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Trivial things that annoy you

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    #8972
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    gramar wrote: »
    One of the girls on the office has just spent about 15 minutes talking to her
    husband about the mobile contract and how they were going to change provider etc.

    She has a fairly loud voice so we were left with no doubt as to the most minute details of the call. Then she hangs up and says 'I was just talking to the husband about changing mobile provider'. No shít.

    Now she's telling us all the details of the call. She's still at it as I write.
    Company christmas party today. I'll be making sure I'll be seated far away.


    lol :D


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    #8973
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    ollaetta wrote: »
    Those stupid reindeer antler yokes stuck on car doors.

    Oh, and all those freaking ads going on about "gifts". Gifts me h*le, they're PRESENTS!! :mad:

    Oh yeah and "gift one to a friend" - when did gift become a fuucking verb?


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    #8974
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,571 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    The last week or so of work before the holidays. Things pretty dead (and tbh boring). Just wanting to gtfo and head home.


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    #8975
    newport2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,589 ✭✭✭newport2


    Taxi drivers who leave their light on when they already have a passenger. Standing there in the cold and rain and I'm thinking "finally, a taxi!" only for the p%^&k to zip straight past with 3 people in the back


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    #8976
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    People who whistle.


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    #8977
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭camel jockey


    veryangryman wrote: »
    The last week or so of work before the holidays. Things pretty dead (and tbh boring). Just wanting to gtfo and head home.

    Are you being forced to work? Could you not take annual leave? Are you being paid?


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    #8978
    Khannie
    Registered Users Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    People putting bags down on the seat beside them on the bus or train. The seat's for a human. Not your poxy bag.


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    #8979
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    The weird bus etiquette in this country. I don't care who has been queuing the longest. Once the bus is coming get in line and get on when the door opens, I will. I'm not standing in the cold/wind/pi$$ing rain waiting for you to get your ass in gear. So glare at me all you like, by the time people finish piddling about with the whole 'after you, you were first, no you go ahead' thing, everyone would already be seated and the bus would be moving. W@nkers.

    Gotta take 4 buses this afternoon to get to and from a hospital appointment. After that I get to experience the joy of going to the supermarket and buying/fighting for a turkey crown on one of the busiest shopping evenings of the year. I may need a very big drink tonight.


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    #8980
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    I have a pain in my nuts and I am freezing, think I got man flu


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    #8981
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users Posts: 6,739 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    American shop etiquette. Having recently done some shopping in NYC, I was left very annoyed by their false, overbearing attitude towards customers almost the second you walk in the door: You merely look at a shelf and you sense from the corner of your eye the shop assistant honing in on you with a very false and intrusive "Afternoon there sir, may I help you with anything?", so I politely say no thanks and continue to browse. 10 seconds later said assistant stands next to you and reels off some garbage like "Did you know today T-shirts are 30% off and also if you spend over 100 dollars you get a free voucher for your next visit"...at which point im so frustrated that I pretend to browse for a minute then head the hell out of there.

    But not before I get the token "Thanks for coming have a nice day", yeah right as if you give a fcuk about my day. Then if i do decide to buy something Im bombarded with crap like "Would you like super user card, would you like to donate a dollar to our fallen marines, whats your email address so we can send you special offers?". Jesus H Christ, I only came in to browse for a nice t-shirt in peace and now I have to either leave or vow never to return because of the overwhelming intrusive nature of their customer service. Now Im not really having a go at the assistants, they are just doing their job as told from above, its the attitude of "blind them with false love from the start in an attempt to empty their pockets" that actually puts me off shopping there...at least in Ireland most shop assistants can get the hint and leave you in peace to browse...


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    #8982
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    Sweet jebus I just heard someone say "Ill see you back here about ten a past two" !
    Want to scream it is never ten a past anything!!!! :(


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    #8983
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Mariasofia wrote: »
    Sweet jebus I just heard someone say "Ill see you back here about ten a past two" !
    Want to scream it is never ten a past anything!!!! :(

    Maybe they were a Italian.


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    #8984
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »
    Maybe they were a Italian.

    Nooo it was said in the flattest Cork accent ever!!!


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    #8985
    Dr Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    Delivery drivers who don't close the gate. If you had to open it to walk through then you should also close it on the way back out.


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    #8986
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wanderer2010 wrote: »
    American shop etiquette. Having recently done some shopping in NYC, I was left very annoyed by their false, overbearing attitude towards customers almost the second you walk in the door: You merely look at a shelf and you sense from the corner of your eye the shop assistant honing in on you with a very false and intrusive "Afternoon there sir, may I help you with anything?", so I politely say no thanks and continue to browse. 10 seconds later said assistant stands next to you and reels off some garbage like "Did you know today T-shirts are 30% off and also if you spend over 100 dollars you get a free voucher for your next visit"...at which point im so frustrated that I pretend to browse for a minute then head the hell out of there.

    But not before I get the token "Thanks for coming have a nice day", yeah right as if you give a fcuk about my day. Then if i do decide to buy something Im bombarded with crap like "Would you like super user card, would you like to donate a dollar to our fallen marines, whats your email address so we can send you special offers?". Jesus H Christ, I only came in to browse for a nice t-shirt in peace and now I have to either leave or vow never to return because of the overwhelming intrusive nature of their customer service. Now Im not really having a go at the assistants, they are just doing their job as told from above, its the attitude of "blind them with false love from the start in an attempt to empty their pockets" that actually puts me off shopping there...at least in Ireland most shop assistants can get the hint and leave you in peace to browse...
    Going for a drink is the worst, can't go 2 minutes before everyone at the table being asked if everything is ok, can they get you something, ugh.


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    #8987
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    The Rocky Horror Picture Show.


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    #8988
    Wattle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Wattle


    People who get on buses in the depths of winter and open a load of windows. Like WTF aren't you cold enough already? :mad:


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    #8989
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Wattle wrote: »
    People who get on buses in the depths of winter and open a load of windows. Like WTF aren't you cold enough already? :mad:

    dunno about that dude, I've been on buses where you cant see out cause the windows are so fogged up. i can only imaging the breeding ground that provides for passing along illness. maybe we should start wearing surgical facemasks like the japanese?


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    #8990
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    A little while ago, I saw a group of maybe twenty 7-8 year old schoolkids, all in Satan hats, singing their little hearts out, so far so good, and then along come the parents, all making more noise than the kids. "Oh hi Mary, all the shopping done?", "Oh Breda, you look lovely" "look what I bought". I gave a bit of a glare ( there was loads of them) and this yolk stares back, face on her like she was bobbing for apples in a deep fat fryer. you would think they could shut the fuuck up for five poxy minutes while the kids sang (crucified) a few carols


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    #8991
    Dr Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    A little while ago, I saw a group of maybe twenty 7-8 year old schoolkids, all in Satan hats, singing their little hearts out ...
    Hm, Church of Satan Carol singers, I presume?


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    #8992
    MurdyWurdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    December2012 wrote: »
    You could be talking about me - my kid sometimes refuses to sit in the buggy so I carry her. But then she changes her mind (or my powers of persuasion work!) and the buggy is her best buddy again.

    It's annoying for me too, but it gives me killer arms.

    I was going to say the same thing, sometimes the baby has a freak out and you have to take them out and carry them like a pack mule to get them to stop.

    You know if you left them in there someone would complain about people pushing buggies with a roaring baby and not doing anything about it!


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    #8993
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Wattle wrote: »
    People who get on buses in the depths of winter and open a load of windows. Like WTF aren't you cold enough already? :mad:

    I always open a window on the bus. Sometimes the smell of people is unbearable and it's nice to have a place where at least a few of other peoples germs can escape. I always sit at the back so the air hits me.


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    #8994
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Preusse wrote: »
    Hm, Church of Satan Carol singers, I presume?

    The very same, all dressed in black, with black SATAN hats on, collecting money to top up the salaries of CEO's of charities.


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    #8995
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    A little while ago, I saw a group of maybe twenty 7-8 year old schoolkids, all in Satan hats, singing their little hearts out, so far so good, and then along come the parents, all making more noise than the kids. "Oh hi Mary, all the shopping done?", "Oh Breda, you look lovely" "look what I bought". I gave a bit of a glare ( there was loads of them) and this yolk stares back, face on her like she was bobbing for apples in a deep fat fryer. you would think they could shut the fuuck up for five poxy minutes while the kids sang (crucified) a few carols


    Meeoww... :D


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    #8996
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    Newsreaders & rent-a-gob contributors constantly referring to Nelson Mandela as Madiba.


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    #8997
    RedFormanFITA
    Registered Users Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭RedFormanFITA


    Wattle wrote: »
    People who get on buses in the depths of winter and open a load of windows. Like WTF aren't you cold enough already? :mad:

    Reminds me of my English teacher from secondary school, always had to have the windows of his classroom open during December, January and February. There was always snow and sleet coming in the windows, but we were a hardy bunch.


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    #8998
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Yamanoto wrote: »
    Newsreaders & rent-a-gob contributors constantly referring to Nelson Mandela as Madiba.

    This is humiliating but I will share in the spirirt of AH. The day after he died, I thought the metroherald had made a whopper typo by spelling Mandela as "Madiba" - :(


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    #8999
    sport_nut
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭sport_nut


    traffic lights which turn green and then back to red in about fifteen seconds


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    #9000
    Wattle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Wattle


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    I always open a window on the bus. Sometimes the smell of people is unbearable and it's nice to have a place where at least a few of other peoples germs can escape. I always sit at the back so the air hits me.

    Yeah I guess and I probably have picked up a few illnesses from being on buses but freezing your nuts off all the way home is no fun. Some people open three windows when one would do.


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    #9001
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Wattle wrote: »
    Yeah I guess and I probably have picked up a few illnesses from being on buses but freezing your nuts off all the way home is no fun. Some people open three windows when one would do.

    What I hate is when people open the window directly above them. The air doesn't hit you then. It hits the person sitting behind you!


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