Trivial things that annoy you Part 27

jimgoose · 20-01-2015 12:31PM

I got a magnificent 1940s-style haircut over the Christmas, and now it is at that peculiar stage of re-growth where bits of it insist on standing up. I look like Tom from Killinaskully. What is trivially annoying is that I'm not sure whether I'm trivially annoyed or trivially amused by this. BIRD! <BANG!!> :pac:

redfacedbear · 20-01-2015 12:33PM

My height related TA: I'm 5'8 and a bit (the bit is very important

) - my 3 little brothers - all 6ft+ - most irritating.

jimgoose · 20-01-2015 12:35PM

redfacedbear wrote: »

My height related TA: I'm 5'8 and a bit (the bit is very important ) - my 3 little brothers - all 6ft+ - most irritating.

Yeah. I'm 6' 2'' and I thought I was doing great until my younger brother extended to 6' 4''. :pac:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 20-01-2015 12:40PM

fizzypish wrote: »

The other side of that coin, being 5ft 11. 1 inch short of the 6 foot club

Think that's bad? I'm 5.11 and 1/2. I always feel dishonest if I say I'm 6ft.

Rosie Rant · 20-01-2015 12:47PM

efb wrote: »

Being sick

Same! The flu finally caught up with me. And there I was boasting about my "superior immune system" . SNIFF. Vertigo on top of that is - interesting.

Rubberlegs · 20-01-2015 12:53PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

I'm tall. It trivially annoys me when people ask me to get stuff for them from a high shelf. I mean, I'm not that f.ucking tall. I'm 5 9, hardly at eye level with the top shelf in a supermarket. And how do they know I don't have a back problem that prevents me from stretching? Or even just a general disdain for the human race that makes me not want to help anyone? Do I ask a short person to pick up stuff from the lower shelves since they're nearer the ground? B.astards.

I must confess to being a bastard !! There is nothing worse than not being able to reach stuff off the top shelves! I have broken bread sticks, held up children, or in sheer desparation asked someone to reach it for me. The most annoying thing is just as your fingers scrape something, you actually start pushing it back further. 5'3" is tall to me, I wish I was a little bit taller

Maximus Alexander · 20-01-2015 12:54PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Yeah. I'm 6' 2'' and I thought I was doing great until my younger brother extended to 6' 4''. :pac:

I'm also 6'2" and my younger brother (nearly 10 years younger, the little fecker) took a massive stretch at the age of 15. He was all set to race past me, which would have been TA. But now he's nearly 20 and has stopped just shy of me by about a quarter of an inch.

Chuffed.

I've got about a stone on him too so I can still give him nuggies.

jimgoose · 20-01-2015 12:55PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I'm also 6'2" and my younger brother (nearly 10 years younger, the little fecker) took a massive stretch at the age of 15. He was all set to race past me, which would have been TA. But now he's nearly 20 and has stopped just shy of me by about a quarter of an inch.

Chuffed.

I've got about a stone on him too so I can still give him nuggies.

That all wore out a good while back. My fella has over two stone on me and a black belt in Taekwon-Do. :pac:

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 20-01-2015 01:00PM

It's so annoying when you know what you want but can't find the exact thing. I need a pair of black over the knee suede boots with a stiletto heel, not that horrible block heel and do you think there's a pair to be found?

eisenberg1 · 20-01-2015 01:02PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

It's so annoying when you know what you want but can't find the exact thing. I need a pair of black over the knee suede boots with a stiletto heel, not that horrible block heel and do you think there's a pair to be found?

You can have mine, but they are a size 10, any good to ya?

LynnGrace · 20-01-2015 01:04PM

Doing the grocery shopping yesterday, and there was a guy going around with one leg of his jeans rolled up.
Not trivially annoyed at him, in the slightest, but at me for vaguely wondering why

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 20-01-2015 01:04PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

You can have mine, but they are a size 10, any good to ya?

I could fit two feet into a 10

rainbow kirby · 20-01-2015 01:12PM

On height rants - I am a relatively normal height at 5'6", but my legs are so short I can wear short leg jeans from quite a few stores...

Also, being a size 10-12 and shoe size 6 means I never ever ever get any sale bargains

OldNotWIse · 20-01-2015 01:23PM

When I've been out drinking, I always end up with loads of coins in my purse. It's like I can't get it together enough when I drink to actually count, so I have to use all my notes

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 20-01-2015 01:23PM

I work with this crazy Russian girl. I love her, she's very funny but she's way too direct. We are talking about my weekend and the end of my relationship.
"You're an emotional terrorist" because I walk away from an arguement.
"You're eating his brain with a teaspoon" because I prefer the silent treatment to a shouting match.
"I wouldn't date you, if I were a dude." Thanks! That makes me feel so much better

fizzypish · 20-01-2015 01:24PM

Jaxen Curved Shaver wrote: »

Think that's bad? I'm 5.11 and 1/2. I always feel dishonest if I say I'm 6ft.

O I feel your pain and you are correct. It is dishonest to say 6 foot. Better to say 5ft 11.5" and hang your head in shame.

Boom_Bap · 20-01-2015 02:23PM

I'm training a guy at the moment, he's come over from one of our international offices, and let's just say that he's full of confusing compliments.

For example, when we were having smalltalk when we first me, he said 'You look like a Hollywood actor'.

Now depending on how you view this statement, it can be good or bad.

The good - I have the looks to be an actor in Hollywood.
I resemble a decent looking guy popular in movies

The Bad - I resemble a not so good looking token friend style guy that is in movies.

Driving into work today, a van pulled out of a petrol station and I had to jam on a little as the f*cker just darted out. That was TA.

Then, the van errupt into a plume of smoke, that got thicker and thicker and thicker. Haha karma me thinks, the fooker has put petrol in his diesel or vice versa, or blown a turbo or something bad all to cut me off. Haha fooker. Not TA.

The smoke got so thick, I had to stop dead and blast on the hazards, luckily the car behind done the same. Everything disappeared around me. 0 visibilty. I eventually was able to get past him when smoke started clearing. The reek of exploded engine had filled up my car, so had to drive along in the bejayzusin cold with the windows down to try clear out the stonk. TA.

eisenberg1 · 20-01-2015 02:34PM

Mr Bap, how did you little "probe" go?

Boom_Bap · 20-01-2015 02:36PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Mr Bap, how did you little "probe" go?

Hasn't been rescheduled yet. I'm putting it on the long finger (multiple puns intended).

Boom_Bap · 20-01-2015 02:43PM

I just used the word 'traction' in an email.

I'm officially a d*ckhead.

Menas · 20-01-2015 02:44PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I just used the word 'traction' in an email.

I'm officially a d*ckhead.

Its ok to try a new word out. Raise it up the flag pole and see if anyone salutes.

Oh sh1t...its catching.

Pumpkinseeds · 20-01-2015 02:56PM

The Euro to Sterling exchange rate. I feel like I've been mugged.:mad:

rainbow kirby · 20-01-2015 03:01PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

The Euro to Sterling exchange rate. I feel like I've been mugged.:mad:

That's my not-so-trivial happy, given that I'm paid in sterling and have a wedding to pay for in euro!

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 20-01-2015 03:16PM

Parents sending their kids to a catholic school then complaining about them having to do religion and them not being facilitated elsewhere when they're learning religion, and having their kids excluded from communion that it should be opt in rather than opt out? For serious?? Lord help us.

curioser · 20-01-2015 03:30PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

I'm tall. It trivially annoys me when people ask me to get stuff for them from a high shelf. I mean, I'm not that f.ucking tall. I'm 5 9, hardly at eye level with the top shelf in a supermarket. And how do they know I don't have a back problem that prevents me from stretching? Or even just a general disdain for the human race that makes me not want to help anyone? Do I ask a short person to pick up stuff from the lower shelves since they're nearer the ground? B.astards.

I'm often asked to do this, invariably by little elderly (and sometimes not so elderly i.e the wife) ladies and I'm happy to do it, probably the only good thing I get to do for anybody.

rainbow kirby · 20-01-2015 03:35PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Parents sending their kids to a catholic school then complaining about them having to do religion and them not being facilitated elsewhere when they're learning religion, and having their kids excluded from communion that it should be opt in rather than opt out? For serious?? Lord help us.

More-than-TA that there is no choice in that matter in a lot of areas. If you're in a very rural area and there is one (RC) school within a reasonable driving distance then what are non-religious parents supposed to do?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 20-01-2015 03:37PM

rainbow kirby wrote: »

More-than-TA that there is no choice in that matter in a lot of areas. If you're in a very rural area and there is one (RC) school within a reasonable driving distance then what are non-religious parents supposed to do?

Drive further if it's such an issue?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 20-01-2015 03:39PM

rainbow kirby wrote: »

More-than-TA that there is no choice in that matter in a lot of areas. If you're in a very rural area and there is one (RC) school within a reasonable driving distance then what are non-religious parents supposed to do?

There's usually school buses going to larger areas? Not to equate religious beliefs with an illness but my little cousin has severe autism and has to go to a special school that will help her with her needs. Her mom drives her to school (quite the distance!) because the local school does not meet her needs.

A catholic school isn't going to meet agnostic beliefs so deciding to send a child to a religious school, and then getting offended their child has to sit in (not participate in) a class when the other kids are learning about religion is ridiculous. If it offends so much that you expect the school to change the rules, then send your child somewhere else

curioser · 20-01-2015 03:39PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Hasn't been rescheduled yet. I'm putting it on the long finger (multiple puns intended).

Reminds me of one of the better lines in the Big Bang Theory - "I'd rather have a prostrate probe from a leper who walks away with nine fingers!

curioser · 20-01-2015 03:40PM

Sorry, wrong thread!

Trivial things that annoy you Part 27

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