Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[swee'pea99]

Companies declaring they're passionate about x. Thames Water vans now bear the legend 'We're passionate about water'. How can anyone be passionate about water?

Companies saying 'Safeguarding your station' and the like. It's not my station. It's your station.

 

[slowmotion]

Getting a new CD and the little clippy bits that hold the disc in the case are broken.

....and what about the complete idiot who "designed" the hinges?????......

Just look at them, clearly not fit for purpose.


And don't even get me on the subject of people who use the expression "fit for purpose".

 

[TVC]

BBC teletext, in an effort to make the whole thing more "relevent" I have to press six buttons to find Leicester news, and a further four to know what's happening in Loughborough. Seriously, how local d
o you want it to be. And don't get me started on finding cycling news.

 

[ColinJ]

How can anyone be passionate about water?

I can imagine becoming quite passionate about water if I had just crawled 10 miles across the Sahara desert at midday without any!

....and what about the complete idiot who "designed" the hinges?????......

Just look at them, clearly not fit for purpose.

They really are crap, aren't they! I only have about 40 CDs and I reckon at least 15 of the cases are broken, and that is despite me handling them with care.

 

[slowmotion]

I can imagine becoming quite passionate about water if I had just crawled 10 miles across the Sahara desert at midday without any!

They really are crap, aren't they! I only have about 40 CDs and I reckon at least 15 of the cases are broken, and that is despite me handling them with care.

...and what about the nanometre thin cling film that they stick over the case, the one that you can't remove without a sharp knife scratching it.....????

... then when you think you are nearly there, they stick an unremoveable 4 mm wide adhesive label strip all along the edge to stop you opening it....

B#stards!

 

[PaulB]

Companies declaring they're passionate about x. Thames Water vans now bear the legend 'We're passionate about water'. How can anyone be passionate about water?

Aye, we now have an advert on TV from Jet2.com who tell us they 'love flying you away on holiday'. Why can't they tell the bloody truth? Would it hurt? Jet2.com exist for one reason and one reason only, the same reason Ford motors, Tesco, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, McDonalds and a million other companies exist....to make a profit. Why can't they say 'we love to make a profit. Why don't you fly with us?' That'd be the truth.

And here's Judy Tzuke to take us up to the news.

 

[tadpole]

WROOOOONG!!!!

Nope, and I'm quoting the guy who wrote just about Half of the Health and Safety and Environmental health laws. (happens to be my dad but that is by the by). But you do as you please and I'll do it right.
"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure sign of a diseased mind." Terry Pratchett

 

[pplpilot]

When a supermarket has/having a re-fit and they refer to it as 'Your store'.

"We apologise for any inconvenience whilst we refurbish your new store"

It's not my store if it were you could bet your life on it I wouldn't be paying for this trolley load of stuff...

 

[Arch]

When a supermarket has/having a re-fit and they refer to it as 'Your store'.

"We apologise for any inconvenience whilst we refurbish your new store"

It's not my store if it were you could bet your life on it I wouldn't be paying for this trolley load of stuff...

This doesn't bother me and I think it has a precedent in normal conversation. I'd be quite likely to say to eg my Mum, "Oh, your Sainsburys is bigger than mine", or "Your Nero has nicer sofas". "Your" in this context simply means "The one nearest you" or "The one you use regularly", rather than denoting ownership.

 

[Arch]

...and what about the nanometre thin cling film that they stick over the case, the one that you can't remove without a sharp knife scratching it.....????

Cultivate a good thumbnail (or small penknife), and run it along the opening edge....

 

[Alex H]

"I was going to say.............."

 

[pplpilot]

This doesn't bother me and I think it has a precedent in normal conversation. I'd be quite likely to say to eg my Mum, "Oh, your Sainsburys is bigger than mine", or "Your Nero has nicer sofas". "Your" in this context simply means "The one nearest you" or "The one you use regularly", rather than denoting ownership.

Maybe so but it still pisses me off.

 

[Fnaar]

The train ON platform 4 IS the 19.36 TO surburbia calling AT hicksville, cr@plington, lower bottom etc etc

 

[Arch]

The train ON platform 4 IS the 19.36 TO surburbia calling AT hicksville, cr@plington, lower bottom etc etc

I was at Stalybridge a while back, and my train was delayed, and I swear the recorded announcement was comprised of eight different recordings, it was hilarious. Each colour change is a change in intonation, and in one case, I think, gender....

We regret to announce that the 12.26 First Transpennine Express service, is delayed by 8 minutes. We apologise for this delay which is due to signalling problems at Newton-le-Willows.

 

[Arch]

I remember a radio programme about recorded voices, and they talked to one of the men who are the voice of station announcements. Part of the job was reading out the name of every station in three intonations - for when it was the start of a list of stations, for when it was in the middle, and for when it was last.