Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[mistyoptic]

People who feel they have to, illegally, mis-space their vanity plate so that others have a chance to “appreciate“ it but are then so ashamed that they have to, illegally, tint it so it’s unreadable - or use some stupid illegible font

 

[classic33]

5 points to the responsible dog owner who 'picked up' after their pooch dumped their load in my street.
-1 point for leaving the crappy residue. Yes, I know - those watery ones are so messy, aren't they!
-100 points for allowing the damn mutt to drop it 10 cms from my front door!


I spotted one idiot driver trying to get up that Buttress path in his car!

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Despite the sign and the rather obvious unsuitability of it. Probably a case of "It weren't my fault - the SatNav made me do it"!

He got stuck towards the top and had to reverse all the way back down!

There used to be a wall at the top, where the tarmaced section is in one of your other pictures, to stop cars going down.

 

[Andy in Germany]

People who feel they have to, illegally, mis-space their vanity plate so that others have a chance to “appreciate“ it but are then so ashamed that they have to, illegally, tint it so it’s unreadable - or use some stupid illegible font

Funny how you forget details like this: plates here are all issued by the local authority.

 

[derrick]

Who is 'Idiot'?

Take your pick. There is plenty to go round.

 

[ColinJ]

There used to be a wall at the top, where the tarmaced section is in one of your other pictures, to stop cars going down.

It amazed me that the idiot driver had got as far up as he did. I certainly wouldn't fancy having to reverse back down something like that. Mind you, I don't drive, so I wouldn't, would I!

I saw a motorcyclist go up it once. I was standing about here when he cleared the top.

He had picked up some speed and without looking left or right shot straight across the pavement and into the road!

 

[Saluki]

I find myself increasingly irritated by my bike buddy’s inability to answer anything with a real answer. It’s all ‘possibly’, ‘maybe’, ‘could do’ or ‘I’ll see’.

Questions like, ‘are we riding Monday night?’. He will reply with something non-committal. Always. In the 4+ years we have ridden together he has never given a straight answer.

He did it again tonight. I told him not to bother and I would ride alone. He always make me feel as if he is doing me a massive favour by riding with me.

 

[Oldhippy]

The price of converse sneakers! I thought I might buy some for cycling in the nice weather as my hiking boots are warm. A bit of canvas and rubber for seventy quid! Outrageous, I didn't get any.

 

[Accy cyclist]

A woman i talk to when out walking my mutt owns a florist shop on the high street. She frequently complains about the supermarkets pricing small businesses out and in her case selling flowers cheaper, though not as good a quality as her's, so she says. Anyway,the other month i mentioned buying a plastic rain cover for my dog's stroller/pram. Straight away she pulled out her phone and offered to buy one for me ( i give her the money on arrival) on her Amazon contract,saying "You can't beat their next day delivery service"!

 

[Andy_R]

Drivers blasting through a mini roundabout thinking they have the right of way due to them being on the main road. What part of those Give Way signs don't you understand?

Edit: fixed spelling

People who say "right of way" when they really mean "priority"...

(Everyone has right of way on the public highway😉)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Why are bags of crumpets so hard to open without ripping?

 

[mistyoptic]

Why are bags of crumpets so hard to open without ripping?

Because you know you want to eat them all. Therefore it doesn’t matter 😉

 

[colly]

Waste of time and resources by councils and traffic authorities.
There are many examples but in particular stuff like this:

and this, complete with a double yellow dashes every couple of metres across the kerb:

Hideous ugly double yellow lines plastered all over every tiny island where NO ONE will ever park, no one ever has parked.
50m up the road islands exactly the same have no lines on. The area is just as busy, just as prone to your average fool leaving their car or van in everyone's way.
But yet somehow...................no one parks in the middle of the bloody road.
Pointless yellow lines are just a symptom of a bigger, much bigger, problem.
LA are supposed to desperate for cash, almost bankrupt we are told and yet waste on a massive scale goes unchecked and no one in a position to stop it gives a flying f***

 

[ColinJ]

I reckon if you were to scour Street View then you would eventually find something parked on a little island which does NOT have yellow lines painted next to it!

 

[ColinJ]

The council had double yellow lines painted along Stansfield Road in Todmorden....

But as you can see, they forgot to have them painted along the riverside footpath. This was the outcome!

 

[mustang1]

People who say "right of way" when they really mean "priority"...

(Everyone has right of way on the public highway😉)

You are right! In fact I tell people they do not have right of way but they have priority, although i made the same mistake above myself.