Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

[popeyewhite]

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[droopsnoot]

CC07 PEU said:

The fact that it's almost impossible now to walk into a large supermarket and buy a single 330ml can of soft drink. Instead, it's all large 500ml bottles. Who the fk needs to be drinking a 500ml bottle of Coke? No wonder 75% of U.K. adults are fat bds if this is the only choice they're being given by the greedy manufacturers.

I prefer bottles because I never want to drink it all at one time, and I can put the top back on the bottle and drink the rest later - anything fizzy just goes flat after the can's been open a few hours.

[ambuletz]

got a friend of mine who recently had a baby. They're celebrating it being 1 month old with a fking cake.

[anonymous-user]

ambuletz said:

got a friend of mine who recently had a baby. They're celebrating it being 1 month old with a fking cake.

Start them young..

[K12beano]

AVV EM said:

ambuletz said:

got a friend of mine who recently had a baby. They're celebrating it being 1 month old with a fking cake.

Start them young..

Isn't that the sort of cake they should have had ten months ago???

[bristolracer]

My ability to procrastinate and get nothing constructive done!

Put the internet down and go to work
Step away from the internet
step away

[Ste1987]

One of my very naive friends shared one of those fake competitions on Facebook. Despite me informing her it wasn't real, she still remains optimistic

[mickk]

Ste1987 said:

One of my very naive friends shared one of those fake competitions on Facebook. Despite me informing her it wasn't real, she still remains optimistic

Is that one of those competitions where the manufacturer has over ordered 50 1m pound motor homes?

Just click 'Like' to win one.

[Ste1987]

mickk said:

Ste1987 said:

One of my very naive friends shared one of those fake competitions on Facebook. Despite me informing her it wasn't real, she still remains optimistic

Is that one of those competitions where the manufacturer has over ordered 50 1m pound motor homes?

Just click 'Like' to win one.

Along those lines yes. The one in question is for a Xmas hamper with over 5,000 items supposedly in it

[S11Steve]

Ste1987 said:

One of my very naive friends shared one of those fake competitions on Facebook. Despite me informing her it wasn't real, she still remains optimistic

Likewise - the response was "well, you never know, it may be real and I could win a Range Rover". Since then, her yahoo account is pumping out dozens of spam emails to all her friends and family. No doubt she authorised the competition app to access her personal FB details.

[Iva Barchetta]

People who post pics of really obscure cars without caption.

If said person doesn't know what it is,they could ask.

See supercars spotted thread...weird blue thing.

[Bluedot]

The inability for some people to set the timing on temporary traffic lights at roadworks using one ounce of common fkin sense.

So, for example, you might queue for over 30 minutes on a Monday morning to get into work, stuck in a queue of cars, buses, trucks etc....then you might, for example, get through the green light and count three (yes, just fkin three) cars on the other side waiting to come through.

[anonymous-user]

The inability for some people to realise the timing on temporary traffic lights at roadworks may be set for optimum fkin flow 24fkin7, and cannot be altered remotely for tidal fkin flows.

:joeydeacon:

[Bluedot]

OpulentBob said:

The inability for some people to realise the timing on temporary traffic lights at roadworks may be set for optimum fkin flow 24fkin7, and cannot be altered remotely for tidal fkin flows.

:joeydeacon:

However if, for example, one of the workmen digging up the fkin road had looked up for 5 seconds then it would have been very fkin obvious that the timing was seriously fkin wrong.

[The Don of Croy]

Bluedot said:

OpulentBob said:

The inability for some people to realise the timing on temporary traffic lights at roadworks may be set for optimum fkin flow 24fkin7, and cannot be altered remotely for tidal fkin flows.

:joeydeacon:

However if, for example, one of the workmen digging up the fkin road had looked up for 5 seconds then it would have been very fkin obvious that the timing was seriously fkin wrong.

Or simply utilise better technology? We have digital control that can adapt and process many, many variables but apparently sequencing two sets of lights to adapt to actual traffic flow is way beyond our current tech...

[Brilad]

ambuletz said:

People on facebook who post the most generic/uninsightful/repeated to death phrases and people go nuts liking it.

<person>
you miss 100% of the shots you don't take

<person>
every cloud has a silver lining

<person>
always look on the bright side of life

<person>
the grass is greener on the other side.

"...the tame chicken comes easily to the pot."

I de-facebooked myself a few months ago and I've not regretted it for a minute. Mind you I don't think a single 'friend' on there has noticed. I asked my wife this weekend to search for my profile and she was surprised to see that it wasn't there. Cue lots of (pointless) questions.

[All that jazz]

People constantly banging on about Facebook like it's some important st.

[MartG]

All that jazz said:

People constantly banging on about Facebook like it's some important st.

Ironic statement to post on an internet forum

[glenrobbo]

Bluedot said:

OpulentBob said:

The inability for some people to realise the timing on temporary traffic lights at roadworks may be set for optimum fkin flow 24fkin7, and cannot be altered remotely for tidal fkin flows.

:joeydeacon:

However if, for example, one of the workmen digging up the fkin road had looked up for 5 seconds then it would have been very fkin obvious that the timing was seriously fkin wrong.

What????!!!! You actually saw workmen digging up the road???? Wow!

Last Sunday morning I drove for about 36 miles through an interminable 50 mph restricted "road works" coned zone of the M6 and I saw not one single fing workman.

[anonymous-user]

The Don of Croy said:

Bluedot said:

OpulentBob said:

The inability for some people to realise the timing on temporary traffic lights at roadworks may be set for optimum fkin flow 24fkin7, and cannot be altered remotely for tidal fkin flows.

:joeydeacon:

However if, for example, one of the workmen digging up the fkin road had looked up for 5 seconds then it would have been very fkin obvious that the timing was seriously fkin wrong.

Or simply utilise better technology? We have digital control that can adapt and process many, many variables but apparently sequencing two sets of lights to adapt to actual traffic flow is way beyond our current tech...

The technology for temporary signals is still very much in it's infancy. Permanent signals with a (big) box of controllers and 24 hours to set up, commission and monitor... Not practical on temps. Plus there is the issue with compressors, cables, wireless signals etc - I used a set of wireless recently, turns out the frequency the local railway line use to turn THEIR signals on and off was the same, which turned my signals off completely, usually at 6pm or something. Not my fault, and not something I can remedy without replacing the whole network, but try telling that to the people stuck in traffic.

That said, these are the same people who flash their headlights at the RADAR detector to try and get them to change

Also the guys digging the holes aren't qualified to start fking around with signals and timings etc, they simply don't have the ticket for it.