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

[Oldandslow]

98elise said:

Agreed. Expanding on the light thing, a guy at work has cameras and lights he controls with his phone. He showed me (while at work) that he can see his livingroom, and turn the lights on and off. Not only that he can change the colour of the lights.

Cameras and adjustable lighting? Sounds like you were being invited to his sex dungeon.

[227bhp]

People that start threads and then have them pulled because they don't like the answers.

[MartG]

When a customer has posted on FB that something he bought off me isn't as good as a similar item from Shapeways, but didn't mention the 3D printed one costs 10x as much

[227bhp]

MartG said:

When a customer has posted on FB that something he bought off me isn't as good as a similar item from Shapeways, but didn't mention the 3D printed one costs 10x as much

FB (nay, the internet) has given the idiot a much wider audience, but still those with some intellect can choose what they believe. I wouldn't let it bother you too much.

[glenrobbo]

People who say "Ooh, urine a bad mood, aren't you?"



It boils my p155.

[alorotom]

Threads disappearing constantly on here ... it’s getting rife!

[SpeckledJim]

alorotom said:

Threads disappearing constantly on here ... it’s getting rife!

The suicide one? Very frustrating.

[RizzoTheRat]

227bhp said:

paulguitar said:

Nom de ploom said:

insurance companies.

I've just made a change to my car insurance policy - £2.53 change to the premium. £26 admin fee. total costs to me £28.53.

ok its not a lot of money but come on.....

Indeed, and in a similar vein, 'booking fees'. That drives me mad, a charge for the privilege of paying someone.

They're breaking it down to show you what the money is spent on, if they just gave you a total you'd be happier, ignorance is bliss.
If they broke it down even further you would have cause to be even more annoyed....

I've just booked a flight, 2 airlines operate that route, Flybe quote an all inclusive price, KLM quote a price that doesn't include taxes and card fees that get added on before you reach the checkout. Very annoying.

[alorotom]

SpeckledJim said:

alorotom said:

Threads disappearing constantly on here ... it’s getting rife!

The suicide one? Very frustrating.

Yeah, it was really interesting, it’s not too often people with that sort of history actively open up to questions and commentary - shame it’s gone I say

[nonsequitur]

glenrobbo said:

People who say "Ooh, urine a bad mood, aren't you?"



It boils my p155.

Well it would wouldn't it?

[Integroo]

matchmaker said:

Integroo said:

People that get on the subway (not the London underground, a much smaller system!) when it is busy and just stand in the space at the door whilst people struggle to squeeze in. Move down the train, for Gods sake! Then when you ask them to, they look at you like you have three heads and just asked you to sacrifice their baby to you.

Assuming you mean the Glasgow Subway - yes, really annoying as the trains aren't that big anyway!

Yes, I do, and it was bugging me this morning - loads of space, yet everyone seemed content to cram ten people into a space about five feet by five feet rather than move down the bloody train!

[talksthetorque]

Sesame Seeds.
They do not stick to Bread.
Stop trying to stick them to bread.
Our kitchen now has sesame seeds all over it.
My bread rolls don't.

[OddCat]

RizzoTheRat said:

I've just booked a flight, 2 airlines operate that route, Flybe quote an all inclusive price, KLM quote a price that doesn't include taxes and card fees that get added on before you reach the checkout. Very annoying.

.....maybe i'm missing something but would booking with Flybe not solve this then ?

[alorotom]

OddCat said:

.....maybe i'm missing something but would booking with Flybe not solve this then ?

Not if it’s cheaper with klm after the fees are added but you’ll need to go through the process with klm to find out first

[silverthorn2151]

Post it notes.

Specifically, where the fk do they go! I spend thousands of pounds on the little sods, position them around the house in useful places. Turn round once, gone.

It's like the feckin borrowers are writing a novel with a sticky edge.

Ooooo, makes me mad!

[GIYess]

talksthetorque said:

Perhaps the person telling the anecdote to the OP was inside in a car park or garage?

I would say that "ground" was unfinished outdoor space, not a finished road surface.

But I can't now make my mind up what to call it in the scenario where they did fall on the tarmacked surface.
Road/pavement I suppose

I thought that issue might come up! Inside a garage or indoor carpark, I think it might be permissible to call it floor.
Road or pavement is still ground as its..... outside. (Source GIYess Dictionary)

Bother you did have to complicate it didn't you. Up until now I was happily complaining.

[Cotty]

silverthorn2151 said:

Post it notes.

Specifically, where the fk do they go! I spend thousands of pounds on the little sods, position them around the house in useful places. Turn round once, gone.

It's like the feckin borrowers are writing a novel with a sticky edge.

Ooooo, makes me mad!

Its more like people stealing them. I can't leave a pad on my desk at work as someone will take it, even though they are 100's in the stationary cabinet.

[yellowjack]

talksthetorque said:

Sesame Seeds.
They do not stick to Bread.
Stop trying to stick them to bread.
Our kitchen now has sesame seeds all over it.
My bread rolls don't.

We had burgers for tea yesterday, so I feel your pain...




Also bowls. I like a big helping of salad with burgers, instead of chips or any other source of extra carbs. So I chopped, sliced, and grated a pile of veg into a bowl and drizzled on some Thousand Island dressing.

Then I turned the veg over to spread the dressing more evenly, and half the bloody veg just leapt out of the bowl. Grrrrr! I ended up transferring it all into a big Pyrex mixing bowl just to keep it contained while I forked it into my big fat face...

[DRFC1879]

Cotty said:

Its more like people stealing them. I can't leave a pad on my desk at work as someone will take it, even though they are 100's in the stationary cabinet.

People writing "100's" or "1000's" or even "a 100".

Every time my brain reads it a "one hundreds", "one thousands" or "a one hundred" which makes no sense whatsoever.

[wst]

There's a facebook group I subscribe to for pictures of cats (to drown out the politics) and someone who had a cat with health issues made a post about it. Fair enough.

So everyone starts recommending acupuncture. Weird, pseudo-scientific hokum, but fair enough. Except this group has a rule "no medical advice, ever".

So I point this out and the admin goes "er.. acupuncture is valid medical treatment..." and then mutes me for my violation of the "don't remind the admins of their own rules" rule that is clearly not written.

It's annoying because it's such a petty little problem I can't really do anything about it. I like pictures of cats. I just thought "hey medical advice..."

People believing stuff that flies in the face of all evidence also annoy me beyond reason. Jeeez. Acupuncture, really? Might as well break out the damn crystals and put a dreamcatcher up.