I am not). and prefers we all call clients, suppliers whoever else - and then moans because we don't have a paper-trail if it all goes wrong.

He's a really nice person, even considering the above if he wasn't he'd be a nightmare to work with. I think I would have hit it around the head by now otherwise.

Shut your ****ing mouth when you're ****ing eating!!!!!
I don't mind seeing your lunch when its on your plate, but i neither want to see nor hear your lunch as you chew it like a farm animal. You ****ing peasant.

The failure to wash hands after using a toilet. Dis-effing-gusting.

And certain types of drivers. I generally don't have anger issues, but when I am on the road and someone does something so ignorant... I become apoplectic.

Parking infringements (double yellows, near crossings, etc.). I'll end up doing serious jail time for some clown one day.

Oh, and my Girlfriend turning the wheel on my brand new car lock to lock while stationary... Arrgghhh stop it! (Think this may belong on the other thread..)

Driving: when I stop to let someone through (my right of way or not) and they can't be arsed to nod/lift a finger/wave/flash to say thanks...boils my p*ss. How hard is it to show some form of gratitude?

People getting suspicious when I take photos of their house.

folk that mark their email as 'high priority' all the time.

drivers in the bike box at traffic lights when the could have avoided it.

folk that ask me if i miss bacon. (veggie for over 10 years)

Scabies

In an old office my desk was near the kitchen. We had a deaf guy and he used to have sugar in his tea. When he stirred his tea the spoon used to bang on the cup really loudly and he'd do it for ages. Used to drive me nuts. I used to tell him and he wrote me a note saying 'it doesnt bother me and its not as loud as your farts!' heehehehehe

Are you Mr Stevens, head of catering?

If so , say hello to Geoff for me.

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Greg Wallace. Just his appearance makes me scream obscenities at the tv.

old men who walk out of toilets without washing their hands

Procrastination in general. Decide what you want to do, work out how to do it, do it. Easy.

News items about the pope.

Shut mouth when eating +1

The bloke near to me is like a cow chewing the cud. The noise and smell is revolting.

Get in the sea etc.

Freeloaders...

and the bloody bishop of bloody Canterbloodybury.

The one I can't seem to ignore / tune out is that he gulps when he drinks water.
He drinks a LOT of water.

Is he overweight too? Undiagnosed diabetic maybe?

folk that mark their email as 'high priority' all the time.

... with the 'read receipt' flag set on them all.

Waiting for the bloody ads to load.

Charity folk knocking on my door at 2100 hours.
Pest off.

Yep eating with mouth open, effing scrotes!

And those nob heads who rev the tits off their stupid cars with massive exhausts that makes loads of frigging noise but doesn't actually go anywhere that fast!!

And motorbikers that make their bikes backfire under the railway bridge near my house and generally ride them like cockwads, revving them and speeding up then slowing down so they can rev them up and go fast again. Arseholes, get to a track if your that good at riding!!!

My desk is located at the end of the office near the kitchen and toilets. One of my colleagues walks in and decides to use it just as we are sitting down to breakfast. He proceeds to bombard us in full stereo sound, the noisiest, wettest, fartiest dump ever. Absolutely no shame! It's even worse as the unofficial "dump" toilet is next door.
He has a lot of dirty weird habits and is generally socially inept.

is a heavy breather. its like sitting next to Darth Vader.

Red plus one. Car drivers who now think the red light no longer means stop but there's time for one more car.
Just seen a learner car go through the lights and join a queue of cars who then proceed to go through the pedestrian crossing while the "cross now" beeps are going. If driving instructors think that's ok ,let's hope they get stuck off.
The mums are the worst ones for it and do it while the school kids are crossing. I've asked the cops to stand there for just one morning and ticket the lot of them. They don't seem that bothered.

Bugs.

Got to love angry STW 😆

There's a building site near where I work and there's a terrace of four identical houses, all with solar panels on. However three have four panels in a row and the other has 5 panels split over two rows - why!

However three have four panels in a row and the other has 5 panels split over two rows - why!

n+1

women at work who spray spray around and on themselves, who cares if the rest of the office don't want to choke on it? how about I fart loudly and smelly and consider it okay.

Yes to loud breathing, and eating like a pig. Chewing should be silent too; I don't want to hear anyone chewing gum, even with their mouth shut.

Headphones leaking sound so everyone can hear what shit you're listening to.

Bad grammar.

Glottal stopping.

Assuming I give a shit about "a cyclist who ran a red light/rode on the pavement/killed a baby robin" just because I ride a bike. See also preaching about cyclists "needing to have insurance and tax".

Saying "literally" when you mean the exact opposite. I died a bit inside when I read that Oxford had accepted figuratively as a definitely for literally. 😥

Glottal stopping

Don't come to Glasgow. We've made a whole language out of it 😯

I don't mind quite so much when it's a regional thing, and in some places it's fine (Gatwick Airport springs to mind), but Nick Grimshaw (and many others) saying Twi-er for the ubiquitous microblogging site makes me want to stab someone, notably him.

Flying mother ****ing ants - rains have been, little flying buggers have found their way in through the bottom of my new mozzy screens and there are thousands of the ****s in here.

Emergency mastic out to seal the edges before they take over - they are swarming a plug socket for some reason.

To top it all they have attracted two very large toukes who are now hanging onto the screen creeeping me out with their beady yellow eyes.

My desk is located at the end of the office near the kitchen and toilets. One of my colleagues walks in and decides to use it ... to bombard us in full stereo sound, the noisiest, wettest, fartiest dump ever

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I used to work with an old bloke who would have a chat with me when I got to work having cycled 7 miles which includes a 2 mile long hill. I would then have to watch him turn around and go for a massive shit in the disabled toilet (which had the shower in) before I had a chance to get in there. I would have to wait 20mins for him to come out and then I could feel the sting in my eyes from the evil that had recently left his body, whilst trying to get clean.
He knew I was going to have a shower, and he wasn't disabled, just an arsehole.

The stoopid airhead in the cafe today explaining the technique to a perfect selfie, which was as a result of the statement "You take such a good selfie!"

When the toorists arrive and the Fn Bagpipers start up - I can hear 3 of ****s right now due to the elevation of my office!

The trainee at work ringing me to tell me he's allocating the work for tomorrow (off his own back) and what I'll be doing.

People leaving shopping trolleys perpendicular to the aisles when browsing in the supermarket.

... tomorrow (off his own back) and...

[i]off his own bat[/i]

and other misquoted phrases.

And whistlers, especially old blokes who whistle "as I wish upon a star" or other Disney tunes.

A guy I work with moans(almost sexually) when eating, hes's even started to moan and chomp when you are eating.

And whistlers, especially old blokes who whistle "as I wish upon a star" or other Disney tunes.

[i]When you wish upon a star[/i]

and other misquoted Disney song titles.

njee20.

Although he's not that little.

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folk that mark their email as 'high priority' all the time.

This

The twunt who uses the office shower every morning even though he drove to work, then spends 20 minutes in there

Diesel passengers cars - I might be poisoning your children but **** it its cheaper to run than a petrol

Oh and bloody SUV / Crossover / Faux by Fours. Why? are you that shit a driver you need to sit a bit higher up to feel confident? I had the misfortune of driving a Kia Sportage hire car the other day. It was massive yet no bigger inside than a Golf and because of the height it rolled like a trawler in a Force 10. Utterly hateful

we seem to feel the need to do this every now and again, and I think we come the same conclusion each time...

You guys need to drink way less coffee.

People who stop and talk in doorways or otherwise block the way for everyone else.

I don't like slow-walkers, but I admit that's my problem, not theirs, but people who just stop for no reason in everyone's way deserve to be beaten.

folk that mark their email as 'high priority' all the time.

I used to work with someone who "didn't want to offend people" by declining meeting invites, so everything was tentative. Including when she was on holiday for 2 weeks with zero chance of ever turning up. She also tried to tell me that "hope your well" was the correct usage of "your" to start an email (you're enquiring about their well-ness was her justification). RAAAAAAAAAGE

People who leave a mains plug socket switch on when there isn't a bluddy plug in it!!!

"You guys need to drink way less coffee."

People who use the word "way" when they actually mean "much"

People who leave a mains plug socket switch on when there isn't a bluddy plug in it!!!

What on earth difference does that make?

Most of the sockets in my house don't even have switches.

People who sit in traffic for long periods with their foot on the brake, does help spot the crap drivers I suppose!

Cyclists who expect you to stop your car at zebra crossings as they ride towards it.

Text speak, I can only just tolerate it in a text message but in any other form of communication it just makes the writer look a bit special.

People who dirty up the sugar. WTH is wrong with you people!
Use a freakin clean spoon or use the sugar first than all the other tosh afterwards.

I will rip your soul from your body 😈

People who dirty up the sugar. WTH is wrong with you people!

Oh gods, absolutely. How hard is it to use the sugar first? Ditto sauce bottles in greasy spoon cafés that have the neck coated in congealing sauce and bits of cooked breakfast; do you have to stuff the bottle actually into your eggs?

People who sit in traffic for long periods with their foot on the brake

I found out only the other day that Auto Hold brakes leave the brake lights on; I've had the car for three and a half years.

Head lice. Third time in six months. Heaven forfend.

When someone is crossing across traffic lights and presses the button before even looking if there is any traffic, they then see its quiet enough and just cross straight away before the lights change...

Putting a question mark at the end of a sentence, a sentence that is ckearly not a question. Both written and spoken.

Automatic hand driers that stop every few seconds. How hard can it be in 2016?

#firstworldproblems

People who say no offence but then insult you

People who keep looking at there watch when your talking to them

The noise that people make when eating apples... That mouthy crack munch crunch...

Annoys the demons in me to boiling point...

zinaru - well do you?

MrSalmon - Member

Automatic hand driers that stop every few seconds. How hard can it be in 2016?

#firstworldproblems

^this.

Also, hand driers that have the power output of an asthmatic hamster in its death throes.

lol and the increase in its use to end sentences whether the statement is remotely amusing or not, usually not.

Cafe and restaurant staff asking me "is everything alright with your meal sir?" just as I've put a fork full of food in my mouth so that I can only answer with hand signals.

Not sure if this is an annoy trait of waiting staff or annoying trait of mine in that maybe theres never a moment when I'm shovelling food in my face long enough for them to ask.

Mrs njee20 and I commented that they always ask as you take a massive bite. I wondered if it's something about psychology that you're less likely to say "no" after they've watched you eat a huge mouthful!

Jeez there's a load I recognise on here
- thermostat comprehension
- bins full, keep filling it
- ask a question, don't listen to answer
- ask me to do something and tell me how to do it
- if busy and out of control, decide to do more stuff
- insist on riding off the front then going the wrong way
- never programming prat nav until it's too late (when I a m driving)
- asking me to fix bike with little or incorrect explanation of what's wrong
- thanks (rare) are caveated - of course you've got the time to do it
- lost passwords
- incomprehensible phone contacts - 5 x "cath"
- filing by shoe box under the bed
- always late
- ask for advice, ignore it
- not wanting any part in organising holidays then complain as soon as somethings not quite to her liking
- any time in computer it's "how do I " "what's happening"etc. I am then meant to fix the problem without even looking at within 7.5 secs before she loses patience
But as I was recently told - I should be so lucky : she likes cycling,skiing, sailing; good laugh; good mum; good job; looks after herself!
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In my office, which is a loud, open plan, sales based environment, doing a conference call on loud speaker. Then giving people dirty looks that they are talking on the phone or too each other. FFS, do the call on one of the many meeting rooms.

- thermostat comprehension

Ye gods. I think there's something wrong with some people's brains when it comes to thermostats. It drove me insane when I was in an open plan office.

Person 1: "Gosh, it's warm in here" - sets aircon thermostat to 16'C.

Person 2: "Gosh, it's cold in here" - sets aircon thermostat to 28'C.

Person 3: "Gosh, it's warm in here" - opens all the windows.

Person 4: "Hello, air conditioner repairs? Yeah, it's iced up again, I've no idea why it keeps breaking."

Parents who think that the rules of the road don't apply when doing the school run.
Drivers who stop on a pedestrian crossing in a queue of traffic.
The latest local radio adverts for used car sales narrated by women with sickly sweet girly voices! (Including HPL Motors, for anyone who listens to XS Manchester)

For me, as mentioned above, are the people who ask for your advice & then ignore it. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just the once, but having spent hours on phone calls, emails & research it's heartbreaking, & this happens a lot to me 🙄

It's not really such a little thing but litter and more so fly tipping. On my ride this morning I was shocked at how many gateways to fields are now home to piles of black bags of crap. I'm also bemused by carrier bags neatly tied up dumped by the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. Why? These people know it's wrong because they are doing it where no-one will see them.

the incessant inane and LOUD chatter from my 4 year old son and cameras that won't take a decent photo in full auto mode