Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Gwylan]

I've just heard a caller on the radio say "I was a former police officer". No, you are a former police officer, not 'you were a former police officer'. Unless you were a former police officer, then you went back into the police, therefore making you a former, former police officer. Which is highly unlikely seeing as he said he was 63 years old and as far as I know, police officers have to retire when they reach 50 years old.

Score 500 points for stereo pedantry

 

[Gwylan]

Might have been useful to keep explaining.
https://road.cc/content/news/266078-uks-first-bicycle-mayor-outlines-plans-get-cumbria-pedalling

It is a campaign to get bikes to make up 50% of journeys. However, it is unlikely to ever happen without good regulation such as 20mph zones or banning short journeys.

Why do I only want to get halfway to my destination?
Or us it using Bohr's approximation to sum an infinite series?

 

[Gwylan]

I have some customers, a couple, who are both heavy alcoholics; they're always pleasant and one bought a bike off me last week.

When they talk to me I can smell the booze on their breath a mile away; it's a wonder they are able to ride a bike...

Quite likely that without a drink they would struggle to ride a bike.
The transition can be difficult. A close mate was drying out, tried cycling, fell off his bike and broke his leg.
Not helped by the fact he had recently fallen off a barn roof in a similar unaccustomed state of sobriety.

 

[Gwylan]

Toilets that don't flush efficiently. Flushing toilets go back as far as 1592, with significant interest and development from the 1860s. And yet, when we can put men on the Moon and robots on Mars we still find examples of modern toilets that simply swill the contents around the bowl and then leave it there for you to wait and retry... ad infinitum on some occasions.

Which refers back to a previous post on here about soft-closing lids and aerosol dispersion - if you close the lid before flushing (as proposed by some) then you'll never know what the outcome is. Schrödinger's toilet, if you will.

CCTV is your friend.
Install a load cell and a chip to calculate the appropriate flush to ensure successful evacuation.
Obviously needs an interlock so it only functions with the lid closed.
There's an app so you can watch the process on your phone, even share photos. Then record details of your deposit as part of your wellbeing monitoring

 

[Gwylan]

From the other side of the coin:

We went in to our local pub on Friday, sat in the corner and the capret was filthy. There were at least a dozen toe nails/ finger nails on the floor, and by the amount of fluff you could tell it hadn't been vacuumed for weeks. We pointed this out to the bar person (who was just chatting to other staff because the pub was dead) and nothing was done. If it were me, I'd actually prefer to hoover rather than stand about gossiping

That's why you are a patron rather than an employee

 

[Gwylan]

People at work who make coffee using a damp spoon, first into the coffee then into the sugar, leaving 'orrible brown coffee winnits in the sugar, bloody animals!

As long as they are not mouse droppings.

 

[cyberknight]

mini ck 2 has taken to rocking onto the back legs of the dining chair at meal times and has been told a number of times its not good for the chair or safe, after the 4th time in about 5 mins of telling her i actually pulled the chair down as i was fed up of wasting my breath .

 

[Beebo]

I just looked it up. The normal age is 60, but they can retire at 55 on a lower pension.

They used to receive a full pension after 30 years service.
My dad retired at 48 on a full pension. Which was 2/3 salary. Totally unsustainable but he’s benefited from it. He actually started work at 16 as a police cadet but the pensionable age only started when he was 18!
I am now 48 and looking at at least another 20 years of work! These bloody boomers eh?

 

[Accy cyclist]

I notice the latest bad driving thing is to stop for oncoming traffic while intending to turn right, without actually indicating your intentions to turn right. I've seen car and van drivers obviously intending to turn right, but just not bothering to use their very easy to use indicators. Indicating your intended maneuvers is very annoyingly becoming a thing of the past. Even more annoying (and dangerous) is when they suddenly turn right without indicating, when you are 2 or so seconds from that bit of the road they've just cut across!!

 

[Accy cyclist]

A woman posted on the town I live in's Facebook page saying.....'Just a quick thank you so much to whoever handed my prescription in to Tesco Pharmacy this evening'. In the last few days, some folk have held a door open for me, told me I'd dropped a receipt on the floor, told me to 'get to the bank now as they close in ten minutes', said they'd warm the pie up I was buying as it wasn't warm enough, put my paper recycling bin back in its place, told me to 'watch out for that 'dog muck on the corner', etc etc. By the token, should I post such trivial 'thank yous' on the local Facebook page like she did.🧐

 

[Electric_Andy]

By the token, should I post such trivial 'thank yous' on the local Facebook page like she did.🧐

Yes post it on FB with a picture of you looking grateful, with a #nofilter

 

[Andy in Germany]

By the token, should I post such trivial 'thank yous' on the local Facebook page like she did.🧐

Why not? Gratitude for small things is healthy.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

By the token, should I post such trivial 'thank yous' on the local Facebook page like she did.

Yes do, but remember to link to this thread so that others can then post their annoyance at your Facebook trivia.

 

[Gwylan]

A woman posted on the town I live in's Facebook page saying.....'Just a quick thank you so much to whoever handed my prescription in to Tesco Pharmacy this evening'. In the last few days, some folk have held a door open for me, told me I'd dropped a receipt on the floor, told me to 'get to the bank now as they close in ten minutes', said they'd warm the pie up I was buying as it wasn't warm enough, put my paper recycling bin back in its place, told me to 'watch out for that 'dog muck on the corner', etc etc. By the token, should I post such trivial 'thank yous' on the local Facebook page like she did.🧐

Post away, as much and as often as you can
Include pictures of your lunch, fat cats, seagulls that can polka, what have you.
Share your entire collection of amusing loos around the world

Bring down the www with fatuous stuff. You deserve it, dig deep and go the extra post. The only limit is you!

For the record I am not on FB or any of the others. I'm content in this quiet little corner of the webbosphere.

 

[ColinJ]

Even more annoying (and dangerous) is when they suddenly turn right without indicating, when you are 2 or so seconds from that bit of the road they've just cut across!!

How about this splendid variation...?