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

[Morningside]

Oakey said:

Wax fking melts. Just fk right off. All those 'facebook' wax melt businesses, they can fk off too. Take your stty product and just put it straight in the fking bin.

When lockdown started I took the opportunity to repaint a lot of the house. Then my Mrs started burning wax fking melts. Now there are greasy yellow stains appearing everywhere.

It's progress from the other FB crap of the past. Including "essential" oils (including burners) and *cough* genuine unlabelled perfume.

[Dermot O'Logical]

Lazy reporting in the local press:

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19262108.town-qua...

"Police van flips on its side"... No it didn't. Not on its own.

The local press is comprised of poorly written, often sensationalised articles written by school-leavers with IQs lower than their shoe sizes. Any vehicle which overturns as a result of an accident or collision "flips" nowadays.

[SCEtoAUX]

"Who wins?"

No you moron, the expression is "Who will win?"

[NapierDeltic]

Had a cyclist blast onto a roundabout today from the left, just as I had entered onto said roundabout. Cyclist was a teenage boy without a helmet so would have made a bit of a mess if he'd been knocked off.

I find these curve-balls pretty annoying.

[mybrainhurts]

Pricks who feel they're superior beings because they mimic general American communicational feckwittery.

[captain_cynic]

People with an inferiority complex having a big cry because someone used a commonly understood phrase.

[mybrainhurts]

Amateur psychologists.

[Bobberoo]

Human beings in general.

[paua]

Nobody's stolen your blue gloves, I hope?

[bigpriest]

redrabbit29 said:

Fastdruid said:

Microsoft Word's "Protected view" which it defaults to for the myriad of things that need to print for school or various things.

"Be careful-files from the Internet can contain viruses. Unless you need to edit, it's safer to stay in Protected View."

Ah that's fine I don't want to edit, I just want to print.

File->Print

"Printing is not available in Protected View"

Yes Yes yes yes yes! This is incredibly annoying

No access to : File > Options > Trust Centre > Trust Centre Settings > Protected View?

[cuprabob]

mybrainhurts said:

Amateur psychologists.

Apt username

[Bobberoo]

paua said:

Nobody's stolen your blue gloves, I hope?

not for a while!!!

[popeyewhite]

captain_cynic said:

People with an inferiority complex having a big cry because someone used a commonly understood phrase.

Hyperbole.

[SCEtoAUX]

The obsession with putting women on Popmaster., hence the almost total lack of people who have qualified for Champions League.

[SCEtoAUX]

Also the fact that all McMuffins include egg. You can remove it on the app, but then you pay for an egg you don't want.

You should be able to swap for more cheese.

[captain_cynic]

popeyewhite said:

captain_cynic said:

People with an inferiority complex having a big cry because someone used a commonly understood phrase.

Hyperbole.

Someone else having a cry.

It's a phrase, get over yourselves.

[popeyewhite]

captain_cynic said:

popeyewhite said:

captain_cynic said:

People with an inferiority complex having a big cry because someone used a commonly understood phrase.

Hyperbole.

Someone else having a cry.

It's a phrase, get over yourselves.

Whiners.

[colonel c]

Tradesmen. Just trying to engage them is a pain.

We need to replace the bathroom suite and also had a leaky sink. Call plumber. Voice message. 'Please leave details and I will get back to you.
No did not get back to me. (fixed sink myself)

Broken down new washing machine. long story short. Manufacturer promise engineer will be out in two days time. One week later engineers call to arrange a visit. (machine sent back to retailers for replacement)

House needs painting. Call painter. Yes, he will come and give a quote today between 4.30 & 5.30. Waited around but the dude never turned up.

So as another week draws to a close. I'm no closer to getting the painting or bathroom even quoted for.

[MartG]

colonel c said:

Tradesmen. Just trying to engage them is a pain.

We need to replace the bathroom suite and also had a leaky sink. Call plumber. Voice message. 'Please leave details and I will get back to you.
No did not get back to me. (fixed sink myself)

Broken down new washing machine. long story short. Manufacturer promise engineer will be out in two days time. One week later engineers call to arrange a visit. (machine sent back to retailers for replacement)

House needs painting. Call painter. Yes, he will come and give a quote today between 4.30 & 5.30. Waited around but the dude never turned up.

So as another week draws to a close. I'm no closer to getting the painting or bathroom even quoted for.

All too common now all the Poles have been forced out

[Doofus]

colonel c said:

Tradesmen. Just trying to engage them is a pain.

We need to replace the bathroom suite and also had a leaky sink. Call plumber. Voice message. 'Please leave details and I will get back to you.
No did not get back to me. (fixed sink myself)

Broken down new washing machine. long story short. Manufacturer promise engineer will be out in two days time. One week later engineers call to arrange a visit. (machine sent back to retailers for replacement)

House needs painting. Call painter. Yes, he will come and give a quote today between 4.30 & 5.30. Waited around but the dude never turned up.

So as another week draws to a close. I'm no closer to getting the painting or bathroom even quoted for.

We have a second home and a near neighbour has a key. Her husband is a plumber, and we told him we wanted a new bathroom. He could come and go as he pleased (because they have a key) and, within reason, take as long as he liked to do the job, because we can go three months or more without visiting the house, so he could fit it in around other work.

We waited four years for him and he didn't even give us a quote, and then he got pissed off because we employed somebody else to the the job that we had "promised him." He was "relying" on the work, apparently.