Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
ClockworkCupcake said:
Cotty said:
I seem to be one of the few tea drinkers left. I end up in coffee shops quite a lot, not by choice, but you can't get a decent cup of tea in one. It seems to be either s
t catering tea bags or you get a Twinnings tea bag with a bit of string on it, the bag is not big enough to let the tea move around and brew.
As Dave Gorman observed in one of the episodes of "Modern Life is Good-ish", you get given a "tea-making kit" when you get a cup of tea in a coffee shop - a tea bag, a cup of hot water, and some milk. It's very hard to get an actual decent cup of tea. t catering tea bags or you get a Twinnings tea bag with a bit of string on it, the bag is not big enough to let the tea move around and brew. Moonhawk said:
People talking in theaters/cinemas.
Went to the Royal Albert hall last night to see the space spectaular.
A couple to one side and some women behind talked pretty much all the way through.
What is so important that it cant wait 1 fking hour until the intermission.
I went to that show as well (Sat evening performance). Was a really great spectacle with some great surprises. John Williams rulz ok! Went to the Royal Albert hall last night to see the space spectaular.
A couple to one side and some women behind talked pretty much all the way through.
What is so important that it cant wait 1 f
king hour until the intermission.
Agreed though, a bit too much chit chat going on. We had a few chatters behind us but it didn't spoil the show.
Jon321 said:
People in town or city centres who walk slower than me. Generally in London, as that's where I work. Get out of my bloody way - I can't stand their carefree casual meandering! Some of us have places to be!!
Get over it! (and yourself). Luv, president of the Right of alternative movement society. ROAMS.
Jon321 said:
People in town or city centres who walk slower than me. Generally in London, as that's where I work. Get out of my bloody way - I can't stand their carefree casual meandering! Some of us have places to be!!
I've been hanging on for a few hours before replying to this, trying to make up my mind if it is a wind up or not. I don't want to earn my first parrot.Reading your post, your irritation seems to be that you have a job that forces you to rush around, and don't want to be reminded of a potentially 'carefree' life that you might otherwise be enjoying. Actually, the 'meanderers' amongst us are those who have got it right. If this is the case, do something about it and get another job.
Oh, and by the way, as someone of 68 years, fighting cancer, and with half of one of their lower legs removed, I am very sorry that I might be going a bit slower than you as I wend my way down the pavement on my walking stick, but if our paths ever crossed and you expressed your displeasure with me personally, I dare say I could summon up enough spirit to tell you to Foxtrot Oscar in no uncertain terms.
Oh, and even further by the way, I hope you don't drive like this.
Jon321 said:
People in town or city centres who walk slower than me. Generally in London, as that's where I work. Get out of my bloody way - I can't stand their carefree casual meandering! Some of us have places to be!!
I don't mind people walking slower than me - I am quite a quick walker, not everyone wants to, or can, walk that quickly. What I mind is when they're walking along a footpath in front of me, say alongside a car park, and there's a building on one side and a fence on the other, and the two of them walk side-by-side but slightly apart so as to cover the whole path, without a thought as to whether someone behind might want to get past. Or those families of three who can manage to spread themselves and their massive bags so far apart they can block the entire width of the walkways through the Trafford Centre. Sometimes people look behind and move to one side to let people past, but these are few and far between. And sometimes they say something like "stand aside, this chap is in a hurry" in a way that makes me wonder whether they're being sarcastic or not.Roofless Toothless said:
I've been hanging on for a few hours before replying to this, trying to make up my mind if it is a wind up or not. I don't want to earn my first parrot.
Reading your post, your irritation seems to be that you have a job that forces you to rush around, and don't want to be reminded of a potentially 'carefree' life that you might otherwise be enjoying. Actually, the 'meanderers' amongst us are those who have got it right. If this is the case, do something about it and get another job.
Oh, and by the way, as someone of 68 years, fighting cancer, and with half of one of their lower legs removed, I am very sorry that I might be going a bit slower than you as I wend my way down the pavement on my walking stick, but if our paths ever crossed and you expressed your displeasure with me personally, I dare say I could summon up enough spirit to tell you to Foxtrot Oscar in no uncertain terms.
Oh, and even further by the way, I hope you don't drive like this.
Similar position to yourself.Reading your post, your irritation seems to be that you have a job that forces you to rush around, and don't want to be reminded of a potentially 'carefree' life that you might otherwise be enjoying. Actually, the 'meanderers' amongst us are those who have got it right. If this is the case, do something about it and get another job.
Oh, and by the way, as someone of 68 years, fighting cancer, and with half of one of their lower legs removed, I am very sorry that I might be going a bit slower than you as I wend my way down the pavement on my walking stick, but if our paths ever crossed and you expressed your displeasure with me personally, I dare say I could summon up enough spirit to tell you to Foxtrot Oscar in no uncertain terms.
Oh, and even further by the way, I hope you don't drive like this.
One escalator incident made me laugh. At Tower Gateway there is a computer screen telling you when the next DLR train is going to leave, it was 6 minutes. I am walking up on the left, someone walks past me on my right, at the same time someone runs past him on his right , gets caught up on the handrail and spins around, pointless haste.
I know that life is pressured in the City and I was part of it for many years, 12 hour days and 6 days a week, I worked with many people who were part of that life but not many reached retirement age.
Jon321 said:
People in town or city centres who walk slower than me. Generally in London, as that's where I work. Get out of my bloody way - I can't stand their carefree casual meandering! Some of us have places to be!!
I don't mind people walking slower - it's when you try and overtake them and they drift over into your path.By all means walk slowly - but do so in a STRAIGHT LINE
Moonhawk said:
Jon321 said:
People in town or city centres who walk slower than me. Generally in London, as that's where I work. Get out of my bloody way - I can't stand their carefree casual meandering! Some of us have places to be!!
I don't mind people walking slower - it's when you try and overtake them and they drift over into your path.By all means walk slowly - but do so in a STRAIGHT LINE
Moonhawk said:
Jon321 said:
People in town or city centres who walk slower than me. Generally in London, as that's where I work. Get out of my bloody way - I can't stand their carefree casual meandering! Some of us have places to be!!
I don't mind people walking slower - it's when you try and overtake them and they drift over into your path.By all means walk slowly - but do so in a STRAIGHT LINE
A few years back I was with Mrs RT in Naples, and we were strolling along one of the main streets one day when we came across two old boys having a wonderfully animated conversation in the way that only Italians can. They were oblivious to the world around them, especially the fact that they had chosen a spot on the pavement between a couple of Lambrettas and a glass cabinet full of cuts of cold pizza and cakes, and were blocking the gap entirely. At first, I was all to ready to go into typical indignant mode, when I noticed that the young (yes, and I will repeat) young people trying to get past were waiting with consummate patience for the old couple to notice and move to one side. They just seemed to have more respect, patience and understanding for a pair of old guys temporarily not noticing they were in the way than I could ever imagine happening in Britain. It's not the time that's being lost, it's the 'how dare you get in my way' mentality that the last few posts have highlighted. Sometimes this country gets me down.
Roofless Toothless said:
A few years back I was with Mrs RT in Naples, and we were strolling along one of the main streets one day when we came across two old boys having a wonderfully animated conversation in the way that only Italians can. They were oblivious to the world around them, especially the fact that they had chosen a spot on the pavement between a couple of Lambrettas and a glass cabinet full of cuts of cold pizza and cakes, and were blocking the gap entirely. At first, I was all to ready to go into typical indignant mode, when I noticed that the young (yes, and I will repeat) young people trying to get past were waiting with consummate patience for the old couple to notice and move to one side. They just seemed to have more respect, patience and understanding for a pair of old guys temporarily not noticing they were in the way than I could ever imagine happening in Britain. It's not the time that's being lost, it's the 'how dare you get in my way' mentality that the last few posts have highlighted. Sometimes this country gets me down.
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