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Really minor annoyances

BiG said:
It’s a minor annoyance to me that so many celebrities are utterly thick and know next to nowt. My evidence is telly quiz programmes of course.

Latest example: Dianne Buswell on tonight’s episode of House of Games. Probably a repeat. Which simply means it’s another opportunity to see how utterly thick she is and how completely astounded she is when somebody answers a totally simple question correctly.

But on the show with her tonight is that Welsh tv weather guy Owain Wyn Evans. And he made a fairly limp quip about him wanting to be successful in the quiz because his middle name is ‘Wyn’ (Win: geddit)

She was utterly amazed. Astounded. Remarked on how fabulous it was. And how she hadn’t realised.

But she’s sat next to him and every single time he’s introduced, his full name is announced. And she only just realised what his name is.

(Please, please don’t bother with the ‘wad’ type comments. That’s just another minor annoyance)
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Worse when they are then used to endorse certain products and the public think "well they came third on big brother so if they say it is good it is worth spending £6k on it".

I'm sure there was something Vorderman endorsed that turned out to be some sort of financial scam (and I don't mean when she backed Cameron's education policy).
BiG said:
(Please, please don’t bother with the ‘wad’ type comments. That’s just another minor annoyance)
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I bit like people who mention a woman followed by (no). Some do it multiple times in the same post.

That was 20 years ago, time to let some of these 'in' jokes die.
 

chunkyshanhawk53 said:
People in the street who wear headphones with microphones

The ones you use for work calls

You look ridiculous
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Was in the immigration line at JFK last summer (look at me) and there was an absolute tosser using one of them, on a call back to the UK giving some poor bloke called Toby a right f***ing dressing down.
 
When you instruct the delivery company to just leave the package at the door but they deliver to your neighbour instead so you have to listen to your neighbour talk shite for half an hour when you go to get it! Probs more my neighbours fault than the delivery driver I suspect my neighbour is at the door before he gets a chance to just leave it!
 
VenisonsMullet said:
Was in the immigration line at JFK last summer (look at me) and there was an absolute tosser using one of them, on a call back to the UK giving some poor bloke called Toby a right f***ing dressing down.
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At least they were on a call. Remember about 10-15 years ago when there were people walking around with a bluetooth earpiece permanently stuck in their lugs? Some looked to be just longing for a call to come through so they could scream down the mic "I've got you on the bluetooth earpiece", or in other words "Look at me, look at me everyone, I spent £30 on a phone accessory and now someone is calling me, I'm popular and cool. What is that you say, you are from Microsoft and have detected a problem with my PC, ok I'll install that as soon as I get home".
 
Sainsburys substituted Spontex Essentials gloves for Marigolds. I don't like them because:

1) They're much thinner than Marigolds
2) They're smaller than Marigolds and felt a bit tight
3) They're not as grippy as Marigolds and I was struggling to hold onto the crockery when I was washing up
4) They don't have a cuff, so the arms wrinkled down to my wrists

I've ordered some Marigolds from Amazon now.

1992clock said:
When you instruct the delivery company to just leave the package at the door but they deliver to your neighbour instead so you have to listen to your neighbour talk shite for half an hour when you go to get it! Probs more my neighbours fault than the delivery driver I suspect my neighbour is at the door before he gets a chance to just leave it!
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I've put a delivery instruction note on my works deliveries for all parcels to be left in front of my garage door, as it has a canopy shelter over it so stuff stays dry in wet weather.

Sometimes they decide to either leave them in the passageway between me and next door or throw them over the fence into my back garden so things are wet by the time I get home from work.
 
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Might have been mentioned before, but am I balls going through 158 pages to find out!

The BBC Breaking News notifications. Utter shite. Misses key info, but happy to send out pish ‘stories’ that are just adverts for Panorama. Half the alerts are for articles hours old too.

… that and really long threads on here.
 
BiG said:
It’s a minor annoyance to me that so many celebrities are utterly thick and know next to nowt. My evidence is telly quiz programmes of course.

Latest example: Dianne Buswell on tonight’s episode of House of Games. Probably a repeat. Which simply means it’s another opportunity to see how utterly thick she is and how completely astounded she is when somebody answers a totally simple question correctly.

But on the show with her tonight is that Welsh tv weather guy Owain Wyn Evans. And he made a fairly limp quip about him wanting to be successful in the quiz because his middle name is ‘Wyn’ (Win: geddit)

She was utterly amazed. Astounded. Remarked on how fabulous it was. And how she hadn’t realised.

But she’s sat next to him and every single time he’s introduced, his full name is announced. And she only just realised what his name is.

(Please, please don’t bother with the ‘wad’ type comments. That’s just another minor annoyance)
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Any "celebrity version" of a quiz show is almost crap. I'm sure they get easier questions and still they fail badly. "Who painted the Mona Lisa. Leonardo Da Vinci, Andy Warhol or a Boiled Egg?"

"Err... I've heard of Warhol, and I don't think it's the Egg...."

Always quite pleasing if you find a celebrity who is surprisingly bright. But its rare.
 
People wearing headphones in general. It makes me think they can’t be at peace with their own thoughts. Obviously the majority will just like music but still
 
samsafc said:
People wearing headphones in general. It makes me think they can’t be at peace with their own thoughts. Obviously the majority will just like music but still
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It proper winds me up. Surely you dont need to lead a life where you have to have stuff bunged in your ears every time you leave the house. Think I only use headphones when I`m on a aeroplane
 
Crook Mackem said:
It proper winds me up. Surely you dont need to lead a life where you have to have stuff bunged in your ears every time you leave the house. Think I only use headphones when I`m on a aeroplane
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Students in Durham the worst, don’t even do a little nod or an “alright mate” when they walk past
 
samsafc said:
People wearing headphones in general. It makes me think they can’t be at peace with their own thoughts. Obviously the majority will just like music but still
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What about people out for a run, in the gym, sitting bored on a train and want to listen to some music or a podcast? Far better using headphones than the people on trains who think we all want to listen to their music, or any TV/podcast always seem to be some screaming over the top American.
 
DaveH said:
What about people out for a run, in the gym, sitting bored on a train and want to listen to some music or a podcast? Far better using headphones than the people on trains who think we all want to listen to their music, or any TV/podcast always seem to be some screaming over the top American.
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Dunno mate I don’t own any headphones, maybe I’m missing out.
Them situations are a little more understandable but those just walking about irritate me.
 
samsafc said:
Dunno mate I don’t own any headphones, maybe I’m missing out.
Them situations are a little more understandable but those just walking about irritate me.
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I use them for the above, but not general wandering about.

Where I used to work, there was a nice cycle path in, traffic free. There was one bloke with huge noise cancelling headphones used to meander down the middle of the cycle path every morning. He never once seemed to pick up on the fact he was on a cycle path and perhaps should walk to the side if he was not going to listen to his surroundings.

One morning he was drifting diagonally across the pavement in a dip with a sharp bend and a steep incline the other side. After ringing my bell 3 times and shouting excuse me please, I decided to cut around him before I lost too much momentum for the hill. I hit a patch of wet gravel, lost control of the bike, smashed my face up on the ground and broke my hand.

That was not entirely the fault of the headphone zombie. If people are going to drown out the sounds of the world, they need extra awareness of who is around them.
 
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