Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
Discussion
Cotty said:
Also annoys me short girls rushing to sit in the premier seats when they don't need extra legroom.
100%. There's a girl on my regular commute I often see. If she's in front of me she'll go for the legroom seat despite being about 5ft tall. Of course she's just as entitled blah blah, but every seat to her is like me sitting on a bouncy castle.Cotty said:
Also annoys me short girls rushing to sit in the premier seats when they don't need extra legroom.
It seems that a lot of people, disproportionately women, seem to think that queuing doesn't apply to them when it comes to trains. These people have been waiting longer? Not if I march right up to doors they've not!Or, they rush on the train, then stand in the aisle messing around with their bag/scarf/other bag/headphones at the first table they encounter, blocking everybody behind them. The coach then fills up from the other end, so you're left with a rubbish seat selection.
Oh, and women who take wheeled suitcases to work. It is pretentious and unnecessary. Very annoying when they wheel them under the table. I would understand if they were maybe traveling a long distance and staying a few days in a hotel or whatever, but this is just their regular office rubbish (work shoes, lunch, laptop) bundled into a suitcase to make them look important.
Oh, and women (mostly) who sit on the aisle seat out of a pair, and then 'reserve' the window seat next to them with their bag. I once got on a London bus and one of the last few seats was a bag seat. I asked if the woman would move over. Instead she picked up her bag and awkwardly angled herself to let me into the window seat, making it clear that my request was as inconvenient as it was unnecessary. She got a face-full of my rucksack and I can't say I'm sorry about that whatsoever.
NapierDeltic said:
I asked if the woman would move over. Instead she picked up her bag and awkwardly angled herself to let me into the window seat, making it clear that my request was as inconvenient as it was unnecessary. She got a face-full of my rucksack and I can't say I'm sorry about that whatsoever.
Personally I would never allow myself to be blocked in by a stranger, so I can understand her reluctance to simply move over. However, unlike her, I would have got up, allowed you in to the window seat, and then sat down again. NapierDeltic said:
It seems that a lot of people, disproportionately women, seem to think that queuing doesn't apply to them when it comes to trains. These people have been waiting longer? Not if I march right up to doors they've not!
I find this of men and woman and also annoys me. If the train stops closer to my position but the person next to me has been there ages, I let them go first. It's just good manners.Once a guy literally arrived as train was and cut right across me as doors opened. I couldn't let it go and made a comment. We ended up nose-to-nose at which point I could smell the drink on him. I walked through to next carriage and consider that was the most sensible move as at it wasn't worth a fight, but I suspect he wasn't thinking quite so straight.
The Mad Monk said:
Gary29 said:
What about people who when referring to gearboxes, will say 'Put it in gear 3' instead of put it in THIRD gear
Who says that?I have NEVER heard anyone say that!
Personally, the only move I ever make with a gear lever, shift, call it what you will, is from P through R and N to D, seems more civilised to me.
All that faff with first to second, then into third, leading to fourth, fifth, maybe sixth is for people who have time to waste or want to show off their dexterity.
Frank7 said:
Me neither, and when I asked others if they’d heard anyone ever say it, I was greeted with, “Say what, gear 3? You’re kidding surely, who’d say that?
Personally, the only move I ever make with a gear lever, shift, call it what you will, is from P through R and N to D, seems more civilised to me.
All that faff with first to second, then into third, leading to fourth, fifth, maybe sixth is for people who have time to waste or want to show off their dexterity.
Nice fishing attempt but not sure you will receive any bites. Personally, the only move I ever make with a gear lever, shift, call it what you will, is from P through R and N to D, seems more civilised to me.
All that faff with first to second, then into third, leading to fourth, fifth, maybe sixth is for people who have time to waste or want to show off their dexterity.
NapierDeltic said:
Public transport might not be the best option for you then!
Probabky not, but private helicopters are rather expensive. 
As a woman traveling alone on a train, I would always consider an aisle seat to present more options than blocked into a window seat by a stranger.
Cotty said:
Frank7 said:
Me neither, and when I asked others if they’d heard anyone ever say it, I was greeted with, “Say what, gear 3? You’re kidding surely, who’d say that?
Personally, the only move I ever make with a gear lever, shift, call it what you will, is from P through R and N to D, seems more civilised to me.
All that faff with first to second, then into third, leading to fourth, fifth, maybe sixth is for people who have time to waste or want to show off their dexterity.
Nice fishing attempt but not sure you will receive any bites. Personally, the only move I ever make with a gear lever, shift, call it what you will, is from P through R and N to D, seems more civilised to me.
All that faff with first to second, then into third, leading to fourth, fifth, maybe sixth is for people who have time to waste or want to show off their dexterity.
Johnspex said:
Cotty said:
Frank7 said:
Me neither, and when I asked others if they’d heard anyone ever say it, I was greeted with, “Say what, gear 3? You’re kidding surely, who’d say that?
Personally, the only move I ever make with a gear lever, shift, call it what you will, is from P through R and N to D, seems more civilised to me.
All that faff with first to second, then into third, leading to fourth, fifth, maybe sixth is for people who have time to waste or want to show off their dexterity.
Nice fishing attempt but not sure you will receive any bites. Personally, the only move I ever make with a gear lever, shift, call it what you will, is from P through R and N to D, seems more civilised to me.
All that faff with first to second, then into third, leading to fourth, fifth, maybe sixth is for people who have time to waste or want to show off their dexterity.
I checked out “me neither”, “nor me, or nor I” “neither do I” and “me either”, on english.stackexchange.com, it said, “in order of falutation, (whatever that is), “nor do I”, archaic, or intended to sound classy, “neither do I”, normal in writing, common in speech, “me either”, common in speech, more familiar, “me neither”, common in ingroup speech.
With the benefit of hindsight, perhaps I could have used “nor I”, but it’s all academic now, no?
I came so close to putting n’est-ce pas?, but your lessons are paying off, thanks
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