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

[colonel c]

Strange stuff to get too uptight about. Most of us are sophisticated enough to understand what other people are trying to express, regardless of the vocabulary they may use.

[Monkeythree]

Locking wheel nuts done up so tight by the dealership technicians at the last service (2 weeks ago) that it is impossible to remove them when you need to change a wheel (this morning).

[IroningMan]

BBC local radio producers who take their time hitting the button to hand me back to my chosen station after a travel update - or even sail to do so altogether. Do they think they'll win me over as a listener to BBC West Midlands, or are they just dim?

[colonel c]

IroningMan said:

BBC local radio producers who take their time hitting the button to hand me back to my chosen station after a travel update - or even sail to do so altogether. Do they think they'll win me over as a listener to BBC West Midlands, or are they just dim?

Agree with that.

[blindswelledrat]

Monkeythree said:

Locking wheel nuts done up so tight by the dealership technicians at the last service (2 weeks ago) that it is impossible to remove them when you need to change a wheel (this morning).

That reads as you are annoyed because you are weaker than the 16 year old trainee who they get to change the wheels.

[MartG]

blindswelledrat said:

Monkeythree said:

Locking wheel nuts done up so tight by the dealership technicians at the last service (2 weeks ago) that it is impossible to remove them when you need to change a wheel (this morning).

That reads as you are annoyed because you are weaker than the 16 year old trainee who they get to change the wheels.

More likely that 16 year old trainee didn't limit the torque on the airgun he used to tighten the nuts

[Monkeythree]

MartG said:

More likely that 16 year old trainee didn't limit the torque on the airgun he used to tighten the nuts

That's what the fella from Audi assist said after it took him 10 minutes of hammering and using his impact wrench to get the security nut undone.

[Monkeythree]

MartG said:

More likely that 16 year old trainee didn't limit the torque on the airgun he used to tighten the nuts

That's what the fella from Audi assist said after it took him 10 minutes of hammering and using his impact wrench to get the security nut undone.

[menousername]

Bigbox said:

Today, our bin men have decided to congregate all the bins from a number of houses half way up the street instead of returning them to where they found them. aholes

regurgitating the binmen hate..

appreciate they have a pretty shoite thankless job to do so always do my best to not make it any shoiter with the manner in which I package my rubbish...

but the driver...the guy sitting in the warm cab, not doing the manual stuff... seems to take a certain pleasure in blocking the road preventing other people getting to work. Even when there is room to just edge forward 5ft to create a space passed the parked car...

I think in his head he is driving an ambulance or fire engine, and attending an emergency which justifies holding people up...

[MKnight702]

The blonde in the Golf this morning on the very busy (as per usual) A14.

Two lanes of queuing traffic, guy in left hand lane allows a gap to form so that the bus and 3 cars behind it can join from the sliproad. All very good so far. Blonde in Golf at the back of the joining vehicles pulls over the hash marks onto the main carriageway and accelerates so that none of the cars or bus that were in front of her can join. WTF?

[giblet]

The word banter, often used as an excuse to make racist/sexist/derogatory remarks. "Mate it's just banter"

[Cotty]

giblet said:

The word banter, often used as an excuse to make racist/sexist/derogatory remarks. "Mate it's just banter"

Not the word the whole idea.
"if you like banter you are an idiot"
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscienc...

[All that jazz]

GTIR said:

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.

"Pretty knowledgeable" is not how I'd sum up the late 20s chap I was dealing with at Leeds Apple shop a few hours ago. I was informed that "Mac's don't get viruses" and "PCs don't last as long as Mac's" as justification for the £3.5k price tag of their top model. Don't get me wrong, I was very impressed with the font rendering and clarity on their 5k retina display, even at 400% and also the same on the Windows Office apps they had running on it too (presumably through Parallels), which was the main reason for my visit, but coming out with the sort of crap he did was pretty low.

[16v stretch]

People who make silly offers.

The last PC I sold was a few years old, half decent spec (for 2013), was only looking for a few hundred as I'd already replaced it.

I was offered a mountain bike and £30 in exchange by one bloke, a three seater sofa by another, and a chipped xbox (original) and 200 games by a lovely chap. But hey, it's Gumtree.

Currently I'm selling my iMac, which is pretty much brand new, unmarked, pristine, boxed, comes with a few nice to haves.

I was offered £806 by one mouthbreather, who is a "trader". I don't mind a lowball, it's a chance for a bit of haggling. But £806 rubbed me the wrong way. Why not £800? £810? £806 just made this guy seam parsimonious and hedonistic.

[Killer2005]

The M62 and traffic around Weat Yorkshire in general. Over 2 1/2 hours to get to and from work today for approx 30 mile round trip

[fatboy18]

Killer2005 said:

The M62 and traffic around Weat Yorkshire in general. Over 2 1/2 hours to get to and from work today for approx 30 mile round trip

Erm...Are you talking about the Barley road region or Rye area? Love Yorkshire its a maze ng
Have you thought of using Yorkshire Airlines? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJFq2jhgQT8

Edited by fatboy18 on Tuesday 27th January 19:53

[andygo]

JonRB said:

Sort of like "That's Life" used to be then? Especially if you throw in a short piece about a carrot that looks like a penis before then moving onto Consumer Advice.

That utterly thick and retarded Welsh bint on there. If someone offers her some food (for instance) her nose is turned up so far it slips down her back. Did I mention she's thick.

[andygo]

The mouth breathing poncy numpty in PC World who insisted going through hi script when we popped in to buy a £300 laptop. Peace of mimd guarantee which will get it fixed if it breaks "in the field". Its a feckin laptop - so if I'm doing a bit of data logging at a race circuit and it gives up with boredom, are PC World going to attend 'in the field?'. Nope thought not.

Oh, and what about reinstalling windows when it screws itself up? Ah, I'll need a 32gb usb stick to boot from. Why can;t I use the recovery partition, kindly put there by the manufacturer. Apparently they never work, still need a USB stick. What about the recovery media I make onto DVD's. No, they never work, you still need a 32gb usb stick. It just went on and on.

What a dick.

God knows how many gullibles they stitch up on a daily basis. Lying tawts.

[MartG]

andygo said:

PC World

There's your problem

[Hackney]

colonel c said:

Strange stuff to get too uptight about. Most of us are sophisticated enough to understand what other people are trying to express, regardless of the vocabulary they may use.

Did you read the thread title?