Things that just downright baffle you?



People who will in no way ever accept that law enforcement is riddled with "bad eggs" who have no business in that line of work.

Face it, there is a ridiculous number of people in that profession (not all, I might add) who just shouldn't be there. There's some of them getting caught abusing their position &/or breaking the law on a regular basis. & that's just the ones who are caught.

Time to finally admit it, some (again, not all) of them are absolute scum. Just because they have a uniform on, doesn’t mean they're above the law.
 
Not sure if it has been mentioned but

It always baffles me when you watch two/three people that go to the gym together and watch each other doing a set on the weights when there is plenty of equipment available to do your own thing.

They may be there an hour but probably do 20 minutes worth of exercise.
 
People in supermarkets who will spend ten minutes watching the checkout assistant do their thing, take an age to put shopping in trolley then spend half an hour finding payment whilst chatting away to the checkout assistant despite a queue of people.
 
a1970man said:
People who go to the pool and stand in there chatting and never swim a stroke.
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Blokes - big fat ones - who walk up and down the pool talking to people and try to engage me in conversation whilst I’m swimming.

Women who do the same but take up huge amounts of space walking side by side and chatting, rather than swimming.

It doesn’t baffle me that some people for a variety of reasons, benefit from walking in the pool, as a form of exercise (same depth all the way) but it baffles me that they barely move, apart from the distracted stroll they occasionally engage in whilst they animatedly chat as I attempt to swim around them.
 
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nahwee said:
People who stand their bins outside their house when they have an alternative.
You think it looks nice having a row of waste bins outside the front of your house?
Keep them in the garage!
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I wouldn't be putting them in the garage, that's weird.

I did build a wee outdoor shelter for them though. Kept them out the road, and gave us a bit more fenced off storage space rather than the hedge that was there before.
 
George Kaplan said:
Blokes - big fat ones - who walk up and down the pool talking to people and try to engage me in conversation whilst I’m swimming.

Women who do the same but take up huge amounts of space walking side by side and chatting, rather than swimming.

It doesn’t baffle me that some people for a variety of reasons, benefit from walking in the pool, as a form of exercise (same depth all the way) but it baffles me that they barely move, apart from the distracted stroll they occasionally engage in whilst they animatedly chat as I attempt to swim around them.
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Kids that dive bomb the pool, to mummy and daddys clapping and praise.
Kids that swim underwater and appear like a rocket in front of you
Women with Babies who walk backwards taking to their little darlings with a total disregard for all other pool users.
Kids who amass 50 pool noodles and leave them strewn around the place when they leave.
People who stand at the end of the pool taking up the whole end so you can't swim a length but never swim themselves.
People who walk width ways back and forth.
Blokes who use the steam room or sauna and the best way of getting rid of all that stinking sweat is to walk past the shower and plunge in the pool.
People who follow you when swimming so when you turn around their directly in front of you.

I just realised that I can shorten this list by just saying "Other people in the pool as the same time as me"
 
a1970man said:
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Kids that dive bomb the pool, to mummy and daddys clapping and praise.
Kids that swim underwater and appear like a rocket in front of you
Women with Babies who walk backwards taking to their little darlings with a total disregard for all other pool users.
Kids who amass 50 pool noodles and leave them strewn around the place when they leave.
People who stand at the end of the pool taking up the whole end so you can't swim a length but never swim themselves.
People who walk width ways back and forth.
Blokes who use the steam room or sauna and the best way of getting rid of all that stinking sweat is to walk past the shower and plunge in the pool.
People who follow you when swimming so when you turn around their directly in front of you.

I just realised that I can shorten this list by just saying "Other people in the pool as the same time as me"
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I use a golf club pool - I don’t play golf but I have membership of the leisure facilities and gym.

I’m only baffled by adults in the pool as I avoid times when families or kids are likely to be there.

The retired old gits are the baffling enough.

I am, by the way, a retired old git.
 

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