'Normal' (questionable) people trying to shake your hand in the pro footballer fashion. 🤬
Not seeing the mens downhill from Poland thanks to whom ever ****ed up the live feed, uci/discovery/eurosport
What do you fancy for dinner?
Oh I don’t mind.
Ok I’ll do (insert random meal).
Oh not that.
Fine, how about (next option).
Hmm, maybe something healthier?
Ok what do you suggest?
Oh I don’t mind.
Argggggh
👆 Your cutlery is ordered wrong.
It's knives, forks and spoons. Left to right. It's how people say it, and it's how they should be laid out.
That would annoy me more than the one errant item 😉😂
👆 Your cutlery is ordered wrong.
I don't see any sporks?, my drawer contains 3 sporks of various designs, 1 fork, 3 knives and 2 teaspoons and assorted odd stuff in teaspoon drawer.
Yeah…..I live alone 😉
Your cutlery is ordered wrong.
No it isn't.
But in any case, that's not my argument. I really don't care. If you want a different arrangement then pick one, just stick to it when you do. Hoying a spoon into the fork compartment is the work of a sociopath regardless of which order they're in.
👆 Your cutlery is ordered wrong.
It’s knives, forks and spoons. Left to right. It’s how people say it, and it’s how they should be laid out.
So that's knives on the left of the place setting, forks above and spoons on the right?
Edgy.
Where do your fish knives go? And your cake forks?
You appear to have forgotten your grapefruit spoons 🤔
Our cutlery drawer looks a lot worse than that. Chaos is the way forward!
Tesco delivery .... another 4 pint milk container leaked out again, requiring several items to washed and dried again.
Be good if someone had a word with the Tesco buyers who spec the milk containers.
Our boiler.
Making a noise like it's about to explode. Not great, but we had it fixed under warranty by the manufacturer 2 months ago.
Ooooo no. They only cover the inside of the boiler. Annoying given the cost of the previous fix.
Get another plumber in £450 for a vale and a whole day of faffing. Seems very expensive. At least it won't explode.
Now it is just on. The only way to turn it off is with the power switch.
I hate the thing. One thing gets changed and it throws it's toys out the pram expensively and repeatedly
I hate it. I don't have the cash for a new boiler and getting all the crap piping fixed.
Time to start saving.
Making a noise like it’s about to explode.
...
Ooooo no. They only cover the inside of the boiler.
The outside of the boiler is making a noise?
Annoying given the cost of the previous fix.
Under warranty?
Campsites.
The price of them is now ridiculous obviously. £30 a night for a small tent in one near me.
But also, Bank Holidays and how you can only book for 3 nights in most of them.
I mean I understand why they do that of course, but it's a bit rubbish for the wandering bank holidayer who wants to move about or even have a cheeky night in the middle and avoid the chaos of the start and end.
People who get on the first carriage of a train at a terminus with at least 10 minutes to go, and then proceed to walk down the entire length of the train, bumping into people, getting in the way, opening all the sliding doors and letting the aircon cooled air out, stopping me from folding my bike as they bump past with their luggage, until they find a seat they like near the front.
What's wrong with walking the length of the train on the platform and getting into the carriage you want??
On the cutlery subject, we've got a posh dishwasher with a slide out drawer. I, naturally, order the dirty cutlery into groups, so when the time comes to put it away you just scoop up all the knives in one go and bosh, it's done.
The Mrs on the other hand throws everything in willy nilly.
I have had words but just get laughed at.
I, naturally, order the dirty cutlery into groups, so when the time comes to put it away you just scoop up all the knives in one go and bosh, it’s done.
This! Not in a drawer but traditional basket - so much easier. As is putting all the unpacked things into groups on the surface above the cupboard where they live....then do one cupboard, efficiently with everything at a time. Family think I'm mad and refuse to work in this obviously superior way....they may have a point
"It’s knives, forks and spoons. Left to right. It’s how people say it, and it’s how they should be laid out.
That would annoy me more than the one errant item 😉😂"
That spoon isn't an errant item, it's just the start of a migration toward the right and proper arrangement.
Bike sizing. As annoying as clothing and shoe sizing. Sizing charts always put me right on the edge of 2 sizes. Need to buy longer legs, or longer torso. Any for sale on the Classifieds?
I have had words but just get laughed at.
Get her to unload the cutlery until your point is made?
I've got a cycling related one...
Ever since this new cycling marketing fad that I won't mention, I've been noticing a lot of skinny tyre tracks on some of my trails, especially the ones that link two road routes.
No.
This is not acceptable.
You're making the wilderness look like a patch of mud in the town park the kids ride round with those narrow smooth tracks.
It's just wrong.
So disappointing just after the fatbikes. I fear there will be a reckoning and I have already had to give out a physics lesson to a hater on my local patch. Sticking with the fatty!
Got up this morning to make myself a proper coffee. "Someone" had washed and put all the aeropress bits back in the correct place except for the bit that holds the filter.
So I'm left searching for a bit to make my coffee, and I don't function well until I've had a coffee. Chicken and egg.
Gave up and had a cup.of tea.
Apparently it was in the dishwasher. We never put the aeropress in the bloody dishwasher!
This! Not in a drawer but traditional basket – so much easier.
Same, only using the sink.
When my partner doing the washing-up, she'll put knives in the draining basket point-downwards. Which I can kind of see the logic to from a safety point of view, but it's unhygienic and you're unlikely to have your eye out with a butter knife. Meanwhile, she'll put the forks in tines-upwards and they're far shaper than the table knives. Then when you come to put them away not only are they all bundled together haphazardly because of course they are, half of them have to be turned round.
As is putting all the unpacked things into groups on the surface above the cupboard where they live….then do one cupboard, efficiently with everything at a time.
And, same.
Otherwise it just creates needless work. Like, she'll put an empty pizza box on top of the recycling bin which is under the worktop. We'll deal with it later, or the bin's getting full, fine. But then when I want to use or indeed empty the bin I've got to first move all the shit stacked on top of it out of the way and put it on the worktop above. It's a extra step in the process which doesn't need to be there.
Me. For numerous reasons, however, the main current reason is that I’ve 6 days to submit a big assignment and I’ve done sweet FA and I’ve no clue where to start.
Terminal 1 has A gates. Terminal 2 has B gates. Which terminal has the C gates? That's correct Terminal 4. Terminal 3 is E and F. Why? Because baby Jesus hates logic.
People driving diagonally across (nearly) empty car parks instead of going down the rows.
Oh hell yes! This drives me up the wall.
The “AI” chat bots used by big companies to filter technical support requests. Irrespective of the pointlessness of them, why do they introduce a deliberate ten second pause between replies where the page shows “typing…”, when the response should be instant.
Forgetting what I came here to say I was disproportionately cross about earlier.
Or maybe that was it?
I'm definitely with you on the KFS but we have an issue in our drawer - we have two sizes of knives and forks. We decided to start using our wedding present cutlery, rather than leave it in a box forever and so we have starter and main course sized ones. But the main course ones are bigger. So after a bit of heated discussion, when I suggested 2 sizes of knives on the left, two sizes of forks in the middle, spoons (soup and dessert on the right) we 'agreed' that large K&F goes in the left, and small K&F in the middle.
I have to agree actually - easier to select one of each from a space than to easily a large knife out of 16 almost but not quite the same sized knives.
Which brings me back on topic, admitting the wife has better logic than me makes me disproportionately cross.
Toilet seats that refuse to stay up.
Always when your bursting, too😣😣😣😣
Toilet seats that refuse to stay up.
Ah, yes, had one of those last week in an hotel on the Welsh coast. Not only would it not stay up because it was too close to the cistern, the lugs that it was clipped to weren't secure either, so it sort of kept drifting around. Every time I tried to prop it up with my knee, the bloody thing went sideways, made a bid for freedom and tried to close again. Simply having a wazz turned into a proper contortionist's game. Reported to Reception, obviously, but we were only there for 2 nights so they didn't sort it during our stay.
Toilet seats that refuse to stay up.
Assuming all things being equal, isn't this what 'point and shoot' capability is for? 😉
When a foot path and a bridleway are parallel and dog walkers choose to be on the bridleway and express disdain for passing cyclists.
Oooh, I’ve got one like that. When one of your local parks has a dedicated wheeled sports track built with money from the local cycling club, and dog walkers seem surprised that bicycles are actually using it for wheeled sports. Yes, dearie, I’m going quite fast. That’s the point. Go walk your dog on the literal miles of other paths that are in the park.
You can always tell a British tourist in a cycling friendly country because they’ll be the ones ambling side by side along a bike path or lane.
Doing an online order and got to click to pay and wouldn't go past...problem was had to add and save credit card...now I don't like leaving my credit card details with retail sites very much so after completed order go off to account section to delete...of course as soon as I get there a pop up ad blocks me and then another...old established co'
Recycling collections...
I've requested a new recycling bag for paper/card several times as mine went missing, so I gave up and just put my paper into amazon paper bags as I get grocery delivery from them...never been a problem untill it was.. I went aaway for a few weeks and came back to find it still there...neighbour helpfully told me it has to go to the tip...eh what?
Anyway, I put it out again today and it's been taken away, at last.
I went through this.
This is a five-bedroom house. We have an oversized wheelie bin for general waste, but the recycling is a sack for paper and a plastic box for glass/plastic/cans. Collection is fortnightly and I can fill that poxy box in an afternoon.
In any case, both were stolen in short order. Imagine my disappointment. I checked with the council, it turns out that they'll happily collect any amount of recycling so long as it's in clear plastic sacks so that they can see that it's recycling.
Items on the internet with a description that states we're cheaper than the more famous Brand ABC product.
But then when you dig into the differences and they are not directly comparable so the price is irrelevant.
My own inability to set and stick to boundaries, especially when it comes to women.
My own inability to set and stick to boundaries, especially when it comes to women.
One at a time is a good boundary set....
Depends whether you're talking about on rotation or simultaneously.
Sewing machines.
Repaired a pair of riding trousers. Not neatly but they are now fully operational and less likely to have my bum hanging out.
Prepares tent. Starts sewing. Not stitching. Faff ensues. Get fed up. Faff. Get very fed up. Try a spare bit of cloth. Sews perfectly. Tries other bit of cloth, perfect. Back to tent. Refuses to stitch. Asks wife ( significantly more sewing machine capable than me ) she can:t see aby problem.
Gives up tries my wife's swing machine ( mine was a gift before I met her). It sews for 2cm then stops sewing
Tent still has hole. I'm in a right huff.
Grrrrrrr
There's a reason my wife's over locker is called a Pfaff...
Coffee cups that hurt your fingers as the handle is to small, so you can only get two fingers in and the weight of the cup then rests entirely on your third finger.
I broke 'old faithfull' the other day so I'm using a 'nice' one from the matching set I have but never use, its awfull, and too small... new 'proper' cup should be arriving soon.
- Abit
- Alot
- Incase
They are not words!
Aswell, also not a word.
Outwith word. I had a stand up argument about it when I worked down south smartarse stormed off to get a dictionary to prove me wrong. Humble pie sir.
Especially as we were talking about things that fell outwith the accepted data set. Makes perfect sense there.
Outwith
Used frequently in Scotland. It causes confusion south of the border.
Insulated flask/mugs/cups that fail to keep my brew warm for more than 1 hour.
Absolutely shithousery.
Aswell, also not a word.
The name of a street where I grew up
People living in the most advanced civilization the universe has ever witnessed (far as anyone can tell) who get disproportionately cross about inconsequential things.
I'm kidding. Complacency is death.
Abit
Alot
Incase
For me it's phrases misdelivered, often in an attempt to use clever language and instead showing you don't know what you mean.
There was one on here recently that i didn't correct but could have done - someone having to 'tow the line'
It's toe the line, as in line up exactly (eg: follow the rules, do as you're told)
And then from a political commentator on the radio 'going at it full board' - no, idiot, it's full bore!
(unless you really did mean their strong commitment to it will have breakfast and dinner included?)
Or the blog post I read the other day where it said something “peaked his interest”. Arghhhh!
Old slow people in the Supermarket. Go shopping some other time and not when I'm on my lunch break, you've got all bloody week - why go when it will be full of people from work - i.e. lunch or early evening.
My FIL used to go to the local supermarket (in the car all 800 yards) at the same time as school kicking out, so would have to battle all the pavement parker school run mums.
Complacency is death.
My guy.
Coffee cups that hurt your fingers as the handle is to small, so you can only get two fingers in and the weight of the cup then rests entirely on your third finger.
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We decided to start using our wedding present cutlery
I bet the knife gedges are sharp.
Outwith word.
I had this self same argument with someone over "herewith" after I sent an email reading "please find attached herewith the report as requested."
"Alot" is really common, I'm not quite sure why. I'm with you on the disproportionately cross, not directly out of grammar pedantry but because it's a 'speed bump' word - I read it and it catches me out so I've to go back and read it again, my Lancashire inner monologue parses it as "allut."
I had this self same argument with someone over “herewith” after I sent an email reading “please find attached herewith the report as requested.”
Technically correct, but I'd say it's arcane use of language.. It would be better and more succinct to simply say 'please see attached (document name)'.
'outside the remit' would be a better use of words in some other situations.
No one appreciates a word salad, especially if it's a transparent attempt to sound profound.
I reckon there’s a great thread in that idea
XKCD sort of did this with Thing Explainer.
I think it's really interesting... I mean, where does the line get drawn for polite conversation?
“The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.”
Some 'olde' insulsts are really cutting and brilliant.
Except outwith is used regularly in Scotland, not an attempt to sound superior merely using a common word.
Yeah I agree, actually...there's always going to be different dialacts in different places, it's natural.
Strange thing in Spain where I go...you don't ask for a coffee in propper spanish... you just say:
Cafe con por
Which means ''coffee with milk please"...but massivley contracted. It's basically local slang
Except outwith is used regularly in Scotland, not an attempt to sound superior merely using a common word.
Wait till they discover things like missives are used, let alone Scots words and phrases....how dare you use forrin languages in [s]England[/s] the United Kingdom.
And while I'm in that subject, folk who do not understand the difference between England, Great Britain and United Kingdom - and don't care it's quite rude to Welsh, Scots and Northern Ireland folk....
I take your point, but reductio ad absurdum every blockbuster novel would read like a Dick and Jane book. Expanding your vocabulary cannot be a bad thing.
My wife does proofreading for non native English speakers. They regularly use words she (or I) have never heard before. When looking the word up not only does it exist, it means the exact thing they want to convey. It's a tough choice whether to leave the words in as it is technically the right word, but it'll be a word 99% of people have never heard of.
I take your point, but reductio ad absurdum every blockbuster novel would read like a Dick and Jane book. Expanding your vocabulary cannot be a bad thing.
Time and a place. If you're writing a novel, or a sonnet, fill your boots. If you're submitting a Nature paper on Dipolar skyrmions and antiskyrmions of arbitrary topological charge at room temperature then of course you're going to struggle to keep it to basic language. But if you're writing an email reminding people to get their Christmas meal choices in, it doesn't need to be either of the above.
So you've never read a forum post on STW and thought "ooh, I just learned a new word!" That happened on a thread like last week.
folk who do not understand the difference between England, Great Britain and United Kingdom
It's kinda forgivable if the speaker is from (say) the US. But half the people who live here don't understand it either.
It’s kinda forgivable if the speaker is from (say) the US. But half the people who live here don’t understand it either
Currently I'm on 100% being English, and usually in a professional context where they should know better because of devolved matters. I include a Westminster Parliamentary advisor in people I've had to correct....