What's your pettiest gripe?

FlutterinBantam

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

what do speed limits have to do with overtaking and being in the wrong lane?
also the rules of the road aren't laws, so don't get too hung up on them. If you want to be quoting stuff use the road traffic acts



on a motorway it does, in other circumstances it may not, if your are turning right for example

but this is what you said:
can you explain how you think you are in the right lane if people on your left are travelling faster than you?

Sure

Three cars travelling down the middle lane of a three lane.

I am in car number 2

I decide to pass car 1

As I move into lane 3 to pass, Car three follows, turns back into lane 2 and zips past before I have time to get back in the proper lane.

:rolleyes:

omen80

Today's Irish children that almost have American accents.

hondasam

people pointing out posters spelling and punctuation on threads.

xsiborg

navigating the forum listings at the top of the page on boards.ie and the damn mouse pointer goes off the highlighted forum i wanted to go into, or else goes into the wrong forum and i have to go hovering over the forum listings again to try and get to the forum i want! :mad:

eternal

oldyouth wrote: »

Ice buckets in a pub. I'm in the middle of good company and good conversation and I'm drawn to what goes on with them.
Firstly, the barman comes along with a well worn mayonaise bucket (from somewhere) full of ice and throws it on top of the melted stuff that is in there. Does it ever get sterilised?

Then, well handled, half empty wine bottles are nestled in to it. If that is not bad enough, the ice scoop is mauled by coin handling bar staff and thrown back in to the centre of it. I've seen filthy hands go it to them and grab out cubes of ice and I've seen customers spill all sorts of crap from the counter in to the bucket to stay there for ever more.

How simple would it be for each bar to have an hygenic ice dispenser, just like a spirits optic.

It may be petty but it's something I can't get out of my head in a pub

This is pretty straightforward.The bucket is full of ice from the dispenser you are talking about wanting.
How else can they carry the ice from the dispenser ,only in a bucket.
Plus yes they should use the glass to scoop out the ice ,as is most usually done .
I misread .The optic idea aint going to happen.Every single restaurant/bar has a large ice maker .They need a large volume ,sometimes they even run out of ice(shock ,horror) .The ice machines are built that way for a reason .they are cost effective and produce a lot of ice.
Most people dont touch the scoop only for the handle .Does the bucket get sterilised ? yes its washed a lot by machines in the kitchen by very hot water and soapy stuff.

eternal

hondasam wrote: »

people pointing out posters spelling and punctuation on threads.

This I feel happens because they have nothing to really say ,so cop out with thinking they are better than someone ,just by pointing out a typo ,which happenes to everyone or simple grammar mistakes. This isnt English class.

jamesr123

People who are to positive

people who leave toast crumbs in the butter (aka bastards)

people who talk loud on the phone in public and people who text other when your actually talking to them:mad:

when the remote goes missing

When someone knocks on my door expecting me to answer when they have a key in their pocket the entire time

I hate everything better stop listing things now or I will be here all night :pac:

hondasam

jamesr123 wrote: »

People who are to positive

people who leave toast crumbs in the butter (aka bastards)

people who talk loud on the phone in public and people who text other when your actually talking to them:mad:

when the remote goes missing

When someone knocks on my door expecting me to answer when they have a key in their pocket the entire time

I hate everything better stop listing things now or I will be here all night :pac:

It might be quicker to say what you do like

jamesr123

hondasam wrote: »

It might be quicker to say what you do like

i like complaining

hondasam

jamesr123 wrote: »

i like complaining

Don't we all :pac:

bobmalooka

private number:mad:
i cant afford the sports package

jamesr123

hondasam wrote: »

Don't we all :pac:

yep :cool:

bobmalooka wrote: »

private number:mad:

dam I forgot that one :eek:

hondasam

bobmalooka wrote: »

private number:mad:
i cant afford the sports package

I never answer Private Numbers.

Spunge

"Weed is ok because its a plant"

So is deadly nightshade, id like to see you smoking that
:mad:

bobmalooka

hondasam wrote: »

I never answer Private Numbers.

me either if its friday afternoon its sky and on monday its usually vodaphone.
just feck off vultures. (i used to work in telesales so I know what it's like)

Paparazzo

When people call euros "yoyos" I cringe!

hondasam

bobmalooka wrote: »

me either if its friday afternoon its sky and on monday its usually vodaphone.
just feck off vultures. (i used to work in telesales so I know what it's like)

I never know who it is so they have a choice of

leaving a message
showing their number
text me

Paparazzo

handsome ken wrote: »

I was watching the Man U / Chelsea game last week on RTE2 and I nearly threw my cup of tea at the screen every time George Hamilton pronounced Jose Bosingwa as Bow-sing-gwaaa. Ray Houghton was co-commentating and he had no problem getting it right. Now maybe George is actually saying it correctly and everyone else is wrong but it really annoyed me. It's the same with Messi from Barcalona - I pronounce his name as Lionel Messi but George says Lee-o-nal Messi. Gets my goat!!

George is probably the best commentator for actually getting name right! He goes out of his way to find out the proper way to say them. While other commentators just make up their pronunciation.

Jesus Wept

mooching war widows

SomeFool

My OH never closes a breakfast cereal packet properly, really annoys me, who wants uncrunchy cornflakes or rice crispies?

Tayla

eternal wrote: »

I find it hard to believe people write ' loose' instead of 'lose' .You would not comprehend the amount of people who do this. Why WHY WHY

I bloody hate this :mad::mad::mad::mad: every single day of my life I see lose written as loose, every day, I actually think more people spell it the wrong way rather than the right way and it is written in magazines, books, blogs, subtitles and so on, they can never get it right, in fact I do a double take if someone spells lose the right way because it is so rare..

And my grammar is by no means perfect but what really annoys me is the fact that if someone were to see you or I spell lose correctly, they would think we were wrong but it's them

I'm off to lie down.........

EverEvolving

My gripe is wee on a toilet seat, however, I don't think it's that petty to be fair.

Unless a girl gets up and does a 180 on the toilet seat on purpose, how the hell do they manage to cover it in pee?

I've so often walked into toilets in pubs and the entire seat is covered in it, and really evenly too. I've often waited until the full flush is finished to see if it's that which is covering the seat with a spray but it never is.

Anyway, what can I say, my hovering muscles are improving? It's a pisser.

Savage Tyrant

mickeyjo wrote: »

teabags in the sink

Oh........ Sorry.

Tayla

mickeyjo wrote: »

teabags in the sink

I always do this but that's because if i'm making tea for myself I just take the teabag out with my fingers and the bin is too far away

eternal

Tayla wrote: »

I bloody hate this :mad::mad::mad::mad: every single day of my life I see lose written as loose, every day, I actually think more people spell it the wrong way rather than the right way and it is written in magazines, books, blogs, subtitles and so on, they can never get it right, in fact I do a double take if someone spells lose the right way because it is so rare..

And my grammar is by no means perfect but what really annoys me is the fact that if someone were to see you or I spell lose correctly, they would think we were wrong but it's them

I'm off to lie down.........

Oh thanks at least its not just me . It started off kinda sporadic and elevated itself into me wanting to throw myself into the flames of hell.
Its so bloody obvious it kills me. And its NOT a typo ,its deliberate .How stupid can you be like ,seriously.

Saila

eternal wrote: »

Oh thanks at least its not just me . It started off kinda sporadic and elevated itself into me wanting to throw myself into the flames of hell.
Its so bloody obvious it kills me. And its NOT a typo ,its deliberate .How stupid can you be like ,seriously.

losen up jes

The Baltimore Sun

Handing somebody (who provides a "public service"...eg. taxi driver/shopkeeper) a 20 or 50 Euro note.......only to watch them look all pissed at me and say "have ya notin smaller"?

...really gets on my goat!:mad:

stoneill

Catching someone nose picking - durty fukkers
Getting caught nose picking - stop looking at me you weirdo.

Snowie

Shut the fvcking door :mad:

RichieC

Spunge wrote: »

"Weed is ok because its a plant"

So is deadly nightshade, id like to see you smoking that
:mad:

People actually do smoke Deadly nightshade, but it's not recommended for rookies due to a high risk of OD and from what I've read very unpleasant psychotropic effects.