Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
Discussion
NapierDeltic said:
American brand loyalty, and loyalty to their flag, is bizarre in general. In general Americans seem duty bound to partake in a level of national pride that seems extreme and somewhat at odds with their supposedly enhanced level of freedom. Their "I only buy American" stance is demonstrably false, and they don't seem to realise that "Made in the USA" doesn't carry any sort of weight anywhere else in the world.
Although you can certainly find stuff in the U.S. which has been made in the U.S., men’s quality shoes for one, a great deal of cheaper end clothes, men’s, women’s and children’s are from abroad.You’ll find “hecho en Ecuador” “fabricado en Las Pilipinas”, or made in Vietnam on lots of items of clothing.
Frank7 said:
NapierDeltic said:
American brand loyalty, and loyalty to their flag, is bizarre in general. In general Americans seem duty bound to partake in a level of national pride that seems extreme and somewhat at odds with their supposedly enhanced level of freedom. Their "I only buy American" stance is demonstrably false, and they don't seem to realise that "Made in the USA" doesn't carry any sort of weight anywhere else in the world.
Although you can certainly find stuff in the U.S. which has been made in the U.S., men’s quality shoes for one, a great deal of cheaper end clothes, men’s, women’s and children’s are from abroad.You’ll find “hecho en Ecuador” “fabricado en Las Pilipinas”, or made in Vietnam on lots of items of clothing.
fatboy18 said:
Frank7 said:
NapierDeltic said:
American brand loyalty, and loyalty to their flag, is bizarre in general. In general Americans seem duty bound to partake in a level of national pride that seems extreme and somewhat at odds with their supposedly enhanced level of freedom. Their "I only buy American" stance is demonstrably false, and they don't seem to realise that "Made in the USA" doesn't carry any sort of weight anywhere else in the world.
Although you can certainly find stuff in the U.S. which has been made in the U.S., men’s quality shoes for one, a great deal of cheaper end clothes, men’s, women’s and children’s are from abroad.You’ll find “hecho en Ecuador” “fabricado en Las Pilipinas”, or made in Vietnam on lots of items of clothing.
MartG said:
NapierDeltic said:
We're constantly being told how teenage girls and young women are being made to develop too quickly, and are in turn developing body image issues. Somehow the blame for all of this has to be directed elsewhere; usually at men for some reason or other.
It's been going on for decades via women's fashion/lifestyle magazines, all of which are jam-packed with 'advice' for girls to make themselves 'attractive' - the unspoken assumption being that they must do this to get themselves a husband 
WAVman said:
People who ask for things in shops or pubs by saying "Have you got a ......?"
Example, in a pub, "Have you got a pint of lager please?"
It's a pub, of course they have a pint of lager!!
Whereas, presumanly, what you would prefer them to say is "Greetings, Stout Yeoman! I wish to enter into a financial negotiation for the procurement of a pint of your lager. Pray tell, could you furnish me with the information as to whether your stock levels are sufficient to enable this transaction to conclude successfully please?" Example, in a pub, "Have you got a pint of lager please?"
It's a pub, of course they have a pint of lager!!
WAVman said:
People who ask for things in shops or pubs by saying "Have you got a ......?"
Example, in a pub, "Have you got a pint of lager please?"
It's a pub, of course they have a pint of lager!!
Unless, and don’t look at me, not being a beer drinker, I can’t tell one from another, Example, in a pub, "Have you got a pint of lager please?"
It's a pub, of course they have a pint of lager!!
you say, “Have you got Staropramen lager, or Peroni lager, or whatever lager?
Things that annoy?
Because parking spaces are like gold where I now live, I have to park my car
on the 'top road', which is a very quiet country road.
The first thing I noticed was a four inch scratch on the back wing. It wasn't keyed but the damage had gone through
the lacquer and it won't polish out. I suspect some nurk with a buckle on a backpack or bag.
Last week, I had the local handwash outfit do a full wash. With the car clean, I looked at it very carefully
and but for the abovementioned scratch, it was mint.
In the last week, five distinct wounds have appeared on the rear bumper and that's what's pissing me off.
Whenever I park at the supermarket, I put the car in a space with steel posts so cars or trolleys can't
get anywhere near it.
Thing is, there's a pub 100 yards from where I park so it's either folk going there or just bad parkers.
On three occasions, I've reversed the car into posts in car parks - before I fitted both a reverse camera and a set of beepers. It's a covertible with poor rear vision so my additions solved the problem. The big but is though I flexed the (plastic) bumper, the paint
was untouched and needed no attention at all.
So, I'm not a happy bunny and am wondering what to do. Rant over.
Because parking spaces are like gold where I now live, I have to park my car
on the 'top road', which is a very quiet country road.
The first thing I noticed was a four inch scratch on the back wing. It wasn't keyed but the damage had gone through
the lacquer and it won't polish out. I suspect some nurk with a buckle on a backpack or bag.
Last week, I had the local handwash outfit do a full wash. With the car clean, I looked at it very carefully
and but for the abovementioned scratch, it was mint.
In the last week, five distinct wounds have appeared on the rear bumper and that's what's pissing me off.
Whenever I park at the supermarket, I put the car in a space with steel posts so cars or trolleys can't
get anywhere near it.
Thing is, there's a pub 100 yards from where I park so it's either folk going there or just bad parkers.
On three occasions, I've reversed the car into posts in car parks - before I fitted both a reverse camera and a set of beepers. It's a covertible with poor rear vision so my additions solved the problem. The big but is though I flexed the (plastic) bumper, the paint
was untouched and needed no attention at all.
So, I'm not a happy bunny and am wondering what to do. Rant over.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
WAVman said:
People who ask for things in shops or pubs by saying "Have you got a ......?"
Example, in a pub, "Have you got a pint of lager please?"
It's a pub, of course they have a pint of lager!!
Whereas, presumanly, what you would prefer them to say is "Greetings, Stout Yeoman! I wish to enter into a financial negotiation for the procurement of a pint of your lager. Pray tell, could you furnish me with the information as to whether your stock levels are sufficient to enable this transaction to conclude successfully please?" Example, in a pub, "Have you got a pint of lager please?"
It's a pub, of course they have a pint of lager!!
"Can I have a pint of lager" - If you asked for one you could, but otherwise you might be waiting a while
"May I have a pint of lager" - We do serve them, so if you have money you may well be able to have one
"A pint of lager" - That's what I served the last customer, what about it?
The correct way is to issue an instruction, but the British are too polite.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
WAVman said:
People who ask for things in shops or pubs by saying "Have you got a ......?"
Example, in a pub, "Have you got a pint of lager please?"
It's a pub, of course they have a pint of lager!!
Whereas, presumanly, what you would prefer them to say is "Greetings, Stout Yeoman! I wish to enter into a financial negotiation for the procurement of a pint of your lager. Pray tell, could you furnish me with the information as to whether your stock levels are sufficient to enable this transaction to conclude successfully please?" Example, in a pub, "Have you got a pint of lager please?"
It's a pub, of course they have a pint of lager!!
k off out of my pub’Two from today:
People who stand next to doorways, making it really difficult for me to maintain social distancing while using the door. Move away, go and make your phone call over there, away from bottlenecks.
The many and varied types of hand sanitiser and dispenser. On the way in to the local hospital, on the door is quite viscous stuff, but in the dispenser outside the door to the ward is like spit, complete with bubbles. Is this a bottle of very thick sanitiser, or is it just a bit blocked and a bit of extra pressure would dispense enough for a small crowd? Where do you press on this plastic dispenser? What about this one on a really flimsy wooden stand? Oh, right, that one's electric and you don't have to touch it at all, and pushing where you push on all the other outwardly-identical ones just pushes the whole thing over.
People who stand next to doorways, making it really difficult for me to maintain social distancing while using the door. Move away, go and make your phone call over there, away from bottlenecks.
The many and varied types of hand sanitiser and dispenser. On the way in to the local hospital, on the door is quite viscous stuff, but in the dispenser outside the door to the ward is like spit, complete with bubbles. Is this a bottle of very thick sanitiser, or is it just a bit blocked and a bit of extra pressure would dispense enough for a small crowd? Where do you press on this plastic dispenser? What about this one on a really flimsy wooden stand? Oh, right, that one's electric and you don't have to touch it at all, and pushing where you push on all the other outwardly-identical ones just pushes the whole thing over.
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