Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
Discussion
Bluedot said:
Se7enheaven said:
The totally aggressive driving nature in the UK. It’s endemic. The latest craze appears to be the roundabout roulette. Cars entering roundabouts at warp speed and woe be tied if you get in their path of trajectory, as they will aim directly for you ,and to prove that you are hindering milliseconds of their progress will in fact speed up further as a scare tactic. And I’m not talking about poor driving on the victims part ,as with the speed these imbeciles travel at they appear out of nowhere, mostly with no indication of their intended travel direction.
I've certainly noticed this more on roundabouts these days, I suppose the mentality is that no one can possibly coming round the roundabout at the same speed as me so I'll just shoot across. One day though...
Relevance to the post above? Approaching a roundabout, I was looking out of a top deck window on the bus, taking advantage of the elevated viewpoint to check out driving standards at "ground level". Shocking numbers of people on phones, eating, drinking, etc. But one stuck out at this roundabout. Two blokes in a Land Rover Discovery approaching from the opposite direction to the bus. The bus was stuck in traffic but the road on their side was clear. They did that "warp speed approach" thing initially, but the driver must have bottled it for whatever reason. So heavy braking and the passenger seemed to drop something into the footwell, then swiftly retrieve it. His reaction, though, was pure comedy. Leaning forward repeatedly (and occasionally getting caught out by the inertia reel) and pulling angry, intimidating faces at traffic coming around the roundabout, waving his fists, doing that "gangsta" two-finger gun thing, and lip reading his ranting was funny as owt. The driver, too, was calling other drivers (who he now had to give way to) all sorts of fruity names, but he didn't look quite as aggressive. In the end, rather than wait for a gap to enter the roundabout safely, they picked a much smaller gap and got a long "beeeeeep!" from the driver who had to brake to avoid them. The response (from the driver) was a raised middle finger out of the window he'd just buzzed down, presumably in preparation for what he knew would be coming his way. I think some folk are just wired up wrong...
Se7enheaven said:
woe be tied
Woe betide.Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
popeyewhite said:
Se7enheaven said:
woe be tied
Woe betide.Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
popeyewhite said:
Woe betide.
Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
The American invention of the word "irregardless" and usage by people who mean "regardless". Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
LunarOne said:
popeyewhite said:
Woe betide.
Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
The American invention of the word "irregardless" and usage by people who mean "regardless". Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
Misuse of quotation marks.
Edit: comma lol
Edited by popeyewhite on Friday 17th November 17:07
Alickadoo said:
Se7enheaven said:
Myself and my wife are just back from a trip in Vietnam and Malaysia ,and as crazy as the traffic can get at times never once witnessed any form of road rage or any “aiming” tactics. WTF is wrong with this place ? This country is seriously f
ked up.
My wife and I.ked up. But much more annoying when someone says "I" thinking they are being correct, but it should be "me",
"He gave the book to my wife and I." Noooooooooooooo. to my wife and me.
LunarOne said:
popeyewhite said:
Woe betide.
Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
The American invention of the word "irregardless" and usage by people who mean "regardless". Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
The phrase is 'couldn't care less'. If you can't care less for something, it's at the bottom of your caring pecking order, and this is the message you're trying to get scross. If you could care less, you care about it more than other things.
Idiots.
number2 said:
LunarOne said:
popeyewhite said:
Woe betide.
Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
The American invention of the word "irregardless" and usage by people who mean "regardless". Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
The phrase is 'couldn't care less'. If you can't care less for something, it's at the bottom of your caring pecking order, and this is the message you're trying to get across. If you could care less, you care about it more than other things.
Idiots.
LunarOne said:
number2 said:
LunarOne said:
popeyewhite said:
Woe betide.
Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
The American invention of the word "irregardless" and usage by people who mean "regardless". Your annoyance isn't beyond reason in my view. Too many cars, too much anger/aggression/poor driving. It's irregardless of the UK's road safety record as we have too many cars on our poorly maintained roads. Think of the size of France - they had 45 million cars on their roads last year - the UK had 41 million. France is nearly 2.5 times the size of the UK!
The phrase is 'couldn't care less'. If you can't care less for something, it's at the bottom of your caring pecking order, and this is the message you're trying to get across. If you could care less, you care about it more than other things.
Idiots.
. Please explain to me why on earth it is necessary to include among other things like credit reports, wage slips, previous addresses, bank statements.
I have to include a picture of myself and another picture of myself touching my chin, demeaning, idiotic and downright rude ind intrusive if you ask me.
For guess what, A sodding shared ownership housing application!]
never seen anything so utterly ridiculous in all my days.
I have to include a picture of myself and another picture of myself touching my chin, demeaning, idiotic and downright rude ind intrusive if you ask me.
For guess what, A sodding shared ownership housing application!]
never seen anything so utterly ridiculous in all my days.
People whose “mate” always has a better watch, car, house, job, holiday than you.
“Oh you going to America? My friend went to America ten times, flew first class, stayed in 5 star hotels and said it was crap”
“Oh you’ve bought a Ferrari 458? My mate has a Ferrari 488, it’s so much more modern, he didn’t like the 458”
“Oh your kid has a job at XYZ? My mates daughter worked there and said it’s crap and she is much happier at her new job”
“Oh you’ve bought a Porsche? I really like Ferrari’s. Have you seen the 458, it looks amazing.”
“Oh you going to America? My friend went to America ten times, flew first class, stayed in 5 star hotels and said it was crap”
“Oh you’ve bought a Ferrari 458? My mate has a Ferrari 488, it’s so much more modern, he didn’t like the 458”
“Oh your kid has a job at XYZ? My mates daughter worked there and said it’s crap and she is much happier at her new job”
“Oh you’ve bought a Porsche? I really like Ferrari’s. Have you seen the 458, it looks amazing.”
NRG1976 said:
People whose “mate” always has a better watch, car, house, job, holiday than you.
“Oh you going to America? My friend went to America ten times, flew first class, stayed in 5 star hotels and said it was crap”
“Oh you’ve bought a Ferrari 458? My mate has a Ferrari 488, it’s so much more modern, he didn’t like the 458”
“Oh your kid has a job at XYZ? My mates daughter worked there and said it’s crap and she is much happier at her new job”
“Oh you’ve bought a Porsche? I really like Ferrari’s. Have you seen the 458, it looks amazing.”
Yeah, If you've been to Tenerife they've been to 11enerife.“Oh you going to America? My friend went to America ten times, flew first class, stayed in 5 star hotels and said it was crap”
“Oh you’ve bought a Ferrari 458? My mate has a Ferrari 488, it’s so much more modern, he didn’t like the 458”
“Oh your kid has a job at XYZ? My mates daughter worked there and said it’s crap and she is much happier at her new job”
“Oh you’ve bought a Porsche? I really like Ferrari’s. Have you seen the 458, it looks amazing.”
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