Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

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Doofus

30,680 posts

188 months

Thursday 18th April 2024
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If nobody tells him, he won't know.

popeyewhite

23,007 posts

135 months

Thursday 18th April 2024
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Voldemort said:
I would presume, given the empty balcony, that you picked the best seat in the house? It's not unreasonable for the next customer to take the second best seat...

[The headphone leakage is unforgivable though.]
Once he's there it's not the second best seat, is it? The second best would be as far away from the already taken seat. Unless the balcony's pointed there's a whole front row to choose from.

Cotty

41,267 posts

299 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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Voldemort said:
Cotty said:
Go to an empty resturant, get seated and order food. Couple come in and sit in the closest table possible to me WTAF.

Walked into an empty pub, bought a pint and sat on the huge 40 seater balcony overlooking the sea. Some tt sits on the table next to me wih the volume so loud it leaking from his headphones.
I would presume, given the empty balcony, that you picked the best seat in the house? It's not unreasonable for the next customer to take the second best seat...

[The headphone leakage is unforgivable though.]
I wouldn't say there is a best table, they are all pretty similar. Even if you preferred the tables to the left there are ten of them with the same sea views.


What I find really strange is when something like this happens and you move away from them, they get upset/ofended, like its my fault.

r3g

3,750 posts

39 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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21st Century Man said:
A pint and a bag of crisps in the pub. A bloke in the corner is playing video clips quite loudly, so I move elsewhere. Two women with a bottle of wine in a chiller having a nice quiet conversation, then one of their mobiles rings. fk me, I about jumped out of my skin, very possibly the loudest Klaxon noise ever, how the fk can that level of noise be coming out of a phone without a mains supply, an amplifier and a bank of speakers? Woman then proceeds with high volume telecom. I move elsewhere again.

Is it too much to ask to have a quiet pint without selfish inconsiderate wkers everywhere?

Or is it me?

A bloke's watching videos, so what? A woman's phone rings and she takes a call, what's the problem?
I've had reason to use public transport over the past few weeks, getting from A to B before/after car sales. It really has taken a turn for the worse. A certain demographic were notable on all journeys, blasting out stty rap music from their mobile devices at full volume, ensuring that every occupant of the bus and train carriage was forced to endure it. What happened to using ear or headphones? It's just cringeworthy please-look-at-me attention seeking but of course everyone just grits their teeth and puts up with it as the alternative by asking them to turn it down/off will probably result in a knife through your chest.

RizzoTheRat

26,806 posts

207 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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r3g said:
I've had reason to use public transport over the past few weeks, getting from A to B before/after car sales. It really has taken a turn for the worse. A certain demographic were notable on all journeys, blasting out stty rap music from their mobile devices at full volume, ensuring that every occupant of the bus and train carriage was forced to endure it. What happened to using ear or headphones? It's just cringeworthy please-look-at-me attention seeking but of course everyone just grits their teeth and puts up with it as the alternative by asking them to turn it down/off will probably result in a knife through your chest.
I find it quite an amusing difference now living in NL from the UK. They have silent carriages on the trains, and if someone is talking or playing music someone will say something to them and they will stop. In the UK we all just tut and then complain about it later biggrin

I really don't get the attraction of listening to music on a phone speaker though, it sounds so tinny and crap compared to headphones

Muddle238

4,199 posts

128 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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WATs. (Wandering Aisle 'tards)

Habitat: The supermarket

Pace: Glacial

Behaviour: Commonly found leaning on the trolley as if it were a bloody zimmer frame, staring intently at the shelves, foraging for anything that tickles their fancy yet somehow never actually putting anything in said trolley. Simultaneously managing to single-handedly block an entire aisle for other shoppers.

Life expectancy: Not long if I'm permitted to fit bullbars to my trolley.

carlo996

6,815 posts

36 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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People taking ‘at’ mobile phones, and/or listening to music or video in open forum are bottom feeders. Zero self awareness.

RizzoTheRat

26,806 posts

207 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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Muddle238 said:
Behaviour: Commonly found leaning on the trolley as if it were a bloody zimmer frame, staring intently at the shelves, foraging for anything that tickles their fancy yet somehow never actually putting anything in said trolley.
Or alternatively blokes bored stless, leaning on the trolley and staring at the shelves while thier wife walks back up the aisle she's already visited 4 times as she randomly flits around the shop taking 10 times as long as if if she just walked up every aisle picking up stuff she needs as she passes.

RayDonovan

5,521 posts

230 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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carlo996 said:
People taking ‘at’ mobile phones, and/or listening to music or video in open forum are bottom feeders. Zero self awareness.
The same level of cretins who use a phone 'Apprentice style' and can't hear the other person. wkers

snuffy

11,231 posts

299 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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RayDonovan said:
The same level of cretins who use a phone 'Apprentice style' and can't hear the other person. wkers
Is that the ones that hold it at 90 degrees to their lug? They also hold it with as little grip as possible, as if they are holding a dog turd

21st Century Man

42,322 posts

263 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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snuffy said:
Is that the ones that hold it at 90 degrees to their lug?
Even worse, 90 degrees in front of them, about a foot away from their mouth.

Utterly baffling.

RayDonovan

5,521 posts

230 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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snuffy said:
RayDonovan said:
The same level of cretins who use a phone 'Apprentice style' and can't hear the other person. wkers
Is that the ones that hold it at 90 degrees to their lug? They also hold it with as little grip as possible, as if they are holding a dog turd
Yep, on loudspeaker too as they can't hear the distorted sound from the phone itself.

popeyewhite

23,007 posts

135 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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RayDonovan said:
snuffy said:
RayDonovan said:
The same level of cretins who use a phone 'Apprentice style' and can't hear the other person. wkers
Is that the ones that hold it at 90 degrees to their lug? They also hold it with as little grip as possible, as if they are holding a dog turd
Yep, on loudspeaker too as they can't hear the distorted sound from the phone itself.
There was an idiot doing this in the gym last week. Trying and failing to get his mates to join him in a game of padel (aka beach paddle-ball) an hour later. No one would join him.

I had a little laugh to myself.

redrabbit29

2,112 posts

148 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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Personal gripe and no one really to blame but paid for Premium Economy on a flight to America for GF and Me, then discover the only seats are these:


hidetheelephants

30,149 posts

208 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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redrabbit29 said:
Personal gripe and no one really to blame but paid for Premium Economy on a flight to America for GF and Me, then discover the only seats are these:

You had to pay before learning that there were no seats suitable for human habitation. That's a 's trick and not beyond reason.

h0b0

8,680 posts

211 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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hidetheelephants said:
redrabbit29 said:
Personal gripe and no one really to blame but paid for Premium Economy on a flight to America for GF and Me, then discover the only seats are these:

You had to pay before learning that there were no seats suitable for human habitation. That's a 's trick and not beyond reason.
In some flights SAS just move the velcro head rest cover back further into economy when they sell more Premium economy tickets.



popeyewhite

23,007 posts

135 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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h0b0 said:
hidetheelephants said:
redrabbit29 said:
Personal gripe and no one really to blame but paid for Premium Economy on a flight to America for GF and Me, then discover the only seats are these:

You had to pay before learning that there were no seats suitable for human habitation. That's a 's trick and not beyond reason.
In some flights SAS just move the velcro head rest cover back further into economy when they sell more Premium economy tickets.
In every flight for which I've pre-selected seats the seat selection has taken place before payment. Seems odd this hasn't happened here but I've not flown the airline the OP mentions.

redrabbit29

2,112 posts

148 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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It was British Airways although the outbound flight is American Airlines

I didn't get any option. I guess because of this reason - a third party provider.

Actually yes as I did pick my seats coming back but not the first flight. I didn't really click on at that stage.

Flight is in 2-3 weeks so maybe I'll get lucky and other seats will open up if people change flights.

Edited by redrabbit29 on Friday 19th April 15:41

popeyewhite

23,007 posts

135 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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The third party booking can be a problem I've found as well. Ryannair (as if not bad enough already), booked through the internet a few years ago. Loveholidays I think. Ryannair refused to give me any new flight info when they moved the flight - because third party booking.

Rusty Old-Banger

5,724 posts

228 months

Friday 19th April 2024
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Muddle238 said:
WATs. (Wandering Aisle 'tards)

Habitat: The supermarket

Pace: Glacial

Behaviour: Commonly found leaning on the trolley as if it were a bloody zimmer frame, staring intently at the shelves, foraging for anything that tickles their fancy yet somehow never actually putting anything in said trolley. Simultaneously managing to single-handedly block an entire aisle for other shoppers.

Life expectancy: Not long if I'm permitted to fit bullbars to my trolley.
How many times would you have to run someone over with a shopping trolley before you killed them? It'd be like trying to kill someone by hitting them with a ruler, or a carrot biggrin
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