Stuff that REALLY annoys you.

sack · Post by **sack** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:27 pm 0

parents who use their children as battering rams to get around in public annoy me.

exactly what example is this setting to the children?

and on that subject parents who scream stuff like 'stop fackin' swearing britney you little bastard or i'll fackin' tell your dad!' - usually followed by 'I don't know where they get that language from....'

phattslagg · Post by **phattslagg** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:29 pm 0

HGFB wrote:
phattslagg wrote:and that all children should be either banned from public places, or restrained in sound- and germ-proof isolation booths
That'll be me.

Better enlist the help of this chap, then:

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:37 pm 0

sack wrote:people who block pavements and stop dead at the end of escalators or the moment they step foot onto the pavement after crossing a busy road, trapping you in front of oncoming traffic.

the usual conversation is as follows.

'excuse me... '

<louder> 'excuse me....'

<louder with hint of sarcasm and urgancy> 'EXCUSE ME PLEASE!'

<and last result> 'FOR FUCKS SAKE GET OUT OF THE BLOODY WAY!'

They always pick up on the last one, act mortally offended and ALWAYS say the same thing... 'All you has to do was say 'excuse me' - don't you have any manners?'

Yes indeed, and in a similar vein, people who stand at a crossing on a busy road for ages without pressing the button. They're never going to find a gap to cross, they just wait until someone presses the button for them. It's a pandemic, I tell you.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:44 pm 0

People on trains who seem unable to grasp the concept of "Press to open" when they want to get off.

Or the ones that grasp the concept but manage to press the close button over and over wondering why the door stays shut.

guythp · Post by **guythp** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:48 pm 0

People who chew gum / eat food with their fucking mouths open. Oh, and people who eat whilst talking (to me) on the phone.. really, really makes my fucking fists itch that.

seibu · Post by **seibu** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:56 pm 0

phattslagg wrote:People who, just because they haven't managed to sire a child yet, seem to think it more of an inconvenience for them to move aside to let a pushchair past than it would be for the parent to wheel their child into the road, and that all children should be either banned from public places, or restrained in sound- and germ-proof isolation booths

Yeah, it's a fine line isn't it? Don't get me wrong: I don't hate children or parents. It's just the tiny minority who think the world revolves around them and little Tobias. Try sitting in your car for three quarters of an hour because there's nine 4x4s with hazard warning lights on (as if that makes it okay) parked literally in the middle of the the road outside your vaguely school-near house. And I'm all for moving aside, just not being given a dirty look because I say "excuse me" and politely pass, rather than walking in A625.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:03 pm 0

seibu wrote: It's just the tiny minority who think the world revolves around them and little Tobias.

They aren't parents, they are child fetishists.

starshipcommand · Post by **starshipcommand** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:05 pm 0

HGFB wrote:People on trains who seem unable to grasp the concept of "Press to open" when they want to get off.

Conversely, the "press to open" buttons on London Underground trains that do absolutely nothing.

perranegra · Post by **perranegra** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:12 pm 0

People who don't say "Thank you" when you open a door...etc etc.

GGGRRRR.

Oh and some of those new anti-tamper wrappings/tops on bottles or jars...just how the hell do you open them!!??!! Gawd help anyone who has less than 100 percent mobility in their fingers...

Terrypantsman · Post by **Terrypantsman** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:24 pm 0

tv shows that show highlights of the episode just before the episode starts.

fuck i really want to knee cap the son of a bitch that thought that one up. Battle star galatica is a cunt for that, particulary when they stopped at the start of series two then bought it back again.

same with film trailers that show the best bits of the whole fucking film making viewing a waste of space.

Oh and the British tabloid press annoy me so much I occasionaly consider taking up terrorism as a hobby just to fuck them up.......

......I'll stop there i think, its this busniesss of giving up smoking for the new year that does this honest....

.fuck everything annoys me right now .....

Ollie · Post by **Ollie** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:28 pm 0

teamonkey wrote:Yes indeed, and in a similar vein, people who stand at a crossing on a busy road for ages without pressing the button. They're never going to find a gap to cross, they just wait until someone presses the button for them. It's a pandemic, I tell you.

Also, people who stand next to zebra crossings causing traffic to stop for them by looking as if they are waiting to cross when in fact they have absolutely no intention of doing so.

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:28 pm 0

teamonkey wrote:

people who stand at a crossing on a busy road for ages without pressing the button

What winds me up at pedestrian crossings are the crossings which are at traffic lights, so the traffic is going to stop whether you press the button or not, but the green light only comes on if you press the button. Which means, if you arrive at the crossing when the traffic is already stopped, you don't know how long it's been stopped for, and whether you can safely start crossing. Some near me work that way, some always give you a green light while it's still safe to start crossing, I know which I prefer.

guythp · Post by **guythp** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:39 pm 0

perranegra wrote:People who don't say "Thank you" when you open a door...etc etc.

GGGRRRR.

I'll second that one. On a similar note, people who don't hold doors open for others.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:41 pm 0

zip accident wrote:
teamonkey wrote:
people who stand at a crossing on a busy road for ages without pressing the button
What winds me up at pedestrian crossings are the crossings which are at traffic lights, so the traffic is going to stop whether you press the button or not, but the green light only comes on if you press the button. Which means, if you arrive at the crossing when the traffic is already stopped, you don't know how long it's been stopped for, and whether you can safely start crossing. Some near me work that way, some always give you a green light while it's still safe to start crossing, I know which I prefer.

As that's more my field of expertise, I'll answer that, if I may?

Most of those sets of lights may still allow another direction of traffic the right to cross all/part of the pedestrian walkway, so the answer is to always press the button and then wait until you see the green man.

What bugs me is the people who press the button, then instead of waitng, just run across the road through the traffic, after that the lights go red and the vehicles have to sit there for no reason.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:47 pm 0

Buying a programming book, with a CD which after you install stuff from, doesn't fucking work as expected like all the nice examples in the book.

Sams "Teach yourself ASP.NET" - I'm looking at you.

Pfffft.