Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

Pumpkinseeds · 19-04-2014 01:33PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Safari suits, I just saw a man in a fcuking SAFARI suit!!

:eek:

Graces7 · 19-04-2014 01:43PM

people who come to my market stall - hand knitting mostly- and handle every item, with no intention of buying. then they pick eg a hat up, sneer at me and ask how much...HOW MUCH!!!! I COULD KNIT THAT IN AN HOUR!
that being an intricately cabled hat in pure wool.
i call them maulers...always irishwomen of a certain age.

eisenberg1 · 19-04-2014 01:56PM

Graces7 wrote: »

people who come to my market stall - hand knitting mostly- and handle every item, with no intention of buying. then they pick eg a hat up, sneer at me and ask how much...HOW MUCH!!!! I COULD KNIT THAT IN AN HOUR!
that being an intricately cabled hat in pure wool.
i call them maulers...always irishwomen of a certain age.

STEP. AWAY. FROM. THE FCUKING. HATS.

I hear you, the "oh sure I could do that for half the price...

Yeah, buy the wool, knit it, bring it to the market, erect/pay for then stall, stand here all day, looking at wench's mauling the sh1t out of the merchandise, and keep smiling, really, REALLY?:D

Graces7 · 19-04-2014 03:21PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

STEP. AWAY. FROM. THE FCUKING. HATS.

I hear you, the "oh sure I could do that for half the price...

Yeah, buy the wool, knit it, bring it to the market, erect/pay for then stall, stand here all day, looking at wench's mauling the sh1t out of the merchandise, and keep smiling, really, REALLY?:D

it gets very tempting to do that. i say each year i will say sweetly when one starts,,please do not handle everything....oh i am just looking...so you have eyes in your fingers is the next temptation...

was one last y ear who picked up a hand made rosary. these are not cheap but made with costly materials. she saw the price tag and went ballistic...accused it was plastic and threw it down...spent a day now packing all the rosaries in self sealing cellophane bags.
they also hold the jams upside down to see if they are set.

will remember your capital letter words every time now...thank you.:)

Graces7 · 19-04-2014 03:23PM

czechlin wrote: »

Or those "I was in xy and I know everything about the locals, I even how they think and what they do before going to bed etc. The whole country is horrible, people are rude etc. or I love that place everything is much better than back home, everything works, people love living there. They are happy."

Hmm, interesting input, how long did you live there?? "Eh I was there 3 days for a break."

Oh wonderful, you spent 3 days in 1 place in a certain country and you could already write thesis about it. Bravo!

you should read some of the us travel forums...they think they own ireland ...

artful_codger · 19-04-2014 03:23PM

Shifty-eyed shop staff.

I'm not going to steal. I earn more than you, and looking at your prices (Arnotts) you are the ones trying to rob me.

madra_alainn · 19-04-2014 03:47PM

Those Facebook posts that are aimed at someone in particular, but posted in a real vague way like

"From now on I'm only making time for the people who make time for me, everyone else can just go fcuk off"

or

"Cleaning up my Facebook friends list now....bye bye fcukers"

which lead to a load of even more annoying responses such as:

"U OK HUN??" or "Dont mind them hun, ur better than that"

Eh....maybe I should clean up my Facebook friends list.....?

Ihatecuddles · 19-04-2014 04:16PM

2 women at the vending machine in the local gym.

'It says press selection to see price, where's the selection button?'

'I can't see it either.'

This went on for AGES!! They were moaning about it, looking for staff, tried the other vending machine. All while moaning in an Essex accent.

Me and another guy just kept smirking at each other, I could have helped, but didn't. Mainly because they were loud, obnoxious and gossiping the whole time!!

Pumpkinseeds · 19-04-2014 04:51PM

People who demolish gardens:mad: A fairly recent neighbour of ours just cut down two fabulous trees in his back yard, dick head. They were the nicest trees in the neighbourhood, they'll probably pave over it with concrete or put decking there. Some people just shouldn't be allowed to have gardens. I don't care that it's his garden either:p

LizzieJones · 19-04-2014 04:59PM

People that say "It's my Go To"

Rory Gallagher · 19-04-2014 05:10PM

People who use quotation marks in the air.

Paddy Cow · 19-04-2014 05:16PM

Graces7 wrote: »

people who come to my market stall - hand knitting mostly- and handle every item, with no intention of buying. then they pick eg a hat up, sneer at me and ask how much...HOW MUCH!!!! I COULD KNIT THAT IN AN HOUR!
that being an intricately cabled hat in pure wool.
i call them maulers...always irishwomen of a certain age.

People are so used to being able to go into Penny's and buy mass produced things on the cheap that they don't realise how long it takes to make things by hand. I knit and crochet for fun and I once crocheted a jumper and pair of dungarees for the craic. I would take them out at house parties and the amount of people who would offer me €20 to buy them, thinking they were giving me a load of money was hilarious. They couldn't understand why I wouldn't give it to them for the pricely sum they were offering and some of them got p!ssed off

.

Here is my pride and joy

Pumpkinseeds · 19-04-2014 05:20PM

mauzo! wrote: »

2 women at the vending machine in the local gym.

'It says press selection to see price, where's the selection button?'

'I can't see it either.'

This went on for AGES!! They were moaning about it, looking for staff, tried the other vending machine. All while moaning in an Essex accent.

Me and another guy just kept smirking at each other, I could have helped, but didn't. Mainly because they were loud, obnoxious and gossiping the whole time!!

I'm shuddering at the memory of that accent. My husband is from Essex(doesn't have the accent), much. After meeting him for the first time my parents first comment when he was gone was 'thank God he doesn't have that accent':D

I hated living in Essex, with all that 'innit' and 'mate' business. There seemed to be a disproportionate number of really fat girls/women squeezed into far too tight clothing in Essex than anywhere else in England. I'm not exactly scrawny myself, nobody wants to see rolls of fat, especially sweaty stinky fat.

19-04-2014 05:24PM

LizzieJones wrote: »

People that say "It's my Go To"

Or it's this season's must have *whatever*.

I'll decide what I must have, thanks.

Ihatecuddles · 19-04-2014 06:14PM

Candie wrote: »

Or it's this season's must have *whatever*.

I'll decide what I must have, thanks.

When I was trying on wedding dresses, the woman told me I HAVE TO try a specific one. I hated it, it had mesh and lace going up to my chin and it was horrible.

'but its definitely coming in this season, everyone will be wearing this style'

:mad: 'I dont like it! Its not me at all'

'Im telling you its lovely on you, you wont find a more on trend dress'

whirlpool · 19-04-2014 06:16PM

mauzo! wrote: »

When I was trying on wedding dresses, the woman told me I HAVE TO try a specific one. I hated it, it had mesh and lace going up to my chin and it was horrible.

'but its definitely coming in this season, everyone will be wearing this style'

:mad: 'I dont like it! Its not me at all'

'Im telling you its lovely on you, you wont find a more on trend dress'

Surely that's a reason to not wear it

19-04-2014 06:18PM

mauzo! wrote: »

When I was trying on wedding dresses, the woman told me I HAVE TO try a specific one. I hated it, it had mesh and lace going up to my chin and it was horrible.

'but its definitely coming in this season, everyone will be wearing this style'

:mad: 'I dont like it! Its not me at all'

'Im telling you its lovely on you, you wont find a more on trend dress'

Grr! All on trend means is that you'll be able to tell what year your wedding was in when you look at the photos. Nothing dates faster than something 'on trend'!

I hate those up to the chin ones anyway, good job avoiding that!

Thundering_Sky · 19-04-2014 06:22PM

mauzo! wrote: »

When I was trying on wedding dresses, the woman told me I HAVE TO try a specific one. I hated it, it had mesh and lace going up to my chin and it was horrible.

'but its definitely coming in this season, everyone will be wearing this style'

:mad: 'I dont like it! Its not me at all'

'Im telling you its lovely on you, you wont find a more on trend dress'

Hmmm what an odd thing to say when trying to make a sale; the last thing any woman wants is to have the same dress as everyone else.

On another note: people posting about how sunny it is on Facebook, I know it's sunny I have windows in my house too.

Ihatecuddles · 19-04-2014 06:27PM

I think she was trying to say I'd be the first to have it....

Got a waaaay nicer one anyway

Pumpkinseeds · 19-04-2014 06:31PM

I bought a Vera Wang wedding dress online, it was a shop sample from Canada so I got a fantastic deal on it. I had it altered, screw the 'you don't alter Vera, you alter yourself to fit into a Vera Wang dress':D

I never thought I'd be a meringue kind of girl, it shocked me that I was, can't believe it's our 10th wedding anniversary at the end of the month:)

toastedpickles · 19-04-2014 06:36PM

Never posted in here so here goes,

People who document their childs lives on facebook, yes your child is lovely, and it can blow bubbles, get over it

When radio presenters cut in at the end of a good song and ruin it

People who won't leave you alone, after you telling them you're not interested, charity people for example

And when my car is broken, like now, to get to college now takes 3 hours

It used to take 50 minutes

/rant

Ihatecuddles · 19-04-2014 06:36PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I bought a Vera Wang wedding dress online, it was a shop sample from Canada so I got a fantastic deal on it. I had it altered, screw the 'you don't alter Vera, you alter yourself to fit into a Vera Wang dress':D

I never thought I'd be a meringue kind of girl, it shocked me that I was, can't believe it's our 10th wedding anniversary at the end of the month:)

I went mermaid, but when I went in to show my mam and sister there was a girl there with a meringue dress and I was jealous!! Until I realised that I dont have the shape for it anyway.

Vera Wang sounds lovely

cant really go wrong!!

dubstarr · 19-04-2014 06:48PM

Paddy Cow wrote: »

People are so used to being able to go into Penny's and buy mass produced things on the cheap that they don't realise how long it takes to make things by hand. I knit and crochet for fun and I once crocheted a jumper and pair of dungarees for the craic. I would take them out at house parties and the amount of people who would offer me €20 to buy them, thinking they were giving me a load of money was hilarious. They couldn't understand why I wouldn't give it to them for the pricely sum they were offering and some of them got p!ssed off .

Here is my pride and joy

That is deadly:D

Paddy Cow · 19-04-2014 07:20PM

dubstarr wrote: »

That is deadly:D

Thanks

Unfortunately I am a dumbass. I spilled something on the trousers and put them in the washing machine on a low wash. The stain came out and the trousers weren't damaged (yay!) so I decided to push my luck. I was going to put them in the tumble dryer for 15 minutes but forget about them for an hour and when I took them out it was a disaster

It totally wrecked the trousers. They're still in one delicate piece but the heat destroyed the wool and in some places the wool came apart and caused a lot of irreparable damage. No amount of darning will restore them to their former glory

Trivial things that annoy me : my own stupidity

Pumpkinseeds · 19-04-2014 07:24PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Never posted in here so here goes,

People who document their childs lives on facebook, yes your child is lovely, and it can blow bubbles, get over it

When radio presenters cut in at the end of a good song and ruin it

People who won't leave you alone, after you telling them you're not interested, charity people for example

And when my car is broken, like now, to get to college now takes 3 hours It used to take 50 minutes

/rant

Welcome to the Dark Side:D

The Diabolical Monocle · 19-04-2014 08:44PM

Oh mah gawd - thing you want.

Price - POA

Oh my god - Job you want

Wage - TBA

Would you just print the fcking price/wage.

shruikan2553 · 19-04-2014 09:15PM

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Oh mah gawd - thing you want.

Price - POA

Oh my god - Job you want

Wage - TBA

Would you just print the fcking price/wage.

This reminded me of something that annoys me. You're applying to a job in somewhere like dunnes, they want you to fill out a form which includes employment history. Fair enough. Then they want to know how much your earned at it? They offer the same wage regardless, what have they to gain from knowing how much I've earned previously?

C14N · 19-04-2014 09:50PM

czechlin wrote: »

Or those "I was in xy and I know everything about the locals, I even how they think and what they do before going to bed etc. The whole country is horrible, people are rude etc. or I love that place everything is much better than back home, everything works, people love living there. They are happy."

I can't think of her name right now but there's an Irish female celebrity chef who is just like this. She married an Italian man and cooks mostly Italian food and any time she's on in the kitchen (my mother watched it every now and then) she always made a point of how much better everything is in Italy. Not just that their food and wine is good (we don't have much competition tbh) but how the entire way of life is just so much better. Awful annoying, I'm sure it's nice but every culture has its problems.

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Oh mah gawd - thing you want.

Price - POA

Ugh, this. I understand that if you're selling an expensive thing and you're a local business you might have some kind of offer you can do or let us haggle for price but at least give a clue. Back when I was searching home cinema stuff it was often hard to know if you were looking at something that would set you back €500 or €5000. Same when applying for lowly summer jobs, "how much do you expect to earn?", I don't know, I'm a student, I'll take what you've got.

Annoying things
Overhearing teenagers/20-somethings having horribly ignorant discussions about politics or social issues or whatever. It's like a real life Youtube comments stream.

Those awful news websites (Buzzfeed, Upworthy et al) whose headlines tell you how reading the article will make you feel but not what it's actually about. "This X will completely blow your mind", "Watch this Y and your faith in humanity will be restored", "There's no way you can see this Z without laughing". Feck off.

fussyonion · 19-04-2014 10:00PM

Not knowing whether I have hayfever or a cold.
I've never had hayfever before but I've had all the symptoms today.
I didn't set foot outside all day just incase it was hayfever and my garden's full of flowers.
Annoying thing is, I had a cold three weeks ago! :mad:

Graces7 · 20-04-2014 12:16AM

Paddy Cow wrote: »

People are so used to being able to go into Penny's and buy mass produced things on the cheap that they don't realise how long it takes to make things by hand. I knit and crochet for fun and I once crocheted a jumper and pair of dungarees for the craic. I would take them out at house parties and the amount of people who would offer me €20 to buy them, thinking they were giving me a load of money was hilarious. They couldn't understand why I wouldn't give it to them for the pricely sum they were offering and some of them got p!ssed off .

Here is my pride and joy

we talk about this on ravelry forum.
where some would charge ridiculous prices though

i keep prices way below the craft shops and i have found that the more beautiful my work, the worse the occasional sneering is. bet they cant knit

but the americans! am working novelty hats,owls, frogs, pigs, bears,and one us group in a minibus bought one each and drove off wearing them.

it is always irish women of a certain age.

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