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

[GTIR]

MissChief said:

I don't know why, but toothbrushes with toothpaste still stuck within the bristles after use. I always rinse my toothbrush to get rid of all traces but I've seen some at friends houses and my Son's.

So whilst in other people's toilets you check out their toothbrushes?

That's just strange!

[JonRB]

dudleybloke said:

Morons who can't plug in a television but get upset when I ask them "where do you think the round plug goes, maybe in the round hole." And blaming it on your age when your in your early 40's.
Its not new technology its a bloody TV antenna connection that's been the same for years.

TV antenna? How last century.

[cookmysock]

the sign language interpreter on news bulletins / press conferences, etc

It shouldn't, but it just annoys me no end.

do I deserve a ticket to hell?

[nicanary]

GroundEffect said:

NBTBRV8 said:

When the newspapers are printed and folded in half, but they don't fold them perfectly in the centre so one half of the paper overlaps/stocks out further than the other half. When I find this I always have to go to the centre page and refold the paper perfectly down the centre line again to bring the zen back in line.

Does this piss anybody else off too?

No. And you're a neurotic mess.

It annoys me, but not beyond reason.

Beyond reason for me is when people read the paper and allow the pages to slide around so that when they put it down it's an unholy mess. All the central folds no longer in line, some pages sticking up above the rest, some pages turned over at the top, even pages taken out and then returned out of sequence. F*** me, what's so difficult about holding the thing and reading it one page after another?

[GTIR]

cookmysock said:

the sign language interpreter on news bulletins / press conferences, etc

It shouldn't, but it just annoys me no end.

do I deserve a ticket to hell?

Edited by GTIR on Monday 26th January 10:54

[McAndy]

"I must be getting old."

We all are. Deal with it.

[br d]

Jam Spavlin said:

If anyone addresses me as any of these words my opinion of them is usually brain dead idiot and the majority of the time it's a correct assumption. It especially riles me if it is someone who is serving me in a shop/restaurant ect, I find it extremely rude I am not your pal or your mate or even your buddy I am a customer paying for a service so have a bit of respect and learn how to address people!!! cretins!!!!!!

Quite incredible, is this really how you judge complete strangers?

I call my Mum mate, I also call people in the street who I don't know mate or boss, I have never had a single negative reaction as I am clearly using the terms with respect, as in:

"That's fine mate, you go in front of me as you only have a couple of items" or "Stay there boss, I'll move my van further up so you can park here".

These two examples would lead you to believe I am a cretin and a brain dead idiot, what a fking superior individual you are. People being friendly gets you in a rage.

[All that jazz]

br d said:

I call my Mum mate

That's just wrong on so many levels.

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

no, thats farting in a lift

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

For me its Apple store "geniuses" calling me dude all the bloody time.

I could punch someone

[br d]

All that jazz said:

br d said:

I call my Mum mate

That's just wrong on so many levels.

I'm 50, she's 76, I think we're both past caring!

[All that jazz]

Obiwonkeyblokey said:

For me its Apple store "geniuses" calling me dude all the bloody time.

I could punch someone

I will be in an Apple store for the first time tomorrow. Given their prices I am expecting them to roll out red carpet for me, bow a lot and call me Sir.

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

you'll get "duded"

[colonel c]

Fixya. I have never seen a practical response to any problem posted on Fixya.

[JonRB]

colonel c said:

Fixya. I have never seen a practical response to any problem posted on Fixya.

And in that vein, Expert's Exchange, which seeds the search engines with almost every question you can imagine but you have to pay for the answer. Since I have never given them a penny, I can't vouch for the quality of their answers but I bet they aren't very good.

[Cobnapint]

The often 50 second long, annoying and extremely pointless countdown on BBC News before the headlines are read out.

Why not leave the fking weatherman on for a bit longer?! If I see another whooshing red line above the streets of London I think I'm going to burst a fking vessel !!

[handpaper]

nicanary said:

Cobnapint said:

Been done to death on PH before, but I feel this thread warrants - Formula 1 drivers and team principles that keep saying "for sure".

fk. OFF.

So it's not just me then. I think it must be due to the Americanisation of English when it's spoken internationally. We would probably say "certainly" rather than "for sure".

I always though it was a Germanism (heard it from a lot of Germans), a direct translation that came through slightly off. As such, I didn't mind it.
Now I know it's American, I will of course despise it with every fiber of my being.

[JonRB]

handpaper said:

fiber

What you did there - I see it.

[GTIR]

All that jazz said:

Obiwonkeyblokey said:

For me its Apple store "geniuses" calling me dude all the bloody time.

I could punch someone

I will be in an Apple store for the first time tomorrow. Given their prices I am expecting them to roll out red carpet for me, bow a lot and call me Sir.

Once you get into the whole Apple thing you'll be hooked.
It's not just a high-end product it's a lifestyle with the backup, customer support and funky stuff that no one else has.

I had a Galaxy S4 for two weeks recently. It was st and just another smart phone.

Actually. The bearded Apple Store tts are really ok and pretty knowledgable. I can only surmise they get paid well.

[Rockstar]

Mouse1903 said:

For me it has to be hashtags, they really irritate me. They are appearing everywhere and are slowly ruining the English language. I just want to slap #people who #talk in #hashtags, argh! And especially those that make up their own that no one is every going to relate / search for

F$%king yes I know they're somehow related to the way twitter comments/replies/post sharing but what are they supposed to signify and what the bleeding heck do they mean when people use them?

br d said:

Quite incredible, is this really how you judge complete strangers?

I call my Mum mate, I also call people in the street who I don't know mate or boss, I have never had a single negative reaction as I am clearly using the terms with respect, as in:

"That's fine mate, you go in front of me as you only have a couple of items" or "Stay there boss, I'll move my van further up so you can park here".

These two examples would lead you to believe I am a cretin and a brain dead idiot, what a fking superior individual you are. People being friendly gets you in a rage.

It depends on the context and the implied meaning when used to a great extent.

If someone I'm interacting with calls me "boss" :

a) if I don't know them but doing some sort of transaction with them I'd immediately think what the heck do you think you're doing assuming a fake humble subservient position to me to put me on the back foot? This person is probably going to swindle me.
b) In a work environment I would only call a senior "boss" if I was very familiar with them and it would be in the context of a joke. Same with sub ordinates calling me boss. Otherwise it gives the impression of an underhanded insult, unless you happen to be an egomaniac boss then you'd love being called boss.
c) Calling random people boss is often just a way of brushing them off and saying I'll do x,y,z when ready thank you very much.

Using "boss" implies you're simply showing respect to their position .

What ever happened to calling people "Sir"? It's a much more genuine way to express respect to someone as a person.

Phew sorry rant over