Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
McAndy said:
colonel c said:
People driving with hood up. Especially workmen's Hi-Vis jacket hoods. I'm not saying it's unsafe, although it probably is. It just winds me up.
People driving with earphones in. Why would you rob yourself of (or at least dull) a primary sense in this scenario?Shakermaker said:
People/Companies that don't follow what I consider to be the conventional means of writing or saying telephone numbers. Especially mobile numbers
Given that I grew up outside of London I have always lived in an area of area code, then the two sets of 3 numbers making up the local identifier and our own extension. Whilst by and large, a lot of these have moved away from this the convention has been to speak the number and pause as appropriate in a 5-3-3 manner.
Now OK, special numbers, those which we have seen on TV adverts or heard on the radio, will have been done differently as they usually have the catchy jingle to go with them.
But landline and mobile numbers are all still 11 digits with a very few notable exceptions, but when I ask for someone's number, I'm now given things in all sorts of weird ways - 4-5-2, 3-3-4, 3-5-3. Very confusing!
Saying a number in threes is: Given that I grew up outside of London I have always lived in an area of area code, then the two sets of 3 numbers making up the local identifier and our own extension. Whilst by and large, a lot of these have moved away from this the convention has been to speak the number and pause as appropriate in a 5-3-3 manner.
Now OK, special numbers, those which we have seen on TV adverts or heard on the radio, will have been done differently as they usually have the catchy jingle to go with them.
But landline and mobile numbers are all still 11 digits with a very few notable exceptions, but when I ask for someone's number, I'm now given things in all sorts of weird ways - 4-5-2, 3-3-4, 3-5-3. Very confusing!
Easy to say, easy to write down and or remember.
V8mate said:
colonel c said:
People driving with hood up. Especially workmen's Hi-Vis jacket hoods. I'm not saying it's unsafe, although it probably is. It just winds me up.
People in the gym with their hood up or a woolly hat on too!Edited by WD39 on Wednesday 19th October 19:48
McAndy said:
colonel c said:
People driving with hood up. Especially workmen's Hi-Vis jacket hoods. I'm not saying it's unsafe, although it probably is. It just winds me up.
People driving with earphones in. Why would you rob yourself of (or at least dull) a primary sense in this scenario?
ker I ever did see. K12beano said:
Both of these! People are strange when it comes to not understanding the dangers they and others are in around motor vehicles on our roads - then when someone gets hurt the general populace is "surprised" or shocked - but why handicap yourself and your safety?
Maybe they've weighed up the issues and thought it was an acceptable risk. What one person would consider acceptable, another person wouldn't.
OpulentBob said:
I remember years ago a guy driving past me in a muddy, filthy, battered, noisy but very cool 6R4, with massive headphones/earprotectors on (it was probably unbearable to drive without them). Coolest motherfker I ever did see.
I'll let him have that one, since he wouldn't have been able to hear without them anyway, either in situ or permanently afterwards! ker I ever did see. 
true 
AstonZagato said:
Shakermaker said:
People/Companies that don't follow what I consider to be the conventional means of writing or saying telephone numbers.
For me it is London-based people who quote their number as 0207 XXX XXXX. It has never been correct. It is 020 7XXX XXXX. so 01 230 1212
when the 01s ran out it became 071 230 1212
when the 071s ran out it became 0207 230 1212
originally the number above would have been Whitehall 1212.
Its still in use today.
Its also not just London based people doing it, most large cities Bristol,Leeds etc have 11 digit numbers.
We had a phase in Bristol of people quoting the code as 01179 when in fact the code for Bristol is 0117 as there are other variations on the 9 nowadays.
You may have worked out I used to work for BT once upon a time.
I no longer do and they as a company should also be immortalised in this thread!
bristolracer said:
AstonZagato said:
For me it is London-based people who quote their number as 0207 XXX XXXX. It has never been correct. It is 020 7XXX XXXX.
Its a hangover from the old days of London numbers starting 01so 01 230 1212
when the 01s ran out it became 071 230 1212
when the 071s ran out it became 0207 230 1212
What do you make of this "The telephone area code for most of Greater London and some surrounding areas is 020, not "0207", "0208" or "0203". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_telephone_code_mi...
bristolracer said:
AstonZagato said:
Shakermaker said:
People/Companies that don't follow what I consider to be the conventional means of writing or saying telephone numbers.
For me it is London-based people who quote their number as 0207 XXX XXXX. It has never been correct. It is 020 7XXX XXXX. so 01 230 1212
when the 01s ran out it became 071 230 1212
when the 071s ran out it became 0207 230 1212
Part of this problem was that, in that first change, central London became 071 and outer London became 081. There was some snobbery around having an 071 number (proper Zone 1 London) versus an 081 number (suburban dweller).
When all London numbers reverted to a single code (020), the 7 or 8 was tacked onto the sub-dialling code. People were proud to have an "0207" code (even though that didn't exist). Now there are lots of London numbers (central and otherwise) that start "020 3"
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff