Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Accy cyclist]

As you can see,we're having some major roadworks done round here. Idiots have been driving up and down this 'blocked off' road tonight. Not only that,but the workmen forgot to place an 'access only' sign at the top of the road,so motorists have been coming down the road and having to turn back on seeing the bollards. Even more annoying is that the local taxi firm's drivers have been turning back all day. Wouldn't you think taxi drivers would/should know after a few drop offs that the road is blocked and not keep coming down it!

One 'macho man' prat even got out of his 4X4 dick mobile today,pushed those barriers to the side while effing and jeffing like a right knobhead and drove off onto the waiting to be resurfaced road.

The above/bottom pic by the way is of her in the flat below,having a go at some motorist driving on the blocked off road this afternoon.

 

[figbat]

Retail websites with images of the item - there’s a ‘click here for full sized image’ option which shows you... the same sized image. 😡

 

[figbat]

Micro USB plugs. They are always the wrong way around and even when the right way up need precision alignment to slot home. 🤬

 

[ColinJ]

Micro USB plugs. They are always the wrong way around and even when the right way up need precision alignment to slot home. 🤬

That's another reason why I like USB-C! (Doesn't matter which way up.)

 

[ColinJ]

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep!

No, not this one...



(Apologies for that 70s earworm! )

The annoyance was a distant intermittent chirping noise. I eventually discovered that it was a low-battery warning from one of my smoke detectors!

 

[sotkayak]

The made up word..STAYCATION.......

 

[figbat]

Grated cheese. Nice to eat or use in a recipe but it gets everywhere and is impossible to simply wipe off of a work surface. Diced onions are similar.

 

[lazybloke]

Yeah - they are getting everywhere...

@oldwheels thinks he has problems with wealthy English settlers... Just wait until he gets blitzed by woolly South American ones with long necks! I spotted these incomers on a ride to Waddington a few years ago...

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Alpacas? ALPACAS?!!!! At least one of those is a llama!

Know your camelids!

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Grated cheese. Nice to eat or use in a recipe but it gets everywhere and is impossible to simply wipe off of a work surface. Diced onions are similar.

You could adopt the old baker's trick of cleaning work surfaces, they use a plastic bench scraper first to remove any sticky bits like cheese, dough etc which won't wipe off without smearing. After that, you can then easily wipe down with a cloth and soapy water. An old credit card works just as well if you don't want to buy a baker's dough / bench scraper.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Alpacas? ALPACAS?!!!! At least one of those is a llama!

Know your camelids!

Calm down @lazybloke: no need for a llama...

I'll get my own coat...

 

[ColinJ]

Alpacas? ALPACAS?!!!! At least one of those is a llama!

Know your camelids!

I know - I was making a joke about any old 'settlers' from South America not particularly about Alpacas and/or Llamas!

 

[davelincs]

Having to reject or accept cookies on every website

 

[glasgowcyclist]

The "Any Good Jokes" thread being swamped with cartoons when there is a SEPARATE THREAD FOR THOSE.

 

[ColinJ]

Having to reject or accept cookies on every website

A multiple 'Like' for that one!

Really stupid laws to blame for that. Yes, it is right that people should have control over how their digital rights are respected but it didn't need to be implemented by every person for all future human history having to deal with those stupid popups on every new website that they visit. Lawmakers could have mandated cookie controls being available on every site, defaulting to opted-in rather than opted-out. Anybody who was bothered could access cookie control to opt out.

Ironically, since agreement to permit cookies is probably stored in a cookie then clearing cookies means that you will have to go through the same wretched process again on every website that you visit!

Hardly anybody reads the popups these days - we know that we just have to click the 'Okay' button to make them go away, and if we don't click it the website probably won't work properly. A complete waste of time! Actually, it is worse than that... Since website owners know that most people don't read the conditions before clicking 'Okay', they could sneak in some 'dodgy stuff' and get us to give them permission which they could later use to defend that 'dodgy stuff'!

 

[swee'pea99]

Since website owners know that most people don't read the conditions before clicking 'Okay', they could sneak in some 'dodgy stuff' and get us to give them permission which they could later use to defend that 'dodgy stuff'!

I remember reading once that a cheeky chappy once included in a set of such small-print terms - buried deep in sub-clause 37 (b) iii - that anyone could get $100, no strings attached, by simply copying 'n pasting the offer in by email. After 18 months, and 3.2 million downloads, two people had claimed.