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Really minor annoyances

Gronkowski said:
People waiting at the petrol station for a pump on their side even though the hoses are long enough to go round the car and blocking the entrance so no one else can get in.
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Aye, but also the flip side to that is ones that say long hoses but they don’t reach. Had one like this recently, might’ve been Sainsburys Galleries, and even though I was parked as close as I could to the pump it wouldn’t reach. Had to get back in the car and drive to a one on the same side.
 

AmblerThorn said:
Don't watch Deal or No Deal then as Stephen Mulhern is terrible for it

So I've head of course, as I'd never watch that rubbish
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As a speech thing I get, certainly in the NE. If your ace striker squanders a golden opportunity then it's "Ooh, should of done better there" as you hear it. If you're writing it down then it's "Ooh, should've done better there" (abbreviated "should have"...)

Or "Useless (*!&!!!
 
c032745y said:
As a speech thing I get, certainly in the NE. If your ace striker squanders a golden opportunity then it's "Ooh, should of done better there" as you hear it. If you're writing it down then it's "Ooh, should've done better there" (abbreviated "should have"...)

Or "Useless (*!&!!!
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Totally disagree. If you’re pronouncing ‘should’ve’ as ‘should of’ then you need a new set of teeth.
 
This bit of the roof at Hillsborough used to really get on my tits when Sheff Wed used to be on MOTD in the 90s, and seeing it again last night has brought it all back. There is no need whatsoever for this little corner bit to be there (where it says The Owls), but it is. It joins the side stand roof with the end (that aren't even touching), but with no roof being over the corner, it's completely pointless. Sick of it me.


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c032745y said:
It's of/have for me. I genuinely cannot grasp why folk can't sort that out...
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We talk about areas a lot at work and the one that gets me is m2. I had a maths teacher at school who drilled it into us that this denotes square metres as opposed to metres squared as it could be argued that it’s written.

People at work will say something is 10 metres squared when they mean 10m2. In reality 10 metres squared is 10m x 10m I.e 100m2.

I usually know what they mean and they’re just saying it wrong but my maths teacher would be turning in his grave as I can’t be bothered to pull people on it anymore.
 
Thornton said:
This bit of the roof at Hillsborough used to really get on my tits when Sheff Wed used to be on MOTD in the 90s, and seeing it again last night has brought it all back. There is no need whatsoever for this little corner bit to be there (where it says The Owls), but it is. It joins the side stand roof with the end (that aren't even touching), but with no roof being over the corner, it's completely pointless. Sick of it me.


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Reminds me of when someone puts their number plate on a slight angle.
 
c032745y said:
It's of/have for me. I genuinely cannot grasp why folk can't sort that out...
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There / their / they’re.
We learned the difference in the infants’ school. How do grown people still not grasp this?

Also use of “are” in place of “our” - I’m guessing the mistake is due to phonetics but what kind of soft southern ponce do you have to be to pronounce “our” as “are” when it clearly should be “awwa”.
Sgt Pepper said:
Aye, but also the flip side to that is ones that say long hoses but they don’t reach. Had one like this recently, might’ve been Sainsburys Galleries, and even though I was parked as close as I could to the pump it wouldn’t reach. Had to get back in the car and drive to a one on the same side.
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Aye I followed the advice of the wise old SMB and this happened to me - felt like a right chump!
 
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Sgt Pepper said:
Aye, but also the flip side to that is ones that say long hoses but they don’t reach. Had one like this recently, might’ve been Sainsburys Galleries, and even though I was parked as close as I could to the pump it wouldn’t reach. Had to get back in the car and drive to a one on the same side.
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Ask your husband to fill it up next time
 
Gronkowski said:
People waiting at the petrol station for a pump on their side even though the hoses are long enough to go round the car and blocking the entrance so no one else can get in.
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As previously said some of the pumps aren’t long enough, especially if you’re in a van. Somebody tried telling me to use the empty one at Costco earlier but wouldn’t believe me when I told them it didn’t reach and I simply couldn’t just put it over the top of my van.

Also when people park 2 foot away from the pump then stand in the exit route and look at you like you’re about to kill them when you try and leave.

Been said before but people who use don’t take their Costco card to the pump so have to go back and search for it making the queue wait even more. You sat there for 5 minutes surely this is when you get everything sorted.
 
I had one from christmas....Mrs 73 (no)....kept putting christmas hats on the corner of the telly and totally obscuring footy scores...I kept removing them, then up they'd go again...
 
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