Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

Vel · 17-02-2014 11:00AM

People reading their free Metro on the bus/luas and then just dumping it on the ground beside them when they have finished. In whose world is that not blatant littering?

OldNotWIse · 17-02-2014 11:04AM

Vel wrote: »

People reading their free Metro on the bus/luas and then just dumping it on the ground beside them when they have finished. In whose world is that not blatant littering?

On the ground I would consider it to be littering alright, but I think with the freebie papers there's an element of "leave it for someone else" when on public transport. I'd always leave it on the seat beside me on a luas for example, and most of the time, someone else will take it. Equally, I often read one that hads clearly already been read and left behind.

And finally....I just noticed what a boring fuucking post this is! :rolleyes:

Vel · 17-02-2014 11:06AM

Making my way to the ticket machine at the Luas stop, at a reasonable pace, can see the train coming but know I'm likely to have time to top up and some absolute douche charges by me and hurls himself in front of me just before I get to the machine. Was beside myself with delight when the Luas pulls off and he is still fecking around trying to get his ticket.

eisenberg1 · 17-02-2014 11:30AM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

You should probably turn that to your advantage and say something like, 'oh you're so lucky, my other half is absolutely sex mad and I can rarely get out of bed before 10', see how they respond to that:D

"Clean the house! sure I can hardly walk":D

Chancer3001 · 17-02-2014 11:48AM

Two day hangovers.

I'm getting too old for this sheeeeeeeet.

Sadderday · 17-02-2014 11:51AM

Not being able to call in sick on a monday cos someone got there before and you have to go in

Vel · 17-02-2014 12:29PM

Kids staring and their parents not doing anything about it. I get that kids are curious and are only learning social niceties. My own do it on occassion, particularly when we are in restaurants but we always nip it in the bud and explain why people might like to enjoy their lunch without 2 pairs of eyes monitoring their every bite! It's harder to break their stares on public transport but I tend to try to distract them as best I can. I like that they are interested in their surroundings and have a curiosity but I try to balance it with making sure that no one feels uncomfortable because, I get it *shock horror* that not everyone thinks the sun shines out of my kid's arses like I do!!

I was sitting outside a cafe just there enjoying a coffee and a fag at a table right by the window. There are a family sitting inside on the other side of the window. Cue two old enough to have been taught better kids turning full circle in their seats and staring at me while they stuff their gobs with danish pastries. I gave the benefit of the doubt but five minutes later and they are still at it and their parents are choosing to ignore it.

I was forced to engage in a stare-off and only then do I see the parents acknowledging what is going on and most likely wondering why I'm staring their kids out of it!

I won said stare-off!!

OldNotWIse · 17-02-2014 01:37PM

All quiet in the office. Really quiet. So you stuff a segment of orange in your gob. Suddenly someone will walk past and greet you or ask a question.

Closely related is waiting for someone to pick up the phone. You're holding for ages....as soon as you take a mouthful of coffee they will answer.

eisenberg1 · 17-02-2014 01:44PM

Maeve Higgins is in America, I hope she stays there.

The head on Amy Huberman in that ad for whatever crap she is laying the table with, you would think she was performing some life saving operation. What fcuking planet are these people on that they think all that **** will somehow improve your life.

Czarcasm · 17-02-2014 01:48PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Maeve Higgins is in America, I hope she stays there.

The head on Amy Huberman in that ad for whatever crap she is laying the table with, you would think she was performing some life saving operation. What fcuking planet are these people on that they think all that **** will somehow improve your life.

Had to google.

Intro on her website -

Happy New Year my sweet honeys!

Hope she chokes on a fcuking pretzl while she's over there.

Wossack · 17-02-2014 01:52PM

people in open plan offices who dial numbers without pickup up the handset, so it rings over the speakerphone. They just pick up the handset when the person at the other end answers. You are the worst of the worst, and my new world order mandates a swift and merciless death for all offenders

Czarcasm · 17-02-2014 01:54PM

Wossack wrote: »

people in open plan offices who dial numbers without pickup up the handset, so it rings over the speakerphone. They just pick up the handset when the person at the other end answers. You are the worst of the worst, and my new world order mandates a swift and merciless death for all offenders

Stop calling my extension when you're less than ten foot away from me! :mad:

EDIT: Not you Wossack!

Wossack · 17-02-2014 01:58PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Stop calling my extension when you're less than ten foot away from me! :mad:

Aye another one! could do a whole thread on phone annoyances tbh

eisenberg1 · 17-02-2014 02:11PM

Sadderday wrote: »

Not being able to call in sick on a monday cos someone got there before and you have to go in

9am Monday

Man: "Boss, I can't make it to work today, I am sick"
Boss: "FFS, you have only worked here for four months and this is the seventh time you are sick on a Monday!!"

Man:" I cant help it, I am really sick"
Boss:"Fcuksake, how sick can you be?"
Man: "well, I am in bed with my sister..................

dubstarr · 17-02-2014 02:23PM

Peeling my Parma ham away from the waxy paper,why oh why does the ham fall to bits.I have to do a repair job now.

OldNotWIse · 17-02-2014 02:48PM

dubstarr wrote: »

Peeling my Parma ham away from the waxy paper,why oh why does the ham fall to bits.I have to do a repair job now.

Far from parma ham you were reared!

:D

dubstarr · 17-02-2014 02:50PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Far from parma ham you were reared! :D

So true

c68zapdsm5i1ru · 17-02-2014 03:01PM

Agatha Christie adaptations for TV that completely change the story, add in new characters, introduce stupid sub plots, or modernise the plot with sex scenes, characters being openly homosexual etc.
There's a reason why AC stories are so popular. Some TV editor or producer thinking he can improve on them is really arrogant.

Nappy · 17-02-2014 03:03PM

Shops or businesses that don't accept card. Pricks

gramar · 17-02-2014 03:58PM

Two things form lunchtime.

Supermarket shopping bags that you now have to pay for are flimsier than ever.

A I was leaving for lunch a fella was at the back door (staff entrance) He was a rep for one of these electrical billing
companies. I told him it was a bad time and not to bother calling back as no-one is going to give him the time of day.
Not to be defeated he gave me a business card but wrote his name and number on the back as it was his colleagues.
Even if I was interested writing your contact details on someones else's card looks crap. The card was paper thin (like the shopping
bags) and at least if you have none of your own write your name on it before you come to the door.

OldNotWIse · 17-02-2014 04:19PM

Nappy wrote: »

Shops or businesses that don't accept card. Pricks

And treat you like you are an inconvenience for only having a card.

salacious crumb · 17-02-2014 04:27PM

I just clicked on the boards valentine thingie, and it seems eisenberg and Czarcasm are my top two perfect matches. That's pretty annoying :pac:

eisenberg1 · 17-02-2014 04:35PM

salacious crumb wrote: »

I just clicked on the boards valentine thingie, and it seems eisenberg and Czarcasm are my top two perfect matches. That's pretty annoying :pac:

Yes, my results were a little scary too.........a toss up between you and Czarcasm

deise08 · 17-02-2014 04:44PM

When some one, be it at the checkout before you, or just generally in your eye line , bends over and you can just see a big hairy crack!

dubstarr · 17-02-2014 05:04PM

deise08 wrote: »

When some one, be it at the checkout before you, or just generally in your eye line , bends over and you can just see a big hairy crack!

You must be queuing behind my sons.Everytime they bend over all i see is that.:D

OldNotWIse · 17-02-2014 05:11PM

People making small talk about the weather. It's just pathetic in grown adults who have been interacting for years with other human beings to have to resort to the hysterical declaration of sweeping statements including terms such as "nippy" (the fuuck? Is that some reference to what it does to one's nipples?) , "bitter" and "good weather for ducks"

I give all such moronic offenders the same treatment: a blank, second-too-long stare and a small sigh as I look away.*

* some idiots seem to think this is a cue to switch to annoying mode 2 - passing comment about my perceived mood. "Ah cheer up it could be worse"/ "ah its not that bad is it?"/ "ah was it one of those weekends?"

To which I reply, "sorry, could you just step a little closer to the door so I can jam your ah sure fuucking head in it?"**

** I've never said this

Youzername · 17-02-2014 05:18PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

People making small talk about the weather. It's just pathetic in grown adults who have been interacting for years with other human beings to have to resort to the hysterical declaration of sweeping statements including terms such as "nippy" (the fuuck?) , "bitter" and "good weather for ducks" I give all such moronic offenders the same treatment: a blank second-too-long stare and a small sigh as I look away.*

* some idiots seem to think this is a cue to switch to annoying mode 2 - passing comment about my perceived mood. "Ah cheer up it could be worse"/ "ah its not that bad is it?"/ "ah was it one of those weekends?"

To which I reply, "sorry, could you just step a little closer to the door so I can jam your ah sure fuucking head in it?"**

** I've never said this

I'd rather someone like that than an over confident idiot that won't shut up at all..

Not everyone is a social master like yourself

MultiUmm · 17-02-2014 05:24PM

Brown paper bags. The way they feel when they rub on your skin is horrible, always hated them since a young age.

Wet hand towels. Eugh.

Leaving milk or butter out on the table and not putting it back into the fridge.

When people cough or sneeze on the bus and don't bother to cover their mouths. Please, I don't need to inhale your germs.

The price of alcohol in this country.

OldNotWIse · 17-02-2014 05:24PM

Youzername wrote: »

I'd rather someone like that than an over confident idiot that won't shut up at all..

Not everyone is a social master like yourself

These modes of annoyance are not mutually exclusive. It's possible (and preferable) to be neither. I am not a social master. I despise people.

Daveysil15 · 17-02-2014 06:22PM

When you're taking a drink and it goes down the wrong way. You know you have to cough at some stage but you're trying desperately to swallow the remaining fluid in your mouth so to avoid spewing it all over the place. It happened to me today in the canteen in work.

Or people who think water can cure any ailment or medical condition. Like when someone is having a heart attack or a stroke or just generally feeling unwell; there's always one person who will offer them a glass of water. As if that's going to stop cardiac arrest.

"Would you like a drink of water?"
"No I'd like a fecking ambulance!"

Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

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