Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
Discussion
Rich Boy Spanner said:
Why do people leave tat on the street with a 'help yourself, free!' type of sign on it, as if they are doing someone a favour. It's absolute garbage. A person over the road had a chest of drawers out with this sort of sign and I would have been embarrassed to admit I had even owned it. It would have been cruel to house woodlice in it. I saw an electric lamp yesterday, with a 'free lamp, take if you want it' sign, It was an absolute piece of crap and was sat out in the rain. Are people just taking the piss?
That seemed to start near us during lockdown. Now any old junk is just left outside peoples houses for anyone to help themselves to. A neighbour left a load of plant pots out, which just ended up blown all down the road. Another one spread out so much stuff, you had to walk in the road to get past it. The usual one though is books, which get left out for a few days until they turn into a pile of wet mush. Rich Boy Spanner said:
Why do people leave tat on the street with a 'help yourself, free!' type of sign on it, as if they are doing someone a favour. It's absolute garbage. A person over the road had a chest of drawers out with this sort of sign and I would have been embarrassed to admit I had even owned it. It would have been cruel to house woodlice in it. I saw an electric lamp yesterday, with a 'free lamp, take if you want it' sign, It was an absolute piece of crap and was sat out in the rain. Are people just taking the piss?
Oh deary me. In our village we have a "free corner" by the village square. If you have something that can be reused, is in good workable condition, its left there and is usually gone within a day or two. Its not "tat", full of "woodlice" or "crap"......what a dim post r3g said:
Cold said:
Endless blatherings about airports annoys me beyond reason.
This ! Someone go set-up a 'TTAYBR - Air travel edition' thread please. 
romft123 said:
Rich Boy Spanner said:
Why do people leave tat on the street with a 'help yourself, free!' type of sign on it, as if they are doing someone a favour. It's absolute garbage. A person over the road had a chest of drawers out with this sort of sign and I would have been embarrassed to admit I had even owned it. It would have been cruel to house woodlice in it. I saw an electric lamp yesterday, with a 'free lamp, take if you want it' sign, It was an absolute piece of crap and was sat out in the rain. Are people just taking the piss?
Oh deary me. In our village we have a "free corner" by the village square. If you have something that can be reused, is in good workable condition, its left there and is usually gone within a day or two. Its not "tat", full of "woodlice" or "crap"......what a dim post Getting the 3rd degree off the border force people at the ferry terminal annoys me beyond reason. Particularly being asked for a passport (Ireland CTA means I don't need one) and also asking where I'm going (it's the Ireland ferry FFS) and then why I'm going there. Its all just pointless theatre.
C n C said:
r3g said:
Rusty Old-Banger said:
r3g said:
Yep, tight people demanding something for free yet not being willing to sit through a 5 second add (or pay £30p/month via a VPN) annoy me too. 
This guy clearly hasn't used youtube in a very long time!
I'd consider the full UK price as I watch so much of it - probably about 2-3 hours per day as I follow a lot of vlogs and channels plus I find it really helpful for work and research.
EDIT: Although I don't see advertisements, I am a bit tired (although understanding) of so many creators now having sponsored contents. It's often HelloFresh, or Woop fitness. The most annoying I've noticed are the times when they don't announce that it's a sales pitch. E.g. mid-video and they'll say "Ohhhh, feel so tired today and not sure I want to cook. However, I've just noticed HelloFresh have come to the rescue...."
Rich Boy Spanner said:
Are people just taking the piss?
What they are hoping for is for you to take their crap away to save them the effort of dispossing of it themselves.You see it all the time on local Facebook sites; someone has put say a new fence up and is now kindly offering some "free wood" to anyone that wants it; saves them having to take it to the tip.
bmwmike said:
Getting the 3rd degree off the border force people at the ferry terminal annoys me beyond reason. Particularly being asked for a passport (Ireland CTA means I don't need one) and also asking where I'm going (it's the Ireland ferry FFS) and then why I'm going there. Its all just pointless theatre.
The only time I’ve used the Belfast-Liverpool overnight boat I got stopped belofre leaving Liverpool port “where have you come from sir?”Apparently the incorrect answer (I was very sleepy having not managed a minute of sleep on the boat) was to look over my shoulder and say “that boat”… pretend policeman found a real policeman to have a chat
paulguitar said:
romft123 said:
Rich Boy Spanner said:
Why do people leave tat on the street with a 'help yourself, free!' type of sign on it, as if they are doing someone a favour. It's absolute garbage. A person over the road had a chest of drawers out with this sort of sign and I would have been embarrassed to admit I had even owned it. It would have been cruel to house woodlice in it. I saw an electric lamp yesterday, with a 'free lamp, take if you want it' sign, It was an absolute piece of crap and was sat out in the rain. Are people just taking the piss?
Oh deary me. In our village we have a "free corner" by the village square. If you have something that can be reused, is in good workable condition, its left there and is usually gone within a day or two. Its not "tat", full of "woodlice" or "crap"......what a dim post Rich Boy Spanner said:
Why do people leave tat on the street with a 'help yourself, free!' type of sign on it, as if they are doing someone a favour. It's absolute garbage. A person over the road had a chest of drawers out with this sort of sign and I would have been embarrassed to admit I had even owned it. It would have been cruel to house woodlice in it. I saw an electric lamp yesterday, with a 'free lamp, take if you want it' sign, It was an absolute piece of crap and was sat out in the rain. Are people just taking the piss?
We sold our second home last year on the High Street of a Staffordshire town. I put numerous items out with a laminated sign attached. It all went. Second hand used cat litter tray
Log basket
Some old buckets
A child's desk
A lamp
Some horrible lamp shades
A piece of work top
A desk chair.
Usually within 30 mins.
Mind you it was 3 mins walk to the town centre and there was plenty of footfall.
I took a load more stuff to the charity shop, and the tip.
Done to death, and other threads for it maybe, but w
kers who park across 2 bays to protect their car. In this case, some dick with a GT86 wrapped to look like a Wish.com Lightning McQueen. Mate, your car looks pap, I had a car full of kids and they all mentioned your sthouse parking before they even noticed the wrap. And we had Cars on the car DVD player at the time. fking bell-end.
kers who park across 2 bays to protect their car. In this case, some dick with a GT86 wrapped to look like a Wish.com Lightning McQueen. Mate, your car looks pap, I had a car full of kids and they all mentioned your sthouse parking before they even noticed the wrap. And we had Cars on the car DVD player at the time. fking bell-end. Rusty Old-Banger said:
Done to death, and other threads for it maybe, but wkers who park across 2 bays to protect their car. In this case, some dick with a GT86 wrapped to look like a Wish.com Lightning McQueen. Mate, your car looks pap, I had a car full of kids and they all mentioned your sthouse parking before they even noticed the wrap. And we had Cars on the car DVD player at the time. fking bell-end.
Had this in a hotel underground car park last week, barrier controlled and the barrier won't admit cars when it's full until cars have left, so of course the barrier was letting cars in, but a number of cars had straddled two bays, and I was one of three cars circling looking for a space. We complained at reception and it's apparently a regular headache for them. One tkers who park across 2 bays to protect their car. In this case, some dick with a GT86 wrapped to look like a Wish.com Lightning McQueen. Mate, your car looks pap, I had a car full of kids and they all mentioned your sthouse parking before they even noticed the wrap. And we had Cars on the car DVD player at the time. fking bell-end. t in a McLaren was parked across two disabled bays. The thing is, the spaces were generous anyway, loads of room even for my mahoosive limo.Superdrug, always the same. I go in and quickly grab an item and head for the till.
"Can we interest you in this strategically placed product at the till?"
No thank you
"Can we interest you in this other strategically placed product at the till then?"
No thank you
"How about this third strategically placed product at the till?"
No thank you
"Do you have a something something card?"
No thank you
"Would you like to sign up for one for 10% off?"
No thank you
I appreciate they want to maximise sales and profits and the staff are pushed to push, but Jeez! I just want to pay and go. Walking along our High Street today and instead of heading into Superdrug I remembered that I always get this long drawn out pitch and that I'd vowed to stop shopping there as a result, so I popped into Poundland instead. Grab, scan, pay, out. Bliss.
"Can we interest you in this strategically placed product at the till?"
No thank you
"Can we interest you in this other strategically placed product at the till then?"
No thank you
"How about this third strategically placed product at the till?"
No thank you
"Do you have a something something card?"
No thank you
"Would you like to sign up for one for 10% off?"
No thank you
I appreciate they want to maximise sales and profits and the staff are pushed to push, but Jeez! I just want to pay and go. Walking along our High Street today and instead of heading into Superdrug I remembered that I always get this long drawn out pitch and that I'd vowed to stop shopping there as a result, so I popped into Poundland instead. Grab, scan, pay, out. Bliss.
21st Century Man said:
Superdrug, always the same. I go in and quickly grab an item and head for the till.
"Can we interest you in this strategically placed product at the till?"
No thank you
"Can we interest you in this other strategically placed product at the till then?"
No thank you
"How about this third strategically placed product at the till?"
No thank you
"Do you have a something something card?"
No thank you
"Would you like to sign up for one for 10% off?"
No thank you
I appreciate they want to maximise sales and profits and the staff are pushed to push, but Jeez! I just want to pay and go. Walking along our High Street today and instead of heading into Superdrug I remembered that I always get this long drawn out pitch and that I'd vowed to stop shopping there as a result, so I popped into Poundland instead. Grab, scan, pay, out. Bliss.
The local newsagent used to do this; every single person at the till was asked if they wanted a bar of chocolate. Almost everyone said no, and you could see it was annoying people. It certainly annoyed me. "Can we interest you in this strategically placed product at the till?"
No thank you
"Can we interest you in this other strategically placed product at the till then?"
No thank you
"How about this third strategically placed product at the till?"
No thank you
"Do you have a something something card?"
No thank you
"Would you like to sign up for one for 10% off?"
No thank you
I appreciate they want to maximise sales and profits and the staff are pushed to push, but Jeez! I just want to pay and go. Walking along our High Street today and instead of heading into Superdrug I remembered that I always get this long drawn out pitch and that I'd vowed to stop shopping there as a result, so I popped into Poundland instead. Grab, scan, pay, out. Bliss.
In the end I emailed their customer services (it was Martins) and voiced my displeasure. They did respond and said something like they would speak with the manager to see what they had to say about it. Nothing, it seemed. Because it carried on. So I stopped going in there. But now it's a Morrisons Local, so hardly matters.
But my point is this; voice your concern, if they heed it, all well and good. If they dont the no longer give them your custom.
21st Century Man said:
We were told that we couldn't breathe and not spread covid without wearing a face covering, so the idea that vaping was somehow different and couldn't spread covid is complete total utter bks. Respiration, the simple act of breathing, spread covid (if one was infected). In order to vape, one must respire.
Appreciate this is an old post but I've been off PH for a while and catching up. ks. Respiration, the simple act of breathing, spread covid (if one was infected). In order to vape, one must respire. It's the clouds with the artificial sickly sweet flavouree 'e-juice' smell that gets blown into everyone's faces that I find to be a bane.
Nobody else wants or needs it.
A lot of people who vape seem to be oblivious to it or, especially in the case of being sat in the vicinity of others, just look at others as though they're stoned and not doing anything wrong. It has made sitting outdoors for food or drink without someone else's smoke or cloud a task in itself.
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