Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
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McAndy said:
Automatic doors that don't open quickly enough as I approach them. I do not like having to break my stride.
and those rotating doors which is either occupied by a shuffling plum who cant keep up or the twonk trying to create a gravitational field by using all their strength to push as fast as possible.ALBA MELV said:
Over 50s females who dawdle in the swimming pool. Why the f
k do you need to "swim" side by side yapping all the way up and down the length of the pool taking up my swimming space? One good thing was that I worked more by kicking my legs harder every time I passed the fkers!
k do you need to "swim" side by side yapping all the way up and down the length of the pool taking up my swimming space? One good thing was that I worked more by kicking my legs harder every time I passed the fkers!
Agreed.
Whilst my wife is an over 50 female, she can really swim! 1500m under 30 minutes.
She HATES pool dawdlers, usually those with hats that look like sea urchins!
People who insist on 'helping' without pausing to consider whether their 'help' is needed or wanted.
To the man who rushed across the lobby to 'assist' me with the door I was opening on Sunday: when you forcefully pulled it out of my grasp without saying a word, you nearly broke my fking wrist, you utter twonk.
Is it so hard to go "want a hand"?.
At least then I'd have time to let go of the bloody door handle.
(I'd done the hard part by then, and actually did not at that point need or want help, but if he'd asked a couple of minutes earlier he'd have saved me some painful effort…)
To the man who rushed across the lobby to 'assist' me with the door I was opening on Sunday: when you forcefully pulled it out of my grasp without saying a word, you nearly broke my f
king wrist, you utter twonk. Is it so hard to go "want a hand"?.
At least then I'd have time to let go of the bloody door handle.
(I'd done the hard part by then, and actually did not at that point need or want help, but if he'd asked a couple of minutes earlier he'd have saved me some painful effort…)
FlyingMeeces said:
People who insist on 'helping' without pausing to consider whether their 'help' is needed or wanted.
To the man who rushed across the lobby to 'assist' me with the door I was opening on Sunday: when you forcefully pulled it out of my grasp without saying a word, you nearly broke my fking wrist, you utter twonk.
Is it so hard to go "want a hand"?.
At least then I'd have time to let go of the bloody door handle.
(I'd done the hard part by then, and actually did not at that point need or want help, but if he'd asked a couple of minutes earlier he'd have saved me some painful effort…)
Wonder if it was a PH'er ?To the man who rushed across the lobby to 'assist' me with the door I was opening on Sunday: when you forcefully pulled it out of my grasp without saying a word, you nearly broke my f
king wrist, you utter twonk. Is it so hard to go "want a hand"?.
At least then I'd have time to let go of the bloody door handle.
(I'd done the hard part by then, and actually did not at that point need or want help, but if he'd asked a couple of minutes earlier he'd have saved me some painful effort…)
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FlyingMeeces said:
People who insist on 'helping' without pausing to consider whether their 'help' is needed or wanted.
To the man who rushed across the lobby to 'assist' me with the door I was opening on Sunday: when you forcefully pulled it out of my grasp without saying a word, you nearly broke my fking wrist, you utter twonk.
Is it so hard to go "want a hand"?.
At least then I'd have time to let go of the bloody door handle.
(I'd done the hard part by then, and actually did not at that point need or want help, but if he'd asked a couple of minutes earlier he'd have saved me some painful effort…)
At least in his eagerness he was trying to help, many (most) wouldn't. Would you prefer that?To the man who rushed across the lobby to 'assist' me with the door I was opening on Sunday: when you forcefully pulled it out of my grasp without saying a word, you nearly broke my f
king wrist, you utter twonk. Is it so hard to go "want a hand"?.
At least then I'd have time to let go of the bloody door handle.
(I'd done the hard part by then, and actually did not at that point need or want help, but if he'd asked a couple of minutes earlier he'd have saved me some painful effort…)
popeyewhite said:
FlyingMeeces said:
People who insist on 'helping' without pausing to consider whether their 'help' is needed or wanted.
To the man who rushed across the lobby to 'assist' me with the door I was opening on Sunday: when you forcefully pulled it out of my grasp without saying a word, you nearly broke my fking wrist, you utter twonk.
Is it so hard to go "want a hand"?.
At least then I'd have time to let go of the bloody door handle.
(I'd done the hard part by then, and actually did not at that point need or want help, but if he'd asked a couple of minutes earlier he'd have saved me some painful effort…)
At least in his eagerness he was trying to help, many (most) wouldn't. Would you prefer that?To the man who rushed across the lobby to 'assist' me with the door I was opening on Sunday: when you forcefully pulled it out of my grasp without saying a word, you nearly broke my f
king wrist, you utter twonk. Is it so hard to go "want a hand"?.
At least then I'd have time to let go of the bloody door handle.
(I'd done the hard part by then, and actually did not at that point need or want help, but if he'd asked a couple of minutes earlier he'd have saved me some painful effort…)
popeyewhite said:
At least in his eagerness he was trying to help, many (most) wouldn't. Would you prefer that?
To being injured?Yes!
I'm pretty good at asking if I need help, and when help is offered if it's actually helpful help I'll always take it. I'm done with the stubborn young a
hole thing, now I'm just interested in making it another few years without a hospital stay. And I will note that actually people are mostly really great at offering, it's honestly quite rare that I realise someone is just watching me struggle. Even be-hoodied spotty teenagers and the like. But the point at which someone grabs without asking is the point at which I wonder if I have become an object for them to make themselves feel like a Good Person, not a human being in possible need of assistance in their eyes. It doesn't take long to say "let me get that for you" or "need a hand?" or even just to make eye contact and gesture - I can't be clear enough, it's not help I object to, it's someone deciding to do something to or for me without my knowledge or agreement.
popeyewhite said:
That's not what I asked. Would you rather no one offered assistance?
I would rather no one offered assistance than grabbed me, my chair or objects I was holding without first communicating with me in any way, yeah. Like I said, Sunday morning's bloke almost broke my wrist. Still bruised, stiff and painful today. I don't think the suggestion that you shouldn't touch someone or intervene in what they are doing without some kind of communication happening is a particularly radical or complex one.
Like I said, help *offered* I will gladly accept, if it is actually something I need. Sometimes it isn't. Which is why imposing it isn't okay. Don't do s
t to people without asking first. popeyewhite said:
FlyingMeeces said:
popeyewhite said:
That's not what I asked. Would you rather no one offered assistance?
Like I said, help *offered* I will gladly accept, if it is actually something I need. Have we been talking at cross purposes?
popeyewhite said:
FlyingMeeces said:
popeyewhite said:
That's not what I asked. Would you rather no one offered assistance?
Like I said, help *offered* I will gladly accept, if it is actually something I need. Allanv said:
Munter said:
kennydies said:
I then pulled into the car park in an end space next to a parent and child spot. A car then pulled up and a 10-12 year old hopped out. I thought they were only for small children that required assistance getting out of the car?
Err...they are for supermarket VIPs. E.g. Owners of smaller humans that have to be looked after and who consume things that supermarkets sell at a terrific rate.If single people spent more in sainsburys than parents, then there would be "express single user short term" parking next to the door. But they do not. Single people nip in and out buying a packet of condoms, 2 chicken breasts, a jar of curry sauce, and a bottle of booze. Spend £23.52. While a "busy mum", nips in and buys half the shop over a 2 hour period, followed by cake and coffee in the cafe. Spend £70.64.
If that big spender can't park near the door, they'll choose another supermarket that will let them, and they'll take that cash with them.
They are not parent and child spaces. They are for the people who spend the most. And they own children.
All supermarket chains now have reserved spaces for parent/child use.
The big problem is when shoppers with no evident children park in these spaces.
RC1807 said:
ALBA MELV said:
Over 50s females who dawdle in the swimming pool. Why the fk do you need to "swim" side by side yapping all the way up and down the length of the pool taking up my swimming space? One good thing was that I worked more by kicking my legs harder every time I passed the fkers!
k do you need to "swim" side by side yapping all the way up and down the length of the pool taking up my swimming space? One good thing was that I worked more by kicking my legs harder every time I passed the fkers!Agreed.
Whilst my wife is an over 50 female, she can really swim! 1500m under 30 minutes.
She HATES pool dawdlers, usually those with hats that look like sea urchins!
WD39 said:
You beat me to it. Weird indeed.
All supermarket chains now have reserved spaces for parent/child use.
The big problem is when shoppers with no evident children park in these spaces.
I've occasionally been shopping with my parent and been tempted to park in one of the spaces.All supermarket chains now have reserved spaces for parent/child use.
The big problem is when shoppers with no evident children park in these spaces.
WD39 said:
Allanv said:
Munter said:
kennydies said:
I then pulled into the car park in an end space next to a parent and child spot. A car then pulled up and a 10-12 year old hopped out. I thought they were only for small children that required assistance getting out of the car?
Err...they are for supermarket VIPs. E.g. Owners of smaller humans that have to be looked after and who consume things that supermarkets sell at a terrific rate.If single people spent more in sainsburys than parents, then there would be "express single user short term" parking next to the door. But they do not. Single people nip in and out buying a packet of condoms, 2 chicken breasts, a jar of curry sauce, and a bottle of booze. Spend £23.52. While a "busy mum", nips in and buys half the shop over a 2 hour period, followed by cake and coffee in the cafe. Spend £70.64.
If that big spender can't park near the door, they'll choose another supermarket that will let them, and they'll take that cash with them.
They are not parent and child spaces. They are for the people who spend the most. And they own children.
All supermarket chains now have reserved spaces for parent/child use.
The big problem is when shoppers with no evident children park in these spaces.
Supermarkets go where the money is, same as most of us do.
A certain pension provider, who addresses all letters to me about my pension without including my initial, or any way of distinguishing me from another person of the same name at the same house. I raised a complaint about it, got a response saying that "the letters we send are automated and our system doesn't allow us to generate them including the initials". But their marketing system does, when it's trying to sell me an ISA.
I raised it two years ago and they gave me much the same excuse. It seems ridiculous to take it further, but it concerns me that they're looking after my money yet can't address a letter properly.
I raised it two years ago and they gave me much the same excuse. It seems ridiculous to take it further, but it concerns me that they're looking after my money yet can't address a letter properly.
FlyingMeeces said:
I may be due a whoosh parrot, I'm not sure, or maybe you are, but my post was about people doing stuff without asking, and hurting me as a result.
Have we been talking at cross purposes?
You saidHave we been talking at cross purposes?
FlyingMeeces said:
People who insist on 'helping' without pausing to consider whether their 'help' is needed or wanted.
As above - your post was about 'helping' without asking. Better people offer to help than don't, though grabbing you is a bit thoughtless. Are you still ing?Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff