Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

Rasheed

veryangryman wrote: »

That's the accent there. And yes they do sound that way and I get your point

Oh I know, I did all my training in the midlands. I thank God daily that I didn't pick up the accent.

LynnGrace

Being quoted out of context so that you end up looking at a post ( not necessarily on boards) and wondering WTAF.

LynnGrace

Rasheed wrote: »

The Aldi ads.

I've raised this question elsewhere on boards,
Why do they all look, and sound so miserable in the Aldi ads?

Sir Arthur Daley

Bad Broadband speeds

Simon201

People who stand still on the sloping down escalators. Like, why not just keep walking? It takes little or no energy to just walk in the downward slope!

grrrr!

I'm so angry!

Sir Arthur Daley

Simon201 wrote: »

People who stand still on the sloping down escalators. Like, why not just keep walking? It takes little or no energy to just walk in the downward slope!

grrrr!

I'm so angry!

Maybe they have escalaphobia, my friend has that.

BeerSteakBirds

Simon201 wrote: »

People who stand still on the sloping down escalators. Like, why not just keep walking? It takes little or no energy to just walk in the downward slope!

grrrr!

I'm so angry!

I hate people like this . Even in their early 20s they do this. Its so lazy its actually pathetic... and they move off slower than Hans Moleman on a zimmer frame.... how can they suddenly have patience for it , I dont know ... they act like theres a movement constricting forcefield around them once they step onto it . They are surely taking the piss out of us all !

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Un Croissant wrote: »

My roommates always having the heat on. 9 hours a day if they got away with it.

400 euro gas bill for the last 2 months here

Un Croissant

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

400 euro gas bill for the last 2 months here

Ouch. I'll be like the anti-Christ when it comes in next week.

czechlin

Simon201 wrote: »

People who stand still on the sloping down escalators. Like, why not just keep walking? It takes little or no energy to just walk in the downward slope!

grrrr!

I'm so angry!

As long as they leave enough space so others can walk by them I don't mind.
They might have a reason for not walking.

Wotsername

WikiHow wrote: »

Maybe they have escalaphobia, my friend has that.

There's an article in New Science magazine, 15th March edition, about a possible CBT and Antibiotic combo treatment, trialed since 2004, that has is causing some interest. It may be of some interest to your friend.

It did not work too well for the journalist tho.

Pumpkinseeds

I'll probably get lynched for this one but here goes, Mothers Day. I resent having to shell out for a made up Hallmark day. Childrens Day died out a long time ago but we still have Mothers Day to fill the retail gap between Paddy's Day and Easter. I just ordered flowers for her and it cost me the best part of 50 euro. I'm not a happy pumpkinseed:mad:

Colser

When I go to put a load in the tumble dryer and find it full of stuff already that I had forgotten about ..just happened now and its so fecking annoying

Czarcasm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'll probably get lynched for this one but here goes, Mothers Day. I resent having to shell out for a made up Hallmark day. Childrens Day died out a long time ago but we still have Mothers Day to fill the retail gap between Paddy's Day and Easter. I just ordered flowers for her and it cost me the best part of 50 euro. I'm not a happy pumpkinseed:mad:

I'd no idea there was such a thing as Children's Day, and as for Mother's day? Completely forgot about it, I think I've almost become oblivious to insidious marketing at this stage!

Paddy Cow

Simon201 wrote: »

People who stand still on the sloping down escalators. Like, why not just keep walking? It takes little or no energy to just walk in the downward slope!

grrrr!

I'm so angry!

czechlin wrote: »

As long as they leave enough space so others can walk by them I don't mind.
They might have a reason for not walking.

They never leave enough space. Instead of all standing on one side, they take up all the space and if you try to get past them, you end up looking like the ignoramous :mad:

Voodoomelon

When your lazy butler washes your sock garters and they're still covered with schmutz.

Hate that.

Wotsername

Voodoomelon wrote: »

When your lazy butler washes your sock garters and they're still covered with schmutz.

Hate that.

So long as it's your own schmutz it's not so bad, but someone else's schmutz? Now that, I would hate.:D

Pumpkinseeds

Czarcasm wrote: »

I'd no idea there was such a thing as Children's Day, and as for Mother's day? Completely forgot about it, I think I've almost become oblivious to insidious marketing at this stage!

Forgetting to get your wife a gift for mothers day is probably a hanging offence, or at least cause for passive aggression:D

czechlin

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Forgetting to get your wife a gift for mothers day is probably a hanging offence, or at least cause for passive aggression:D

To give the wife a gift for Mother's Day?? Is that something to be done? :eek:

Pumpkinseeds

czechlin wrote: »

To give the wife a gift for Mother's Day?? Is that something to be done? :eek:

How many Mothers days have you missed?

Czarcasm

czechlin wrote: »

To give the wife a gift for Mother's Day?? Is that something to be done? :eek:

I should probably have qualified that well, my wife is also mother to a mini wallet squeezer! :pac:

purple hands

Sticky cough bottle bottle!!!

czechlin

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

How many Mothers days have you missed?

None! I always wish my mum Happy Mother's Day, thank her for all the things she's done for me and if I manage she gets a small present. My mum isn't really into this stuff anyway but I try to be a good daughter
It's not as big at home as it is here. While I understand that a wife is also a mother it's just odd to me that the husband would give her anything. I see it as a children-mother holiday. Different people do/celebrate things differently.

czechlin

Czarcasm wrote: »

I should probably have qualified that well, my wife is also mother to a mini wallet squeezer! :pac:

I got it, it's just odd to me - as explained above
Oh and Children's Day is on June 1st, we used to have a fun day at school and got a ridiculous amount of sweets

junglejungle

The average poster in After Hours annoys me. This place is the Daily Mail of boards

quickbeam

People who succumb to marketing ploys, even those they know are only marketing ploys, instead of making a stand and refusing to buy in to said marketing ploy.

Pumpkinseeds

czechlin wrote: »

None! I always wish my mum Happy Mother's Day, thank her for all the things she's done for me and if I manage she gets a small present. My mum isn't really into this stuff anyway but I try to be a good daughter
It's not as big at home as it is here. While I understand that a wife is also a mother it's just odd to me that the husband would give her anything. I see it as a children-mother holiday. Different people do/celebrate things differently.

Yep different strokes and all that. We have 4 cats and no kids so it's not really an issue for us.

Ring4Fea

"FYP" ~ wotserneedforathesaurus

A post no doubt plagiarised from an elder sibling and intellectual - better, from their remand-centre twitter timeline?

The good news: people can always improve their typing on a tablet.

The bad news: moguls of self-inflicted mediocrity can never improve their monosyllabic dirth of talent. In anything.

eisenberg1

Czarcasm wrote: »

I should probably have qualified that well, my wife is also mother to a mini wallet squeezer! :pac:

Ah, Mother's Day. I have no problem with getting something for the OH on behalf of kids when they are young, but they can take care of it themselves when older. It's all the Hallmarky bull**** I hate, do you know there are cards you can get for the "Nana" on Mothers day!!! WTF is that about, she is your grandmother NOT you mother!! Than its "where are we going for lunch?"
Some place will "Squeeze you in" so you can sit with a load of noisy kids throwing food all over the place, fcuk that!!

I don't like Monday mornings

Pumpkinseeds

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Ah, Mother's Day. I have no problem with getting something for the OH on behalf of kids when they are young, but they can take care of it themselves when older. It's all the Hallmarky bull**** I hate, do you know there are cards you can get for the "Nana" on Mothers day!!! WTF is that about, she is your grandmother NOT you mother!! Than its "where are we going for lunch?"
Some place will "Squeeze you in" so you can sit with a load of noisy kids throwing food all over the place, fcuk that!!

I don't like Monday mornings

Yep. It's like a train. First Valentines day then Mothers day, Easter, Father's day. Then they fill the various gaps with exam cards, cards for teachers and once the schools go back in September it's all about flogging stuff for Halloween, in between the increasing toy ads for Christmas. Of course, once we get to November 1st Christmas marketing goes into overdrive.

Remember when we were kids and the school Summer holidays seemed like an eternity, now the whole year seems to disappear in a blur. I feel old now:(