Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
.My boy (9) and I were waiting to cross the supermarket car park road to go and buy some choc as a reward for his hard game of rugby. It was about an hour ago. Dark. We were standing in the hatchings that separate parking spaces from the car lanes.
A Daewoo SUV with a roofbox comes charging in with the intention of parking nose-first into the last space on the end. I hope I am describing this clearly. He should have driven around the hatchings and either taken a wide arc or reversed in, but instead he sallied forth, saw my boy standing there very late and performed an emergency stop. He then reversed and entered the parking space like a normal person.
I was incensed and we waited for him to get out whereupon I gave him my very best Paddington Hard Stare.
He just could not admit that he had made a mistake. To back down would have displayed weakness on his part, I suppose. He insisted that he had not come close to running over my child. He just kept saying "Problem?", like he wanted me to go all-in and fight him. I wanted to fight him. "Go and do your shopping", he grunted. We did.
This annoyed, and does annoy me beyond reason.
A Daewoo SUV with a roofbox comes charging in with the intention of parking nose-first into the last space on the end. I hope I am describing this clearly. He should have driven around the hatchings and either taken a wide arc or reversed in, but instead he sallied forth, saw my boy standing there very late and performed an emergency stop. He then reversed and entered the parking space like a normal person.
I was incensed and we waited for him to get out whereupon I gave him my very best Paddington Hard Stare.
He just could not admit that he had made a mistake. To back down would have displayed weakness on his part, I suppose. He insisted that he had not come close to running over my child. He just kept saying "Problem?", like he wanted me to go all-in and fight him. I wanted to fight him. "Go and do your shopping", he grunted. We did.
This annoyed, and does annoy me beyond reason.
All this talk of the perils of coffee remind me why I actually despise the coffee shop phenomenon, though I do often find myself taking a coffee on the go.
I want a filter coffee with milk. This seems very difficult in some establishments where they go ahead and make some crazy concoction and then add hot frothy milk. No, I just want milk. So I have to specifically ask for cold milk now.
I also don't get why they can't use the word 'large' and have to stylise it as 'grande' or 'primo' or whatever. What is wrong with small, medium and large?
When you go to someone's house and ask for milk in your coffee do you expect them to froth it up and heat it up for you? No. two splashes of semi skimmed, job done.
I want a filter coffee with milk. This seems very difficult in some establishments where they go ahead and make some crazy concoction and then add hot frothy milk. No, I just want milk. So I have to specifically ask for cold milk now.
I also don't get why they can't use the word 'large' and have to stylise it as 'grande' or 'primo' or whatever. What is wrong with small, medium and large?
When you go to someone's house and ask for milk in your coffee do you expect them to froth it up and heat it up for you? No. two splashes of semi skimmed, job done.
Splitting the restaurant bill with work colleagues, when you don't drink due to driving only have a main course because you don't want to be a fat b
d like the rest of them but still expected to pay £25 for 13 quids worth of ste curry, my fault for agreeing to go to a leaving do for a colleague I don't particularly like. I'm also nominating myself for this http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
d like the rest of them but still expected to pay £25 for 13 quids worth of ste curry, my fault for agreeing to go to a leaving do for a colleague I don't particularly like. I'm also nominating myself for this http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...Shakermaker said:
I also don't get why they can't use the word 'large' and have to stylise it as 'grande' or 'primo' or whatever. What is wrong with small, medium and large?
I drink coffee and I totally agree with you, I am annoyed by the way they refer to the sizes. Pretentious nonsense. Seeing as this is the coffee thread, the thing that annoys me the most.....being asked for your name in Starbucks so they can write it on the take away cup. I hate that, it annoys me to the extreme. I find it hard to articulate why but it does. How dare they need to know my name just to make me a bloody latte.
Jon321 said:
Shakermaker said:
I also don't get why they can't use the word 'large' and have to stylise it as 'grande' or 'primo' or whatever. What is wrong with small, medium and large?
I drink coffee and I totally agree with you, I am annoyed by the way they refer to the sizes. Pretentious nonsense. Seeing as this is the coffee thread, the thing that annoys me the most.....being asked for your name in Starbucks so they can write it on the take away cup. I hate that, it annoys me to the extreme. I find it hard to articulate why but it does. How dare they need to know my name just to make me a bloody latte.
straight dad said:
Splitting the restaurant bill with work colleagues, when you don't drink due to driving only have a main course because you don't want to be a fat bd like the rest of them but still expected to pay £25 for 13 quids worth of ste curry, my fault for agreeing to go to a leaving do for a colleague I don't particularly like. I'm also nominating myself for this http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Swings and roundabouts, sometimes we go to an unlicensed curry house so I buy my beers beforehand. I then have to chip in for their soft drinks they order in the restaurant. I suppose it evens out in the end and sometimes the price of a soft drink is very near to that of a beer depending on the resturant. d like the rest of them but still expected to pay £25 for 13 quids worth of ste curry, my fault for agreeing to go to a leaving do for a colleague I don't particularly like. I'm also nominating myself for this http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...nicanary said:
Jon321 said:
Shakermaker said:
I also don't get why they can't use the word 'large' and have to stylise it as 'grande' or 'primo' or whatever. What is wrong with small, medium and large?
I drink coffee and I totally agree with you, I am annoyed by the way they refer to the sizes. Pretentious nonsense. Seeing as this is the coffee thread, the thing that annoys me the most.....being asked for your name in Starbucks so they can write it on the take away cup. I hate that, it annoys me to the extreme. I find it hard to articulate why but it does. How dare they need to know my name just to make me a bloody latte.
Halmyre said:
nicanary said:
Jon321 said:
Shakermaker said:
I also don't get why they can't use the word 'large' and have to stylise it as 'grande' or 'primo' or whatever. What is wrong with small, medium and large?
I drink coffee and I totally agree with you, I am annoyed by the way they refer to the sizes. Pretentious nonsense. Seeing as this is the coffee thread, the thing that annoys me the most.....being asked for your name in Starbucks so they can write it on the take away cup. I hate that, it annoys me to the extreme. I find it hard to articulate why but it does. How dare they need to know my name just to make me a bloody latte.
"No".
....nothing else, people who talk like an automaton (I would as well after a day serving Coffee) get really confused if you just say a single word negative answer.
Stickyfinger said:
"Can I have your name for the cup ?"
"No".
....nothing else, people who talk like an automaton (I would as well after a day serving Coffee) get really confused if you just say a single word negative answer.
Works a treat on the ?ambulance-chaser cold callers too. "No".
....nothing else, people who talk like an automaton (I would as well after a day serving Coffee) get really confused if you just say a single word negative answer.
"Did you have an accident within the last three years?" "Nope.” [silence]
Europa1 said:
Diverting briefly from the fascinating discourse on the many ways of being ripped off for a cup of coffee, this morning for me the annoying thing was Great Northern's decision that we are now in the depths of midwinter, and therefore the heating on the train should be set to "kiln".
A most eloquently phrased post sir! I
am most impressed by your categorisation of the train's heat setting.
However, your discomfort will be but a fond memory come mid February when the service is cancelled due to the "wrong type of snow" but they have failed to announce the fact and you are stood on the freezing platform staring intently into the teeth of the blizzard in the forlorn hope that something will come along eventually to end your misery....
Ah the joys of public transportation!
Stickyfinger said:
Halmyre said:
nicanary said:
Jon321 said:
Shakermaker said:
I also don't get why they can't use the word 'large' and have to stylise it as 'grande' or 'primo' or whatever. What is wrong with small, medium and large?
I drink coffee and I totally agree with you, I am annoyed by the way they refer to the sizes. Pretentious nonsense. Seeing as this is the coffee thread, the thing that annoys me the most.....being asked for your name in Starbucks so they can write it on the take away cup. I hate that, it annoys me to the extreme. I find it hard to articulate why but it does. How dare they need to know my name just to make me a bloody latte.
"No".
bristolracer said:
Stickyfinger said:
Halmyre said:
nicanary said:
Jon321 said:
Shakermaker said:
I also don't get why they can't use the word 'large' and have to stylise it as 'grande' or 'primo' or whatever. What is wrong with small, medium and large?
I drink coffee and I totally agree with you, I am annoyed by the way they refer to the sizes. Pretentious nonsense. Seeing as this is the coffee thread, the thing that annoys me the most.....being asked for your name in Starbucks so they can write it on the take away cup. I hate that, it annoys me to the extreme. I find it hard to articulate why but it does. How dare they need to know my name just to make me a bloody latte.
"No".
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