Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
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nonsequitur said:
FourWheelDrift said:
People who park on double yellow lines on narrow streets and think they are allowed to if they have their hazard lights on..
Now and forever known as ' Park Anywhere Lights 't
tsloudlashadjuster said:
Special mention for vehicles, but mostly delivery vans, which park where they shouldn't be (double yellows, bus stops, zig-zags etc.) and put their hazards on, but which are so close to other (legally) parked vehicles that you can only see the offside indicator so you think they want to pull out...
Oh yes, definitely. 
I was going to post that the other day but forgot!
Putting your hazards on when you are parked in a stupid / illegal place is like saying "no offence" after you have insulted someone (as immortalised by the Fast Show)
The motorist who totally checked me out today as I was walking down the road, and whose gaze & duration of gaze crossed the line from looking, to leering, to creepy letching.
I wasn't even wearing a particularly short skirt either, before someone tells me it was somehow my fault. It was a 3/4 length boho skirt.
I wasn't even wearing a particularly short skirt either, before someone tells me it was somehow my fault. It was a 3/4 length boho skirt.
Partisans and tribalists in general. Guy I have no choice but to bump into regularly is the very model of the "Gammon" stereotype mentioned earlier in the thread, but is not unintelligent and has a seemingly genuine interest in politics.
He is however incapable of debate or even discussion as he views everything through the lens of defending the Daily Mail's position on near enough everything and seems incapable of acceptingnopposing points even for the sake of the argument.
I have another friend who goes along with the whole Alt-Right Neckbeards are slagging off Star Wars because they hate women and that's why the franchise is bombing conspiriacy. No amount of pointing out how st the last film was will seperate him from this view.
He is however incapable of debate or even discussion as he views everything through the lens of defending the Daily Mail's position on near enough everything and seems incapable of acceptingnopposing points even for the sake of the argument.
I have another friend who goes along with the whole Alt-Right Neckbeards are slagging off Star Wars because they hate women and that's why the franchise is bombing conspiriacy. No amount of pointing out how s
t the last film was will seperate him from this view.Edited by glazbagun on Monday 25th June 19:23
A subscription I have to a site that tells me how much fuel costs locally. That's fine and useful, but the fact that they add "Cost to fill : £78.05" annoys me - it's not as if they know what cars I drive or how low I let the fuel go before filling. They state that they assume a 55l tank and if you do the maths, they assume that as you pull up to the pump you're consuming the last tiny bit of vapour.
I know, I could unsubscribe.
I know, I could unsubscribe.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
The motorist who totally checked me out today as I was walking down the road, and whose gaze & duration of gaze crossed the line from looking, to leering, to creepy letching.
I wasn't even wearing a particularly short skirt either, before someone tells me it was somehow my fault. It was a 3/4 length boho skirt.
Sorry. I wasn't even wearing a particularly short skirt either, before someone tells me it was somehow my fault. It was a 3/4 length boho skirt.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
The motorist who totally checked me out today as I was walking down the road, and whose gaze & duration of gaze crossed the line from looking, to leering, to creepy letching.
I wasn't even wearing a particularly short skirt either, before someone tells me it was somehow my fault. It was a 3/4 length boho skirt.
Had you accidentally tucked it into your pants?I wasn't even wearing a particularly short skirt either, before someone tells me it was somehow my fault. It was a 3/4 length boho skirt.
Ditherers, dawdlers, and people who walk into you because they aren't looking where they're going.
Doubly so for people who change direction several times and make it impossible to predict where they are going next as you try to get past them. I just had to tap a guy on the shoulder and ask him to make up his mind where he was going.
Doubly so for people who change direction several times and make it impossible to predict where they are going next as you try to get past them. I just had to tap a guy on the shoulder and ask him to make up his mind where he was going.
loudlashadjuster said:
Special mention for vehicles, but mostly delivery vans, which park where they shouldn't be (double yellows, bus stops, zig-zags etc.) and put their hazards on, but which are so close to other (legally) parked vehicles that you can only see the offside indicator so you think they want to pull out...
tts
Ditto anyone, and I mean ANYONE who parks legally, in a road-side bay off the main carriageway, and still insists on using the vehicle's HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS.t
tsNewsflash, numbnuts! If your vehicle is safely and legally parked outwith the main body of the carriageway, then it no longer presents any significant hazard to other road users. Certainly no more of a hazard than that lovely old Beech tree at the end of the parade of shops. And that old Beech tree, and 99.99% of everyone else, ever who parks in that parking bay doesn't need to display hazard warning lights. So why is it that YOU have to make it look like you are indicating to pull out of the bay?
It causes issues with drivers slowing on approach, often right down to walking pace as they anticipate that your vehicle might begin to move at any point (often exacerbated by the presence of someone sat behind the steering wheel), or with cars seeing the "indicator" and indicating themselves and slowing to allow you out so that they can park. Pedestrians' decisions to cross the road are influenced too, resulting in missed crossing opportunities for the elderly, immobile, and parents who have to corral young children before committing to stepping out. Especially annoying for me right now, as I'm struggling with my own mobility using crutches one-legged after a serious leg break.
Also, anyone parking half/mostly on the FOOTWAY (that part of the road set aside for the passage of pedestrian traffic
) "because I don't want to block the road". Fk you you utter fknugget retard. You are STILL causing traffic to have to slow/stop to allow traffic coming the opposite way to pass. So you've achieved nothing aside from BLOCKING THE FKING ROAD anyway, because the FOOTWAY is part of the fking ROAD. It's an undeniable fact enshrined in various statutes. So don't get uppity when you get back to your piece of st car and find that "some fking cripple" has tapped your door mirror back with the hard plastic handle of his crutches to avoid having to either walk out into the CARRIAGEWAY (that part of the road which is the ONLY part that motor carriages are legally permitted to occupy) or to scrape his bare legs down a breeze-block wall to avoid touching your precious car. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Given the choice of tearing my shorts and scraping my muscular thighs on a manky wall or sliding along the side of your polished-to-oblivion BMW 7 Series, guess which way I'm gonna lean? YOU chose to obstruct my legally protected Right of Way, and any subsequent damage caused as I exercise that right in the only safe way I know how? You chose that too. Options you could have gone with? Parking fully in the CARRIAGEWAY. Parking in the off-road driveway of the property you were visiting (there was space in every driveway I could see in the vicinity). Or even parking in the cul-de-sac opposite and walking all of 50 yards further, if you were so concerned about obstructing the main road/bus route. But no, in a supercilious act that was entirely selfish and devoid of consideration for anyone who might want to use that piece of FOOTWAY, you decided that your need was greater than everyone else's, despite your actions being illegal. So fk you, buddy. In exactly the same way as the manner of your parking said "fk you" to every pedestrian on that street yesterday evening. And before anyone suggests that it "was a one off" and defends this by suggesting it might have been an "urgent errand" or some other guff? This is a regular thing. Same car, same time, same place. However, it usually only pops up as a "minor irritation" for me, as I am usually driving, so have to stop to give way to oncoming traffic as his car still partially blocks the carriageway. Breaking my leg has massively reduced my mobility on foot, and taken away my ability to drive. It's like being 80 years old, and has given me a refreshing new insight into how difficult the street-scene is for the elderly and disabled to navigate safely.The moral of the story? Don'y be that
who annoys the rest of the human race, and ALWAYS consider the needs of others before parking like an utter moron. Even if there's only a statistically tiny chance that a disabled or elderly person might need to pass, make sure you leave space for the widest wheelchair or a double-buggy to get by. If you can't be sure there'll be space if you park exactly there? Find somewhere else and walk further. It's pretty basic "consideration for others", which weirdly is what a lot of PH posts are about - bhing about how other people don't have consideration for you. So avoid accusations of hypocrisy, and ALWAYS park with respect and consideration for the needs of others...
Clockwork Cupcake said:
The motorist who totally checked me out today as I was walking down the road, and whose gaze & duration of gaze crossed the line from looking, to leering, to creepy letching.
I wasn't even wearing a particularly short skirt either, before someone tells me it was somehow my fault. It was a 3/4 length boho skirt.
Surely a small price to pay occasionally for looking so gorgeous always?I wasn't even wearing a particularly short skirt either, before someone tells me it was somehow my fault. It was a 3/4 length boho skirt.
yellowjack said:
loudlashadjuster said:
Ditto anyone, and I mean ANYONE who parks legally, in a road-side bay off the main carriageway, and still insists on using the vehicle's HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS.
I do this on most occasions and like to see other vehicles do the same.It gives a positive sign (although you can never be 100%), that the car is not suddenly going to pull out and enter the carriageway with minimal, or no, indication, as happenened to me on the A3 recently. Luckily I had anticpated his move.
nonsequitur said:
yellowjack said:
Ditto anyone, and I mean ANYONE who parks legally, in a road-side bay off the main carriageway, and still insists on using the vehicle's HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS.
I do this on most occasions and like to see other vehicles do the same.It gives a positive sign (although you can never be 100%), that the car is not suddenly going to pull out and enter the carriageway with minimal, or no, indication, as happenened to me on the A3 recently. Luckily I had anticpated his move.
Unless there's no-one within 50m+ of you, it will look, to traffic approaching you from the rear, like you are indicating to pull out.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
The motorist who totally checked me out today as I was walking down the road, and whose gaze & duration of gaze crossed the line from looking, to leering, to creepy letching.
I wasn't even wearing a particularly short skirt either, before someone tells me it was somehow my fault. It was a 3/4 length boho skirt.
Sadly, I had to look up to find out what a Boho skirt was I wasn't even wearing a particularly short skirt either, before someone tells me it was somehow my fault. It was a 3/4 length boho skirt.
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