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

[Jon321]

carlpea said:

You need to think of it in the opposite... They HAD to collect 230 bags of litter.

Exactly. Filthy scummy people who drop litter annoy me, not those who pick it up.

[All that jazz]

Jon321 said:

Exactly. Filthy scummy people who drop litter annoy me, not those who pick it up.

Dropping litter is indeed bad news, but putting up big attention seeking signs everywhere telling people what a fantastic job you've done is just not required. I'm good at my job too but I don't feel the need to put up big signs everywhere telling people about it because frankly, other people just won't give a fk, just as I couldn't give a fk about how many bags of litters they've managed to collect.

[rohrl]

The reason I hate littering so much and why I care about how many bags of litter are collected is because it's my taxes which are paying for the collection. Every pound spent picking Mars Bars wrappers out of hedges is one less pound which could be spent on libraries, schools, hospitals etc.

Maybe the signs should say "230 bags of litter collected at a cost to taxpayers of £XXX"

[popeyewhite]

nicanary said:

I would also like to point out that in "Saturday Night Fever" whenever Travolta dances, all the other people on the floor give way and allow him lots of room. Bo**ocks. Try expecting that in a real club. You'll get your face kicked in.

Funnily enough someone was after kicking my face in at a gig recently. The floor did indeed clear very quickly once other people caught on what was happening. Moral of the story? If you want to clear the dance floor start a fight, not a dance - it's shocking how quickly other people don't want to get involved

[FourWheelDrift]

All that jazz said:

Jon321 said:

Exactly. Filthy scummy people who drop litter annoy me, not those who pick it up.

Dropping litter is indeed bad news, but putting up big attention seeking signs everywhere telling people what a fantastic job you've done is just not required. I'm good at my job too but I don't feel the need to put up big signs everywhere telling people about it because frankly, other people just won't give a fk, just as I couldn't give a fk about how many bags of litters they've managed to collect.

[kowalski655]

Perhaps they would rather have put "we had to collect 230 bags of crap because of you filthy bds, so just take your junk home!!!", but had to be polite.
I read it as saying its the litter louts fault,rather than as a back patting excercise.

[FourWheelDrift]

People setting of fireworks when it isn't November 5th or December 31st and not being able to prepare your dogs who get spooked by the loud bangs.

As in tonight.


wkers.

[fatboy18]

FourWheelDrift said:

People setting of fireworks when it isn't November 5th or December 31st and not being able to prepare your dogs who get spooked by the loud bangs.

As in tonight.


wkers.

+1 Sign of the times I'm afraid, I bet a load go off on Halloween too

[Jon321]

Anything that is to do with Christmas before December 1st.

Stuff in shops, adverts on TV and most definitely decorations going up. Even the 1st is still over 3 weeks before the actual day so I'm not advocating it being hushed up until the day before.

I'm not anti Christmas or some miserable bah humbug bd, I just prefer it to not be dragged out over a 2-3 month period so you're saturated with all things Christmas by the 25th.

[Jon321]

All that jazz said:

Dropping litter is indeed bad news, but putting up big attention seeking signs everywhere telling people what a fantastic job you've done is just not required. I'm good at my job too but I don't feel the need to put up big signs everywhere telling people about it because frankly, other people just won't give a fk, just as I couldn't give a fk about how many bags of litters they've managed to collect.

I see it more as a name and shame for an area exercise rather than a 'aren't we bloody fantastic' statement.

[Tango13]

Jon321 said:

Anything that is to do with Christmas before December 1st.

Stuff in shops, adverts on TV and most definitely decorations going up. Even the 1st is still over 3 weeks before the actual day so I'm not advocating it being hushed up until the day before.

I'm not anti Christmas or some miserable bah humbug bd, I just prefer it to not be dragged out over a 2-3 month period so you're saturated with all things Christmas by the 25th.

Bloke I work with saw some mince pies in the supermarket with a best before date that expired before Christmas FFS!!

[MartG]

Jon321 said:

All that jazz said:

Dropping litter is indeed bad news, but putting up big attention seeking signs everywhere telling people what a fantastic job you've done is just not required. I'm good at my job too but I don't feel the need to put up big signs everywhere telling people about it because frankly, other people just won't give a fk, just as I couldn't give a fk about how many bags of litters they've managed to collect.

I see it more as a name and shame for an area exercise rather than a 'aren't we bloody fantastic' statement.

If the point of the exercise is to deter littering, surely it would be better to put up signs saying "£x thousands of taxpayer money wasted cleaning litter from this layby"

[gowmonster]

MartG said:

Jon321 said:

All that jazz said:

Dropping litter is indeed bad news, but putting up big attention seeking signs everywhere telling people what a fantastic job you've done is just not required. I'm good at my job too but I don't feel the need to put up big signs everywhere telling people about it because frankly, other people just won't give a fk, just as I couldn't give a fk about how many bags of litters they've managed to collect.

I see it more as a name and shame for an area exercise rather than a 'aren't we bloody fantastic' statement.

If the point of the exercise is to deter littering, surely it would be better to put up signs saying "£x thousands of taxpayer money wasted cleaning litter from this layby"

That depends on the demographic doing the littering.

How do you appeal to the kind of ahole that chucks stuff out their car?
I don't understand why its hard to have a carrier bag in your passenger footwell for rubbish like cans & sweety wrappers

[V8mate]

Tango13 said:

Bloke I work with saw some mince pies in the supermarket with a best before date that expired before Christmas FFS!!

Jesus! That's terrible! Baked goods not lasting over three months? I saw some hot cross buns in M&S this morning... and they don't last until next Easter! Write to your MP!

[Europa1]

People (usually lazy journalists, but weirdly it seems many of the posters in the F1 forums)who add the word "gate" to any minor incident - Exhibit A: apparently the baseball cap moment on the room of awkwardness after the US Grand Prix is "Hat-gate".

[JonRB]

Europa1 said:

People (usually lazy journalists, but weirdly it seems many of the posters in the F1 forums)who add the word "gate" to any minor incident - Exhibit A: apparently the baseball cap moment on the room of awkwardness after the US Grand Prix is "Hat-gate".

"Cap gate" actually. And it was Ted Kravitz who coined it in a jokey and ironic way, and people just picked it up. Nobody meant it seriously.

But in more general terms, I completely agree that it does seem that the Media like to append "gate" to almost any scandal and I agree that it is annoying.

[Munter]

FourWheelDrift said:

People setting of fireworks when it isn't November 5th or December 31st and not being able to prepare your dogs who get spooked by the loud bangs.

As in tonight.


wkers.

It starts about now and it'll go all the way past the 11th as that's Diwali, so it's likely to run to the 15th as that's the weekend after.

Although if you complain about that on PH, you are told to go and join in. I'm not sure what such people do with their time the rest of the year if they have ~3 weeks of evenings to knock on 20 - 30 random peoples doors every night and ask to join in the fireworks in their back garden.

[FourWheelDrift]

JonRB said:

Europa1 said:

People (usually lazy journalists, but weirdly it seems many of the posters in the F1 forums)who add the word "gate" to any minor incident - Exhibit A: apparently the baseball cap moment on the room of awkwardness after the US Grand Prix is "Hat-gate".

"Cap gate" actually. And it was Ted Kravitz who coined it in a jokey and ironic way, and people just picked it up. Nobody meant it seriously.

But in more general terms, I completely agree that it does seem that the Media like to append "gate" to almost any scandal and I agree that it is annoying.

Which is odd when the original incident "Watergate" had nothing to do with water.

[Disastrous]

Agreed. It would make more sense given the current usage to rename the original scandal Watergate-gate.

Also, can we add in Chocaholic, Sexaholic et al. Pretty sure there is no such thing as sexahol.

[Cotty]

FourWheelDrift said:

Which is odd when the original incident "Watergate" had nothing to do with water.

Watergate was the name of the office complex where it all kicked off.