Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
Discussion
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Today's annoyance is motorists who don't indicate when exiting a roundabout.
I was sat at a roundabout waiting to join, and a there was a stream of cars approaching to my right. There was a nice gap save for the fact that there was a car right in the middle of it, so I had to wait, and then the inconsiderate twunt exited the roundabout to go up the road I was coming down from. If he'd had indicated then I could have gone. By the time I saw him start his exit it was too late to join as the car behind him had caught him up by then, and I had to wait for another gap.
A minor annoyance, I know, but it annoyed me enough to post about it here.
Me too. This has become a default position for many, including those who don't indicate at all on a RAB. Or those who never indicate come what may. Or those who only indicate when it 'benefits another driver'. With the nightmare traffic we have to endure these days, these is always another driver, or other road user, to benefit from your signal.I was sat at a roundabout waiting to join, and a there was a stream of cars approaching to my right. There was a nice gap save for the fact that there was a car right in the middle of it, so I had to wait, and then the inconsiderate twunt exited the roundabout to go up the road I was coming down from. If he'd had indicated then I could have gone. By the time I saw him start his exit it was too late to join as the car behind him had caught him up by then, and I had to wait for another gap.
A minor annoyance, I know, but it annoyed me enough to post about it here.
(Only wanted to say that I agree with you. Went on a bit).
davhill said:
Adults, and I include GPS and consultants in this, referring to excrement as 'poo'. What, are we all two? Jeez.
It's a difficult one, and is all about breaking down barriers and establishing rapport.On the one hand you have people like yourself who want medical terms, and on the other you have people who feel overwhelmed and distanced by the usage of medical terms.
Ironically, sometimes people use medical-sounding words that aren't medical. The word "flatulence" is a prime example. The medical term for it is "wind".
I’m feeling really grumpy today as there’s a long list of minor irritations that have had a cumulative effect.
The highlights of these are:
My perfectly normal sized 15” Laptop won’t fit in the poxy little safe in the hotel so I’ve had to take it down and entrust it to reception so I can go out to a trip advisor recommended restaurant.
Which should be open until 10 but I’ve been turned away at 8 because “it’s been really quiet the last couple of days”
I’m now sat in a sushi restaurant and I’ve just remembered I had sushi for lunch.
I also caught my finger at work and am now not sure that my nonchalant assurances to the waitress that I’m fine with chopsticks will pan out and I may be faced with mid-meal fork request humiliation.
The highlights of these are:
My perfectly normal sized 15” Laptop won’t fit in the poxy little safe in the hotel so I’ve had to take it down and entrust it to reception so I can go out to a trip advisor recommended restaurant.
Which should be open until 10 but I’ve been turned away at 8 because “it’s been really quiet the last couple of days”
I’m now sat in a sushi restaurant and I’ve just remembered I had sushi for lunch.
I also caught my finger at work and am now not sure that my nonchalant assurances to the waitress that I’m fine with chopsticks will pan out and I may be faced with mid-meal fork request humiliation.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
davhill said:
Adults, and I include GPS and consultants in this, referring to excrement as 'poo'. What, are we all two? Jeez.
It's a difficult one, and is all about breaking down barriers and establishing rapport.On the one hand you have people like yourself who want medical terms, and on the other you have people who feel overwhelmed and distanced by the usage of medical terms.
Ironically, sometimes people use medical-sounding words that aren't medical. The word "flatulence" is a prime example. The medical term for it is "wind".
Clockwork Cupcake said:
davhill said:
Adults, and I include GPS and consultants in this, referring to excrement as 'poo'. What, are we all two? Jeez.
It's a difficult one, and is all about breaking down barriers and establishing rapport.On the one hand you have people like yourself who want medical terms, and on the other you have people who feel overwhelmed and distanced by the usage of medical terms.
Ironically, sometimes people use medical-sounding words that aren't medical. The word "flatulence" is a prime example. The medical term for it is "wind".
Some love to talk in obscure medical terms or unintelligible acronyms. Others are much clearer. A few infantilise the terms (though they are paediatricians, so probably an occupational hazard).
But they are very much encouraged to be more approachable. A friend (let's call him Nick Smith) was given a name badge that said "Hello, I'm Nick" as part of a campaign at his hospital. He sent it back and ordered one that read "Hello, I'm Dr Smith".
AstonZagato said:
I have many many medical friends (married to a doctor).
Some love to talk in obscure medical terms or unintelligible acronyms. Others are much clearer. A few infantilise the terms (though they are paediatricians, so probably an occupational hazard).
But they are very much encouraged to be more approachable. A friend (let's call him Nick Smith) was given a name badge that said "Hello, I'm Nick" as part of a campaign at his hospital. He sent it back and ordered one that read "Hello, I'm Dr Smith".
Two years working in imaging at a medical school (Manchester) showed me the medical pecking order from both sides. However, Gps are not childrens entertainers and deserve some respect. Some love to talk in obscure medical terms or unintelligible acronyms. Others are much clearer. A few infantilise the terms (though they are paediatricians, so probably an occupational hazard).
But they are very much encouraged to be more approachable. A friend (let's call him Nick Smith) was given a name badge that said "Hello, I'm Nick" as part of a campaign at his hospital. He sent it back and ordered one that read "Hello, I'm Dr Smith".
Or better yet a belt fed toaster.
Stayed in a hotel a while back and a kid in front of me put two slices side by side in the belt fed toaster like any normal person would, and his idiotic mother told him off and put them in one behind the other, so I had to wait twice as long for mine to go in!
Stayed in a hotel a while back and a kid in front of me put two slices side by side in the belt fed toaster like any normal person would, and his idiotic mother told him off and put them in one behind the other, so I had to wait twice as long for mine to go in!
RizzoTheRat said:
Or better yet a belt fed toaster.
Stayed in a hotel a while back and a kid in front of me put two slices side by side in the belt fed toaster like any normal person would, and his idiotic mother told him off and put them in one behind the other, so I had to wait twice as long for mine to go in!
Trouble with belt fed toasters is they either seem to be glacially slow, or produce warm bread rather than toast. Plus there’s a greater risk someone nicks your toast if they can’t remember what theirs looked like.Stayed in a hotel a while back and a kid in front of me put two slices side by side in the belt fed toaster like any normal person would, and his idiotic mother told him off and put them in one behind the other, so I had to wait twice as long for mine to go in!
I’m with OP: hotels should just get a decent multi-slice pop up. Or let you bring and plug in your own.
RizzoTheRat said:
Or better yet a belt fed toaster.
Stayed in a hotel a while back and a kid in front of me put two slices side by side in the belt fed toaster like any normal person would, and his idiotic mother told him off and put them in one behind the other, so I had to wait twice as long for mine to go in!
I thought I was the only person on the planet that had realised you could fit two side by side based on my experiences with these, it's reassuring to know I'm not alone. Stayed in a hotel a while back and a kid in front of me put two slices side by side in the belt fed toaster like any normal person would, and his idiotic mother told him off and put them in one behind the other, so I had to wait twice as long for mine to go in!
And then someone comes along and sticks a croissant in there... fire alarms... ruined breakfast.
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Radio DJs referring to tunes as "bangers".
I have no particular reason or justification for this annoying me beyond reason, but it does.
That, and 'legendary'. A few weeks ago we had put the radio on for the builder, and following some forgettable Craig David track the DJ declared him such. Not even close! I have no particular reason or justification for this annoying me beyond reason, but it does.
Roger Irrelevant said:
..and if Craig David does come close to becoming a 'legend' that will have more to do with Bo Selecta than any of the watered-down dreck he passes off as music. In the same vein, I do find it annoying when we are apparently supposed to revere artists who had a couple of hits in the dim and distant past. The Guardian are terrible for this*, for example they recently published an article on Kate Nash (remember her?) which seemed to just be her complaining that she wasn't able to sustain a multi-decade career at the top of the charts off the back of 1.5 decent songs back in the noughties. Why do they think anybody gives a monkeys about that it 2019?
Kate Nash is currently starring in GLOW, on Netflix, now into its 3rd series, so clearly she IS able to sustain a career, just not the same as the one she had originally taken on?(You can see her boobies in a few episodes)
V8mate said:
Toilets.
Close-coupled toilets, in particular.
Given how long the human race has had toilets, and amazing feats of mechanical engineering we're capable of, why has no-one designed this temperamental, unreliable, fundamentally flawed approach to shifting s
t out of our homes?
Oh and toilets that are positioned too close to the wall (or similar) meaning you can't get a comfortable position to sit down and spread outClose-coupled toilets, in particular.
Given how long the human race has had toilets, and amazing feats of mechanical engineering we're capable of, why has no-one designed this temperamental, unreliable, fundamentally flawed approach to shifting s
t out of our homes?I stayed in a hotel for work last year and couldn't sit down without squeezing my left leg up against the towel rail, which had been on all day it appeared
Shakermaker said:
Roger Irrelevant said:
..and if Craig David does come close to becoming a 'legend' that will have more to do with Bo Selecta than any of the watered-down dreck he passes off as music. In the same vein, I do find it annoying when we are apparently supposed to revere artists who had a couple of hits in the dim and distant past. The Guardian are terrible for this*, for example they recently published an article on Kate Nash (remember her?) which seemed to just be her complaining that she wasn't able to sustain a multi-decade career at the top of the charts off the back of 1.5 decent songs back in the noughties. Why do they think anybody gives a monkeys about that it 2019?
Kate Nash is currently starring in GLOW, on Netflix, now into its 3rd series, so clearly she IS able to sustain a career, just not the same as the one she had originally taken on?(You can see her boobies in a few episodes)
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