Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)

[V8mate]

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Jimmy Carr's laugh

[Pericoloso]

Berkshire bred said:

Pericoloso said:

loudlashadjuster said:

People who stop you in the street and ask you where "x street" is...when they HAVE THEIR PHONE IN THEIR HAND, LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE MAPS RESULT FOR IT.

I dunno, maybe USE THE MAP AND ROUTING BUILT IN TO YOUR PHONE?!

Has happened to me twice this week.

(sorry for the caps)

Someone asked me directions from a car this week ,passenger holding a phone.

Might have helped if they had the road name correct.

X road didn't exist but X avenue was half a mile away.

The fun in these situations is sending them to some far flung random location, alternatively adopt broken pigeon English but insist on being as helpful as you can with your newfound inability for the lingo keeping them talking for as long as possible. I'm an evil sod at times.

Firstly ,I decided within a milli second that they weren't polite enough ,no "please can you help ?" and then I couldn't

actually remember where X road or avenue was ,although I remembered later as I bought a car there, in 1984......true.

[paua]

V8mate said:

Barman, I'll have a Stormy Daniels, please

[talksthetorque]

LivingTheDream said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

...

A special place in hell is reserved for people who, at the top (or bottom) of an escalator, stop in order to get their bearings though, causing people behind to pile into them.

or indeed those that are heading to the ticket barriers at the station - only to stop right in front of them to find their ticket and block that gate for everyone else

Perhaps there should be a public information film (thanks for the idea frank) with several examples of “People of Britain. If you are going to fanny about. Please step to one side so that non-fanniers (fannyers?) can get on with their day)

And can I add people who leave their trolley in front of the thing you want in the supermarket.
Move it in front of something I don’t want.

[nonsequitur]

Disappointed to read so many intolerant and impatient PHers this morning. I find that queues sometimes move quickly and at other times are a little slower. This applies throughout our daily lives, on the road, in the Post Office, at the supermarket and more. I would suggest a deep breath and a little understanding. (or using the self service tills).

[V8mate]

paua said:

V8mate said:

Barman, I'll have a Stormy Daniels, please

It was the ridiculous approach to portraying the prices which snared my ire.

[talksthetorque]

V8mate said:

paua said:

V8mate said:

Barman, I'll have a Stormy Daniels, please

It was the ridiculous approach to portraying the prices which snared my ire.

The wine glasses are one for the teeth itch thread.
And who keps oranges in a dog basket?

[popeyewhite]

V8mate said:

paua said:

V8mate said:

Barman, I'll have a Stormy Daniels, please

It was the ridiculous approach to portraying the prices which snared my ire.

It's the fact they've employed a signwriter to paint on a fake board rather than use a piece of chalk on a real piece of blackboard which discomposes me.

[glazbagun]

nonsequitur said:

Disappointed to read so many intolerant and impatient PHers this morning. I find that queues sometimes move quickly and at other times are a little slower. This applies throughout our daily lives, on the road, in the Post Office, at the supermarket and more. I would suggest a deep breath and a little understanding. (or using the self service tills).

I challenge you to move to London and keep that attitude for even a week day!

I remember, on my first day of my new job down there, actually stepping aside to let other people get on the tube before me just out of general small-town politeness.

Now, when I have to visit, it takes about half the length of a Kings Cross train platform to return me to to the efficient commuting machine of old. One who will trample over grannies and knock the stick from a decrepit old man if it meant beating him to the last miserable armpit-crevice available through the closing doors of a tube.

People standing on the wrong side of the escalator get squeezed aside with the perfectly weighted insincere "excuse me!" that tells them I'm not in the slightest way sorry and they need to re-evaluate their lives if they prioritise things like talking to friends and family over the need of others to climb the escalator. This latter took some years of development after finally accepting the ultimate failure of the "abruptly stopping behind someone and apologising whist boring a hole in the back of their head with the most indignant look possible". But you're dying every second that you're on the tube, so these people are in fact killing you and mercy is a luxury you can't afford.

Edited by glazbagun on Saturday 29th September 12:05

[Willy Nilly]

talksthetorque said:

LivingTheDream said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

...

A special place in hell is reserved for people who, at the top (or bottom) of an escalator, stop in order to get their bearings though, causing people behind to pile into them.

or indeed those that are heading to the ticket barriers at the station - only to stop right in front of them to find their ticket and block that gate for everyone else

Perhaps there should be a public information film (thanks for the idea frank) with several examples of “People of Britain. If you are going to fanny about. Please step to one side so that non-fanniers (fannyers?) can get on with their day)

And can I add people who leave their trolley in front of the thing you want in the supermarket.
Move it in front of something I don’t want.

Supermarkets should have cages that they put old people in who do their shopping at weekends. These cages should have no water, no seats and no lavatories. The doors only get opened at 9am on Monday morning.

[TameRacingDriver]

Willy Nilly said:

Supermarkets should have cages that they put old people in who do their shopping at weekends. These cages should have no water, no seats and no lavatories. The doors only get opened at 9am on Monday morning.

I think they should put children in those cages too...

[anonymous-user]

Willy Nilly said:

Supermarkets should have cages that they put old people in who do their shopping at weekends. These cages should have no water, no seats and no lavatories. The doors only get opened at 9am on Monday morning.

My retired in laws go shopping every Saturday morning without fail. We wanted to call in our way past on a Saturday morning, but couldn't as they wouldn't change their routine.

[nonsequitur]

Willy Nilly said:

talksthetorque said:

LivingTheDream said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

...

A special place in hell is reserved for people who, at the top (or bottom) of an escalator, stop in order to get their bearings though, causing people behind to pile into them.

or indeed those that are heading to the ticket barriers at the station - only to stop right in front of them to find their ticket and block that gate for everyone else

Perhaps there should be a public information film (thanks for the idea frank) with several examples of “People of Britain. If you are going to fanny about. Please step to one side so that non-fanniers (fannyers?) can get on with their day)

And can I add people who leave their trolley in front of the thing you want in the supermarket.
Move it in front of something I don’t want.

Supermarkets should have cages that they put old people in who do their shopping at weekends. These cages should have no water, no seats and no lavatories. The doors only get opened at 9am on Monday morning.

The manager of Tesco, who holds the key, was late last Monday, so we were all locked in until 1015. We all went immediately to get some breakfast stuff and the queues at the tills were manic.

[popeyewhite]

Grahamdub said:

Willy Nilly said:

Supermarkets should have cages that they put old people in who do their shopping at weekends. These cages should have no water, no seats and no lavatories. The doors only get opened at 9am on Monday morning.

My retired in laws go shopping every Saturday morning without fail. We wanted to call in our way past on a Saturday morning, but couldn't as they wouldn't change their routine.

And the thrust of your post is....?

[gothatway]

nonsequitur said:

The manager of Tesco, who holds the key, was late last Monday, so we were all locked in until 1015. We all went immediately to get some breakfast stuff and the queues at the tills were manic.

No you didn't. It's the queues for the loos that you're remembering.

[nonsequitur]

gothatway said:

nonsequitur said:

The manager of Tesco, who holds the key, was late last Monday, so we were all locked in until 1015. We all went immediately to get some breakfast stuff and the queues at the tills were manic.

No you didn't. It's the queues for the loos that you're remembering.

I don't remember.

[Frank7]

Berkshire bred said:

The fun in these situations is sending them to some far flung random location, alternatively adopt broken pigeon English but insist on being as helpful as you can with your newfound inability for the lingo keeping them talking for as long as possible. I'm an evil sod at times.

On the odd occasions that a minicab driver would come alongside when I was driving a Black Cab, and ask, “Do you know where the Science Museum is?”, I’d reply, “Of course I do, but I would, wouldn’t I, I’m a REAL taxi driver.”

[AstonZagato]

Frank7 said:

Berkshire bred said:

The fun in these situations is sending them to some far flung random location, alternatively adopt broken pigeon English but insist on being as helpful as you can with your newfound inability for the lingo keeping them talking for as long as possible. I'm an evil sod at times.

On the odd occasions that a minicab driver would come alongside when I was driving a Black Cab, and ask, “Do you know where the Science Museum is?”, I’d reply, “Of course I do, but I would, wouldn’t I, I’m a REAL taxi driver.”

As opposed to the Fake Taxi driver.

[SGirl]

Willy Nilly said:

Supermarkets should have cages that they put old people in who do their shopping at weekends. These cages should have no water, no seats and no lavatories. The doors only get opened at 9am on Monday morning.

I don’t generally mind old people holding me up a bit when I’m shopping. I consider it the price I have to pay for deciding to venture out rather than shopping online.

But there really should be a special place in Hell reserved for the pair of muppets I encountered last week. I need to order curtains. I spent half an hour hunting for fabrics while the sole assistant on duty helped an elderly couple to choose what they wanted. No big deal. But then I stood around for a further half-hour while they went through every fabric available with her, then every pattern, every colour. And just for good measure, the assistant then chucked a piece of paper at me “so I could write down my phone number and she’d call me”. How is that going to help when I need to show her what I’ve just picked out of their collection?

Gave up in the end, just as the couple started on “ooh, maybe something with a hint of yellow...”

I don’t mind waiting if there’s a good reason for it, but FFS! Why didn’t they just do what I did and use their eyeballs to look at the fabrics before dominating the one assistant on duty for over an hour?

I hope their bloody curtains fall down.