Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
Discussion
kowalski655 said:
Self service tills at supermarkets. I dont have a problem with using them myself,in fact prefer them to having to make cheery chit chat with the staff, but when I do use them,surely the least I can expect is that the damn things recognise items with security tags on them,and summon the helping wench on duty to remove it.But no, you are either left to set all the alarms off when walking out, thus making you look like a pie munching,lock opening shoplifter,or even more annoying,the tags DONT set off the alarm,and you find,2 days later,that you have a tag on something that you cant get rid of. I have 2 items now that I need to go back with,and of course I cannot find the damn receipts.
Also dithering old farts that cant use them
The person manning these things is supposed to respond when the light above each till turns red, I have yet to witness them do this, they just wait around looking at the floor until the poor soul in need of help (me) wakes them up.Also dithering old farts that cant use them
fatboy18 said:
droopsnoot said:
WD39 said:
Many dog walkers in my vacinity leave a recently filled poo bag on the verges or hanging on a tree.(think about it), with the intention of retrieving them on the way back home.
Oh, is that the reason? I see these from time to time, and just assumed that the dog walker was either too stupid to realise that there's no point bagging it if you're not going to take it to the bin, or was just deliberately leaving it for someone else. There was a bag of it left on our gatepost the other week, it had gone by the time I got back from the pub so maybe it was just left temporarily.
Bag it and put it in a bin. I've cleared up a few of these bags that have been left hanging on trees for weeks on end
MartG said:
WD39 said:
I certainly think that there are a small coven of dog walkers that deliberately leave doggy do bags hanging around. They like to fool folks that they ARE going to collect them on the way back, but never do (collect the do).
Follow them and post the poo through their door
MartG said:
WD39 said:
I certainly think that there are a small coven of dog walkers that deliberately leave doggy do bags hanging around. They like to fool folks that they ARE going to collect them on the way back, but never do (collect the do).
Follow them and post the poo through their doorBasically there was a family about 5 houses up who were a bit rough (s
t cars, weeds on the drive etc) and the female had allowed her dog to st right in front of my parents friends house. This became an issue after said friends confronted the dog walker and had an argument. Apparently it happened a few times and tensions were developing.Right, back to the day I was there.... I saw dog lady slow down and actually wait until her dog thought about having a s
t a right outside parents friends house and then walked off. 10 mins later parents friends bloke came home from work (chunky bloke who was a mobile tyre fitter for lorries) and then came out with a shovel. He scooped up the st, walked to the dog owners house and flicked the st onto the windscreen of one of their cars. He then rubbed and smeared the st over the screen with his shovel and walked off.5 mins later bloke from rough house steams over, knocks on the door and the two blokes start fighting. I'm pleased to say that parents friends bloke quickly got the upper hand and pinned the bloke to the deck and told him in no uncertain terms what would happen to him if the dogs
t thing occurred once more. It never and the family moved about 12 months after.cool story etc
I travel by train to London which is not a bad thing as I get to sit down, read, use my mobile etc on the train.
So why is it that half the train occupants feel the need to read their mobiles as soon as they get off the train? They have had at least 30 mins where they can do nothing ( and with a good 4g signal) but decide that when they get to the station the most important thing to do is use their mobile and not get to the tube/bus/taxi and work. The speed of movement of those looking at God knows what is sloth like and is almost a human pin to my bowling ball trying to get past.
So why is it that half the train occupants feel the need to read their mobiles as soon as they get off the train? They have had at least 30 mins where they can do nothing ( and with a good 4g signal) but decide that when they get to the station the most important thing to do is use their mobile and not get to the tube/bus/taxi and work. The speed of movement of those looking at God knows what is sloth like and is almost a human pin to my bowling ball trying to get past.
ExV8 said:
I travel by train to London which is not a bad thing as I get to sit down, read, use my mobile etc on the train.
So why is it that half the train occupants feel the need to read their mobiles as soon as they get off the train? They have had at least 30 mins where they can do nothing ( and with a good 4g signal) but decide that when they get to the station the most important thing to do is use their mobile and not get to the tube/bus/taxi and work. The speed of movement of those looking at God knows what is sloth like and is almost a human pin to my bowling ball trying to get past.
I overtake them and then stop to look at my phone. They learn nothing from it and it makes the situation worse for everyone else, but it makes me less angry. So why is it that half the train occupants feel the need to read their mobiles as soon as they get off the train? They have had at least 30 mins where they can do nothing ( and with a good 4g signal) but decide that when they get to the station the most important thing to do is use their mobile and not get to the tube/bus/taxi and work. The speed of movement of those looking at God knows what is sloth like and is almost a human pin to my bowling ball trying to get past.
Before I started doing this I'd get to the point of stroll-rage where I'd actually swear at people for walking without due care and attention, which I'm ashamed about.
Morningside said:
DoubleSix said:
Current annoyance:
People who have to brake to a near fking standstill on a fast flowing road to negotiate a simple turning off it!
And decide to indicate about .1 mm from the slip road. Either that or do the opposite and indicate about 5 miles back.People who have to brake to a near f
king standstill on a fast flowing road to negotiate a simple turning off it!Brake lights go on and stay on for literally 500m before the turn as an excrutiatingly drawn out manoeuvre commences. I thought they might have run out of petrol and be coasting to a standstill, but no, this is all in a days work for these cretins.
Pedestrians that wear dark clothing and then walk along the cycle path section of the pavement at night when there's no street lighting 
Despite having a very bright LED headlight on the front of my bike, pretty much the only way of seeing them is spotting their silhouette in approaching car's headlights. Then apparently I'm in the wrong when I almost run them over- the one on the right side of the path, festooned with lights, reflectors and dayglo fabric!
Despite having a very bright LED headlight on the front of my bike, pretty much the only way of seeing them is spotting their silhouette in approaching car's headlights. Then apparently I'm in the wrong when I almost run them over- the one on the right side of the path, festooned with lights, reflectors and dayglo fabric!
lufbramatt said:
Pedestrians that wear dark clothing and then walk along the cycle path section of the pavement at night when there's no street lighting
Despite having a very bright LED headlight on the front of my bike, pretty much the only way of seeing them is spotting their silhouette in approaching car's headlights. Then apparently I'm in the wrong when I almost run them over- the one on the right side of the path, festooned with lights, reflectors and dayglo fabric!
In fairness, the same applies to 'Ninja cyclists'* and also to cars that fail to turn their lights on. Despite having a very bright LED headlight on the front of my bike, pretty much the only way of seeing them is spotting their silhouette in approaching car's headlights. Then apparently I'm in the wrong when I almost run them over- the one on the right side of the path, festooned with lights, reflectors and dayglo fabric!
All road users should ensure they're visible when it's dark.
(* - Ninja cyclists are cyclists who wear dark clothing, no reflective items, have no lights or reflectors on their bike, and whose bike is painted graphite or black, and who cycle at breakneck speed along pavements and cross sideroads without slowing down or, it seems, even looking)
lufbramatt said:
Pedestrians that wear dark clothing and then walk along the cycle path section of the pavement at night when there's no street lighting
Despite having a very bright LED headlight on the front of my bike, pretty much the only way of seeing them is spotting their silhouette in approaching car's headlights. Then apparently I'm in the wrong when I almost run them over- the one on the right side of the path, festooned with lights, reflectors and dayglo fabric!
Those types of cycle paths aren't cycle paths they are nothing more than markings to look like cycle paths so that money (EU grants) can be acquired for other things because they promote cycling by making it safer or some other contrived marketing bullsDespite having a very bright LED headlight on the front of my bike, pretty much the only way of seeing them is spotting their silhouette in approaching car's headlights. Then apparently I'm in the wrong when I almost run them over- the one on the right side of the path, festooned with lights, reflectors and dayglo fabric!
t.Personally I refuse to use them and stick to the road, at least then I don't have to deal with:
1) idiot pedestrians and being in close proximity to them
2) dog walkers - keep fido's million mile extendable leash short please so the dog can be more easily controlled.
3) slow bicycle riders - mrs miggins doing 8mph is a pain in the arse, though slow car drivers are as much a pain.
4) horse s
t - this is often left all over these "mixed use paths" I have on several occasions had to get off the bike pick it up and tiptoe around it.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff