Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

Green Giant

When I'm watching Sky Go and every 30 seconds the pictures freeze with the accompaniment of a spinning wheel and the word 'Buffering' :mad:

Sadderday

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Well you should not feel bad, its a MOBILE phone, its not as if you can rip the dryer off the wall and go elsewhere:D

Are you bathroom obsessed?;)

i take alot of inspiration for this thread from bathroom experiences

eisenberg1

Tasden wrote: »

Completely agree, although this morning I saw the opposite, and would take over protective any day over parents who are just oblivious/ don't care.r.

I put this on another thread last week, along the vein of parents letting their kids do whatever the fcuk they like in shops.

I observed a staff member approach the "mother|" and ask her to get her kid (3-4) to stop doing what he was doing, the mother looks staff member from head to toe, hands her phone to her buddy and says "here, mind dat" storms over and hauls kid kid by the arm and in very loud voice announces to all "shewer, all he was doin was bangin his head on the bleedin windah!"

A V A

My mother being partially def. When she gets up from bed (half 7) , goes to the tv and turns it on , puts the volume on 85% or sometimes 100% , then fcuks off around the house doing old people stuff :mad: does this on sunday every poxy week !!!!!!! and we live in a 2 bed cottage/bungalow

Sadderday

I was at a do last week and in a bar/restuarant for a meal. Some of the party had children with them between ages 4-10.

The children (about 6 of them altogether) played chasing all around this busy place while the parents drank wine before the meal. THe children were running in and out of the carpark, under tables in the pub etc etc, the waiters are carrying hot plates of food and of course the children are screaming as they get giddy. we got there at 2pm and they were still running amuck at 6pm... of course crying loudly after falling etc etc

then the parents are in a discussion about how the establishment is 'kids friendly' and its great that they dont have to get their children to 'try and sit still all day'

i'm surprised the manager didn't turf us all out. it was shocking and I was embarrassed to be part of the party.

Tasden

eisenberg1 wrote: »

I put this on another thread last week, along the vein of parents letting their kids do whatever the fcuk they like in shops.

I observed a staff member approach the "mother|" and ask her to get her kid (3-4) to stop doing what he was doing, the mother looks staff member from head to toe, hands her phone to her buddy and says "here, mind dat" storms over and hauls kid kid by the arm and in very loud voice announces to all "shewer, all he was doin was bangin his head on the bleedin windah!"

They are the worst in shops! I hated working in retail because parents would expect the sales assistants to look after their kids, one shop I worked in led onto a main road and the amount of kids I had to stop running out the door. And if you don't look after the kids its not a case of "that'll teach em" its the kids that end up hurt and the parents don't even take responsibility for it.

czechlin

Overly protective parents annoy me, parents that don't care annoy me, parents who think that their children can do whatever they want (esp. in shops & restaurants) and give you the evil look when you disagree annoy me, parents that upload million photos of their children on Facebook (or any other social media for that matter) annoy me (esp. when they don't have their profiles set up as private), parents (in this case mothers) who dress their kids like their mini-mes (esp. when they themselves are sporting the trashy look) or those who think that the only colour a little girl can wear is pink... fcuk I always thought it was the kids, but it turns out that it's the parents! PARENTS COP ON!!! :eek:

*yeah yeah I know I'm heading for the door now

Wise Old Elf

^^
I'm going to pick up on the pink thing (and also agree with all of the above re: parents).

I have a little girl, she's our second child, so she sometimes wears hand me downs from her older brother (mostly trousers/jeans), but it seems that if she's not dressed in head to toe pink (pink dress, pink tights, pink hairband, pink nappy, pink f***ing everything) everyone will assume she's a boy. I'm not that bothered about them getting it wrong, but it's the assumption that all little girls must wear pink that bugs me.

Tasden

Disco Stuart wrote: »

^^
I'm going to pick up on the pink thing (and also agree with all of the above re: parents).

I have a little girl, she's our second child, so she sometimes wears hand me downs from her older brother (mostly trousers/jeans), but it seems that if she's not dressed in head to toe pink (pink dress, pink tights, pink hairband, pink nappy, pink f***ing everything) everyone will assume she's a boy. I'm not that bothered about them getting it wrong, but it's the assumption that all little girls must wear pink that bugs me.

When my girl was a baby I bought mainly boys clothes because they were cuter and more comfortable looking than the girls stuff, after constant comments about our "lovely boy" her dad tried to ban me from buying anymore boys stuff I bought her hair slides (she didn't even have enough hair to keep them in!) as a compromise and if anyone referred to her as a boy I'd point to the slides

czechlin

Disco Stuart wrote: »

^^
but it's the assumption that all little girls must wear pink that bugs me.

A friend of mine has a baby girl, cute little thing, I picked up a few clothing items for her when I went to visit and her words were: "That's so lovely and thank god it's not pink!" (eh well it should have been thank czechlin but never mind:D) She gets clothes from her sister in law who also has a girl and everything is pink, everything.

Now I have to say I was shocked when I went to the children's shop and realised two things: 1)at least 2/3 of stuff for girls is pink and 2)men are discriminated when it comes to fashion since an early age - all the boys clothes fitted into one corner while the rest of the shop was dedicated to girls and there weren't many colours too choose from either :pac:

Elmo

Tasden wrote: »

When my girl was a baby I bought mainly boys clothes because they were cuter and more comfortable looking than the girls stuff, after constant comments about our "lovely boy" her dad tried to ban me from buying anymore boys stuff I bought her hair slides (she didn't even have enough hair to keep them in!) as a compromise and if anyone referred to her as a boy I'd point to the slides

You should have said "we're not sure yet, we'll see if she/he wants hormone replacements, until then its a compromise. I always wanted a boy, fingers crossed".

Would you dress your son in pink?

There is too much pink for girls all right.

1)at least 2/3 of stuff for girls is pink and 2)men are discriminated when it comes to fashion since an early age - all the boys clothes fitted into one corner while the rest of the shop was dedicated to girls and there weren't many colours too choose from either

There is no discrimination against men. :rolleyes:

MagicIRL

When I clamber up the moving stairs of Dublin Bus only to squeeze myself into a communal bench for the duration of my journey. My beautul knees reduced to those of a peasant, scraping against the chair infront of me. If I'm very lucky, the person next to me will also sit on my coat for good measure and if the stars align, the ****ing thing will get so hot that the windows will fog and some arsehole will start to cough. Jesus I hate the ****ing bus.

The Luas, however, is class. I like trains.

OldNotWIse

People from a certain part of Ireland who cannot pronounce Account and end up attaching a profanity onto the end of "ac"

Tasden

Elmo wrote: »

You should have said "we're not sure yet, we'll see if she/he wants hormone replacements, until then its a compromise. I always wanted a boy, fingers crossed".

Would you dress your son in pink?

There is too much pink for girls all right.

If the item of clothing was nice then yeah I guess so, not mad on pink though. That's why I used to shop in the boys section, it usually has brighter colours like orange and yellow and lime green, and less glittery/scratchy ****. If I wouldn't put it on a girl then I wouldn't put it on a boy either.

FullblownRose

Parents that cant tell their children 'no, don't do that, because..blah blah'. Even when child is putting itself in danger or infringing on other peoples space and comfort or wrecking other peoples property. Perhaps if you told them why it's not a good idea they might learn something. Gah. I also hate people judging others parenting and know i am a big hypocrite in this instance.

Ihatecuddles

Gazumping. And ghost gazumping.

Just give me my f*cking house!!!!

GenieOz

mauzo! wrote: »

Gazumping. And ghost gazumping.

Just give me my f*cking house!!!!

You'll get your house when the squatters have been removed and the faecal matter has been cleaned!

Ihatecuddles

GenieOz wrote: »

You'll get your house when the squatters have been removed and the faecal matter has been cleaned!

The squatters and crap doesn't seem like such a big deal now at least we knew what was happening then!!

cletus van damme

when you ring a customer service line and the automated service makes you log in with your number and password.

god help you if you dont know and end up stuck in an automated loop with some robot scolding you.

then when you get through to somebody they don't have your details and you need to repeated the process

leaves me wondering why the initial hassle:mad:

Pumpkinseeds

Patchouli:mad::mad: There was a hippy dippy young wan on the bus this morning, she got on reeking of it and sat in front of me. I had to get up and move 3 seats back to get away from the stench of it, but I could still smell it. It's like an assault on the sinuses. It should've been left in the 70's where it belongs.

GAAman

czechlin wrote: »

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

I use chewing gum, the stronger the better. Airwaves is perfect, and use one piece per onion.

Pumpkinseeds

czechlin wrote: »

A friend of mine has a baby girl, cute little thing, I picked up a few clothing items for her when I went to visit and her words were: "That's so lovely and thank god it's not pink!" (eh well it should have been thank czechlin but never mind:D) She gets clothes from her sister in law who also has a girl and everything is pink, everything.

Now I have to say I was shocked when I went to the children's shop and realised two things: 1)at least 2/3 of stuff for girls is pink and 2)men are discriminated when it comes to fashion since an early age - all the boys clothes fitted into one corner while the rest of the shop was dedicated to girls and there weren't many colours too choose from either :pac:

We don't have kids, but when someone we know has a baby we always buy something like clothes for a 1 year old and never pink for a girl, I always hated pink when I was a child, still don't really like it and never wear it.

Vel

In relation to the whole parenting 'debate' I think it's fair to say that not every child of an overly protective parent is an angel and not every child of a more relaxed parent is a brat. There is a nice middle ground of parenting that all those with kids should strive for!

czechlin wrote: »

parents (in this case mothers) who dress their kids like their mini-mes (esp. when they themselves are sporting the trashy look) or those who think that the only colour a little girl can wear is pink...

THIS! Hate the mini-mes and hate pink on girls. There is another worrying development which I have started to notice,namely the proliferation of mini-me versions of the father. These mini-mes are generally forced to wear chinos, shirts and those sleeveless jumper things over the shirts. It's so fussy looking and the poor kids look awful. I could possibly excuse it for a special family event but generally I see these poor put upon kids dressed up like this on a day out at Dundrum Centre being dragged around by their sartorially challenged parents. And you can rest assured if there is a girl amongst this family she will be in a pink dress, with shiny fussy shoes and little ankle socks!

Elmo

cletus van damme wrote: »

when you ring a customer service line and the automated service makes you log in with your number and password.

god help you if you dont know and end up stuck in an automated loop with some robot scolding you.

then when you get through to somebody they don't have your details and you need to repeated the process

leaves me wondering why the initial hassle:mad:

Your in a queue but you don't know your in a queue because you getting everything ready to be in a queue.

keeponhurling

FullblownRose wrote: »

Parents that cant tell their children 'no, don't do that, because..blah blah'. Even when child is putting itself in danger or infringing on other peoples space and comfort or wrecking other peoples property. Perhaps if you told them why it's not a good idea they might learn something. Gah. I also hate people judging others parenting and know i am a big hypocrite in this instance.

This.

Except swap children for dogs.

keeponhurling

When you ring a customer service number, have to type in our account numbers and details "to save time", and when you do get through to somebody you have to give all this information again anyways.

I used to assume that if you have already given all your account details and name, you can go straight into what your query is.
Hate explaining stuff and then they say "OK, so what's your account number?".

I have to say " as per I have just inputted into your system when asked, it is...."

MagicIRL

When someone 'shares' one of these fake giveaway pages on Facebook.

I just got one now on my feed from Argos. Argos. Argos.

The full stop gives it away from the off-set! HOW DO PEOPLE NOT RECOGNIZE THESE THINGS?!

jessiejam

czechlin wrote: »

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

Put a wooden spoon in your mouth when cutting. works a treat. You will look like a weirdo but great if your wearing mascara

jessiejam

jessiejam wrote: »

Put a wooden spoon in your mouth when cutting. works a treat. You will look like a weirdo but great if your wearing mascara

Old wives tale/placebo effect

The enzyme that makes you tear up is concentrated in the root at the 'hairy' end of the unpeeled onion. When you peel the skin off, use the tip of the knife to poke out the little spear shaped roots at that end of the onion, and chop away.

No more enzymes, no more tears.

czechlin

GAAman wrote: »

I use chewing gum, the stronger the better. Airwaves is perfect, and use one piece per onion.

jessiejam wrote: »

Put a wooden spoon in your mouth when cutting. works a treat. You will look like a weirdo but great if your wearing mascara

Candie wrote: »

Old wives tale/placebo effect

The enzyme that makes you tear up is concentrated in the root at the 'hairy' end of the unpeeled onion. When you peel the skin off, use the tip of the knife to poke out the little spear shaped roots at that end of the onion, and chop away.

No more enzymes, no more tears.

I can't believe the onion thing is still going on, I should have created a thread for it!:eek:

I'll add all those to the remedy list and if I'll ever publish it you all will get mentioned in the thanks paragraph I shall never shed a tear again. Well wait, they don't work for a broken heart, do they? Nothing like this ails me at the moment but I prefer to be prepared...