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Someone taking a hex key from the hex key set, using it and NOT PUTTING IT BACK.
You could boil cold water with the fury that induces in me.
I've got a friend like that, really nice guy but I won't lend him anything since the hard drive enclosure incident - It was one of those universal drive enclosures that will take any drive..came back with 3 of the 4 screws missing from the case cover, my protest was met with a blank stare and a comment of "its not broken, it still works fine". lol
He asked to borrow my socket set and I straight up said, you can't borrow it, but I'll bring it over and you can use it, as I know damn well there will be some sockets missing if I let it out of my sight!
Infact I've just recently borrowed a power drill from him, and guess what? I had to buy a chuck key for it, despite it having a built in chuck key holder, hahah!
unflattened boxes in the cardboard recycling.
I'll see that and raise you 2L pop bottles with the caps nipped up. Back when my girlfriend's daughter lived with us, that was one of her fella's (many, many) irritating party tricks. The dopy sod could fill a fortnightly collected recycling bin in a weekend. I don't get it. It's not even laziness, once you empty the bottle it's then extra effort to screw the cap back down.
The bit at the bottom of Excel that says 'Calculating (8 Threads): 1%'.
While I may have the latest laptop with whatever the latest Intel Superchip is and eleventy billion gigs of RAM, can it add up quickly? No it bloody well can't.
Oh, and,
A number of posts here (such as littering) are perfectly reasonable cross-making situations. I'm looking for things that you know, deep down, that you're internally overreacting to.
Like, others have mentioned "hidey tidy." This is my other half and it drives me ****ing incendiary, but I know it's just me being anally retentive and not something worth having an argument over. A few weeks back I discovered what was left from a pack of 50 pens bought for a mini quiz, stuffed in with the teaspoons in the cutlery drawer. Just... just... we've all seen the film Scanners, right?
What does annoy me, and I think in this case it is justified, is half the time she'll proceed to deny all knowledge. More than once I've said something like "which one of us is most likely to have put this here, the one who stuffs insurance documents in a drawer with the tablecloth, or the one who alphabetises the spice rack?" I am, demonstrably, a monster.
really nice guy but I won’t lend him anything since the hard drive enclosure incident
I've found over the years that people who don't have tools generally have no respect for them. I've long since stopped lending mine out, even to people I'd think would actually have an ounce of mechanical sympathy.
The last time I loaned out tools it was to a couple of guys who did odd jobs for the company. They asked to borrow a screwdriver. Practical guys, I thought, so I lent then my nice bit set. They used it as a drift, the handle came back battered worse than a porn star's helmet.
Why? Why would you do that? Why would you do that to your own stuff, let alone someone else's? I have a cold chisel for fox' sake, you could've borrowed that.
I’ll see that and raise you 2L pop bottles with the caps nipped up.
Current advice is to put the caps back on. It makes automated sorting easier. Loose tops are too small to be "recognised" as plastic waste.
My other half, who in most respects is a very sensible person insists on making gash bits of one-side printed pages into note pads...So far so good, excellent recycling. However she then affixes them to the fridge door with a magnetic clip. When the fridge door hits the walls, they fall to floor and scatter everywhere.When the clip is overfilled with notepaper, it also falls to the floor under the weight of paper...scattering bits of paper everywhere.
Every time the conversation goes something along the lines of..."mind the door against the wall...Oh, too late" or "Don't put too much paper in the clip, it will fall....oh"
somehow it's my job to pick up the bits of paper...
👆 Buy her a stapler, so then you only have to pick up the pad, and not individual sheets.
OH going into the garage (my safe space), rummaging around to find something and leaving all of the moved items on the floor and not replacing all of the original items in their original location.
Current advice is to put the caps back on.
The correct procedure is to squish the bottle between your knees, and put the cap back on, forming a vaccume and therfore a nice flatish bottle that takes up far less space in the recycle bin.
Anything else is pure insanity.
Current advice is to put the caps back on. It makes automated sorting easier. Loose tops are too small to be “recognised” as plastic waste.
I put the caps back on, but I crush all the air out first. Putting the lids on prevents them from expanding again.
somehow it’s my job to pick up the bits of paper…
Schoolboy error.
In any case, why's the door hitting the walls? Fit a doorstop.
i suck the air out.
makes me feel a bit light headedy... free drugz innit...
DrP
You could boil cold water with the fury that induces in me.
I want to use that phrase. I suspect I will need it sooner than I expected
People who go for a piss in the cubicle when the urinals are empty and then make a sound like Niagara falls .
The inability to have a "place" for stuff. My keys almost always go in the shallow glass tray on the bookshelf in the lounge so I know most of the time where they are.
The OH on the other hand is almost always "too busy" to do such things and hence spends many wasted minutes searching the house asking "has anyone seen my keys?" before every exit of the building.
Can probably say the same about most things in the house.
Oh and the inability to put the lid properly on anything. The things I've packed up by the top only to drop them as the lid's fallen off! Infuriating.
And it's spread to the kids. Why don't they pick up the good habits?
Still love her and I'm sure I'm equally as annoying.
She's over on Mumsnet right now, whinging about her Darling Partner who keeps picking up jars by the lid and then wondering why he drops them. 😁
Cougar
She’s over on Mumsnet right now, whinging about her Darling Partner who keeps picking up jars by the lid and then wondering why he drops them. 😁
Wouldn't be surprised. 😁
My colleague repeatedly turning on a 2kw fan heater on in the office when it's 23+ degrees. Completely bonkers. Been pointed out numerous times how bloody hot it is but won't stop doing it even after the boss has a go about it! Complains that she's cold!
Dishwasher, pretty much anything to do with that, oh and when printers decide they don't want to work that's nearly always a red mist moment.
Fly tipping in lay bys/field gates. This also includes fag packets at the side of the road. You just know these people are also flicking their spent cigarettes into the hedge as they go past as well.
The inability to have a “place” for stuff. My keys almost always go in the shallow glass tray on the bookshelf in the lounge so I know most of the time where they are.
The OH on the other hand is almost always “too busy” to do such things and hence spends many wasted minutes searching the house asking “has anyone seen my keys?” before every exit of the building.
Can probably say the same about most things in the house.
Oh and the inability to put the lid properly on anything. The things I’ve packed up by the top only to drop them as the lid’s fallen off! Infuriating.
And it’s spread to the kids. Why don’t they pick up the good habits?
Still love her and I’m sure I’m equally as annoying
Have you dared suggest that the reason she's so busy is because she spends so much time looking for the items she's scattered around the house?
No? I'd probably keep quiet too 😀
Oh and the inability to put the lid properly on anything. The things I’ve packed up by the top only to drop them as the lid’s fallen off! Infuriating.
MrsMC doesn't have much use of her left hand, so has a genuine reason for not always putting lids on properly, but still catches me out after all these years. Not sure if I'm irritated with her for doing it or me for not expecting it.
People who don’t indicate at roundabouts
Or those who indicate right but then leave their right indicator flashing as they turn left to exit the roundabout. I drive in Milton Keynes, a city famed for its roundabouts, yet so few of the people driving there know how to signal on them properly.
Sure it's rare but for the extra effort vs potential downside why wouldn't you unplug after use.
When I've lost something and people try to "help" by naming random places and asking is it there?
This.
People who leave the engine running in a stationary vehicle.
People not walking in a straight line. I have no issue if you're slow, but keep a steady line so I can get past.
People who walk in large groups across an entire path or pavement. I walk quickly, don't make me go into the road.
Stopping in doorways. Just step aside and stop blocking everyone.
Being late. Is shows a complete disregard for everyone else's time.
Not being ready to pay at a supermarket check out. What did you think would happen when you arrived at the till?
Faffing.
Crap hand dryers in toilets.
Bathroom sinks without mixer taps.
+ 1 for people being late, especially those who are always late, and not just a bit, but like 30 minutes or so.
People who hold their mobile phone out in front of them on speaker when on a phone call. Has no one ever shown you how to use it 'properly'?? <sigh>
Doubly piss boiling if done in close proximity to others i.e. in supermarket/pub/restaurant grrrrrrr!
People who don’t indicate at roundabouts
Or those who indicate right but then leave their right indicator flashing as they turn left
And these same people get annoyed when you pull out on them (I know, I know, but I am a belligerent tosser and I think that if they can't be bothered to drive properly, neither will I).
Fair enough, I totally understand that *ANY* item left plugged in with the switch on at the mains could present a risk, but the poster singled out hairdriers like they pose some unreasonable risk. If an individual has such a level of risk aversion then surely they should be switching everything off at the mains when not in use?
Heating elements are a special case. You're trusting the flimsy little switch to not get stuck on, leaving it getting hot, but not drawing enough to blow the fuse.
Whereas your PC's power supply is actually 'off' apart form the little 3.3V supply which connects MOBO-on/off switch. A fault in the lead or the AC side of the PSU would blow the fuse or RCD on your consumer unit.
One of our competitors burnt down when a kitchen appliance caught fire overnight. So now we have an air-gap policy where everything apart from the fridge and modem/router/nas is switched off and unplugged overnight. The fridge is probably actually fairly likely to catch fire, but there's a risk/reward trade off Vs having a cup of tea in the morning.
Everything Lunge just said.
How can you reach pensionable age and still have no spacial awareness? Dopy bastards in shop doorways buttoning up their soluble children because it's spitting, whilst the rest of Tesco forms an orderly queue waiting for them to **** off.
Why would that annoy you? There is absolutely no reason to switch them off at the socket after use – they aren’t even a phantom user of electricity.
I used to work with an ex-fireman who went on to become a fire safety officer. He encouraged everyone to switch off any appliance not designed to be on constantly. So I do switch off everything, TV, toaster, kettle, pc, etc.etc. When not in use. If that seems excessively risk averse to you… “shrugs”
And, as a matter of interest, the instructions for said hairdryer( and the toaster etc.) explicitly says it should be unplugged. I should perhaps have said that I never use the hairdryer hence singling it out.
When I’ve lost something and people try to “help” by naming random places and asking is it there?
Ah. Vegetarian in a restaurant being presented with a veggie-hostile menu. I know it's well-meaning and all so I can't complain, but sitting there with panic and embarrassment rising there's always someone who leans across to help. "Well, there's the paella... " Yeah, thanks, I'm vegetarian not illiterate or blind.
For anyone enjoying this unburdening of angst, especially with regards to partners, I can recommend the Chris and Rosie Ramsey Show on iplayer or their podcast, Snog, Marry, Annoyed.
the instructions for said hairdryer( and the toaster etc.) explicitly says it should be unplugged.
I'd get a refund and buy something less dangerous. Anything "not designed to be on constantly" shouldn't be legal to sell.
My mum unplugs the TV before going to bed at night. Because her mum did. Because IDK, something about thunderstorms? It's absolutely potty. We have one of the safest, ludicrously over-engineered domestic electricity supplies on the planet.
whilst the rest of Tesco forms an orderly queue
People who call it Tescos or Tesco's. Cougar thank you for being correct.
Unnecessary pedantry about spelling / grammar / pronunciation, we all know what you mean so what's the point highlighting it.
I will contra those irritated by non-signallers with what appears to be a growing population on the roads who seem to signal far too early. Can see the retail park 200 yards away? Better get those bad boys a-flashing with no consideration of the three turnings between where you are and where you're going and sail past the people waiting to pull out who now expect you to leave a nice gap in the traffic...
Most already mentioned. But people who drive next to my bumper because I'm not going enough over the speed limit, even near schools. Someone did that to me Saturday on the way to the supermarket we were both going to, so I tailgated him around the aisles and when asked wtf I was doing I explained.
Putin. It's the 21st century you moron.
My mum unplugs the TV before going to bed at night. Because her mum did. Because IDK, something about thunderstorms?
It can happen, if lightening strikes close enough to your property. A thunderstorm fried my parents' PC PSU once, although that was in France so it was a proper big storm. My Dad, an electrical engineer, always did this when storms were forecast when I was a kid. Of course he forgot that one time.
Obviously no point in doing this if storms aren't forecast, which they rarely are.
the instructions for said hairdryer( and the toaster etc.) explicitly says it should be unplugged.
I’d get a refund and buy something less dangerous. Anything “not designed to be on constantly” shouldn’t be legal to sell.
I think partly it's a habit thing. If you don't unplug the hairdryer, then you possibly don't unplug your straighteners either, and then IdleJon gets a burnt foot while stumbling about the bedroom in a half-sleep daze.
People who call it Tescos or Tesco’s. Cougar thank you for being correct.
+ Unnecessary pedantry about spelling / grammar / pronunciation, we all know what you mean so what’s the point highlighting it.
I have heard people talk about Tescos's!
I put the caps back on, but I crush all the air out first. Putting the lids on prevents them from expanding again.
Incorrect, I'm afraid.
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I used to work with an ex-fireman who went on to become a fire safety officer. He encouraged everyone to switch off any appliance not designed to be on constantly. So I do switch off everything, TV, toaster, kettle, pc, etc.etc. When not in use. If that seems excessively risk averse to you… “shrugs”
I *get* that if you are particularly risk averse (and have already said so in this thread) but to single out plugged in hairdryers as being a singular cause for anger and frustration is the odd thing – electrical items are either prone to catching fire and burning kittens alive or they are not.
He encouraged everyone to switch off any appliance not designed to be on constantly. So I do switch off everything, TV, toaster, kettle, pc, etc.etc
I'm pretty sure those things ARE designed to be left plugged in all the time, they aren't actually on consantly. My kettle and toaster are completely de-activated when not in use; the switch that activates them is a physical switch breaking the circuit in exactly the same way that the switch at the wall does. You will not find a recommendation from the manufacturer to unplug them when not in use, and in this litigious society you can be sure they'd make it clear to you. Or, you know, design them not to catch fire when plugged in and not being used, which is what I think they went for.
The only stuff I unplug are power tools in the garage when I'm not using them or anything with a heater element in the garage. My heat gun for example could theoretically be knocked into an on position and sit there setting fire to stuff.