Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

jimgoose

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Buses (5 to be precise) driving past on a wet morning because they are full of fat fuuckers who have been on them half the morning. Fuucking insanely annoying :( Get off and let me on b*stards.

At this stage whenever I see a post from you about buses I picture Captain Ahab in his little boat, aiming a harpoon at Moby Dick. "To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee!" :D:D

eisenberg1

jimgoose wrote: »

At this stage whenever I see a post from you about buses I picture Captain Ahab in his little boat, aiming a harpoon at Moby Dick. "To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee!" :D:D

I see it more like Sly Stallone in Rambo, where he lets rip with M60:D

Vel

The fact that it is STILL January - aseemingly never-ending month with so little going for it!

Khannie

Ladies who don't get their purse out at the till until they've been told how much their purchases come to.

Anyone who does similar at the ATM.

eisenberg1

The ****e that RTE try to pass off as comedy, last night there was some crap show with that Delemere guy, about as funny as the clap, panel is either past it or never will be's, they spent the whole time laughing at each other, that show is followed by some other crap with PJ Gallagher in it, doing exact same thing as he did in a show (was funny first time) last year. What really pissed me off was RTE listing for Sunday night, the showing of "Mean Streets", could be argued this is the best film by Scorcese, with DeNiro at his best.....no such luck, its a program about road rage, ROAD RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

krudler

Khannie wrote: »

Ladies who don't get their purse out at the till until they've been told how much their purchases come to.

Anyone who does similar at the ATM.

Or ould wans who pay for whatever it is at the checkout and then spend 5 minutes rearranging their purse instead of getting the fcuk out of the way. Gawking at reciepts and old bingo cards, move!

Paddy Cow

The amount of broken glass on the roads in Galway. I cycle and had four punctures in the space of two weeks. It's a fecking joke.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

Khannie wrote: »

Ladies who don't get their purse out at the till until they've been told how much their purchases come to.

Anyone who does similar at the ATM.

Also people who wait until they're on the bus before they start rooting for their card or fare.

OldNotWIse

Aleah Stocky Melon wrote: »

Also people who wait until they're on the bus before they start rooting for their card or fare.

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

deise08

People who stand and wait while their shopping is being scanned. Leaving it all build up at the bottom of the checkout, don't even attempt to pack until after they pay or leave it to the girl to pack

Khannie

Paddy Cow wrote: »

The amount of broken glass on the roads in Galway. I cycle and had four punctures in the space of two weeks. It's a fecking joke.

Allow me to introduce you to the best tyre in the universe. Not one flat since I got them.

http://www.schwalbetires.com/node/943

c68zapdsm5i1ru

People who stand around smiling gormlessly and saying 'ah don't worry. He won't hurt you' as their dog leaps around you, barking and frightening the life out of you.

Dr Robotnik

Khannie wrote: »

Ladies who don't get their purse out at the till until they've been told how much their purchases come to.

Anyone who does similar at the ATM.

"How much is that?"
"€17.56"
"€17.56...€17.56...Here's €20....Oh wait, I think I have it in change....There's a €10...a €5....what did you say, €17.36?"
"€17.56"
"Oh no, hang on give me that back...here's a €20"

Similarly, anyone who waits until they get their change back before asking for a scratch-card, smokes, or a plastic bag is pure evil.

salacious crumb

Aleah Stocky Melon wrote: »

People who stand around smiling gormlessly and saying 'ah don't worry. He won't hurt you' as their dog leaps around you, barking and frightening the life out of you.

This happened me a few weeks ago, I was walking in the back way to my estate, some woman was out with her f*cking pit bull off it's leash and I see the thing running straight at me. Nearly shat myself.

Fortunately it was fairly friendly, but ya know... late at night and a pit bull running at you is not a very nice experience.

OldNotWIse

Aleah Stocky Melon wrote: »

People who stand around smiling gormlessly and saying 'ah don't worry. He won't hurt you' as their dog leaps around you, barking and frightening the life out of you.

The other side of that coin is parents who insist that their child practically molests your dog. "Ah go on Johnny, pet the bow-wow, look at the bow-wooooooooooow! Can he touch the bow-wow can he?!!" like my dog is a bleedin mobile petting zoo or something. Kid comes over all arms and legs and shrieking and scaring the sh1t out of my dog. Cue me holding the dog in the air shouting a request to call your child the fuuck off :rolleyes:

Frigga_92

deise08 wrote: »

People who stand and wait while their shopping is being scanned. Leaving it all build up at the bottom of the checkout, don't even attempt to pack until after they pay or leave it to the girl to pack

I was in Tesco coming up to Christmas and there was an older lady, seemed a bit snooty, ahead of me in the queue chatting on her mobile. The checkout girl scanned through everything and then gave her the total, the woman handed over the money without even looking at the checkout girl. She then asked for "some of those heavy bags" and the girl put them up on the checkout and the woman said "you can pack them now". I wanted to smack her in the back of the head.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

People who hover between two queues at the checkout until they suss which one is going to move quicker, glaring at anyone who joins either of the two queues as if they're the ones skipping. If you say to them 'excuse me, are you in the queue"? before joining, you get an annoyed look before they deign to choose one queue or the other.

Vel

Vel wrote: »

The new guy in work who arrives back from lunch every day and gives me a blow by blow account of where he went, what he ate, how much it cost and whether he liked it or not. And then in turn he wants a blow by blow account of my dining experience.

He arrives in this morning, sits down and within five minutes is talking to me about lunch options. He's just back now and I've had the lowdown on where he went, what he had and how much it cost. I even know how thick the bread was in his sandwich and that he decided not to have butter today.

Please. Send. Help

Czarcasm

Damned back spasm or whatever the hell it is that when I sneezed there it forced me to drop to my knees screaming, like somebody jabbing a cattle prod in my lower back! :mad:

eisenberg1

Czarcasm wrote: »

Damned back spasm or whatever the hell it is that when I sneezed there it forced me to drop to my knees screaming, like somebody jabbing a cattle prod in my lower back! :mad:

I can get you a gig with a James Brown tribute band:D

BBDBB

eisenberg1 wrote: »

I can get you a gig with a James Brown tribute band:D

he doesn't feel good, ow!

Czarcasm

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Probably the same people that when you're on the ground in pain, the first question they think to ask is -

"Are you awwwlllright?"

What I wouldn't have given at that moment to be able to reach for a stapler, but no, the passive aggressive in me came out -

"I'm... grand"

homemadecider

Vel wrote: »

He arrives in this morning, sits down and within five minutes is talking to me about lunch options. He's just back now and I've had the lowdown on where he went, what he had and how much it cost. I even know how thick the bread was in his sandwich and that he decided not to have butter today.

Please. Send. Help

Headphones. You need headphones.

czechlin

homemadecider wrote: »

Headphones. You need headphones.

Or duct-tape. Let the bastard starve and keep him quiet... :eek:

I hate the way non-thinking Americanisms are creeping into our language at an exponential rate.

The current trend on radio advertising is to talk about "stores" when what they really mean is "shops".

Don't get me wrong, I'm guilty of the odd Americanism myself, and some of them are very descriptive and useful (e.g. the saying, 'don't even go there' used to annoy me but actually it's a succinct way of warding somebody off a potentially ruinous conversation).

But radio advertisers have plenty of time to edit, re-play and refine their messages, and there is simply no reason in the world to call shops "stores". It's not more helpful, more descriptive or fancier sounding, it's just brainless.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

Deleted User wrote: »

I hate the way non-thinking Americanisms are creeping into our language at an exponential rate.

The current trend on radio advertising is to talk about "stores" when what they really mean is "shops".

Don't get me wrong, I'm guilty of the odd Americanism myself, and some of them are very descriptive and useful (e.g. the saying, 'don't even go there' used to annoy me but actually it's a succinct way of warding somebody off a potentially ruinous conversation).

But radio advertisers have plenty of time to edit, re-play and refine their messages, and there is simply no reason in the world to call shops "stores". It's not more helpful, more descriptive or fancier sounding, it's just brainless.

Or 'playdate'?? When did kids stop simply calling over to their friends to play and start making 'dates' to do so?

gramar

Deleted User wrote: »

I hate the way non-thinking Americanisms are creeping into our language at an exponential rate.

The current trend on radio advertising is to talk about "stores" when what they really mean is "shops".

Don't get me wrong, I'm guilty of the odd Americanism myself, and some of them are very descriptive and useful (e.g. the saying, 'don't even go there' used to annoy me but actually it's a succinct way of warding somebody off a potentially ruinous conversation).

But radio advertisers have plenty of time to edit, re-play and refine their messages, and there is simply no reason in the world to call shops "stores". It's not more helpful, more descriptive or fancier sounding, it's just brainless.

Yeah but...Dunnes Shops?

Dr Robotnik

gramar wrote: »

Yeah but...Dunnes Shops?

Homestore and More would be in a bit of trouble.

Homeshop and Mops?

SamAK

Deleted User wrote: »

I hate the way non-thinking Americanisms are creeping into our language at an exponential rate.

If journalists and the like start saying 'X, Y and Z happened Toozday' insted of X, Y and Z happened ON Tuesday I will genuinely lose all hope for the English language.

OldNotWIse

Aleah Stocky Melon wrote: »

Or 'playdate'?? When did kids stop simply calling over to their friends to play and start making 'dates' to do so?

Probably when it became too dangerous for kids to wander around neighbourhoods and randomly drop into friends houses without mentioning where they were going. Parents have to know where their kids are all the time now. Actually...no scrap that, it is a really annoying term, though I will shamefully admit we organise those...for our dog :D