Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

CrowdedHouse

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Or people who think water can cure any ailment or medical condition.

And if it's not water it's flat 7 Up

wazky

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

And if it's not water it's flat 7 Up

Or Lucozade, you could have a gangrenous foot and someone will suggest Lucozade.

CrowdedHouse

Rights Restrictions on the internet radio - "this program is not available due to rights restrictions"

This usually happens to me with BBC Radio 5 - for spite then I tune in to 909 Khz medium wave

LynnGrace

Wossack wrote: »

people in open plan offices who dial numbers without pickup up the handset, so it rings over the speakerphone. They just pick up the handset when the person at the other end answers. You are the worst of the worst, and my new world order mandates a swift and merciless death for all offenders

Agreed. I think we could fill a thread with open plan office stuff.
I used to sit near someone who sounded like she was on a one woman mission to knock the whole place down. Everything was crash, slam, wallop, bang, and that was just her sitting at her desk doing her everyday work.

LynnGrace

Double post.

JumpShivers

ATMs that have 'Out of Order' on the screen.

Of course there's no money in the ATM, but there's more you can do for example, check your bank balance or top up on phone credit.

:pac:

Paddy Cow

salacious crumb wrote: »

I just clicked on the boards valentine thingie, and it seems eisenberg and Czarcasm are my top two perfect matches. That's pretty annoying :pac:

What's the valentine thingie?

Ted_YNWA

Paddy Cow wrote: »

What's the valentine thingie?

here

Paddy Cow

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

here

Thanks.

Fred Swanson

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Daveysil15

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Yeah how the feck do they work?

GenieOz

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Yeah how the feck do they work?

Clue is in the name I reckon.

Captain Chaos

JumpShivers wrote: »

ATMs that have 'Out of Order' on the screen.

Of course there's no money in the ATM, but there's more you can do for example, check your bank balance or top up on phone credit.

:pac:

Usually when it says out of order some idiot has their card stuck in the machine as they have entering in the wrong pin 3 times.

castletownman

wazky wrote: »

Or Lucozade, you could have a gangrenous foot and someone will suggest Lucozade.

Is there anything to be said for saying another mass?

Oops69

The county Clare (or possibly other counties as well ) expression "he's gone fierce shook looking" , over heard this at a funeral as I walked by , think they were talking about me now ! I'm doomed:eek:

Vel

Receptionists in doctor's offices. Never have I encountered such rude, miserable, passive aggressive, jumped up, obstructive, difficult people. Masters of the withering look, the curt phone call and making you feel that you are the scum of the earth for making them engage with you. I exaggerate somewhat but really, they are in general a bunch of rude ****s with seemingly massive chips on their shoulders who appear to hate their jobs.

gramar

MultiUmm wrote: »

Brown paper bags. The way they feel when they rub on your skin is horrible, always hated them since a young age.

Wet hand towels. Eugh.

Leaving milk or butter out on the table and not putting it back into the fridge.

When people cough or sneeze on the bus and don't bother to cover their mouths. Please, I don't need to inhale your germs.

The price of alcohol in this country.

The missus is a hoor for this and not folding down the cereal bag or the bread bag. These are perishable goods woman that taste better fresh!

osarusan

If my office door is open when you arrive, leave it open when you leave. If it's closed when you arrive, close it when you leave.

Can't be too hard to understand, surely?

OldNotWIse

This is probably Boards suicide but anyway. It annoys me when people plaster their facebook walls with warnings about rapists who have been spotted in certain areas (and indeed when papers do it too). I know they are the scum of the earth and if I am honest I dont believe in rehabilitation but legally, when they have served their sentence, they are entitled to a peaceful existence the same as the rest of society. It may leave a bad taste in the mouth of those who want capital punishment/longer sentences/chemical castration etc but this kind of vigilante stalking and hysterics just does my head in to be honest.

GenieOz

OldNotWIse wrote: »

This is probably Boards suicide but anyway. It annoys me when people plaster their facebook walls with warnings about rapists who have been spotted in certain areas (and indeed when papers do it too). I know they are the scum of the earth and if I am honest I dont believe in rehabilitation but legally, when they have served their sentence, they are entitled to a peaceful existence the same as the rest of society. It may leave a bad taste in the mouth of those who want capital punishment/longer sentences/chemical castration etc but this kind of vigilante stalking and hysterics just does my head in to be honest.

Legally and logically aren't always co existent though.
I'd never share the stories or pictures myself as it's usually fear mongering but I cannot blame people who do. No one wants that kind of person living near them, and seeing as you don't believe in rehabilitation I have to assume you wouldn't want them near you either.

gramar

OldNotWIse wrote: »

This is probably Boards suicide but anyway. It annoys me when people plaster their facebook walls with warnings about rapists who have been spotted in certain areas (and indeed when papers do it too). I know they are the scum of the earth and if I am honest I dont believe in rehabilitation but legally, when they have served their sentence, they are entitled to a peaceful existence the same as the rest of society. It may leave a bad taste in the mouth of those who want capital punishment/longer sentences/chemical castration etc but this kind of vigilante stalking and hysterics just does my head in to be honest.

BAN HER!!!!!!!!! GTFO!!!!!!!!!! LOCK HER UP!!!!! rabble rabble

OldNotWIse

GenieOz wrote: »

Legally and logically aren't always co existent though.
I'd never share the stories or pictures myself as it's usually fear mongering but I cannot blame people who do. No one wants that kind of person living near them, and seeing as you don't believe in rehabilitation I have to assume you wouldn't want them near you either.

You haven't met my neighbours Seriously, of course I wouldn't want them living next door, but the annoyance stems from the way people act as if they have a right to know, and they dont. Now, whether you agree with that or not is a different issue, and certainly one that could probably have its own thread. I know that legally and logically dont always co-exist, but just because they might conflict on a subjective level, is not justification for a mob mentality/hysterical scare mongering.

OldNotWIse

gramar wrote: »

BAN HER!!!!!!!!! GTFO!!!!!!!!!! LOCK HER UP!!!!! rabble rabble

Yuo forgot your pitchfork :P

Czarcasm

OldNotWIse wrote: »

this kind of vigilante stalking and hysterics just does my head in to be honest.

OldNotWIse wrote: »

justification for a mob mentality/hysterical scare mongering.

This thing of a spate of "white van" stories going around on social media is what I can't stand tbh. The scaremongering and the whole idea that they have to be "first" with the "news" and "I know something you don't" idiots.

Cry wolf syndrome.

gramar

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Yuo forgot your pitchfork :P

I call for the witch float test to be done.

Tzardine

Irish people that follow an English football club. Why does somebody from Dublin or Tralee choose to support a team in Manchester ?? I dont get it.

One argument is that the Irish leagues are crap / underfunded blah blah blah. Well maybe if you spend €60 on a local football jersey instead of one from England and went to a few of their games instead of flying across to the UK the teams / league would have more money and could improve the stadiums , training grounds etc etc .

/rant

gramar

There was a notorius and unrepentent rapist and murderer released in Spain a few months back. About a week later there were reports spreading like wildfire that he was on the loose and had tried to grab a teenage girl in the city where I live which is also where one of his attacks took place. Internet messages were rife warning people not to go out alone or stay in etc.

In actual fact it was some loon who had went walkabout from the psychiactric hospital and was wandering naked aorund the streets.

OldNotWIse

gramar wrote: »

There was a notorius and unrepentent rapist and murderer released in Spain a few months back. About a week later there were reports spreading like wildfire that he was on the loose and had tried to grab a teenage girl in the city where I live which is also where one of his attacks took place. Internet messages were rife warning people not to go out alone or stay in etc.

In actual fact it was some loon who had went walkabout from the psychiactric hospital and was wandering naked aorund the streets.

There have also been a number of unfortunate uncidents (in the UK as far as I can recall) of mistaken identity combined with collective public stupidity that led to innocent men being hounded.

whiskeyman

OldNotWIse wrote: »

There have also been a number of unfortunate uncidents (in the UK as far as I can recall) of mistaken identity combined with collective public stupidity that led to innocent men being hounded.

This was the best one I remember:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/30/childprotection.society

salacious crumb

Czarcasm wrote: »

This thing of a spate of "white van" stories going around on social media is what I can't stand tbh. The scaremongering and the whole idea that they have to be "first" with the "news" and "I know something you don't" idiots.

Cry wolf syndrome.

Couple of years back I overheard my nieces and their friends (7/8 year olds) playing a game along the gist of... you be the man in the white van and try to abduct us.

WTF?