Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
Discussion
Bobberoo said:
People who plaster a smile on their face and then proceed to walk straight at you expecting you to either make way for them or simply disappear, see also people in supermarkets who reach around you instead of simply saying "excuse me".
Or wave without looking at you but then pull out in front of you.Mr Penguin said:
Bobberoo said:
People who plaster a smile on their face and then proceed to walk straight at you expecting you to either make way for them or simply disappear, see also people in supermarkets who reach around you instead of simply saying "excuse me".
Or wave without looking at you but then pull out in front of you.
Twunts.M4cruiser said:
TV programmes, filming from the outside of someone's house, where someone walks up and knocks at a door, occupant opens it, they look surprised and say hello .... and then the shot switches to the camera that's already inside the house ...
Or on Eat Well for Less, when the presenters "surprise" the show's participants in the supermarket. "Wow, fancy seeing you here" say said participants, laughing inanely.Did you not know you were on the programme then? You know, the one you signed up for? And those people wandering round, following you as you fill up your trolley with food, carrying camera equipment, surely that was a massive clue to you as well?
snuffy said:
M4cruiser said:
TV programmes, filming from the outside of someone's house, where someone walks up and knocks at a door, occupant opens it, they look surprised and say hello .... and then the shot switches to the camera that's already inside the house ...
Or on Eat Well for Less, when the presenters "surprise" the show's participants in the supermarket. "Wow, fancy seeing you here" say said participants, laughing inanely.Did you not know you were on the programme then? You know, the one you signed up for? And those people wandering round, following you as you fill up your trolley with food, carrying camera equipment, surely that was a massive clue to you as well?
M4cruiser said:
TV programmes, filming from the outside of someone's house, where someone walks up and knocks at a door, occupant opens it, they look surprised and say hello .... and then the shot switches to the camera that's already inside the house ...
Yes, Hitchcock and Truffaut had an argument about that, in an early film Hitch placed the camera in the fridge so the viewer had the perspective of the fridge when the actor opened it, Truffaut thought this was arrant nonsense as the fridge was an inanimate object and thus devoid of having a view of the world, Hitchcock was having none of this, and he called Truffaut a spotty hack, a rank amateur and a " baguette eating f****t ". Advertising not targeting the recipient.
Mrs. DG rarely uses her email, but last night checked it after a 6 month absence, many emails from Agoda.
“We’ve handpicked 5 properties that may be of interest to you in Hoi an” average price per night £300.
Considering the places we booked through Agoda were sub £30 per night, I’d hate think what would have happened if choices had been left to an algorithm.
Mrs. DG rarely uses her email, but last night checked it after a 6 month absence, many emails from Agoda.
“We’ve handpicked 5 properties that may be of interest to you in Hoi an” average price per night £300.
Considering the places we booked through Agoda were sub £30 per night, I’d hate think what would have happened if choices had been left to an algorithm.
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. f
k 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?
k 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 w
kers 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?
21st Century Man said:
Is it too much to ask to have a quiet pint without selfish inconsiderate wkers everywhere?
Go to an empty resturant, get seated and order food. Couple come in and sit in the closest table possible to me WTAF. kers everywhere?Walked into an empty pub, bought a pint and sat on the huge 40 seater balcony overlooking the sea. Some t
t sits on the table next to me wih the volume so loud it leaking from his headphones. 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...Walked into an empty pub, bought a pint and sat on the huge 40 seater balcony overlooking the sea. Some t
t sits on the table next to me wih the volume so loud it leaking from his headphones. [The headphone leakage is unforgivable though.]
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.[The headphone leakage is unforgivable though.]
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...Walked into an empty pub, bought a pint and sat on the huge 40 seater balcony overlooking the sea. Some t
t sits on the table next to me wih the volume so loud it leaking from his headphones. [The headphone leakage is unforgivable though.]
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.
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 sk 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 w
kers 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?
tty 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.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 tty 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 really don't get the attraction of listening to music on a phone speaker though, it sounds so tinny and crap compared to headphones
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.
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.
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.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff