Stuff that REALLY annoys you.

Tmuk · Post by **Tmuk** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:46 pm 0

Istar wrote:
Marius wrote:Have you ever experienced walking behind someone, usually older people, when they suddenly either stop dead in their tracks or slow down to a crawl? This usually happens when I enter a shop behind some old fossil. They have the tencency to come to a dead stop to have a look around right after they pass the entrance, which of course makes it impossible to pass them, since it's the only bottleneck in the shop.

Also, sometimes when I walk behind someone and want to pass them, they manage to suddenly change direction, so that they once again are blocking my progress. If I try to pass them on the other side, they will of course change direction once more. This can drive me absolutely crazy at times, and I get the feeling that some higher power is testing my patience.
I wrote a short story based on this particular annoyance some years ago entitled Driftwalkers.

On a similar theme, it drives me up the wall when I'm waiting to board a busy train and the people who get on before me mill around near the doors pondering where to sit. Meanwhile, those of us behind them are stuck on the platform because they're blocking our way in. On one occasion the guard blew his whistle and I actually shoulder barged my way through, which gave me immense personal satisfaction

shillyshalley · Post by **shillyshalley** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:48 pm 0

sTrIng

Harlequin · Post by **Harlequin** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:49 pm 0

Hatred.

Incitement of hatred.

Incitement of hatred against particular groups of persons.

Incitement of hatred against ill-defined groups of persons.

NickMon · Post by **NickMon** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:23 pm 0

Pubic hair?!?!?

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:23 pm 0

NickMon wrote:Pubic hair?!?!?

Found in a kebab.

Fil · Post by **Fil** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:26 pm 0

More likely than you think.

Cloudane · Post by **Cloudane** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:31 pm 0

I absolutely HATE hatred.

What else...

Sky TV really overdoing adverts. Been half-watching old Top Gear on UKTV G2 and the adverts are on for like 10 minutes, then 5 minutes of the programme, then another 10 minutes of ads....

The stupid thing is they don't have the same excuse that ITV have (being free to air and needing an income) - we're already paying through the nose for a Sky subscription!

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:01 pm 0

What really annoys me?

CPU fans/heatsink clips.

Everytime Im building or repairing a pc, It takes me 10 times longer to lever the heatsink off then the whole rest of the process combined. (software aside).

piku · Post by **piku** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:51 pm 0

Darkflame wrote: CPU fans/heatsink clips.

Everytime Im building or repairing a pc, It takes me 10 times longer to lever the heatsink off then the whole rest of the process combined. (software aside).

And they're not happy until you've sliced the top of your knuckles off on the heatsink, or nearly stabbed a screwdriver through the motherboard. Oh, or the capacitors get in the way.

My current dislike is Fedora's "We don't do non-free stuff" which translates into "well, it can be done... if you know how to Google and don't mind reinstalling MP3/Flash/whatever support for every sodding application that needs it".

I have told XMMS I want to install the MP3 plugin, now I have to also tell MPlayer, K3B and random other programs the same or they don't work.

Peace out, get down with the OpenSource vibes man, MP3 is evil and closed source, licenced and nasty etc... but you know, actually removing this support from every program - even if it's a standard feature - is going a little bit too far into crazyland.

Strangely enough, you can install MPlayer or Xine and they play DVDs which of all this potty licensing bollocks is the one thing most likely to get you locked away.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:02 pm 0

Bags for used tampons hanging in restrooms for the disabled or unisex restrooms. Usually they have pictures of waves or beautiful nature on them, and sometimes with "lady" or something similar written on them. Lord almighty, is the tampon covered with flowers and pixiedust when they yank the sucker out?

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:06 pm 0

Has anyone ever lived with anyone who washes the grillpan when they've finished cooking on it, and not just put it back in the grill so that when I heat up the oven the next night it belches out black smoke and burnt bacon smell?

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:11 pm 0

Chavs!

sack · Post by **sack** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:12 pm 0

Ghostbiscuit wrote:Has anyone ever lived with anyone who washes the grillpan when they've finished cooking on it, and not just put it back in the grill so that when I heat up the oven the next night it belches out black smoke and burnt bacon smell?

I do because once when i first moved in I forgot and my housemate put the oven on to preheat it and it caught fire.

oops!

amanset · Post by **amanset** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:16 pm 0

Marius wrote:Bags for used tampons hanging in restrooms for the disabled or unisex restrooms. Usually they have pictures of waves or beautiful nature on them, and sometimes with "lady" or something similar written on them. Lord almighty, is the tampon covered with flowers and pixiedust when they yank the sucker out?

At the hospital where I go to the dentist the bag has both Swedish and Finnish on it. It would appear that the name for the bag in Finnish is "Sanitaripussi", which never ceases to amuse me.

TT · Post by TT » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:57 pm 0

Receipts.

I get a reciept when I buy a Mars Bar from a service station these days. And the helpful lady puts the receipt in your hand and then puts your change on top of it. Try to lever the receipt out on your way out of the door and all your bloody change spills on the floor.

I DON'T NEED A BLOODY RECEIPT WHEN I BUY A COCKING MARS BAR, BURGER OR NEWSPAPER!!!!!

Gits.