Little things that irrationally irritate you

Brio

thecolourbox said:

The Postmodern Jukebox

So very wrong.

thecolourbox

Brio said:

thecolourbox said:

The Postmodern Jukebox

So very wrong.

I mean, it's a thread about irrational irritations to be fair, so it is likely to be unfair. But go on, what am I missing about it?

(I'm hoping I included enough things to trigger people in that sentence)

thecolourbox

swiller said:

2) People who push in front of you when you are looking at shelves so you can just see the back of their head. Oblivious to the fact that you were there first or even there at all. or shove their armpits in your face when reaching over to repeat 1) many times.

Further to this one, after a trip to Sainsbury's today, I'd like to add:

2a) People who stand so far back from the shelves they are looking at that you've no option but to walk in front of them so all they can see is the back of my head while I retrieve the item I already know I would like to get.

StefB

JezWynd said:

Starting a sentence with 'I mean'. It seems to be catching, even newscasters are not immune.

‘I mean’ has some catching up to do to the millions of people that start a sentence, usually in reply to something, with ‘so’. 

Kalimna

Plastic bottle tops with an umbilical cord
Use of fashionable words such as "narrative, boundaries, processing, woke"
Muppets on the road who don't use indicators
Muppets on the road who drive 20-30mph under the speed limit, despite it being a nice wide and straight road.
Touchscreens on anything but a phone (and even then a keypad would be useful)
QR codes for restaurant menus
Use of the word "beverage" instead of "drink"
Folk who say "rosewood neck" on a Strat that clearly has a maple neck with a rosewood FINGERBOARD (you know who you are)


That's all for now

Kurtis

StefB said:

JezWynd said:

Starting a sentence with 'I mean'. It seems to be catching, even newscasters are not immune.

‘I mean’ has some catching up to do to the millions of people that start a sentence, usually in reply to something, with ‘so’. 

So they say. 

GoFish

I love to start sentences with unusual word placements. And But Me etc. I would not be so gauche to follow a trend like "so" when I can start a new trend (of one) instead. Breaking rules is funny. Blindly copying neologims with no refenece to the rule being bent is just verbal vandalism, innit?

Or so I'm told

Dominic

thecolourbox said:

swiller said:

2) People who push in front of you when you are looking at shelves so you can just see the back of their head. Oblivious to the fact that you were there first or even there at all. or shove their armpits in your face when reaching over to repeat 1) many times.

Further to this one, after a trip to Sainsbury's today, I'd like to add:

2a) People who stand so far back from the shelves they are looking at that you've no option but to walk in front of them so all they can see is the back of my head while I retrieve the item I already know I would like to get.

Is that because you have a bald patch ?

Dominic

Kalimna said:

Plastic bottle tops with an umbilical cord
Use of fashionable words such as "narrative, boundaries, processing, woke"
Muppets on the road who don't use indicators
Muppets on the road who drive 20-30mph under the speed limit, despite it being a nice wide and straight road.
Touchscreens on anything but a phone (and even then a keypad would be useful)
QR codes for restaurant menus
Use of the word "beverage" instead of "drink"
Folk who say "rosewood neck" on a Strat that clearly has a maple neck with a rosewood FINGERBOARD (you know who you are)


That's all for now

Totally Agree about QR codes for menu .........ghastly
......because I really want/need to enlarge a menu on a screen to the point of pixelation before I can read it....one line at a time

swiller

Another one.. or expansion on young Kalimnas qr code reference above..

A pub that doesnt allow you to go to the bar and order a drink and the bouncers enforce it and are very busy doing it.

Case in point.. Gareth bales Elevens bar in cardiff city centre on a sunny sat april 2024, which used to be the magnificent four bars inn with world class jazz bands playing upstairs. Now.. order from qr code on seated tables using their app to pay. 10 mins job on a phone. Do not walk up to the bar and be escorted to your table.

It is a bar and grill, not many people eating, majority using it like a pub on a sunny sat afternoon in April in the welsh capital - as you do.

I hope its a one off, anyone else had this cack? 

Timcito

swiller said:.

A pub that doesnt allow you to go to the bar and order a drink and the bouncers enforce it and are very busy doing it.

I've been out of the country too long ... "A pub that doesn't allow you to go to the bar and order a drink"?? I've never been in such a pub in my life! 

tone1

Michael McIntyre 

Brio

thecolourbox said:

Brio said:

thecolourbox said:

The Postmodern Jukebox

So very wrong.

I mean, it's a thread about irrational irritations to be fair, so it is likely to be unfair. But go on, what am I missing about it?

(I'm hoping I included enough things to trigger people in that sentence)

This including others.
YMMV obvs.. (any triggers there :-) ? )

Kurtis

Timcito said:

swiller said:.

A pub that doesnt allow you to go to the bar and order a drink and the bouncers enforce it and are very busy doing it.

I've been out of the country too long ... "A pub that doesn't allow you to go to the bar and order a drink"?? I've never been in such a pub in my life! 

10mins to order?! 

Kurtis

Timcito said:

Facial stubble. Holy crap, can you not go out in public without looking as though you've just been dragged through a hedge backwards?! 

Glass houses? 

HAL9000

JezWynd said:

Starting a sentence with 'I mean'. It seems to be catching, even newscasters are not immune.

And starting a sentence with a conjunction. 

HAL9000

GoFish said:

I've had a dog shit the bed whilst we (me and the dog and bed owner) were having sex on it. That was my last one night stand.

I think a comma might be helpful to show that there were only two on the bed ;-

thecolourbox

Brio said:

thecolourbox said:

Brio said:

thecolourbox said:

The Postmodern Jukebox

So very wrong.

I mean, it's a thread about irrational irritations to be fair, so it is likely to be unfair. But go on, what am I missing about it?

(I'm hoping I included enough things to trigger people in that sentence)

This including others.
YMMV obvs.. (any triggers there :-) ? )

Yes I know what it sounds like, like pretty much every one I've ever heard in fact, but what am I missing?

Wazmeister

Go on, I’ll join in…

Top of the list by none - Mary Fuckin Spender.

Timcito

Brio said:

YMMV obvs.. (any triggers there :-) ? )

That was quite rousing! 

Mind you, I can't say I'm crazy about the original, particularly the part where the singer sounds as though he's got his knackers caught in a vice!