Trivial Things That Really Shouldn't Annoy You, But Do!

jockwav said:
I hate the idiots who tailgate me,so i tap my brakes to annoy them more.:D:):banana:
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Pull on handbrake! No lights then!

No don't!!!!

I hate people who spend 100k on cars and have lovely motorbikes and the number plate is p***ed! It annoys the s*** outta me
 
Blimey there is a lot of stressed people out there,
don't let it get to you, as one philosopher once said.
yoda said:
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
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People who walk through a door and immediately stop. I need to get in out of the rain as well!
People who assume all doors are automatic. Happens all the time in my favourite coffee shop - folk walk in, leave the door open and then stand there in the queue by the open door. Meanwhile, I have taken my coat off while drinking my coffee and am now freezing.
Or the door is fully automatic and they stand just inside the door by the sensor - costs nothing to walk two paces before sleeping.
 
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Most of the trivial things that annoy me have already been mentioned - see the posts I've liked to see which they are!


bass_junkie83 said:
I get irritated every time I am in a pub, go up to the bar and am faced with a grammatically incorrect Guinness pump!

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St James's Gate is correct though.
 
ancient_mariner said:
National speed limit on single carriageway roads is 60mph.

If you undertake when the traffic is flowing normally then you are breaking the law, and will quite possibly be responsible for killing someone. And yes, it's frustrating for those who want to drive reasonably close to the speed limit.

Back OT:
People who correct others posts using incorrect facts. ;)
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I am well aware that the NSL on single carriageway roads is 60mph - it doesn't mean that it is safe to do that speed.
The lanes on a motorway are 3.65 metres wide (about 12 feet), my car is around 1.8 metres wide (6 feet), therefore if I am near to the left edge of lane 1, and the other vehicle is dawdling along in the middle of lane 3, there is around 6.5 metres (21 feet between us). Compare that to 2 cars travelling in the middle of lanes 3 and 4 which would be around 1.8 metres apart (6 feet). I know which is the safer option to take, if faced with a choice of trying to brake, then merge with traffic which is going 20mph faster than me, or taking the lane 1 overtaking route.
 
Undertaking, whist merely keeping up with the flow of traffic in your own lane isn't going to earn you a stop.
 
bass_junkie83 said:
Slow walkers in shopping centers.

People who don't hold the door open.

When peoples idea of tidying up is to just stack things on top of each other.

When the escalator hand rail moves slightly faster than the steps and you end up awkwardly cuddling the person in front.

People who don't say thank you when you hold the door open.

When someone asks what is happening in a film, but you are both watching it for the first time!

People.

Screws in light switches that are not aligned to that the slots are parallel.

People who hold a door open for you when you are nowhere close and you have to do that weird skip/jog thing to get their quicker.

Anyone who thinks that road tax still exists and only car drivers contribute to the maintenance of roads.
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We are 'Trivial Things' twins!
 
I loathe attention seeking posts on Facebook, such as 'Fuming...' prompting friends to ask what's wrong. I will never ever ask what's wrong. Ever!
 
viv1969 said:
Undertaking, whist merely keeping up with the flow of traffic in your own lane isn't going to earn you a stop.
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People thinking they OWN a lane. If someone is being "underatken" it is highly likely that they are a in the wrong lane (not in the left hand lane where they should be if they are not overtaking) :D
 
nickEnackEnoo said:
People thinking they OWN a lane. If someone is being "underatken" it is highly likely that they are a in the wrong lane (not in the left hand lane where they should be if they are not overtaking) :D
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If somebody is in the overtaking lane and the lane next to them is clear, give them a few seconds to move across. After that, they are being undertaken.

It's an overtaking lane, not a dawdling lane. I won't be right up your rear but once I come up behind you, either move across or I am undertaking.

Unless they have more powerful car than me, then I might wait a little :)
 
simon ess said:
Amazon delivery boxes the size of the Taj Mahal with a memory card in.
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Yes x1000:D!

Also:

1. Unopenable packaging
2. Apostrophes in the wrong place
3. "Team this, that and the other" e.g. Team GB, Team Watchdog - I'm waiting for Team TP:D!
 
nickEnackEnoo said:
If someone is being "underatken" it is highly likely that they are a in the wrong lane (not in the left hand lane where they should be if they are not overtaking) :D
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Not always, a lot of motorways and dual carriageways have long slip roads, usually a continuation of the inside lane, so traffic in lane 2 could be travelling at 50 - 60 mph and be in the correct lane because they don't wish to leave the motorway at the next junction.
 
nilagin said:
Not always, a lot of motorways and dual carriageways have long slip roads, usually a continuation of the inside lane, so traffic in lane 2 could be travelling at 50 - 60 mph and be in the correct lane because they don't wish to leave the motorway at the next junction.
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Very true and I guess this is an exception. I have found that people sometimes get into the second lane from the left about 3 miles before the long slip road. No need to do this.
 
nilagin said:
Not always, a lot of motorways and dual carriageways have long slip roads, usually a continuation of the inside lane, so traffic in lane 2 could be travelling at 50 - 60 mph and be in the correct lane because they don't wish to leave the motorway at the next junction.
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Which is why I said "highly likely"
 
nilagin said:
Not always, a lot of motorways and dual carriageways have long slip roads, usually a continuation of the inside lane,
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Travelling most of the major routes on a regular basis I'd say " a few" junctions are like that.
That aside, this'll make you smile A 14 / B1049 junction is like that, the traffic joins from the M11 so there are 2 lanes and the run off lane that is a couple of miles long.
More than once, I've seen cars come from that lane, poodle across to the outside lane, making 2 lanes brake, to over take a lorry that's in the middle ( but nearside lane if you see what I mean)
And to cap it all off, return to the slip road lane, that was clear in the first place, so they could have continued along that quite happily without f*****g everyone else up.

It didn't annoy me, it kept me chuckling for a few miles :)
 
nickEnackEnoo said:
People thinking they OWN a lane. If someone is being "underatken" it is highly likely that they are a in the wrong lane (not in the left hand lane where they should be if they are not overtaking) :D
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I didn't say they own a lane.
Other people being in the "wrong lane" is their issue, not yours/mine.
 
Pedants, especially those who nit-pick about driving. :p
 
'kin blister packaged stuff, where you have to use scissors to open the bloody thing. I'm not talking about just cutting the top off so you can get the item out, but the b@stard things that are hermitically sealed right up to the edge of the item & you have to cut all around like a kid with on a Blue Peter project! :mad: (plus cutting your fingers with the sharp plastic packaging in the process :crying: )
 
jockwav said:
I hate the idiots who tailgate me,so i tap my brakes to annoy them more.:D:):banana:
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I just turn the lights on so don't need to lose any speed. Other thing I like to do is `wash` my windscreen.................even better with the headlights on & they get the full monsoon! :LOL:
 
People using ****** in words rather than just using a different word which those reading will not take offence at.
 
What like ,boobies,gonads,bonking ,defacating ,vagina etc

It's f*****g lucky I don't f*****g swear as I'm a right c*** sometimes :naughty::beer:
 
Rain:)

We don't have motorways but tractors with large trailors, they are suppose to pull over to let a queue of cars pass, they do not.
 
People who seem surprised that arriving at a till generally means you have to pay for the item and only then start to search for their money. I can understand not wanting to wave cash about but can't they have it just a bit more accessible than somewhere that appears to be about as difficult to get into as a a bank vault.

People who step off an escalator and then stand still.

Lazy people of the Web. In the time it takes to type a query into a forum they could have Googled it and had loads of answers. I'm all for people getting the opinions of others and for some identification questions a forum can be very useful, but for some of the more factual question then, Google really is your friend. I accept I don't know if, before going to a forum, they have always tried to find the answer themselves. Ibut in some cases if I type their query into Google I get the same answer answer that is posted by others on a forum.

Dave
 
If it rains hard, snow settles to a depth of an inch, doesn't rain for a fortnight or gets a bit hot why do we need a special television programme.
Usually titled something like when Britain Floated Away or when Britain Got Barbecued, its just the seasons and has always been like that.

Leads me nicely to superlatives, not everything is brilliant or fantastic, whatever happened to alright and not bad?
 
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Managers (its always managers) who spot someone on their way back from the toilet and have to hold a meeting in a doorway then and there.

The 1 inch wide strip at the bottom that remains when you try and tear off a sheet of kitchen roll.
 
The BBC dumbing down and always trying to slip in a pun or two to every news story, TV and website.
 
DorsetDude said:
who spot someone on their way back from the toilet and have to hold a meeting in a doorway then and there.
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It could be worse, it could be heading for the loo .. & busting ...

tijuana taxi said:
If it rains hard, snow settles to a depth of an inch, doesn't rain for a fortnight or gets a bit hot why do we need a special television programme.
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It could be worse, it could be programmes about celebrities that no one has ever heard of, or programmes about cooking or dancing or talentless youths being made into super stars ...

simon ess said:
The swear filter.
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I can explain to you how to beat the swear filter, its quite simple, but then I'd have to give you a short holiday for deliberately swearing :D
 
cotton wool,:runaway:

scrunchy chip supper containers, :eek:

clutter,:mad:

non indicators at roundabouts, :bat:

my builder.:mad::mad::mad::mad:


Yes, I do have OCD ;)
 
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