Trivial things that annoy you

Mr_Spaceman wrote: »

"Unexpected item in bagging area"

For some inexplicable reason, that inspires Hulk levels of rage in me.

Lollipop ladies (men/people whatever the pc term is now) holding up an entire bus full of commuters to let one child cross the road. Wait until there are a few like!

The way people look at you when you go up to the top deck of a bus

People who use words in the wrong context, or where they obviously do not understand the meaning at all but still use them. It makes me far angrier than it should. My FIL is terrible for it. He was asked to apply for a position at this place he used to work, in his head this made him first choice for the job and he basically already had it. He kept telling us (and everyone else) that he was the incumbent for the role. It was a bit awkward explaining to him that he was using the word incumbent wrong.

I also saw this really bizarre interview with Ben Affleck recently where he kept saying that people were being really graceful when he obviously meant gracious. It was about people he worked on Argo with. It was like someone had given him word of the day toilet paper or something but he read it wrong.

hollster2 wrote: »

When nosey aule biddies look you up and down just because you have kids, ive 3 and I look younger then 29 so I get "oh look you have your hands full" P**s off and mind your own business

Try being a grown man walking down the street with ONE child, you REALLY wouldn't want to be any way paranoid!

MurdyWurdy wrote: »

People who use words in the wrong context, or where they obviously do not understand the meaning at all but still use them. It makes me far angrier than it should. My FIL is terrible for it. He was asked to apply for a position at this place he used to work, in his head this made him first choice for the job and he basically already had it. He kept telling us (and everyone else) that he was the incumbent for the role. It was a bit awkward explaining to him that he was using the word incumbent wrong.

How awkward would it be if your father in law when talking to his new boss were to say "My dil...", his boss would try to interrupt him thinking he was about to share too much information...


Trivial things that annoy me? People who are only interested in themselves.

A classic example being just now when a well spoken middle aged lady and I were walking down the street, and there were a crowd of about twenty school children coming the opposite way, so we'd to step out on the street to pass them.

I was about to cross the road once we'd passed them when the woman launched into a tirade about how "the children should have been walking two abreast and they'd no respect for people and their teachers were too busy nattering, etc", she was giving it welly, even the rubbish on the street, then as we walked she told me she'd an interview to go to, she was going back to work after 28 years, but she'd no idea where the building was.

I was well out of my way at this stage, but I decided that I'd walk her to the building to make sure she didn't get lost and was late for her interview (actually now I think of it, not once did she say thank you!).

After leaving her into the building, I wished her well in her interview and doubled back to where I was going myself. I was on my way back down past the same building when I spotted the woman, but she happened to be on the phone at the time and I heard her say to the person on the other end that she had no idea where she was.

I decided I'd stand off to one side and wait til she was finished on the phone to ask her how she got on in her interview and then direct her out of the area. She spotted me out of the corner of her eye and while still on the phone, darted into the middle of the street in front of oncoming traffic, looking back to see was I still standing there.

I figured at that point it was best to get the hell out of there and be on my way before she killed herself to get away from the person who only five minutes earlier had gone out of his way to help her.

Political discussions getting hijacked by something not so relevant and so nothing is dealt with properly.
The biggest one is when there is any tax or cut. Rather than discussing the implications of it, the reasoning behind it, the rationale, the alternatives, there is an immediate questioning of TDs expenses and allowances. Then the original issue isn't discussed at all and nothing is dealt with properly.

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Yeah, I was out with my brother and his 2yo daughter, we were getting odd looks. Feck knows what people will think if I bring her to the playground by herself. This paedophile paranoia thing is utterly, insanely ridiculous.

I take my young daughter to the park all the time and never get any funny looks. I often see other fathers there with their children too.