Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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Big dump of snow over Cervinia/Zermatt last night, but my taxi driver in his front wheel drive Laguna negotiated the mountain passes without fuss and with aplomb to get me to Milan Linate in a hasty 2 hrs 20. Plane left for the UK bang on time and only took 1 hr 30. Got across the shopping precinct that's T5 at Heathrow, despite the overcrowding, heat, lack of available seating and intelligent life... to find my BA connection to Manchester delayed by 2 hrs 30. Which means it's been quicker to travel from the Italian Alps to London than from London to f
king Manchester. Did I mention that despite never leaving the clutches of BA I had to do the whole security rigmarole two more pointless times? And there's a display that reads 'One more runway at Heathrow may generate up to one billion pounds for the country's economy'.
I hope they can get the fking planes leaving on time before they knock down the neighbour's houses to build the fking thing.
fking knackered, fking pissed off, fking serves me right for forgetting what a waste of fking space Heathrow is.
king Manchester. Did I mention that despite never leaving the clutches of BA I had to do the whole security rigmarole two more pointless times? And there's a display that reads 'One more runway at Heathrow may generate up to one billion pounds for the country's economy'.I hope they can get the f
king planes leaving on time before they knock down the neighbour's houses to build the fking thing.f
king knackered, fking pissed off, fking serves me right for forgetting what a waste of fking space Heathrow is.The stupid bint that tried to pull out in front of me without looking last night. I swear she didn't even look and had I not been paying attention she would have driven into me. And then completely refused to even acknowledge she was in the wrong by looking completely straight ahead. Stupid cow!
Oldandslow said:
You fell for the oldest trick in the book. She got you to open the window for her without having to ask. Made it seem like your idea.
Next time she she's lying in bed and says "damn, it is so hot" you agree with her and get into bed.
But she is the one who closes the bloody window, and the curtain, every bloody night, so the neighbour can't see her titties when she showers. (The fact that there is a hardware store behind our house, and the only way anybody could see her is to clamber on the second story roof, is wasted on her.....)Next time she she's lying in bed and says "damn, it is so hot" you agree with her and get into bed.
The ironic thing is she closes the window because the cool breeze flaps the curtain about, revealing her nekked bod to the guys sitting on the roof at the back.....
People who make air travel much more difficult than it ought to be. I'm actually on a Dubai to Manchester A380 now so these are getting on my tits at this very moment.
The gate roaches who clog up the passageway to the gate despite not having been called yet.
The inappropriate hand luggage morons, you know the ones, one gimp had two wheely cases and a suit hangar to negotiate on board.
The parents who give their children full size hand luggage which they can't manage and need assistance for.
The parents who bring screaming children on a long haul flight. I'm enjoying that as much as the baby appears to be, despite noise cancelling headphones.
The parents who allow their urchins to run amok up and down the aisles.
The imbeciles who can't do something as simple as finding their seat, stowing their carry on bag and sitting the fk down without the assistance of the cabin crew.
The old git who shuffles past every few minutes on his way to pester the cabin crew for something else.
I enjoy travelling and seeing the world but these aholes make it less fun than it ought to be.
The gate roaches who clog up the passageway to the gate despite not having been called yet.
The inappropriate hand luggage morons, you know the ones, one gimp had two wheely cases and a suit hangar to negotiate on board.
The parents who give their children full size hand luggage which they can't manage and need assistance for.
The parents who bring screaming children on a long haul flight. I'm enjoying that as much as the baby appears to be, despite noise cancelling headphones.
The parents who allow their urchins to run amok up and down the aisles.
The imbeciles who can't do something as simple as finding their seat, stowing their carry on bag and sitting the f
k down without the assistance of the cabin crew. The old git who shuffles past every few minutes on his way to pester the cabin crew for something else.
I enjoy travelling and seeing the world but these a
holes make it less fun than it ought to be. markmullen said:
People who make air travel much more difficult than it ought to be. I'm actually on a Dubai to Manchester A380 now so these are getting on my tits at this very moment........
.........I enjoy travelling and seeing the world but these aholes make it less fun than it ought to be.
You understand the nightmare that is my commute to/from work, every five weeks, Philippines to USA on el-cheapo airlines......... .........I enjoy travelling and seeing the world but these a
holes make it less fun than it ought to be. 
It is a good job one can't carry ones firearm on a plane any more.
This morning's trip to the Post Office
A gaggle of 17 OAPs queuing up for help in using the photobooth - seems none of them could figure out how to put money in the damn thing, nor adjust the seat height etc. - which tied up one of the two counter staff for some time as they also seemed unable to remember what the previous ancient fossil was shown by the staff member helping them
This of course resulted in a long queue at the remaining counter position, which also had a group of superannuated crones who each had to have their little chat about the weather with the person serving them before getting down to business - which usually consisted of them rummaging in their bags for a minute to find the dog-eared letter they wanted to airmail, or the crumpled bill they wanted to pay ( followed by the inevitable search for a means to pay, and the hunt for the scrap of paper with their PIN number on it ).
And they all seemed to be Scottish - does Scotland have an industry which exports their doddery OAPs to Blackpool ?
When I eventually reached the counter my transaction ( airmailing a book to Spain ) took all of 80 seconds, including getting proof of posting - after queueing for around 25 minutes
Then it was the bank.....
( sorry about the lack of swearing - I just don't have the energy left )
A gaggle of 17 OAPs queuing up for help in using the photobooth - seems none of them could figure out how to put money in the damn thing, nor adjust the seat height etc. - which tied up one of the two counter staff for some time as they also seemed unable to remember what the previous ancient fossil was shown by the staff member helping them
This of course resulted in a long queue at the remaining counter position, which also had a group of superannuated crones who each had to have their little chat about the weather with the person serving them before getting down to business - which usually consisted of them rummaging in their bags for a minute to find the dog-eared letter they wanted to airmail, or the crumpled bill they wanted to pay ( followed by the inevitable search for a means to pay, and the hunt for the scrap of paper with their PIN number on it ).
And they all seemed to be Scottish - does Scotland have an industry which exports their doddery OAPs to Blackpool ?
When I eventually reached the counter my transaction ( airmailing a book to Spain ) took all of 80 seconds, including getting proof of posting - after queueing for around 25 minutes
Then it was the bank.....
( sorry about the lack of swearing - I just don't have the energy left )
One from today - the (male) fkwits who won't lift the seat in a cubicle in a toilet before having a piss. Why the fk should I have to wipe your ps off the seat before I sit down for a ste? And anyway, why don't you use a urinal like everyone else? Are you frightened that someone will laugh at your pencil dick? 
kwits who won't lift the seat in a cubicle in a toilet before having a piss. Why the fk should I have to wipe your ps off the seat before I sit down for a ste? And anyway, why don't you use a urinal like everyone else? Are you frightened that someone will laugh at your pencil dick? markmullen said:
People who make air travel much more difficult than it ought to be. I'm actually on a Dubai to Manchester A380 now so these are getting on my tits at this very moment.
Ah, the joys of public transport. Planes are just buses with wings. Once you accept that, the inevitable crap you have to deal with is more understandable (but no less annoying).
R8VXF said:
JonRB said:
R8VXF said:
I generally budget 15-30 minutes. Learned that the hard way
The trouble is, once they get wind of that then they add 15-30 mins onto the time, and next thing you know you have a temporal arms race / deadline creep. 
King Herald said:
But she is the one who closes the bloody window, and the curtain, every bloody night, so the neighbour can't see her titties when she showers. (The fact that there is a hardware store behind our house, and the only way anybody could see her is to clamber on the second story roof, is wasted on her.....)
The ironic thing is she closes the window because the cool breeze flaps the curtain about, revealing her nekked bod to the guys sitting on the roof at the back.....
Can't properly respond without pics.The ironic thing is she closes the window because the cool breeze flaps the curtain about, revealing her nekked bod to the guys sitting on the roof at the back.....
JimbobVFR said:
R8VXF said:
JonRB said:
R8VXF said:
I generally budget 15-30 minutes. Learned that the hard way
The trouble is, once they get wind of that then they add 15-30 mins onto the time, and next thing you know you have a temporal arms race / deadline creep. MKnight702 said:
markmullen said:
People who make air travel much more difficult than it ought to be. I'm actually on a Dubai to Manchester A380 now so these are getting on my tits at this very moment.
Ah, the joys of public transport. Planes are just buses with wings. Once you accept that, the inevitable crap you have to deal with is more understandable (but no less annoying).{paraphrase} - Bill Hicks (I think)
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