Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[MontyVeda]

amplified buskers.

 

[Accy cyclist]

amplified buskers.

Yes, Usually around Christmas time. Every year Accrington town centre has this problem. It's either a young woman who's attempting to sing, or someone blasting out badly on a trumpet. The young woman last year gave a little talk after each song. I felt sorry for her as no one was listening. She was at it for hours, but yes it is slightly annoying.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

The over - use and misuse of the word 'unique'.


Aaaarrrrrgggghhhh!

 

[Alex321]

I've decided that from now on I'm not going to be polite while driving. This thing is becoming a common occurrence. Yesterday it happened again. When I see a vehicle on the other side of the road wanting to turn right and they have a queue of traffic behind them that can't pass the vehicle's left hand side I do what many others do and flash the vehicle or give a hand gesture to say that I've stopped or slowed down to let them turn right, allowing the traffic behind them to move on. The thing that gets me is that some of those in the waiting to turn right vehicle don't turn right when I flash them with my headlights. I could flash them frantically and still they don't move. This has as affect on the vehicles behind me who can't pass me like the ones on the opposite side of the road who can't pass the vehicle I'm flashing or indicating to. Usually I give up and drive on. Then the one that really gets me is when they do respond, then turn right without acknowledging my gesture of goodwill, by simply holding their hand to to thank me, as if I have to give way to then by law or something. Yes, They simply turn right without any acknowledgement at all!! So that's it! From now on, no matter how many vehicles are queuing up behind the vehicle on the opposite side of the road wanting to turn right, I'm not going to stop or slow down to let that vehicle turn right!! I just can not live with such bad manners, so why let it happen when I have the capability to not let it happen. Nope, that's it! I'm done with them!!

Well in theory you are *supposed* to act in the way you say you will from now on. In practice, very few of us do, because we do feel it just good manners.

The theory is based on the fact that you don't know what others may do, and so you indicating to somebody else they should turn may be unsafe.

 

[Electric_Andy]

I've decided that from now on I'm not going to be polite while driving. This thing is becoming a common occurrence. Yesterday it happened again. When I see a vehicle on the other side of the road wanting to turn right and they have a queue of traffic behind them that can't pass the vehicle's left hand side I do what many others do and flash the vehicle or give a hand gesture to say that I've stopped or slowed down to let them turn right, allowing the traffic behind them to move on. The thing that gets me is that some of those in the waiting to turn right vehicle don't turn right when I flash them with my headlights. I could flash them frantically and still they don't move. This has as affect on the vehicles behind me who can't pass me like the ones on the opposite side of the road who can't pass the vehicle I'm flashing or indicating to. Usually I give up and drive on. Then the one that really gets me is when they do respond, then turn right without acknowledging my gesture of goodwill, by simply holding their hand to to thank me, as if I have to give way to then by law or something. Yes, They simply turn right without any acknowledgement at all!! So that's it! From now on, no matter how many vehicles are queuing up behind the vehicle on the opposite side of the road wanting to turn right, I'm not going to stop or slow down to let that vehicle turn right!! I just can not live with such bad manners, so why let it happen when I have the capability to not let it happen. Nope, that's it! I'm done with them!!

It's likely that when they hold their hand up, they are saying "thank you" and not "stop". But yes, you aren't required to stop and let them turn. In some cases it's dangerous. If you were to flash them to go, and another car pulling out from somewhere else thinks you're flashing at him/her, then it can cause confusion or dangerous manoeuvres. It's not impolite to not stop and wait if you think it's safer not to.

 

[matticus]

It's likely that when they hold their hand up, they are saying "thank you" and not "stop".

Jeez, did that need saying?!? At least 90% of drivers I know do the Hand Up = "thank you".

No wonder our member is annoyed beyond expectations !!! What does he want, a blown kiss??

 

[Chris S]

One that always infuriates my Dad is when on the news, a child or a young person dies and they have someone from their School or whatever saying how wonderful and loved they were, etc. Either that or something like

'The family of the teenager killed in the bus crash at the weekend have told how they were the light if their lives and will never be forgotten...'.

In my Dad's words

'Well, they aren't going to tell us they were a wee sh*t, are they, so what's even the point in telling us?'

😆

I have to agree.

They're always beautiful as well. Ugly Lives Matter.

 

[DRM]

Why after all these years since BT changed the Leeds phone std code from 01532 to 0113 and added a 2 in front of the actual phone number do people still insist on advertising that their business phone number is, for example, 01132 123456 when it should be 0113 2123456, if you ring 123456 from a Leeds number IT DOESN’T WORK YOU IMBECILE, in all my travels everywhere else that changed, Leicester & Nottingham iirc don’t suffer this stupidity, why do they do it?

 

[Jameshow]

One that I have mentioned on here before is on the news, the telly or just generally, when they are talking about someone who has done something/something has happened to them at a young age or has died and they use the totally needless prefix of 'just'.

'He was was just nine'
'She was just 58'

At what age do you stop being 'just'? 🤷

69 + 3/4

 

[Jameshow]

The over - use and misuse of the word 'unique'.


Aaaarrrrrgggghhhh!

And national treasure...

 

[classic33]

Why after all these years since BT changed the Leeds phone std code from 01532 to 0113 and added a 2 in front of the actual phone number do people still insist on advertising that their business phone number is, for example, 01132 123456 when it should be 0113 2123456, if you ring 123456 from a Leeds number IT DOESN’T WORK YOU IMBECILE, in all my travels everywhere else that changed, Leicester & Nottingham iirc don’t suffer this stupidity, why do they do it?

Can't say why folk put their number that way. However, Leeds went from 0532 to 01532. Then 0113, with the 2, you don't like, coming later still, but retaining the five digit Leeds area code.

I have phone numbers stored under all the above dialling codes and can't understand why folk don't use the "new" five digit calling code

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

And national treasure...

Also the over - use of 'Iconic', 'Innovative', and 'Revolutionary'

 

[Jameshow]

Also the over - use of 'Iconic', 'Innovative', and 'Revolutionary'

Award winning...

Just means few members of staff have been on a boozy night out!!

 

[DaveReading]

Why after all these years since BT changed the Leeds phone std code from 01532 to 0113 and added a 2 in front of the actual phone number do people still insist on advertising that their business phone number is, for example, 01132 123456 when it should be 0113 2123456, if you ring 123456 from a Leeds number IT DOESN’T WORK YOU IMBECILE, in all my travels everywhere else that changed, Leicester & Nottingham iirc don’t suffer this stupidity, why do they do it?

Same thing happened here in Reading with 0118.

 

[Mike_P]

Comes down to people being used to 5 digit initial dialing codes followed by a 6 digit number.