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

[All that jazz]

New thing seems to have popped up past few days in Total garages. When you put in your card to pay, a message pops up on the screen before you type in your PIN asking if you would like to donate 30p to <random> charity. No I fking don't, gtf off my screen!! These chugging wkers are not happy with shoving a collection tin in your face wherever you go, nor bombarding your ears with their radio pledges, so now they've decided to thrust their virtual collection tins in front of you when filling your motor up. I wish they'd all just fk off.

[lord trumpton]

When paying with cash and the cashier hands me the change by giving me the £note then putting the fking coins on top of the note in my hand

So I have to put the wallet down, separate the coins and put them away and then put the note away.

Much easier if the note was given, then a pause whilst I slipped it in the wallet, then the coins.

[handpaper]

lord trumpton said:

When paying with cash and the cashier hands me the change by giving me the £note then putting the fking coins on top of the note in my hand

So I have to put the wallet down, separate the coins and put them away and then put the note away.

Much easier if the note was given, then a pause whilst I slipped it in the wallet, then the coins.

To counter this :
When handed your change, extend your hand palm downwards. Take the note(s) between two fingers. Turn your hand over and allow the coins to be placed on your palm. Now you can tip the coins into your wallet or pocket before putting the notes away.

[anonymous-user]

mmmmm.... frozen babies.

[JonRB]

handpaper said:

To counter this :
When handed your change, extend your hand palm downwards.

Why did I never think of that? I'll give that a go next time.

[DoubleSix]

handpaper said:

lord trumpton said:

When paying with cash and the cashier hands me the change by giving me the £note then putting the fking coins on top of the note in my hand

So I have to put the wallet down, separate the coins and put them away and then put the note away.

Much easier if the note was given, then a pause whilst I slipped it in the wallet, then the coins.

To counter this :
When handed your change, extend your hand palm downwards. Take the note(s) between two fingers. Turn your hand over and allow the coins to be placed on your palm. Now you can tip the coins into your wallet or pocket before putting the notes away.

Next week: 'How to walk and breath at the same time'

[lord trumpton]

DoubleSix said:

handpaper said:

lord trumpton said:

When paying with cash and the cashier hands me the change by giving me the £note then putting the fking coins on top of the note in my hand

So I have to put the wallet down, separate the coins and put them away and then put the note away.

Much easier if the note was given, then a pause whilst I slipped it in the wallet, then the coins.

To counter this :
When handed your change, extend your hand palm downwards. Take the note(s) between two fingers. Turn your hand over and allow the coins to be placed on your palm. Now you can tip the coins into your wallet or pocket before putting the notes away.

Next week: 'How to walk and breath at the same time'

Don't be a knob, there's a good chap

[lord trumpton]

Hugo a Gogo said:

james_tigerwoods said:

This st - I think I've said it before, but look how messy it is!



Ahhhhh, better...

that's no tidier at all! you've just taken half of it away

This is pisser for me too.

If the wife does the dishes in the evening then they tend to get left in the dish rack until the morning.

As we have young children, within the pile of dishes is a bottle and teat. If one wakes in the night and I decide to give them a bottle of milk, its like playing fking 'kerplunk' in the dark. It usually ends with a crash and me waking the whole house up. Of course it's my fault too.

[Cotty]

Do they still make kerplunk?

[goldblum]

lord trumpton said:

DoubleSix said:

handpaper said:

lord trumpton said:

When paying with cash and the cashier hands me the change by giving me the £note then putting the fking coins on top of the note in my hand

So I have to put the wallet down, separate the coins and put them away and then put the note away.

Much easier if the note was given, then a pause whilst I slipped it in the wallet, then the coins.

To counter this :
When handed your change, extend your hand palm downwards. Take the note(s) between two fingers. Turn your hand over and allow the coins to be placed on your palm. Now you can tip the coins into your wallet or pocket before putting the notes away.

Next week: 'How to walk and breath at the same time'

Don't be a knob, there's a good chap

He's right. Heaven help you if you're required to deal with a receipt as well. And what about those nasty " any chocolate, sir, we have an offer on at the moment?" situations? GaaaaAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!

[R8VXF]

Commuting
London
First Great Western
People leaving milk out
People thinking that because I work in IT I know how everything computer related works
People who cant walk in a straight line
Winter
The tube
Slow drivers
Parents who think they are amazing because they managed to spawn another waste of resources
Lane hoggers
The software this forum runs on
Idiots
Computers
Chavs
Rude people

[Mercury00]

I keep hearing dopey bds pronounce 'extremely' as "ekshtremely". The same kind of people that use the word 'obviously' to sound more intelligent, but use it when talking about non-obvious things.

[R8VXF]

Mercury00 said:

I keep hearing dopey bds pronounce 'extremely' as "ekshtremely". The same kind of people that use the word 'obviously' to sound more intelligent, but use it when talking about non-obvious things.

Expresso

[Mercury00]

R8VXF said:

Expresso

That too. My GF works at a coffee roasters, which you would expect to be a lot more niche than a standard high street coffee shop, and yet when I'm there I keep hearing the customers saying 'expresso'.

[lord trumpton]

goldblum said:

lord trumpton said:

DoubleSix said:

handpaper said:

lord trumpton said:

When paying with cash and the cashier hands me the change by giving me the £note then putting the fking coins on top of the note in my hand

So I have to put the wallet down, separate the coins and put them away and then put the note away.

Much easier if the note was given, then a pause whilst I slipped it in the wallet, then the coins.

To counter this :
When handed your change, extend your hand palm downwards. Take the note(s) between two fingers. Turn your hand over and allow the coins to be placed on your palm. Now you can tip the coins into your wallet or pocket before putting the notes away.

Next week: 'How to walk and breath at the same time'

Don't be a knob, there's a good chap

He's right. Heaven help you if you're required to deal with a receipt as well. And what about those nasty " any chocolate, sir, we have an offer on at the moment?" situations? GaaaaAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!

Yes I know he is right, BUT the thread is about things that annoy 'beyond reason' ie irrationally or without reasonable cause.

So, it is a fitting irritation to submit to the thread you snivelling wolfcock

[DoubleSix]

lord trumpton said:

Yes I know he is right, BUT the thread is about things that annoy 'beyond reason' ie irrationally or without reasonable cause.

So, it is a fitting irritation to submit to the thread you snivelling wolfcock

It wasn't the (non) problem that prompted my ridicule.

It was the 'solution' and subsequent "oh yeah" moment on your behalf.

It was like watching a two year old draw their first circle.

[JonRB]

R8VXF said:

People thinking that because I work in IT I know how everything computer related works

[R8VXF]

JonRB said:

R8VXF said:

People thinking that because I work in IT I know how everything computer related works

Sooooooo true!

[PanzerCommander]

Squishey said:

PanzerCommander said:

Some may be knocking the cruise control into idle, some others must be like mine where it only has OFF/ON, RES, +/- there is no temporary deactivation button so to temporarily deactivate it you have to dab the brakes (in a manual Mustang you can dab the clutch) then hit the RES button to resume the previous speed.

If it's a Ford then the RES button temporarily deactivates cruise control. No need to turn it off and set it every time.

RTFM

I did and the RES button is only for resume, but to double check it I also tried it on the way home from work yesterday and I can confirm the only way to temporarily disable the CC is to dab the brakes else you have to turn it off completely and re-set it. Seems that US fords don't (or mine doesn't) have that feature.

[grumbledoak]

Doors that can be opened from the inside when locked. Particularly the round French handles with the wobbly 'move it and pray' locking switch in the centre.