Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
Discussion
Doofus said:
PH User said:
I'm not interested in scoring points, but I don't know anyone who uses bars of soap anymore.
Do you know that they categorically don't? I know plenty of people, and I have no idea how they wash, or what they use.Ilovejapcrap said:
PH User said:
I'm not interested in scoring points, but I don't know anyone who uses bars of soap anymore.
Get some you’ll soon realise it’s much better than the liquid crap we get now. Also get some soap for shaving and a brush to put it on, its in a different league over shaving foam.PH User said:
Doofus said:
PH User said:
I'm not interested in scoring points, but I don't know anyone who uses bars of soap anymore.
Do you know that they categorically don't? I know plenty of people, and I have no idea how they wash, or what they use.Doofus said:
PH User said:
Doofus said:
PH User said:
I'm not interested in scoring points, but I don't know anyone who uses bars of soap anymore.
Do you know that they categorically don't? I know plenty of people, and I have no idea how they wash, or what they use.Zarco said:
Fastdruid said:
New secondary school for my eldest has sent us a text...to the land line...with a long and complicated URL in it.
A landline. How retro 
Plus, sometimes mobile phones _don't_ work (entirely possible for the entire network to be down) so it is handy still for emergencies!
On the original annoyance, after an hour or so of attempts and re-listening many, many times, *FINALLY* managed to get what the url was meant to be.
Edited by Fastdruid on Thursday 24th June 17:36
Doofus said:
PH User said:
Doofus said:
PH User said:
I'm not interested in scoring points, but I don't know anyone who uses bars of soap anymore.
Do you know that they categorically don't? I know plenty of people, and I have no idea how they wash, or what they use.
"Wilding" is annoying me lately. I'm sure done properly, with wild flowers etc it looks lovely, but just not cutting the grass is not wilding. Our newish build estate seems to have 4-5 different contractors cutting the grass and it looks like one of them just can't be bothered. In fact it is an effort by the local parish council to return parts of the estate to nature. Weeds 4ft high and grass teeming with ticks might be nature but it looks s
t and on junctions is dangerous to say the least. I'm sure we won't get a reduction in council tax to reflect the lack of maintenance either. On the plus side, the row of social housing now fits in, although the array of recycling boxes and B&M garden ornaments not so much.
t and on junctions is dangerous to say the least. I'm sure we won't get a reduction in council tax to reflect the lack of maintenance either. On the plus side, the row of social housing now fits in, although the array of recycling boxes and B&M garden ornaments not so much. Red9zero said:
"Wilding" is annoying me lately. I'm sure done properly, with wild flowers etc it looks lovely, but just not cutting the grass is not wilding. Our newish build estate seems to have 4-5 different contractors cutting the grass and it looks like one of them just can't be bothered. In fact it is an effort by the local parish council to return parts of the estate to nature. Weeds 4ft high and grass teeming with ticks might be nature but it looks st and on junctions is dangerous to say the least. I'm sure we won't get a reduction in council tax to reflect the lack of maintenance either. On the plus side, the row of social housing now fits in, although the array of recycling boxes and B&M garden ornaments not so much.
I recall, in the late 80s/early 90s, when wilding referred to a gang of yoofs causing trouble en masse: steaming through a shop or a shopping centre or a busy area mugging/stealing/assaulting everything in their path.t and on junctions is dangerous to say the least. I'm sure we won't get a reduction in council tax to reflect the lack of maintenance either. On the plus side, the row of social housing now fits in, although the array of recycling boxes and B&M garden ornaments not so much. PhilboSE said:
People who, having waited in a long queue in a shop to be served, only then start thinking about what they want.
I live near an artisan bakers. They sell amazing bread and patisserie things, so it’s popular. You’ll generally queue for quite a few minutes literally past all the produce on display behind a screen.
And yet, most people don’t use the queuing time to think about what they want. When it’s their turn to be served it’s as if they’ve been caught by surprise and start a conversation with the staff. “Oh do you have any cinnamon swirls?” YOU JUST STOOD NEXT TO THEM FOR TEN MINUTES YOU tt. Even worse if it’s a couple when they get to the till. “Do you want one of those?” “Hmm not sure” “What about one of those?” “When am I going to eat it” “Maybe later with a coffee” “Mmm I’ll think about it, what are you going to have?” “I haven’t decided yet, I’ll see what they’ve got”
Aaaaaaarrrrgggghhhh you feckers are wasting my life. Make up your fecking minds and get out the fecking way you utterly fecking useless fecking feckers.
I used to work the barrier at a National Trust beach car park which had long queues in the summer. I live near an artisan bakers. They sell amazing bread and patisserie things, so it’s popular. You’ll generally queue for quite a few minutes literally past all the produce on display behind a screen.
And yet, most people don’t use the queuing time to think about what they want. When it’s their turn to be served it’s as if they’ve been caught by surprise and start a conversation with the staff. “Oh do you have any cinnamon swirls?” YOU JUST STOOD NEXT TO THEM FOR TEN MINUTES YOU t
t. Even worse if it’s a couple when they get to the till. “Do you want one of those?” “Hmm not sure” “What about one of those?” “When am I going to eat it” “Maybe later with a coffee” “Mmm I’ll think about it, what are you going to have?” “I haven’t decided yet, I’ll see what they’ve got”Aaaaaaarrrrgggghhhh you feckers are wasting my life. Make up your fecking minds and get out the fecking way you utterly fecking useless fecking feckers.
If you had a NT card it was free.
A big sign said this 50 yards from the barrier.
A significant proportion of people would not get their card out while sat in the queue, but wait until they had got to the point of needing it before beginning a lengthy rummage in their wallet/bag/purse for said card.
Hence the queue.
As an aside, there were quite often people who had brought an elderly relative who seemed surprisingly near death, purely so they could use their lifetime NT membership card to save £1.50 on parking.
Johnnytheboy said:
PhilboSE said:
People who, having waited in a long queue in a shop to be served, only then start thinking about what they want.
I live near an artisan bakers. They sell amazing bread and patisserie things, so it’s popular. You’ll generally queue for quite a few minutes literally past all the produce on display behind a screen.
And yet, most people don’t use the queuing time to think about what they want. When it’s their turn to be served it’s as if they’ve been caught by surprise and start a conversation with the staff. “Oh do you have any cinnamon swirls?” YOU JUST STOOD NEXT TO THEM FOR TEN MINUTES YOU tt. Even worse if it’s a couple when they get to the till. “Do you want one of those?” “Hmm not sure” “What about one of those?” “When am I going to eat it” “Maybe later with a coffee” “Mmm I’ll think about it, what are you going to have?” “I haven’t decided yet, I’ll see what they’ve got”
Aaaaaaarrrrgggghhhh you feckers are wasting my life. Make up your fecking minds and get out the fecking way you utterly fecking useless fecking feckers.
I used to work the barrier at a National Trust beach car park which had long queues in the summer. I live near an artisan bakers. They sell amazing bread and patisserie things, so it’s popular. You’ll generally queue for quite a few minutes literally past all the produce on display behind a screen.
And yet, most people don’t use the queuing time to think about what they want. When it’s their turn to be served it’s as if they’ve been caught by surprise and start a conversation with the staff. “Oh do you have any cinnamon swirls?” YOU JUST STOOD NEXT TO THEM FOR TEN MINUTES YOU t
t. Even worse if it’s a couple when they get to the till. “Do you want one of those?” “Hmm not sure” “What about one of those?” “When am I going to eat it” “Maybe later with a coffee” “Mmm I’ll think about it, what are you going to have?” “I haven’t decided yet, I’ll see what they’ve got”Aaaaaaarrrrgggghhhh you feckers are wasting my life. Make up your fecking minds and get out the fecking way you utterly fecking useless fecking feckers.
If you had a NT card it was free.
A big sign said this 50 yards from the barrier.
A significant proportion of people would not get their card out while sat in the queue, but wait until they had got to the point of needing it before beginning a lengthy rummage in their wallet/bag/purse for said card.
Hence the queue.
As an aside, there were quite often people who had brought an elderly relative who seemed surprisingly near death, purely so they could use their lifetime NT membership card to save £1.50 on parking.
And the queuing thing? My habit is to try to make my mind up while waiting to be served. If I'm indecisive while queuing past the window display at Reeve The Baker in Ringwood, I just wave the next person in the queue past me while I make up my mind what I want. It's pretty simple really, and works in takeaways, delis, etc, too. Simply take a step back and let the shop assistant serve someone else until you've made your mind up.
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