Trivial things that annoy you Part 27

Frigating · 15-03-2015 7:44pm

When did a size 8 become 'petite'? In Debenhams yesterday couldn't find any jeans smaller than a 10. Wearing them now I have about 3 inches width surplus. They're supposed to be skinny jeans, dammit!

Also, TA'ing when clothes in a shop are on the wrong hanger so I get the wrong size. I know I should check the label, but I never think of that. Now I have two things to bring back.:mad:

riclad · 15-03-2015 7:52pm

Different shops have different sizes in coats, jackets,jumpers,
in some shops i can fit xl, in other shops xxl just about fits me.
And alot of shops there might be 10 coats for sale ,
90 per cent are xl or smaller.
SO my choice of clothes to buy is limited .
I wonder is there an agreed size in europe for what is large,xl, xxl in clothes?

Pumpkinseeds · 15-03-2015 8:21pm

Frigating wrote: »

When did a size 8 become 'petite'? In Debenhams yesterday couldn't find any jeans smaller than a 10. Wearing them now I have about 3 inches width surplus. They're supposed to be skinny jeans, dammit!

Also, TA'ing when clothes in a shop are on the wrong hanger so I get the wrong size. I know I should check the label, but I never think of that. Now I have two things to bring back.:mad:

I hate skinny people like you.:P

Frigga_92 · 15-03-2015 9:29pm

People posting things on facebook about people/to people who are not on facebook.

storker · 15-03-2015 9:33pm

Newstalk's morning show.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 15-03-2015 9:59pm

When your favourite thread goes to poo

deise08 · 15-03-2015 10:09pm

Taking tablets to make you better but then they give you a dose of the scutters.

Kevin McCloud · 15-03-2015 10:24pm

deise08 wrote: »

Taking tablets to make you better but then they give you a dose of the scutters.

A bit of that is no harm, think of it like changing oil in the car.

conorh91 · 15-03-2015 10:26pm

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Having LMII do a spray tan for me last night and waking up with mad White patches all over me. How can someone be such a fool

What's LMII?

Every time you post it I do be racking my brains.

TA: Not cracking acronyms and having to ask.

The Diabolical Monocle · 15-03-2015 10:34pm

unable to hear mp3 even when on full volume when out walking due to wind and noisy bastard traffic.

deise08 · 15-03-2015 10:47pm

conorh91 wrote: »

What's LMII?

Every time you post it I do be racking my brains.

TA: Not cracking acronyms and having to ask.

Luckiest man in Ireland

davidk1394 · 15-03-2015 10:53pm

Going to bed on a Sunday night and the last thing you think about is work the next morning and getting up at 6.30 :'-(

Menas · 15-03-2015 11:08pm

Been the designated driver. Full stop.

dirkmeister · 15-03-2015 11:14pm

Shirts with white collars, ah la Gordon Gekko.

You can normally see them on young lads at student race days with those aviator sunglasses.

F$%k me.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 15-03-2015 11:15pm

Sitting b a and e with a broken ankle when I was the only sober one out

Menas · 15-03-2015 11:15pm

dirkmeister wrote: »

Shirts with white collars, ah la Gordon Gekko.

You can normally see them on young lads at student race days with those aviator sunglasses.

F$%k me.

Shirts with white collars are ok if the rest of the shirt is white too. ie , a fully white shirt.
But anything else is a no no. Reeks of trying too hard.

Menas · 15-03-2015 11:17pm

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Sitting b a and e with a broken ankle when I was the only sober one out

Noooo. That cant be nice. TA that you have a broken hoof.

Trebor176 · 15-03-2015 11:24pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Going to bed on a Sunday night and the last thing you think about is work the next morning and getting up at 6.30 :'-(

I know the feeling. I can never sleep on a Sunday, even if work isn't entirely on my mind. At least most of us have Tuesday off, so it's something to look forward to

Trebor176 · 15-03-2015 11:26pm

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Sitting b a and e with a broken ankle when I was the only sober one out

Sorry to hear that Lexie. I hope you get seen to soon. The lengthy wait is a pain!

Day Lewin · 15-03-2015 11:34pm

One thing that annoys me beyond all reasonable patience is people who don't realise that the Dyson Airblade hand dryer is supposed to work like a sort of air squeegee. You are meant to move your hands is a straight up-and-down movement past the "wall" of drying air, so the water is sort of "brushed" or scraped off as it were.

but all the time I see people standing there vacantly waving their hands as if it was a traditional dryer, just a round stream of warm air: or even just holding their hands still in it.
I get cross because the things work so well and so fast, when used correctly!

In fairness, there is only a tiny icon showing how to use it, just a tiny couple of arrows; it is not really very clear instructions at all.

Flutterby80 · 15-03-2015 11:38pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Going to bed on a Sunday night and the last thing you think about is work the next morning and getting up at 6.30 :'-(

Snap

Trebor176 · 15-03-2015 11:40pm

katemarch wrote: »

One thing that annoys me beyond all reasonable patience is people who don't realise that the Dyson Airblade hand dryer is supposed to work like a sort of air squeegee. You are meant to move your hands is a straight up-and-down movement past the "wall" of drying air, so the water is sort of "brushed" or scraped off as it were.

but all the time I see people standing there vacantly waving their hands as if it was a traditional dryer, just a round stream of warm air: or even just holding their hands still in it.
I get cross because the things work so well and so fast, when used correctly!

In fairness, there is only a tiny icon showing how to use it, just a tiny couple of arrows; it is not really very clear instructions at all.

Best hand dryers ever. I've used ones that have feck all coming out of them. Drying then can be a very slow process.

KatW4 · 16-03-2015 1:59am

LexieOnRale wrote:

Sitting b a and e with a broken ankle when I was the only sober one out

Oh no

hope the pain isn't too bad and they've given you something for it.

TA - only one visitor per patient in a and e. I wanted my mum and my bf with me when I was stuck in there.

eternal · 16-03-2015 2:01am

Spending half an hour taking off red nail varnish but the insides of my nails are still red.

davidk1394 · 16-03-2015 9:10am

Flutterby80 wrote: »

Snap

Im up now and the bulls are unloaded at the factory.. can look forward to tonight now !! :-D

whiskeyman · 16-03-2015 9:18am

TA - realising you could (and should) have taken today off, as pretty much the rest of the office has too...

whiskeyman · 16-03-2015 9:53am

TA: Just read the 'mcdonalds vs burger king' thread, and now I'd friggin love a BK!!

Kevhog1988 · 16-03-2015 9:56am

Reading that ppl at home have tomorrow off

skittles8710 · 16-03-2015 10:03am

Rosie Rant wrote: »

I hate being hounded in shops as well, being pounced on the second I walk in, being asked by every single person on the floor if I need help. No, just let me browse, please! Sometimes it's so excessive, I just leave and I'm reluctant to go back. I'm shy and I have a generally nervous disposition, so being attacked with "customer courtesy" like that scares me .

In an interview a while back, I was asked what I like and don't like as a customer. Straight away, I said I didn't like being over- helped in a shop, being asked if I'm ok or if I need help the second I get in and being asked the same thing by someone else when I move to a different part of the shop. The manager said that their staff absolutely have to do this, that people like and appreciate it. I don't think I've ever met anyone who actually likes it. I think just a friendly hello and a smile will suffice, just letting the customer know that someone is there and help is available IF they want it.

This. I worked in a certain catalogue high street store for a couple years part time in men's wear. Customer contact and link selling was drilled into us...
Make sure you introduce yourself to each customer within 10 seconds of them walking in the door. If someone is buying shoes make sure you close the sale on socks,, if it's jeans make sure you sell them a belt.. Horrible ! Was delighted when I finished college and could leave the place.

Pumpkinseeds · 16-03-2015 12:24pm

I keep being bitten my gnats. The little bitey bastards are back with a vengence.:mad:

Pumpkinseeds · 16-03-2015 12:33pm

Skangers who refer to their boyfriends/father of their kids as being their 'husband'. Unless he has married you he is not your husband. Fcuking twats, and the odds are he will never marry you.

wellboytoo · 16-03-2015 12:34pm

Fiachr_a

Generic Dreadhead · 16-03-2015 1:17pm

wellboytoo wrote: »

Fiachr_a

This is the thread that just keeps on giving :rolleyes:

The fact "SSM" is now being used to describe Same Sex Marriage, I don't why this annoys me, but it seems like an acroynm too far, and almost trivialises the whole subject.

eisenberg1 · 16-03-2015 1:47pm

LexieOnRale wrote: »

When your favourite thread goes to poo

Yeah, it seems to have lost its mojo alright.

deise08 · 16-03-2015 1:50pm

When bits of chocolate drop between your boobs and you don't realise til after it's all melted

One eyed Jack · 16-03-2015 2:00pm

Another day, another zip bursts...

Now having to stay behind my desk till everyone goes for lunch so I can fix the damn thing if it's possible without having to go again to Zipyard

Must be their best bloody customer at this stage :mad:

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 16-03-2015 2:03pm

Time to make yourself a salad OEJ!

TA - having to stay put in one place. It's weird. I never stay still. How people can stay on the couch all day is beyond me. So annoying.

Menas · 16-03-2015 2:04pm

deise08 wrote: »

When bits of chocolate drop between your boobs and you don't realise til after it's all melted

TA that some women are just teasing with posts like this ! :pac:

Generic Dreadhead · 16-03-2015 2:15pm

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Yeah, it seems to have lost its mojo alright.

If it's "Mojo" was just general chit-chat about clothes, make-up and outfits. Well it can lose it's Mojo away as far as i'm concerned :pac:

Where I work there is an ATM on site, it's right behind double doors. People have an annoying habit of stopping to put their ATM money in their wallets/purses right outside this door... normally this wouldn't be a problem, but the doors open outwards (towards the ATM) if you're coming from the other side, there's a little window in the doors that you can see them through, putting they money in their wallets. I swear someday I'm going to push the door open full force and have it whack them in the face. MAYBE DON'T STAND 6 INCHES IN FRONT OF A DOOR THAT OPENS INTO YOUR FACE NEXT TIME YOU FOOL!!!!! GAARRRRAGGHHHH!!!! :mad:

tomwaterford · 16-03-2015 2:28pm

theemigrant wrote: »

Reading that ppl at home have tomorrow off

Being near certain il probably have to work tomorrow

libelula · 16-03-2015 2:33pm

When people don't correct their phones' autocorrects. Drives me bleedin' daft, why switch it on if you refuse to use it properly?

Rosie Rant · 16-03-2015 2:46pm

Got scratched by a kitten on my wrist and chest. She likes to be petted but she doesn't like being lifted yet. Let me love you kitteh!!

MsBubbles · 16-03-2015 3:08pm

Afternoon Titties. Ta went shopping today tried on a jacket and this old woman mimed at me it was too small.

Colser · 16-03-2015 3:18pm

MsBubbles wrote: »

Afternoon Titties. Ta went shopping today tried on a jacket and this old woman mimed at me it was too small.

Why didnt you mime back with 2 fingers?:D

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 16-03-2015 3:25pm

Men who have long hair, that's alright when they're teenagers and have excuses to look ridiculous. Grown men with dreadlocks though? They look scruffy having those vile looking yokes dripping from their head.
Everytime I see them, I want to wash their hair and recommend a good barber.

MsBubbles · 16-03-2015 3:41pm

Colser wrote: »

Why didnt you mime back with 2 fingers?:D

Closer I was so shocked I stood there with my mouth open

fiachr_a · 16-03-2015 3:48pm

When you go into the Chapters shop to sell a bag of rap CDs and they examine each disc for scratches. When they've gone through every disc after 10 minutes they say "we're not into selling this kind of music"!

Menas · 16-03-2015 3:49pm

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Men who have long hair, that's alright when they're teenagers and have excuses to look ridiculous. Grown men with dreadlocks though? They look scruffy having those vile looking yokes dripping from their head.
Everytime I see them, I want to wash their hair and recommend a good barber.

There were lots of them living in trees in the Glen of the Downs at the time of the road expansion there. Deadlocked crustys.
TA that with talk of that road getting expanded again the dreadlocked hippies will probably move back in the trees in the Glen of the downs and stink the place up.

Pumpkinseeds · 16-03-2015 4:06pm

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Men who have long hair, that's alright when they're teenagers and have excuses to look ridiculous. Grown men with dreadlocks though? They look scruffy having those vile looking yokes dripping from their head.
Everytime I see them, I want to wash their hair and recommend a good barber.

Long hair can look really good on some men, so long as they put in the maintenance and condition/trim it. But dreadlocks are a definite no.

KatW4 · 16-03-2015 4:08pm

Eating so much that you feel sick but not wanting to stop eating because it's delicious.

Trivial things that annoy you Part 27

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