One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4

[Cheeses of Nazareth]

Countdown said:

Couriers.

I know that you get paid 0.1p per delivery, and therefore the faster i answer the door the sooner you can go onto your next delivery. However it's incredibly f'kking annoying when you bang on the door so loudly.

Would you like him to knock quietly so you cant hear?

[carlove]

Countdown said:

Couriers.

I know that you get paid 0.1p per delivery, and therefore the faster i answer the door the sooner you can go onto your next delivery. However it's incredibly f'kking annoying when you bang on the door so loudly.

I had one knock on the door so loud I was expecting some angry bloke at the door wanting to hit me. Gave me a bloody heart attack.

[LetsTryAgain]

Countdown said:

Couriers.

I know that you get paid 0.1p per delivery, and therefore the faster i answer the door the sooner you can go onto your next delivery. However it's incredibly f'kking annoying when you bang on the door so loudly.

I’ll be honest. On the whole, they’re fking idiots anyway.

[Countdown]

Cheeses of Nazareth said:

Countdown said:

Couriers.

I know that you get paid 0.1p per delivery, and therefore the faster i answer the door the sooner you can go onto your next delivery. However it's incredibly f'kking annoying when you bang on the door so loudly.

Would you like him to knock quietly so you cant hear?

There's a happy medium. Pretty much everybody else manages to knock a couple of times, even the Royal Mail bloke. However Couriers, without fail, hammer repeatedly on the door as if they're trying to knock it down.

[anonymous-user]

I have a metal plate with instructions where to leave large objects,fitted by the knocker it doesnt help at all...

[donkmeister]

Krikkit said:

What magical land do you live in where a truck simply rolls over a car that's slowing in front of it?

They have bumpers and crumple zones specifically tailored to be compatible with other traffic, if you slammed on the brakes and they couldn't stop it'd be the usual rear end, as if you were hit by a Range Rover.

If you were stationary and they hit you at full speed it's a different prospect of course.

I see what you're saying but that's not how physics works... Have you seen all those videos where a lorry is pushing a car sideways down the road like there's nothing there? You don't need a lorry to be going particularly fast to cause a lot of damage to a car that it hits, because it has a lot of mass. The lorry, with all that additional momentum, will also keep pushing you down the road a lot faster and further than a Range Rover that hit you at the same speed would, which makes it more likely you'll end up the filling in a car sandwich.

A typical artic weighs 30 times what a typical car does. That is remarkably similar to comparing a 7lb sledgehammer to a 4oz panel pin hammer. Try dropping each onto your foot and see if the crumple zone that is the "give" in your body does much to mitigate the sledge

[nonsequitur]

markyb_lcy said:

People who use their horn to reply to correct use of the horn.

I'm driving through an urban area (high street) the other day at around 25-30mph with traffic behind me and I'm just about to pass a parked lorry on my left. I'm clearing their rear bumper when I see the front wheels turn toward the lane I'm in and the lorry begin to edge forward. Knowing that I can't stop in time and I have other cars close to my rear, I let out a pip. Perfectly reasonable imo.

What do they do ... give it their full on lorry honk as a reply in the middle of a packed high street. wkER.

Similar. Had to drop a heavy object off at a shop. Decided to park outside, on DYL to quickly deliver Did all the right moves, slow down, LH indicator on, just before stopping, hazards on.

Followed by a long aggressive honk from the following, now overtaking me, vehicle.

[donkmeister]

LetsTryAgain said:

Anyone in a Dr's surgery who forces visitors to wear a muzzle to enter.

You've not seen the news for at least 6 months then... Or are you an *extra-pretty* special little princess who's face should not be obscured?

There there, perhaps you can get your medical treatment at the same place you go for your bikini waxing and eyelash perms?

[mikal83]

the knob in Tescos today. Stands by the cream counter, me 6ft away waiting for him to move, then he pulls out his shopping list to peruse, me 6ft away waiting....reads and rereads shopping list. Me. "oh for fks sake", reaches across him and gets some creme fraiche. bd.

[Monkeylegend]

mikal83 said:

the knob in Tescos today. Stands by the cream counter, me 6ft away waiting for him to move, then he pulls out his shopping list to peruse, me 6ft away waiting....reads and rereads shopping list. Me. "oh for fks sake", reaches across him and gets some creme fraiche. bd.

I have been known to say "Excuse me please" in such circumstances countered by "Oh sorry"

[anonymous-user]

mikal83 said:

the knob in Tescos today. Stands by the cream counter, me 6ft away waiting for him to move, then he pulls out his shopping list to peruse, me 6ft away waiting....reads and rereads shopping list. Me. "oh for fks sake", reaches across him and gets some creme fraiche. bd.

i had a few. A few that decide to squeeze every loft before putting them back and not buying. Another posh lady, Barbour jacket etc, looking at filler in B and Q for at least 7 minutes whilst i waited.

She knew what she was doing as she looked at me and then said something about having to queue now so get used to it as she passed me. Some people are getting off on making others wait.

[mikal83]

Monkeylegend said:

mikal83 said:

the knob in Tescos today. Stands by the cream counter, me 6ft away waiting for him to move, then he pulls out his shopping list to peruse, me 6ft away waiting....reads and rereads shopping list. Me. "oh for fks sake", reaches across him and gets some creme fraiche. bd.

I have been known to say "Excuse me please" in such circumstances countered by "Oh sorry"

he knew what he was doing........

[Toaster Pilot]

generationx said:

Blown2CV said:

Stick Legs said:

Nice or expensive cars with budget tyres or mis matched tyres.

I regularly see a Range Rover Sport Supercharged with non-brand name mis matched tyres on it and think why? If economy motoring is so important why buy that car!

pretty obvious. Buying price is one thing, and running cost is another entirely. Clever people account for both, and thick people don't.

This. I was once talking to the staff at an independent tyre fitter about this and it seems that most such vehicles are used by people who are leased up to the eyeballs and simply can't afford decent replacements, often enquiring about part-worn availability.

More likely non PH “wealth whispers” bullst answer - the vast majority of drivers couldn’t give the slightest st about tyre brands. How many non “car people” do you think even know what brand of tyre is on their car?

[Blown2CV]

anyone whining like a little bh about wearing a mask is going to have a very testing 6 months from now as you will pretty much need one wherever you go outside the house. I am not saying they make a difference; I am just saying there will be extensive rules so just play the fking game, put your princess pink mask on and we can all get this stupid st done and gone sooner and we don't have to hear your gammon complaining.

[yellowjack]

Blown2CV said:

anyone whining like a little bh about wearing a mask is going to have a very testing 6 months from now as you will pretty much need one wherever you go outside the house. I am not saying they make a difference; I am just saying there will be extensive rules so just play the fking game, put your princess pink mask on and we can all get this stupid st done and gone sooner and we don't have to hear your gammon complaining.

The only "whining little bhes" are those wearing purdy pink facemasks. Especially those doing all the campaigning for them to be made compulsory.

The number of people willing to bend over and take one up the ringpiece in order to be seen to be doing something is shocking. Ditto the "if it saves just one life" wkspangles. Pretending that things are helping when they're either a) provably not helping, or b) the scientific evidence for their efficacy is thin at best, are just making life intolerable for the vast majority.

Just bin social distancing, open EVERY business, or at least permit them to open. Then tell those that want to lock themselves away to do so. No-one forces punters to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a pub. No-one is compelled to herd themselves into crowded seating areas at stadia, theatres, cinemas, etc. Just pull on some big boy pants and think for yourselves for a change. This chorus of "we need more government guidelines" just proves how inept a huge proportion of society really is.

Masks are bks anyway. Medical professionals aside, few people will use them properly. They're just a huge temptation to keep TOUCHING the damned things, and therefore your face, near your eyes and mucus membranes. Which will only INCREASE the risk of picking the virus up on your hands/gloves, and transferring it to your face. And these 'face coverings'? How often will they be laundered? Ditto gloves. The number of people I've seen handle things and touch other people's stuff and then wave their "jazz hands" and say "it's OK, I'm wearing gloves" is staggering. Gloves certainly protect your hands from picking up the virus via direct skin contact, but if you pick the virus up on the glove then touch something else, from a door handle to inside your nose, the virus gets transferred. And does everyone dispose of surgical type gloves after only one use? I certainly re-use mine in the garage if they survive the first use.

So yeah. If you are a Derpy wet-pants, or you have a medical reason to wear a mask and/or gloves, wear them. But leave the rest of us well alone, and stop roping us all into your silly game of "let's pretend we're helping". The sooner the world gets back to normal the better. This virus isn't going away anytime soon, and this over-reaction to it is killing people, and destroying businesses.

As an aside. Anyone making money from selling substandard "face coverings" is a knob. My wife ordered two. They're ill-fitting, not bagged out, totally non-adjustable and thus utterly useless in protecting either the wearer or people around them from anything at all. Making a quick buck preying on people's fears? Absolute knobbery...

[Blown2CV]

yellowjack said:

Blown2CV said:

anyone whining like a little bh about wearing a mask is going to have a very testing 6 months from now as you will pretty much need one wherever you go outside the house. I am not saying they make a difference; I am just saying there will be extensive rules so just play the fking game, put your princess pink mask on and we can all get this stupid st done and gone sooner and we don't have to hear your gammon complaining.

The only "whining little bhes" are those wearing purdy pink facemasks. Especially those doing all the campaigning for them to be made compulsory.

The number of people willing to bend over and take one up the ringpiece in order to be seen to be doing something is shocking. Ditto the "if it saves just one life" wkspangles. Pretending that things are helping when they're either a) provably not helping, or b) the scientific evidence for their efficacy is thin at best, are just making life intolerable for the vast majority.

Just bin social distancing, open EVERY business, or at least permit them to open. Then tell those that want to lock themselves away to do so. No-one forces punters to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a pub. No-one is compelled to herd themselves into crowded seating areas at stadia, theatres, cinemas, etc. Just pull on some big boy pants and think for yourselves for a change. This chorus of "we need more government guidelines" just proves how inept a huge proportion of society really is.

Masks are bks anyway. Medical professionals aside, few people will use them properly. They're just a huge temptation to keep TOUCHING the damned things, and therefore your face, near your eyes and mucus membranes. Which will only INCREASE the risk of picking the virus up on your hands/gloves, and transferring it to your face. And these 'face coverings'? How often will they be laundered? Ditto gloves. The number of people I've seen handle things and touch other people's stuff and then wave their "jazz hands" and say "it's OK, I'm wearing gloves" is staggering. Gloves certainly protect your hands from picking up the virus via direct skin contact, but if you pick the virus up on the glove then touch something else, from a door handle to inside your nose, the virus gets transferred. And does everyone dispose of surgical type gloves after only one use? I certainly re-use mine in the garage if they survive the first use.

So yeah. If you are a Derpy wet-pants, or you have a medical reason to wear a mask and/or gloves, wear them. But leave the rest of us well alone, and stop roping us all into your silly game of "let's pretend we're helping". The sooner the world gets back to normal the better. This virus isn't going away anytime soon, and this over-reaction to it is killing people, and destroying businesses.

As an aside. Anyone making money from selling substandard "face coverings" is a knob. My wife ordered two. They're ill-fitting, not bagged out, totally non-adjustable and thus utterly useless in protecting either the wearer or people around them from anything at all. Making a quick buck preying on people's fears? Absolute knobbery...

TLDR. As i said - i am not agreeing with masks as an effective measure - i am merely saying that if this is what we need to do get on with life then just fking doing and pipe down. Stop complaining about everything, because especially in this case it changes fk all.

[anonymous-user]

yellowjack said:

The only "whining little bhes" are those wearing purdy pink facemasks. Especially those doing all the campaigning for them to be made compulsory.

The number of people willing to bend over and take one up the ringpiece in order to be seen to be doing something is shocking. Ditto the "if it saves just one life" wkspangles. Pretending that things are helping when they're either a) provably not helping, or b) the scientific evidence for their efficacy is thin at best, are just making life intolerable for the vast majority.

Just bin social distancing, open EVERY business, or at least permit them to open. Then tell those that want to lock themselves away to do so. No-one forces punters to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a pub. No-one is compelled to herd themselves into crowded seating areas at stadia, theatres, cinemas, etc. Just pull on some big boy pants and think for yourselves for a change. This chorus of "we need more government guidelines" just proves how inept a huge proportion of society really is.

Masks are bks anyway. Medical professionals aside, few people will use them properly. They're just a huge temptation to keep TOUCHING the damned things, and therefore your face, near your eyes and mucus membranes. Which will only INCREASE the risk of picking the virus up on your hands/gloves, and transferring it to your face. And these 'face coverings'? How often will they be laundered? Ditto gloves. The number of people I've seen handle things and touch other people's stuff and then wave their "jazz hands" and say "it's OK, I'm wearing gloves" is staggering. Gloves certainly protect your hands from picking up the virus via direct skin contact, but if you pick the virus up on the glove then touch something else, from a door handle to inside your nose, the virus gets transferred. And does everyone dispose of surgical type gloves after only one use? I certainly re-use mine in the garage if they survive the first use.

So yeah. If you are a Derpy wet-pants, or you have a medical reason to wear a mask and/or gloves, wear them. But leave the rest of us well alone, and stop roping us all into your silly game of "let's pretend we're helping". The sooner the world gets back to normal the better. This virus isn't going away anytime soon, and this over-reaction to it is killing people, and destroying businesses.

As an aside. Anyone making money from selling substandard "face coverings" is a knob. My wife ordered two. They're ill-fitting, not bagged out, totally non-adjustable and thus utterly useless in protecting either the wearer or people around them from anything at all. Making a quick buck preying on people's fears? Absolute knobbery...

It’s not often I read a post of yours and whole-heartedly agree with every word, but this appears to be one of those occasions

[Woody John]

JDB96 said:

yellowjack said:

The only "whining little bhes" are those wearing purdy pink facemasks. Especially those doing all the campaigning for them to be made compulsory.

The number of people willing to bend over and take one up the ringpiece in order to be seen to be doing something is shocking. Ditto the "if it saves just one life" wkspangles. Pretending that things are helping when they're either a) provably not helping, or b) the scientific evidence for their efficacy is thin at best, are just making life intolerable for the vast majority.

Just bin social distancing, open EVERY business, or at least permit them to open. Then tell those that want to lock themselves away to do so. No-one forces punters to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a pub. No-one is compelled to herd themselves into crowded seating areas at stadia, theatres, cinemas, etc. Just pull on some big boy pants and think for yourselves for a change. This chorus of "we need more government guidelines" just proves how inept a huge proportion of society really is.

Masks are bks anyway. Medical professionals aside, few people will use them properly. They're just a huge temptation to keep TOUCHING the damned things, and therefore your face, near your eyes and mucus membranes. Which will only INCREASE the risk of picking the virus up on your hands/gloves, and transferring it to your face. And these 'face coverings'? How often will they be laundered? Ditto gloves. The number of people I've seen handle things and touch other people's stuff and then wave their "jazz hands" and say "it's OK, I'm wearing gloves" is staggering. Gloves certainly protect your hands from picking up the virus via direct skin contact, but if you pick the virus up on the glove then touch something else, from a door handle to inside your nose, the virus gets transferred. And does everyone dispose of surgical type gloves after only one use? I certainly re-use mine in the garage if they survive the first use.

So yeah. If you are a Derpy wet-pants, or you have a medical reason to wear a mask and/or gloves, wear them. But leave the rest of us well alone, and stop roping us all into your silly game of "let's pretend we're helping". The sooner the world gets back to normal the better. This virus isn't going away anytime soon, and this over-reaction to it is killing people, and destroying businesses.

As an aside. Anyone making money from selling substandard "face coverings" is a knob. My wife ordered two. They're ill-fitting, not bagged out, totally non-adjustable and thus utterly useless in protecting either the wearer or people around them from anything at all. Making a quick buck preying on people's fears? Absolute knobbery...

It’s not often I read a post of yours and whole-heartedly agree with every word, but this appears to be one of those occasions

Agree. Couldn't have put it better.

The covid is a mechanism/lever to make governmental policy change.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

JDB96 said:

It’s not often I read a post of yours and whole-heartedly agree with every one of the hundreds of mainly superfluous words, but this appears to be one of those occasions

EFA.

As an ex-military bloke, one would hope that he might be able to keep it to the essentials, but clearly not.

[anonymous-user]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

JDB96 said:

It’s not often I read a post of yours and whole-heartedly agree with every one of the hundreds of mainly superfluous words, but this appears to be one of those occasions

EFA.

As an ex-military bloke, one would hope that he might be able to keep it to the essentials, but clearly not.

After many years being bound by this, maybe he just wants to rebel