Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

[Europa1]

jonesof63 said:

V8mate said:

Car parks. Empty ones, more particularly.

They annoy me beyond reason because I can never decide where to park. I usually end up parking and re-parking several times in different places as I weigh up the various options and benefits of alternate spaces.

Give me a car park with just one empty space every time!

I always purposely park out of the way, surrounded by as many empty spaces as possible............So, how is it that quite frequently some tosser has parked right along side me and we're both still surrounded by all the empty spaces ?

That yanks my chain as well. My theory is that people do it because their spatial perception is so piss poor that they need the reference point of another car alongside them to execute the tricky process of positioning a car between the white lines helpfully painted on the ground.

[The Don of Croy]

A simple task like buying some steps (broke the last pair on Saturday - have the bruised elbow and fleshwound to prove it)...

Here's a typical advert;



3 steps - check

lightweight ally - check

folding - check...all good...but wait! What's that last bit - do not use top step? WTF? But advertised as a 3 step product?

Luckily they've not listed the downfalls of waving the top bar at the exposed light flex in the ceiling when the power is on - I'll catch 'em on that oversight. Once I'm out of the ICU.

[Ste1987]

Brits wishing USA a happy Independence Day. I can't help but think some of them have no idea what it's about

[MartG]

Ste1987 said:

Brits wishing USA a happy Independence Day. I can't help but think some of them have no idea what it's about

Conversely, like Thanksgiving, having to explain to American colleagues why we don't celebrate it here in the UK

[Ste1987]

MartG said:

Ste1987 said:

Brits wishing USA a happy Independence Day. I can't help but think some of them have no idea what it's about

Conversely, like Thanksgiving, having to explain to American colleagues why we don't celebrate it here in the UK

To be honest, I don't even know what Thanksgiving is about. Is it something to do with wiping out the Native Indian population?

[FourWheelDrift]

[james_tigerwoods]

All the Brexit scaremongering is starting to really rile - There seem to be a number of experts who "know" exactly what the impact of Brexit will be. What? No you don't. fk off. Personally I think I'll start to worry when I know what it is that I have to worry about.

There's something on the TV just now and I have had to leave the room instead of listen to it. Urgh.

[Munter]

Nanook said:

Munter said:

You sir are distinctly weird.

I expect you like MMA and roids for breakfast. Enjoy.

There you go again? MMA and roids? I'm 5'10 and 11 stone, but because I think you're a bit weird for having urinal etiquette, you think I'm some sort of incredible hulk?

One of us is weird. I think it's the one of us that's afraid to take a pee next to another person, and gets awfully passive agressive when they're called up on it.

Nobody has said anything about being afraid. That is something you invented just to be the passive aggressive one. Also the creepy one who'd choose to deliberately stand next to someone at a urinal rather than leave a gap when it's available.

Social conventions are what separate civilised people from scum.

A)Learn to read, so you understand what people are typing, not what you think they are typing.
B)Stop standing next to people having a piss for no good reason

[DaveGoddard]

Mothers who won't accept that their children do actually grow up and don't stay as little kids for ever.

Typical are the type that post endless pics of them on Face with captions like "where have the years gone"...if you wanted something that stayed as a baby forever, you should have bought a doll.

[Stickyfinger]

DaveGoddard said:

Mothers who won't accept that their children do actually grow up and don't stay as little kids for ever.

Typical are the type that post endless pics of them on Face with captions like "where have the years gone"...if you wanted something that stayed as a baby forever, you should have bought a doll.

Has you Mum found your Facebook page then ? .....ahhh bless

[DaveGoddard]

My mother barely knows what Facebook is, never mind how to use it, so there is no danger of that.

[SickAsAParrot]

jonesof63 said:

I always purposely park out of the way, surrounded by as many empty spaces as possible............So, how is it that quite frequently some tosser has parked right along side me and we're both still surrounded by all the empty spaces ?

Same reason if you're sitting on your own in an empty cinema, the only other person who comes in will sit in the seat right behind you.

[FourWheelDrift]

God help anyone who is still on BBC1 with Wimbledon and still expecting the One Show to appear and hasn't used their own brain to see if it's on BBC2, but they keep telling us every 5mins that's it on BBC2, why not put up a banner across the bottom of the screen as well.

[V8mate]

FourWheelDrift said:

God help anyone who is still on BBC1 with Wimbledon and still expecting the One Show to appear and hasn't used their own brain to see if it's on BBC2, but they keep telling us every 5mins that's it on BBC2, why not put up a banner across the bottom of the screen as well.

Alex has got a proper cute little, red summer dress on this evening.

[/justsayin]

[chemistry]

jonesof63 said:

I always purposely park out of the way, surrounded by as many empty spaces as possible............So, how is it that quite frequently some tosser has parked right along side me and we're both still surrounded by all the empty spaces ?

This. A million times! Why do they do it? Why???.

Surely it would be easier all round just to park in another space and then ding/scrape my car separately? The end result will be the same (some minor irritating damage to my car, indicative of a door being flung open into mine and/or someone squeezing between the cars and using their jeans rivets to leave little trails in my paintwork) but at least all parties would be able to get into and out of their cars more easily...

[chemistry]

Also, people who seem completely surprised at airline check in desks to be asked for their passports and tickets, then spend 5 minutes rummaging about in their bags trying to find them.

I expect that they are the same people that don't have their purse/wallet ready when they approach a supermarket checkout and then, having half-packed their shopping, spend 5 minutes rummaging about in their pockets/bags trying to find it when the time comes to pay.

[Chevykevv]

chemistry said:

jonesof63 said:

I always purposely park out of the way, surrounded by as many empty spaces as possible............So, how is it that quite frequently some tosser has parked right along side me and we're both still surrounded by all the empty spaces ?

This. A million times! Why do they do it? Why???.

Surely it would be easier all round just to park in another space and then ding/scrape my car separately? The end result will be the same (some minor irritating damage to my car, indicative of a door being flung open into mine and/or someone squeezing between the cars and using their jeans rivets to leave little trails in my paintwork) but at least all parties would be able to get into and out of their cars more easily...

I had this in the local supermarket when a woman parked right next to me as soon as I pulled up when there were at least 30 empty spaces all around.
I actully confronted her and asked "really, you have the whole carpark why park next to my car?" apparently "it's just a space mate"
So I got in my car and moved it 4 spaces away, stupid bint.

[Stickyfinger]

Tar Spots......fecking stuff

[Antony Moxey]

Chevykevv said:

chemistry said:

jonesof63 said:

I always purposely park out of the way, surrounded by as many empty spaces as possible............So, how is it that quite frequently some tosser has parked right along side me and we're both still surrounded by all the empty spaces ?

This. A million times! Why do they do it? Why???.

Surely it would be easier all round just to park in another space and then ding/scrape my car separately? The end result will be the same (some minor irritating damage to my car, indicative of a door being flung open into mine and/or someone squeezing between the cars and using their jeans rivets to leave little trails in my paintwork) but at least all parties would be able to get into and out of their cars more easily...

I had this in the local supermarket when a woman parked right next to me as soon as I pulled up when there were at least 30 empty spaces all around.
I actully confronted her and asked "really, you have the whole carpark why park next to my car?" apparently "it's just a space mate"
So I got in my car and moved it 4 spaces away, stupid bint.

Had similar a couple of years ago. Row of near empty spaces at the far end of a supermarket car park so I parked on the end. The space next to me was empty then a van in the next one, half a dozen or so empty spaces then a couple of cars. Dozy cow in a Range Rover decides to squeeze into the space between me and the van but couldn't then open her door enough to get out. i suggested that if she damaged my car getting out I would reciprocate the same ge while she was in the shop and that perhaps she might be better served being less of a retard and parking somewhere where she could get out. She moved down a couple of spaces, scowled furiously at me and stripped off into the shop.

[Bluedot]

Antony Moxey said:

she scowled furiously at me and stripped off into the shop.