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Really minor annoyances


Becs said:
The keyboard on the Bridges parking machine. It's not QWERTY and it's not alphabetical. It's just wrong!

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It’s designed that way for the benefit of touch typists so that the keys that are used most regularly don’t stick together when they are hit in quick succession. Meaning the typist has to pull them apart, correct the mess on the paper and/or remove the paper and carbon paper to start again. It also damages the typewriter ribbon if it happens too often.

Jesus man. Don’t you know anything about parking machine lettering layout
Epping said:
Wtf.. top line is correct except first two letters then it's random

How do they even do that
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I just noticed that it isn’t even qwertiop. I take it all back.
 
tooliohelmet said:
Letting someone out or through when driving and them not acknowledging it.
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9 times out of 10 its a woman(evidence I drive for a living) I am genuinely curious as to why it is the case but the evidence is overwhelming
HoxtonMackem said:
This and cookies.

**** off man, just let me use the site without being bombarded with endless things to click, cross and accept.

Women especially (not all but a lot) are terrible for this, in my experience.

Either are or pretend to be too glued to the road ahead in a weird fashion to acknowledge the fact you've given way to them.
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i think driving like everything else we (men and women) do....we approach completely differently they seem to develop a hyper focused tunnel vision they do not look relaxed about the fact they are driving and probably never will do. Mens generally better spatial awarness allows them to relax and be more aware of their surroundings and acknowledgement results ...what I tend to see from a lot(not all) of women is a steering wheel tightly gripped at 10 to 2 and an unflinching intense gaze directly ahead they tend to look very uncomfortable..... Now is this true of all men and all women of course it is not just a considered conclusion of me who drives 100s of miles a day

We really are from mars and they from venus
Johnny on the spot said:
Why would you press the stop button at the crossing if there's no cars in the vicinity? 🤷🏻‍♂️
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ever been to poland?
 
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daventry cat said:
9 times out of 10 its a woman(evidence I drive for a living) I am genuinely curious as to why it is the case but the evidence is overwhelming

i think driving like everything else we (men and women) do....we approach completely differently they seem to develop a hyper focused tunnel vision they do not look relaxed about the fact they are driving and probably never will do. Mens generally better spatial awarness allows them to relax and be more aware of their surroundings and acknowledgement results ...what I tend to see from a lot(not all) of women is a steering wheel tightly gripped at 10 to 2 and an unflinching intense gaze directly ahead they tend to look very uncomfortable..... Now is this true of all men and all women of course it is not just a considered conclusion of me who drives 100s of miles a day

We really are from mars and they from venus

ever been to poland?
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No, but I'm interested in the relevance, even if it's a really minor annoyance to you 😉.
 
daventry cat said:
9 times out of 10 its a woman(evidence I drive for a living) I am genuinely curious as to why it is the case but the evidence is overwhelming

i think driving like everything else we (men and women) do....we approach completely differently they seem to develop a hyper focused tunnel vision they do not look relaxed about the fact they are driving and probably never will do. Mens generally better spatial awarness allows them to relax and be more aware of their surroundings and acknowledgement results ...what I tend to see from a lot(not all) of women is a steering wheel tightly gripped at 10 to 2 and an unflinching intense gaze directly ahead they tend to look very uncomfortable..... Now is this true of all men and all women of course it is not just a considered conclusion of me who drives 100s of miles a day

We really are from mars and they from venus

ever been to poland?
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Driving in Spain highlights that both (or should I say ‘all’) genders here ignore the common driving courtesies and etiquette we take for granted (?) in the U.K.

Cutting across junctions, overtaking on restricted roads, tailgating the fuck out if each other, no acknowledgement of little courtesies, even pedestrians strolling into the road. Maybe it’s because in the majority of rural or semi rural areas the traffic is relatively minimal.
 
chelt_mackem said:
It's really annoying that Amazon have removed the option of leaving parcels in an enclosed front porch from the safe space list. So now instead of parcels being reasonably safely behind a closed door, they're dumped on the doorstep in full view of the bloody street.
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I once delivered a 65" tv into someones house....they were not at home instructions were to leave it in the porch it was never going fit. i realized the front door was open and thought fuck it its going in there :lol:
Johnny on the spot said:
No, but I'm interested in the relevance, even if it's a really minor annoyance to you 😉.
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:lol: They always press the button and wait doesnt matter what time of day or the amount of traffic...can be 3am not a car in sight and theyll press and wait...'jay walking' fines are regular over there the police are known to hide and catch you out apparently-i suggested this last bit was perhaps an bit of urban myth but my Mrs insists not
BiG said:
Driving in Spain highlights that both (or should I say ‘all’) genders here ignore the common driving courtesies and etiquette we take for granted (?) in the U.K.

Cutting across junctions, overtaking on restricted roads, tailgating the fuck out if each other, no acknowledgement of little courtesies, even pedestrians strolling into the road. Maybe it’s because in the majority of rural or semi rural areas the traffic is relatively minimal.
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courtesies and etiquette is quite ingrained in the UK and could be said to be part of our 'fabric' almost hard wired ...and yet whatever it is about driving it is able to override the hard wiring and this is not an easy feat. All of these female drivers would never not think to thank you for holding a door open for them because that would be rude and theyre not rude....driving does something to most/alot of them
 
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When using a self service till in a shop, the impatient bastard tells you to scan the next item when it’s the same f***ing till which isn’t scanning the thing I’m trying to buy.
 
Becs said:
It shows as Car Park Charges Edinburgh on my card statement. I nearly rang up to query it at first as I hadn't been to Edinburgh and thought it was a mistake.
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When I was at uni in France I had to keep switching between my QWERTY keyboard laptop and the uni computers which had AZERTY. Very confusing.
 
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