Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)

[talksthetorque]

RizzoTheRat said:

talksthetorque said:

RizzoTheRat said:

There is only one 4:30 in the day and it's not the one you're thinking of!

An added complication is that the closest I'll get to my car through all this is about an hour away

Tell them you'll set off at 9am on Monday when your holiday ends.

You may end up saying what everyone else was thinking

It's an induction course for new starters so probably best not to make too many waves in my first few months

Start as you mean to go on!

[RizzoTheRat]

Vaud said:

RizzoTheRat said:

It's an induction course for new starters so probably best not to make too many waves in my first few months

Then man up and get up early.. it's only one day and you'll be sat in a room drinking coffee all day.

3 days, 2 of them in Belgium, so plenty of stronger stuff than coffee to drink in the evenings. I'm definitely getting in to unreasonably annoyed territory now as it's only costing me about £20-30 extra to fly there and from people who've done it already it sounds quite interesting.



In other things that annoy me, it started raining just as I left the office for my cycle home last night, and stopped again a few minutes after I got home. If I wasn't an atheist I'd say someone's got it in for me.

[Cobnapint]

Carnival.

Whenever there's a carnival like 'the' Notting Hill carnival and one of the organisers gets interviewed, they say things like 'we hope people will enjoy Carnival' or 'good weather has been forcast for Carnival'.

fk off. It's THE carnival...!

[Tyre Tread]

Cobnapint said:

Carnival.

Whenever there's a carnival like 'the' Notting Hill carnival and one of the organisers gets interviewed, they say things like 'we hope people will enjoy Carnival' or 'good weather has been forcast for Carnival'.

fk off. It's THE carnival...!

See also "pitlane" as in " the drivers are queueing in pitlane...'

[Europa1]

Vocal fry, as demonstrated by one of the Kardashian clan in a trailer for their new series.

[Cobnapint]

Europa1 said:

Vocal fry, as demonstrated by one of the Kardashian clan in a trailer for their new series.

Two teenage girls sitting near me on the train were talking like this the other day.

It's even worse when it comes with an upward inflection

[SlimJim16v]

Tyre Tread said:

See also "pitlane" as in " the drivers are queueing in pitlane...'

Maybe a Northener?" in t'pitlane."

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Cobnapint said:

Europa1 said:

Vocal fry, as demonstrated by one of the Kardashian clan in a trailer for their new series.

Two teenage girls sitting near me on the train were talking like this the other day.

It's even worse when it comes with an upward inflection

I had to google 'vocal fry', and watch a few YouTube videos, as I had never heard of the term.

Incidentally, people who would have posted "what the hell is that?" or "I have no idea what you are talking about" annoy me beyond reason.

[captain_cynic]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Cobnapint said:

Europa1 said:

Vocal fry, as demonstrated by one of the Kardashian clan in a trailer for their new series.

Two teenage girls sitting near me on the train were talking like this the other day.

It's even worse when it comes with an upward inflection

I had to google 'vocal fry', and watch a few YouTube videos, as I had never heard of the term.

Incidentally, people who would have posted "what the hell is that?" or "I have no idea what you are talking about" annoy me beyond reason.

This is why I'm glad I dont pay attention to popular culture, I have no idea what it is and zero inclination to find out. Were it not for some ahole Bostonian back in 2009 I still wouldn't know what Justin Beiber sounded like. Ignorance can really be bliss sometimes.

Now if you excuse me, I'm off to listen to 20 yr old Foo Fighter tracks (and if you don't feel old from that, the Lion King was released in 1994, 24 years ago. Next year that will be closer to the Moon landings than the present day).

[DavieW]

Tyre Tread said:

Cobnapint said:

Carnival.

Whenever there's a carnival like 'the' Notting Hill carnival and one of the organisers gets interviewed, they say things like 'we hope people will enjoy Carnival' or 'good weather has been forcast for Carnival'.

fk off. It's THE carnival...!

See also "pitlane" as in " the drivers are queueing in pitlane...'

It's the same with car models in press reviews and roadtests - "Focus is a new model", "Corsa is crap" etc.

[nonsequitur]

captain_cynic said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Cobnapint said:

Europa1 said:

Vocal fry, as demonstrated by one of the Kardashian clan in a trailer for their new series.

Two teenage girls sitting near me on the train were talking like this the other day.

It's even worse when it comes with an upward inflection

I had to google 'vocal fry', and watch a few YouTube videos, as I had never heard of the term.

Incidentally, people who would have posted "what the hell is that?" or "I have no idea what you are talking about" annoy me beyond reason.

This is why I'm glad I dont pay attention to popular culture, I have no idea what it is and zero inclination to find out. Were it not for some ahole Bostonian back in 2009 I still wouldn't know what Justin Beiber sounded like. Ignorance can really be bliss sometimes.

Now if you excuse me, I'm off to listen to 20 yr old Foo Fighter tracks (and if you don't feel old from that, the Lion King was released in 1994, 24 years ago. Next year that will be closer to the Moon landings than the present day).

Just listened to Hermans Hermits,(vinyl).....1964. Goldfinger / Harold Wilson / A Hard Days Night.

[talksthetorque]

DavieW said:

Tyre Tread said:

Cobnapint said:

Carnival.

Whenever there's a carnival like 'the' Notting Hill carnival and one of the organisers gets interviewed, they say things like 'we hope people will enjoy Carnival' or 'good weather has been forcast for Carnival'.

fk off. It's THE carnival...!

See also "pitlane" as in " the drivers are queueing in pitlane...'

It's the same with car models in press reviews and roadtests - "Focus is a new model", "Corsa is crap" etc.

Firstly let me say that I applaud your right to be annoyed beyond reason for this.

Do you object when the weather people say It looks like Summer is finally here, and not The Summer is finally here?


Signed, The Pistonheads.

[nonsequitur]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Cobnapint said:

Europa1 said:

Vocal fry, as demonstrated by one of the Kardashian clan in a trailer for their new series.

Two teenage girls sitting near me on the train were talking like this the other day.

It's even worse when it comes with an upward inflection

I had to google 'vocal fry', and watch a few YouTube videos, as I had never heard of the term.

Incidentally, people who would have posted "what the hell is that?" or "I have no idea what you are talking about" annoy me beyond reason.

But nobody did. (clairvoyant)?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

nonsequitur said:

But nobody did. (clairvoyant)?

No, but people often do.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

People adding "at all" on the end of a binary question.

eg. "Do you have a Nectar Card at all?"

Yes, I understand the question being asked and, yes, I realise it is just a colloquialism / poor English. But it still annoys me beyond reason.

[gothatway]

Similar to the above, "It is now quarter to nine" grates with me.

[nicanary]

talksthetorque said:

DavieW said:

Tyre Tread said:

Cobnapint said:

Carnival.

Whenever there's a carnival like 'the' Notting Hill carnival and one of the organisers gets interviewed, they say things like 'we hope people will enjoy Carnival' or 'good weather has been forcast for Carnival'.

fk off. It's THE carnival...!

See also "pitlane" as in " the drivers are queueing in pitlane...'

It's the same with car models in press reviews and roadtests - "Focus is a new model", "Corsa is crap" etc.

Firstly let me say that I applaud your right to be annoyed beyond reason for this.

Do you object when the weather people say It looks like Summer is finally here, and not The Summer is finally here?


Signed, The Pistonheads.

Isn't summer an adjectival noun?

[V8mate]

When you click on an 'Unsubscribe' link in an email you never signed up for, are taken to a webpage where you have to enter your email, and, upon submitting it, are told that you have been sent a further email with a link in it, which you have to click to confirm you want no more emails.

ovens.

[Cobnapint]

V8mate said:

When you click on an 'Unsubscribe' link in an email you never signed up for, are taken to a webpage where you have to enter your email, and, upon submitting it, are told that you have been sent a further email with a link in it, which you have to click to confirm you want no more emails.

ovens.

Or another message which says 'this may take up to 2 weeks before any changes are made'.

WTF.

[zedx19]

Cobnapint said:

V8mate said:

When you click on an 'Unsubscribe' link in an email you never signed up for, are taken to a webpage where you have to enter your email, and, upon submitting it, are told that you have been sent a further email with a link in it, which you have to click to confirm you want no more emails.

ovens.

Or another message which says 'this may take up to 2 weeks before any changes are made'.

WTF.

And after that, you get another email saying you are now unsubscribed, they are sorry to see you leave and here's a link to resubscribe if you unsubscribed in error.