Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Andy in Germany]

People who point out the obvious, usually just making conversation but bugs me

Just had some paint, brushes and rollers delivered, delivery guy - 'Doing some decorating are we'. No mate I just like collecting decorating supplies??
Usually when I cycle to work and go in wet 'Oh is it raining'. Not at all, just thought I'd jump in the river Humber for a laugh before I started!

I tend to see what answers I can get past people before they actually register what they hear. "No, I just like collecting decorating supplies" would be one, or "The bridge was closed and I had to swim"

Alas I can't do this and translate it into German fast enough to do this here.

 

[sheddy]

Car Parks: if you must design em with with narrow lanes in order to maximise spaces, please consider a one way system...

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

People who have FAR more cars/vans than their house can cope with

AND hence 'need' to park them in front of other people's houses in order to be able to get all their cars out

OK - not illegal - just b****y inconsiderate

Come up to day because we have just come back from looking after the grandkids all afternoon while the parents were at work

the people next door have 4 cars and 2 vans - and hence park in front of other people's houses so they can get all the cars out - including the Porsche that only moves once every blue moon - whenever they migth want
TO be fair they have flagged the whole front garden - but as it is a SMALL 3 bedroom house that only accounts for 3 vehicles out of 6

not even going there with the people at the start of the road in out estate that have 3 cars and a big van and live right on the corner - and have enough room for the van to park on the driveway
but then have 3 cars parked just as you turn off the main road and therefore block your way in and make the start of the road a maze

 

[Accy cyclist]

Could be from Ulster...and giving sleepy kisses...

Just spotted this on the local f/book site and seeing as you seem to be able to translate this type of stuff, maybe you could translate this? 🤔 I know what he means bye the way.

Tony Bolton
there was maybe a skrikingkid in it when they left it.

 

[classic33]

Cash machines that let you go through the full procedure of attempting to withdraw/extract money from them. Then do nothing, then inform you that the PIN entered was incorrect.

Why can't they get them to do that after entering the PIN, if incorrect?

 

[Tribansman]

Just spotted this on the local f/book site and seeing as you seem to be able to translate this type of stuff, maybe you could translate this? 🤔 I know what he means bye the way.

Tony Bolton
there was maybe a skrikingkid in it when they left it.

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Skriking is crying in more Northern climes isn't it? But omission of the space is a cardinal sin, what's the world coming to?

 

[lazybloke]

I washed my car for the first time, a few weeks back, on account of going to a funeral at a crematorium, i thought it might look 'disrespectful' if it didn't.

Hoping everyone else I care about, stays alive for a long while now..

I thought the same for my Gran's funeral; a couple of decades ago.

I went the whole hog with the shampoo and the turtlewax, Then spent a good hour with cloths buffing the paintwork to a beautiful deep lustrous shine.

As I drove into the crematorium site, half the congregation had already gathered at the building entrance, and as I approached they all turned, one by one, and STARED at me.

You see, I'd somehow missed some of the panels when buffing, so half of my shiny black car was still covered in huge matte swirls of dingy white wax, including the driver's door! HOW had I not noticed?!!!!!

 

[Andy in Germany]

People who have FAR more cars/vans than their house can cope with

AND hence 'need' to park them in front of other people's houses in order to be able to get all their cars out

OK - not illegal - just b****y inconsiderate

Come up to day because we have just come back from looking after the grandkids all afternoon while the parents were at work

the people next door have 4 cars and 2 vans - and hence park in front of other people's houses so they can get all the cars out - including the Porsche that only moves once every blue moon - whenever they migth want
TO be fair they have flagged the whole front garden - but as it is a SMALL 3 bedroom house that only accounts for 3 vehicles out of 6

not even going there with the people at the start of the road in out estate that have 3 cars and a big van and live right on the corner - and have enough room for the van to park on the driveway
but then have 3 cars parked just as you turn off the main road and therefore block your way in and make the start of the road a maze

If you think about it, that represents a large government subsidy of car ownership; where else can you use public space for storage of private property for free?

 

[figbat]

People who point out the obvious, usually just making conversation but bugs me

Just had some paint, brushes and rollers delivered, delivery guy - 'Doing some decorating are we'. No mate I just like collecting decorating supplies??
Usually when I cycle to work and go in wet 'Oh is it raining'. Not at all, just thought I'd jump in the river Humber for a laugh before I started!

On days I cycle to and from work, at the end of the day I’ll get changed into my riding gear, then return to my desk to collect my laptop etc to take home. I’m usually in either Lycra shorts/jersey or MTB trousers and jersey, with a helmet in my hands…

“Cycling home are you?”

 

[mudsticks]

I thought the same for my Gran's funeral; a couple of decades ago.

I went the whole hog with the shampoo and the turtlewax, Then spent a good hour with cloths buffing the paintwork to a beautiful deep lustrous shine.

As I drove into the crematorium site, half the congregation had already gathered at the building entrance, and as I approached they all turned, one by one, and STARED at me.

You see, I'd somehow missed some of the panels when buffing, so half of my shiny black car was still covered in huge matte swirls of dingy white wax, including the driver's door! HOW had I not noticed?!!!!!

Well I guess this is what happens when you try to overdo it.

I just used a bucket of hot soapy water and a sponge to get the worst of the mud off.

Trouble with cleaning things is it makes everything else around it look muckier..

Best not to start down that route imo .

Before you know it, you're spending half your life polishing things

 

[Accy cyclist]

Skriking is crying in more Northern climes isn't it? But omission of the space is a cardinal sin, what's the world coming to?

Correct! Another make your own spelling up post, just spotted on the local f/book page regarding a cat.
Toni Mason
Admin

Lynne Smith have she been put to sleep?

And that's from one that runs the site!!!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I waited till 1.20 to see if the postman arrived (he usually arrives at 1.15) with my Floris fragrance travel pack. He didn't so I applied another fragrance from my collection. Then as soon as I'd applied it the postman knocked on my door,delivering the Floris pack!!🧐

 

[Beebo]

There's the likely apocryphal story of someone doing his driving test being told to wait in the car and the examiner will join him shortly. Anyhow he's waiting and waiting so beeps the horn to get the examiner's attention. The examiner eventually comes over and hands him a fail certificate for "improper use the the horn whilst stationary" and that's the end of his test

At the end of my test the examiner said I had passed. He gave me a form to sign so I leant on the wheel to sign the form, thus emitted a celebratory honk! He just laughed.

 

[Beebo]

Professional golfers being asked by a sport reporter what their tactics for the next round will be. Surely it's always get the ball into the hole in as fewer shots as possible!

That’s their goal. But the tactics to achieve the goal will differ each round depending on their strengths and weaknesses.
pro golfers can play a cautious round or an aggressive round. The pin positions are set each day to either reward or deter aggressive play.
Day 3 is typically when most golfers will play their most aggressive game.
A player in the lead is Unlikely to take on a 50/50 shot over the lake.

 

[Profpointy]

At the end of my test the examiner said I had passed. He gave me a form to sign so I leant on the wheel to sign the form, thus emitted a celebratory honk! He just laughed.

Thinking back to my own driving test, not long after they removed the requirement for a guy walking in front with a red flag, after the driving bit, the examiner asked for the sequence before doing a manoeuvre "mirror, change down, signal, blah blah" and he kept pushing and clarifying. Because "changing down" had been drummed into me, I'd (wrongly) been changing down before signalling. He explained why this was wrong (you'd slow before the folks behind see a signal or brake light) but did pass me. I've never forgotten, and it's obvious once you've been told. Presumably I was fine on the rest as the guy was reputed to be quite strict.

Of course, the test was obviously much harder back then as it allowed you to drive minibuses, tow heavier trailers, and drive 7.5 tonners (much bigger than I'd expected having once hired one!).

I knew I'd passed my motorbike test as the "question" was what to do if your luggage falls off whilst riding on the motorway, so clearly unrelated to anything I'd done or failed to do.