Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
LordGrover said:
My journey to work this morning was ruined - I was annoyed beyond reason!
A pleasant enough day, dry and clear with the prospect of sunshine later.
Followed a Renault something estate whose rear wiper wiped at nothing, intermittently, the whole time.
I have no idea why it annoyed me so much, but it did.
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I remember one baking hot day earlier this year when I was driving the OH's 1 Series with the rear wiper on intermittent wipe after I'd somehow done something wrong when using the screen wash. I couldn't for the life of me work out how to turn it off!A pleasant enough day, dry and clear with the prospect of sunshine later.
Followed a Renault something estate whose rear wiper wiped at nothing, intermittently, the whole time.
I have no idea why it annoyed me so much, but it did.
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Edited by LordGrover on Wednesday 16th August 09:22
Having to "register" for f
king everything.
Even to use the wifi in the local pub you have to 'register'......why?
I worked in Iceland for 6 months - and pretty much everywhere that had wifi would just let you access it with a code written on a blackboard or poster.
I hate all the hoop jumping
king everything.Even to use the wifi in the local pub you have to 'register'......why?
I worked in Iceland for 6 months - and pretty much everywhere that had wifi would just let you access it with a code written on a blackboard or poster.
I hate all the hoop jumping
Yep, want to buy something from a website I'll probably never use again. fking create an account. I often fk off to ebay or Amazon instead, sale lost.
Twunts who write "advertised alsewhere, so reserve the right to etc." on ebay. It's an auction site. Don't like its rules, don't fking use it.
king create an account. I often fk off to ebay or Amazon instead, sale lost.Twunts who write "advertised alsewhere, so reserve the right to etc." on ebay. It's an auction site. Don't like its rules, don't f
king use it.Moonhawk said:
Even to use the wifi in the local pub you have to 'register'......why?
So that they can spam you with advertising, of course. A lot of these WiFi hotspots are provided by the big ISPs like BT etc., and it's they that want to spam you rather than the local pub itself.
Moonhawk said:
I worked in Iceland for 6 months - and pretty much everywhere that had wifi would just let you access it with a code written on a blackboard or poster.
That's more usual if the place is providing its own WiFi via their own router. But few places here do that as it is more convenient (for them) to contract it out. And they may even get a small kick-back for it too. Moonhawk said:
Having to "register" for fking everything.
Even to use the wifi in the local pub you have to 'register'......why?
I worked in Iceland for 6 months - and pretty much everywhere that had wifi would just let you access it with a code written on a blackboard or poster.
I hate all the hoop jumping
It's not for spamming - well, not directly.king everything.Even to use the wifi in the local pub you have to 'register'......why?
I worked in Iceland for 6 months - and pretty much everywhere that had wifi would just let you access it with a code written on a blackboard or poster.
I hate all the hoop jumping
Your data is sold, that's why they want you. The brewery will capture a national segmented audience and whilst that data is relatively anonymous, it will be sold. It has a life of about 2 weeks.
It's unusual for an independent to want you to register - although the wifi provider may want to do this.
Morningside said:
Reporters interviewing reporters.
Oh God almighty, remember when Theresa May called the election? There was a statement going to be released after 11am but nobody knew what on earth it was, and for 2 hours the news was full of the fact that there was a statement being released. Then as 11am approached, the news turned to reporting the fact there was nothing to report.The press outside Number 10 started interviewing each other, to see if anyone had any notion of what was going to happen.
Just after 11am, I was watching the news on BBC 24 and I kid you not, they whacked out the "Breaking News" slogan and went direct to Downing Street for the "Breaking News" and the reporter actually said 'Well, the very latest is that we were told a statement will be released at 11 o clock this morning and I can confirm right now that there is STILL nothing to report'.
The media seem to be finding ever new lows. Silly season is always full of ridiculous stories, and 24 hour news coverage is difficult. What do you do when there's nothing to put out? During the bird flu scare some 10 years ago, there was an 'incident' in Norfolk of 'great concern' and when you stripped away all the guff, the main news channel was reporting that there was a dead pigeon on the pavement. They actually sent a camera crew out, interviewed some old woman and filmed the pigeon, which wasn't on the pavement but 2ft from the kerb in the road, and was squashed.
Imagine the headlines. "Car Squashes Pigeon" - Corbyn calles it a 'coup'. COBRA meeting to be held in Downing street. Candlelight vigil held at the scene. #prayforthepigeon.
Oh and while we're at it, in this day and age of high end technology, why are so many news reports, BBC especially, that have insanely poor sound quality? Is the earth in a perpetual solar storm? Will my lawnmower go all Maximum Overdrive? Or are they just s
t at their jobs?Roofless Toothless said:
People using three letter airport codes in posts instead of the actual names of places when describing journeys.
Followed closely by ...
People referring to F1 drivers by their three letter timing abbreviations.
( Or anything with three capital letters really ... )
Yes, that winds me up as well.I assume the people that do it somehow think it makes them appear as somehow being an insider, or more authoritative,Followed closely by ...
People referring to F1 drivers by their three letter timing abbreviations.
( Or anything with three capital letters really ... )
Europa1 said:
Roofless Toothless said:
People using three letter airport codes in posts instead of the actual names of places when describing journeys.
Followed closely by ...
People referring to F1 drivers by their three letter timing abbreviations.
( Or anything with three capital letters really ... )
Yes, that winds me up as well.I assume the people that do it somehow think it makes them appear as somehow being an insider, or more authoritative,Followed closely by ...
People referring to F1 drivers by their three letter timing abbreviations.
( Or anything with three capital letters really ... )
SCEtoAUX said:
Roofless Toothless said:
People using three letter airport codes in posts instead of the actual names of places when describing journeys.
Couldn't agree more. "Look at me, I'm such a widely travelled person that I instinctively use airport codes"He was in PWM while they were in PDX. There was only the small matter of the entire width of the USA between them. Had he checked the airport code with them, he'd have known he was going to the wrong coast.
Shakermaker said:
Europa1 said:
Roofless Toothless said:
People using three letter airport codes in posts instead of the actual names of places when describing journeys.
Followed closely by ...
People referring to F1 drivers by their three letter timing abbreviations.
( Or anything with three capital letters really ... )
Yes, that winds me up as well.I assume the people that do it somehow think it makes them appear as somehow being an insider, or more authoritative,Followed closely by ...
People referring to F1 drivers by their three letter timing abbreviations.
( Or anything with three capital letters really ... )
Sorry, I mean the general population. Whoops.
SpeckledJim said:
Then you'll be secure enough in your elevated position not to have to try to prove it when amongst gen pop.
Sorry, I mean the general population. Whoops.
Seems about right. I try not to do it outside of work, as I don't want to expose myself publicly as a complete bellend, that's just for people that know me properly to know... Sorry, I mean the general population. Whoops.
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