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

[amusingduck]

Hugo a Gogo said:

perhaps talk to him, rather than a text

Perhaps easier said than done, she hardly sounds like the most reasonable of women.

[JonRB]

amusingduck said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

perhaps talk to him, rather than a text

Perhaps easier said than done, she hardly sounds like the most reasonable of women.

Indeed. However, if you have the ability to text someone then you have the ability to phone them. Unless the word "text" has now mutated to meaning any kind of IM. To me it means an SMS to a mobile phone.

[Hugo a Gogo]

perhaps

but at 15, you'd think he had some freedom

[MartG]

iwantagta said:

All that jazz said:

Sheets Tabuer said:

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never mind the fact when I give him money he throws it in my face that I've "not bought him anything"

Easy solution to those problems : tell both of them to fk off and don't have anything to do with the ungrateful wker.

All the son will ever have heard is how his Dad is a useless fking from the harpy like mother.

Maintain the relationship as best you can - when older hopefully he will see the light.

Do you get visitation on set days? If so could you get a pair of tickets to his favourite football/rugby team?

Sounds like my ex- and younger son ( older son moved in with me when he got fed up of her when he was 12 )

[Martyboy84]

People lying to insurers!

[Issi]

and people not bothering to read the so called 'small print' and then exploding with rage when their claim is not accepted.

[james_tigerwoods]

Being asked to attend a one hour client meeting Dahhhhn Saffff.

Which is 4 hours travel each way. After being told that your job is a risk due to your role being off shored.

Actually, I'm not sure that's beyond reason

[Squawk1066]

Dart Charge. What a total faff!

[jdw100]

Squawk1066 said:

Dart Charge. What a total faff!

Set up an account - takes 2 minutes; set the auto £10 top up and then cross the river to your heart's content with no concerns!

[Squawk1066]

jdw100 said:

Set up an account - takes 2 minutes; set the auto £10 top up and then cross the river to your heart's content with no concerns!

I use a hire car for work trips, the system doesn't seem to allow for such an activity and that's the tip of the iceberg.

[Undirection]

Jay walkers. Those tts that walk across the road, see you coming, and still stroll across with that 'You'll have to stop' attitude. I do my best to 'skim' them!

tts with fog lights on when its not foggy.

tts with fog lights on when its not foggy because they're too stupid to realise what that unusual light is on their dashboard

tts who can't even work their damn ventilation system and so drive with all their windows fogged up

People who are just tts

[Pothole]

JonRB said:

iva cosworth said:

And also removing them.

Do the MATH.....mathematics.

Oh god. Yes.

There are three things that will really annoy me. Guaranteed. And I don't know why they do but they do.

1. "Math" instead of "Maths"
2. "I could care less" rather than "I couldn't care less" (see this and this)
3. People pronouncing schedule as "SKED-yule" rather than "SHED-yule"

On the last one, I can forgive most Americanisms but this one really grates. I don't know why. So rock solid bullseye in the thread title requirement of "without reason".

Did you learn that at Shool?

[nicanary]

Pothole said:

JonRB said:

iva cosworth said:

And also removing them.

Do the MATH.....mathematics.

Oh god. Yes.

There are three things that will really annoy me. Guaranteed. And I don't know why they do but they do.

1. "Math" instead of "Maths"
2. "I could care less" rather than "I couldn't care less" (see this and this)
3. People pronouncing schedule as "SKED-yule" rather than "SHED-yule"

On the last one, I can forgive most Americanisms but this one really grates. I don't know why. So rock solid bullseye in the thread title requirement of "without reason".

Did you learn that at Shool?

Now, now, we don't want any schisms on Pistonheads.

[JonRB]

Pothole said:

Did you learn that at Shool?

No, I was in my garden sked at the time.

[WD39]

[quote=Undirection]

tts with fog lights on when its not foggy.

tts with fog lights on when its not foggy because they're too stupid to realise what that unusual light is on their dashboard


From WD39....This annoying habit has now reached epidemic proportions.

[fatboy18]

I don't see the problem using front Fog lights during the day, the light beam is designed to dip down to the foreground of the car and widens out towards the sides.

What's the difference in using front fogs to daytime running lights? Apart from it being illegal?

[Martyboy84]

Driving a few weekends age down to Manchester. Mental fog. Totally mental. Lots of new cars with the automatic lights. Result? Drls on but no rear lights. Also (my car anyway) won't let you put on fogs when your dipped beams are not on... Took me two seconds to realise I needed to put my auto lights off and manual put my lights on top them allow fogs. Seriously, 90% of people with no lights at all except for drls. Petrified majorly.

[Agrispeed]

Alpacaman said:

People who can't use single track roads. Where I live there are lots of single track roads which work fine if everyone uses a bit of common sense, sadly lots don't.
Firstly keep left, if the passing place is on your right stop opposite, don't suddenly dive across to the wrong side of the road just as the car coming the other way pulls in to the same space.

Passing places are also there to allow cars behind you to come past. If someone comes up behind you pull over and let them by (this will require using your mirrors occasionally). If someone has been behind you for 15 minutes and they are flashing their lights and sounding their horn it may be an indication they would like to get past. Just because you are on holiday doesn't mean they are.

Plan ahead, don't expect everyone to reverse up 100 metres just because you haven't noticed you are 2 metres past a passing place.

Don't just stop in the middle of the road and all get out to take pictures of a sheep, find somewhere safe to stop.

Yes the scenery is beautiful but you do need to watch the road, and don't try and create your own passing place by pulling onto the verge, there are often overgrown ditches at the side of the road. At which point you may find the locals laughing at you.

I could go on, we love the tourists, but they can be infuriating and they do make driving a bit scary as you never know quite what they are going to do. It's a good job they can't hear what's being said about them.

You should try driving a tractor on roads like this during summer; it takes twice as long to go anywhere, caravans who can't reverse and having abuse shouted at you for daring to try and make a living. I've had people spit on my tractor!? Have had stuff thrown at me (a glass bottle was a good one). Ridiculous!

[Willy Nilly]

Agrispeed said:

You should try driving a tractor on roads like this during summer; it takes twice as long to go anywhere, caravans who can't reverse and having abuse shouted at you for daring to try and make a living. I've had people spit on my tractor!? Have had stuff thrown at me (a glass bottle was a good one). Ridiculous!

I just stop, flip the steering wheel up and reach for my flask. They soon find reverse.

[Moonhawk]

I read a lot of science/tech articles online - and I hate it when there is an article about how scientists have used the latest microscope/telescope to image something fantastic - but the article give no pictures of what has been imaged.