Not The Annoyingly Trivial Things-Bitches be cray cray week.

Wanderer2010 · 11-06-2017 05:55PM

Couples on planes who act in horror when they find out they aren't seated next to each other. FFS, if its that important to you then select your seats when you are booking the flight. I have never understood the sheer terror on the faces of couples who may be- oh the humanity- separated on short flights of just an hour or so.
You slept with each other, spent all day together and will no doubt spend the rest of their lives together, and they cant spend 60 minutes apart??? Absolutely pathetic.

whoopsadoodles · 11-06-2017 06:00PM

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Couples on planes who act in horror when they find out they aren't seated next to each other. FFS, if its that important to you then select your seats when you are booking the flight. I have never understood the sheer terror on the faces of couples who may be- oh the humanity- separated on short flights of just an hour or so.
You slept with each other, spent all day together and will no doubt spend the rest of their lives together, and they cant spend 60 minutes apart??? Absolutely pathetic.

Was just talking about this earlier, my Dad was telling me that a couple went nuts because their child (who had autism) was a good bit away from either of them on the plane. Ryanair flight.

I've zero sympathy for that carry on, your child is your responsibility. If you feel your child needs to be beside you then you take the steps to ensure that happens.

Widdershins · 11-06-2017 06:02PM

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Was just talking about this earlier, my Dad was telling me that a couple went nuts because their child (who had autism) was a good bit away from either of them on the plane. Ryanair flight.

I've zero sympathy for that carry on, your child is your responsibility. If you feel your child needs to be beside you then you take the steps to ensure that happens.

Could one of them not have sat with the child...also, as other poster said..pre-book the seats. Parents of autistic children are usually far better organised and used to planning ahead than that, in my experience.

My Ta

Involuntarily celibacy, even if only for the rest of the week. It doesn't suit me, it makes me hyper and strange and overly intense with people.

whoopsadoodles · 11-06-2017 06:05PM

Widdershins wrote: »

Could one of them not have sat with the child...also, as other poster said..pre-book the seats. Parents of autistic children are usually far better organised and used to planning ahead than that, in my experience.

None of them were together.

And yeh exactly, book seats if you need to be together.

Bredabe · 11-06-2017 06:30PM

The boss I work for this week, has scheduled me on with the one person I cant find midground with,she's deaf as and on probation cause ppl got sick of her smacking biro's out of their hands, so she could use them. For my sanity a year ago I gave up talking to her on our forced to share breaks, but she keeps asking me questions. So roll on a week of headaches as she roars down the phone, paranoia as she tries to blame "The culchie" for everything that she does wrong, bruses from her grabbing things out of my hand as "Its handier than going to the top room for supplies". :eek::eek:

Wanderer2010 · 11-06-2017 06:42PM

Bredabe wrote: »

The boss I work for this week, has scheduled me on with the one person I cant find midground with,she's deaf as and on probation cause ppl got sick of her smacking biro's out of their hands, so she could use them. For my sanity a year ago I gave up talking to her on our forced to share breaks, but she keeps asking me questions. So roll on a week of headaches as she roars down the phone, paranoia as she tries to blame "The culchie" for everything that she does wrong, bruses from her grabbing things out of my hand as "Its handier than going to the top room for supplies". :eek::eek:

Wow, I wouldn't be putting up with that grabbing, its bullsh!t. Next time she does it, make a big drama of it and pretend it nearly took your eye out as she grabs it, then get thick with her, like "be careful when taking things will you, you nearly stabbed me in the eye", that should do the trick.

Bredabe · 11-06-2017 06:51PM

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Wow, I wouldn't be putting up with that grabbing, its bullsh!t. Next time she does it, make a big drama of it and pretend it nearly took your eye out as she grabs it, then get thick with her, like "be careful when taking things will you, you nearly stabbed me in the eye", that should do the trick.

She's one of those ppl who gets away with anything, she's already been fired, sued for reinstatement and got compensation, nothing anything has done has made her decide to leave. I would assume she is sleeping with the boss boss, but ewwww!

TA'ed Ppl explaining to me the one way system in operation around sib's house, cause of the big game today. They must think that I learned nothing in my over 20 years living within sneezing distance of croker.

RayM · 11-06-2017 06:58PM

Large cycling events being held on public roads. The Wicklow 200 was on today and one particular 'Middle-Aged Man in Lycra' owes his life (or at least the use of his limbs) to the fact that my car has decent brakes. And then he had the cheek to shout something at me (dunno what, but it definitely wasn't "sorry"), as though I was somehow supposed to yield to him.

LadyMacBeth_ · 11-06-2017 07:01PM

I binge-watched Orange is the New Black over the weekend and now I don't know what to do with myself because it's over. TA'd that I binge on everything that I like, no willpower at all.

Widdershins · 11-06-2017 07:31PM

Cyclists 2 or more abreast and lines of people on horseback are the scourges of these roads.

I've done the binge watching except with books. I ordered a stack of them and I meant to keep them for the hospital stay but I can't stop eating into them.

Grayson · 11-06-2017 07:36PM

I ran out of sugar last week so I had to use artificial sweetener in my coffee. For three days I kept forgetting to buy sugar when I walked past a shop. That made it just a bit more annoying every time I had to use sweetener.

AndrewJRenko · 11-06-2017 07:41PM

Widdershins wrote: »

Cyclists 2 or more abreast and lines of people on horseback are the scourges of these roads.

Scourge? Really?

The cyclists are still taking up a lot less space than all the metal cages with four empty seats around them.

Widdershins · 11-06-2017 07:48PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Scourge? Really?

The cyclists are still taking up a lot less space than all the metal cages with four empty seats around them.

It's the nature of the roads, and the difference between their speed compared to drivers' speed. They are not in a hurry, not if they're cycling for pleasure, but we need to get where we are going and end up crawling behind them on winding roads. And the worst one is when they wave you on to overtake just as you're coming into a bend. They can barely see if it's clear and I'm certainly not going to take their word for it. Not on a bend.

One or two cyclists here and there, not so much of a problem.

gctest50 · 11-06-2017 08:17PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Scourge? Really?

The cyclists are still taking up a lot less space than all the metal cages with four empty seats around them.

If you give a two cyclists a safe amount of room, they take up as much space as a small car

sunnysoutheast · 11-06-2017 08:31PM

On the plane theme, people who have spent two hours plus in an airport with toilets literally everywhere, and as soon as the seatbelt sign goes off on a 30 minute hop over the Irish Sea they start queuing for the toilet.

sunnysoutheast · 11-06-2017 08:37PM

Another one. Friends of ours live in a bungalow on a plot of about 1 acre with a massive driveway. For some reason when they get back to the house they park like cops arriving at a stakeout. It's not unusual for us to be sitting in their kitchen and junior will come in and ask his mother to move her car as she's blocked him in.

AndrewJRenko · 11-06-2017 08:44PM

gctest50 wrote: »

If you give a two cyclists a safe amount of room, they take up as much space as a small car

Yeah, a small car - not two small cars with eight empty seats around them, as is usually the case.

Widdershins wrote: »

It's the nature of the roads, and the difference between their speed compared to drivers' speed. They are not in a hurry, not if they're cycling for pleasure, but we need to get where we are going and end up crawling behind them on winding roads. And the worst one is when they wave you on to overtake just as you're coming into a bend. They can barely see if it's clear and I'm certainly not going to take their word for it. Not on a bend.

One or two cyclists here and there, not so much of a problem.

Sorry, but how do you get to judge what people are using the roads for? Unless it happens to be your private road, you don't get to make flaky assumptions about who is 'out for leisure' or who is going to work or who is going to mind their sick relative or whatever. The roads are open for everyone, regardless of what they are doing and where they are going. Get over your inflated sense of self-entitlement that makes your journey more important than anyone else's.

When I'm cycling in heavy traffic, I frequently get stuck behind cars who don't move over to let me through - cars that take up vastly more space on the road in proportion to the number of passengers carried. But I don't throw a hissy fit. I wait until I get a safe place to pass and I pass. I spend a lot more time stuck behind cars than cars spend stuck behind me - but that's the way it goes unless I can afford my own private road.

Widdershins · 11-06-2017 08:46PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Yeah, a small car - not two small cars with eight empty seats around them, as is usually the case.

Sorry, but how do you get to judge what people are using the roads for? Unless it happens to be your private road, you don't get to make flaky assumptions about who is 'out for leisure' or who is going to work or who is going to mind their sick relative or whatever. The roads are open for everyone, regardless of what they are doing and where they are going. Get over your inflated sense of self-entitlement that makes your journey more important than anyone else's.

When I'm cycling in heavy traffic, I frequently get stuck behind cars who don't move over to let me through - cars that take up vastly more space on the road in proportion to the number of passengers carried. But I don't throw a hissy fit. I wait until I get a safe place to pass and I pass. I spend a lot more time stuck behind cars than cars spend stuck behind me - but that's the way it goes unless I can afford my own private road.

A hissy fit? I'm a polite driver, thanks.

They are unlikely to be cycling to work on some of the roads here. Thirty miles to a town. And at the times of day I see them...

I think it was a logical assumption to think that they're not in a hurry because of the above and the fact that they're cycling at a slow, leisurely pace.

AndrewJRenko · 11-06-2017 08:56PM

Widdershins wrote: »

They are unlikely to be cycling to work on some of the roads here. Thirty miles to a town. And at the times of day I see them...

And where do you be going that does be so important on these roads and times of day that people do be unlikely to be travelling to work?

Widdershins · 11-06-2017 09:00PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

And where do you be going that does be so important on these roads and times of day that people do be unlikely to be travelling to work?

It's the nature of my work that means I am likely to be driving during the day, and I have to attend personal appointments too.

Incidentally, I don't speed to get where I'm going.

Ulysses Gaze · 11-06-2017 09:00PM

People waiting for a bus for 10 /15 minutes who then have to fish around to get either their Leap card or correct change out.

You had the time when you were waiting...

retro:electro · 11-06-2017 09:02PM

Was watching The Chase there and so many times a contestant said they didn't know an answer but would take "an educated guess", but they don't actually have any rational or reason behind their guess. That's not an educated guess that's just a guess.

whoopsadoodles · 11-06-2017 09:11PM

Ffs. The TA thread taken over by cyclist v driver shyte.

That's a TA.

kerryked · 11-06-2017 09:21PM

Getting feelings of uneasiness at random stages over the weekend, partly out of boredom.

Need to get a hobby

AndrewJRenko · 11-06-2017 09:23PM

Widdershins wrote: »

It's the nature of my work that means I am likely to be driving during the day, and I have to attend personal appointments too.

Incidentally, I don't speed to get where I'm going.

Right, but none of the cyclists on the road have work of this nature, or have to attend to personal appointments, no?

When I'm coming home from work tomorrow on my bike, can I pick out all the motorists who are out 'for leisure' or heading to/from the gym or their football match or heading to see family and get them to move over, because my work is more important?

Colser · 11-06-2017 09:25PM

People who can't let things go .ffs

greencap · 11-06-2017 09:42PM

Songs with too long intros.

And the hipsterness involved therewithin.

heart felt emotion and epic atmosphere tends to go off after 5 minutes.

KERSPLAT! · 11-06-2017 09:44PM

Mod

Lads, give the driver v cyclist crap a rest please, it's not for this thread. Take it to cycling or motors, I swear you won't get an instant ban... >.>

Widdershins · 11-06-2017 09:47PM

Sorry, I've just seen the warning.

greencap · 11-06-2017 09:53PM

The continued unwarranted praise of the strawberry.

Most strawberries are passable at best, and the strawberry rarely lives up to its hype.

And before some pro-strawberry zealot comes on here with their 'nyeeh nothing better than a strawberry frap thingamajig with a side of peruvian lettuce bread' you can fck off, your morning with the girls at the coffee shop doesn't mean its not true.
The average strawberry is full of nothing but promise, rarely delivers. Thats why you end up putting sugar, honey or whatever on them.

Not The Annoyingly Trivial Things-Bitches be cray cray week.

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