Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
V8mate said:
Why didn't you reply to the email?
Often, these marketing emails come from a "do not reply" email address, for some reason. Instead of coming from the same email address that they want you to make enquiries to, or one that easily shows them your enquiry is coming from that mailshot. I report potholes on my local highways web site, and their acknowledgement comes from a "do not reply" email address. Which means that if I go past and realise I got the location a bit wrong, or it's been filled in since, I can't easily update them. Just trying to help, but they make it difficult for no apparent reason.
Doddery old women - today seems to have been my day to run across several of them in quick succession...
1. Going into the Post Office, the old woman ahead of me stopped in the doorway and shook the water off her umbrella...all over me, then glared at me when I tutted her
2. The one in her Micra who sat there and ignored the huge gap in traffic ahead of me, as well as the gap behind me, and chose to pull out 20m in front of me, requiring me to hit the brakes rather hard to avoid hitting her.
3. The same person then pootled off at a max of 15mph ( 30 limit ), braking for every oncoming car, slight bend, distant bird, etc.
4. Another who seemed to think the exit from Morrisons is an ideal place to stop and chat on her mobile phone
1. Going into the Post Office, the old woman ahead of me stopped in the doorway and shook the water off her umbrella...all over me, then glared at me when I tutted her
2. The one in her Micra who sat there and ignored the huge gap in traffic ahead of me, as well as the gap behind me, and chose to pull out 20m in front of me, requiring me to hit the brakes rather hard to avoid hitting her.
3. The same person then pootled off at a max of 15mph ( 30 limit ), braking for every oncoming car, slight bend, distant bird, etc.
4. Another who seemed to think the exit from Morrisons is an ideal place to stop and chat on her mobile phone
PopsandBangs said:
When recipes say "1 cup oats" or "1 cup broccoli" I don't know why but it really really really pisses me off haha
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70111/Lakeland-Value-5-Plastic-Measuring-Cups-Set?gclid=CLv6gp2b8tMCFUWT7QodUSoIpg&src=gfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!195174706480!!!g!51936040190!&ef_id=V8hZ8gAABcBS611L:20170515152806:s
The M25 and the flouro vested w
kers that work at Heathrow who seek to treat the M25 as their personal race track, oblivious to how their erratic driving, swerving, braking, etc... causes chaos and completely unnecessary braking and then mini-tailbacks in reaction to these self centered kernts
kers that work at Heathrow who seek to treat the M25 as their personal race track, oblivious to how their erratic driving, swerving, braking, etc... causes chaos and completely unnecessary braking and then mini-tailbacks in reaction to these self centered kernts The people who use the comments section of the online version of my local paper who think it is the very sharpest of rapier wit and the bleeding edge of originality to refer to the council/lors as "cloWncil/lors", capitalising the "w" to make sure you don't miss their comic genius (but strangely not capitalising the "l").
Automated answering services when all you want to do is talk to someone; BT, the bank etc.
Automated voice:
"What is your phone number, address, card number, name, are you calling from the phone you are having problems with?" Etc, Etc....
"Putting you on hold"
Half an hour later human being answers phone in India "What is your phone number, address, card number, name, are you calling from the phone you are having problems with?"
Ffs, currently typing as i've been on the phone to them for 1/2 an hour now
Automated voice:
"What is your phone number, address, card number, name, are you calling from the phone you are having problems with?" Etc, Etc....
"Putting you on hold"
Half an hour later human being answers phone in India "What is your phone number, address, card number, name, are you calling from the phone you are having problems with?"
Ffs, currently typing as i've been on the phone to them for 1/2 an hour now
Drivers who dawdle at traffic lights - especially the motion sensitive lights which assume the queue of traffic has cleared and go red. Usually the dawdler gets through but everyone else behind them has to wait for the lights to go green again.
There's also a 3-way set of lights at traffic works for roadworks on the outskirts of town. These are timed rather than motion sensitive and in rush hour there is usually a decent queue waiting to get through. They are set for long enough that the queue should clear in one go but there is always someone inching forward at a few miles an hour building up a huge gap between them and the vehicle in front just in case, you know, they need to perform an emergency stop and they need 5 minutes to find the brake pedal. Consequently not everyone gets through the lights and invariably it's me sitting seething and wishing bad things on the dawdler.
Yes both of these happened to me this morning
There's also a 3-way set of lights at traffic works for roadworks on the outskirts of town. These are timed rather than motion sensitive and in rush hour there is usually a decent queue waiting to get through. They are set for long enough that the queue should clear in one go but there is always someone inching forward at a few miles an hour building up a huge gap between them and the vehicle in front just in case, you know, they need to perform an emergency stop and they need 5 minutes to find the brake pedal. Consequently not everyone gets through the lights and invariably it's me sitting seething and wishing bad things on the dawdler.
Yes both of these happened to me this morning
ASA569 said:
Drivers who dawdle at traffic lights - especially the motion sensitive lights which assume the queue of traffic has cleared and go red. Usually the dawdler gets through but everyone else behind them has to wait for the lights to go green again.
There's also a 3-way set of lights at traffic works for roadworks on the outskirts of town. These are timed rather than motion sensitive and in rush hour there is usually a decent queue waiting to get through. They are set for long enough that the queue should clear in one go but there is always someone inching forward at a few miles an hour building up a huge gap between them and the vehicle in front just in case, you know, they need to perform an emergency stop and they need 5 minutes to find the brake pedal. Consequently not everyone gets through the lights and invariably it's me sitting seething and wishing bad things on the dawdler.
Yes both of these happened to me this morning
Oh yes - then there's the ones that wait for the light to go green before even thinking about fumbling around for a gear There's also a 3-way set of lights at traffic works for roadworks on the outskirts of town. These are timed rather than motion sensitive and in rush hour there is usually a decent queue waiting to get through. They are set for long enough that the queue should clear in one go but there is always someone inching forward at a few miles an hour building up a huge gap between them and the vehicle in front just in case, you know, they need to perform an emergency stop and they need 5 minutes to find the brake pedal. Consequently not everyone gets through the lights and invariably it's me sitting seething and wishing bad things on the dawdler.
Yes both of these happened to me this morning
Sensor operated traffic lights. Specifically a three-way set locally which refuse to recognise me when I'm cycling.
The 'main' road lights remain at green unless a vehicle wants to turn out of the 'side' road. The side road, outside of commuting time, is very quiet. I could wait an age for someone to come along in a vehicle and spark the sensors into changing to a green light.
For this reason, I seldom ride that way, but errands yesterday meant I had to suffer the wait. But then I realised that it was also a pelican crossing. So I rolled forward, pushed the button, and (horror of horrors!) then I turned out of the side road against the red light. Which, of course, according to the PH code, makes me doubly a knob. Once for cycling at all, and a second time for "running a red light" even when it was me that requested it!!!
The 'main' road lights remain at green unless a vehicle wants to turn out of the 'side' road. The side road, outside of commuting time, is very quiet. I could wait an age for someone to come along in a vehicle and spark the sensors into changing to a green light.
For this reason, I seldom ride that way, but errands yesterday meant I had to suffer the wait. But then I realised that it was also a pelican crossing. So I rolled forward, pushed the button, and (horror of horrors!) then I turned out of the side road against the red light. Which, of course, according to the PH code, makes me doubly a knob. Once for cycling at all, and a second time for "running a red light" even when it was me that requested it!!!
yellowjack said:
Finally, again at Knole.
Did you take the bike?Apparently they now allow cycling within the park - this will annoy some people pretty quickly when the assorted lycra nutters start hairing round the place (and I'll be one of them).
Right now I'm annoyed by my own inability to decide on buying a car 220 miles away (in Bingley!!) without getting to see it first...brave pills required. Unless I can prevaricate some more...
ASA569 said:
Drivers who dawdle at traffic lights - especially the motion sensitive lights which assume the queue of traffic has cleared and go red. Usually the dawdler gets through but everyone else behind them has to wait for the lights to go green again.
There's also a 3-way set of lights at traffic works for roadworks on the outskirts of town. These are timed rather than motion sensitive and in rush hour there is usually a decent queue waiting to get through. They are set for long enough that the queue should clear in one go but there is always someone inching forward at a few miles an hour building up a huge gap between them and the vehicle in front just in case, you know, they need to perform an emergency stop and they need 5 minutes to find the brake pedal. Consequently not everyone gets through the lights and invariably it's me sitting seething and wishing bad things on the dawdler.
Yes both of these happened to me this morning
Seething? It's not worth a seeth ASA. They're traffic lights.There's also a 3-way set of lights at traffic works for roadworks on the outskirts of town. These are timed rather than motion sensitive and in rush hour there is usually a decent queue waiting to get through. They are set for long enough that the queue should clear in one go but there is always someone inching forward at a few miles an hour building up a huge gap between them and the vehicle in front just in case, you know, they need to perform an emergency stop and they need 5 minutes to find the brake pedal. Consequently not everyone gets through the lights and invariably it's me sitting seething and wishing bad things on the dawdler.
Yes both of these happened to me this morning
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