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

[nonsequitur]

bristolbaron said:

talksthetorque said:

The same people who get in the lift on a lower floor than I did and don’t thing my pressing iof the ground floor button sufficed so they have a go at doing it better.

I had that in a hospital lift yesterday. Four people got in after me and one by one pressed the top floor which was already lit. They weren’t even visitors - Drs/Nurses. Just bizarre.

Probably a conditioned reflex for those entering a lift.

[nonsequitur]

Johnspex said:

You do realise that a lot of it is because many people think that is how surely is spelled.
You can tell by how often it is used in a thread where humour is not required or tasteful.
For instance a thread will be running about some guy being broken hearted and thinking suicide is the only way out and some moron will write ' Shirley you must be able to get help' or some such fatuous nonsense. Completely inappropriate .

Agree. You have to pick your moments when to include Shirley.

[nonsequitur]

doodlebug said:

Not quite as annoying as those people who say, I am stood, I was stood, I was sat, etc.

Yorkshire born and bred?

[j_4m]

ambuletz said:

woman on the bus today.

anyone who;s been on the 'new' routemaster buses in london know there's an area at the back on the lower floor with seats facing one another.

I'm sitting on one bench nearest to the window, facing the rear of the bus. on the bench infront of me two people are sitting there.
on the benches to my left (on the other side of the bus) nobody is sitting on the bench facing the rear, two people are sitting on the bench facing the front.

a woman gets on, sits next to me instead of the free bench on the left.
nearer to my stop the two people on the bench infront of me (facing the front) get off. i decide to sit there and sit on the side closest to the isle as i'm getting off net stop.
the woman then gets up and sits back next to me (she's now sitting nearest to the window).
this pisses me off so i sit in the seat she was just in.

have people no personal space? why not just have the whole bench to yourself?

Women don't understand the 1-3-5 rule, not being natural users of a urinal, so they don't unconsciously practice its wider application in a variety of social situations.

Without fail if I get on a train and sit in one of the 6 seat pods a woman will get on and sit next to me or directly opposite. If a man gets on he will always sit with at least one seat's separation, subsequent men will continue the trend until one of us absolutely has to sit next to another.

[untakenname]

nonsequitur said:

Probably a conditioned reflex for those entering a lift.

Most likely, I changed jobs and it took a couple of months before I stopped absentmindedly pressing the wrong floor.

One tip is that if you press the lowest floor below the ground floor (assuming the building has a lower service level) lots of the time the lifts been programmed to skip out all the other floors and go straight down as it assumes maintenance staff are using the lift.

This was true at my last workplace, I used to hit basement then from there go up a level to ground as if I pressed ground then it would stop on every floor on the way down to let others on and due to the doors taking an age to close it was quicker to use the stairs.

[john_1983]

V8mate said:

Amazon use Royal Mail for parcels in your area?

Only time Amazon stuff comes to me via RM is when it's in a small envelope/bubble pack.

Yep, and I'm glad as a lot of couriers class my area as the highlands (i'm 30 mins from Aberdeen so not exactly the middle of nowhere). Most couriers (including Parcelforce amusingly) add on a day to their delivery times. So for guaranteed next day to here RM is the only realistic option.

RM works well enough on a local level here, it's obviously the muppets in the bigger mail centres. Still, I'm annoyed beyond reason as the child in me was excited about the prospect of setting up my new laptop

[Cotty]

bristolbaron said:

talksthetorque said:

The same people who get in the lift on a lower floor than I did and don’t thing my pressing iof the ground floor button sufficed so they have a go at doing it better.

I had that in a hospital lift yesterday. Four people got in after me and one by one pressed the top floor which was already lit. They weren’t even visitors - Drs/Nurses. Just bizarre.

Like the idiots at my place. You select the floor you want and it tells you which lift to take. But for some reason they don’t trust the answer and need a second, third, sometimes a fourth opinion.
Select 5th floor, displays lift A, cancel. Select 5th floor, displays lift A, cancel. Select 5th floor, displays lift A, cancel.Select 5th floor, displays lift A,

Meanwhile a queue is forming of people wanting to use the display.

[doodlebug]

fttm said:

FredAstaire said:

People who press the button at a pedestrian crossing when I am already stood there and have already pressed the button.

Even more annoying , the people who hit the button then carry on walking into the crossing , on par with fking cyclists regards stupidity !

Not quite as annoying as those people who say, I am stood, I was stood, I was sat, etc.

[Halmyre]

j_4m said:

ambuletz said:

woman on the bus today.

anyone who;s been on the 'new' routemaster buses in london know there's an area at the back on the lower floor with seats facing one another.

I'm sitting on one bench nearest to the window, facing the rear of the bus. on the bench infront of me two people are sitting there.
on the benches to my left (on the other side of the bus) nobody is sitting on the bench facing the rear, two people are sitting on the bench facing the front.

a woman gets on, sits next to me instead of the free bench on the left.
nearer to my stop the two people on the bench infront of me (facing the front) get off. i decide to sit there and sit on the side closest to the isle as i'm getting off net stop.
the woman then gets up and sits back next to me (she's now sitting nearest to the window).
this pisses me off so i sit in the seat she was just in.

have people no personal space? why not just have the whole bench to yourself?

Women don't understand the 1-3-5 rule, not being natural users of a urinal, so they don't unconsciously practice its wider application in a variety of social situations.

Without fail if I get on a train and sit in one of the 6 seat pods a woman will get on and sit next to me or directly opposite. If a man gets on he will always sit with at least one seat's separation, subsequent men will continue the trend until one of us absolutely has to sit next to another.

You all must be handsome dudes. When a woman gets on the same bus as me she sits as far away from me as possible.

Wouldn't bother me so much but then she is married to me...

[willld]

I've probably turned into Victor Meldrew, but what has happened with cinema lighting?

Specifically Cineworld (bear with me), leaving the bloody ceiling lights on during the film. I could easily have read a book, they were that bright, really detracts from the experience. On checking "it's for health and safety reasons", so the sheeptards don't fall down the steps (more's the pity) and then seek compo.

There's a massive bright thing (most of the time) in front of each theater, it can't be that hard, can it?

Is it just me?

[Balmoral]

Doing a full trolley weekly shop at Lidl followed by a short car journey to Sainsbury's, half an hour exactly. Then popping into said Sainsbury's to pick up a bottle of Calvados and a tub of ProActiv, exactly half an hour too. No exaggeration. Worst checkout service I think I've ever experienced.

[captain_cynic]

Balmoral said:

Doing a full trolley weekly shop at Lidl followed by a short car journey to Sainsbury's, half an hour exactly. Then popping into said Sainsbury's to pick up a bottle of Calvados and a tub of ProActiv, exactly half an hour too. No exaggeration. Worst checkout service I think I've ever experienced.

This.

I've told people, if I ever say "I'm just popping down to Sainsburys" that they have my full permission to slap some sense into me.

Checkout lines are insane at just about every one I go to (but the Winnersh one is especially bad).

I usually do my shopping at Morrisons because the lines at the checkouts is rarely more than 2.

[NoVetec]

Plus, Morrison's mini Danish selection.

[The Mad Monk]

Cotty said:

bristolbaron said:

talksthetorque said:

The same people who get in the lift on a lower floor than I did and don’t thing my pressing iof the ground floor button sufficed so they have a go at doing it better.

I had that in a hospital lift yesterday. Four people got in after me and one by one pressed the top floor which was already lit. They weren’t even visitors - Drs/Nurses. Just bizarre.

Like the idiots at my place. You select the floor you want and it tells you which lift to take. But for some reason they don’t trust the answer and need a second, third, sometimes a fourth opinion.
Select 5th floor, displays lift A, cancel. Select 5th floor, displays lift A, cancel. Select 5th floor, displays lift A, cancel.Select 5th floor, displays lift A,

Meanwhile a queue is forming of people wanting to use the display.

What about those dipsticks who press both the up and the down buttons? Of course that will make the lift come faster.

[Cotty]

captain_cynic said:

I've told people, if I ever say "I'm just popping down to Sainsburys" that they have my full permission to slap some sense into me.

Checkout lines are insane at just about every one I go to (but the Winnersh one is especially bad).

Two things, go at night about 8pm, easy to park and no mums with kids or old people.Two scan and pack, very rare to find the scan and pack till with queue.

Or you could just get it delivered.

[Tootles the Taxi]

nonsequitur said:

Probably a conditioned reflex for those entering a lift.

Not nearly as bad as the fkers who think they're being clever by putting their arm or leg into the lift as the door are closing so the doors open again, letting them into the lift, then smiling at everyone as they press a button for a floor. This happens every day where I work and there are seven lifts.

If you see the lift doors are closing, bloody well wait for the next one, because we don't want to be held up by your tardiness and lack of common decency.

[gothatway]

nonsequitur said:

doodlebug said:

Not quite as annoying as those people who say, I am stood, I was stood, I was sat, etc.

Yorkshire born and bred?

Possibly, but poorly educated in any case.

[Zarco]

Tootles the Taxi said:

nonsequitur said:

Probably a conditioned reflex for those entering a lift.

Not nearly as bad as the fkers who think they're being clever by putting their arm or leg into the lift as the door are closing so the doors open again, letting them into the lift, then smiling at everyone as they press a button for a floor. This happens every day where I work and there are seven lifts.

If you see the lift doors are closing, bloody well wait for the next one, because we don't want to be held up by your tardiness and lack of common decency.

No, no. Its the tts that press both up and down call buttons, then get in a lift going the opposite direction than they require.

[nonsequitur]

willld said:

I've probably turned into Victor Meldrew, but what has happened with cinema lighting?

Specifically Cineworld (bear with me), leaving the bloody ceiling lights on during the film. I could easily have read a book, they were that bright, really detracts from the experience. On checking "it's for health and safety reasons", so the sheeptards don't fall down the steps (more's the pity) and then seek compo.

There's a massive bright thing (most of the time) in front of each theater, it can't be that hard, can it?

Is it just me?

Probably switched on at the request of those who bring in take-away meals to the movies. Prevents mixing up the chop suey with the egg foo yong.

[nonsequitur]

The Mad Monk said:

What about those dipsticks who press both the up and the down buttons? Of course that will make the lift come faster.

For those who are incapable of deciding which direction to go.