Things That Trialvilly Annoy You.

10-01-2020 11:53am

Household items that don't perform the one and only task for which they are designed. Absolutely boils my piss that some of the stuff ever even makes it to market:

Pots that topple over on the stove because the handle is heavier than the rest
Tea-towels that leave little micro threads on everything
Tea-towels that aren't absorbent enough so you're just smearing the water around the plates
Toilet seats that won't stay up
Hand soap dispensers with tubes that don't reach the bottom of the bottle, so you can't get the last bit out
Packaging that is impossible to get opened but turns into a chocolate teapot once it's been open for 5 seconds and disintegrates
Crockery that comes with stickers that are either impossible to get off or only comes off halfway
Tinfoil/cling-film that has a crappy serrated cut-off thingy which doesn't work
Kitchen roll that doesn't tear properly
Bin bags that don't come off the roll properly
Floor cleaner that leaves a residue on your nice clean tiles so your feet go "squanch squanch squanch squanch" when you're walking through the kitchen
Christmas crackers that don't pop when you pull them

I mean, the vast majority of these things......that's all they're designed to do, and they fail miserably.

YOU HAD ONE F*CKING JOB!

bonzodog2 · 10-01-2020 11:56am

Kettles that due to the spout design, when you're only boiling enough water for 1 cup, you have to tip them so far your hand holding the kettle gets scalded by steam

Ragnar Lothbrok · 10-01-2020 12:24pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Household items that don't perform the one and only task for which they are designed. Absolutely boils my piss that some of the stuff ever even makes it to market:

Pots that topple over on the stove because the handle is heavier than the rest
Tea-towels that leave little micro threads on everything
Tea-towels that aren't absorbent enough so you're just smearing the water around the plates
Toilet seats that won't stay up
Hand soap dispensers with tubes that don't reach the bottom of the bottle, so you can't get the last bit out
Packaging that is impossible to get opened but turns into a chocolate teapot once it's been open for 5 seconds and disintegrates
Crockery that comes with stickers that are either impossible to get off or only comes off halfway
Tinfoil/cling-film that has a crappy serrated cut-off thingy which doesn't work
Kitchen roll that doesn't tear properly
Bin bags that don't come off the roll properly
Floor cleaner that leaves a residue on your nice clean tiles so your feet go "squanch squanch squanch squanch" when you're walking through the kitchen
Christmas crackers that don't pop when you pull them

I mean, the vast majority of these things......that's all they're designed to do, and they fail miserably.

YOU HAD ONE F*CKING JOB!

Brilliant post!

All of the above really get on my nerves, but to see them together in a list is bringing out my inner psycho.

Seanachai · 10-01-2020 12:25pm

Tall beer glasses, I want a traditional size and shape pint glass not something that looks like it had flowers in it.

bonzodog2 · 10-01-2020 12:27pm

Seanachai wrote: »

Tall beer glasses, I want a traditional size and shape pint glass not something that looks like it had flowers in it.

They are a pain to wash too

Omackeral · 10-01-2020 12:28pm

Trying to open that hard stubborn plastic packet a new pair of scissors comes in.

''Hang on I'll just get the scis...''

fuck.

Alecto · 10-01-2020 12:30pm

I'm tired. I'm so very very tired of everything.

Ragnar Lothbrok · 10-01-2020 12:34pm

Seanachai wrote: »

Tall beer glasses, I want a traditional size and shape pint glass not something that looks like it had flowers in it.

In some bars in Australia I'd ask for a pint of cider or lager and get a glass that was more than a half but less than a pint. I think they called it a "midi". That was seriously more than a TA :mad:

Also, a lot of pubs didn't sell Jager. Even those that did often insisted on pouring the Red Bull rather than giving me the can, which really p!ssed me off.

And don't even get me started on their draconian smoking regulations.

It's a fantastic country, and I had the holiday of a lifetime, but the alcohol and smoking rules were very annoying at times.

Trigger Happy · 10-01-2020 12:35pm

Alecto wrote: »

I'm tired. I'm so very very tired of everything.

I offer a kick in the arse service if you want to avail.
€1.50 per kick. Guaranteed to rid you of tiredness feelings.

gucci · 10-01-2020 12:39pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Household items that don't perform the one and only task for which they are designed. Absolutely boils my piss that some of the stuff ever even makes it to market:

Pots that topple over on the stove because the handle is heavier than the rest
Tea-towels that leave little micro threads on everything
Tea-towels that aren't absorbent enough so you're just smearing the water around the plates
Toilet seats that won't stay up
Hand soap dispensers with tubes that don't reach the bottom of the bottle, so you can't get the last bit out
Packaging that is impossible to get opened but turns into a chocolate teapot once it's been open for 5 seconds and disintegrates
Crockery that comes with stickers that are either impossible to get off or only comes off halfway
Tinfoil/cling-film that has a crappy serrated cut-off thingy which doesn't work
Kitchen roll that doesn't tear properly
Bin bags that don't come off the roll properly
Floor cleaner that leaves a residue on your nice clean tiles so your feet go "squanch squanch squanch squanch" when you're walking through the kitchen
Christmas crackers that don't pop when you pull them

I mean, the vast majority of these things......that's all they're designed to do, and they fail miserably.

YOU HAD ONE F*CKING JOB!

Added bonus TA for the glued on plastic serrated edges that don't cut the cling film, but split from the box and will cut your hand or wrist :eek:

IAMAMORON · 10-01-2020 12:59pm

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I offer a kick in the arse service if you want to avail.
€1.50 per kick. Guaranteed to rid you of tiredness feelings.

Are you side cheek or a major root in the hole?

Asking for a friend.

Omackeral · 10-01-2020 1:19pm

Any adults that say ''veggies'' instead of vegetables.

Sephiroth_dude · 10-01-2020 1:23pm

Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »

In some bars in Australia I'd ask for a pint of cider or lager and get a glass that was more than a half but less than a pint. I think they called it a "midi". That was seriously more than a TA :mad:

Bloody expensive as well!

Gwynplaine · 10-01-2020 1:24pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Any adults that say ''veggies'' instead of vegetables.

Holibops.

Tacitus Kilgore · 10-01-2020 1:30pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Any adults that say ''veggies'' instead of vegetables.

I say vaggies cos I think I'm gas - thoughts? :pac:

TA - room temperature sparkling water

Trigger Happy · 10-01-2020 1:36pm

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Are you side cheek or a major root in the hole?

Asking for a friend.

We are willing to be flexible but generally we find a hearty boot to the coccyx delivers the best value for money.

Paddy Cow · 10-01-2020 1:37pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Tea-towels that leave little micro threads on everything
Tea-towels that aren't absorbent enough so you're just smearing the water around the plates

I actually started a thread on this in R&R at one stage because it's so annoying. That the heck is the point of tea towels that don't dry???

Alecto · 10-01-2020 1:46pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Any adults that say ''veggies'' instead of vegetables.

You'd cry if you met my mother or my sister. Everything is about veggies and chillaxing and it's yummy and fab and brill.

Harleen Quinzel · 10-01-2020 2:40pm

Alecto wrote: »

I'm tired. I'm so very very tired of everything.

Hope everything is okay Alecto.

My TA is the milk I bought yesterday, with a use by date of the 16th, is spoiled and smells revolting.

No tea for me

retro:electro · 10-01-2020 3:12pm

A tectonic plate of a spot forming on my chin. My whole face literally aches because of it.

Letwin_Larry · 10-01-2020 3:30pm

people, mainly Irish, who cannot pronounce their "H"s.

i once shared a house with a lad from Co. Monaghan. every Sunday & Thursday evening he would informl us he was going for his "bat".
(didn't know he was into Baseball or Cricket i thought.)
whenever we had a discussion on anything and he disagreed with our viewpiont, he would call it a "mit". (why is he was so obsessed by kids' gloves, i mused)
one evening we were deciding how to pay the fuel bill which was quite high after all his "bats", he proposed we each put a "turd" on the table.

i found alternative accommodation soon afterwards.

Tacitus Kilgore · 10-01-2020 3:31pm

Letwin_Larry wrote: »

people, mainly Irish, who cannot pronounce their "H"s.

i once shared a house with a lad from Co. Monaghan. every Sunday & Thursday evening he would informl us he was going for his "bat".
(didn't know he was into Baseball or Cricket i thought.)
whenever we had a discussion on anything and he disagreed with our viewpiont, he would call it a "mit". (why is he was so obsessed by kids' gloves, i mused)
one evening we were deciding how to pay the fuel bill which was quite high after all his "bats", he proposed we each put a "turd" on the table.

i found alternative accommodation soon afterwards.

Accent,

It's called an accent.

partyguinness · 10-01-2020 3:38pm

Letwin_Larry wrote: »

people, mainly Irish, who cannot pronounce their "H"s.

i once shared a house with a lad from Co. Monaghan. every Sunday & Thursday evening he would informl us he was going for his "bat".
(didn't know he was into Baseball or Cricket i thought.)
whenever we had a discussion on anything and he disagreed with our viewpiont, he would call it a "mit". (why is he was so obsessed by kids' gloves, i mused)
one evening we were deciding how to pay the fuel bill which was quite high after all his "bats", he proposed we each put a "turd" on the table.

i found alternative accommodation soon afterwards.

^^

It is an accent. Also it also originates from the the fact you do not pronounce "th" in Gaelic and it has just carried on for generations.

My 7 years old son has mocked me over it (I live in England and he has grown up English) and to be fair after 10 years in England and with a public facing job my "th" is a lot better than most Irish people. But I do get a little self conscious if I have to say '3' or God help me '33' or a 'third'- I break out in sweats...:(

As I like to retort- the English stole our 'th'.

Bet your flatmate knew how to capitalise his sentences.

Purple Mountain · 10-01-2020 3:41pm

retro:electro wrote: »

A tectonic plate of a spot forming on my chin. My whole face literally aches because of it.

I've a massive coldsore right mid lip.
It actually looks like a stud piercing

10-01-2020 3:43pm

People who needlessly put an s on the end of the name of a shop or Supermarket. It's okay if shop is somebody's surname, even if they don't include an apostrophe themselves (Dunne's, Roche's, Cleary's etc), but the great unwashed who insist on calling it Tesco's. :mad:

I've heard others say it's because it ends in a vowel.......Oh yeah? I'm just gonna pop down to the old Esso's gargae, then, you know?.....the one with the Centra's in the back of it.

Just now I saw a post which referenced "Lidl's and Aldi's"

10-01-2020 3:45pm

Letwin_Larry wrote: »

people, mainly Irish, who cannot pronounce their "H"s.

Dis, Dat, Dees and Doughs

Dats the way dee TH go-wizz :pac:

Every time I hear an English person pronounce 6th as 'sikth' I die a little inside.

Tacitus Kilgore · 10-01-2020 3:47pm

partyguinness wrote: »

^^

It is an accent. Also it also originates from the the fact you do not pronounce "th" in Gaelic and it has just carried on for generations.

My 7 years old son has mocked me over it (I live in England and he has grown up English) and to be fair after 10 years in England and with a public facing job my "th" is a lot better than most Irish people. But I do get a little self conscious if I have to say '3' or God help me '33' or a 'third'- I break out in sweats...:(

As I like to retort- the English stole our 'th'.

Bet your flatmate knew how to capitalise his sentences.

Reminds me of my Londoner friend whenever I see him

Him: "Hey Tacitus - say fwree mate"

Me: "Free"

Him: "Naww, the numbah - fwree"

Me: "fuck off you oblivious cunt"

ILoveYourVibes · 10-01-2020 3:48pm

Purple Mountain wrote: »

I've a massive coldsore right mid lip.
It actually looks like a stud piercing

You poor thing!

partyguinness · 10-01-2020 3:54pm

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Reminds me of my Londoner friend whenever I see him

Him: "Hey Tacitus - say fwree mate"

Me: "Free"

Him: "Naww, the numbah - fwree"

Me: "fuck off you oblivious cunt"

I was on my J1 in Boston years ago (actually over 20 years now) it became a running joke by the American guys to get me to say:

"They are always after me lucky charms."

I think I did it just the once and they pissed themselves laughing. Another time my supervisor was a bit pissed off with us (I was the only Irish guy) for something and just to break the tension I said in my thickest Irish accent. It worked- the boss just burst his hole and said: "You guys just crack me up" and off he went laughing away.

FYI in case you didn't know- it relates to a breakfast cereal ad and a leprechaun who says it.

SusieBlue · 10-01-2020 4:04pm

Letwin_Larry wrote: »

people, mainly Irish, who cannot pronounce their "H"s.

i once shared a house with a lad from Co. Monaghan. every Sunday & Thursday evening he would informl us he was going for his "bat".
(didn't know he was into Baseball or Cricket i thought.)
whenever we had a discussion on anything and he disagreed with our viewpiont, he would call it a "mit". (why is he was so obsessed by kids' gloves, i mused)
one evening we were deciding how to pay the fuel bill which was quite high after all his "bats", he proposed we each put a "turd" on the table.

i found alternative accommodation soon afterwards.

I had a housemate in college called Cathy, another of our housemates repeatedly called her Catty despite being told about 100 times that Catty wasn't her name.

People dropping the "h" in words doesn't usually bother me, but hearing the way he said her name was the most irritating, grating thing ever. By the end of the semester I was correcting him on it too because I couldn't bear the sound of it.

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