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Trivial things that annoy you Part 27

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  • #1982
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    I'm TA that I can't multi task, and I'm supposed to being a woman. If I'm expected to do more than one thing at the same time, I feel like I'm going to explode like that bird in Shrek. For example, I really do not know how it is possible to hold a phone to your ear and conduct a conversation while driving. Now I know that it's an incredibly stupid thing to do, but I can't help but be a little envious of the ability. I will talk to you while driving, but I can't bear pumping tunes, much to the kids disgust :). The noise of the windscreen wipers or the heater do my head in. I think I'm too easily distracted. I'll start doing something like putting washing away, and get bored halfway through, and leave it to do something else. Actually I'm boring the arse off myself now typing this....


  • #1983
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    My brother adds the word "boy" only it sounds more like "bai" to the ends of his sentences when he is drunk. "Are ye goin' for a pynt bai?"

    I think he should hang.

    Oh you'd love Caaark! :pac:


  • #1984
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    I probably have the TA of saying son. I say it to my friend that lets me wax him and my oh.

    WELL SAAAAN! It's a greeting.


    It's annoying me now too, but oh well.

    It could be worse. In Carlow town everything has "y'mad yoke, ya!" appended. :pac:


  • #1985
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Ignorant aul ones. Playing the sweet old lady card until it suits them to shove you out of the way. They usually want to stand up 10 minutes before the train pulls into the station too. I was sitting next to this imbicle who was taking up some of my seat because she was lying at an angle and so she took up some of my space. Many filthy looks didn't deter her. Then she stood up ages before the train stopped. I stood out to let her out, but she just stood there, then when the doors opened at the station and I was about to move to get off the train she elbowed me out of the way.

    Then while waiting for the bus. You have the blue rinse brigade pushing past you to flash their free travel.

    And old ladies who talk down to people my age as if they're an insolent child. Now now, we're both adults in this conversation. Age doesn't qualify you to speak to me like I'm a naughty kid.


  • #1986
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    I was talking to the youngfella working in the local gas station last night, and he told me he had just finished his college exams that day. When Ah wur a lad you got all that Christmas exams business over with before the holidays, whereas now it seems t'young folk have it hanging over them for the duration and have to do the actual exams after. This pissed me off, and I felt trivially annoyed on their behalf.


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  • #1987
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    People with Computer Problems. And Phone Problems. "Ah JG, you're a computer fella, will you fix my computer/phone/random piece of Asian junk??"

    "Why yes, yes I am a Computer Person. I can tell you what the problem is right now without even seeing the thing. It is a piece of shít. Throw it out a window and go do something useful. Trust me, you'll feel marvellous."

    <Funny looks>

    In the arrogance of my hair-oil days I thought I was at least a cut above the general run of computer users, what with being a kernel hacker, munching C code for breakfast and shítting coredumps, spending entire evenings knee-deep in some obscure corner of system configuration, and what-not while most people said things like "Ug! Stupid laptop not work. Me throw through window and go pub!!".

    Nowadays, I find myself firmly in that latter camp (I notice I no longer fully understand my telephone, for example) and fancy myself a cut above the general run of technology users for exactly that reason. :pac:


  • #1988
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Ignorant aul ones. Playing the sweet old lady card until it suits them to shove you out of the way. They usually want to stand up 10 minutes before the train pulls into the station too. I was sitting next to this imbicle who was taking up some of my seat because she was lying at an angle and so she took up some of my space. Many filthy looks didn't deter her. Then she stood up ages before the train stopped. I stood out to let her out, but she just stood there, then when the doors opened at the station and I was about to move to get off the train she elbowed me out of the way.

    Then while waiting for the bus. You have the blue rinse brigade pushing past you to flash their free travel.

    And old ladies who talk down to people my age as if they're an insolent child. Now now, we're both adults in this conversation. Age doesn't qualify you to speak to me like I'm a naughty kid.

    I've lost count of the amount of conversations I've overheard (usually in shops where someone is trying to bypass a rule or regulation pertaining to the Sale of Goods Act) that start with, "my 80 year old mother" - guess what? She will not be getting preferential treatment! Why do people think this will get them what they want? If someone said that to me, I'd likely go the opposite way...


  • #1989
    Frigga_92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Frigga_92


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Oh you'd love Caaark! :pac:

    And Waterford.


  • #1990
    redfacedbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭redfacedbear


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    People using the word "hun". I have a friend who uses it in every single text. Are you ok hun? I'm on the way hun? Id do anything for you hun.

    God it drives me up the wall. My oh says honey a bit but it's not every single time he opens his mouth, and it doesn't annoy me as much as this hun business.

    I really only felt like a local down here in Wexford when the young wans in the shops started calling me hun.

    'Are ya whantin chips wih yor rissole, hun?'


  • #1991
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    26sdrawkcab wrote: »
    And Waterford.

    "Well girl".

    Did my nut in. Lived in Waterford for 4 years and their accents were like ear tumours


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  • #1992
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    26sdrawkcab wrote: »
    And Waterford.

    Well, gurrrrrllllll :)


  • #1993
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    jimgoose wrote: »
    People with Computer Problems. And Phone Problems. "Ah JG, you're a computer fella, will you fix my computer/phone/random piece of Asian junk??"

    "Why yes, yes I am a Computer Person. I can tell you what the problem is right now without even seeing the thing. It is a piece of shít. Throw it out a window and go do something useful. Trust me, you'll feel marvellous."

    <Funny looks>

    In the arrogance of my hair-oil days I thought I was at least a cut above the general run of computer users, what with being a kernel hacker, munching C code for breakfast and shítting coredumps, spending entire evenings knee-deep in some obscure corner of system configuration, and what-not while most people said things like "Ug! Stupid laptop not work. Me throw through window and go pub!!".

    Nowadays, I find myself firmly in that latter camp (I notice I no longer fully understand my telephone, for example) and fancy myself a cut above the general run of technology users for exactly that reason. :pac:

    I frequently get asked to sort out tech problems for people. I take as much pleasure as possible from how they explain the problem as technically as they can.

    "I was downloading a picture on facebook from the central facebook mainframe, the 'q' button fell off my keyboard due to a system malfunction and I'm pretty sure I seen sparks coming from my code base in the operating system. Now my computer wont turn on."

    ME: I'll just plug in the power supply then.


  • #1994
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    "Well girl".

    Did my nut in. Lived in Waterford for 4 years and their accents were like ear tumours


    :(:(:)


  • #1995
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    73Cat wrote: »
    :(:(:)

    I'm in no position to mock accents cat! Don't mind me


  • #1996
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    I frequently get asked to sort out tech problems for people. I take as much pleasure as possible from how they explain the problem as technically as they can.

    "I was downloading a picture on facebook from the central facebook mainframe, the 'q' button fell off my keyboard due to a system malfunction and I'm pretty sure I seen sparks coming from my code base in the operating system. Now my computer wont turn on."

    ME: I'll just plug in the power supply then.

    Mmm. Pesky Facebook Mainframe, war-dialling those sexy phone numbers over UUCP and pretending to be Vladimir Putin, and doing the general bollix. I use this, it's the greatest labour-saving device since the cat-flap:

    http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/bofhserver.pl


  • #1997
    redfacedbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭redfacedbear


    26sdrawkcab wrote: »
    And Waterford.

    Best Waterford term of reference?

    'Bibe' for an absolute bitch of a woman - I still use it years after I stopped working in Waterford


  • #1998
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Can rats and mice get in through a cat flap


  • #1999
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    I'm in no position to mock accents cat! Don't mind me


    You're grand, gurrrrrllllll ;)


  • #2000
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Mmm. Pesky Facebook Mainframe, war-dialling those sexy phone numbers over UUCP and pretending to be Vladimir Putin, and doing the general bollix. I use this, it's the greatest labour-saving device since the cat-flap:

    http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/bofhserver.pl

    This was my favorite page for a while. The nerd in me laughs at silly things like "it's a problem in the 8th layer"


  • #2001
    Vel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭Vel


    I forgot about this TA from the weekend.

    We brought the kids plus one of the dogs to the park. Dog is a greyhound so we get lots of interest but never really from the types who like to their send their kids over to meet, ie, annoy strange dogs. Anyway we were sitting at a table and bench enjoying some hot chocolate en famille when I spot a family, set of parents and boy of around 3 making their way at breakneck speed over to us. There was no room at the table so I wondered why they were heading our way like a heat seeking missile and then it clicked, the dog!

    They approach and the mum starts the babble:
    'Just look at the lovely doggy woggy 'Little Johnny''
    'Say hi to the lovely doggy woggy 'Little Johnny''
    'Why don't you tell the lovely doggy woggy your name 'Little Johnny'' - That's pointless I think to myself, because a) the lovely doggy woggy has absolutely no interest in hearing your little snot dribbler's name, and b) even if she had you've already ruined the surprise by mentioning his name at least three times already.

    We didn't have a plan to be deliberately rude or anything but as I looked around, my whole family was just staring at them glum faced without any encouraging smiles or small talk! I mean, they did just interrupt a perfectly lovely moment of drinking hot chocolate so that the centre of their universe could come and get his doggie fix, and well we just weren't into it!

    At that stage 'Little Johnny' then makes a move to pet the dog and I hopped up, put my body between them and cut him off at the pass. At that stage they got the message and beat a hasty retreat to the sounds of our middle child saying 'Who were those people and why was that boy trying to touch my dog?' That's my girl, 4 years old and already experiencing trivial annoyances!

    And really, all of this would have been so much less awkward if they had just politely asked whether 'Little Johnny' could meet the dog rather than assume he could!


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  • #2002
    LynnGrace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,347 ✭✭✭LynnGrace


    Speaking of accents, I hate put on accents. Sometimes watching the news, for example, seeing people interviewed, and wondering vaguely are they American, knowing well that they are not.


  • #2003
    Frigga_92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Frigga_92


    Trying to watch France24 and the person beside me has been chattering on for 15 minutes about Kim Kardashian looking like a corpse, Kate Middleton's dress sense, Celebrity Big Brother, giving out about why there are so many police officers present in France dealing with what is going on, how she isn't eating another chocolate bar for the rest of January, sniffling, SNIFFLING, SNIFFLING!!! Argh!


  • #2004
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Vel wrote: »
    I forgot about this TA from the weekend.

    We brought the kids plus one of the dogs to the park. Dog is a greyhound so we get lots of interest but never really from the types who like to their send their kids over to meet, ie, annoy strange dogs. Anyway we were sitting at a table and bench enjoying some hot chocolate en famille when I spot a family, set of parents and boy of around 3 making their way at breakneck speed over to us. There was no room at the table so I wondered why they were heading our way like a heat seeking missile and then it clicked, the dog!

    They approach and the mum starts the babble:
    'Just look at the lovely doggy woggy 'Little Johnny''
    'Say hi to the lovely doggy woggy 'Little Johnny''
    'Why don't you tell the lovely doggy woggy your name 'Little Johnny'' - That's pointless I think to myself, because a) the lovely doggy woggy has absolutely no interest in hearing your little snot dribbler's name, and b) even if she had you've already ruined the surprise by mentioning his name at least three times already.

    We didn't have a plan to be deliberately rude or anything but as I looked around, my whole family was just staring at them glum faced without any encouraging smiles or small talk! I mean, they did just interrupt a perfectly lovely moment of drinking hot chocolate so that the centre of their universe could come and get his doggie fix, and well we just weren't into it!

    At that stage 'Little Johnny' then makes a move to pet the dog and I hopped up, put my body between them and cut him off at the pass. At that stage they got the message and beat a hasty retreat to the sounds of our middle child saying 'Who were those people and why was that boy trying to touch my dog?' That's my girl, 4 years old and already experiencing trivial annoyances!

    And really, all of this would have been so much less awkward if they had just politely asked whether 'Little Johnny' could meet the dog rather than assume he could!


    twitch....twitch..... :mad: I've been left holding my child-hating dog mid-air shouting, "can you call your child off?" in the past... B.astards. Oh and for the record, it's a dog, not a bow-wow!


  • #2005
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    I hate the way RTE news readers and correspondants pause in between words where they shouldn't. It's a subtle thing, but once you notice it, it's damn hard to ignore.


  • #2006
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    How a certain minority of a certain religion can reign terror on whoever it sees fit but can't have a word said against them? All religion is only a load of pipe anyway. Be a good person, be kind to each other. You don't need a fictional character to tell you that


  • #2007
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    How a certain minority of a certain religion can reign terror on whoever it sees fit but can't have a word said against them? All religion is only a load of pipe anyway. Be a good person, be kind to each other. You don't need a fictional character to tell you that

    I would love if every publication in the world printed the cartoons, if people made theif social networking profile pictures as same, if same pictures could be printed and put onto people's cars etc. Just f.ucking cover the world with them.


  • #2008
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    How a certain minority of a certain religion can reign terror on whoever it sees fit but can't have a word said against them? All religion is only a load of pipe anyway. Be a good person, be kind to each other. You don't need a fictional character to tell you that

    Amen to that:D


  • #2009
    Vel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭Vel


    We've had a foster dog since before Christmas. We are only able to foster over Christmas and a bit in the summer and it is now time for her to go. The rescue she is with mostly rehome in the UK so she is off on the ferry this evening and she will stay in their care until she finds a home. She is the most gentle, sweet and undemanding older whippet x. I am an emotional wreck and dreading her leaving :(:(

    Even though we really can't have a third dog right now I caved last night and begged my OH if we could keep her but he's having none of it and in fairness he is right, but I am still more than trivially annoyed at him for saying no! :mad:


  • #2010
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    How a certain minority of a certain religion can reign terror on whoever it sees fit but can't have a word said against them? All religion is only a load of pipe anyway. Be a good person, be kind to each other. You don't need a fictional character to tell you that

    Are you saying that Santa Claus doesn't really exist?:confused:


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  • #2011
    danrua01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Be a good person, be kind to each other. You don't need a fictional character to tell you that

    So far we've zero proof you aren't fictional... I can't accept these words now!


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