Trivial Things That Annoy You — Rules in Post #1

Rogueish · 16-03-2017 4:10pm

I would like to generalise and say the 'youth of today' but that would be unfair to the aforementioned 'youth'. I'll settle for the singular term of 'Gobsh1te' who thinks that the world revolves around him.

Will he do what he has been advised to do? No he 'doesn't have time' (he's a student).

Does he turn up at the appointed time when a professional is present to help him with his issue? No, he can't get a bus/lift etc.

When he is home for the weekend can he make an appointment to be seen Saturday morning when weekend appointments are available (until lunchtime)? No HE'S working

HOWEVER he does expect that the aforementioned professional(s) will put their own life and family on hold to go into work on St Patricks Day especially for him and failing that stay on late on Saturday until HE is finished work just 'cos he's THAT important.

He needs a steel toed boot up the hole!

eisenberg1 · 16-03-2017 4:14pm

I wish someone would clamp Al Porter.

fussyonion · 16-03-2017 6:55pm

The Pringles I bought today were already opened and not by me or my other half. Only noticed now. Some cheeky customer or staff member of the supermarket must have felt peckish...half the tube's gone!

fiachr_a · 16-03-2017 7:57pm

Could be mice/rats.

MuffinTop86 · 16-03-2017 8:23pm

TA that I'm not sure whats wrong with me. It seems like it might be a UTI. Only came on today, won't be able to go to a doctor to find out til monday.

zcorpian88 · 16-03-2017 9:02pm

TA of the day: When Ireland gets overlooked for rock concerts for bands that are doing lengthy tours in support of a new album.

Today being the perfect example, Metallica are touring for their new album which isn't long out, they are touring the states for the summer, and today announced a European leg that is spread out between September this year till May next year.

5 concerts in the UK in October were included in the pile, and lo and behold, not one Irish concert.

F**king bulls**t!!

tomwaterford · 16-03-2017 9:09pm

zcorpian88 wrote: »

TA of the day: When Ireland gets overlooked for rock concerts for bands that are doing lengthy tours in support of a new album.

Today being the perfect example, Metallica are touring for their new album which isn't long out, they are touring the states for the summer, and today announced a European leg that is spread out between September this year till May next year.

5 concerts in the UK in October were included in the pile, and lo and behold, not one Irish concert.

F**king bulls**t!!

Go to one in the UK?

zcorpian88 · 16-03-2017 9:17pm

tomwaterford wrote: »

Go to one in the UK?

Thought about it but it's a lot of money....between tickets, a room for the night or two etc.

It's an annoyance really, they've done a few European runs in the last few years and skipped Ireland every time. They haven't played in the Republic since their last albums run, a show in 2008 and another in 2009. They did two shows in NI in 2010 and I went up and caught the second one. They've been in Europe most summers ever since doing festivals more or less and Ireland was left out ever since. Was waiting for this announcement for weeks and weeks and then no Dublin on the itinerary.

I could save a few bob and maybe even grab two shows but it's a lot of fuss. Plus none of my circle will travel for a gig. Pain in the arse. Could go solo, as a birthday present to myself, birthday lands the same week as the UK shows.

Surreptitious · 16-03-2017 9:39pm

I am bovvered about my weight but no matter how much I diet I can't lose any. I remember when I was hot

Rubberlegs · 16-03-2017 10:16pm

The lid flew off the bottle of salad dressing when I was violently shaking it to mix the oil and vinegar. Salad dressing everywhere.
My new hair colour didn't turn out how I wanted and now I feel a bit like My Little Pony:(

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 16-03-2017 10:21pm

Having to use the toilet. I have a crazy irrational fear of rats and mice and since I read a story last year about a rat climbing up the toilet and biting someone's ass I've been too paranoid to sit on the toilet for any longer than a minute or so without having to check. Wasn't helped by the fact there's actually a diagram and YouTube vids on how it's more possible than people think.
I managed to sit on a toilet fine for most of my life but now it makes me feel so anxious

New Home · 16-03-2017 10:25pm

Flush the toilet before sitting on it, if they're in there you'll flush them down too. It will be a while before they climb back up, leaving you time to do what you need in peace.

TA - Terrible, no, appalling phone coverage/signal/reception.

Spudgun · 16-03-2017 10:42pm

Surreptitious wrote: »

I am bovvered about my weight but no matter how much I diet I can't lose any. I remember when I was hot

I was never hot but yeah I feel the same
ta'd at my under active thyroid

selous · 16-03-2017 11:34pm

Last 3 weeks on a Friday coming home on N7 and M7 I've been caught behind some strange goings on,
Cars in the right hand lane staying at least 100m from the car in front, (gauging it by the exit lane measurements)
I'm all on for not tailgating but that's a heck of a gap, every time a car came up the left and cut in in front of it, he braked, and back to the 100m gap again, I thought I was going to end back where I started instead of where I was going.

Last Friday, different car same thing,
Tonight, different time, different car same bloody thing, not a sinner to the left of it, but if a brake light flashed anywhere it hit the brakes hard....Why, if the driver is that nervous, shove on over to the left lane (where they should be when there's no car to the left)

17-03-2017 1:55am

1. When you're filling in a form in an MS WORD document and every time that you press enter to move the lines down, so you can write without lines underneath each sentence/cutting through words, it just creates more lines and you spend ages trying to delete these lines.

2. Staplers! There are so many cheap staplers where the staple gets jammed and you have to use a pen/fork/knife to get the jammed staple out, and it works for maybe two or three more presses before it gets jammed again... and again... and again. Grrrr.

whoopsadoodles · 17-03-2017 10:04am

selous wrote: »

Last 3 weeks on a Friday coming home on N7 and M7 I've been caught behind some strange goings on,
Cars in the right hand lane staying at least 100m from the car in front, (gauging it by the exit lane measurements)
I'm all on for not tailgating but that's a heck of a gap, every time a car came up the left and cut in in front of it, he braked, and back to the 100m gap again, I thought I was going to end back where I started instead of where I was going.

Stopping distance at 120km/h in dry conditions including reaction time is approx 100 metres.

Now people not moving in after overtaking is a very very big annoyance of mine, as are middle lane drivers. But leaving a 100 metre gap on a motorway is him playing by the book in that regard.

Rosie Rant · 17-03-2017 10:28am

Fast food places that slop so much chopped raw onion onto their burgers that the taste is completely overpowering and lingers when all of the onions are scraped off. The slimy lettuce isn't very appetising either. TA that I keep forgetting to say that I don't want any salad on my burger.

Widdershins · 17-03-2017 4:59pm

I've joined the f****d up back club and my god now I understand the jokes on this thread about positions for lying down with one leg at a ridiculous angle up in the air. How do you all deal with this. I need help, someone please tell me what to ask the doctor for while I wait for a specialists appointment. Anti inflammatories aren't working and it's going into spasm!

And my TA: Realising I left my phone in another room and not being able to move, when I need to call for help and can't move

And having a cup of tea made for me, but it was made ten times too strong and it's the only tea I could have for hours til my back unlocked

KERSPLAT! · 17-03-2017 5:05pm

Mod

You're likely having the craic but no medical advice should be sought or given on boards. The doctor will access you and make an informed decision, posters cannot. Cheers

Frigating · 17-03-2017 5:07pm

Today was the first time in ages I was able to have a lie in. Housemates decided to have a "let's see who can be the loudest" contest at 9am with about 8 friends, which involved shouting, literal screaming, jumping about and slamming doors extremely loudly. They also managed to use up an entire tank of hot water. The one thing I could say for them is that they washed up the plates and glasses they've left in the sink for the past few days. I could say that, but I won't, because half of what they washed still has food on it.

In an unrelated matter, what counts as "extenuating circumstances" in a murder trial? Asking for a friend.

Widdershins · 17-03-2017 5:29pm

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Mod

You're likely having the craic but no medical advice should be sought or given on boards. The doctor will access you and make an informed decision, posters cannot. Cheers

I wasn't being completely serious, but sorry about that.

mikemac2 · 17-03-2017 6:38pm

Fake American accents

Getting the train home and the girls behind me gossiping away, sharing the news, fair 'nuff, good for them

Sound like the cast of Mean Girls,

....So like then I was out, totally out out and I met her and she said hi and I was like whaaaaatever like

Said at one hundred miles per hour