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Trivial things that annoy you
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OldNotWIse wrote: »why is 2 abreast advised?
Its safer, as is cycling nearer to the center of the lane, because otherwise bad drivers try to squeeze the cyclist into the ditch as they pass them with oncoming traffic. You can also see them easier when coming around bends.Mozzeltoff wrote: »I always thought two abreast is illegal?
Why would they make that legal? That's ****ing stupid!!
No its not illegal or stupid. Not knowing the rules of the road on the other hand...
Why would you bury your car in the ditch? Are you driving too fast maybe?But this 2 abreast cycling thing. Its pure madness. Most of the roads in this country are, well, COUNTRY roads. Two cars cant even pass each other, nevermind two cyclists ignorantly ploughing downhill towards you 2 abreast! Hang on a minute till I bury my car in the ditch, so you can have your little egotistical victory of "two abreast is legal" while risking your life:rolleyes:0 -
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Dostoevsky wrote: »Waiters/waitresses who interrupt your conversation to ask are you finished eating and can they take your plate.
When I'm finished eating I'll put my knife and fork next to each other in the centre of the plate. That's your clue. When I'm not finished I'll leave my knife and fork apart. Simple, really simple. I was told this as a child. Are restaurant owners not telling their employees this basic piece of manners?
I think you're being a little overly sensitive here. You can't expect waiters to assume that their customers have been educated, or indeed that the etiquette for cutlery placement is the same universally. I don't see the harm in the waiter asking the question. Are your conversations so profound that they can't be interrupted by a simple question requiring a yes or no answer 0 -
Why do people dress their children identically? It's bad enough when they do it to twins but it just looks ridiculous to me. Why take away a childs individuality? What's worst of all is women who coordinate their own clothes with their kids, i.e they are wearing red so they dress each of their kids in red and dress the girls identically. Don't know why it annoys me so much but it does 0
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Some waiting staff are rude, hovering like vultures, constantly looking with an annoyed expression, then when they do ask and you tell them you're not finished they look really pissed off.BoardsMember wrote: »I think you're being a little overly sensitive here. You can't expect waiters to assume that their customers have been educated, or indeed that the etiquette for cutlery placement is the same universally. I don't see the harm in the waiter asking the question. Are your conversations so profound that they can't be interrupted by a simple question requiring a yes or no answer
Not everyone wants to shovel their food into their mouths at olympic speed, some people like to put down their cutlery and chew or chat between mouthfuls. I would have thought most people knew about cutlery placement too.0 -
Pumpkinseeds wrote: »Why do people dress their children identically? It's bad enough when they do it to twins but it just looks ridiculous to me. Why take away a childs individuality? What's worst of all is women who coordinate their own clothes with their kids, i.e they are wearing red so they dress each of their kids in red and dress the girls identically. Don't know why it annoys me so much but it does
It's just less hassle really than traipsing around the shops and being all day listening to the children saying "I don't like this, I don't like that, such and such is only €100"...
That's coming from my own eight year old. He can assert his own individuality when he's old enough to pay for it himself. Until then he'll wear what's bought for him and I don't care that little johnny down the road has the latest Arsenal jersey or is kitted out in Nike top to toe or whatever! :pac:
There's one that's not so trivial that REALLY bugs me actually- children that rule their parents because the parents haven't got the balls to say "NO", they're afraid in case the child "won't be their friend any more"...0 -
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Pumpkinseeds wrote: »Why do people dress their children identically? It's bad enough when they do it to twins but it just looks ridiculous to me. Why take away a childs individuality? What's worst of all is women who coordinate their own clothes with their kids, i.e they are wearing red so they dress each of their kids in red and dress the girls identically. Don't know why it annoys me so much but it does
Cos the kids love it.0 -
December2012 wrote: »Cos the kids love it.
I'm glad somebody else said it and not me because it does weird me out a little sometimes that my son comes out dressed almost identical to me with the shirt and tie and the whole lot
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kunst nugget wrote: »I round up all the kids on the estate and put blonde wigs and grey clothes and get them to all stand at the edge of the main road in a row and get them to stare at the cars going by to freak people out. Great craic so it is.
Reminded me of this
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Children of the Damned was a hell of a lot more multicultural than the Aryan Village of the Damned…
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shopaholic01 wrote: »Some waiting staff are rude, hovering like vultures, constantly looking with an annoyed expression, then when they do ask and you tell them you're not finished they look really pissed off.
Not everyone wants to shovel their food into their mouths at olympic speed, some people like to put down their cutlery and chew or chat between mouthfuls. I would have thought most people knew about cutlery placement too.
All valid points, but I still maintain that is is perfectly acceptable, and expected to be asked if you are finished before the waiter takes your plate.
What you are talking about is not what the original post was referring to. The issue they had was with being asked the question "are you finished". Not being asked rudely, or repeatedly:Dostoevsky wrote: »Waiters/waitresses who interrupt your conversation to ask are you finished eating and can they take your plate.
When I'm finished eating I'll put my knife and fork next to each other in the centre of the plate. That's your clue. When I'm not finished I'll leave my knife and fork apart. Simple, really simple. I was told this as a child. Are restaurant owners not telling their employees this basic piece of manners?BoardsMember wrote: »I think you're being a little overly sensitive here. You can't expect waiters to assume that their customers have been educated, or indeed that the etiquette for cutlery placement is the same universally. I don't see the harm in the waiter asking the question. Are your conversations so profound that they can't be interrupted by a simple question requiring a yes or no answer
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the purple tin wrote: »I've seen lose written as loose so many times that I'm starting to think it's spelt wrong when it's really right
YOUR so right about that 0 -
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