Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Joey Shabadoo]

Front page of the BBC "News" site.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Contractors who work on building maintenance on council housing. Turn up, put scaffolding up around multiple blocks of flats. Then spend next two months doing a bit on each block at once. Many days or weeks doing bugger all. Rather than hit a block of flats, get it done, move on.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Oh good, a grownup noticed -

 

[PK99]

Misappropriation / misunderstanding of food terms by supermarkets. (Although I suspect it's done on purpose so as not to confuse numbskulls who can only handle 3 foreign food names at once). Examples:

"Katsu" means meat that's breaded in panko and fried crispy. Often served with a curry sauce.
Supermarkets seem to want people to think it means "Japanese curry sauce", and are now selling "katsu curry" ready meals that have no fried breaded meat in it, and sometimes no meat at all. Vegetable katsu curry made with boiled sweet potato? That's not bloody katsu then is it!

"Kiev" is chicken with garlic butter, usually breaded now, with the butter inside.
Supermarkets seem to think it means "any breaded chicken with something inside" so sell "ham and cheese kievs". That's not Kiev you doughnuts, that's chicken cordon bleu!

Wrong thread - these issues are not trivial!

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Walkers are the only company to get it wrong.
Although they seem to have red for ready salted correct.

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Yet Salt and Vinegar Squares, also made by Walkers are blue while the Cheese and Onion Squares are green...

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[Salty seadog]

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

 

[Ming the Merciless]

MPs saying they haven’t lied .

 

[Solocle]

McDonald’s drive through not serving you on bike late at night because “safety”. Yeah sat in a 4 mph queue is really dangerous.

I just got served at a Burger King drive-thru. Ordered online, it was the only way to collect! You couldn't order there, but apparently collection was fine.

 

[mustang1]

Someone who is looking at their phone then asking me what the date is today. Wth? That is literally the epitome of "information at your fingertips".

 

[Ming the Merciless]

People who tell everyone they are right when the evidence from everyone around them says otherwise.

 

[mustang1]

Drivers blasting through a mini roundabout thinking they have the right of way due to them being on the main road. What part of those Give Way signs don't you understand?

Edit: fixed spelling

 

[sheddy]

Motorists, why do you unlock car, climb in, start engine and then play with phone for 15 fecking minutes before going anywhere ?
If I'm nearby, I have to walk away.

Happens all year round, not just a winter thing.

 

[Chris S]

Adverts for things with ridiculously high prices and the words 'no time wasters'.

 

[ColinJ]

Drivers blasting through a mini roundabout thinking they have the right of way due to them being on the main road. What part of those Give Way signs don't you understand?

Edit: fixed spelling

There has been a troublesome mini roundabout on the Burnley Road in Todmorden ever since I moved here. That driver behaviour happened all the time, especially to cyclists trying to turn right down the minor road.

They have recently built an Aldi store opposite and I expected the situation to get worse but alterations were made to the road and roundabout which have improved driving there. Road marking and signage is much clearer, extended speed bumps have been created, and the road has been narrowed for a new pedestrian crossing. There are still drivers who try to intimidate their way through but they are driving more slowly, giving the opportunity to turn in front of them and force them to slow down more or stop.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Went out yesterday in summer clothes and it turned out fecking freezing! Went out today expecting the same,so wore more layers. Then it turned out fecking hot!!🧐