Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Andy in Germany]

Meeting or performance rooms with the door at the stage end, especially when you can't see through said door in advance.

If you arrive less than half an hour before the meeting/event should take place, you are the centre of attention for the entire room full of people as you walk in.

Then you have the Introverts Dilemma: walk past all these people watching you to get a seat at the back, or sit at the front where audience participation may occur.

Also, you can't leave to go to the privvy or get some air without the entire room watching you.

Seriously, what sort of evil monster designs rooms like this?

 

[MontyVeda]

Anybody who pronounces route as rowt.

Am I allowed to call this a 'rowter'?

(because everyone else seemingly does.)

 

[Biff600]

Am I allowed to call this a 'rowter'?
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(because everyone else seemingly does.)

Now, I'm confused. What the hell is this .....................................

 

[classic33]

Now, I'm confused. What the hell is this .....................................

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You've a miniture version

 

[Venod]

because everyone else seemingly does.

No they don't, most people I know call them routers, in fact I have never heard anybody call it a rowter.

 

[youngoldbloke]

No they don't, most people I know call them routers, in fact I have never heard anybody call it a rowter.

Router pronounced as in 'out' - because they are used to rout, not route, as is the router (pr. 'oo')

 

[DCBassman]

Router pronounced as in 'out' - because they are used to rout, not route, as is the router (pr. 'oo')

Exactly this. Americans get it wrong: it's not Rowt 66, it's Root 66. As for your internet device, also the French based pronunciation, as it sorts out what route the signals take.

 

[classic33]

https://youglish.com/search/router/uk

 

[Ming the Merciless]

People who park on the pavement

 

[MontyVeda]

No they don't, most people I know call them routers, in fact I have never heard anybody call it a rowter.

I've never heard anyone call the woodworking tool a rooter... always a rowter, from the tutors on my C&G course, the tradesmen I did my work experience with and the staff in the shop when i bought one.

Anyway... trivial things that annoy me:

Pronunciation Nazis.

 

[DCBassman]

Anyway... trivial things that annoy me:

Pronunciation Nazis.

I'm certainly leaning towards being one...

 

[ColinJ]

Speaking of sad gits who post pictures of poor animals online ...

Look at this ugly dog!

Now turn your head counter-clockwise 90 degrees and look at it properly!

 

[swee'pea99]

Websites where you go to print off, say, a recipe, and it turns out you need to print two pages, because...

two-thirds of p1 is taken up with stuff you don't need.

And in this case the miscreant is the BBC! For shame...

 

[youngoldbloke]

Cost of paracetamol. Why can Wilko sell a pack of 16 x 500mg for 20p and Sainsburys sell EXACTLY the same product for 50p - both own brands? Similar price differences in other outlets, and if you buy a branded version (it is of course the same stuff) the sky's the limit. I assume Wilko is making a profit, so the others must be making huge profits.

 

[swee'pea99]

There aren't enough angry face smileys to express my fury at this sort of thing. CCTV, id the culprits, put them to death.