Stuff that makes you disproportionately cross

Signs that apply human feelings to inanimate objects like the one in Sainsbury's this morning: "Sorry, I'm feeling poorly so having a rest just now".  **** off it's a checkout, it doesn't feel anything!! Grrrrrrrr

Trains always go up to London.

Signs that apply human feelings to inanimate objects like the one in Sainsbury’s this morning: “Sorry, I’m feeling poorly so having a rest just now”.  **** off it’s a checkout, it doesn’t feel anything!! Grrrrrrrr

Yeah, I'll expand this to "creeping infantilization of everyday life"

Stickers on stuff that you need an angle grinder or 48 hours of your life to remove fully.

The other half giving me a kiss when she's just sprayed all sorts of floral stinky stupid lady potion all over her face and it ruins the taste of my coffee.

Bleurggggghhhhh!

Mmm, ladypotion.

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anything that compares children to pets

I love animals.  I love pets, I particularly love cats, we have three of them.

I despise the saccharine-sweet baby-replacement bullshit that some people insist on hanging onto their pets. It seems to be a particular affliction of Americans but far from exclusively so.

"Fido doesn't look impressed with his Halloween costume!"  Of course he doesn't, he's a ****ing dog not a Barbie doll.  "Tiddles crossed over the rainbow bridge yesterday."  I'm sincerely sorry for your loss but, rainbow bridge, what are you, 12?  "My fur baby is sleepy today!"  You badly need to get laid.

Caps on plastic bottles that no longer come completely off, rather fold to one side.

I appreciate it's to encourage the caps to be recycled, but why would folk only recycle the bottle and not the cap?  Savages.

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I love animals.  I love pets, I particularly love cats, we have three of them.

I despise the saccharine-sweet baby-replacement bullshit that some people insist on hanging onto their pets. It seems to be a particular affliction of Americans but far from exclusively so.

“Fido doesn’t look impressed with his Halloween costume!”  Of course he doesn’t, he’s a ****ing dog not a Barbie doll.  “Tiddles crossed over the rainbow bridge yesterday.”  I’m sincerely sorry for your loss but, rainbow bridge, what are you, 12?  “My fur baby is sleepy today!”  You badly need to get laid.

Here here (apart from the cats bit).

 

"You badly need to get laid"

This seems rich coming from someone who seems to be disproportionately cross a disproportional amount of the day.

Caps on plastic bottles that no longer come completely off, rather fold to one side.

See, I like this.  Not for green reasons but so that you can't drop it and watch it skitter away under the fridge.  It's a godsend on 500ml bottles when you're in the car.  And if it really bothers you you can still rip it off.  Loose caps are going to go the way of ringpulls unless they've patented it.

Neither works on the app though, and who uses Facebook on a browser any more?

Me?  I hate poking at a phone screen, I'll use a computer wherever possible.

Here here

"Hear hear." </pedant>

“You badly need to get laid”

This seems rich coming from someone who seems to be disproportionately cross a disproportional amount of the day.

Not really, I badly need to get laid also.

Umbrellas apparently!

https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-umbrella/#post-13402968

I appreciate it’s to encourage the caps to be recycled, but why would folk only recycle the bottle and not the cap?  Savages.

Here in Greater Manchester you're not allowed to put the cap in the recycling, it has to be removed and put in the black bin. If it's attached, it's allowed in recycling.

Their reasoning is that the loose caps get mixed up with the glass and cause a problem.

Loose caps are going to go the way of ringpulls unless they’ve patented it.

It's not patented (maybe specific designs?), I think it's an EU law/directive/whatever. And what's this about ringpulls? Have they gone somewhere?

When you have a week off work and its rain rain rain. F*****g rain. Still waiting for some summer weather. **** off rain.

And what’s this about ringpulls? Have they gone somewhere?

Your age is showing.

When I was a kid, ringpulls came completely away from cans.  We used to make low-grade projectile weaponry out of them.

Not really, I badly need to get laid also.

I'd settle for being laid badly

I put my friking bin out last night ....and it's still there.. the reycling bins got taken, but they are weekly rather than fortnightly, and a different outfit/subcontractor...

Caps on plastic bottles that no longer come completely off, rather fold to one side.

Now I'm very much with you there, they're just in the f'ing way.

Even more so the ones on cartons of juice. Firstly, they get in the way of pouring, resulting in the juice missing the glass and disgorging itself all over the workto instead. Gah. And secondly, can't really be recycled with the carton anyway cos that's mostly not plastic. So, just whats the point?

Not really, I badly need to get laid also.

:*

FFS, I give up

I'll add "the fact that it's so difficult to do things on this forum that we've been doing on forums since the late 90s, like linking to images" to the list

Savages who make cheese scones with the same dough as the currant scones. So they are sweet and cheesy, not savoury, prefer with a dab of mustard powder and Parmesan through them.

Your age is showing.

Oh well, at least it's the right way around 😉

Savages who make cheese scones with the same dough as the currant scones. So they are sweet and cheesy, not savoury, prefer with a dab of mustard powder and Parmesan through them.

Now I'm hungry for a cheese scone with raisins in

I’d settle for being laid badly

Message me

Xx

FFS, I give up

Go on then, giz a clue

Weirdos who eat cheese scones

Those who casually wield umbrellas at others’ eye height.

Go on then, giz a clue

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Health data performance systems that are so up themselves that they require you to read an "Access Approval Matrix" in order to be able work out how you get authorised to look at them.

Weirdos who eat cheese scones

That is pretty messed up to be fair...like a rubbish version of cheese on toast.

Apple. Specifically their over friendly/entirely useless customer service chat/phone bods. Firstly "hello I'm Julia"/finish the chat/get the feedback email for an entirely different name from - I'm guessing - India. I don't care where you're from, just do the thing I asked you to do. I know it's not the fault of the customer services rep, but...

Secondly the script "Yes I buy apple products as well, so think of me as a customer sharing your frustrations". Every. Bloody. Time. Followed by "how is the weather with you". Who writes these scripts? Are we honestly expected to believe them? Again not the CS ops issue but just downright annoying (or maybe I am just disproportionately cross)

Thirdly - how hard is it to change one line in an address? My mistake on post code picker I didn't check shipping address for phone and they missed the house name. DHL tried to deliver it but couldn't. Then the process of trying to get it updated started. DHL won't let you do it as 'it's a high value item and Apple need to update their systems". They tell you this THREE days after failing to deliver it.

I've had 4 chats and one phone call with Apple CS - at the end of which they assured me the address has been changed. It's one extra line. Two words. How hard can it be? Clearly quite hard as it's not been changed at all.

I'm three hours into trying to fix it and nothing works. Some kind of process gap where Apple reckon they've changed it (and spoken to DHL, hmmm) and DHL resolutely denying it in one line emails that might as well just be a finger emoji.

So I cancelled the order. Well I've tried too. Apparently "it may not work as the unit has shipped". Not to me it hasn't. Nor will it ever get here due to the deadly embrace between apple and DHLs systems. I mean I've paid for it to sit in a warehouse in Bristol.

I really like Apple stuff. Had lots of phones/laptops/imacs etc. But I'm not having another one. Keep my old phone for another couple of years by which time i might have calmed down enough to forgive their atrocious CS. I mean they are so nice, but so useless.

I appreciate this rant is nothing more than 'old man shouting at clouds' BUT subsequent to me attempting to cancel the order, Apple sent me an email explaining the address had been updated, and I should express my gratitude because they expect my phone to be delivered to an actual house (maybe ours, maybe not) in the next 24-48 hours followed ONE MINUTE later by this exemplar of customer service by our friends at DHL:

"apologies the goods seems to have been returned to the senders as we wasnt provided with the full address please contact the senders. thanks" - I'm not sure what appalls me more, the terrible grammar or the fact that these organisations are at best loosely connected by two sets of employees united only in their mission to sow confusion and frustration for their paying customers.

I assume the updates between their two systems are expedited by a pidgin fired from a howitzer on the west coast of the USA on an approximate compass bearing to the UK south west.

Will I get a refund? Will some other package be delivered (dead pidgin maybe?), Will at any point someone/anyone explain why two apparently successful companies with very high transactional processes and clear exception reporting cannot add two words to an address over the period of seven days. I feel the answer to all this questions is no.

I'm not angry....etc....etc... too early for a beer?

Weirdos who eat cheese scones

Reported.^^

That is pretty messed up to be fair…like a rubbish version of cheese on toast.

And your accomplice ^^

expedited by a pidgin

That would explain the poor English.

I say Pidgina, you saw Pigeona, let's call the whole thing off 🙂

And thanks, that made me laugh. Especially after I double checked my spelling of appalled 🙂

…websites that ask for user feedback to help improve things - and then ghost the users for months. 😉

Toast.

??weird but OK:

Here's to websites that ask for user feedback to help improve things – and then ghost the users for months. 😉

People who start a sentence with "thing is"

Pubs who have a blackboard outside with events on that happened months ago and can't be arsed to change it.

Teams.

The stupid girl in the pub with the aggro dogs.

Tonight, people blowing leaves (and other detritus) into the road before mowing the verge. Yes I love riding in all that crap, thanks. Just wait for the next car to pass and it'll be blown back again anyway.

Caps on plastic bottles that no longer come completely off, rather fold to one side.

I appreciate it’s to encourage the caps to be recycled, but why would folk only recycle the bottle and not the cap? Savages

This more because any liquid in the lid gets tipped down your face and front.

"it's Yop, honestly!"

People sitting in their cars with the engine running waiting for their kids to finish training, right next to people playing sport. WTAF!

Or the people who park in the bus stop to go to Tesco to avoid a slightly longer walk from the free carpark.

Or the people who circle the carpark at the gym to get a space slightly closer to the entrance, then go and run on a machine.

The person who carried out an emergency stop for a duck on a straight section of the A9 in the wet. Well that got the heart racing, I half expected someone to go into the back of me.

Loose confused with lose. I wish it didn't annoy me so much, as it's so prevalent these days.

Not disproportionate at all, but a friend of mine having to raise a grievance for appalling sexual discrimination in the 21st century.

****ing embarrassing.

Loose confused with lose, thier instead of their often here on this forum but I suppose we can blame it on I before e except after c

It's the idiots with leaf blowers who blow the leaves into the roadside drain.
Do they believe it to be some sort of waste disposal machine , or magically the leaves will dissolve.
Or are they just lazy
Or does their family own a drain cleaner lorry
Then they moan when the roads flood

Seeing someone kickstart a motorcycle and keep the kick lever down as it runs.

Heinz have been canning foods since the yardankitties.

yet, making the tins so that they stack on top of each other, and not across the floor, thus far has eluded them.

Loose confused with lose

I grew up in Loose in Kent, it's definitely pronounced /luːz/

Nat West IVR:

Them: "In a few words please state why you are calling"

Me: "Set up direct debit"

Them: "So you're calling about a bereavement, is that right?"

FML. My first ever experience with Nat West. Thank god it's only a short-term relationship.

Dionne Warwick.

She doesn't even know how to pronounce her own name.

Dionne Warwick.

She doesn’t even know how to pronounce her own name.

The way some people seem to think ignoring yellow lines is OK if you park in the cycle lane or on the pavement. I miss when I was young and double yellows were an urban clearway and single yellows allowed loading but not parking. British double yellows are an unenforced joke and it makes me disproportionately cross.

I grew up in Loose in Kent, it’s definitely pronounced /luːz/

I understand this reference! I lived in Tovil, mispronounced "toe ville" by TVS news.

Insurance companies:

Just why?!?!?!

ve just taken out a home policy, but i got a text saying they coudnt email me the welcome pack
Sent at13:55
so i cant activate my account
Sent at13:55

Please stay connected while I investigate this for you.
13:56

The issue it that we are not able to have two policies under one email.
13:57
I have a car policy with you also, is that what you mean?
Sent at13:57

That would be correct, can I send the documents via post?
13:59
yes that is fine
Sent at14:01

I have also sent them via post as well.
14:02

email
14:02

Please let me know when you get the documents.
14:03
will i be able to see both policies on the website
Sent at14:06

The issue it that we are not able to have two policies under one email.
14:07
ok i have an email with the house insurance documents, thank you
Sent at14:08
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My pleasure, have a great day.?

Aviva by any chance?

Aviva by any chance?

Esure

People who put their dogs (with probably sh1tty ar5e5) on the chairs in cafe's, pubs and restaurants.....then feed them at the table.

In fact, just being around the general public for an hour or so makes me disproportionately cross.

matt_outandaboutFull Member
Teams.

This +1^50

We're being moved to Teams from Zoom to save money. It's just not as good.

People that view or treat nearly every aspect of their lives as a competition.

Fat fingers !!

This +1^50 should be +10^50

This +1^50 should be +10^50

People who don't understand basic maths.

(sorry I couldn't resist!)

People who put their dogs (with probably sh1tty ar5e5) on the chairs in cafe’s,

Improper use of apostrophes!

? (Wink emoji)

Spotify "hey much respected subscribed customer, have some free audio books, for free, no really free, aren't we generous?'

Also Spotify 'that's your lot for this month unless you'd like to be an even more respected subscriber'

Writing cards.

I'm shit at it but equally hate clichéd bollocks that could have been written by an LLM.

Drivers who pootle down the slip road then accelerate when they get onto the dual carriageway rather than using the slip road to match the traffic speed.

Indoor light pollution, why do they have to put so many leds on everything.

Online help that doesn't answer your question and doesn't give an option for contact.

Work colleagues raising grievances because they don't like how they been 'singled out' for their timekeeping.  Well, out of the whole team, you're the only one with poor timekeeping, how would you like me to not single you out?

Its probably been identified already - the attention seeker in work who will come around asking/demanding money off everyone to buy someone a card/present if they are leaving/birthday/dog died/wedding/back from sick leave/etc etc.

.. and the Secret Santa organiser; who is almost often the same person as the above.

@nickc

Had a very similar thing at work as a manager of a small team.. One guy taking the piss with timekeeping... I had to spend hours and hours demonstrating that litteraly everyone else was pretty much always on time aside from the odd transport /medical issue which I Don't really care about ... And this guy was consistently 15-20 mins late several times a week.

HR basically wouldn't let him get fired and kept pussy footing around.

In the mean time the rest of the team obviously took the position that they feel hard done by when they make the effort, have to cover a certain amount of workload due to his tardyness and that's completely understandable.

Some people are just absolute chancers and will play the game..

Don't get me wrong.. I'm a very benevolent manager when it comes to this kind of thing and will give people the benefit of the doubt until it's completely obvious they are taking everyone else for a ride..

For example they might have a family or medical issue that they don't feel they can share with me.. But there comes a point when something has to be done.. It pisses off the rest of the team, makes me look like a shit manager etc.. So the buck has to stop somewhere.

The Joy's of middle management lol!

I've just seen a bloke on a mobile phone.  Phone held flat horizontally, screen skywards, microphone against his ear with the speaker end jutting out into space off to his side.

Is this some sort of John Woo guns-held-sideways "cool" that I'm unfamiliar with, or is it the case that after a hundred years of telephone evolution we've forgotten how they work?  Prat.

There's never any excuse to have your phone on loudspeaker in public. Ever.

Headphones exist and they are not expensive.. No one wants to listen to your music or hear you arguing with your other half.

And you can always use your phone for calls by holding it to your ear... Y'know how they are designed.

Just no common decency.

burntembers

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People that view or treat nearly every aspect of their lives as a competition.

See also people that just talk loud and fast so you can't get a bloody word in edgeways.. It's a conversation, not a competition.

I had exactly this on the phone to my dentists receptionist today.. I litteraly had to tell them to shut up and let me speak. Unbelievable.

Well I was a bit more polite than that.. I said.. I'll stop you right there because you are not listening to what I am telling you, because you keep talking over me.

Drives me mad....

Ink loss from my fountain pen. I don't know why it affects the Parker more than other fountain pens, but without fail, I have to refill the Parker more than I use it. Thinking it's evaporation, I've tried keeping the pen sealed in Tupperware, but the ink still vanishes. At this point, I assume it's aliens.

Car drivers...just generally - the ones:

Speeding

Using mobile phone in their hand/lap/talking into it à la @Cougar's example, despite it being connected to the car audio as the entire neighbourhood could hear it

Driving across the centre line whilst avoiding no obstruction

Chancing it at every roundabout

Turning into streets on the wrong side of the road

Who think they have a divine right to join the carriageway at a slip road junction

Who overtake artics then hit the brakes

Who take a last second, double left manoeuvre to get onto the off-slip-road from the outside lane to get to McDs

Who park so far from the kerb only a 1970s mini can get into the street

And special mention goes to today's Throbnut Award winner, who overtook the cyclist, who'd stopped at the zebra crossing, narrowly avoiding the parent with pram. Hopefully something will come of the fact at least 7 people got the reg number and intend to report them.

(Rage emoji)

Reet, back to listening to the sea...

The Joy’s of middle management lol!

Innit. I've no idea (neither does the HR Partner know) how to resolve it really.