Trivial things that annoy you

monflat · 26-04-2013 10:07PM

People STOPPING at roundabouts when there is nothing on or near the roundabout it pisses me off big time !!!

danslevent · 27-04-2013 09:40PM

When you slam the door of the car shut but the seatbelt has stayed extended and the door slams on it, not shutting. The clank sound goes through me!

27-04-2013 09:41PM

newmug wrote: »

I hate the way some people (mostly Americans) use the present tense when they should be using the past tense. Eg., "I am walking towards the door, I am opening it. At this point, I am really scared", when they should have said "I walked towards the door, I opened it. At this point, I was really scared". You hear it on documentaries all the time, grrr!!!

I hate the American use of the past tense. "If I would have known" "If you would have said something" "If she would have come with me"
Agh

Jimmy Iovine · 27-04-2013 10:45PM

Padkir wrote: »

Was studying today so forgive the nerdishness of both of these!

When you open the tippex to use it and that horrible crusty bit falls on your page.

When you tippex something out, think it's dry and go to write over it, only to find out it's still soft and just digs into it, not writing properly and getting stuck to the end of your pen!

I'm going to go one up on you and say that I hate it when I write over the Tippex and the colour of the ink changes. I especially hate when I write over it using something other than a ball point pen.

The ink just glides over the Tippex and I end up having to take out a a ball point and write letter/s again.

The moral is to never make mistakes when writing. Tippex can be more trouble than it's worth :pac:.

osarusan · 27-04-2013 11:51PM

Has this not made it to ireland yet?

danslevent · 28-04-2013 03:25PM

I hate how voting on a poll reverts you back to the first page of the thread!

Albert E. Arkwright · 28-04-2013 03:27PM

Leo Varadkar, Phil Hogan, and Charlene McKenna

riaganach · 29-04-2013 03:08AM

Let's see, where to begin:

Tailgaters: dangerous and not quite trivial!

People using the incorrect lanes on roundabouts - and the people who designed the road markings. Not sure whom I despise more.

Commuter traffic jams - what a waste of time!

People who look at their watches when they want to leave a conversation- thinks that's out of fashion or I've become a more interesting conversationalist.

When I mix up your and you're in a text/email. Mortifying! Sometimes I send a second text to apologise for abusing the language.

kunst nugget · 29-04-2013 08:55AM

On After Hours, the second or third post of a thread is usually along the lines of 'Cue (topic) joke in a desperate bid to get thanks' which is really just a desperate bid by that person to get thanks. That's annoying.

The other annoying reply is the 'Thinly veiled "I've got a (topic)" thread'. Whatever chance of that ever being funny disappeared after the 60th time of reading it.

Felexicon · 29-04-2013 09:50AM

People who put their username at the bottom of a post.
We know who you are, it's at the side of the screen ffs

Felexicon

aSligoDub · 29-04-2013 10:06AM

Felexicon wrote: »

People who put their username at the bottom of a post.
We know who you are, it's at the side of the screen ffs

Felexicon

That never bothered me till i saw on of the janitors who sign off his/her posts as "Cordially, <name>"

And when he/she's in janitor mode, its

"Moderately, <name>"

Christ above.

Duck Soup · 30-04-2013 03:34AM

People who, having heard it used in conversation, tell you to stop using the phrase "rule of thumb" because it refers to an ancient English law that a man may not beat his wife with a rod thicker than his thumb.

No, it really, really, really fcuking doesn't.

riaganach · 30-04-2013 04:08AM

Using the construct: 'beg the question'.
I know it's frequently misused and that it sounds correct, but knowing the correct usage, it gives me heartburn to hear it improperly used.

Few more bad ones here too:
https://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors

I'm finding this thread wonderfully cathartic....!

30-04-2013 07:06AM

People saying 'endemic' when they mean 'epidemic'.

stefan idiot jones · 30-04-2013 07:40AM

1, Sunglasses. I can't see your fu@kin' eyes when you're talking to me.

2, Women with smallish faces with huge sunglasses which make them look like pinheads.

3, Personal trainers. I cannot provide a sensible explanation, just don't like them.

Quandary · 30-04-2013 07:53AM

The idea of a "Life Coach"

Aglomerado · 30-04-2013 07:56AM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

1, Sunglasses. I can't see your fu@kin' eyes when you're talking to me.

2, Women with smallish faces with huge sunglasses which make them look like pinheads.

God yes, I despise sunglasses - I think they make people look like c*nts when they wear them. And now it's coming into summer, people will be wearing them on their heads as hairbands again - another thing I can't stand.

jessiejam · 30-04-2013 10:01AM

Radio presenters or their guests with dry mouths and being able to hear it when they talk.
When you can hear that their lips are sticking to each other that clicking noise when they speak.
HAVE A F*KING DRINK

Petty i know but it wrecks my head.

gramar · 30-04-2013 10:06AM

When people correct a mistake and say 'my bad'. WTF is that about?
Drives me mental.

Lucena · 30-04-2013 10:11AM

gramar wrote: »

When people correct a mistake and say 'my bad'. WTF is that about?
Drives me mental.

I believe "yes, you are" is the correct response.

elstingeo · 30-04-2013 10:48AM

I hate when some people with prams just push it out on to the road whilst crossing on front of a car! it drives me simple! as if the kid is like a shield or something, utter insanity...

JohnCleary · 01-05-2013 01:35PM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

1, Sunglasses. I can't see your fu@kin' eyes when you're talking to me.

Buy a proper pair of polarised sunglasses and you'll never want to take them off again. I often wear them driving/near water - they relax the eyes so much.

Also, many people have a serious issue with glare etc. hence need to wear them a lot.

Don't be so quick to judge

osarusan · 01-05-2013 01:55PM

gramar wrote: »

When people correct a mistake and say 'my bad'. WTF is that about?
Drives me mental.

In a school I used to work in, an Australian teacher had taught his students the expression 'no worries'. The American boss told him he couldn't do this, and said he should teach 'my bad' instead.

Mr_Spaceman · 01-05-2013 06:10PM

In the queue for the bank, there is always - always - only one or two staff max on duty behind the counter. This, in spite of the fact there are about six places reserved for staff to serve customers.

Indeed, you never see six staff working and thus reducing the lengthy queues. Oh no. Rather just let me stew and mutter under my breath at their incompetence.

Same in the supermarket. Staff the fecking tills or lose them!

stefan idiot jones · 01-05-2013 07:17PM

JohnCleary wrote: »

Buy a proper pair of polarised sunglasses and you'll never want to take them off again. I often wear them driving/near water - they relax the eyes so much.

Also, many people have a serious issue with glare etc. hence need to wear them a lot.

Don't be so quick to judge

I'm 42, I've been judging for years and polarised, sterilised or ostracised, I loath sunglasses.

01-05-2013 08:09PM

JohnCleary wrote: »

Don't be so quick to judge

Don't be so intolerant

PrettyBoy · 02-05-2013 01:45AM

People that think "definitely" is spelt "defiantly".

Andrewf20 · 02-05-2013 02:48AM

In the USA when you go to buy bed sheets for a standard double bed. You look at the package and it says "twin". Great, that should do. When you get home you find that the "twin" is for a SINGLE bed! Morons! Whats rudy twin about it!?!

monflat · 02-05-2013 07:11AM

When you overtake someone on motorway at night and they still have their full beams on blinding the ****e out of ya

Czarcasm · 03-05-2013 08:13AM

When you get one of those foreign coins in your change that looks deceptively similar to a €2 coin! :mad:

So deceptive in fact that only for the bus driver spotting it I'd never have been aware of it.

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