Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

deise08

When some mother is paying for her shopping with her child and says.
'oh he's/she's after eating/opening that'
The wrapper for the item is gone somewhere in the store. how the hell am I supposed to scan said item? No, I'll have to go and get another of that item to scan.
Teach your children restraint!

shopaholic01

The idiot driving in front of me this morning at 25-30kph in 50 and 60kph zones. :mad:

Colser

deise08 wrote: »

When some mother is paying for her shopping with her child and says.
'oh he's/she's after eating/opening that'
The wrapper for the item is gone somewhere in the store. how the hell am I supposed to scan said item? No, I'll have to go and get another of that item to scan.
Teach your children restraint!

Also when they are letting their little darlings pay for their treats...The child doesnt want to part with the item to be scanned and are slow to handover the money also..The adult is encouraging them and looking back at the queue smiling at the cuteness of it all..Im in the queue ready to explode not finding it one bit cute or funny( I never left my own kids do it so I dont want to queue behind anyone elses doing it ffs)..Not blaming the little kids at all its the parents fault:)

Sulla Felix

Sinister Kid wrote: »

My mother thinks the washing machine works by walking by it and saying "We really need to put a wash on" only for me she wouldn't have a stitch to wear....

Nah, that Passive Agressive Mammy Talk TM. I cottoned onto it years ago. Nothing gets done without a direct question these days.
"Hmm, the fire is dying down."
"Sure is."
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"Will you put some coal on?"
"Of course, you only have to ask!"

Sulla Felix

Colser wrote: »

Also when they are letting their little darlings pay for their treats...The child doesnt want to part with the item to be scanned and are slow to handover the money also..The adult is encouraging them and looking back at the queue smiling at the cuteness of it all..Im in the queue ready to explode not finding it one bit cute or funny( I never left my own kids do it so I dont want to queue behind anyone elses doing it ffs)..Not blaming the little kids at all its the parents fault:)

You need to loom more. And scowl. Maybe consider using whiskey as cologne. Moves the fscking asses along right smart.

When you hit a wrong button on the remote and tv goes to black screen and there is 200 bleedin buttons on remote, and Im home alone and have no clue how to get it back working

Sulla Felix

Sulla Felix wrote: »

Nah, that Passive Agressive Mammy Talk TM. I cottoned onto it years ago.

My mother will never ask for anything. I'll walk into the sitting room from the kitchen:

Her: "Oh did you put the kettle on?"
Me: "No, why? Do you want something?"
Her: "No no you're about to sit down, it doesn't matter"
Me: "Ma, do you want a cup of tea? I can make you one"
Her: "No I don't want one"
Me: "Are you sure, because I don't mind making one but if you want one tell me now, before I sit down and get stuck into something"
Her: "I'm sure, seriously, I don't want anything, stop it and sit down"
Me: "Positive?"
Her: "Yes"
Me: "It'd be no bother"
Her: "I know, but I don't want anything, honestly, I was just wondering what you were up to"
Me: "Suit yourself" I sit down.
Her: Disappointed look followed by smacking her lips like she's thirsty. A moment or two pass. Then "It's just if YOU wanted tea I would have made us both a cup".
Me: "Argh!" - I then make her a cup of tea and when I bring it out, I can't expect a thank you because she never asked for a cup of tea, so it wasn't a favour, and when I give it to her she says "ugh you shouldn't have done that, I would have done it myself".

Same goes for anything else. If I'm in front of the TV when Eastenders is on, she'll come in and rather than ask me if she can change over to BBC (firstly I'm 23 and living at home, so I'm more than happy to do favours for my parents and keep out of their way, but secondly I usually don't even watch the TV anyway so I don't even care what's on), she'll throw out a rhetorical "Oh, is eastenders not on?", and when asked if she'd like me to change the station, she deny any interest in watching it. Any time I've called her bluff, and not changed the station for her, she's waited until the show is over and then say, "oh I must remember to watch the Eastenders repeat tomorrow since I missed it today". JUST ASK WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING!!!

The Diabolical Monocle

CrabRevolution wrote: »

Lies. Blasphemous, outrageous lies.

If I was told I could only eat/drink one thing for the rest of my life it'd be yazoo chocolate milk. My life would subsequently be short, and one of obesity and diabetes, but it'd be worth it for that sweet sweet yazoo.

Ok .... Ok .... I see you've picked your side.

Be warned ....the Moojus do not forgive.

Centra shall one day be the promised land of the Moojuish people.

The Diabolical Monocle

This hugely interesting and relevant breaking news just coming in....


[NEWS REPORTER] Yes Kent - It seems that the free money will be handed out in...

[SOME GOB****E:] - OH WHATS THAT ABOUT -

[ME] - shhh -

[NEWS REPORTER] .... between the hours of

[SOME GOB****E] - OH SO SORRY PRINCESS

[NEWS REPORTER] ... and 4pm on

(DOOR SLAM)

[NEWS REPORTER] .... morning. Back to you in the studio.

Well... highly interesting news there we'll be right back after this hour of ads.

bodhrandude

Is there a special security install that you can put in your throat to warn milk not to go down the windpipe, you see, milk is not designed to go down the windpipe is it makes it difficult to breathe.

CrowdedHouse

A big flat tyre first thing in the morning....

Tasden

Waking up with a headache
Its bad enough getting one at some stage during the day but actually waking up in pain is a dreadful start to the day.

dub_skav

I hate the fact that it's near impossible to get out of tesco without going through a checkout.
Sometimes they don't have what i want, sometimes I'm nipping off to a different shop while my other half finishes up.
I just want to leave you ****ers, don't make me squeeze by somebody or walk 200 metres out of my way

dub_skav

Colser wrote: »

Also when they are letting their little darlings pay for their treats...The child doesnt want to part with the item to be scanned and are slow to handover the money also..The adult is encouraging them and looking back at the queue smiling at the cuteness of it all..Im in the queue ready to explode not finding it one bit cute or funny( I never left my own kids do it so I dont want to queue behind anyone elses doing it ffs)..Not blaming the little kids at all its the parents fault:)

This is teaching children manners and even basic economics. Maybe 5 extra seconds.
I know this is trivial things that annoy you, but it does annoy me when people give out about perfectly normal activities because they did it differently

Edit: 2 posts in a row, that actually annoys me, trivially

MJ23

People who stop at a roundabout, when they see from the last quarter of a mile that there's nothing coming.
The way Alan Shatter talks. Is there a bit of a Brit in him? He doesn't pronounce the 'r' in some words, especially "courts", he says "cawts".
Why can't politicians just answer the question they've been asked? 5 minutes of babble about nothing, when a simple yes or no would do.

LynnGrace

The fact that I can never come up with a good topic to start a thread.

eisenberg1

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Try the paralympics people, had one of them giving me this big speech and they told me the least they can take is 10 euro by debit/credit card.

Well any charity at that lark can **** off as far as I am concerned

Jake1 wrote: »

When you hit a wrong button on the remote and tv goes to black screen and there is 200 bleedin buttons on remote, and Im home alone and have no clue how to get it back working

And when you get someone who can turn it on, up pops exactly what you had been watching......Babestation:eek:

dub_skav

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Just kinda stare at the kids, and say something like "I like little boys" that usually make them hurry up and piss off.

I know you mean this as a joke, but i actually think it's a bit out of order.

I actually considered reporting, but felt I'd look like a loon

eisenberg1

dub_skav wrote: »

I know you mean this as a joke, but i actually think it's a bit out of order.

I actually considered reporting, but felt I'd look like a loon

Yes, it is meant as a joke. If you really find it offensive I will delete. On the other hand, you can overreact and report it.

dub_skav

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Yes, it is meant as a joke. If you really find it offensive I will delete. On the other hand, you can overreact and report it.

You've left me in a dreadful quandary, my very internet reputation hangs in the balance.
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It's after hours, leave it.


Whew

Grumpy Greg

most trivial things. Puppies are ok.

Colser

dub_skav wrote: »

This is teaching children manners and even basic economics. Maybe 5 extra seconds.
I know this is trivial things that annoy you, but it does annoy me when people give out about perfectly normal activities because they did it differently

Edit: 2 posts in a row, that actually annoys me, trivially

Point taken..In future when Im stuck for 5 secs:rolleyes: behind a parent trying to uncurl their childs fingers from their sweeets and then from the coin tightly grasped in the other hand I will remember that this is a normal activity in a busy shop and the correct time and place to teach manners and economics..Dont worry about those of us in the queue who may be in a rush back to work or under any other time constraints and maybe feeling a little annoyed at the whole delay as we are obviously not seeing the bigger educational lesson that is taking place.

eisenberg1

dub_skav wrote: »

This is teaching children manners and even basic economics. Maybe 5 extra seconds.
I know this is trivial things that annoy you, but it does annoy me when people give out about perfectly normal activities because they did it differently

Edit: 2 posts in a row, that actually annoys me, trivially

I would doubt this adds only five seconds. I was delayed behind a woman recently myself, who insisted on the child (Four maybe) counted out a load of 1 and 2 cent coins for a cashier........it took ages, all because, as the woman said to all and sundry "He has to learns how it works"...she looked at me as she said this and came to the conclusion I was not a happy camper, she added "you obviously don't agree", I said "I agree the child has to learn to count, but not at a busy checkout where people just want to pay for groceries and get home, maybe to the their own kids"

Perhaps parent and child only checkouts? you could take as long as a you like ....

nlgbbbblth

Trivial to some but major to me.

Greatest Hits or Best Ofs that use the album versions instead of the single edits.

dub_skav

Colser wrote: »

Point taken..In future when Im stuck for 5 secs:rolleyes: behind a parent trying to uncurl their childs fingers from their sweeets and then from the coin tightly grasped in the other hand I will remember that this is a normal activity in a busy shop and the correct time and place to teach manners and economics..Dont worry about those of us in the queue who may be in a rush back to work or under any other time constraints and maybe feeling a little annoyed at the whole delay as we are obviously not seeing the bigger educational lesson that is taking place.

Good for you seeing the bigger picture.

I agree that there is a time and place for learning to count etc which is not a queue, but learning that you have to hand over the item (manners) and that money needs to be exchanged for goods (basic economics) does only take a few seconds and they are important steps for learning.
People always complain about bold / rude kids, but also complain about parents taking the public steps required to raise well behaved kids.

Some parents will greatly inconvenience others for selfish motives, they are just selfish people. If it wasn't the kids they'd be the one "just nipping" back for something

Czarcasm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Trivial to some but major to me.

Greatest Hits or Best Ofs that use the album versions instead of the single edits.

Google isn't helping much, but the album version is the "clean" version, and the single edit is the "all the nasty stuff that was cut out is included" version?

Trivial thing that annoys me - when I put my music on random shuffle play, and it plays all those radio edits and remix's that are usually thrown in to fluff out the album. Rihanna's 'Unforgettable' is just one example with three different versions of "Diamonds" on it

Other than that though, cracker of an album, just the first one that came to mind though, not like I listen to her ALL the time or anything

shruikan2553

The amount of chuggers to people ratio on shop street has reached a new level. Any more and it would just be a street of people shaking buckets at each other like some sort of animal mating season.

elfy4eva

I think I've said it on the previous thread, but I absolutely despise the way some bus seats lean back. It doesn't make them any more comfortable or easy to sleep in, only intrudes on the space of the person behind.

MJ23

The size of the bags of crisps in multipacks. Tiny. Does anyone know any brand that sells normal sized bags in the multi packs? I can eat 5 or 6 of them tiny packs no bother.

czechlin

Chopping onion. I cry rivers.
I think the only "trick" left is wearing goggles or dive mask while I'm at it.