Trivial things that annoy you part 479

eternal

mr.anonymous wrote: »

TA when people don't thank my Boards posts

Don't be so Goddamn anonymous and we'll all thank you

galljga1

I slept like a log on Saturday night on a sofa bed in a mobile home by the sea with the wind howling outside.
Lastnight, on my super deluxe memory foam mattress which cost over two grand, I tossed and turned all bloody night.
Maybe I need to drink a crate of miller every night: a plan I like.

galljga1

eternal wrote: »

Psychologically speaking, you were on 'holidays' safe from the storm with no impending routine to worry about per say. The mind then secured in the trivial of the every day refuses to shut down no matter the conditions.
(Experience of years of mobile home holidays)

I am still on holidays, heading to Lanzarote on Thursday.
I'd say it was the Miller.

eternal

galljga1 wrote: »

I am still on holidays, heading to Lanzarote on Thursday.
I'd say it was the Miller.

Ok, you caught me after I deleted it.

KatW4

Came home after spending 5 days in Paris. I'm absolutely wrecked but I am wide awake and can't get back to sleep. I'm gonna be tired for the week.

Also, I hate saying goodbye had to pretend I wasn't crying when we left my sister at the train station.

Aisling(",)

Flying ants.
I don't care that they're only flapping around for a day or two I hate the buggers.
The wall outside my house was heaving with them the other day and we've never had a problem with ants before.
Even had a nightmare about them infesting my house.
I'm not usually a squeamish person with bugs no problem with spider or any other creepy crawlies but I would happily take a flame thrower to these winged demons.

eisenberg1

Ryan Gosling.

Gamer Bhoy 89

What's the collective term for a cola drink? "Coke", right? (well it is where I'm from)
Except go into KFC in Waterford and they ask what drink, you say "large coke" and they say: "We don't have Coke, is Pepsi okay?"
Oh come on! You know what I meant!

Robsweezie

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

What's the collective term for a cola drink? "Coke", right? (well it is where I'm from)
Except go into KFC in Waterford and they ask what drink, you say "large coke" and they say: "We don't have Coke, is Pepsi okay?"
Oh come on! You know what I meant!

i went into a place before and asked for rashers in my sandwich. ''we dont have rashers, only bacon''.

Gamer Bhoy 89

Robsweezie wrote: »

i went into a place before and asked for rashers in my sandwich. ''we dont have rashers, only bacon''.

Oh good lord ><

frozenfrozen

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

What's the collective term for a cola drink? "Coke", right? (well it is where I'm from)
Except go into KFC in Waterford and they ask what drink, you say "large coke" and they say: "We don't have Coke, is Pepsi okay?"
Oh come on! You know what I meant!

No it's a very important distinction, pepsi is not coke. It's trivially annoying when you ask for coke and you get pepsi!

Menas

TA at my been so easily distracted....just cant get it together today do some work.

Barely There

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

What's the collective term for a cola drink?

A sugar-rush?

Menas

Barely There wrote: »

A sugar-rush?

A diabetes attack?

Menas

Aisling(",) wrote: »

Flying ants.
I don't care that they're only flapping around for a day or two I hate the buggers.
The wall outside my house was heaving with them the other day and we've never had a problem with ants before.
Even had a nightmare about them infesting my house.
I'm not usually a squeamish person with bugs no problem with spider or any other creepy crawlies but I would happily take a flame thrower to these winged demons.

http://www.thejournal.ie/flying-ants-2262701-Aug2015/

Quazzie

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

What's the collective term for a cola drink? "Coke", right? (well it is where I'm from)
Except go into KFC in Waterford and they ask what drink, you say "large coke" and they say: "We don't have Coke, is Pepsi okay?"
Oh come on! You know what I meant!

not everyone likes Pepsi. I bet the staff in KFC are pestered constantly about people getting Pepsi when they were expecting Coca Cola.

Barely There

Barely There wrote: »

Jaysus that was like my Sunday lunch in a local place with the in-laws.

Jug of water arrives at table and Little Tommy shouts "ice cubes!" and stick his hands into the jug.
"Just one ice cube now Tommy" smiles his Mum indulgently as the little sh:tbag continues to swirl his germ-infested hands around the water jug - our fcuking water jug!

I ordered a beer instead.
I ordered several.

Only way I can get through a meal with the little feral brat.

Jesus christ

Clip around the ear

skittles8710

greenfrogs wrote: »

Ridiculous. Also TA by people taking a photo of people taking a selfie. I have seen 2 photos of this happening at weddings.

Don't look at the front page of today's Irish Examiner

Barely There

bluewolf wrote: »

Jesus christ

Clip around the ear

Oh, I've a book-full of anecdotes about 'Little Tommy'.

Everytime he comes to the house he stomps out to the back garden.
We've a load of solar lights around the perimeter of the grass on stakes and he walks along and pulls them all out of the ground.
They're only plastic B&Q ones but still.

Yesterday we're all lokking at Tommy doing the usual and his mother - the OH's sister - pipes up "Look at Tommy, he's always doing that".

I'm standing beside her thinking 'Yeah, and you've never fcuking once told him not to'.
It's not like she puts all the lights back into position afterwards either.

What is it with some parents and the blind-spot they have with their children? We don't all find Little Tommy as adorable as she does - in fact he's a bit of a spoilt pr:ick.

But, I have to bite my tongue for the sake of harmonious in-law relations.

It feels good to write this down - can't say it in real life.

Barely There

Little Tommy's favourite pastime is;
1) Hitting stuff with sticks

He's rarely to be seen without a stick or other form of stick-like implement in his hand, and he'll wander around banging it off things or waving it around his head like a fcuking baton-twirling majorette.

Earlier in the year we have a party for one of our kids in the house and get a piñata - because sticks and kids, what could possibly go wrong?

Tommy's all over at the stick almost immediately and hardly relinquishes possession for the rest of the party. During the meal, in the course of waving it around, he whacks one of the other kids on the head by accident (I think).
His mother jumps up, embarrassed for once by his behaviour and takes the stick off him. "No stick until later Tommy".
Tommy throws back his head and literally roars at the celling.
His mother does a quick mental calculation as to what's going to be more embarrassing, hands him back the stick and says "OK Tommy, but no more waving it around".

Tommy was without the stick for perhaps 4 seconds.

Robsweezie

noisy, repetitive children's toys shouting catchphrases. ''let's play!!'....'lets play!'....ABCDEFG...ABCDEFG...HIJK...HI...HIJ...HIJK .....HIJKILLSOMEONE

the purple tin

Barely There wrote: »

Little Tommy's favourite pastime is;
1) Hitting stuff with sticks

He's rarely to be seen without a stick or other form of stick-like implement in his hand, and he'll wander around banging it off things or waving it around his head like a fcuking baton-twirling majorette.

Earlier in the year we have a party for one of our kids in the house and get a piñata - because sticks and kids, what could possibly go wrong?

Tommy's all over at the stick almost immediately and hardly relinquishes possession for the rest of the party. During the meal, in the course of waving it around, he whacks one of the other kids on the head by accident (I think).
His mother jumps up, embarrassed for once by his behaviour and takes the stick off him. "No stick until later Tommy".
Tommy throws back his head and literally roars at the celling.
His mother does a quick mental calculation as to what's going to be more embarrassing, hands him back the stick and says "OK Tommy, but no more waving it around".

Tommy was without the stick for perhaps 4 seconds.

What an absolute brat. I remember when acting like that meant your stick would be introduced to your posterior in very short order.

Colser

the purple tin wrote: »

What an absolute brat. I remember when acting like that meant your stick would be introduced to your posterior in very short order.

The stick should be used on the parents;)
We had a family party recently,when I arrived my niece was standing beside the cake poking her finger into it..I immediately said "Hey,stop that!" in a genuinely annoyed voice..she then glanced at her mother and smiled..Her mother says"Oh look youve been caught now". This was before most of the guests had even arrived:( Now mine are/were no angels but there is no way they would have done this and if they did I would have stopped them immediately. I swear to god its the damn parents that need to be pulled up about this kind of carry on,Im still fuming about my bloody cake:mad:

Robsweezie

spilt milk criers. whinging and moaning about situations they cant change whilst wasting time they could spend trying to move forward.

frozenfrozen

jesus lads this is some heavy **** lately.

trivially annoying when you're trying to feed the cat and she moves her head right under where you're dropping the cat food and keeps getting her head covered in food. stop it I'm trying to help you

the purple tin

Colser wrote: »

The stick should be used on the parents;)
We had a family party recently,when I arrived my niece was standing beside the cake poking her finger into it..I immediately said "Hey,stop that!" in a genuinely annoyed voice..she then glanced at her mother and smiled..Her mother says"Oh look youve been caught now". This was before most of the guests had even arrived:( Now mine are/were no angels but there is no way they would have done this and if they did I would have stopped them immediately. I swear to god its the damn parents that need to be pulled up about this kind of carry on,Im still fuming about my bloody cake:mad:

Lazy parents that let their kids away with murder in order to avoid tantrums and scenes get their just desserts when they realise they've created a monster after a few years. The process is very hard to reverse.

Your cake story reminds me of one time when I was in the supermarket and saw a little brat poking holes in the fresh baked bread with her finger. Her mother and her friend were chatting away and idly watching her do it. Since then I only buy bread that is out of reach of little snot and germ infested hands

Gamer Bhoy 89

Quazzie wrote: »

not everyone likes Pepsi. I bet the staff in KFC are pestered constantly about people getting Pepsi when they were expecting Coca Cola.

I think that's why this is "Trivial Things that Annoy You", might not annoy everyone else but it annoys me ><.

Not one single person behind a counter has felt the need to correct me when I say "coke" and not "pepsi" until that one KFC. I'm aware it's Pepsi but as I said, I collectively call any cola drink "coke" and so does half the country I come from :P Go into Burger King, be aware of the fact that it's Pepsi they have. Ask for Coke, and I bet not one word will be uttered, they'll pour the Pepsi.

Now.

Colser

the purple tin wrote: »

Lazy parents that let their kids away with murder in order to avoid tantrums and scenes get their just desserts when they realise they've created a monster after a few years. The process is very hard to reverse.

Your cake story reminds me of one time when I was in the supermarket and saw a little brat poking holes in the fresh baked bread with her finger. Her mother and her friend were chatting away and idly watching her do it. Since then I only buy bread that is out of reach of little snot and germ infested hands

I wont buy anything thats uncovered for that reason and its not just kids that are guilty,Ive seen adults squeezing breads,rolls,fruit,tomatoes the list is endless.Ive seen people sneezing over food,coughing near it,picking it up and putting back down again..It turns my stomach.I hate when Im eating out and someone is coughing or sneezing near me,then I read that the spoons used at salad counters are filthy from people holding them and then lying them back up on the food.
I KNOW Im ott about it:D but I cant help it,I often wonder about how clean peoples hands are when making sandwiches:eek: I try not to read about what goes on in kitchens when food is being prepared,I worked in a kitchen years ago that was an eye opener. There must be a name for my condition:D:D its a great diet aid all the same.

js35

Neighbours congregating out the front all day...dunno why but annoys the sh!t out of me...if I go to put rubbish in wheelie bin or go out to car or even collect the post and they re always guaranteed to be there!! Feckin porch monkeys

CrowdedHouse

The tapes* of 'Reeling in the Years' must be nearly worn out at this stage - it was good at first but....becoming a bit of a TA now.




(* I realise they may not be actually stored on tape any more)

Gongoozler

eisenberg1 wrote: »

I thought they did.....sorry

Ah it's ok, it's only a subset of people who think it that annoy me. I'm not making sense, so I'll shut up now.

major bill

this smiley on boards :rolleyes:

Ted_YNWA

major bill wrote: »

this smiley on boards :rolleyes:

It's a TA of mine that some of the shorthand codes [noparse] :rolleyes:[/noparse] is slghtly different to the IM system at work.

selous

Aisling(",) wrote: »

Flying ants.
I don't care that they're only flapping around for a day or two I hate the buggers.
The wall outside my house was heaving with them the other day and we've never had a problem with ants before.
Even had a nightmare about them infesting my house.
I'm not usually a squeamish person with bugs no problem with spider or any other creepy crawlies but I would happily take a flame thrower to these winged demons.

I did, the weed burner that I got in Lidl or Aldi last year, sizzled hundreds of them yesterday and today, so dense were they, they crackled when it went on them,

Aisling(",)

selous wrote: »

I did, the weed burner that I got in Lidl or Aldi last year, sizzled hundreds of them yesterday and today, so dense were they, they crackled when it went on them,

The satisfaction of that would be amazing.
Die you fcukers die!!!

Elliottsmum79

using pacific instead of specific ............dont get me started

Samsgirl

The weather set to improve just as I have to go back work.

Lucyfur

My husband can't find something in the kitchen so I've to get up and get it for him.

Sake.

mr.anonymous

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

The tapes* of 'Reeling in the Years' must be nearly worn out at this stage - it was good at first but....becoming a bit of a TA now.




(* I realise they may not be actually stored on tape any more)

I'd extend that to any excuse RTÉ use to raid the bins and put shït on TV!

Omackeral

Workers being allowed to have 5min smoke breaks throughout the day. Can I have a few kindle mins since I don't smoke? Should be allowed to. Or better yet, add them all up and get an early finish.

Samsgirl

Lucyfur wrote: »

My husband can't find something in the kitchen so I've to get up and get it for him.

Sake.

At least he found the kitchen 😅

eternal

Lucyfur wrote: »

My husband can't find something in the kitchen so I've to get up and get it for him.

Sake.

A fan of Japanese wine?

NOS3

Taking off a new pair of socks and there are loads of tiny threads all over my lower legs and feet. I guess that's what you get when you get the cheapest pack in Penneys .

Medusa22

I decided to put the clotheshorse out in the sun yesterday, then I discovered that two birds shat all over my cardigan

Menas

When renting a car I need to get a child booster seat for the young fella.
One of these would do the job.
Costs just a few euro.
But car rental companies want to charge me €30 for something like this for 1 week! Rip off...but the only option I have is to pay or bring my own booster seat from Ireland...on a ryan air flight.
Aarrrgggghhh.

mickydoomsux

js35 wrote: »

Neighbours congregating out the front all day...dunno why but annoys the sh!t out of me...if I go to put rubbish in wheelie bin or go out to car or even collect the post and they re always guaranteed to be there!! Feckin porch monkeys

Yeah, that's very annoying. I live in a terraced townhouse type thing and the front gardens are literally just a 2 foot by 4 foot patch of grass in front of the house.

My two nearest neighbours seem to spend most of their evening out front smoking and "working" on their ****box cars and they are about 5 feet from my front door at all times.

Mousewar

Tired legs. Press button for lift. No response. Press button again. No response.
Sigh...lift is broken.
Shuffle up three flights of stairs.
See two women gasbagging to each with their foot in the lift door to stop it closing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy6hqzfsAs

whiskeyman

Menas wrote: »

When renting a car I need to get a child booster seat for the young fella.
One of these would do the job.
Costs just a few euro.
But car rental companies want to charge me €30 for something like this for 1 week! Rip off...but the only option I have is to pay or bring my own booster seat from Ireland...on a ryan air flight.
Aarrrgggghhh.

if it's an investment, I saw some parents with these on my hols:http://www.halfords.ie/kids-zone/car-seats-bases/booster-seats/trunki-boostapak-booster-seat
It's a cool backpack for kids that doubles up as a booster seat.
you may be able to get them cheaper elsewhere?

TA - Tuesdays.
I hate Tuesdays!!

Menas

whiskeyman wrote: »

if it's an investment, I saw some parents with these on my hols:http://www.halfords.ie/kids-zone/car-seats-bases/booster-seats/trunki-boostapak-booster-seat
It's a cool backpack for kids that doubles up as a booster seat.
you may be able to get them cheaper elsewhere?

Thanks for that. Its only 15€ more than renting a booster...so not too much of an investment.

fussyonion

Child next door cries all day. And night.
From about 5am til around 10pm. All day. Child's about 1 and is crying as I type. He sounded like he was getting sick from crying.
I don't know if he's being ignored or whatever but my Jesus I cannot take much more of this.