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

[Willy Nilly]

DaveGoddard said:

Roadworks which no prior warning of them anywhere. A couple of Fridays ago I was on my way to Cadwell Park, and given that it was Friday afternoon I decided not to take the dual carriageway route round Lichfield as it would have been backed up with traffic, so I elected to go through the middle of town and back onto the A38 at the other end past Trent Valley station. I go through the town (which as expected was fairly traffic free), get to the other side...and the access road to the A38 is closed for roadworks with no warning at all so I have to go back through the town and sit on the DC in traffic anyway!

Water leak, collapsed drain, gas leak, sewer leak, big pot hole etc, the list goes on. What do you expect them to do?

[DaveGoddard]

Willy Nilly said:

Water leak, collapsed drain, gas leak, sewer leak, big pot hole etc, the list goes on. What do you expect them to do?

As I approached the point where the road was closed off there was a sign stating when the works would start (dated about two weeks previous) - but this was the first and only sign I saw, none anywhere else. Rubbish.

[anonymous-user]

The traffic lights in Bristol centre last night were boiling my Thatchers. They were so far out of sequence it was a joke. I had hoped the new mayor was slightly less car hating than the previous red trousered tt, but it's not looking good so far.

[Shakermaker]

People using the word "inbox" instead of "Message" and the now awful terms of "I've inboxed you" (invariably stylised as "ive inboxed u") and "Inbox me, yeah?" and today I overheard someone on the phone saying "Send me an inbox, yeah?"

[StevieBee]

Sending files to people using WeTransfer or similar.

You send the link to the file on time.

Weeks later they ask for it be sent again because they've lost it!

NO - YOU HAVEN'T LOST IT!

The deadline wasn't necessary because you never downloaded it when I sent the bloody link in the first place and I know this because it says so!

[arfursleep]

Willy Nilly said:

DaveGoddard said:

Roadworks which no prior warning of them anywhere. A couple of Fridays ago I was on my way to Cadwell Park, and given that it was Friday afternoon I decided not to take the dual carriageway route round Lichfield as it would have been backed up with traffic, so I elected to go through the middle of town and back onto the A38 at the other end past Trent Valley station. I go through the town (which as expected was fairly traffic free), get to the other side...and the access road to the A38 is closed for roadworks with no warning at all so I have to go back through the town and sit on the DC in traffic anyway!

Water leak, collapsed drain, gas leak, sewer leak, big pot hole etc, the list goes on. What do you expect them to do?

None of the above. Road closed for 12 weeks from end of August so they can put in services for 250 new houses built just off the road.

There is no signage on the roads through the town to tell you that it's closed - only when you arrive at the island do you find the road to the A38 is shut.

Oh and of course, some of us that used that route to access the A38 on a daily basis now go through Fradley, rather than back tracking through the city at rush hour, where they've scheduled two more sets of road works to operate at the same time as the ones on the A38. Has added at least 15 minutes and 5 miles to my journey twice a day.

[anonymous-user]

Other people walking their dog that don't say hello. Just rude.

[Stickyfinger]

Strangers with a dog who think just because they have a dog I want to talk to them whilst I am out walking my dog and trying to relax after talking to bloody fools all fking day

[BristolRich]

Cold Callers - "Would I like to take part in a travel survey...all you need to do is take this tracker with you wherever you go and it logs your movements and records when you are not home"...

[anonymous-user]

Stickyfinger said:

Strangers with a dog who think just because they have a dog I want to talk to them whilst I am out walking my dog and trying to relax after talking to bloody fools all fking day

You don't live in Bristol do you ?

[anonymous-user]

BristolRich said:

Cold Callers - "Would I like to take part in a travel survey...all you need to do is take this tracker with you wherever you go and it logs your movements and records when you are not home"...

With the amount people put on Fartbook, they don't need a tracker. Just watch them posting that they are going on holiday, on the way to the airport, at the airport, on the plane etc etc ad infinitum

[Stickyfinger]

Grahamdub said:

You don't live in Bristol do you ?

ps off Dog Face....

near but no

[Impasse]

I needed just 14cm of 15mm pipe to complete the installation of the new pressure relief valve because the overflow outlet on the new valve body is situated 180 degrees out. No biggie, but now I've got an almost 2m length of pipe left over that I'm loathe to bin but won't actually need to use it for about five years and by then it will be squished out of shape due to "storage".

[ClockworkCupcake]

Grahamdub said:

With the amount people put on Fartbook, they don't need a tracker. Just watch them posting that they are going on holiday, on the way to the airport, at the airport, on the plane etc etc ad infinitum

You don't really understand how Facebook works, do you. But then again, you're too hip with your inverse snobbery to even spell it correctly.

Also, people who write "Fartbook" instead of "Facebook". See earlier post on the matter.

[WD39]

Impasse said:

I needed just 14cm of 15mm pipe to complete the installation of the new pressure relief valve because the overflow outlet on the new valve body is situated 180 degrees out. No biggie, but now I've got an almost 2m length of pipe left over that I'm loathe to bin but won't actually need to use it for about five years and by then it will be squished out of shape due to "storage".

Translation please.

[Iva Barchetta]

WD39 said:

Impasse said:

I needed just 14cm of 15mm pipe to complete the installation of the new pressure relief valve because the overflow outlet on the new valve body is situated 180 degrees out. No biggie, but now I've got an almost 2m length of pipe left over that I'm loathe to bin but won't actually need to use it for about five years and by then it will be squished out of shape due to "storage".

Translation please.

Impasse had to buy 2m of pipe,when only requiring 14cm of it.

I'm thick and I got it.

[WD39]

Iva Barchetta said:

WD39 said:

Impasse said:

I needed just 14cm of 15mm pipe to complete the installation of the new pressure relief valve because the overflow outlet on the new valve body is situated 180 degrees out. No biggie, but now I've got an almost 2m length of pipe left over that I'm loathe to bin but won't actually need to use it for about five years and by then it will be squished out of shape due to "storage".

Translation please.

Impasse had to buy 2m of pipe,when only requiring 14cm of it.

I'm thick and I got it.

Thank you. I will sleep easy tonight.

[V8Matthew]

Stickyfinger said:

Strangers with a dog who think just because they have a dog I want to talk to them whilst I am out walking my dog and trying to relax after talking to bloody fools all fking day

When I'm out with the dog I like to mainly either mutter to myself or the dog, if I see another dog walker I'll be polite but if I see them in advance I usually change my course to avoid them. I find small talk awkward, maybe I'm just a weirdo though!

[Dr Murdoch]

Grahamdub said:

With the amount people put on Fartbook, they don't need a tracker. Just watch them posting that they are going on holiday, on the way to the airport, at the airport, on the plane etc etc ad infinitum

Fartbook?

Did you mean Facebook?

Odd auto-correct, either that or your're one of those cretins who thinks its 'hilarious' to change a well known name to to a faux name? In the hope that everyone knows how cool, hip and witty you are?

p.s failed on all three

Edited by Dr Murdoch on Wednesday 28th September 20:57

[Stickyfinger]

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