Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
Discussion
JonRB said:
The prawn mayo & lettuce baguette that I had for lunch just now.
I was under the impression that the generally-accepted way of making a prawn mayo & lettuce baguette was to split open the baguette, put the prawn mayo in first, and then use the lettuce to hold the prawns in.
Not so, according to the new girl on the deli bar. She put the lettuce in first and then the prawn mayo, so the lettuce acted as a spring to eject the prawn mayo everywhere when I unwrapped it to eat it. Grrrr.
(Yeah, yeah. First World problems.
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Sounds like the new girl is doing it right.I was under the impression that the generally-accepted way of making a prawn mayo & lettuce baguette was to split open the baguette, put the prawn mayo in first, and then use the lettuce to hold the prawns in.
Not so, according to the new girl on the deli bar. She put the lettuce in first and then the prawn mayo, so the lettuce acted as a spring to eject the prawn mayo everywhere when I unwrapped it to eat it. Grrrr.
(Yeah, yeah. First World problems.
)How the hell is loose lettuce supposed to hold anything else in?? That makes no sense.
If anything, the weight/consistency of the prawn-mayo has got the best change of holding other stuff in???
226bhp said:
People who let the landline only ring about 4 times before putting the phone down.
Ok when you are next to it, but not when you've just run in from outside to try and answer it.....
People who purposefully let a phone do two full rings before answering it.Ok when you are next to it, but not when you've just run in from outside to try and answer it.....
Just answer the damn thing as soon as it rings. What the f**k are you waiting for?
f
k that
I might be doing anything
if I burst in on the middle of you chatting with someone or watching tv, having a dump, eating a bag of crisps or whatever and kept shouting "monthefish monthefish talk to me monthefish talk to me now monthefish" you'd be pretty annoyed, yet i'm allowed to ring a bell constantly until you speak to me?
k thatI might be doing anything
if I burst in on the middle of you chatting with someone or watching tv, having a dump, eating a bag of crisps or whatever and kept shouting "monthefish monthefish talk to me monthefish talk to me now monthefish" you'd be pretty annoyed, yet i'm allowed to ring a bell constantly until you speak to me?
monthefish said:
226bhp said:
People who let the landline only ring about 4 times before putting the phone down.
Ok when you are next to it, but not when you've just run in from outside to try and answer it.....
People who purposefully let a phone do two full rings before answering it.Ok when you are next to it, but not when you've just run in from outside to try and answer it.....
Just answer the damn thing as soon as it rings. What the f**k are you waiting for?
Balmoral said:
The way people behave at airport baggage collection conveyors.
I reckon a yellow cross hatched 2 metre exclusion zone around the conveyor, which can only be entered as & when your bag comes around would work brilliantly.
Nearly I reckon a yellow cross hatched 2 metre exclusion zone around the conveyor, which can only be entered as & when your bag comes around would work brilliantly.
. Try this - when you check your bag in it gets a little chip stuck on it and you get a tiny receiver. At baggage reclaim there's a fence around the belt with gates that open automatically when your bag is within a certain distance. Your receiver bleeps to let you know when to come forward. There are enough gates but everyone is allocated a gate via electronic display: e.g., bag nos, 1-10 wait by gate 6 etc. If more than the allocated amount of tagged people enter your 'exclusion zone' the belt stops completely until the area is clear of numpties. Because many people don't think about what they do or the consequences for others when they're part of a crowd this type of enforced behaviour control, whilst slightly authoritarian, is the only logical way forward in trying to address one of the scourges of twentieth century air travel.
goldblum said:
Nearly .
Try this - when you check your bag in it gets a little chip stuck on it and you get a tiny receiver. At baggage reclaim there's a fence around the belt with gates that open automatically when your bag is within a certain distance. Your receiver bleeps to let you know when to come forward. There are enough gates but everyone is allocated a gate via electronic display: e.g., bag nos, 1-10 wait by gate 6 etc. If more than the allocated amount of tagged people enter your 'exclusion zone' the belt stops completely until the area is clear of numpties. Because many people don't think about what they do or the consequences for others when they're part of a crowd this type of enforced behaviour control, whilst slightly authoritarian, is the only logical way forward in trying to address one of the scourges of twentieth century air travel.
Well, if we're going to have a technical solution like that, why not go all the way and have an army of robot butlers to bring peoples' luggage directly to them? . Try this - when you check your bag in it gets a little chip stuck on it and you get a tiny receiver. At baggage reclaim there's a fence around the belt with gates that open automatically when your bag is within a certain distance. Your receiver bleeps to let you know when to come forward. There are enough gates but everyone is allocated a gate via electronic display: e.g., bag nos, 1-10 wait by gate 6 etc. If more than the allocated amount of tagged people enter your 'exclusion zone' the belt stops completely until the area is clear of numpties. Because many people don't think about what they do or the consequences for others when they're part of a crowd this type of enforced behaviour control, whilst slightly authoritarian, is the only logical way forward in trying to address one of the scourges of twentieth century air travel.
JonRB said:
Well, if we're going to have a technical solution like that, why not go all the way and have an army of robot butlers to bring peoples' luggage directly to them?
That might result in slowing the process down.Thinking further - to prevent crowding at the baggage gates themselves a small electric current (250 volts) would run through the ironwork to prevent crowding and ameliorate smooth baggage collection.
The Accordion Effect at traffic lights.
The lights go green, and the person at the front of the queue suddenly wakes up, scratches their arse, looks for 1st gear, finds it, and moves off.
The next person waits for the person in front to move off and *then* wakes up, myopically looks for 1st gear, and finally moves off.
The next person also waits for the person in front to move off before getting their st in order.
The accordion stretches.
Meanwhile I am sat with 1st gear selected, handbrake being held with button depressed, left foot on the clutch, right foot on the accelerator, thinking "COME ON! LET'S GO FFS!", and ready to start moving the moment the car in front of me does. Like anyone with a few brain cells should.
The lights change to red and the accordion compresses.
tts.
The lights go green, and the person at the front of the queue suddenly wakes up, scratches their arse, looks for 1st gear, finds it, and moves off.
The next person waits for the person in front to move off and *then* wakes up, myopically looks for 1st gear, and finally moves off.
The next person also waits for the person in front to move off before getting their s
t in order. The accordion stretches.
Meanwhile I am sat with 1st gear selected, handbrake being held with button depressed, left foot on the clutch, right foot on the accelerator, thinking "COME ON! LET'S GO FFS!", and ready to start moving the moment the car in front of me does. Like anyone with a few brain cells should.
The lights change to red and the accordion compresses.
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JonRB said:
The fakes pauses on...
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They annoy me.
With all due respect, that's not "beyond reason". I believe it annoys everyone, and have no idea why the producers do it, except to waste time and pad out the show. It may have been novel the first time, but it's old hat now, and there's no point to it. I'd rather have longer advert breaks, and that'd be annoying enough....
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They annoy me.
Maybe it does appeal to the sort of numpties who watch shows like X-Factor.
In that case, I am annoyed by the fact that today in B&Q when I bought some wood filler and what can only be described as a spatula, I had to have a member of staff verify that I was over 21. Because the spatula was described as a "filler knife".
Which of course has the word 'knife' on the description, so obviously very very dangerous.
Which of course has the word 'knife' on the description, so obviously very very dangerous.
Balmoral said:
The way people behave at airport baggage collection conveyors.
I reckon a yellow cross hatched 2 metre exclusion zone around the conveyor, which can only be entered as & when your bag comes around would work brilliantly.
bolloc ks to em I just grab my suitcase and accidently whack the stupid idiots that are standing in the way. tough tiities you shouldn't be there.I reckon a yellow cross hatched 2 metre exclusion zone around the conveyor, which can only be entered as & when your bag comes around would work brilliantly.
had ham said:
Working away at home, listening to Absolute Classic Rock whilst ploughing through nu forecasts and spreadsheets..and what is bloody annoying me today is the 'Terms and conditions apply, subject to status, you must be over 21 at the time of...etc,etc' drivel spoken at great speed at the end of most of the adverts..
Oh, and another one, whispering on adverts - infuriates me...
I can't listen to Absolute Radio. They seem to be contractually obligated to say "Absolute Radio" about nine million times an hour, drives me mad. Oh, and another one, whispering on adverts - infuriates me...
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