Those Little Things that Annoy You

*Deep breath*

Driving:
- People who don't indicate on roundabouts...or in general...mostly on roundabouts though.
- People who tailgate.
- People who drive too fast/too slow.
- SUVs: pointless in urban settings, where they mostly are.
- The length of time it takes for my front windscreen to de-fog in the mornings.
- People who are driving on *your* side of the road because there are cars parked on their side and expect *you* to wait and refuse to pull in for you (I make a point of driving on *my* side of the road and forcing them to pull in/reverse until they can )
- People who are impatient with learner drivers: everyone's been one at some stage.
- People who force their way out into traffic. Usually taxi/van drivers. But I won't generalise.

Shops
- Queue skippers
- Things not being where they say there are. E.g. I was looking for cotton wool in Tescos a few weeks ago. It was not in the aisle that had a sign saying 'Cotton Wool'. Frantic search ensues. :mad:
- Rude assistants. I always make a point of trying to be nice but you could meet me halfway and pretend like you give a damn.

Banks
- In general. Thieving corporations.
- When I'm filling out lodgement/withdrawal/whatever forms and someone skips ahead of me. That *really* gets to me.

Miscellaneous
- Poor spelling, punctuation and/or grammar. Again, I can understand typos and mistakes, but 'I seen it' or 'I done it' is just an example of tardiness.
- Carrying on from above, 'txtspk' irks me. I refuse to use it. Even in text messages. There are 26 suffering letters of the English alphabet. Let's utilise them!
- The fact that I have a 31' leg and therefore the standard jeans' lengths of 30' and 32' do not suffice. The former shows too much shoe and the latter invariably gets ripped at the ends eventually. *Sigh*
- The bottom of my jeans getting wet in the rain and the fact that due to capillary action this rises to my mid-calf. Infuriating.
- The apathetic nature of so many people who will then insist on their right to complain and yet never do anything about which they are complaining.
- Over-enthusiastic chuggers: the annoying kind. I am in a charity organisation and I know what it's like to stand on a street with a bucket. But there's collecting and then there's just plain irritating, and a fine line between the two.
- Girls who wear too much make-up (and especially fake tan) and just make too much of an effort with their appearance in general. Like, really, is there a need? Go get a hobby instead.
- People who aren't involved in things and then question why I am involved and why I care. Ffs, if I and others who do don't, then who will?!
- Spam.
- People not from Limerick slagging off Limerick. Indeed, people from Limerick slagging off Limerick: it only fuels the stereotyping.
- People who *need* to get drunk to enjoy a night out and who can't understand sobriety in a club. Grow up.
- The inherent anti-Britishness in some Irish people and the robust republicanism that still exists and neglects the view that peace > 32 counties.


Emmm...I know there's plenty more. But I think that's enough for now.

MagicMarker wrote: »

STFU n00b!!

And you don't even have 1,000 posts yet!!

Btw, I hate nob ends that use undecipherable language when replying to posts!

St Patricks Athletic
Dorgheda Utd
Bohemians
Cork City
Shamrock Rovers
Derry City
Galway Utd
Bray Wanderers
UCD
Waterford Utd
Longford Town

gonna go political.
To be totally honest, Bertie hasn't been that bad has he? Look at where we are now compared to where we were when he came to power. Yeah sure somethings are in disarray, eg. the health service. But anytime myself or a family member has been in a hospital, it has been a good experience.

longshanks wrote: »

danny dyer

So true

Unwanted relatives calling up un-announced and staying all f*cking day, no sign of leaving.....and their stupid f*ckin kids running up and down the stairs, slamming doors and making noise.

People who stand at the till in a shop waiting for all of their items to be scanned and only after they've been told the total price will they start the slow process of getting their handbag off their shoulder, struggling to get it open, searching for the purse for a godawful time before realising that it's in their pocket, taking it out, again struggling to get it open, finding the money, counting it out, then realising that they haven't enough, trying to find a suitable credit card, forgetting their pin, remembering their pin, asking for cashback, and finally completing the transaction, but of course then there's bag packing to be done...

Ok maybe a slight exaggeration but I'm sure everyone gets the point. I always have my money in my hand and, in the case of just one or two items, counted so I don't cause such a riot-inducing fiasco.

That and people that use excessively long sentences!

Cremo wrote: »

people who state they like all kinds of music, then go on to mention the most generic interchangeable bands they know

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I agree.
People who say that or similar stuff like 'I love a bit of everything' / 'I listen to all sorts - from classical to heavy metal' tend to be quite narrow-minded, unadventurous and generally ignorant about music once you scratch the surface and dig deeper.

People who dont indicate
Impatient motorists
Flocks of foreign students that invade the town every summer
Hen/Stag parties acting the gobsh!te on the train
Parents ramming my ankles with buggies/prams
Emo
Tailgaters
Drivers who accelarate through pedestrian crossings
Parents with holier-than-thou attitude to their offspring
Sandwich shops which assume you like mayonnaise - pfff none of that fancy stuff please...just Butter
Timber framed houses with partition walls

People who put their mobile phone on loudspeaker and hold it away from their head when they make or receive a call. The next person to do that around me gets a right good old-fashioned stabbing.