Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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MartG said:
Two today ( so far .... )
1. The elderly woman ahead of me at the checkout this morning - stared blankly into space while her stuff was scanned and only started packing it when asked to pay, took nearly 4 minutes to pack two carrier bags of shopping ( kept taking stuff from one bag and putting it in the other, presumably so similar stuff was all in the same bag or something ), then started rummaging around in her handbag to find her purse, then more rummaging to find the bit of paper with her PIN written on it, followed by two attempts to actually type a 4 digit number correctly, then put the bags in the trolley and spent another minute putting her purse back in her handbag and rummaging around for her car keys - all totally oblivious that all her faffing around had held up everyone in the queue behind her for around 10 minutes more than necessary.
2. The elderly relative who visited me yesterday who insisted on 'helping' by 'tidying up a bit' while I popped out to the shops - I've just spent 10 minutes searching for the ketchup ( eventually located at the back of the fridge ) and I have no clue where she's put my sunglasses
That'll be you one day 1. The elderly woman ahead of me at the checkout this morning - stared blankly into space while her stuff was scanned and only started packing it when asked to pay, took nearly 4 minutes to pack two carrier bags of shopping ( kept taking stuff from one bag and putting it in the other, presumably so similar stuff was all in the same bag or something ), then started rummaging around in her handbag to find her purse, then more rummaging to find the bit of paper with her PIN written on it, followed by two attempts to actually type a 4 digit number correctly, then put the bags in the trolley and spent another minute putting her purse back in her handbag and rummaging around for her car keys - all totally oblivious that all her faffing around had held up everyone in the queue behind her for around 10 minutes more than necessary.
2. The elderly relative who visited me yesterday who insisted on 'helping' by 'tidying up a bit' while I popped out to the shops - I've just spent 10 minutes searching for the ketchup ( eventually located at the back of the fridge ) and I have no clue where she's put my sunglasses
RyanTank said:
Mine today is - People who cut you up whilst walking about. this little prick (probably late teens) in a shopping centre earlier saw me coming, at my fairly brisk pace and stepped out into my path, and f
king dawdled in front of me at about 0.5mph!!!
I know he new what he had done as he looked over his shoulder at me before stepping out to block my overtake!!? What the fk!!?? I did think it was a pickpocket gang as he peeled off from a group of 4 lads. and with him obviously blocking me I suspected an attempt at my phone/wallet. but not the case. I think he just wanted to be a little cock for sts and giggles with his mates. 
I knew there was a reason I try to avoid Cardiff City Centre during school holidays!
Kick them in the back of knees king dawdled in front of me at about 0.5mph!!!I know he new what he had done as he looked over his shoulder at me before stepping out to block my overtake!!? What the f
k!!?? I did think it was a pickpocket gang as he peeled off from a group of 4 lads. and with him obviously blocking me I suspected an attempt at my phone/wallet. but not the case. I think he just wanted to be a little cock for sts and giggles with his mates. I knew there was a reason I try to avoid Cardiff City Centre during school holidays!
droopsnoot said:
And when they squeeze the closing credits into a small box so they can put an ad for the next programme on. Usually only when I've been trying to guess who was in it, or doing the voiceover or whatever.
This. And the announcers voice telling you what's on next is usually dead loud, so when you're watching a movie through your sound system, it completely ruins the atomos of the closing music.Just come back from holiday, wife unpacked all the suitcases onto our bed. I asked her to make sure it was all put away by bedtime.....
....of course, midnight came and went and nothing has moved in 8 hours.
Now it is MY fault. "Well, you kept on about it so much I forgot to do it" was her final retort.
WTF?????
....of course, midnight came and went and nothing has moved in 8 hours.
Now it is MY fault. "Well, you kept on about it so much I forgot to do it" was her final retort.
WTF?????
RyanTank said:
Kids are off school. Bored kids like to wind people up. Or frustrated dads taking it out keyboard warrior style instead of shouting at the kids maybe? 
Mine today is - People who cut you up whilst walking about. this little prick (probably late teens) in a shopping centre earlier saw me coming, at my fairly brisk pace and stepped out into my path, and fking dawdled in front of me at about 0.5mph!!!
I know he new what he had done as he looked over his shoulder at me before stepping out to block my overtake!!? What the fk!!?? I did think it was a pickpocket gang as he peeled off from a group of 4 lads. and with him obviously blocking me I suspected an attempt at my phone/wallet. but not the case. I think he just wanted to be a little cock for sts and giggles with his mates.
I knew there was a reason I try to avoid Cardiff City Centre during school holidays!
I beleive it is an actual points scoring game amongst a certain age group at the moment.Mine today is - People who cut you up whilst walking about. this little prick (probably late teens) in a shopping centre earlier saw me coming, at my fairly brisk pace and stepped out into my path, and f
king dawdled in front of me at about 0.5mph!!!I know he new what he had done as he looked over his shoulder at me before stepping out to block my overtake!!? What the f
k!!?? I did think it was a pickpocket gang as he peeled off from a group of 4 lads. and with him obviously blocking me I suspected an attempt at my phone/wallet. but not the case. I think he just wanted to be a little cock for sts and giggles with his mates. I knew there was a reason I try to avoid Cardiff City Centre during school holidays!
I had a little tosser do similar to that to me in Basingstoke when I was there with a Female friend last summer. Him and his mates obviously saw us coming as she commented they were looking at her (one even winked at her, he was about 14 FFS
). Anyway, we get almost level with them and one of them steps out of the group pretending to not look and actually tried to kick my feet out "accidentally".I "accidentally" knocked him on his arse by carrying on walking... "accidentally" stepped on his hand while "trying not to step on him" then turned and helped him up, brushing off his shoulders and straightening his T-shirt all the while saying "you alright little boy? So sorry, you came out of nowhere" in my innocent and worried voice... much to the amusement of my friend and all of this kids mates. Icing on the cake was a security guard running up and asking me if I was OK (I think the kids might have come to the attention of the shopping centre security already as he came out of nowhere).
I told the guard "no harm done, I wasn't watching where I was going, my fault entirely". Guard obviously had seen the whole thing and was desperately trying not to laugh when he told me I should pay a bit more attention. He failed and the last couple of words came out in a chuckle with a massive smile on his face. The tripped over kid was being openly heckled by all his mates by this time but we did make a point of leaving the town about 10mins later.
I'm not a powerfully built goatee wearing company director by any means, but it is really easy to knock someone over quite accidentally
when they are already off balance trying to trip you up in the first place.MissChief said:
That some spoilsport saw fit to change the 'Serendity' thread title to Serenity. I know it was spelt incorrectly but that was part of the charm.
It happens all the time where I live, in the Philippines. People see you coming then step out straight in front of you. I've asked other expats if it happens to them, and it does, regularly. Nobody seems to know what causes it. At first I thought it was some sort of 'set-up' to a mugging or pickpocket thing, but it has never happened. I asked my Asian wife, she says they are just retarded. Another thing, when I'm walking down the street it always seems to be me who is ducking and weaving to stop bumping into people. Despite being 16 stone I have to swerve to avoid skittering 8 stone Asian men and women.
An American friend showed me a trick once, if you walk along a busy street looking at the ground just in front of you, people will avoid you, swerve round you, and it works amazingly enough.
Cobnapint said:
Council alterations at junctions that always have designed in to them somewhere a bit of curb that unnecessarily sticks out into the driving line that catches everybody's alloys.
People who use curb instead of kerb.Please curb using the word curb where you should use kerb.
TV adverts that use songs to flog financial products to the underclass :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU43zpRCwgM&fe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU43zpRCwgM&fe...
Cotty said:
H22observer said:
TV adverts that use songs to flog financial products to the underclass :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU43zpRCwgM&fe...
Underclass? Did you really just say that? Do you really think there is an underclass? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU43zpRCwgM&fe...
What a monumental knob
I think you overstepped the mark there.
Edited by Cotty on Friday 8th August 20:49
Which 'mark' have i apparently overstepped and why are you hurling abuse at me in this thread over the use of one simple word? What the hell is your problem?
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