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My own indecision about trivial things.....say, buying a USB cable on Amazon. There's 3000 to choose from, just find one the correct length & buy it.....you really don't need to spend an entire evening pontificating over whether the £4.97 lead is better value than the £5.00 lead even though it's a brand you've never heard of & 3 reviews out of 2500 say it broke first time it was used.....
Dogs chasing me on my bike. I’ll ride off as fast as I can till it stops chasing me.
Top tip.
Something that isn't moving can't be chased.
I always stop and say hello. Nearly always calms the dog down straight away and I've not been bitten yet.*
*obviously a Chihuahua will have me leg off tomorrow.
My own indecision about trivial things…..say, buying a USB cable on Amazon. There’s 3000 to choose from, just find one the correct length & buy it…..you really don’t need to spend an entire evening pontificating over whether the £4.97 lead is better value than the £5.00 lead even though it’s a brand you’ve never heard of & 3 reviews out of 2500 say it broke first time it was used…..
Yes, this. Then I said that my time is far more valuable, and for items under £5 or where the differential is less than a couple of quid, I just click buy now and get the time back.
And then spend the time agonising if I've overpaid for 100 zip ties.
Wallops who loiter at zebra crossings
Are you going to cross or are ypu having a catch up with your friends from church
MGIF drivers who then wang their car at an angle into the kerb. Throbbers the lot of them.
People who dress explicitly to reveal their shite prison tattoos. Yes we can see you have a hideous thigh tatoo as your wearing silly short shorts in the rain, at 0800 on a cold February morning.
Vests on men who aren't called John McLean
Remapped shit box cars and the weapons who drive them in 3rd gear with the sole sim of making the car backfire
Just drive up the road on balanced throttle and stop scaring all the local dogs, giving ex forces ptsd flashbacks and depriving night workers of much needed sleep
Tosspits. See also Harley Davison riders with even louder than std exhausts and a sticker thst says loud pipes save lives. Go screw each other. Quietly.
so I tailgated him around the aisles and when asked wtf I was doing I explained.
This seems like a disproportionately weird response, so even better. 🙂
Got called out to by a teenager yesterday that I'd gone through a red light on the mtb as he and his brother/mate were just about to cross.
I bleedin well didn't! I'm a stickler for stopping/ waiting at red lights on the bike same as I am in a car.
It really angered me for some reason and I almost turned around to have a go at him...
Fortunately I was so knackered from riding up the drudge of a hill all I could muster was a slightly garbled "green!" as I trundled on.
The situation then irritated/annoyed me for the next km or so which is just ridiculous!
I then went on to question my own sanity as to whether id actually gone through a red light! Ffs.
but to single out plugged in hairdryers as being a singular cause for anger and frustration is the odd thing
The odd thing to me that you seem to want to press the point when the thread title mentions disproportionate anger.
To repeat, the reason I mentioned it is that I don’t use the bloody hairdryer so have to rely on someone else to turn it off…. which rarely happens even though she says she will.
Does that help?
So many things that resonate on this thread but the main one is the dishwasher.. by a country mile. If you offered my better half ten billion pounds to load the thing efficiently AND effectively she couldn't do it. I've come to the conclusion it's a pisstake and she knows it makes my teeth itch and so does it on purpose, there is no other explanation. She thinks I'm a sad man who is really interested in dishwashers (I mean I am sad but not in this way) but it's the time cost that really gets me as I physically cannot set it away without intervening. Anyway, great opportunity to post the Jon Richardson bit about dishwashers:
This could easily be me and my wife.. and several other posters by the sounds of it!
On the toaster/kettle point above, both of ours have printed on the plug "Attended appliance. Unplug after use - fire risk".
people trying to help me solve their IT problems by Googling stuff and telling me what they just read. I understand they are trying to help and it shouldn't wind me up but it does, especially since the bulk of stuff you arrive at on Google is junk
People who don't shut cupboard doors all the way.
They push it..it gets to within an inch of being closed then something behind it stops it closing fully. So, instead of moving what is behind it and having a lovely kitchen full of flush cupboard doors, they just leave it sticking out and bugger off to mess with my head.
Incorrect, I’m afraid.
Top of page 2…..
Irrelevant, I don't live in America.
In any case, I don't have the room to throw away two-litre pop bottles that take up 2L of space. So either they lump it or it goes in general waste.
n the toaster/kettle point above, both of ours have printed on the plug “Attended appliance. Unplug after use – fire risk”.
What the actual great suffering **** is an "attended appliance"? That's surely just arse-covering of the highest order. A toaster isn't a gene splicer, it makes bread warm and brown. And who can forget the great Kettle Explosion Disasters of '08?
Hell, I'm disproportionately cross by proxy right now. What an absolutely ludicrous state of affairs.
Chinese Sky lanterns.
Children (and their inconsiderate owners).
Guitarists playing with loads of reverb.
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>
Yes, they DO do it on TV a lot but that is so everyone watching can hear the conversation as a plot device.
If YOU do it don't be surprised when I join in the conversation with your mum.
Stopping in doorways.
Not to mention stopping at the top of the escalator.
Adults saying "Hospickle". Have ooh godda poorwy tum tum? Do ooh wanna bwokeded noseywose?
My dad used to say that. He'd get an "ikkle bokkle" of milk.
He's dead now. Makes you think.
Village we live in was hit by a power surge in late 2020. Caused some minor fires and lots damaged appliances and boilers. The chippy shut for a few months. No one died but anyone who unplugged their toaster and kettle felt smug.
The fact the power grid have schemes set up to deal with fried appliances suggests it's not exactly unheard of.
Not to mention stopping at the top of the escalator.
Or even worse, people who are traveling on the escalator, blocking it completely rather than standing to one side. With 50 people backed up behind them.
That is really next level ignorance!
I thought my dog-off-a-lead one was pretty irrational, but some of you are properly seething about life, huh?
Irrelevant, I don’t live in America.
In any case, I don’t have the room to throw away two-litre pop bottles that take up 2L of space. So either they lump it or it goes in general waste
just to satisfy you here's the original article I read it on. From the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4Q0v4Dc6C3QVkkytbnpsCqV/recycling-are-we-getting-it-wrong
Everything posted so far plus being referred to as...mate, matey, pal, bud, chap, chum, fella, bucko, marra, gadge, squire, duck, luv.
All are ignorant forms of address.
The Roy Keane response to being addressed as mate is one I've used before - my name isn't mate and I'm not your mate.
Last time I used that I was met with 'how can I help you, sir'?
Response was...you can't; your attempt at sarcasm is laughable so makes you both ignorant and a failed comic; half wit.
Dog turd bags in the countryside.
Buying a brand new phone and having multiple software updates. I'm on about fifteen in the past 24hrs.
"for free"
Idiots. Been listening to too many euro sport types? Even worse then "for sure".
You mean "free" as in "free of charge" or you mean "for nothing"
While we are at it, people who are impressed with Greggs. You get Poundland quality and the price of some poncy artisan bakery.
And that brings me on to any thing artisan.
And micro as in brewery.
And pubs that sell Cyder
And pubs that sell food. Alright we have to compromise so if it comes in a packet it will do at a push.
And anywhere that thinks that chips should be served in a stupid little galvanised bucket the size of a sherry glass.
And my bloody mother who only has dry, I mean DRY, sherry.
And my bloody father phoning to tell me his laptop is playing up again. Use the mouse I gave you not the sodding great fat fingers that can't feel a damn thing and are all bent to buggery with arthritis. (His screen was upside down just now) CTRL,ALT, up arrow.
Mars bars in plastic. What was wrong with the waxed paper?
Anything wrapped in plastic.
Microwaving things in clingfilm and leaving that wrapped around the dish.
People who start threads that keep me up when I should be in bed.
just to satisfy you here’s the original article I read it on. From the BBC
He's talking about DMR (dry mixed recycling) and the difficulty in sorting it out again. If like most domestic recycling it's already separated by the consumer then it's a moot point.
People who start threads that keep me up when I should be in bed.
To be fair, I started it 21 hours ago. With all due respect, I'm not accepting being held accountable for your sleep patterns almost a full day later.
Buying a brand new phone and having multiple software updates. I’m on about fifteen in the past 24hrs.
Is your 'brand new phone' technically new but a 5 yo model that's been sat in the corner of a warehouse for the last 5 years? 🙂
Adults saying “Hospickle”. Have ooh godda poorwy tum tum? Do ooh wanna bwokeded noseywose?
I think someone needs to go on a nice, relaxing holibobs.
@mattyfez- 2019 release, so yup, probz true 🙁
But surely it can just update to the most recent/ current software in one hit?
People who sign each of their posts with their username, like we cant see the friggin thing at the top.
He’s talking about DMR (dry mixed recycling) and the difficulty in sorting it out again. If like most domestic recycling it’s already separated by the consumer then it’s a moot point.
Mine's not, we have a single large wheelie bin for plastics, glass, tins and cans and paper all going into it. How many bins do you have to split to?
Humanity.
But surely it can just update to the most recent/ current software in one hit?
Technically possible but can be problematic. Microsoft do cumulative windows updates sometimes, for example, so it just 'boshes' it all at once.
Not so common with mobile phones.
The "need" to fill every. single. cupboard to its maximum capacity. Everytime. Stuff on top of stuff, so accessing anything becomes a jenga challenge. And reloading the cupboard like a game of bucking bronco.
Mine’s not, we have a single large wheelie bin for plastics, glass, tins and cans and paper all going into it.
Yeah, that's DMR.
I split out glass, plastic and paper. Glass I take manually to the tip recycling centre because the kerbside collection can't cope.
I knew someone who's other half would open the front door during a thunderstorm to let the lightning out if it came down the chimney....
And we were amazed at the Brexit vote.
Hazard lights on when parked inconsiderately. But as a driver you only see the right hand light (left being obscured by another car or similar), so slow down to let them out. Rrrr
Supermarkets:
People who stop in the supermarket aisle and put their trolley next to them, at an angle, so that others can't get past. Also stopping for a social chat across the same aisle
Worse than "Tescos" is "Markses"
Ignoring the shopping list and buying more milk than we need so that you can't fit everything in the fridge. Then complain about the size of the fridge
See also buying salad items that aren't on the shopping list because we already have them
My 48yo sister calling my mum "mummy" then slouching all over the sofa like a soporific teenager while my parents entertain her spoilt brat and walk her untrained vizsla.
The “need” to fill every. single. cupboard to its maximum capacity. Everytime. Stuff on top of stuff, so accessing anything becomes a jenga challenge. And reloading the cupboard like a game of bucking bronco.
Oh dear God, this. New kitchen last October, you wouldn't know it if you opened a cupboard or a drawer. All my fault for having three water bottles for cycling, apparently.
The “need” to fill every. single. cupboard to its maximum capacity. Everytime. Stuff on top of stuff, so accessing anything becomes a jenga challenge. And reloading the cupboard like a game of bucking bronco.
Oh yes! Especially the cupboard which has jam jars stacked on top of condiment jars and sauce bottles of every description jammed into every available space, most of which are never used but apparently can't be thrown out. Guaranteed just opening it to retrieve the brown sauce will result in a ten year old jar of organic artisan marmalade braining me or smashing spectacularly on the counter top or floor!
An inability to avoid populating every flat surface in the house with 'stuff'. Plant pots, picture frames, chintzy bits of tat, ornaments, whatever! I am very definitely a minimalist at heart and my OH is the polar opposite. I conceded on this point early in our relationship and mostly I have learned to be zen about it, but every now and then I lose it when merely walking past a bookcase results in things falling over.
Digital devices taking an age to start up. Our "smart" TV is still considering what to show on the guide minutes after I've turned it on. Why ???
Surely everything should be instantaneous ? It's not like it's a #@@&#ing steam engine waiting to come up to temperature.
Can't believe the boffins haven't sorted this out yet. ****s.
Hazard lights on when parked inconsiderately. But as a driver you only see the right hand light (left being obscured by another car or similar), so slow down to let them out. Rrrr
Except when I have to park inconsiderately because some other inconsiderate Nob has parked on the dropped kerb & I need to transfer a wheelchair with a person in it onto a council minibus.I
People who sign each of their posts with their username, like we cant see the friggin thing at the top.
& this ^^
Essel.
They have, it's just that "starts quickly" hasn't been deemed a feature that sells TVs, and they can tell people to leave it on standby instead.