Things that annoy you beyond reason...?

[Mazdarese]

theironduke said:

People.

This.

Specifically people who have impromptu 'meetings' on the stairwell at work. It's only wide enough for two people, yet you think it's ok to stop there and have a chat with your colleague who you can talk to any time of the day?

s.

[V8mate]

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[EvoDelta]

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[Hugo a Gogo]

...and Bullseye, obviously

[Twincam16]

toppstuff said:

Car dealers on Autotrader who insist on putting a cars mileage as 30, for example, when they really mean 30,000...

It screws up the search function when you want to select in order of mileage. It is intensely annoying if, like me, you spend time grazing the trader when on a train...

Or the ones who put a car for sale as, say, £900 in the top box, but in the body of the advert say something like 'CORRECTION - PRICE IS ACTUALLY £2500'. I mean, why? (yes I know, it's to get into more searches, but still...)

[Munter]

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[Mazdarese]

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[RenesisEvo]

Twincam16 said:

Or the ones who put a car for sale as, say, £900 in the top box, but in the body of the advert say something like 'CORRECTION - PRICE IS ACTUALLY £2500'. I mean, why? (yes I know, it's to get into more searches, but still...)

Well the moronic thing is, the reverse is more the case. Taking your example - if you are looking at cars up to £1k, and that one shows up 'oh well, it's 2500, can't afford it'. If you can afford and search for a car that is £2k+, then the £950 listing doesn't show up in the search - result, it actually means the advert ends up not being seen by some of the potential target audience. Therefore to me this practice seems entirely stupid.

[cazzer]

The utter utter utter ahole that designed the rover v8 fuel rail should be taken out and fking flayed alive and then rolled in salt.


Arse.

[Negative Creep]

Just noticed this, which is really hany as the car is currently for sale. There is some red paint left behind, so the only consolation is that the spineless wker will have a damaged his car as well

[fatboy18]

That happens to me on a regular basis when ever I park my van in a supermarket car park Dumb sts turn into the space next to my van then either open the doors marking the side or denting / scratching the wheel arches trying to get out of the spaces. Welcome to the UK in 2011

[KaraK]

RenesisEvo said:

Twincam16 said:

Or the ones who put a car for sale as, say, £900 in the top box, but in the body of the advert say something like 'CORRECTION - PRICE IS ACTUALLY £2500'. I mean, why? (yes I know, it's to get into more searches, but still...)

Well the moronic thing is, the reverse is more the case. Taking your example - if you are looking at cars up to £1k, and that one shows up 'oh well, it's 2500, can't afford it'. If you can afford and search for a car that is £2k+, then the £950 listing doesn't show up in the search - result, it actually means the advert ends up not being seen by some of the potential target audience. Therefore to me this practice seems entirely stupid.

The people that do this all need beating with sticks wrapped in barbed wire. It's usually painfully obvious which ones have done it but they still clog up the results. It really is the car advert equivilent of walking into a crowded place and shouting "I'M A MONKEYfkER"

[AstonZagato]

Negative Creep said:

Just noticed this, which is really hany as the car is currently for sale. There is some red paint left behind, so the only consolation is that the spineless wker will have a damaged his car as well

Someone did it to my car the other day.

No note. £2k of damage. £750 excess.

Twunt.

[Cotty]

sleep envy said:

really hot women wearing a pair of killer heels with the fking sale sticker still on the soles

Any women in high heels. Why go to all the effort, make up, hair, clothes then leave the price tag on their shoes.

[SD1992]

Twincam16 said:

toppstuff said:

Car dealers on Autotrader who insist on putting a cars mileage as 30, for example, when they really mean 30,000...

It screws up the search function when you want to select in order of mileage. It is intensely annoying if, like me, you spend time grazing the trader when on a train...

Or the ones who put a car for sale as, say, £900 in the top box, but in the body of the advert say something like 'CORRECTION - PRICE IS ACTUALLY £2500'. I mean, why? (yes I know, it's to get into more searches, but still...)

All of the above

[fatboy18]

Wonky tables in cafes and restaurants

[Langweilig]

Spending £99.99 out of my salary to go and buy MS Office 2010. Swipe the card to activate, go to the MS Office getkey site. Send e-mail address, re-send e-mail address, verify e-mail address. Scratch back of card for product key. Type in key to start download and wait. Download stopped because Norton security thinks it's iffy. Get key again by going through Norton safe search. Start download again. Download aborted twice because the Kbps transfer rate starts working in HOURS and not minutes. Restart download again. Success! All 476mb downloaded. Up comes message, "Does not have valid digital signature." Oh F IT! Run the bloody thing anyway!

File configuration starts and then stops when 75% complete. Up comes error message, "Sorry, incomplete, encountered a problem."

Try again next day. Start download. Success. Key in product key. Success. Register, agree to licence. Success. Wait for remainder of configuration process to finish. Success.

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGHHHHHH! Why is Bill Gates a billionaire, selling troublesome downloads like this?

Edited by Langweilig on Saturday 6th August 19:51

[Pothole]

Langweilig said:

Spending £99.99 out of my salary to go and buy MS Office 2010. Swipe the card to activate, go to the MS Office getkey site. Send e-mail address, re-send e-mail address, verify e-mail address. Scratch back of card for product key. Type in key to start download and wait. Download stopped because Norton security thinks it's iffy. Get key again by going through Norton safe search. Start download again. Download aborted twice because the Kbps transfer rate starts working in HOURS and not minutes. Restart download again. Success! All 476mb downloaded. Up comes message, "Does not have valid digital signature." Oh F IT! Run the bloody thing anyway!

File configuration starts and then stops when 75% complete. Up comes error message, "Sorry, incomplete, encountered a problem."

Try again next day. Start download. Success. Key in product key. Success. Register, agree to licence. Success. Wait for remainder of configuration process to finish. Success.

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGHHHHHH! Why is Bill Gates a billionaire, selling troublesome downloads like this?

Edited by Langweilig on Saturday 6th August 19:51

because he already has your money before you find out it's troublesome, and because Windows has the OS market sewn up?

[Jw Vw]

fatboy18 said:

Wonky tables in cafes and restaurants

I second that - fking pain in the arse.

[Fort Jefferson]

Jw Vw said:

fatboy18 said:

Wonky tables in cafes and restaurants

I second that - fking pain in the arse.

Can't understand why they don't use three legged tables and chairs.