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

T junctions...
 
Tri via - 3 roads. ;)
 
Did the concrete cow pats survive long?
 
I'm afraid I'm annoyed by 'personalised number plates' or as the Americans call them (appropriately) 'vanity plates'. I don't know why I'm annoyed by them, they affect me not one iota, but I inwardly roll my eyes when I see a mini or Range Rover spelling (or trying to) the name of the driver.
 
The forced ones don't really annoy me, they just make me laugh at them. Mrs Nod's car actually came with her name as the 3 letter suffix when she bought it and she'll probably keep the plate if/when the car gets moved on or dies. Even though the NOD pre/suffix is a local one, I've never had a car with it. I could be tempted by the X123NOD plate to match Mrs Nod's but I wouldn't spend what the combination is apparently worth on it! (BTW, X123 isn't the number!)
 
jonbeeza said:
People coming over, to see what I am photographing.
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Herding instinct, seems we never evolved out of that one,
Stand on any street corner and look up, and see what happens :D
 
Cobra said:
Herding instinct, seems we never evolved out of that one,
Stand on any street corner and look up, and see what happens :D
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Happened this morning. Looking over a bridge, with my camera trying to frame up a tree. Feller stopped, turned and came over to see what was so interesting. I told him that it was only a tree, he just turned and walked away.
 
When you get served at a restaurant and the waitor says 'enjoy', instead of thank you.
 
That's what happens when posting with one finger and talking on the phone.
 
Shirleyr said:
When you get served at a restaurant and the waitor says 'enjoy', instead of thank you.
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Why would the waiter be saying thank you?
 
Thanks again for picking on my grammer Ruth, I meant the word Enjoy is annoying.:geek:
 
I have come around to accepting that 'enjoy' is now an intransitive verb - it no longer annoys me like it used to.
 
Charities - especially Children in Need.

Now I do appreciate the work they do and what the money does, but there seems to be a sort of bullying to take part. Our office was insisting people came to work Fri in fancy dress and to pay £2 - surely that should be a personal choice (as it was i made sure i was out the office).
 
Shirleyr said:
Thanks again for picking on my grammer Ruth, I meant the word Enjoy is annoying.:geek:
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I wasn't pulling up the grammar, hence I asked an actual question.
Why would the waiter say "thank you"?
They've just served you your meal, and are verbalising that they hope you enjoy your meal.
Good manners would dictate that it's you who should thank them.
 
If a waiter says "Enjoy!" to me, I reply "I hope so!"
 
T-shirts in supermarkets that say, "UCLA" or some other university, or surf club on them. Then guys who have never surfed a day in their lives, or been to said university, buying them.
 
Bluekwack said:
People who start a conversation with " I don't want to rock the boat but...."
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Also, "no offence, but..." Then says something blatantly offensive

Also people who say, "oh em gee". I can understand it if they abbreviated it in text so they don't have to type as many letters. But when it takes the same 3 syllables to say in speech, why not just say, "oh my god/gosh"?!
 
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cambsno said:
Charities - especially Children in Need.

Now I do appreciate the work they do and what the money does, but there seems to be a sort of bullying to take part. Our office was insisting people came to work Fri in fancy dress and to pay £2 - surely that should be a personal choice (as it was i made sure i was out the office).
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Most people see it as a bit of fun.
 
... seem to of :)
 
This thread is supposed to be about things that annoy you that shouldn't. Your own personal quirks. But many have posted understandably annoying things that would annoy anyone. Stop it people!
Dale. said:
Totally agree. If you own a laptop these days, you have to have a TV licence even to watch non BBC programs on it. Annoying!!

We only subscribe to Sky so I can get the F1, or at least that's what I tell the Wife. ;)
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From outside the UK, the TV licence looks like a good deal. Where I live the licence fee is due even if you don't have anything to watch TV on. And the fee is the same amount as in the UK but all you get is 2 low budget, crap channels.
DorsetDude said:
Most normal people couldnt give a f**k about it being called Jack most of the time. Its only pedants on forums who like to chip and have a moan about it. ;)
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Yes. Language is just a system for communication. The words are arbitrary and there are no absolutes. Just because someone in years past picked a particular word, it doesn't mean you need to stick to that word. As long as you are understood.
bass_junkie83 said:
I was always taught that when you put an apostrophe after an s, you never put a second s after that apostrophe. If that is incorrect, or there are two ways of doing it, then I retract that particular niggle and replace it with 'the stupid English language'. :D
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The same applies here. Just don't over-respect these conventions.
R.Y.K. LEE said:
Also, "no offence, but..." Then says something blatantly offensive

Also people who say, "oh em gee". I can understand it if they abbreviated it in text so they don't have to type as many letters. But when it takes the same 3 syllables to say in speech, why not just say, "oh my god/gosh"?!
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El oh el.

I recently heard "Holy gosh!" which amused me.
 
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How Quorn persist in advertising their product as "chicken pieces".
 
viv1969 said:
How Quorn persist in advertising their product as "chicken pieces".
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You've heard of corn fed chicken?

Well "you are what you eat" as the saying goes ....
And that leads nicely into a joke about Oral sex .... :D
 
Cobra said:
You've heard of corn fed chicken?

Well "you are what you eat" as the saying goes ....
And that leads nicely into a joke about Oral sex .... :D
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Which makes it a tad worrying that most d******ds are male :thinking::D
 
I can't stand it when people put an apostrophe in 'photo's' where it doesn't belong. 'I love to take photo's of .....'. It bothers me even more when I see professional photographers use it. Spelling and grammar doesn't bother me in general but this gets to me.
 
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