Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

honeygirl · 26-06-2014 09:59AM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Militant lollipop ladies (men/people?!) stopping traffic away from pedestrain/zebra crossings/school entrances ie wherever the fúck they feel, to let adults cross the road..

The lollipop lady at my child's school won't let you press the button at the traffic crossing until she is good and ready, so we have to wait till she comes out of her trance. Pisses me off when we are late, most times I try and cross the road somewhere else.. They must have Militant Training Camps for Lollipops:p

Czarcasm · 26-06-2014 10:17AM

LynnGrace wrote: »

I was going to suggest it might be that the wrong lids are being supplied.
That's a good idea about keeping a cup in the car, must do that next time I'm going on a long journey.

That was my first thought too, but I said to myself if I thought of it, then guaranteed Colser has thought of it already!

The same friend though, she's lovely and all, but she has a woeful habit when she's driving of being too friendly, as in I was walking down the street one morning and I heard my name being called; she was stopped at the traffic lights, and I was conscious that the lights could change any minute, yet here she was expecting a full blown conversation with the line of cars behind her! :pac:

She's like an adult child - incredibly intelligent in some ways, but in other ways she'd leave you scratching your head! I guess it's her thinking outside the box that I like the most, because I'd never have thought of the cup idea!

deise08 · 26-06-2014 10:39AM

When somebody sends a text asking something and then turns their phone off!
You can see that your reply hasn't delivered so you know its off, and you text them to let them know that you know.
Both messages then deliver the next day and they reply by 'ya I turned my phone off.'
Why the fcuk ask a question when you know you're turning your phone off?

jimgoose · 26-06-2014 10:43AM

deise08 wrote: »

When somebody sends a text asking something and then turns their phone off!
You can see that your reply hasn't delivered so you know its off, and you text them to let them know that you know.
Both messages then deliver the next day and they reply by 'ya I turned my phone off.'
Why the fcuk ask a question when you know you're turning your phone off?

The reason people do that is so that they can't be told "No, fuck off, I'm not doing that!!" there-and-then. It's a sort of "affirmation", y'see. :pac:

Boom_Bap · 26-06-2014 11:18AM

honeygirl wrote: »

I hate ants! am battling with the little ****ers at the moment:mad: ant stop and ant powder used to work but I think they are immune now.

Powdered Paprika is your new best friend. The ants wont go through it.

honeygirl · 26-06-2014 11:33AM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Powdered Paprika is your new best friend. The ants wont go through it.

Thanks a mill! I will try it.

Pumpkinseeds · 26-06-2014 11:35AM

honeygirl wrote: »

I hate ants! am battling with the little ****ers at the moment:mad: ant stop and ant powder used to work but I think they are immune now.

A non toxic method is to mix equal parts icing sugar and baking soda, about a teaspoon of each and leave little mounds of it in areas where the ants are. They're attracted to the sugar and can't distinguish between sugar and baking soda, the baking soda makes them explode when they eat it.

honeygirl · 26-06-2014 11:37AM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

A non toxic method is to mix equal parts icing sugar and baking soda, about a teaspoon of each and leave little mounds of it in areas where the ants are. They're attracted to the sugar and can't distinguish between sugar and baking soda, the baking soda makes them explode when they eat it.

Ha I have so many my back garden will be like a war zone:P Thanks

OldNotWIse · 26-06-2014 11:39AM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

A non toxic method is to mix equal parts icing sugar and baking soda, about a teaspoon of each and leave little mounds of it in areas where the ants are. They're attracted to the sugar and can't distinguish between sugar and baking soda, the baking soda makes them explode when they eat it.

Poor ants

eisenberg1 · 26-06-2014 11:47AM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

A non toxic method is to mix equal parts icing sugar and baking soda, about a teaspoon of each and leave little mounds of it in areas where the ants are. They're attracted to the sugar and can't distinguish between sugar and baking soda, the baking soda makes them explode when they eat it.

Mmmmmmm, with a nice shiraz perhaps:)

Do you know if this works with millipedes/centipedes?

Vel · 26-06-2014 11:48AM

Two wenches wedged beside each other on a travelator like two lumps of immovable stone getting huffy when I politely ask them would they mind moving aside so that I can walk by.

Total douchebag getting hufffy at me getting huffy at him for walking out of a doorway and straight into me as he was too busy gawping at his phone to see where he was going.

WSome mad huffy folks around today

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 26-06-2014 11:52AM

My dumbass manager moving **** and me spending half the day looking for something only for the same thing to be moved the next day somewhere else. For example, the candles. The candles are always kept in the stock room. Always. So I went in to get me some candles and there was no candles there, the candle bowl wasnt even there. I checked the staff room, the tan room the treatment rooms, the wax room. No candles. I text her to ask where she put the candles. She rang me back indignitated and told me the candles were at reception under the desk. Oh yeah and I'm supposed to know this? That's where we are to leave them now. So I come in the next day, go to get the candles and they're gone again!! Same with the first aid boxes. Need a plaster? No problem let me just go search the whole ****ing spa and not be able to find one, until 2 days later when I find both boxes under the sink. She's an outrageous simpleton and she does this bucktooth face when she's telling you she's right and you're wrong. It must be terrible being inbred.

gramar · 26-06-2014 12:26PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

My dumbass manager moving **** and me spending half the day looking for something only for the same thing to be moved the next day somewhere else. For example, the candles. The candles are always kept in the stock room. Always. So I went in to get me some candles and there was no candles there, the candle bowl wasnt even there. I checked the staff room, the tan room the treatment rooms, the wax room. No candles. I text her to ask where she put the candles. She rang me back indignitated and told me the candles were at reception under the desk. Oh yeah and I'm supposed to know this? That's where we are to leave them now. So I come in the next day, go to get the candles and they're gone again!! Same with the first aid boxes. Need a plaster? No problem let me just go search the whole ****ing spa and not be able to find one, until 2 days later when I find both boxes under the sink. She's an outrageous simpleton and she does this bucktooth face when she's telling you she's right and you're wrong. It must be terrible being inbred.

Jaysus, I think you need to buy a voucher for where you work!

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 26-06-2014 12:32PM

gramar wrote: »

Jaysus, I think you need to buy a voucher for where you work!

Would you believe I scheduled an appointment to get my two wisdom teeth removed so as I could get 4 days off. I'd actually rather go in and have teeth pulled than go to work

Vel · 26-06-2014 01:02PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Kids "graduating" from montessori.

One of mine has 'graduated' from montessori. It's ridiculous but he had practiced all the songs and wanted us to go and it is quite endearing listening to a group of kids sing out of tune. But f*ck me sideways, you would want to have seen the behaviour of some of the parents. Many of them were dressed as if going to a wedding; in some cases both parents were filming the event, standing on benches, elbowing people out of the way and blocking other people’s view of the performance; some had grandparents there and one mother was telling me they were heading out for lunch afterwards to celebrate. JESUS WEPT

Pumpkinseeds · 26-06-2014 01:03PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Poor ants

I know and I don't like killing creatures but I can't sit in my garden without getting bitten and I don't want to poison my cats with ant killer. At least the ants get a sugar kick and die instantly. Maybe they have better luck in their next incarnation.

Pumpkinseeds · 26-06-2014 01:13PM

Son of a bitch, the fricking Sky signal is coming and going again. Only had the guy out on Monday and he replaced the filter now the same sh*t again:mad::mad:

Generic Dreadhead · 26-06-2014 01:17PM

Uneven Pizza Toppings

Pumpkinseeds · 26-06-2014 01:29PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Mmmmmmm, with a nice shiraz perhaps:)

Do you know if this works with millipedes/centipedes?

I don't know, but I saw dried mealworms in Dealz the other day if that floats your boat:D

eisenberg1 · 26-06-2014 01:31PM

It was raining this morning, and made me realise one of the benefits of hot, dry weather conditions, was how
easy it is to remove dog sh1t from the garden.

Czarcasm · 26-06-2014 01:35PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Son of a bitch, the fricking Sky signal is coming and going again. Only had the guy out on Monday and he replaced the filter now the same sh*t again:mad::mad:

That'll be the heavy rain affecting the signal

Mr_Spaceman · 26-06-2014 01:41PM

Going for the first tinkle of the day and discovering your housemate has left skid marks in the toilet bowl.

Le sigh.

Vel · 26-06-2014 01:50PM

Street performers spening ages warming up for their act, gathering a big crowd, getting us chanting, whooping and clapping and then when they actually get around to the actual act it turns out to be utter toss.

Me for my crowd participation in the above

Vel · 26-06-2014 01:56PM

Now that the summer holidays are upon us, playgrounds being over run by older, school ages brats. I tend to bring my youngest two to a playground one morning a week and this pleasant experience will now be ruined by older kids running amok, pushing younger kids out of the way and taking over all of the equipment, including that specially designed for the youngers ones. And all of this will take place while their parents/au pairs absolve themselves of all responsibilty by f*cking off to a quiet corner and playing with their phones. The only upside is that I get great satidfaction from ripping these kid's a new one should they come charging anywhere near my kids and am quite happy to take on their parent/au pair too!

Having to bring my kids to a packed playground on really sunny days where I am forced to interact with kids who aren't my own, and their parents/au pairs.

Having to bring my kids to playgrounds in general. Oh how I yearn for the end of the 'playground years'

OldNotWIse · 26-06-2014 01:59PM

Vel wrote: »

Now that the summer holidays are upon us, playgrounds being over run by older, school ages brats. I tend to bring my youngest two to a playground one morning a week and this pleasant experience will now be ruined by older kids running amok, pushing younger kids out of the way and taking over all of the equipment, including that specially designed for the youngers ones. And all of this will take place while their parents/au pairs absolve themselves of all responsibilty by f*cking off to a quiet corner and playing with their phones. The only upside is that I get great satidfaction from ripping these kid's a new one should they come charging anywhere near my kids and am quite happy to take on their parent/au pair too!

Having to bring my kids to a packed playground on really sunny days where I am forced to interact with kids who aren't my own, and their parents/au pairs.

Having to bring my kids to playgrounds in general. Oh how I yearn for the end of the 'playground years'

The park being over run with said kids when my dog and myself have had it pretty much to ourselves all winter as the little darlings played inside on the xboxes :P

Vel · 26-06-2014 02:00PM

Taking a sip of water at your desk while chatting to a work colleague only for said sip to go down the wrong way and cause a choking fit. Colleague initially stays by your desk, asking if you are ok while you respond with a wave of the hand in lieu of being able to speak. Then it becomes horrifying clear to both of you that the choking fit is going to go on way longer than either of you are comfortable with so they awkwardly move back to their desk while you continue to cough and splutter randomly for a good ten minutes after while other colleagues enquire every so often if you are ok, thus prolonging your shame

OldNotWIse · 26-06-2014 02:01PM

Which reminds me, parents in our apartment complex treating the communal area like a giant creche, letting their kids screech, roar, skateboard and swing from trees unsupervised. Oh how I wish it would rain on the little sh1ts so we could all get some peace...

Vel · 26-06-2014 02:06PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

The park being over run with said kids when my dog and myself have had it pretty much to ourselves all winter as the little darlings played inside on the xboxes :P

Added to this would be the fair weather dog walkers who are nowhere to be seen for most of the year, suddenly springing into action and taking over all of the places we walk our dogs with their fat, under socialised mutts. He 'only wants to play' does he? Let's see how he likes playing with my boot up his hole

The Diabolical Monocle · 26-06-2014 02:12PM

Here's your scorching hot beverage sir.
You won't be able to drink it for half an hour.

Enjoy.

OldNotWIse · 26-06-2014 02:16PM

Vel wrote: »

Added to this would be the fair weather dog walkers who are nowhere to be seen for most of the year, suddenly springing into action and taking over all of the places we walk our dogs with their fat, under socialised mutts. He 'only wants to play' does he? Let's see how he likes playing with my boot up his hole

I dont see as much of this as I see "fair weather parenting" - many's the day I stood and braved the elements while my dog played and there wouldnt be a sinner soul (did I just say that? i'm turning into my mother

) but now the fine weather is here the place is jammers.

btw "fat undersocialised mutts" - lol

Ever get the "wanna pet the bow-wow?" from inbred parents? The child comes over shrieking and stomping at the poor terrified dog..."look at the bow wow Crystal! Wanna touch the bow wow?" ah ffs give me patience, and call your child off.

Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

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