Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Profpointy]

Buy roll-ons instead!

"Ball or aerosol Sir?"
"Neither. I intended it for my armpits"

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Back to the thread subject...people who don't picket when striking. They've got nose sense

As we all nose, it can flare up when you picket.

 

[PeteXXX]

People who don't fold the end over on rolls of sellotape leaving the next user (me) picking at the roll attempting to find the end!

 

[ColinJ]

People who don't fold the end over on rolls of sellotape leaving the next user (me) picking at the roll attempting to find the end!

I sometimes do that to myself. I try to avoid it happening but the remaining tape often falls back into place immediately after cutting off a strip!

 

[youngoldbloke]

Cycling clothing sizing charts - they bear no relation to reality. And why do so many long sleeve jerseys I've had to return recently have tourniquet arms? I couldn't even get my hands through the cuffs of the one I just retuned - and I have small hands!

 

[Psamathe]

For me it's web sites selling things at way above RRP. Seems to be an increasing trend e.g. today I needed to order some insect repellent and manufacturer (UK) own web site £8 (not sale, not discounted) and some UK online shops selling idential product (same UK manufacturer) for £12 and they are all charging around the same delivery.

Maybe unreasonable because a website shop can sell things for whatever they want but I do feel it's maybe just trying to catch people less aware into buying at way over standard price.

At best it just makes buying things online slower and harder as you have to search that much harder and sift through more websites to check you are not being ripped-off.

Annoys me when the manufacturer has set a RRP and for some unknown reason sites think it reasonable and fair to charge way above that RRP!

Ian

 

[Accy cyclist]

There I was walking into the local Tesco this aft' when a bloke who sits outside the place looking for handouts asked if I had any change for a taxi. I knew what he meant, but acted a bit numb and said "Oh, I'm ok I've come in my car". "Not for you, for me" he replied. The cheek of it eh!! He asked me last week if I had four quid for a taxi. He only lives a mile up the road. Why can't he walk?! He's younger and more mobile than me, but seems to think I should fund his laziness! He always says that he doesn't ask anyone for money, yet there he was asking me for money! He has a house as well, so why sit outside in the cold all day hoping for handouts?! The word conman springs to mind!!

 

[Chris S]

There I was walking into the local Tesco this aft' when a bloke who sits outside the place looking for handouts asked if I had any change for a taxi. I knew what he meant, but acted a bit numb and said "Oh, I'm ok I've come in my car". "Not for you, for me" he replied. The cheek of it eh!! He asked me last week if I had four quid for a taxi. He only lives a mile up the road. Why can't he walk?! He's younger and more mobile than me, but seems to think I should fund his laziness! He always says that he doesn't ask anyone for money, yet there he was asking me for money! He has a house as well, so why sit outside in the cold all day hoping for handouts?! The word conman springs to mind!!

Somebody asked me for their bus fare into town. It's only a 30 minute walk.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Somebody asked me for their bus fare into town. It's only a 30 minute walk.

A con round here a few years ago was asking for 49 pence to make up their train fare to 15 miles away Preston. Why 49 pence and not 50 pence I don't know. Then there was the one around Christmas when a bloke kept asking folk for a fiver, so he could get to the intensive care asap to see his gravely ill grand daughter. Honestly , how bad is that eh, to pretend your grand daughter is possibly dying, just to bum a few quid!!

 

[ColinJ]

Honestly , how bad is that eh, to pretend your grand daughter is possibly dying, just to bum a few quid!!

About as bad as pretending that your mother is dying, just to bum a few quid...?

Okay ...

So, I was a skinny first-year student who had just been home for Easter. I had gone down to Coventry with just a rucksack, and was returning a couple of weeks later with that and 3 carrier bags stuffed with chocolate cake, teabags, fruit etc. My mum thought I was losing too much weight and needed fattening up. (Either that, or she thought that Manchester didn't actually have any shops?)

Anyway ... I was staggering past the Arndale Centre when a very distressed-looking man aged about 30 ran up to me ...

Man: "Mate, mate - I need a big favour!"

ColinJ (Immediately in beggar-avoidance mode): "Which is ...?"

Man: "I just got a message that me mam has been taken seriously ill and has been rushed into hospital. I jumped in me car and headed for the hospital and I just ran out of petrol. I ain't got any money on me to fill up. I'm desperate, mate, it doesn't sound like me dear old mam is gonna make it. Can you spare us a few quid to get me to the hospital?"

I was 99% sure that it was a con, but then I thought that if I was wrong and it was the 1% case and dear old mam actually was dying ... I decided to opt for humanity!

ColinJ: "Apologies to you if your mother actually is ill, and if so, I hope she gets well soon. I'm going to give you the money because I'm a decent bloke and I don't want to worry that I have misjudged you and let you down in your time of need. In fact, I think you are a con-artist and this story is bollocks! Here's a few quid. Now bugger off!"

A year passed and I was now an even skinnier second-year student who had just been home for Easter. I had gone down to Coventry with just a rucksack, and was returning a couple of weeks later with that and 3 carrier bags stuffed with chocolate cake, teabags, fruit etc. My mum still thought I was losing too much weight and needed fattening up. (And she still thought that Manchester didn't actually have any shops!)

Anyway ... I was staggering past the Arndale Centre once again when a very distressed-looking man aged about 31 ran up to me ...

Man: "Mate, mate - I need a big favour!"

ColinJ (recognising him immediately!): "Bloody hell - your dear old mam is a fighter isn't she!"

Man: "Eh?"

ColinJ: "And my dear old dad told me to never leave the house without money in my wallet - you never know when you are going to need it!"

Man; "Huh?"

ColinJ: "And as for running out of petrol - fill your tank more often!"

Man (smiles, turns away, looks back over his shoulder ...): "Ha ha, I see - done ya before. Well, ya gotta try, dontcha!"

ColinJ: "Get a job!"

 

[Accy cyclist]

About as bad as pretending that your mother is dying, just to bum a few quid...?

They are so tempting fate! One day they will face a genuine crisis! Like those who pretend to need a life saving cancer op' in America and set up things like Go Fund Me pages on the internet. Then spend the gullible types generous donations on a holiday in America, not a life saving op'!!

 

[Jenkins]

The 'sleep' function on my new bedoom TV.
On the old one, there was a button marked 'Sleep' on the remote which you pressed twice and the TV would switch off 30 minutes later.
With the new TV, you have to press the 'Menu' button on the remote, then (in order) the up button twice, the right button six times, the up button once, the enter button, the right button once, the enter button again and then either the 'exit' button once or the 'back' button three times to do the same thing.

 

[figbat]

The 'sleep' function on my new bedoom TV.
On the old one, there was a button marked 'Sleep' on the remote which you pressed twice and the TV would switch off 30 minutes later.
With the new TV, you have to press the 'Menu' button on the remote, then (in order) the up button twice, the right button six times, the up button once, the enter button, the right button once, the enter button again and then either the 'exit' button once or the 'back' button three times to do the same thing.

By which time you are wide awake!

 

[Accy cyclist]

There I was walking into the local Tesco this aft' when a bloke who sits outside the place looking for handouts asked if I had any change for a taxi. I knew what he meant, but acted a bit numb and said "Oh, I'm ok I've come in my car". "Not for you, for me" he replied. The cheek of it eh!! He asked me last week if I had four quid for a taxi. He only lives a mile up the road. Why can't he walk?! He's younger and more mobile than me, but seems to think I should fund his laziness! He always says that he doesn't ask anyone for money, yet there he was asking me for money! He has a house as well, so why sit outside in the cold all day hoping for handouts?! The word conman springs to mind!!

He was there again tonight, giving it the "god bless you and your family" rollox! as gullible people give him money, food and tobacco! I thought I'd say hello, but on looking at him he turned his head away. He knows that I know he's a con artist and I'm not the only one that thinks that way. One bloke I got talking to about him said he's seen him well dressed in an expensive bar. It sounds like we're picking on him, but he's conning folk who might have less than him, but feel very bad about not giving money to those they think are far worse off than themselves. He's even moved from the main entrance to sitting right next to the cash point machine!

 

[PeteXXX]

Doors that won't stay where you want them to stay..
If you want them open, they slowly swing shut. Or if you want them shut, but not latched, they slowly swing back open again..
Fridge doors aren't too much of a problem as you can adjust the angle of the dangle with the screwy feet on the bottom, but you can't do that with house!!