Sod the important stuff, let's have a good old Friday petty irritations thread

People who sit with their engines running.

I’m not talking about at the traffic lights, either. Some lady was parked in the supermarket car park with the engine running eating a sandwich….was there when I came back 10 minutes later. Engine still running.

People using “politically correct” when they mean “civilised”.

People using “i.e.” as a sort of more advanced version of e.g.

Misuse of the word shambles to mean something other than a mediaeval butchers.

People that say “language evolves” to justify their misuse of shambles, pc, i.e. etc.

People that say “grammar nazi” about people who have never been a member of the National Socialists.

Pedants.

Pederasts.

Pedal cyclists.

“Laters”

Skinny verti cappuccino.. over my dead body will I request such a thing.

Munchausen’s Irritation by Proxy?

There being no standard way for ending an email.

for letters it’s either

sincerely
or
faithfully

depending on if you know them

For emails we have

Regards
Kind Regards
Thanks and Regards
Regards and thanks
Cheers

and that’s just for business stuff.

and do I put my full name or just my first name as my full name is in the auto footer.

It’s a bloody minefield. I use ‘cheers’ with people I know well but then send it to people I’ve never met and feel like I’m coming across as too casual.

Pedal cyclist couriers who think they know my job better than I do.

Misuse of the word shambles to mean something other than a mediaeval butchers.

People that say “language evolves” to justify their misuse of shambles, pc, i.e. etc.

You seem pretty gay to be saying that.

Skinny verti cappuccino.

I still can’t bring myself to use Starbucks size names. Small, medium or large for me.

Can I add weight to the people making faddy requests in restaurants too, please?

I was in Disneyland Paris last week (so I was quite pissed off as it was) but I had to stand behind some prick in the “Earl of Sandwich” ordering 6 sandwiches for his family and every single f***** one had some alteration or other. No word of a lie it took 10 minutes.

If you don’t like whats in the f**** sandwich pick something else.

The server was visibly getting pee’d off as was the rapidly lengthening queue behind him.

My order for my family of 4 took 30 secs from start to finish.

I hope they added special sauce to his sandwiches.

Misuse of the word shambles to mean something other than a mediaeval butchers.

People who think Torrid is some sort of new word combining terrible and horrid rather than meaning oppressively hot. I’m particularly thinking of sports commentators with this one.

“Chap”.

Stupidly bright rear bike lights.

People who say “theory” when they mean “hypothesis”.

People who make several posts, when one will do.

For emails we have

Regards
Kind Regards
Thanks and Regards
Regards and thanks
CheersI have a colleague who ends all her emails with
“Have a great day!”
She’s American, obviously.

Biscuits that promise so much, yet deliver so little.

Thread contributors who type “I’ll Get Me Coat” and then don’t….

People who chew gum.

When people use overly long words to appear clever, very sesquipedalian.

Fat kids from the Midlands in “Newquay Lifeguard” hoodies.

the fact that hobnobs don’t have a ‘you’ve had enough fatso’ alarm/tazer.

Mmmm hobnobs.

the fact that hobnobsWaitrose (yeah, deal with it) stem ginger all butter cookies don’t have a ‘you’ve had enough fatso’ alarm/tazer.

Whoever it is that is going to send me a long complicated email requiring immediate attention 1 minute before I finish work for the weekend.

<composes Email to rusty>

Fat kids from the Midlands in “Newquay Lifeguard” hoodies.

oo oo yes, people in fashion label style metal band Tee’s like AC/DC or Iron Maiden. Have you ever heard any maiden? Well whats your favourite album eh?

Also, people who mention The Game

YOU LOSE

x.

Iron Maiden snobs

People who think Iron Maiden is anything other than a mediaeval torture device

joking 😉 , I’ll get my purse

Biscuits that promise so much, yet deliver so little.

Such as?

People who think Iron Maiden is anything other than a victorian contrivance

T@s53rs who drive upto and through roundabouts at 50 mph not indicating, while I’m hoping to get my knee down on the bike!

“Look, that’s the road where Auntie Megan used to live. She was married to Bill who worked on the railways. He had a stroke and had to go into a home. It was so sad. You should have turned left back there.”

finest contribution so far.

The lady at the hospital today who booked our daughter in for vaccinations, when she had an ear infection. I know it wasn’t my fault, even though my technical ability is poor, as I had the missus translate as well, as I was sure she said vaccination to me.

Then the utter shock that I didn’t know where the pharmacy was when picking up the prescription as it was our first, and last time at the hospital.

I suppose I should feel happy that it only cost 50 quid or so, which the insurance company will pay, but no, the hospital billing department couldn’t work out how to deal with our insurer, even when on the phone to them.

and breathe, the doctor was lovely and logical, she agreed that the different branches should have their computer systems linked together so we don’t fill out the same form every time and they can see what previous treatment there was.

I could write to complain, but then what would they care they make billions in health tourists every year.

And to top it all off, I couldn’t find the ice cream parlour we were looking for.

Sugar headaches from too many hobnobs

UKIP looking biscuits for MrWoppit.

really? Rich Tea promise so much?

^ Never had that issue.

I have felt the cheese overdose before from too much mature cheddar

Those bloody ‘one life, live it’ stickers on the back of Land Rovers (why is it always Land Rovers, can’t I have a life in any other vehicle)?