Stuff that REALLY annoys you.

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:41 pm 0

One obscure thing that really annoys me for some reason is people talking about singular entities as though there were more than one of them. Football and cricket pundits do it all the time..."The manager will be looking at the Beckhams and the Nevilles and the Gerrards to bring the best out in the younger players" THERE'S ONLY ONE OF EACH OF THEM!!!

Oh, and abbreviations on here, there's far to many of them and half the time I have to look them up on google to see what people are on about. I mean, people have moaned a few times when a couple of people have used LOL on here which is fair enough. So why use any of the others?

Fil · Post by **Fil** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:54 pm 0

People who drive SUVs with bike-racks while wearing spandex and smoking in public places and downloading from allofmp3.com.

Dungeon-Dave · Post by **Dungeon-Dave** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:08 pm 0

Jamie wrote:One obscure thing that really annoys me for some reason is people talking about singular entities as though there were more than one of them.

That's a thought... when did "technology" become "technologies"? I hate that word almost as much as "solutions"...

aureole · Post by **aureole** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:22 pm 0

Going out to a restaurant for a work get-together and not knowing if it's a paid freebie or not, and having to agonise between ordering a cheap bowl of pasta or the lobster, and then getting it wrong and watching the other table stuff themselves for three courses whilst you wistfully pick at your bowl of tomato pasta.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:27 pm 0

Dungeon-Dave wrote:
Jamie wrote:One obscure thing that really annoys me for some reason is people talking about singular entities as though there were more than one of them.
That's a thought... when did "technology" become "technologies"? I hate that word almost as much as "solutions"...

One thing I used to hate in the US was that they always refer to "savings" in the plural. So you'd get nonsense sentences like "A savings of $100!".

moosedude · Post by **moosedude** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:28 pm 0

aureole wrote:Going out to a restaurant for a work get-together and not knowing if it's a paid freebie or not, and having to agonise between ordering a cheap bowl of pasta or the lobster, and then getting it wrong and watching the other table stuff themselves for three courses whilst you wistfully pick at your bowl of tomato pasta.

Or even, going to a meal with some friends, knowing you don't have much money, so not eating much, ordering cheap food, whilst watching people stuff themselves, order lots of beers, only to discover they want to split the bill

grrrrrr.

Â£20 for these breadsticks and water, thankyou very much.

phattslagg · Post by **phattslagg** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:33 pm 0

moosedude wrote:
aureole wrote:Going out to a restaurant for a work get-together and not knowing if it's a paid freebie or not, and having to agonise between ordering a cheap bowl of pasta or the lobster, and then getting it wrong and watching the other table stuff themselves for three courses whilst you wistfully pick at your bowl of tomato pasta.
Or even, going to a meal with some friends, knowing you don't have much money, so not eating much, ordering cheap food, whilst watching people stuff themselves, order lots of beers, only to discover they want to split the bill

grrrrrr.

Â£20 for these breadsticks and water, thankyou very much.

When this happens, I find most people in your position will happily argue their case, and achieve an appropriate reduction in their share.

moosedude · Post by **moosedude** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:01 pm 0

phattslagg wrote:
moosedude wrote:
aureole wrote:Going out to a restaurant for a work get-together and not knowing if it's a paid freebie or not, and having to agonise between ordering a cheap bowl of pasta or the lobster, and then getting it wrong and watching the other table stuff themselves for three courses whilst you wistfully pick at your bowl of tomato pasta.
Or even, going to a meal with some friends, knowing you don't have much money, so not eating much, ordering cheap food, whilst watching people stuff themselves, order lots of beers, only to discover they want to split the bill

grrrrrr.

Â£20 for these breadsticks and water, thankyou very much.
When this happens, I find most people in your position will happily argue their case, and achieve an appropriate reduction in their share.

When this happened to me, I lost control and let out quite a large yelp when I heard the cost, as a result the table of 15 looked at me at the same time as if I was just about to commit a mortal sin and argue the bill!

maybe I'm just stingy with money, actually, I know I am, I have to be, the monthly pay packet isn't huge. People often don't understand this unless they have a similar experience.

Terrypantsman · Post by **Terrypantsman** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:15 pm 0

Door handles on push doors.

Spoongod · Post by **Spoongod** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:38 pm 0

Spoongod · Post by **Spoongod** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:40 pm 0

People who post images with no relation what-so-ever to the topic in hand.

And people who complain about images with no relation to the topic in hand.

fred_zen · Post by **fred_zen** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:44 pm 0

kalmar wrote:
phattslagg wrote:
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:You just reminded me - People who park their cars right across the pavement - half on a driveway/half over the pavement when, they could just park a foot or two back to leave the pavement clear.
Climb over it, making sure to leave dents in the roof.

I would SO love to do that.

Munky · Post by **Munky** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:47 pm 0

Spoongod wrote:People who post images with no relation what-so-ever to the topic in hand.

And people who complain about images with no relation to the topic in hand.

And people who point out broken image links.

swith · Post by **swith** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:57 pm 0

Spoongod · Post by **Spoongod** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:58 pm 0

Munky wrote:
Spoongod wrote:People who post images with no relation what-so-ever to the topic in hand.

And people who complain about images with no relation to the topic in hand.
And people who point out broken image links.

And people who reply to people who've pointed out that somebody has posted a broken images.

And men.

And women.