Really minor annoyances

[monkeytassle]

Have seen people get annoyed at box junctions. You look ahead and think three cars will fit in that gap over the box junction. Then one of the first cars leaves a whopping great gap, so the last car gets stuck in the box junction.

That's what the horn is for.

 

[DaveH]

Have seen people get annoyed at box junctions. You look ahead and think three cars will fit in that gap over the box junction. Then one of the first cars leaves a whopping great gap, so the last car gets stuck in the box junction.

I had someone a few days ago annoying me. Just down the road, the road narrows to one lane and oncoming cars have the right of way. Two cars coming the other way so naturally I stopped. At the narrow bit there is a dropped kerb, where two people were trying to cross the road with an old lady in a wheelchair. It was raining and pretty cold.

Of course I stopped where I was for the short time it took them to get across the road. But the person behind had their horn blaring at me. I just waved.

 

[tunstallhill]

Actors doing mundane stuff on tv and getting it wrong......like picking up the tv remote stretching the arm out ,pointing it at the tv to change channels ... never seen anyone do that since me granny last century when the remotes were the size of a brick..or when they are taking medicine tablets the exaggeratedly toss their head back to swallow the tablets as if their gogs were nt designed to swallow stuff !

Or jumping out of a taxi and hoying cash through the passenger side window onto the seat and running off

 

[RossTheNinja]

Fuckin don't get me started on bastard dawdlers. An absolute scourge. Usually coming out of a shop or train station and stopping dead in the middle of the door to gormlessly look around and at thier phone wondering what planet this is .

The east stand at the SoL is 95% dawdle. Full time and there's 3000 people behind them wanting to get out of the ground and they are shuffling around on the stairs wondering where their empty worthers original wrapper is so they can pick it up and haven't even noticed the match finished 10 mins ago

I went to go in Morrisons and 4 people were standing on front of the door having a chat. I did my shopping and came back out and they were still there.

If I killed them all, would any jury convict?

 

[DaveH]

I went to go in Morrisons and 4 people were standing on front of the door having a chat. I did my shopping and came back out and they were still there.

If I killed them all, would any jury convict?

I remember the summer storms earlier in the year. You hurry across the car park and can not get into the store because there is a mob of people standing in the doorway watching the weather. Very nice, but I'm in the pissing rain. Do you not think when someone walks towards you and you are motionless in the door way, that they might want to enter the store, and it might be polite for you to shuffle aside to allow that. Or do you think it is reasonable for people to stand in the rain watching you watching water falling from the sky, and are happy to put their day on hold until you decide you don't want to block up a shop?

 

[RossTheNinja]

I remember the summer storms earlier in the year. You hurry across the car park and can not get into the store because there is a mob of people standing in the doorway watching the weather. Very nice, but I'm in the pissing rain. Do you not think when someone walks towards you and you are motionless in the door way, that they might want to enter the store, and it might be polite for you to shuffle aside to allow that. Or do you think it is reasonable for people to stand in the rain watching you watching water falling from the sky, and are happy to put their day on hold until you decide you don't want to block up a shop?

You just stand there and I'll revolve the world around you so I can get passed

 

[BiG]

I remember the summer storms earlier in the year. You hurry across the car park and can not get into the store because there is a mob of people standing in the doorway watching the weather. Very nice, but I'm in the pissing rain. Do you not think when someone walks towards you and you are motionless in the door way, that they might want to enter the store, and it might be polite for you to shuffle aside to allow that. Or do you think it is reasonable for people to stand in the rain watching you watching water falling from the sky, and are happy to put their day on hold until you decide you don't want to block up a shop?

As a regular commuter to loads of places by train before I retired, I tried the trick of just standing in the doorway of the carriage and blocking peoples entrance, hoping that the crowd gathered there would realise that they actually had to allow some space for me to get off, to enable them to get on. After I realised that they would much prefer to just push me backwards onto the carriage and probably walk over my unconscious body, I decided that the better option was to just pretend no one was there, step straight at them, elbows out, bag swinging wildly and push through. It was the only way to make any kind of “can you politely let me through please” point to them.

PS : it was invariably young people.

 

[Sgt Pepper]

The mini roundabout at the entrance to the Galleries Retail Park. Hellhole of a place.

 

[DaveH]

As a regular commuter to loads of places by train before I retired, I tried the trick of just standing in the doorway of the carriage and blocking peoples entrance, hoping that the crowd gathered there would realise that they actually had to allow some space for me to get off, to enable them to get on. After I realised that they would much prefer to just push me backwards onto the carriage and probably walk over my unconscious body, I decided that the better option was to just pretend no one was there, step straight at them, elbows out, bag swinging wildly and push through. It was the only way to make any kind of “can you politely let me through please” point to them.

PS : it was invariably young people.

That is a very London thing.

I remember one very busy day when I had been at a conference and not in a particular hurry for a train, walking down the street. People were going in the opposite directions and there was not a lot of room on the path. I was trying to step aside or turn my shoulders to make a bit more room and gaps for oncoming people. People seemed to see this as a weakness and were just barging into me. After a few minutes of this, I thought why am I letting people push me about when I'm a fairly tall bloke? So I squared my shoulders and marches forward with great purpose in my eyes. People moved out of my way.

I ended up at the station 20 minutes early, but treated myself to a cup of tea and some cake for the train.

 

[BiG]

That is a very London thing.

I remember one very busy day when I had been at a conference and not in a particular hurry for a train, walking down the street. People were going in the opposite directions and there was not a lot of room on the path. I was trying to step aside or turn my shoulders to make a bit more room and gaps for oncoming people. People seemed to see this as a weakness and were just barging into me. After a few minutes of this, I thought why am I letting people push me about when I'm a fairly tall bloke? So I squared my shoulders and marches forward with great purpose in my eyes. People moved out of my way.

I ended up at the station 20 minutes early, but treated myself to a cup of tea and some cake for the train.

After a day or two working in London my London based colleagues would always feel the need to express their private joke with me or remind me to be careful about being ‘too northern’ and not to smile or say hello to people on the tube back to the station or be overly polite and friendly until I was north of Watford.

It started when one of them met me outside Euston and noticed that I’d been helping a young mother with a couple of kids by carrying her luggage for from Kings Cross. They were surprised that I’d been allowed to do so by the struggling woman. But I explained that it was ok because she’d got off at Kings Cross so she was sufficiently ‘northern’ not be be alarmed at somebody trying to be helpful.

I never heard the last of it.

 

[Tex]

On the subject of dawdling. The slow tortoise like speed at which people pull away through green lights. Don’t know if it’s fuckers on their phones not paying attention or people who clearly have loads of time on their hands, but it infuriates me the amount of lights that change before you’re through because the dopey wankers a few spaces in front crawled through.

I blame automatic cars in part for this. Most cars here in America are automatics so when you’re stopped you keep your foot on the brake. When the light turns green you take your foot off the brake and the car slowly rolls forwards while you switch your foot to the accelerator and your car languidly pulls away at snail’s pace. I do feel your pain on this. I don’t drive an automatic. Factor in also that people at the stop light are problies looking at their phones as several seconds go by after the light turns green before they realise it’s time to go.

 

[DaveH]

After a day or two working in London my London based colleagues would always feel the need to express their private joke with me or remind me to be careful about being ‘too northern’ and not to smile or say hello to people on the tube back to the station or be overly polite and friendly until I was north of Watford.

It started when one of them met me outside Euston and noticed that I’d been helping a young mother with a couple of kids by carrying her luggage for from Kings Cross. They were surprised that I’d been allowed to do so by the struggling woman. But I explained that it was ok because she’d got off at Kings Cross so she was sufficiently ‘northern’ not be be alarmed at somebody trying to be helpful.

I never heard the last of it.

I find half the time I'm in London, I see someone struggling with a big case up train or tube station steps and carry it up for them. Dozens of people just walk past.

On the tube in the summer, a free news paper was knocked off a seat then scrubbed about a bit by a couple of people's feet as they left. It was just on the floor in front of where I was sat, being messy. So I picked it up, folded it and stuffed it on the little ledge behind the seats. People looked shocked as such an action. One woman opposite did give me quite a smile and smiled a couple more times on the trip. I like to think she was thinking what a hansom and thoughtful man, rather than inwardly laughing at the freak.

 

[monkeytassle]

I find half the time I'm in London, I see someone struggling with a big case up train or tube station steps and carry it up for them. Dozens of people just walk past.

On the tube in the summer, a free news paper was knocked off a seat then scrubbed about a bit by a couple of people's feet as they left. It was just on the floor in front of where I was sat, being messy. So I picked it up, folded it and stuffed it on the little ledge behind the seats. People looked shocked as such an action. One woman opposite did give me quite a smile and smiled a couple more times on the trip. I like to think she was thinking what a hansom and thoughtful man, rather than inwardly laughing at the freak.

Some Chinese fella on a bus threw a can on the floor so I asked him to pick it up. He said that's what cleaners are for.

 

[Tex]

I find half the time I'm in London, I see someone struggling with a big case up train or tube station steps and carry it up for them. Dozens of people just walk past.

On the tube in the summer, a free news paper was knocked off a seat then scrubbed about a bit by a couple of people's feet as they left. It was just on the floor in front of where I was sat, being messy. So I picked it up, folded it and stuffed it on the little ledge behind the seats. People looked shocked as such an action. One woman opposite did give me quite a smile and smiled a couple more times on the trip. I like to think she was thinking what a hansom and thoughtful man, rather than inwardly laughing at the freak.

A long time ago I lived in London for a few months. Hated it.
I was in a tube station and saw a blind lass with a guide dog. The dog walked under one of those chrome barrier fences and the lass kept walking till she whacked into it hitting her in the lower abdomen. She had to stop and haul the dog back. I saw all this happen a good distance from me and thought “I’d go and help that lass out but by the time I get near her surely someone else will have seen she’s in trouble and help her out”. Naah. I finally reached her and asked where she wanted to go and walked with her to her platform and set her straight. I said “this must be a nightmare for you down here” and she said she tries to avoid rush hour but couldn’t this time around. That was like the last straw for me and London, couldn’t wait to get out. Only been back a handful of times since and as a tourist or passing through with some spending money there’s loads to like about it but as a broke student trying to work a summer job and make a bit of coin it was shite. All big cities have this sort of problem to some extent I suppose. I love New York and they’re not exactly known there for politeness and consideration either!

 

[Robercik]

My children are minor annoyances!

 

[monkeytassle]

A long time ago I lived in London for a few months. Hated it.
I was in a tube station and saw a blind lass with a guide dog. The dog walked under one of those chrome barrier fences and the lass kept walking till she whacked into it hitting her in the lower abdomen. She had to stop and haul the dog back. I saw all this happen a good distance from me and thought “I’d go and help that lass out but by the time I get near her surely someone else will have seen she’s in trouble and help her out”. Naah. I finally reached her and asked where she wanted to go and walked with her to her platform and set her straight. I said “this must be a nightmare for you down here” and she said she tries to avoid rush hour but couldn’t this time around. That was like the last straw for me and London, couldn’t wait to get out. Only been back a handful of times since and as a tourist or passing through with some spending money there’s loads to like about it but as a broke student trying to work a summer job and make a bit of coin it was shite. All big cities have this sort of problem to some extent I suppose. I love New York and they’re not exactly known there for politeness and consideration either!

Nowhere is good as a broke student.

Also flagging the above.

 

[BiG]

I find half the time I'm in London, I see someone struggling with a big case up train or tube station steps and carry it up for them. Dozens of people just walk past.

On the tube in the summer, a free news paper was knocked off a seat then scrubbed about a bit by a couple of people's feet as they left. It was just on the floor in front of where I was sat, being messy. So I picked it up, folded it and stuffed it on the little ledge behind the seats. People looked shocked as such an action. One woman opposite did give me quite a smile and smiled a couple more times on the trip. I like to think she was thinking what a hansom and thoughtful man, rather than inwardly laughing at the freak.

There’ll be somebody along in a minute or two to inform you that you’re a pathetic virtue signaller, so don’t get too comfortable.

A long time ago I lived in London for a few months. Hated it.
I was in a tube station and saw a blind lass with a guide dog. The dog walked under one of those chrome barrier fences and the lass kept walking till she whacked into it hitting her in the lower abdomen. She had to stop and haul the dog back. I saw all this happen a good distance from me and thought “I’d go and help that lass out but by the time I get near her surely someone else will have seen she’s in trouble and help her out”. Naah. I finally reached her and asked where she wanted to go and walked with her to her platform and set her straight. I said “this must be a nightmare for you down here” and she said she tries to avoid rush hour but couldn’t this time around. That was like the last straw for me and London, couldn’t wait to get out. Only been back a handful of times since and as a tourist or passing through with some spending money there’s loads to like about it but as a broke student trying to work a summer job and make a bit of coin it was shite. All big cities have this sort of problem to some extent I suppose. I love New York and they’re not exactly known there for politeness and consideration either!

You too.

 

[obrienobrien]

whatever happened to the good old " thank you" ..." thanks a lot" or even " thanks very much"

now its " thanks so much" ... with the emphasis on so It sounds very cringey to me

 

[chelt_mackem]

A topical one that I have just been reminded of - Christmas tree lights. The "constantly set on" option always seems to be something like the 7th click on the control plug.

So, if you have more than one set of lights on a tree and you simply switch the plug on, you are immediately transported to an 80's disco strobe light experience, when all you want is some subtlety.

Irritates the fuck out of me that this has become a thing. Why do the makers of these think the "on" option is the least likely one for people to want?

 

[brir]

On channel hopping on the telly before I pop out to the post office, I chanced upon an episode of the continuous looping of Frasier on channel Four. I’ve realised that the ‘Clive’ character who is an old boyfriend of Daphne’s from Manchester, played by a, presumably American actor whose accent is only slightly less convincing than Dick Van Dyke, is a minor annoyance.

But then, as has been mentioned on these forums on numerous occasions, Daphne’s Manchester family’s accents are a smorgasbord of regional and National variety that suggests a family backstory that would probably require the same number of series as Frasier has, to understand.

Maybe the bloke who played Frasiers Dad should had offered some pointers. He was the only one who actually came from Manchester. I’ve mentioned that before anarl.

Often thought that the bad accents on Frasier were done on purpose. The programme sets the bar so high elsewhere so can't believe they have overlooked this