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Really minor annoyances


Wilfy said:
The level crossing at Blaydon next to Morrisons is terrible for being down far too long. The next one along near my work is much better.
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There is two types of crossing or was when I was on the railway. Automatic and CCTV. The automatic run using treadles which when a train strikes the last begins to lift, CCTV are controlled by the signalman, who tend to drop them early and are slow to raise them.
 
Supermarkets that only have lager in the fridge. If you want to drink an ale there and then (like buying it for the train), then you have to have it warm. Very warm in the case of the recent summer we have had.

Why not put both types of drinks in the fridge?
 
Wilfy said:
Mines not very friendly.
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Mine likes people, hates other dogs...

...although he's not keen on the mentalist "dog woman" that we see occasionally. She wanders up to random folk with dogs doing a stupid voice wanting to stroke the dogs. His ears flatten & he tolerates her but it gives me an excuse to ignore her. Unusual for him cos he's a little tart when he get a bit of attention.
 
Select coaches said:
The person who doesnā€™t like friendly dogs off the lead because his dogs a ā€œbig bad boyā€ perhaps
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Mate, I've been through this countless times. My dog is very rarely off his lead, he's a little bastard with other dogs. I avoid popular walking routes, scope where we're going & generally keep ourselves to ourselves, we both enjoy it that way. What I cannot legislate for is idiot/naive dog walkers who let their hounds run loose & free without any semblance of control. As & when they come bounding up to mine, less than 4 feet away from me cos that's the length of his lead, but sometimes 100's of yards from their dog whisperer owners & snarling, snapping & gnashing goes on, don't cry.

There's a great scene in Mona Lisa when Bob Hoskins character goes to visit his ex only to discover a new bloke. A kerfuffle ensues during which Bob lobs a wheelie bin at the front door shouting "I only came to say 'ello! f***ing HELLO!!!"

Thus when owners of dogs recover their runaway that I've prised the rage monkey off & say "He only came to say hello!" I always say "f***ing Hello!" in a fake cockney accent...
 
ā€œPlease listen carefully to the following as our menu options have changed ā€¦ā€

Is there a single company on planet earth which doesnā€™t have this on their voice mail?

Why are they constantly changing their menu options? Why not just leave well enough alone?

Just once Iā€™d like to hear ā€œyou donā€™t have to pay close attention to the following as our menu options havenā€™t changed since 1999ā€
 
Tex said:
ā€œPlease listen carefully to the following as our menu options have changed ā€¦ā€

Is there a single company on planet earth which doesnā€™t have this on their voice mail?

Why are they constantly changing their menu options? Why not just leave well enough alone?

Just once Iā€™d like to hear ā€œyou donā€™t have to pay close attention to the following as our menu options havenā€™t changed since 1999ā€
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ā€œYour call is important to usā€

No itā€™s not. If it was important you would employ someone to answer the phone.
 
c032745y said:
Mate, I've been through this countless times. My dog is very rarely off his lead, he's a little bastard with other dogs. I avoid popular walking routes, scope where we're going & generally keep ourselves to ourselves, we both enjoy it that way. What I cannot legislate for is idiot/naive dog walkers who let their hounds run loose & free without any semblance of control. As & when they come bounding up to mine, less than 4 feet away from me cos that's the length of his lead, but sometimes 100's of yards from their dog whisperer owners & snarling, snapping & gnashing goes on, don't cry.

There's a great scene in Mona Lisa when Bob Hoskins character goes to visit his ex only to discover a new bloke. A kerfuffle ensues during which Bob lobs a wheelie bin at the front door shouting "I only came to say 'ello! f***ing HELLO!!!"

Thus when owners of dogs recover their runaway that I've prised the rage monkey off & say "He only came to say hello!" I always say "f***ing Hello!" in a fake cockney accent...
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I never even quoted you šŸ˜‚, l like dogs, not the stupid fluffy ones or the ugly aggressive ones. Collies labs etc, are great and can see why people have them. Just canā€™t understand why people have an animal that could kill someone in the blink of an eye. Thatā€™s just me and it is in the minor annoyance thread tbf.
 
Select coaches said:
I never even quoted you šŸ˜‚, l like dogs, not the stupid fluffy ones or the ugly aggressive ones. Collies labs etc, are great and can see why people have them. Just canā€™t understand why people have an animal that could kill someone in the blink of an eye. Thatā€™s just me and it is in the minor annoyance thread tbf.
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Soz, just get a bit miffed.

Besides, he couldn't kill you in the blink of an eye, he's arnly little! H e just THINKS he's massive...
 
BiG said:
The adverts for those sketcher slip-on shoes. First, and least annoyingly, of all, they look shite in real life.

But the annoying bit of the adverts isn't that they are being advertised by fit and healthy former-athlete etc celebrities who appear, in response to the the offer of a few hundred thousand quid, to be trying to convince me that they have as much difficulty as I have - which still isn't all that much - in bending down to put a pair of shoes on.

No. The annoying bit is where they are selling the shoes, partly on the basis, that their design means there's 'no need to touch your shoes'

Since when has it been some sort of disgusting cultural taboo to 'touch you shoes' and who buys footwear on the basis that you will never had to touch them?
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They also recently had a campaign saying the soles were "air-cooled", isn't everything?
 
Select coaches said:
I particularly like ā€œhome madeā€ the wife always loves it when I ask whose home they were made in, itā€™s always met with blank stares from the waitress.
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When we walk past a pub describing their food as home cooked, I always say to my current wife "I wouldn't want to eat there".
She never gets tired of hearing it.
 
Big Jeff said:
ā€œYour call is important to usā€

No itā€™s not. If it was important you would employ someone to answer the phone.
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Except it is, click, pause in the hold music for a few seconds then gives that message. And then it repeats every 30 seconds.

If you are stuck in the queue for 20 minutes with it on speaker (making sure you are not in a public place disturbing anyone with your call), you can't crack on and concentrate on work because twice a minute you think finally someone is going to answer.
 
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