Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Jenkins]

When my DAB radio doesn't display what's playing now on the scrolling text on the little screen, it really boils my piss.
Last night it constantly alternated between 'Stuart Maconies's Freak Zone' and 'Stuart Maconie travels to the furthest flung corners of left field music' and never named the track being played. Now, I knew it was the ******* Freak Zone, that's why I tuned in, and I didn't need to be constantly told so, also I didn't give a toss about knowing where he travels but I would like to have known what was playing without having to wait for him to say and possibly not catching it properly or, worse still, missing what it is if he told us before it came on.

If it's any consolation, each programme has a track listing added to it on BBC Sounds so you can go back and see what was played. For example, last Sundays listing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nv2k

 

[Chromatic]

If it's any consolation, each programme has a track listing added to it on BBC Sounds so you can go back and see what was played. For example, last Sundays listing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nv2k

Yes I know thanks, in fact I used something similar to find out exactly what was being played on the radio the other day when I got in the car to go to the dentist, I didn't catch all of what the presenter said it was so I got myself on the interweb when I got home and got all the details then got myself on Discogs and ordered a cd.

They're displaying what's 'now playing' on the Gideon Coe show as I type, why it wasn't shown on The Freak Show, and it hasn't been whenever I've listened to that show lately, I don't know, if the capability is there then use it. Nobbers.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Dark grey number plates. I'm not sure what the point of this is, is it ANPR avoidance? Is it just that you want to look like a bad, bad boy? I have no idea.

 

[PeteXXX]

Dark grey number plates. I'm not sure what the point of this is, is it ANPR avoidance? Is it just that you want to look like a bad, bad boy? I have no idea.

They avoid being identified by speed cameras, allegedly..

 

[Gunk]

They avoid being identified by speed cameras, allegedly..

The one thing they do achieve is to make the owner look like a complete bell end.

 

[PeteXXX]

Packets of ham/turkey/pastrami/beef/etc with 'Peel Here' labels that don't peel..

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

They avoid being identified by speed cameras, allegedly..

They are also a great way to get the police to stop the car - they are illegal!
(source - an episode of some real life cop show - dunno which one of the 17 dozen that are on telly)

 

[ianrauk]

The one thing they do achieve is to make the owner look like a complete bell end.

Like they probably care

 

[Hicky]

Tradesmen, I'm having a right mare with them being just shoot, I understand times are hard and probably you can be choosey about what work you want to do because everyone is spending on their house rather than anything else(if they can afford to). When you turn up, please just do the job correct, as asked to and don't ignore women as you think they're thick and do your own thing.

 

[Chris S]

Dark grey number plates. I'm not sure what the point of this is, is it ANPR avoidance? Is it just that you want to look like a bad, bad boy? I have no idea.

Around here the police just ignore them, along with illegal exhausts and front tinted windows. It's only a matter of time before they kill somebody.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Kettles that drip hot water onto the kitchen tops instead of your cup, when making a cup of tea.

 

[PeteXXX]

They are also a great way to get the police to stop the car - they are illegal!
(source - an episode of some real life cop show - dunno which one of the 17 dozen that are on telly)

And, I imagine, an MOT fail

 

[Sterlo]

I've just opened a packet of rye crispbreads,only to find i opened them at the bottom not at the top. I find it annoying when that happens. Though not as annoying as when i do it with a packet of crisps.

Related, it always reminds me of a favourite (hope it was a joke but it seemed to asked seriously. Someone was complaining about why when you open a new packet top and bottom biscuits are always broken, so someone replied with why don't they leave them out of the packet

 

[ColinJ]

Kettles that drip hot water onto the kitchen tops instead of your cup, when making a cup of tea.

We did that one about 6 weeks ago...!

My jug. Like most jugs it dribbles down the side. Not badly, but every time, if it's more than about half full. But crucially, it's not quite bad enough to make me remember/bother to replace it. It's probably been annoying me for upwards of a decade now.

My kettle was really bad for doing that, and (of course) the water that it dribbled was boiling, so I took action to remedy it before I scalded myself! It turned out that the design was really stupid. The designer had put a mesh filter in the spout, presumably for people who live in hard water areas, to stop limescale getting out. It just messed up the water flow. I live in a soft water area anyway, so I binned the filter but that only half fixed the problem. There was still a big plastic flange in the way so I took a pair of cutters, hacked away at it, and removed it. The problem is reduced by over 90% and most of the time now I don't get any dribbles from the spout at all, really only if I try to pour too quickly.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

We did that one about 6 weeks ago...!

You couldn’t have done as I didn’t mention it 6 weeks ago 😄