Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
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chesby said:
When the mrs is supposed to be out until about five, looking after her aged grandparents, the cricket is on, your asleep on one sofa, the dog is asleep on the other. All is peaceful in the world.
Then your mrs arrives back home before two.
That.
She obviously wanted to watch the cricket before close of play.Joy!Then your mrs arrives back home before two.
That.
nonsequitur said:
Removing pigeon poo? Only max will shift that s**t.
Nope. Just normal "It was raining, turned on wipers, didn't notice that it's stopped raining" stuff. This is by no means the first time I have seen it either.My grandfather used to annoy the hell out of me for doing it - wipers on full with them screeching and juddering across the windscreen as there was insufficient rain to warrant it.
cuprabob said:
DoubleD said:
Triumph Trollomite said:
popeyewhite said:
While we're on restaurant behaviour:
Women who shriek when they've had a glass or two of vino -
I get you're having fun, we were until you stopped us being able to hear each other.
Sigh, it's why I dread picking her up from the girls nights Women who shriek when they've had a glass or two of vino -
I get you're having fun, we were until you stopped us being able to hear each other.
If a cash pick up from a pub came up on the onboard screen, I pushed the reject button, and anyone on the pavement who raised their arm while gently swaying rendered me temporarily myopic.
Edited by Frank7 on Sunday 26th January 16:55
nonsequitur said:
The 'Terms and Conditions' that are at the end of radio adverts. Too fast and garbled to make any sense. That is if you are remotely interested.
I strongly suspect it is a legal requirement for them to be read out, but no requirement as to what speed. So, since time is money for advertising, they are read out as fast as humanly possible. Clockwork Cupcake said:
nonsequitur said:
The 'Terms and Conditions' that are at the end of radio adverts. Too fast and garbled to make any sense. That is if you are remotely interested.
I strongly suspect it is a legal requirement for them to be read out, but no requirement as to what speed. So, since time is money for advertising, they are read out as fast as humanly possible. FourWheelDrift said:
On a slight tangent wasn't there a old computer show that used to do a data blast at the end that if you recorded to tape could load into your computer?
I think you might be right. But I think you needed a special tape recorder that could play back at variable speed which had to be set to the same value in order to slow it down again to the correct speed for the computer. Really that's all modems were - a way of encoding data into sound and back again. In fact that's what "Modem" means - it is a contraction of "Modulator / Demodulator".
That moment when all of your shopping has gone through the till, been scanned, packed, and the "loyalty" card presented, and the total bill is £30.83
...and of course the limit for a contactless payment is a whole 83 pence lower, so you have to put the card in the slot and type in that annoying 4-digit code. I mean, that's about 30 seconds of my life I'll never get back. And worst of all it won't matter if the limit for PIN-less payments is put up to £35, £40, £50, or even £100, because there's always going to be that moment where you are mere pennies over the limit, and that will ALWAYS be annoying. Especially if you are only one item over, and that was a small non-essential item.
...and of course the limit for a contactless payment is a whole 83 pence lower, so you have to put the card in the slot and type in that annoying 4-digit code. I mean, that's about 30 seconds of my life I'll never get back. And worst of all it won't matter if the limit for PIN-less payments is put up to £35, £40, £50, or even £100, because there's always going to be that moment where you are mere pennies over the limit, and that will ALWAYS be annoying. Especially if you are only one item over, and that was a small non-essential item.
SCEtoAUX said:
The total inability that women have to get their purse out of their handbags before being asked to pay at a supermarket checkout.
Oh, you want money? Sorry I hadn't realised...
Likewise women exiting taxis, in dense traffic they’d shout, “This will do, stop here driver!”Oh, you want money? Sorry I hadn't realised...
Then they’d get out, struggle with the clasp or zip of their bag, then seek out a purse, then scrabble around with pound coins, and ten and twenty pence pieces.
All the while, behind me, drivers were muttering about p*xy Black Cab drivers.
FourWheelDrift said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
nonsequitur said:
The 'Terms and Conditions' that are at the end of radio adverts. Too fast and garbled to make any sense. That is if you are remotely interested.
I strongly suspect it is a legal requirement for them to be read out, but no requirement as to what speed. So, since time is money for advertising, they are read out as fast as humanly possible. People at work who have their "own" folder structure for saving documents when they should be saving everything into the central folder structure that 99% of the workforce use. Usually starts with a folder called "Sharon" and then hundreds of folders below that, 75% of which are called "New folder (2)".
Bonus points for having a number of folders at the top of the list called "1111Miscellaneous" and "aaaaUrgent".
Bonus points for having a number of folders at the top of the list called "1111Miscellaneous" and "aaaaUrgent".
yellowjack said:
That moment when all of your shopping has gone through the till, been scanned, packed, and the "loyalty" card presented, and the total bill is £30.83
...and of course the limit for a contactless payment is a whole 83 pence lower, so you have to put the card in the slot and type in that annoying 4-digit code. I mean, that's about 30 seconds of my life I'll never get back. And worst of all it won't matter if the limit for PIN-less payments is put up to £35, £40, £50, or even £100, because there's always going to be that moment where you are mere pennies over the limit, and that will ALWAYS be annoying. Especially if you are only one item over, and that was a small non-essential item.
With that pathetic attempt at being annoyed, it must have been a slow day, Yellow. ...and of course the limit for a contactless payment is a whole 83 pence lower, so you have to put the card in the slot and type in that annoying 4-digit code. I mean, that's about 30 seconds of my life I'll never get back. And worst of all it won't matter if the limit for PIN-less payments is put up to £35, £40, £50, or even £100, because there's always going to be that moment where you are mere pennies over the limit, and that will ALWAYS be annoying. Especially if you are only one item over, and that was a small non-essential item.
Next time, take a calculator and stop shopping the moment it goes over £29.
Edited by nonsequitur on Sunday 26th January 18:46
bigpriest said:
People at work who have their "own" folder structure for saving documents when they should be saving everything into the central folder structure that 99% of the workforce use. Usually starts with a folder called "Sharon" and then hundreds of folders below that, 75% of which are called "New folder (2)".
Bonus points for having a number of folders at the top of the list called "1111Miscellaneous" and "aaaaUrgent".
Bonus points for having a number of folders at the top of the list called "1111Miscellaneous" and "aaaaUrgent".
Morningside said:
bigpriest said:
People at work who have their "own" folder structure for saving documents when they should be saving everything into the central folder structure that 99% of the workforce use. Usually starts with a folder called "Sharon" and then hundreds of folders below that, 75% of which are called "New folder (2)".
Bonus points for having a number of folders at the top of the list called "1111Miscellaneous" and "aaaaUrgent".
Bonus points for having a number of folders at the top of the list called "1111Miscellaneous" and "aaaaUrgent".
Just seems so lazy they can't be bothered to find the right place to save stuff....... and it offends me as I do bother!
Frank7 said:
SCEtoAUX said:
The total inability that women have to get their purse out of their handbags before being asked to pay at a supermarket checkout.
Oh, you want money? Sorry I hadn't realised...
Likewise women exiting taxis, in dense traffic they’d shout, “This will do, stop here driver!”Oh, you want money? Sorry I hadn't realised...
Then they’d get out, struggle with the clasp or zip of their bag, then seek out a purse, then scrabble around with pound coins, and ten and twenty pence pieces.
All the while, behind me, drivers were muttering about p*xy Black Cab drivers.
my annoyance is a little petty, more envy than anything.
whenever someone sends me a screenshot frrom their phone of something.. they will always have a ton of notifications. stuff frrom IG, FB, whatsapp... wish i had that many! i'm always ontop of my messages. if someone messages me i will 90% of the time reply within the next 2-10minutes. 5% might be in the next 30-60minutes (i could be in a meeting, cooking, or on the tube commuting). then the remainder 5% up to 8 hours (sleeping).
whenever someone sends me a screenshot frrom their phone of something.. they will always have a ton of notifications. stuff frrom IG, FB, whatsapp... wish i had that many! i'm always ontop of my messages. if someone messages me i will 90% of the time reply within the next 2-10minutes. 5% might be in the next 30-60minutes (i could be in a meeting, cooking, or on the tube commuting). then the remainder 5% up to 8 hours (sleeping).
ambuletz said:
my annoyance is a little petty, more envy than anything.
whenever someone sends me a screenshot frrom their phone of something.. they will always have a ton of notifications. stuff frrom IG, FB, whatsapp... wish i had that many! i'm always ontop of my messages. if someone messages me i will 90% of the time reply within the next 2-10minutes. 5% might be in the next 30-60minutes (i could be in a meeting, cooking, or on the tube commuting). then the remainder 5% up to 8 hours (sleeping).
Don't check your messages for a few days, then screenshot your phone and pretend they all came in during the last few minutes. whenever someone sends me a screenshot frrom their phone of something.. they will always have a ton of notifications. stuff frrom IG, FB, whatsapp... wish i had that many! i'm always ontop of my messages. if someone messages me i will 90% of the time reply within the next 2-10minutes. 5% might be in the next 30-60minutes (i could be in a meeting, cooking, or on the tube commuting). then the remainder 5% up to 8 hours (sleeping).
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