Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

[bmwmike]

CheesecakeRunner said:

Blokes who look at an empty set of three urinals and choose to use the middle one.

YES!! I've always wondered what goes through those peoples heads - is it like weird 1 dimensional tic tac toe to them?

[Regbuser]

bmwmike said:

CheesecakeRunner said:

Blokes who look at an empty set of three urinals and choose to use the middle one.

YES!! I've always wondered what goes through those peoples heads - is it like weird 1 dimensional tic tac toe to them?

Dominate the urinals !

[Red9zero]

Cotty said:

In The Big Bang Theory they don't eat the food you see them playing with. Aparently its so that actors don't get full no matter how many times they have to do a single take to get the shot. It also allows them to catch their timing easier when they need to deliver a line.

I noticed that too. They just move it around the plate.

[MiniMan64]

bmwmike said:

CheesecakeRunner said:

Blokes who look at an empty set of three urinals and choose to use the middle one.

YES!! I've always wondered what goes through those peoples heads - is it like weird 1 dimensional tic tac toe to them?

Same mindset of people who park right next you in an empty car park

[Sheets Tabuer]

Had that once in a tesco extra to give you an indication of the size of the car park. It was a Monday night the place was deserted and I parked as far away from the shop as I could, the car park was almost completely empty.

Went in, did some shopping and came out to find a car parked either side.

[Nethybridge]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Had that once in a tesco extra to give you an indication of the size of the car park. It was a Monday night the place was deserted and I parked as far away from the shop as I could, the car park was almost completely empty.

Went in, did some shopping and came out to find a car parked either side.

The odds against that would be astronomicalistic, I believe you.#















[ i dont really ]

[snuffy]

Women who look at an empty set of three urinals and choose to use the middle one.

[snuffy]

Last Visit said:

Sort of related but my annoyance is whenever someone on TV makes a phone call and within a couple of seconds of dialling the person has picked up and their conversion starts. No waiting time for a connection or further time for multiple rings at the other end before its answered. Nope, it's more or less immediate.

Also, they never say "goodbye". They just abruptly stop talking and hang up.

[Mercdriver]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Had that once in a tesco extra to give you an indication of the size of the car park. It was a Monday night the place was deserted and I parked as far away from the shop as I could, the car park was almost completely empty.

Went in, did some shopping and came out to find a car parked either side.

Yes, but it is probably someone who also cares for their car and is less likely to damage yours

[Randy Winkman]

snuffy said:

Last Visit said:

Sort of related but my annoyance is whenever someone on TV makes a phone call and within a couple of seconds of dialling the person has picked up and their conversion starts. No waiting time for a connection or further time for multiple rings at the other end before its answered. Nope, it's more or less immediate.

Also, they never say "goodbye". They just abruptly stop talking and hang up.

They do indeed. And have you noticed how close actors faces are when they have intense conversations in TV dramas?

[Rusty Old-Banger]

TameRacingDriver said:

Pretty much half of our 'UK' workforce is based in India. I feel like I need a translator pretty much most of the time. It's surprisingly stressful I find.

i used to live there (for work), and can confirm, some of the accents are so so strong, depending which state the speaker is from. Kolkata - no problem. Bengalaru - bit trickier. Telecherry - holy st please repeat, very slowly... Be glad you're not face to face, and have to decipher the head wobble. It can mean yes, no, maybe, I don't know, stop, go, today, tomorrow, 3 sugars please, red, train...

That said, I would go back without hesitation. Great country, great people.

[5s Alive]

Nethybridge said:

Sheets Tabuer said:

Had that once in a tesco extra to give you an indication of the size of the car park. It was a Monday night the place was deserted and I parked as far away from the shop as I could, the car park was almost completely empty.

Went in, did some shopping and came out to find a car parked either side.

The odds against that would be astronomicalistic, I believe you.#


[ i dont really ]

I had exactly that in the now defunct overflow car park at what is now the Taste Perthshire restaurant off the A9 at Bankfoot. Main car park was half empty so I thought that no one would park up against my obscenely clean and shiny car.

Came out to find a couple of filthy dented Transit vans parked so close either side that it was a struggle getting in.

How they must have laughed.

Barstewards.

[Nethybridge]

Red9zero said:

Cotty said:

In The Big Bang Theory they don't eat the food you see them playing with. Aparently its so that actors don't get full no matter how many times they have to do a single take to get the shot. It also allows them to catch their timing easier when they need to deliver a line.

I noticed that too. They just move it around the plate.

For a show that has a wearisome number of eating scenes per episode
the non ingestion corollary is a preternatural and painfully obvious paradigm.

[The Moose]

bmwmike said:

CheesecakeRunner said:

Blokes who look at an empty set of three urinals and choose to use the middle one.

YES!! I've always wondered what goes through those peoples heads - is it like weird 1 dimensional tic tac toe to them?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/sydrobinson1/which-urinal-should-you-really-pee-in

[dukeboy749r]

Regbuser said:

bmwmike said:

CheesecakeRunner said:

Blokes who look at an empty set of three urinals and choose to use the middle one.

YES!! I've always wondered what goes through those peoples heads - is it like weird 1 dimensional tic tac toe to them?

Dominate the urinals !

Conversely, I often find the two outer urinals have large puddles underneath, yet the middle one doesn’t, so I go for it for hygiene reasons. Less piss on the soles of my shoes.

Sounds like a line in a song!

Simon Garfunkel?







I know he said diamonds.

[dukeboy749r]

snuffy said:

Last Visit said:

Sort of related but my annoyance is whenever someone on TV makes a phone call and within a couple of seconds of dialling the person has picked up and their conversion starts. No waiting time for a connection or further time for multiple rings at the other end before its answered. Nope, it's more or less immediate.

Also, they never say "goodbye". They just abruptly stop talking and hang up.

In the US, just hanging up with none of the British etiquette of saying goodbye, used to be a huge thing.

I’ve seen it happen less over time, though.

[C5_Steve]

snuffy said:

Also, they never say "goodbye". They just abruptly stop talking and hang up.

I mentioned this somewhere else in this thread, I think someone linked a video of a screenwriter talking about how they do it just to save time. There's a term for it where you remove unnecessary dialogue from the script even though it's natural to say it.

File also under people not locking their car door (although not quite as bad).

Ah just found an article, it's called "Shoe leather"

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/hollywood-screen...

[Randy Winkman]

People on TV/film can also always park right outside wherever they are visiting.

[Rusty Old-Banger]

Randy Winkman said:

People on TV/film can also always park right outside wherever they are visiting.

And they leave the window open. Presumably because they don't want the camera reflected in the glass then they open the door.

[snuffy]

C5_Steve said:

snuffy said:

Also, they never say "goodbye". They just abruptly stop talking and hang up.

I mentioned this somewhere else in this thread, I think someone linked a video of a screenwriter talking about how they do it just to save time. There's a term for it where you remove unnecessary dialogue from the script even though it's natural to say it.

File also under people not locking their car door (although not quite as bad).

Ah just found an article, it's called "Shoe leather"

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/hollywood-screen...

How odd.

He claims it's to save time. What bks. How long does a couple of words add ?