Trivial Things that annoy you - Mod Note in OP

Of course its competing with the grass but its green when not if flower and doesn't grow very high. Bee's love it and getting rid of it is not a high priority for a lot of people. A selective weed killer will deal with it if you must.

I bought a microwave with an analogue dial for this very reason. You would need a masters in computer science to be able to figure out how to work out the digital controls on some microwaves.

Anything I try to grow dies, so anything with abit of colour that grows under its own steam I leave.

Our garden looks fairly unkempt, especially in comparison with the neighbours who are out with tweezers.

However there's 7 bee orchids and 3 pyramid orchids growing happily away, plus a covering of self heal and other clovers.

Once the orchids die off the lawnmower will spring into action. Our grass is fairly mossy too so doesn't grow too much!

That sounds similar to my front garden (except for the orchids). There's always a bit of the Prunella vulgaris (seal-heal) but there's loads of it this year and I think it's lovely.

My related TA is that my mother has made it her mission to get my grass cut. "Your brother says he wants to go over to you, and cut the grass.". My brother would be happy to do it for me, but it's definitely her telling him to do it because she's one those obsessed with the tweezer approach to lawn-care. 😄

Even though I can't really put my footwear on (because of bandages), I'm going to try this morning to cut non-purple bits of the lawn which will make the self-heal stand out more. Funnily enough, it might have a negative effect on my recovery. 😉

Assume you work 9.00am-5.00pm Monday to Friday and are on leave this week and next week.

Just set your out of office message to come on at 5.00pm on Friday 12 July and to run until 9.00am on Monday 29 July.

The message should simply say "I am on annual leave until Monday 29 July and will not have access to email during this time. If your query is urgent and cannot wait until I return then please contact X. Please note that this email has not been forwarded."

If someone has an overly complicated out of office message or there is an incorrect return day and date combination leading to ambiguity, then they're probably a flake.

Hotel chains calling their chain The *hotel name * Collection has to be one of the wankier "morketing" ideas.

It's even more annoying when you're behind them trying to get past and they're obliviously meandering all over the path. I was walking up Kildare St earlier and some bloke stepped off a bus directly into my path, managing to take up the entire path and every time I tried to go past him on either side, he moved to that side. I ended up nearly having to push him into the side of the Shelbourne to get around him.

I'm not sure I'll ever understand how some people are so completely oblivious to their surroundings.

Some people are just oblivious to others

Ignorance , lack of awareness or whatever it is

I have about half a dozen different types of CR cell batteries in the house … but not a CR2450. TA.

Itv have changed their daytime schedule , bye bye lingo and Tenable is back 😡

White runners/sneakers/trainers. Look filthy after a short while, especially if you use them for actually running and training, but maybe not sneaking.

Well known child psychologist making glaringly obvious and softly softly claims to dumb parents in national newspaper about turning off screens at meal times.

Next up, is it ok to let your 4 year old drive a digger while drunk and watching porn ?

Power walkers are awful for this too. I remember one time cycling along the cycle path on Childers Road Limerick and 3 power walkers come storming out of a bus. They hop right onto the cycle path and start marching at speed towards me as I’m cycling towards them. I had to get onto the footpath to avoid them. I shouted at them that it was a cycle lane and they shouldn’t be walking on it. All I got in response from the chubbiest walker was “ah shut up”

Anyway, today’s TA is a video that is played on the tvs in the main corridor at work. It’s played over and over again in a repetitive loop. The video is basically a video package showing the hospital’s history since it’s opening in the 1850’s accompanied by absolutely atrocious piano music. The soulless piano music gets inside your head and stays there all day. The video package also includes several clips of fake smiling politicians and executives lapping up all the attention during grand openings and announcements. If they only kept the volume turned down then my attention wouldn’t be drawn to it every time.

grabbed a couple of drinks and retired but because of this heat two thirds way though the first drink and the about 5 big ice cubes have melted…. Back to the kitchen, which sounds a lazy TA but I was tired and comfy ! Dammit ! 🤦🏻‍♂️

I think this springs from two things that I have observed which ta me, one, ppl feel so entitled that they assume other ppl will give way to them just bc. Two, parents/caregivers don't teach toddlers to be aware of their situations(like running freely on the path where elderly ppl may be walking etc). Both of which scare me as ppl may assume a situation is safe when its not.

EVERYTHING being politicised! There was a case in the UK where a four year old needed 18 (yes really!!) bad teeth removed.

New Labour MP says "this shows the Tories can't manage health!"

No love this shows the parent(s) are useless and can't do the basics without being told!!

Thinking I'm too old to do X or do Y or do Z.

But at least you managed to do ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQURSTUW before you got to old ;-)

People who leave cardboard boxes next to the recycling bin, that get soaked in the rain, dogs pissing against them, and they somehow expect it to be recycled. Or put so much in the bin that the lid is open and everything gets soaked inside. You can bet your bottom dollar they don't have to lift or sort through that.

You have up to 6 years with Irish consumer law. So they replace it, fix it, or its small claims court time. 2.5 years is ridiculous for a fridge.

Hmmm. 😕

Smokers who stand in the doorway of a pub or restaurants puffing away without any consideration for new customers arriving. And I say this as an ex-smoker who was guilty of this on more then a few occasions

People playing musical chairs on the bus. Just stay in the seat you originally sat on, we're not on a transatlantic flight here.

The only exception I'll make is for that seat directly over the engine block at the back, you'd roast alive on that.

ETA: or if the person beside you is stinky. You're allowed move then too.