Trivial Things that annoy you - Mod Note in OP

The sound of an empty can rolling during the night. If I hear one during the day I will make a point to go out and hunt it down when I can see it.

as a pedestrian (and occasional cyclist) I say "thank you" …. So many drivers dont think about what goes on outside their car wrt how ppl will react to their actions. Heard a good one recently "a bad driver never misses their exit. a good driver will (ie they will go the next one)"

My rear parking sensors only activate when car is in reverse gear!

I thought that would be the norm, or you would be driven demented in city traffic.

When your kid(s) are off school and inside on a beautiful sunny day like it was winter or covid or something. And we have such few sunny days. And you are stuck inside because you have to work.

Usually the types that try to make a point that all state services should use Irish.

In reality their needs will still get processed albeit not as fast obviously because most staff only speak and understand English. So their loss.

Another TA for the day.

Anyone over the age of 25 that refers to themselves as a Swifty.

Like I think Taylor Swift is one of the best pop stars of all-time in terms of catchy tunes alone, and have been known to sing along to many of her hits, but the deification of her as a 'movement' has gone out of hand. I mean, renting out the 3 Arena just to sell (over-priced and I'm sure ethically sourced) merch is a bit much no? Especially with the astronomical price of a ticket to her show as it is.

News items about her due to arrive into the country (so she can make even more money)- if it was a backwater regional US city not used to international acts I'd understand the hype, but she is playing in a capital city of a wealthy Western European country.

'Swiftys' suddenly becoming NFL fans (where they stick out like a sore thumb) because she happens to be dating a player that was a legend in his own right before all this.

It's no wonder she is at the height of her fame at a time when younger people are more sensitive and have less get-up-and-go about them.

As she would say herself 'You Need to Calm Down'

get tagged on social media … as per the notification it’s about a certain show that’s being put on in a famous theater on Dame St….I look up the persons name. It’s a soap actress. I don’t follow them or have any interest in them or soaps.

I do follow the theatre so I presume that the theatre has enabled the actress’s management with the accounts of their followers here. 🤬

Sortof. I think you get to sit at Cabinet but not vote. Theres probably another joke in there somewhere...

Ministers, junior ministers, super junior ministers. It's the Dail version of everyone gets a medal on school sports day.

Another joke is Minister for heritage, arts, gaelgoirs and all of the things.

Varadkar getting all trendy and "down with the kids" (who can't get a house anywhere) with Pride.

T.a. that when taking public transport, one can put in their headphones to drown out the annoying external noise of others but there's nothing you can do quench the bad breath of the person sitting behind you.

I've fantasized far too many times about some kind of sound insulated pod system, where each person has their own personal space.

Maybe we could replace Dublin bus with a network of gondola that traveled high up, above the city 😂 then I could have a nice view of the city and some peace and quiet at the same time.

The family online buying debit card is with a well-known Irish bank, it fails the authentication test most of the time🙄. I have come to expect this, this am it bounced bc the purchase would have left a single cent in the charge-free account.

Lunchtime meetings