Trivial things that annoy you part 479

Robsweezie · 06-08-2015 09:05PM

Barely There wrote: »

The way my wife and her sister talk about (and to) their younger brother.

"I must remind him to print out the boarding pass"
"How will he get back home from the airport?"
"Did you hear if the flight got in on time?"

He's 33 FFS!

is he the youngest, the 'baby brother''? if so then it could be that he's probably fine, the ladies just feel he needs to be ''looked after''. It's one of the curses of being the youngest sometimes. The elder siblings think you're a naïve child in need of guidance just because you're the 'baby'.

KungPao · 07-08-2015 12:29AM

Those businessy ads you usually see on Sky News, Euro News etc, for airlines...where they have these soft/soothing images of flight travel and 6* hotel-like service, and the narrator with some oddly globalised accent says something like "While the sun is setting over Abu Dhabi, you are preparing for settling in for the night." Or some other ****e.

Hate those ads!

DareGod · 07-08-2015 01:14AM

KungPao wrote: »

Those businessy ads you usually see on Sky News, Euro News etc, for airlines...where they have these soft/soothing images of flight travel and 6* hotel-like service, and the narrator with some oddly globalised accent says something like "While the sun is setting over Abu Dhabi, you are preparing for settling in for the night." Or some other ****e.

Hate those ads!

All they do is remind me how poor I am.

ratmouse · 07-08-2015 02:27AM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Nobody cares or is looking at you love, they are too busy looking at themselves!

Enjoy life, a bikini is an atoll in the South Pacific.

I know that but I never mentioned about being worried what others think or who else might care. I care. TAd at being addressed as "love" :-(

crybaby · 07-08-2015 07:35AM

fussyonion wrote: »

I texted them and they replied "Ah no we'll leave it today."And I've got a plate of curly sandwiches and a headache(

Only people I would allow get away with that behaviour are my parents, you really should have given them a bit of stick.

Robsweezie · 07-08-2015 07:37AM

''dont ever call a girl fat.''

''never hit a woman.''

dont be calling ANYONE FAT or hitting ANYONE.

Barely There · 07-08-2015 08:35AM

Robsweezie wrote: »

is he the youngest, the 'baby brother''? if so then it could be that he's probably fine, the ladies just feel he needs to be ''looked after''. It's one of the curses of being the youngest sometimes. The elder siblings think you're a naïve child in need of guidance just because you're the 'baby'.

Yeah - he's the youngest.

They have this weird kind of habit of feeling sorry for him all the time.
They're always saying 'Poor Joey this' or Poor Joey that'

He's got a wife, a kid, a house, a job and is healthy and happy from what I can make out.

Not getting the weird constant sympathy vibe they have for him.

fussyonion · 07-08-2015 08:51AM

I bought Tesco's version of Fruit 'n' Fibre yesterday (there was a difference of over €4 between Tesco's and Kellogg's).

I thought it would be exactly the same, as I've often bought Tesco products that were exactly the same as the brand name.

But wow, do not buy Tesco's Fruit 'n' Fibre!
I poured a bowl this morning and got NO FRUIT. NO NUTS, NOTHING.
Just those brown flakes.

Here's a pic of my bowl: http://tinypic.com/r/mm8whh/8

I had a look through the bag and saw two pieces of banana.

Poured a few bowls to check and I was so amazed that there was virtually no fruit in the whole box!
No wonder it only cost €1.79 for a 750g box.

Back to Kellogg's with me.

frozenfrozen · 07-08-2015 09:01AM

BYOB (bring your own berries)

Robsweezie · 07-08-2015 10:31AM

Barely There wrote: »

Yeah - he's the youngest.

They have this weird kind of habit of feeling sorry for him all the time.
They're always saying 'Poor Joey this' or Poor Joey that'

He's got a wife, a kid, a house, a job and is healthy and happy from what I can make out.

Not getting the weird constant sympathy vibe they have for him.

it could well be a patronising superiority thing. if you ever watch the kardashians ( i dip in and out to see what all the fuss is about) the sisters all rally around rob and treat him like he's some sort of burden or train wreck, him being the youngest. he does appear a bit troubled to be fair.

that sort of dynamic is frustrating for the youngest and I've heard it can extend to adulthood. They still see the baby brother/sister.

Menas · 07-08-2015 10:33AM

Insomnia. I only get it when away from home. Have had a total of 12 hours sleep in the last three nights. I normally get eight a night!
Time to see the doctor and get some sleeping tablets before the next trip.

endofrainbow · 07-08-2015 10:39AM

the precocious child in the AIB mortgage commericals....

Rosie Rant · 07-08-2015 11:21AM

fussyonion wrote: »

I bought Tesco's version of Fruit 'n' Fibre yesterday (there was a difference of over €4 between Tesco's and Kellogg's).

I thought it would be exactly the same, as I've often bought Tesco products that were exactly the same as the brand name.

But wow, do not buy Tesco's Fruit 'n' Fibre!
I poured a bowl this morning and got NO FRUIT. NO NUTS, NOTHING.
Just those brown flakes.

Here's a pic of my bowl: http://tinypic.com/r/mm8whh/8

I had a look through the bag and saw two pieces of banana.

Poured a few bowls to check and I was so amazed that there was virtually no fruit in the whole box!
No wonder it only cost €1.79 for a 750g box.

Back to Kellogg's with me.

Tesco can be a bit hit and miss sometimes. The Supervalu fruit and fibre is really good, though. Lots of dried apple, raisins, dried banana and coconut in every bowl. I think it's around the same price as the Tesco one as well.

Radio5 · 07-08-2015 11:34AM

People who say to me in a slightly patronising voice "God you can't be as busy/stressed/pressurised as I am, you have no family".

Yes I do. No, not children whom you seem to think are the only things that qualify as family. I've a family, some of whom are older than me and whom I look after. Yes sometimes I'm busy/stressed/pressurised because of that but I don't choose to play the martyr card like you seem to , at every opportunity.

endofrainbow · 07-08-2015 11:46AM

Radio5 wrote: »

People who say to me in a slightly patronising voice "God you can't be as busy/stressed/pressurised as I am, you have no family".

Yes I do. No, not children whom you seem to think are the only things that qualify as family. I've a family, some of whom are older than me and whom I look after. Yes sometimes I'm busy/stressed/pressurised because of that but I don't choose to play the martyr card like you seem to , at every opportunity.

and people who are constantly taking time off work because their kids had *an emergency* . If employers condone this, they should at least allow people who look after elderly parents the same leeway.

JillyQ · 07-08-2015 12:03PM

endofrainbow wrote: »

and people who are constantly taking time off work because their kids had *an emergency* . If employers condone this, they should at least allow people who look after elderly parents the same leeway.

totally agree with you on this.

Son Of A Vidic · 07-08-2015 12:19PM

Robsweezie wrote: »

People treating death and tragedy as some sort of tacky competition. "yeah I know that girl was raped and murdered, but what about the X bombings?" and complaining about uneven news coverage.

I hate that and I think it's exclusively an Irish thing.

Mourner A: "Tis terrible what happened to Paddy, he only found out a week before he died."

Mourner B: "Ah shure look at poor oul Mickey Joe, didn't he go and die of cancer before he was even born."

NOS3 · 07-08-2015 02:24PM

When you're walking down the street and a cyclist swerves around pedestrians. He almost cycled into my friend and I and a good few people in front of me. Watch out like. :mad:

the purple tin · 07-08-2015 03:12PM

DareGod wrote: »

Maybe print it out and "accidentally" give her a paper cut when handing it to her :P

Janey mac! I'd have to get my health insurance all paid up before I try a trick like that :pac:

fussyonion · 07-08-2015 03:25PM

Disgusting people leaving toilets in an awful state.

I was in the gym today and went into a cubicle.
Saw a sanitary towel on the floor and the wrappers on the toilet seat.
The thing is, I've seen the cleaners in this gym and they work tirelessly to keep the changing room/toilets clean; they're always cleaning and I saw one flushing the toilets yesterday because obviously people didn't bother.

What the hell possesses people to treat public toilets like this?
It's disgusting and there's no need for it.
I wouldn't dream of leaving a toilet like that.

Also, the amount of girls who leave the cubicle and don't wash their hands...I mean, it takes two minutes ffs!

I was doing my make-up the other day and a girl exited the cubicle, spotted I was across at the sink, and turned and THEN washed her hands.
She had no intention of washing her hands until she spotted me.

McChubbin · 07-08-2015 04:52PM

More than trivially annoyed by the fact that I finally set up my printer today and my mother proceeded to badger me to print out about 50+ pages of crochetting patterns. Woman, do you have ANY idea how expensive printer ink is?! DO YOU?!
I hate sharing my gadgets as they inadvertedly end up getting borked by inexperienced hands. Yet if I say this aloud, I get called a "selfish bitch".
Urrrrrrrrrrgh.

selous · 07-08-2015 05:19PM

Tesco NOT Tescos or Tesco's.
Lidl NOT lidls or Lidl's
Aldi NOT Aldis or Aldi's

aaaarrrrggghhhhhhhhhh.
and breath...

Quazzie · 07-08-2015 05:29PM

selous wrote: »

Tesco NOT Tescos or Tesco's.
Lidl NOT lidls or Lidl's
Aldi NOT Aldis or Aldi's

aaaarrrrggghhhhhhhhhh.
and breath...

breathe NOT breath

selous · 07-08-2015 05:53PM

I suffocated.

Mudmask · 07-08-2015 08:27PM

My uncles wife trivally annoyes me and beyond. She treats everyone like they are remedial or something. And questions my mother intensively and pries way too much. "Is mud mask working yet?", " What did mudmask's sister pay for her house?". How can people be so blatenly rude and noisy? I've been in college and am planning on continuing straight into a masters so I've it done with, but this is deemed ridiculous in her opinion as I should be working full time

Robsweezie · 07-08-2015 08:39PM

im gonna add to the hate for public toilets here, nowadays I just open door handles with my sleeve or a piece of tissue, no contact with anything in there. its all literally gone to sh!t. I don't know how anyone can actually sit on those seats when they're no.2ing, surely its squatting all the way. I don't trust other people's hygiene standards enough to be wholly comfortable inside a public toilet. find me one with a bowl that isn't decorated with skid marks, and i'll give you my right arm.

eisenberg1 · 07-08-2015 08:53PM

selous wrote: »

Tesco NOT Tescos or Tesco's.
Lidl NOT lidls or Lidl's
Aldi NOT Aldis or Aldi's

aaaarrrrggghhhhhhhhhh.
and breath...

Dunnes?:eek:

eternal · 07-08-2015 10:32PM

I'm sorry to break it you thread.
I'm the one rustling and shuffling in my handbag at the cashier's desk, I'm the one who packs bags
at the check out at Lidl holding everyone up making sure every bag is properly fixed right.
You see the driver who can't boot it up the steep hill? Yes, that's me.
I am your living nightmare, the ghost who haunts your dreams.

'And they tell their friends and they tell their friends and they tell their friends...' Arrrgggghhh.

galljga1 · 08-08-2015 07:32AM

TAed that my six year old is asking so many questions. What's the difference between a moon and a planet? Why is Pluto not a planet? How was the universe created? Also secretly proud but if he could just lay off for a day, I would really appreciate it. Goddamned educational programmes, what's wrong with cartoons?

miezekatze · 08-08-2015 07:32AM

TA that I had to get up early today. I want my bed!

Trivial things that annoy you part 479

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