Pet Hates & Fusspots - Yours?

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Pet hates - most of the above.

Plus having shop assistants/sales people come up to me and ask me if I need any help finding something. I'm quite capable of looking myself and if I want help I can ask. Comet here are the worst offenders. Best Buy in one of the New York suburbs recently was the worst. In 20 mins 10 sales people asked me, at the end of which I was pretty hostile.
 
MisterE said:
Pet hates - most of the above.

Plus having shop assistants/sales people come up to me and ask me if I need any help finding something. I'm quite capable of looking myself and if I want help I can ask. Comet here are the worst offenders. Best Buy in one of the New York suburbs recently was the worst. In 20 mins 10 sales people asked me, at the end of which I was pretty hostile.
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i find that when they come upto me in clothes shops i tend to look completely lost and then run out, i find clothing shops frightened enough as it is, i dont want someone asking me if i need help!

in electrical shops its always good when someone comes to ask if you need any help ask them a question that they cant possibly know the answer to, let them go off and find the answer and quietly slip out of the shop....!
 
I've just thought of another pet hate - all those "witty" thread titles that make a pun the fact the birds in the pics are tits :shake:

whitewash said:
in electrical shops its always good when someone comes to ask if you need any help ask them a question that they cant possibly know the answer to, let them go off and find the answer and quietly slip out of the shop....!
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My local Currys has a D3 in amongst the D3000s and compacts, I'm going to get ahold of one of those pinhole video cameras and then go in and ask one of the sales advisors to explain what makes it better than the £300 Nikon sitting next to it :naughty:
 
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Pet hate: People who call Tesco Tescos!

Fusspot: I use three programs as a rule when working. The windows HAVE to be in a certain order along the taskbar. If I have to close the first program for whatever reason, I have to close the second and third and then open them in order again.
 
Simmotino said:
Fusspot: I use three programs as a rule when working. The windows HAVE to be in a certain order along the taskbar. If I have to close the first program for whatever reason, I have to close the second and third and then open them in order again.
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Ah, another pet hate of mine - Americanisms :annoyed:
 
whitewash said:
my missus does that, i think she thinks the electricity is going to escape if they are left on, i make a concerted effort to ensure all sockets are left switched to on of course!
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my bf use to do what you do until he found out what my electricity bill was each month - i pay £5-£10 each month.
 
Another pet hate (well 2 actually) - people who call our flag the "Union Jack". It's not a Jack unless it is flying from a Jackstaff of a Royal Navy ship at sea.

Its the "UNION FLAG" people.

Also - the fact that our flag is used for all number of improper uses. The last one I saw was a doormat. Here - please wipe your dirty muddy feet on my national flag. :razz:
 
OutLore said:
Another pet hate (well 2 actually) - people who call our flag the "Union Jack". It's not a Jack unless it is flying from a Jackstaff of a Royal Navy ship at sea.

Its the "UNION FLAG" people.

Also - the fact that our flag is used for all number of improper uses. The last one I saw was a doormat. Here - please wipe your dirty muddy feet on my national flag. :razz:
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On a similar note, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain

No she's not, she's only the second Queen Elizabeth of England....
 
MartynK said:
This has always been a sign of quality in best guns and rifles. The screws were, and probably still are, individually filed to fit their holes and snug up tight with the slots parallel.
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Its a sign of anything built with the same degree of precision that a firearm has to be made to. For a long time America was a world leader in precision engineering because of their firearm industry. The precision includes the fasteners.
 
kelack said:
Pet hate - noisy eaters and eaters that don't close their mouths when eating :bat::bat::bat:

Fusspot - far too many, I'm anal about so many things!!! One of them being about my screens, laptop, phones etc, can't bear people touching them and leaving finger marks. Quite why I bought a touch screen phone I don't know :lol:
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RobertP said:
Pet hate: People that bash their teeth with fork or spoon whilst eating.

Fuss Pot: Can't think of any. I'm not particularly tidy by nature and don't notice when things are out of place.
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Wonder if my husband read this thread :bat::bat:
 
Pet Hate : People moving my things. Whether it looks organised to you or not is neither here nor there. I know where everything is.

Fusspot : Putting things back to the location from which they were moved by the aforementioned people above. :)

Flash In The Pan said:
Ah, another pet hate of mine - Americanisms :annoyed:
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You know I'm gonna have to get my wife to compose any future PMs I need to send to you, right? (yeah, she's a Yank) ;)

Grendel said:
Pet hates - People who use "f" instead of "th" ie: fing instead of thing :bat:
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Don't forget those who also replace "g" with "k".

Q. "What's up?"
A. "Nuffink!"
 
Pet Hate: well, on this forum anyway -
new Posters who say "New - please be gentle"

...do they think this is an SM site.?....:eek:

Fusspot:
1...my spice rack jars have to be exactly the same order
2...people who dont spell-check before a post - ever....:razz:
 
Oh I remembered another peeve...

People who make really bad jokes, you know, the ones your dad or uncle has been repeating over and over every time you make a new friend since you were 5 years old, yet they always think it's the funniest thing in the world and nobody's ever heard it before.

What annoys me more than that is when OTHER people (that aren't your dad or your uncle) come out with those same jokes and also think it's the funniest thing in the world, and you can't possibly have heard it before (I love bursting their bubble and coming out with the punch lines before they do, heh).
 
SarahLee said:
. . . I'll stop now before you all realise just how loopy I really am.
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Oi!!

Anyway - Pet hates - 1. crumbs left on benches and tables 2. People who don't pick up after their dogs in public parks. Grrr. I walk my dogs in our local (opposite end to the play areas) and pick up after them. It annoys me when people let their dogs run all over the place and don't watch to see where they do their doodoo's. I feel like we're all sullied with their behaviour.

Umm, but I've probably committed many of other people's pet hates myself so sorry.

Fusspot - I'm quite a messy person but within the chaos I have to -
1. Wardrobe - Hang my clothes in order of size and colour. Drawers - Clothes stacked by colour
2. hang the washing on the line with colours graduating.
3. Store tins of food by type, beans cannot be mixed with the custard
4. Stack plates, dishes, pans etc by size
5. CDs in alphabetical order
6. Books are stores in boxes by authors with a list taped to the top.
7. Work files are colour coded for each type of report. I have a shelf for this year and two previous. Colours follow down the shelves.

I feel so happy that I'm in good company..:bonk::bonk:
 
Pet Hate:
Now don't get me wrong - I'm certainly not racist. My partner is English.
BUT I hate when there is an article on the news about some Highland topic and the reporter interviews an English person. Are the no real locals anymore??

Fuss Pot
Taking the dog out and getting stressed when she doesn't poo.
 
Kaouthia said:
You know I'm gonna have to get my wife to compose any future PMs I need to send to you, right? (yeah, she's a Yank)
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I have nothing against Americans using Americanisms, but if I hear the phrase "it's a done deal" one more time :annoyed: :bat: :lol:


mstphoto said:
Pet Hate:
Now don't get me wrong - I'm certainly not racist. My partner is English.
BUT I hate when there is an article on the news about some Highland topic and the reporter interviews an English person. Are the no real locals anymore??

Fuss Pot
Taking the dog out and getting stressed when she doesn't poo.
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Another thing (this topic was just made for me :lol:)

When newsreaders say "and there was one in (insert the name of a small village in the south of England) and one in Glasgow, Scotland", just in case the poor viewer (who obviously knows exactly where the village is) hasn't heard of Glasgow...


Oh yeah and Manchester is not in "the North", Aberdeen is......:bang::dummy:
 
Oooh here's another of mine:

When the National weather forecast talks about localised weather :shrug:

And tonight there's going to be heavy rain in the south leading to localised flooding
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LOCAL TO WHERE FFS???? :annoyed: :bat:
 
Flash In The Pan said:
...newsreaders...
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A major pet hate that seems to be getting worse year on year. Television news reporting live on an incident when nothing is happening or they're not quite sure what has happened so it just becomes speculation and sensationalist.

An example was just after the London bombings, BBC News went live with pictures showing two blokes walking down a street with a reporter saying 'there's panic in the streets as people run for their lives'.
 
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Pet Hates: How long have you got?

Women drivers who insist on driving on the outside lane of a dual carriageway just in case there's a right turn somewhere up ahead.

Buses with few if any passengers. No, just buses. They contribute towards congestion - they do not alleviate it. Buses should be banned from moving if they are less than a third full - which will keep 90% of the polluting monsters off the road.

Food served up in those restaurants next to Premier Inns (where I am now :( ) where the main course is the same temperature as the Ice Cream - as it was tonight :(

Fusspot: I get really ******* annoyed when I see a loo roll placed on a holder so that the paper falls away near the wall rather than near the user.
 
Another pet hate of mine is when in The Sun paper they always put 'so and so spoke exclusively to us' it does my head in - how come ever paper is running the same story.
 
DC2Z said:
Another pet hate of mine is when in The Sun paper they always put 'so and so spoke exclusively to us' it does my head in - how come ever paper is running the same story.
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"Sky News can confirm......."

Thanks, unless a new channel that's recommended by a couple of troglodytes from Manchester tells me something is true I refuse to believe it :thumbs:
 
Just thought of another pet hate - chewing gum.
When somebody is talking to you while shlopping it around their mouth / chewing it with their mouth open. You wouldn't talk with your mouth full of any other food, so why do people think they can make an exception for chewing gum?

It makes me want to slap them across the back of the head to make them spit it out :bat:
 
:lol: You know when I posted this thread this morning, I did wonder if it would just sink without a trace. I never thought I would be providing a sounding board for all the TP pet peeves and self deprecation, allowing everyone to 'get it off their chests'. Its brilliant, we really are all total fruitcakes, without exception :woot:
 
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2blue4u said:
Women drivers who insist on driving on the outside lane of a dual carriageway just in case there's a right turn somewhere up ahead.
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Cos' it's only us girls.....

Oh, pet hates, people who bite too easy :bang:
 
P~et hates people coming up to traffic lights where there are 2 lanes
Joining the outside lane when there is a tailback there knowing some-one on the inside will have to drop back and let the pr#cks in .:bang:oh ,and people who say I'm a fruitcake when I know I'm not...:nuts:


I must shut all the drawers and cuboard doors in the kitchen my wife leaves open.
 
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Flash In The Pan said:
I have nothing against Americans using Americanisms, but if I hear the phrase "it's a done deal" one more time :annoyed: :bat: :lol:
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Speaking of done deals... City-link still says my package is en-route to Preston even though it arrived at my front door yesterday morning. ;)
 
Simmotino said:
Pet hate: People who call Tesco Tescos!
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ROFL ROFL ROFL. That just struck me as funny because a friend of mine filmed a commercial for them with a couple of well known 80s celebrities a few years ago (career revivals n' all that lot). They had to do SO many retakes because one of them kept referring to them as "Tescos".
 
pet hates .... noisy eaters and fog lights when no need

fuss pot hmm dont think i have any will have to think lol
 
Newspapers, where they just have to put everybody's age after their name. I had a bit of a set to with a local paper reporter some years ago when they were doing something about me (no, I hadn't been bad). He asked for my age, I asked why, he came out with some crap and I said no, it's irrelevant and unnecessary.
 
People who have everything and bragg about it but they never seem to have any real money..........because in reality they have to use that to pay the finance companies that actually own all their stuff
 
My foible is that I HAVE to type in "Good mornin' all you awakenin' souls" in Facebook the moment I wake up. I feel all unsettled if I don't do that. I've been doing it for a good couple of years and no-one had picked up on it yet!

My "fussiness" is in the form of "going to the bathroom" three times before I leave for work, even though I don't need to "go". :gag: :suspect:
 
Kaouthia said:
ROFL ROFL ROFL. That just struck me as funny because a friend of mine filmed a commercial for them with a couple of well known 80s celebrities a few years ago (career revivals n' all that lot). They had to do SO many retakes because one of them kept referring to them as "Tescos".
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:bang::bang:
 
People who pull out at junctions and just expect you to stop or slow down ,then they doodle along at a snails pace.:gag:
 
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