Trivial things that annoy you part 479

turnikett1 · 12-05-2015 02:58PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

It's not nice. It refers to people with Downs Syndrome.....

I guess it does, mongoloid and all that. I dunno, I never thought of it that way, lots of people say it around here just as a (somewhat) harmless term for someone whos acting like an eejit. Sorry if it offended you.

Menas · 12-05-2015 02:58PM

I TA myself sometimes! Keep on saying the wrong thing and pissing others off. Need to be quiet for a bit.

eisenberg1 · 12-05-2015 03:06PM

turnikett1 wrote: »

I guess it does, mongoloid and all that. I dunno, I never thought of it that way, lots of people say it around here just as a (somewhat) harmless term for someone whos acting like an eejit. Sorry if it offended you.

I am sure we are all guilty of this kind of thing at some stage. I was reminded of a thread I cam across last year, something like "Do you know any gay people" and some very quick wit posted something like..

"Yes, according to my fourteen year old son, I am gay, my wife is gay, the dog is gay, the TV, stereo system, car and pretty much everything we own is gay"

jimgoose · 12-05-2015 03:07PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

I am sure we are all guilty of this kind of thing at some stage. I was reminded of a thread I cam across last year, something like "Do you know any gay people" and some very quick wit posted something like..

"Yes, according to my fourteen year old son, I am gay, my wife is gay, the dog is gay, the TV, stereo system, car and pretty much everything we own is gay"

I remember that, that was fungin' brilliant! :pac:

Rosie Rant · 12-05-2015 03:47PM

There is a lovely little walkway that I pass through when I walk my OH to work and it is honestly one of my favourite places in the world. It is just off a very busy, very loud main road. The noise of the road wrecks my head, but when I step a few feet into this place it all fades away almost instantly and is replaced by the lovely sound of the birds chirping in the trees that line the walkway on either side. It is completely peaceful.

Unfortunately, while I walk through there thinking "Ahh, this is such a nice place to grab a few minutes of quiet" , a lot of other people seem to be thinking "This would be a grand, out-of-the-way place for dumping rubbish!" And that is exactly what they do. Every time I go there now, there is always litter strewn all over the place. It seems like people are walking through, eating their lunch and throwing their sandwich wrappers and drink bottles aside when they're done with them, others are sitting there at night drinking cans or naggins and leaving all their crap behind them. Some people leave bags of rubbish behind the trees.

It's such a shame to see such a lovely place wrecked by carelessness. There are nursing homes and indepedent living facilities in the area and the walkway provides a shortcut to the bus stop and local shops. It can't be nice for the residents to pass through that every day. The people who run the local shops are the ones who go out with black sacks several times a week and pick up all the crap that's been thrown around and they deserve a medal because it must be so frustrating, having the area spotless one minute and destroyed the next.

TL/DR - litterbugs suck.

kfallon · 12-05-2015 04:04PM

Having to walk to get a lift to football tonight :rolleyes:

fiachr_a · 12-05-2015 04:38PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

It's not nice. It refers to people with Downs Syndrome.....

It's actually Down syndrome, that's my trivial thing for today!

miezekatze · 12-05-2015 04:59PM

I'm a bit annoyed about people complaining about Irish emigrants not being allowed to vote in the referendum.. but what about all of us immigrants that don't have Irish citizenship?! Surely the outcome will affect us more than those people who have left the country? I've been paying taxes in this country for over 10 years and consider it my home, it annoys me that I'm still being excluded from these things and I can't even vote in a referendum.

(EU citizen here, so paying over a grand for citizenship just to be allowed to vote is not worth it)

whatismyname · 12-05-2015 05:16PM

miezekatze wrote: »

I'm a bit annoyed about people complaining about Irish emigrants not being allowed to vote in the referendum.. but what about all of us immigrants that don't have Irish citizenship?! Surely the outcome will affect us more than those people who have left the country? I've been paying taxes in this country for over 10 years and consider it my home, it annoys me that I'm still being excluded from these things and I can't even vote in a referendum. (EU citizen here, so paying over a grand for citizenship just to be allowed to vote is not worth it)

I am Irish but no longer live in Ireland, so didn't know that, and that TA's me now too.

I would've thought if your permanently resident in Ireland you should be allowed vote in the referendum... as a comparison although not a UK / Scottish citizen, I was eligible to vote in the Scottish independence referendum last year.

On the other hand, many born in Scotland, but no longer residing there, weren't eligible to vote in the referendum.

As you say, it affects you more than those who've left the country, and it was the same for me in the case of the Scottish referendum.

I know very little about the upcoming referendum in Ireland, as it doesn't affect me (will never live in Ireland again) so haven't read up much on it, but based on your post, it seems senseless, so definitely annoying.

miezekatze · 12-05-2015 05:29PM

whatismyname wrote:

I would've thought if your permanently resident in Ireland you should be allowed vote in the referendum... as a comparison although not a UK / Scottish citizen, I was eligible to vote in the Scottish independence referendum last year.

Thanks for your comment

No, I can only vote in EU elections and some local stuff, but not in any of the important ones and no referendums. Bizarrely, I can still vote in my home country even though I haven't lived there in over 10 years and have no plans of ever moving back.

Robsweezie · 12-05-2015 08:30PM

people ending every sentence with an upward inflection as if asking a question, shows a lack of confidence and need for validation in what they're saying. I do it very rarely when nervous.

whatismyname · 12-05-2015 08:53PM

Feck it, I'm going for it.

1. Being on holiday abroad alone (by choice), but being alone and having a potentially sprained ankle.

2. Chatting to two strangers who are clearly a couple, but the male in the couple practically feeling the woman up as they talk to you - and her not bothered about it, which is a secondary TA probably.

3. People you talk to who go on and on about themselves, and show no interest in the person they are talking to - conversation is a two way thing, right?

4. Bad customer service, but so appalled I should probably take it to the ranting and raving forum, or on second thoughts probably best not to get me started.

5. My own head and the sh1t in head... but on the other hand my own head if wonderful and amazing in it's own right, so hey ho.

6. People saying they'll be somewhere, and then not being there

7. Putting a bottle of sun lotion in my bag, and it spilling all over the book and other stuff in there.

8. People who go on a super cheap holiday to a very budget holiday, and who then moan on tripadvisor about how basic it is (not me). If you want a good standard, go pay for it, and most of the things you're paying for are so very trivial, especially given the price you pay for them.

Gonna stop now, enough for now. Be back later maybe :P

whatismyname · 12-05-2015 09:06PM

Having two running threads for days on the same forum on the same topic.

Samsgirl · 13-05-2015 02:01AM

Stubbed my toe on a misplaced shoe.
Even more annoyed that I can't blame anyone for said misplacement as it was my doing.

dubscottie · 13-05-2015 02:20AM

People out running.. Everynight between 5-9pm you have every twat out.. And if you don't move.. The bang into you.. I am stationary.. Would you bounce off a post box? No so why do you feel the need to bounce off me?

silverfeather · 13-05-2015 02:21AM

dubscottie wrote: »

People out running.. Everynight between 5-9pm you have every twat out.. And if you don't move.. The bang into you.. I am stationary.. Would you bounce off a post box? No so why do you feel the need to bounce off me?

sorry

guitarzero · 13-05-2015 02:31AM

Lumbersexuals (sailorsexuals?), this new breed of hipsters with the gelled hair and the beards, if I saw one drown I'd probably just wave back.

ianobrien · 13-05-2015 05:44AM

I must be turning into a right old crank as I find myself agreeing with a lot of stuff here.

My number one annoyance are out of control kids and the parents who "don't want to suppress their development by setting restricting boundaries", closely followed by social climbers.

mickydoomsux · 13-05-2015 07:18AM

Rosie Rant wrote: »

There is a lovely little walkway that I pass through when I walk my OH to work and it is honestly one of my favourite places in the world. It is just off a very busy, very loud main road. The noise of the road wrecks my head, but when I step a few feet into this place it all fades away almost instantly and is replaced by the lovely sound of the birds chirping in the trees that line the walkway on either side. It is completely peaceful.

Unfortunately, while I walk through there thinking "Ahh, this is such a nice place to grab a few minutes of quiet" , a lot of other people seem to be thinking "This would be a grand, out-of-the-way place for dumping rubbish!" And that is exactly what they do. Every time I go there now, there is always litter strewn all over the place. It seems like people are walking through, eating their lunch and throwing their sandwich wrappers and drink bottles aside when they're done with them, others are sitting there at night drinking cans or naggins and leaving all their crap behind them. Some people leave bags of rubbish behind the trees.

It's such a shame to see such a lovely place wrecked by carelessness. There are nursing homes and indepedent living facilities in the area and the walkway provides a shortcut to the bus stop and local shops. It can't be nice for the residents to pass through that every day. The people who run the local shops are the ones who go out with black sacks several times a week and pick up all the crap that's been thrown around and they deserve a medal because it must be so frustrating, having the area spotless one minute and destroyed the next.

TL/DR - litterbugs suck.

Yeah, i live in the country and there's a lovely woodland walk near me that is really well maintained by Coillte or the OPW or whoever but of course every **** and their cousin just uses it as a dumping ground at any point they can get a vehicle into it.

I'm out there most days and there's routinely black sacks full of rubbish left around. The most i counted in one day was 10 in the same place :eek: Last week someone had dumped a load of car batteries in a gully running alongside part of the walking route.

People suck and are the reason we can't have anything nice. There will always be some scumbags who have to ruin it for everyone else.

LynnGrace · 13-05-2015 08:12AM

I see the same in a local park where I often walk. It's really well maintained, but some yokes choose to use it as a place to dump all kinds of stuff. Disgusting.

messrs · 13-05-2015 08:22AM

LynnGrace wrote: »

I see the same in a local park where I often walk. It's really well maintained, but some yokes choose to use it as a place to dump all kinds of stuff. Disgusting.

This bugs me - my local park on a nice sunny day is swarmed with people and they mess the leave behind just crap thrown everywhere -and there are so many bins in the park - often about 100 feet away but still instead of walking over to the bins they just leave all their crap right where they were sitting!!

AndyBoBandy · 13-05-2015 08:27AM

messrs wrote: »

This bugs me - my local park on a nice sunny day is swarmed with people and they mess the leave behind just crap thrown everywhere -and there are so many bins in the park - often about 100 feet away but still instead of walking over to the bins they just leave all their crap right where they were sitting!!

These last few posts should be highlighted and probably deserve to get their own thread!!

Absolutely disgusting behaviour, dumping your shíte like that,

How awesome would it be to locate who dumped what, and dump it all back on their front garden...

Pumpkinseeds · 13-05-2015 08:49AM

Gotta head off to my GP's soon. I hate sitting in the waiting room, hopefully there won't be any kids. Trivial annoyance, when people let their kids bother everyone else in the waiting room/ throw magazines around. It's a doctors not a fricking creche. I hope my GP doesn't sign up to the free care for under 6's or whatever it is, I'd be sat there all fricking day if that happens.

LynnGrace · 13-05-2015 08:50AM

messrs wrote: »

This bugs me - my local park on a nice sunny day is swarmed with people and they mess the leave behind just crap thrown everywhere -and there are so many bins in the park - often about 100 feet away but still instead of walking over to the bins they just leave all their crap right where they were sitting!!

What I see, more so, is deliberately dumped household rubbish. It's a disgrace.

Samsgirl · 13-05-2015 09:38AM

TA that my work mate blatantly ignored me when I said Good Morning. Doesn't cost anything to be civil.

AndyBoBandy · 13-05-2015 09:52AM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Trivial annoyance, when people let their kids bother everyone else in the waiting room/ throw magazines around.

"Awww, but their so cute when their that age!!!!!!!" :mad::mad::mad::mad:

fussyonion · 13-05-2015 10:00AM

Things dropping again and again.

I was drying the dishes and I grabbed a spoon from the draining board to dry it.

It fell. I bent down to pick it up (and I have back problems, so bending is not easy for me). I started drying it. It fell again. I picked it up.
Got a rush of heartburn as I bent over.

About to put said spoon into drawer. IT FELL ON THE FLOOR AGAIN.

Bent over to pick it up. Swore at spoon, threatening to kill it and fecked it in the drawer in a temper.

whiskeyman · 13-05-2015 10:05AM

Squeezing an orange on an old skool glass juicer, then attempting to pour it into a glass, but to see most of the juice pour anywhere but in the actual glass!!! :mad:
Enjoy my OJ Mr. worktop....

messrs · 13-05-2015 10:05AM

Samsgirl wrote: »

TA that my work mate blatantly ignored me when I said Good Morning. Doesn't cost anything to be civil.

my manager does that!!! & not just to me but to the whole department!

Menas · 13-05-2015 10:26AM

messrs wrote: »

my manager does that!!! & not just to me but to the whole department!

I would love my manager to ignore me. Got way too much work on and when he talks to me he is either going to waste my time or give me another project to work on....:(

Trivial things that annoy you part 479

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