Things That Can Drive A Sane Person Insane

Sleeping [or not] next to someone who snores and snores and snores.

old people at checkouts who have a different purse for their notes and coins and its always in the bottom of their bag.

mums who dont work and say ' ive been so busy i dont know when i will have the time'
when i have just finished a shift and had it all sorted the evening before.

the neighbour who leaves his bin behind my car so i have to move to get the car out.

old people at petrol stations.

and everything that has been said above lol
 
newyorkaddict said:
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Call centre staff in general. Working for BT, we as engineer's want to scream sometimes at the call centre's we have to deal with. So as customer's, i can sympathise with you:bat:
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The BT call centre staff member who insisted that an engineer would need to get access to my home to fix the phone line even when I had carefully explained, three times that the problem was a broken pole where a lorry had smashed into it :bang::bang: (Full marks to the guy that came out to assess it though who gave me his mobile number AND kept me informed as to when it would be fixed).
 
people who think that their perception of a photographic image is the correct one !
 
jolsterj said:
old people at checkouts who have a different purse for their notes and coins and its always in the bottom of their bag.
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That's not just old people - it's many women too. Stand in line for 10 minutes, then get to the checkout and have to spend another 5 mins looking for money, wallet, credit cards :bat:

Why can't they prepare themselves? Does it come as some sort of surprise that they need to pay after standing in line in a store? :lol:
 
OutLore said:
That's not just old people - it's many women too. Stand in line for 10 minutes, then get to the checkout and have to spend another 5 mins looking for money, wallet, credit cards :bat:

Why can't they prepare themselves? Does it come as some sort of surprise that they need to pay after standing in line in a store? :lol:
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I work at a till and I am a woman but yes you are right

some woman faff about but the men always have their wallet out.

[my oh says just ike real life lol]
 
jolsterj said:
I work at a till and I am a woman but yes you are right

some woman faff about but the men always have their wallet out.[my oh says just ike real life lol]
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Oh so true!!!!!!!!!!!!!:lol:
 
TG. said:
Are they on some sort of curfew then ? :thinking:
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they should be :)

They should do their shopping between the hours of 9am and 5pm (avoiding lunchtimes if possible) and be banned from shopping anywhere on a weekend !
 
rubber duck said:
they should be :)

They should do their shopping between the hours of 9am and 5pm (avoiding lunchtimes if possible) and be banned from shopping anywhere on a weekend !
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Nice to see the respect you show for the older generation, if it wasn't for them you might well not have the freedom to go and shop to your hearts content, i feel sorry for you :shake:
 
in response to the numpties who think its acceptable to drive with their foggies on when its only raining, go buy a copy of the highway code. and i bet you that you're the same idiots who think that you have to accelerate round parked cars in you're way to beat the oncoming car that has right of way! the same geezer that cuts u up on a roundabout, and the very same bloke that brakes to fit into a gap on the motorway.
 
Rozzy said:
in response to the numpties who think its acceptable to drive with their foggies on when its only raining, go buy a copy of the highway code. and i bet you that you're the same idiots who think that you have to accelerate round parked cars in you're way to beat the oncoming car that has right of way! the same geezer that cuts u up on a roundabout, and the very same bloke that brakes to fit into a gap on the motorway.
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No one said it was acceptable, just two of us said we don't get blinded by them.
 
nilagin said:
No one said it was acceptable, just two of us said we don't get blinded by them.
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And depending on your manufacturer and model of car they may not be fog lights, but "All weather" lights.

I have had a couple of cars where the "Fog" lights are built in to the headlights, yet no one flashes you when these are on - I wonder why that is? Maybe the Road Captains aren't actually blinded by them at all, but get some kind of warm fuzzy feeling inside because they think they know more about the "highway code" (which is a crock and has not been updated since the 40's) than you?

"OOh ooh, I can flash my headlights at this person because they have their foglights on! I'm such a great driver!" - Of course, flashing your headlights is actually against the highway code rules in that circumstance, making them just as bad!!! :lol:
 
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I thought of another that REALLY gets my goat.

I park my car away from all other cars in a car park if I can, to avoid getting dents and damage caused by other careless drivers and people who don't give a carp about other peoples property.

WHY OH WHY do people have to park right next to me when there are hundreds of other empty spaces? :razz:
 
TG. said:
Nice to see the respect you show for the older generation, if it wasn't for them you might well not have the freedom to go and shop to your hearts content, i feel sorry for you :shake:
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I don't think it is showing a disrespect for the generation that gave us the freedom's we enjoy, but a sensible idea. IF the older people who are retired followed this, and went to Tesco etc. during the weekday, when most people are working, it would free up the supermarkets at weekends for people who DON'T have the time or ability to get their during the week. It is not disrepectfull to say this, just an informed idea.;)
 
newyorkaddict said:
I don't think it is showing a disrespect for the generation that gave us the freedom's we enjoy, but a sensible idea. IF the older people who are retired followed this, and went to Tesco etc. during the weekday, when most people are working, it would free up the supermarkets at weekends for people who DON'T have the time or ability to get their during the week. It is not disrepectfull to say this, just an informed idea.;)
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Sorry i disagree, it's comes across as singling old folk out as some sort of nuisance who are in the way, and theirs nothing sensible about that, it's also assuming just because a person is older or retired they have nothing else to do during the week, where do you draw the line, you could say the same about parents who can't control their children in supermarkets and let them run riot and scream the place down, it's a free country and people can shop when they want young or old, if it really bothers people that much do what i do, go about 7am in the morning when theirs not half as many people there ;)
 
OutLore said:
And depending on your manufacturer and model of car they may not be fog lights, but "All weather" lights.

I have had a couple of cars where the "Fog" lights are built in to the headlights, yet no one flashes you when these are on - I wonder why that is? Maybe the Road Captains aren't actually blinded by them at all, but get some kind of warm fuzzy feeling inside because they think they know more about the "highway code" (which is a crock and has not been updated since the 40's) than you?

"OOh ooh, I can flash my headlights at this person because they have their foglights on! I'm such a great driver!" - Of course, flashing your headlights is actually against the highway code rules in that circumstance, making them just as bad!!! :lol:
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Last time I read the highway code, (it's been a while.:lol:) it said flashing headlights means absolutely nothing as so many people use them for different reasons.
 
What drives me insane is in our works gym. When on early shift I get in the gym at 5:30am. I find windows open yet the heating is cranked up high, can't they work a thermostat. Also dumbells are left all over the floor and very rarely in their pairs, sometimes the odd dumbell will be left at the other end of the gym because someone is too lazy to carry it back. When people want to use plates on the barbells or smith machines, I often find weights stripped off unevenly leaving more weight on one end than the other, dangerous let alone inconvenient.
Then at work we have a bloke who only thinks of himself 90% of the time. We have a kettle we use for hot drinks etc. We all chipped in and bought it, everyone but him, but he uses it. He never fills the kettle after making a drink, or if it's being boiled for T-break he doesn't fill it before hand but boils it with just enough water for himself, then monas when someone fills the boiling kettle with hot water. He leaves his T-Bags on the worktop instead of throwing them in the bin 3ft away and he never locks the cupboard at the end of the shift, just puts his cup in and walks off for someone else to do it instead. Mind you when he does lock the cupboard he invariably leaves the keys inside before snapping the lock shut so it's probably just as well. :lol:
Just as well he doesn't use the gym as well really. :lol:
 
nilagin said:
Last time I read the highway code, (it's been a while.:lol:) it said flashing headlights means absolutely nothing as so many people use them for different reasons.
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I think (and again I have not read it for a while :nono::rules:) it states that it should be used only to warn other road users of your presence, as it does for the horn...
 
TG. said:
Sorry i disagree, it's comes across as singling old folk out as some sort of nuisance who are in the way, and theirs nothing sensible about that, it's also assuming just because a person is older or retired they have nothing else to do during the week, where do you draw the line, you could say the same about parents who can't control their children in supermarkets and let them run riot and scream the place down, it's a free country and people can shop when they want young or old, if it really bothers people that much do what i do, go about 7am in the morning when theirs not half as many people there ;)
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Oh another thing that drives me insane.......folk who take life too seriously !

This is supposed to be a fun thread (is it OP?) - get a sense of humour :razz:
 
TG. said:
Sorry i disagree, it's comes across as singling old folk out as some sort of nuisance who are in the way, and theirs nothing sensible about that, it's also assuming just because a person is older or retired they have nothing else to do during the week, where do you draw the line, you could say the same about parents who can't control their children in supermarkets and let them run riot and scream the place down, it's a free country and people can shop when they want young or old, if it really bothers people that much do what i do, go about 7am in the morning when theirs not half as many people there ;)
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im sorry, but i believe you're wrong, although you have made a couple of valuable points.

old folk are in the way, they walk so slowly, and allways take ages at the checkout. they dont have anything to do during the week, my gran for example yesterday went on a 10 mile round bus trip to get her cat 2 tennis balls. and i wouldnt draw the line, as for screaming children in supermarkets, the parents should learn how to control the child, with a good crack, as children get right on my tits. in fact, why not stop there, when it comes to the self service checkouts, there should be tills for people based on education, because everyone knows that numpty in front doesnt know how to use a touchscreen. and fat people, because all the "on offer" choccie and biscuits takes a while to process, so they should have there own checkout, probably a wider one.

but back to the pensioners, who are imo state scroungers, they should be doing some community service somewhere, not wandering aimlessly around tesco blocking my way when i only have a 30 minute lunchbreak, im trying to get back to work to pay tax which provides them with heating bills, which itself seems silly because you would have thought being around before central heating they would be used to a bit of a nip in the air.

maybe

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rubber duck said:
Oh another thing that drives me insane.......folk who take life too seriously !

This is supposed to be a fun thread (is it OP?) - get a sense of humour :razz:
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Nothing wrong with my sense of huomur at all, just your post :razz:
 
I find online shopping has removed the irritation I'm caused by old people in Tesco on a weekend. All my shopping now gets done sat on the sofa with a nice cold beer in hand.

What does get my goat it that the Tesco internet shopping site doesn't work correctly with Safari, which resulted in 16 loaves of bread arriving in this weeks order!

Oh, and has anyone mentioned the 3rd world condition of roads in the UK yet?
 
When do the self-righteous arrogant perfectionists shop? ;)
You don't like shopping with old people and can't do it any other time? Get a different job ;)
 
Marcel said:
You don't like shopping with old people and can't do it any other time? Get a different job ;)
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Indeed, well said Marcel.
 
Didn't say it was easy, and I agree it might not be given the current climate. The issue is moot but the point remains the same.
My point was that why should someone else be herded into shopping at alloted times just because you feel inconvenienced.

This planet is for everyone to share equally. You don't want to share it? Then that's tough until you find your own. You're no more special than me, him, her, or anyone else. :)

That was my point.
 
uncontroleld kids are much more irritating than old people in supermarkets imo.

But what really drives me insane is women with children who go back to work and expect special treatment regarding the rota. Why should i ahve to work all the unsocailt hours just cos you have kids and btw just because you ahve kids doesnt mean you can have chirstmas off i ahve family too you know.
 
newyorkaddict said:
You should come to Barnstaple, it is THE HOME of lights on roundabouts, and the council still can't work out why the traffic si so bad:bang:
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there's a motorway junction near me, when you're 200m away the lights are on green, 100m amber 50m red, you sit there, at 5am, nothing on the junction but me all the lights for you to go round the roundabout on green,a car approaches from the other side, they go to red stopping him entering and mine changes to green.

WTF is that all about, is there a guy having a laugh in a control centre somewhere:bang:
 
wack61 said:
there's a motorway junction near me, when you're 200m away the lights are on green, 100m amber 50m red, you sit there, at 5am, nothing on the junction but me all the lights for you to go round the roundabout on green,a car approaches from the other side, they go to red stopping him entering and mine changes to green.

WTF is that all about, is there a guy having a laugh in a control centre somewhere:bang:
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Yeah, what ever happened to intelligent traffic lights that only changed when a car was approaching?
 
Marcel said:
Didn't say it was easy, and I agree it might not be given the current climate. The issue is moot but the point remains the same.
My point was that why should someone else be herded into shopping at alloted times just because you feel inconvenienced.

This planet is for everyone to share equally. You don't want to share it? Then that's tough until you find your own. You're no more special than me, him, her, or anyone else. :)

That was my point.
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It's not like I'm campaigning to get the oldies off the streets and tucked up in bed for 8pm or locked in their houses at weekends (not yet anyway).

It's a simple observation that I have made during my 'shopping experiences'.

I work full time Monday to Friday, I leave the house at 7:30am and return at 6:45pm, I have a house and a family (and various pets) to look after. I do not have the time or the energy to go shopping after a day's work.

I live approx 10 miles away from the nearest decent supermarket. At the moment I do not have a car, therefore am reliant on my husband to drive me to the supermarket on a weekend - and that is often narrowed down to a Friday evening or a Saturday morning.

Nobody is 'right' here - it's just my opinion
 
Toothie said:
uncontroleld kids are much more irritating than old people in supermarkets imo.

But what really drives me insane is women with children who go back to work and expect special treatment regarding the rota. Why should i ahve to work all the unsocailt hours just cos you have kids and btw just because you ahve kids doesnt mean you can have chirstmas off i ahve family too you know.
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Oh yes :thumbs:
 
Trolls. They're like train wrecks - I can't look away!! I just keep feeding them and feeding them...:razz:
 
Childproof caps on bottles.

Supermarket checkout staff that tell you to enter your PIN number when it's bloody obvious.
 
old people who insist on going to the supermarket at lunch times while they know full well all the college lot go at that time and have been doing for the past god knows how long. it just causes stupid queues that end up nearly going down the aisles
 
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