Trivial things that annoy you Part 43

Czarcasm

Hotfail.com wrote: »

I imagine it's because they'd get in trouble with revenue if someone spread a rumour that that tesco was letting them go for free. It is a tax after all :rolleyes:

Trivial thing that annoys me: The "solve a problem" taxes.

I'm rarely on the desktop site to see it, but that's some sig you've got there hotfail!

BeerSteakBirds

Faux Socialist wrote: »

It defeats the purpose of having self service check outs.

9 times out of 10 a member of staff is required to stop the machine from complaining about something trivial. They have a long way to go before its truly self service.

Hotfail.com

Czarcasm wrote: »

I'm rarely on the desktop site to see it, but that's some sig you've got there hotfail!

Not... sure... if... sarcastic.........

BeerSteakBirds

At some cafe or function where only those creamers in a capsule are available when I would give my right arm for a splash of proper milk in my coffee. Creamer carnage of about 30 creamer containers opened . 1 small drop of milk = about 50 of those useless things.

whirlpool

Mr_Spaceman wrote: »

The absolute faff attack of having to crowbar a double duvet into its cover.

I really should have nailed this rigmarole by now but it always seems to take me about ten minutes to get it all just right.

My double duvet doesn't even fit into my double duvet cover! :mad::mad::mad:

The absolute worst is when it's bed time and you're knackered and you forgot that you washed your bedsheets today and still have to make your bed.

Hotfail.com

whirlpool wrote: »

The absolute worst is when it's bed time and you're knackered and you forgot that you washed your bedsheets today and still have to make your bed.

Times like that are what couches were made for.

whirlpool

Hotfail.com wrote: »

Times like that are what couches were made for.

The couch in my living room is so comfortable that I've chosen it over the bed on occasion! (Even though I wasn't drunk and my bed was made!)

Hotfail.com

whirlpool wrote: »

The couch in my living room is so comfortable that I've chosen it over the bed on occasion! (Even though I wasn't drunk and my bed was made!)

Sleeping on the couch is great

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

You guys are weirdos!! Hate sleeping on the couch, can't starfish yourself out like you can in bed! Also, I don't like waking up in the living room the next morning. Bed is the best place

Hotfail.com

LexieOnRale wrote: »

You guys are weirdos!! Hate sleeping on the couch, can't starfish yourself out like you can in bed! Also, I don't like waking up in the living room the next morning. Bed is the best place

Nothing beats sleeping on the couch after a load of chipper food and a decent few episodes of a TV show.

Lyaiera

Speaking of sleeping on couches, a trivial thing that annoys me not knowing where I'd get a good blanket. If anyone wants to help me on that they would be doing away with a trivial annoyance.

Ihatecuddles

Penneys have great fleece blankets. ikea have great big knit ones that are so warm and cosy.

I can't sleep on the couch, so uncomfortable

Lyaiera

Lyaiera wrote: »

Speaking of sleeping on couches, a trivial thing that annoys me not knowing where I'd get a good blanket. If anyone wants to help me on that they would be doing away with a trivial annoyance.

TJ Maxx. All kinds of comforters and blankets and throws, in all kinds of fabrics and blends.

And Ikea, as Mauzo says.

Mickey H

Candie wrote: »

TJ Maxx. All kinds of comforters and blankets and throws, in all kinds of fabrics and blends.

And Ikea, as Mauzo says.

Is that TK Maxx's brother?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Tj maxx is what it's called in America afaik

CrowdedHouse

In the kitchen I seem to be one socket short for the appliances I use regularly-plug out kettle, plug in toaster, go to use kettle no power cos toaster is still plugged in - very annoying

Pumpkinseeds

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

In the kitchen I seem to be one socket short for the appliances I use regularly-plug out kettle, plug in toaster, go to use kettle no power cos toaster is still plugged in - very annoying

You need a double socket plug. We have 1 in the kitchen. They're only a couple of euro in any hardware shop. End of problem.

Pumpkinseeds

People who post everything on Facebook. Saw a guy proposing to his girlfriend. Either he got someone to take pics while he did it or they posed after the proposal so they could get pics for Facebook. They also posted his exact proposal words, least romantic proposal ever. I won't say what it was as I don't want to identify them. I was going to say I didn't want to embarass them but they're generation O, so nothing embarrasses them.

Frigga_92

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

People who post everything on Facebook. Saw a guy proposing to his girlfriend. Either he got someone to take pics while he did it or they posed after the proposal so they could get pics for Facebook. They also posted his exact proposal words, least romantic proposal ever. I won't say what it was as I don't want to identify them. I was going to say I didn't want to embarass them but they're generation O, so nothing embarrasses them.

Is that not the sort of thing you keep to yourself? I've only told a couple of my very close friends how my husband proposed. I think it's a really private thing.

Frigga_92

People with kids who use them as an excuse for everything.
I work with 3 women who all have kids. Since the kids went back to school on Monday they have been (a) late every morning by at least 10 minutes "because of the school run" and (b) non-stop talking about the kids in school. (b) is very boring but (a) irritates me because I'm in on time every morning (I'm actually usually 5-10 mins early but the work day doesn't start until 9am so my boss doesn't care about that) and I like to leave on time every evening but it regularly gets thrown at me that "Well X has kids and she has managed to stay back a few minutes in the evening to help out", THAT'S BECAUSE X IS ALWAYS BLOODY LATE, TOO FECKIN RIGHT SHE SHOULD STAY BACK IN THE EVENING!!

MsBubbles

Stupid banks my wages didn't go into my account today

OldNotWIse

26sdrawkcab wrote: »

People with kids who use them as an excuse for everything.
I work with 3 women who all have kids. Since the kids went back to school on Monday they have been (a) late every morning by at least 10 minutes "because of the school run" and (b) non-stop talking about the kids in school. (b) is very boring but (a) irritates me because I'm in on time every morning (I'm actually usually 5-10 mins early but the work day doesn't start until 9am so my boss doesn't care about that) and I like to leave on time every evening but it regularly gets thrown at me that "Well X has kids and she has managed to stay back a few minutes in the evening to help out", THAT'S BECAUSE X IS ALWAYS BLOODY LATE, TOO FECKIN RIGHT SHE SHOULD STAY BACK IN THE EVENING!!

Maddening. Expecting privilege because they've carried out a perfectly normal bodily function that half the world has also done. Wonder if a bowel movement will get me off the hook early on Friday afternoon.

Lyaiera

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Maddening. Expecting privilege because they've carried out a perfectly normal bodily function that half the world has also done. Wonder if a bowel movement will get me off the hook early on Friday afternoon.

You have a weird view of biology if you think driving kids to school is a bodily function. And a weird view of statistics if you think half the world has done it.

Maximus Alexander

Lyaiera wrote: »

You have a weird view of biology if you think driving kids to school is a bodily function. And a weird view of statistics if you think half the world has done it.

I believe the point was that having kids is a pretty normal bodily function, and most people manage to pull it off without it causing them to be perpetually late for work.

The bowel movement analogy sort of works because, if I was consistently 10 minutes late for work and I explained to the boss "it takes me a particularly long time to take a dump in the morning" he'd rightly ask "why can't you get up earlier to take your dump and be on time? Nobody else seems to be late, and we all take dumps".

OldNotWIse

Lyaiera wrote: »

You have a weird view of biology if you think driving kids to school is a bodily function. And a weird view of statistics if you think half the world has done it.

You have a weird view of the meaning of a thread called "Trivial things that annoy you" if you jump on the defence because someone posts about something trivial that annoys them. The bodily function was a reference to the act of procreation, you know - letting someone shoot their beans up your muff and then popping out a mini me after 40 weeks - not the school run, although that's fúcking trivially annoying too when you get stuck in traffic because all the obese little darlings are being ferried practically to their desks in case they wear down the soles of their feet walking there.

OldNotWIse

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I believe the point was that having kids is a pretty normal bodily function, and most people manage to pull it off without it causing them to be perpetually late for work.

The bowel movement analogy sort of works because, if I was consistently 10 minutes late for work and I explained to the boss "it takes me a particularly long time to take a dump in the morning" he'd rightly ask "why can't you get up earlier to take your dump and be on time? Nobody else seems to be late, and we all take dumps".

I love when a thread goes to sh1t so early in the day :P

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

HAHAHAHA I love your posts oldnotwise!!

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

It's annoying when anytime I call a friend she cuts the call off and replies with a "what's up?". Then when she calls me and I reject the call and text her saying I can't talk it's 20 questions. "What are you doing?" "Answer for a minute" "what's wrong with you?"


Agh!! Nothing's wrong I'm just busy is all. Surely you'd understand that since you're busy every single time I call you

eisenberg1

Czarcasm wrote: »

^^
It does remind me of an annoyance of mine - people who when I mention the above will give me all sorts of funny looks before they tell me "travel broadens the mind". It clearly hasn't worked in their case.

I was at a wedding a few years back, and got stuck with a youngish guy who had "done" all of Europe, "done" Asia, "done" north, central and south America yada yada ( in short, a bore) and an older man, WC Fields type, who had "been around a bit". Anytime we mentioned any country, the younger guy would jump in with "And have you been?", for a lot of places, my answer was "No", and he would then ask, "But how do know X about it, or where it is?". I replied with "Well, I read a book from time to time".

The older guy chips in with "Ah yes, sonny, sometimes, travel narrows the mind. Too true in a lot of cases.

honeygirl

So called friends who don't answer texts or return calls and only get in touch when they want to.