Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]

[Pique]

The petrol station attendant who always tells me to 'have a great day!' when I stop for fuel at 7am on my way to work:

1) I'm going to work, so my day is unlikely to be great;
2) No-one should be so cheery before 11am, I haven't even had a coffee yet;
And most importantly
3) This isn't fking America you tt.

[FreeLitres]

The taxi driver just now arriving at our quiet cul-de-sac and leaning on the horn for about 5 seconds to alert his customer of his arrival. It's 11:30 pm you IDIOT!!! Too fat and stupid to ring their door bell? FFS

[sc0tt]

Still awake

[John D.]

ambuletz said:

As a cyclist I'm now beginning to dislike other cyclists, namely the ones who can't even be bothered to afford a £1 pair of lights for the front/rear of their bike. Came across two parents and 1 child riding along a poorly lit cycle path with no lights at all.

I dislike their damp, sweaty, musty odour too.

[GTIR]

When my Rizla papers stick together in the humidity.

Annoying!

[Frimley111R]

Motorcyclists who all complain about drivers and then wear black clothing just to make sure that spotting them is that bit harder. Think once, Think twice Think car and lorry and van you lot!!!!

[anonymous-user]

GTIR said:

When my Rizla papers stick together in the humidity.

Annoying!

Or they curl up in the warmth of your hand. Blue ones at least.

[fatboy18]

Frimley111R said:

Motorcyclists who all complain about drivers and then wear black clothing just to make sure that spotting them is that bit harder. Think once, Think twice Think car and lorry and van you lot!!!!

I take it they had no lights on?

This is also one of my biggest gripes with dark grey coloured cars, which in rural areas under the canopy of trees cant be clearly seen on the roads as they blend in too well, made even worse when they choose to not put on any lights in dull conditions

[All that jazz]

fatboy18 said:

Frimley111R said:

Motorcyclists who all complain about drivers and then wear black clothing just to make sure that spotting them is that bit harder. Think once, Think twice Think car and lorry and van you lot!!!!

I take it they had no lights on?

This is also one of my biggest gripes with dark grey coloured cars, which in rural areas under the canopy of trees cant be clearly seen on the roads as they blend in too well, made even worse when they choose to not put on any lights in dull conditions

Agreed. I have a dark grey van and I've never had so many near collisions in any vehicle I've owned; always with the excuse "sorry didn't see you!". For my own safety as much as anyone else's I always drive with the headlights on now.

[JonRB]

PurpleTurtle said:

JonRB said:

For the past two days the majority of the matrix boards on the M3 from Basingstoke down to the M27, and along the M27, have been displaying "RED X MEANS LANE CLOSED". This is starting to annoy me beyond reason.

(If you want to see for yourself, go to http://www.trafficengland.com/motorwayflow.aspx)

On the M40 on Sunday, lots of overhead gantries showing 'KEEP TO NEARSIDE LANE UNLESS OVERTAKING'

Cue loads of myopic fkwits slowing down to read them, thinking it was a genuine traffic alert rather than an instruction telling them to drive as they should be doing anyway.

At least "KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING" (which is the actual phrased used) would be educational and bears constant repetition (perhaps it will work its way into their thick heads eventually).
In 25 years of driving, I think I've seen the red X maybe only a handful of times, but I see morons who should keep left unless overtaking on a daily basis.

[Captainawesome]

Squawk1066 said:

Tyre Tread said:

It's like "The Game". Every time you think about it, you lose!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

[rambo19]

Passengers who get on my bus then look for their pass/money!!!!!

[CC07 PEU]

V8mate said:

ecs said:

When people go for a piss and don't aim for porcelain. We've got a fairly well sound insulated bog here (you can go for a post curry st in privacy), but there's one person who likes to take noisy pisses all the time for everyone to hear :

That'll be a woman.

More than likely. Two women live in the flat below me, probably late thirties, and they're two of the noisiest pissers I've ever encountered. The volume they piss at is absolutely astounding, it's like putting your ear under a waterfall. I've been out the back doing maintenance on the motorbike and been able to hear them pissing. It's probably not helped by the fact that one of them is a bit tubby and probably has a large capacity for water retention.

[james_tigerwoods]

Ignorant bds in London - There's just no need.

I'm just back from a few days there with the kids and it's not been easy with a stroller (full of bags and crap) at any rate, but the amount of people that pushed into my 6 year old daughter without a care was truly astounding. Yes she should stick close, but to actually shove her out of your way... Why?

On a surprisingly large number of occasions, the lifts were out and the stroller had to be carried down some stairs. This happened, I'd say, about 9 times - in each occasion, I was given help to carry the stroller and in all but one case, the person who helped was a tourist.

I know London well enough to expect to be shoved about or to know that there will be rudeness (there's just no need really) but seeing it from a tourist's eyes was something else.

While I'm at it - The person "on the track" at Piccadilly on Tuesday evening - I hate you - I'd just spent 2 hours in Hamleys doing my best Yorkshire impression saying " 'ow much" about a thousand times and at 9pm, finally escaping that godforsaken hell hole to find that they'd done that and then had to get from there to the Wembley Park in a rather long winded way with a tired 3 and 6 year old via Leicester square and Kings cross.

Bah!

[Tyre Tread]

james_tigerwoods said:

-

stroller

Bah!

It's a pushchair!

Whole lot serves you right for having kids and using Americanisms.

[PanzerCommander]

james_tigerwoods said:

Ignorant bds in London - There's just no need.

I'm just back from a few days there with the kids and it's not been easy with a stroller (full of bags and crap) at any rate, but the amount of people that pushed into my 6 year old daughter without a care was truly astounding. Yes she should stick close, but to actually shove her out of your way... Why?

On a surprisingly large number of occasions, the lifts were out and the stroller had to be carried down some stairs. This happened, I'd say, about 9 times - in each occasion, I was given help to carry the stroller and in all but one case, the person who helped was a tourist.

I know London well enough to expect to be shoved about or to know that there will be rudeness (there's just no need really) but seeing it from a tourist's eyes was something else.

While I'm at it - The person "on the track" at Piccadilly on Tuesday evening - I hate you - I'd just spent 2 hours in Hamleys doing my best Yorkshire impression saying " 'ow much" about a thousand times and at 9pm, finally escaping that godforsaken hell hole to find that they'd done that and then had to get from there to the Wembley Park in a rather long winded way with a tired 3 and 6 year old via Leicester square and Kings cross.

Bah!

I quickly learned after a couple of visits this year (for the NFL) that I don't think anybody genuinely gives a st about anybody else. I honestly believe that there are a good number (especially at rush hour) that would complain the train hadn't departed the station even if it had just mown somebody down.

Forget shivery, politeness, ladies first and all that, you just go.

It always amuses me to see people running down the escalators to catch the next train, only to end up stood behind them on the platform, I did my best Arnie last weekend "Ruuunnnnn, gooooooo, get to the traiiin" - well I thought it was funny anyway.

[rohrl]

PanzerCommander said:

Forget shivery...

Was it a cold day or were you coming down with the 'flu?

[Cobnapint]

PanzerCommander said:

I quickly learned after a couple of visits this year (for the NFL) that I don't think anybody genuinely gives a st about anybody else.

These must be the same people who helped produce London's polka dot pavements.....

"I've finished with my chewing gum. Tell you what - I'll just spit it out on to the floor"

Depraved lazy basts.

[PanzerCommander]

rohrl said:

PanzerCommander said:

Forget shivery...

Was it a cold day or were you coming down with the 'flu?

fking thumbs and autocorrect

It is hard to be cold in the tube though...

[markmullen]

james_tigerwoods said:

Ignorant bds in London - There's just no need.

I'm just back from a few days there with the kids and it's not been easy with a stroller (full of bags and crap) at any rate, but the amount of people that pushed into my 6 year old daughter without a care was truly astounding. Yes she should stick close, but to actually shove her out of your way... Why?

On a surprisingly large number of occasions, the lifts were out and the stroller had to be carried down some stairs. This happened, I'd say, about 9 times - in each occasion, I was given help to carry the stroller and in all but one case, the person who helped was a tourist.

I know London well enough to expect to be shoved about or to know that there will be rudeness (there's just no need really) but seeing it from a tourist's eyes was something else.

While I'm at it - The person "on the track" at Piccadilly on Tuesday evening - I hate you - I'd just spent 2 hours in Hamleys doing my best Yorkshire impression saying " 'ow much" about a thousand times and at 9pm, finally escaping that godforsaken hell hole to find that they'd done that and then had to get from there to the Wembley Park in a rather long winded way with a tired 3 and 6 year old via Leicester square and Kings cross.

Bah!

I'll counter that, and nothing personal against you but:


Parents who carry so much ste they are incapable of moving about without getting in the way of everyone else. "strollers" which are as big as a transit van and enough bags to pack for a month.

Parents who let their children wander about getting under your feet, sometimes accompanied by a half assed call of "ooh come here little Oscar, out of the Mr's way"

People that think someone being so monumentally unhappy that they'll chuck themselves under a train is somehow less of an issue than their child being taken to a toyshop.

Edited by markmullen on Friday 31st October 10:14