stoice Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Shop assistants who give back your change either A) on the counter in front of you even though you have an outstretched hand or B) all the coins on top of your note and receipt, then speedily serve the next customer while you struggle to seperate it all out and put it back in your purse. People who say expresso coffee instead of espresso. The little 'tag' of waxed paper on the top of milk bottles under the lid... tears off without peeling the rest of the waxed paper. Purchasing a new top. Clothes tag is through the fabric of your top. At point of purchase you notice it has ripped a hole. Shop assistant declares they MUST be through the fabric as people can tear out the tags (Fair enough) but now you have ruined my top. So why do I get a look when i decide not to buy a damaged item? People that start with 'with all due respect' just before they disrespect you to your face. Comic Sans font... NO! People who go on 'Late night love' with Graham Torrington (Come to think of it, also Jeremy Kyle, Trisha type programs too) Some things are private. People not saying thankyou after I've held the door for them. Bus drivers... Really old drivers... Most van drivers Those free catalogues or leaflets you get in the sunday papers or a magazine, they'll only get recycled. Spent toothpaste left in the sink. People who tailgate the car in front. People who can't pronounce "H". Cyclists who ignore traffic lights. Phew, I feel SO much better now. Sorry if I ranted. Monday blues all over now though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Shop assistants who give back your change either A) on the counter in front of you even though you have an outstretched hand or B) all the coins on top of your note and receipt, then speedily serve the next customer while you struggle to seperate it all out and put it back in your purse. Oh yes,I hate that too. And people who close up towards you when you have paid because its THEIR TURN even though you still have you change to put away & keys to find. And supermarket checkout staff who shove everything up on the belt really quickly so it all piles up & falls over. And the ones who sneeze or cough into their hand & then handle your shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Shop assistants who give back your change either A) on the counter in front of you even though you have an outstretched hand or B) all the coins on top of your note and receipt, then speedily serve the next customer while you struggle to seperate it all out and put it back in your purse. ooh now that makes me really mad too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 ...Having to enter my ethnicity when applying for things like a library ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Love Earl (actually I like Joy and Darnell is such a cutie). Has anyone said middle lane motorway huggers yet? Huge lorries that overtake each other on a dual carriageway uphill, and block the road because they can't get past the other one. Ban mosquitoes, lice, mites and parasitic worms. Rain at night instead of during the day - that'll be hard to fix! People who walk across the grass in front of my window even though there isn't a path there. Started on that already - put some roses in, but they still walk through the gaps. Bonsai the oak trees in the garden so that the acorns don't hurt when they drop down and they can be kept to a more manageable size. And as I look out yet another person has dropped a plastic bag for charity through the box - when someone came earlier - and I now have a collection of plastic charity bags (because all my old clothing is being worn till it falls apart). Why can't they time it nicely between them all and take it in turns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I am adding Chuggers to my list. I hate being asked to donate, I am a grown adult & I can easily make my own mind up which charity to donate to,should I wish to do so. Actually I hate anyone who encroaches on my time to ask me to give/sing up/spend or whatever I also hate those who like to inflict their music (by playing ti very loudly)/politics/religion upon you. Sorry, the hot weather is making me very intolerant today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 charity cold callers asking you to donate money each month, as cinnamon says if i want to donate i want to choose to!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Cold callers of any kind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 People who say seck-et-ree instead of secretary and Sickth instead of Sixth. especially the latter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 People who say 'literally' when they don't really mean it "It's so hot I could melt, literally" got told that today or when we went to see Bellowhead and the news report about it afterswards said: "Bellowhead literally exploded on to the stage" they walked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Cyclists who ignore traffic lights. I do that, sometimes, only when other car drivers have cut me up or something....Or when they use the bus lane (I was in the bus lane - so where some cars (which were not allowed) so I didn't move, all the other traffic could, but not the cars in the bus lane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiepoppies Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Oh Stoice.......you are sooooooo right about 'with all due respect'! I HATE IT! Jx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzle Knit Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Incorrect uses of the words "literally" and "unique" Incorrect use of apostrophes Using "i.e." instead of "e.g." Confusing "contents" with "index" Pedant - moi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 ooh, I am just in the right irritable mood for this thread today! Middle lane hoggers People who dont indicate (of course Mr driver I can read your mind!) Tailgaters People who eat/chew whilst on the phone to you Dog walkers who walk with their dog off leads adjacent to busy main roads Cold callers at the door always at teatime! (If I want something I will call you!) Restaurants where you have to pay/order at the bar - when I go out I expect to be waited on OH's bits of old loose tobacco lurking around everywhere Aubiose on the kitchen mat I may come back and add some more later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 My son's Head Teacher when she says on the PA system after a match 'Haven't they all done brilliant'. The school always loosing at matches and quizes because they don't enter the best children in order to give everyone a go. No wonder we never do well in international sporting events Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 ooh, Dog walkers who walk with their dog off leads adjacent to busy main roads Also when they walk them next to a main road on a flexi lead with the dog about 10 feet ahead of them as if being on a bit of rope is going to prevent them from being run over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 or when they don't pick up their dog's poo, OR they pick it up put it in a bag and then drop it back on the floor! Not that I have anything against dog owners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 or when they don't pick up their dog's poo,OR they pick it up put it in a bag and then drop it back on the floor! Not that I have anything against dog owners It's the throwing it up in a tree in the bag that I really don't get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 so people don't see it? I would hate to think they're trying to feed the birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 People who push their babies around the shops in car seats - they were designed for the CAR!! (I wouldnt want their childs back problems in years to come!) I have to stand up for these people as I have done this with both my boys Babies fall asleep very quickly in the car and rather than wake them up and move them pushchair or hard cold plastic shopping trolley (the baby bit being no better for their backs than the car seat) you let them sleep! Especially in winter as its so cold and you mums and dads to take them out of their cosy pit and wake them up with a blast of freezing cold air? anyway excuses over I would also add toddler tantrums and children who don't let you sleep until at least 7 (well going by today 6 would have done ) Oh and people using text speak when not texting I have a friend who's facebook status is always a nightmare to read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Oooh this is a good thread. Motorbikes People who drive right up my backside People who ignore the indicator on my car when I am pulling up outside my house and give me abuse when they then have to drive around my car (Tonight Iindicated to pull up outside the house. A woman in the car behind me carried on driving up my backside and then started tutting when she had to back up and drive around my car. It was in a traffic queue but she was driving far too close. ) Screaming, out of control children in supermarkets who get bribed by their parents to be quiet (or in other words, rewarded for their awful behaviour). Mercedes drivers ...apparently indicators are an optional extra and most owners do not feel the need for them. People who take, take, take but never give. Crackly phone lines Door to door religion salespeople People who telephone asking you to donate regularly to charities and then ask you for your bank details (I'm really going to give those out over the phone to someone I haven't contacted and have no proof of who they are). Reality tv shows Trousers being worn half way down peoples backsides Rap music Country music I really could go on and on today but I will stop there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 @ Janty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 ...People who ignore the indicator on my car when I am pulling up outside my house and give me abuse when they then have to drive around my car (Tonight Iindicated to pull up outside the house. A woman in the car behind me carried on driving up my backside and then started tutting when she had to back up and drive around my car. It was in a traffic queue but she was driving far too close. ) ... my mum had a car crash because of this It wasn't her fault and we won the case though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Just discovered another whilst preparing the lunchboxes..... Battling with a roll of clingfilm that is not prepared to co-operate! And ending up with a scrawny bit of plastic that is impossible to unravel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 ...People who ignore the indicator on my car when I am pulling up outside my house and give me abuse when they then have to drive around my car (Tonight Iindicated to pull up outside the house. A woman in the car behind me carried on driving up my backside and then started tutting when she had to back up and drive around my car. It was in a traffic queue but she was driving far too close. ) ... my mum had a car crash because of this It wasn't her fault and we won the case though Happens all the time to me. I have electric gates (posh,eh?) & I have to pull up outside them to open them. You can guarantee that someone will fly out of the junction down the road,looking behind them & not see me in front They always blast the horn like its my fault - muppets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
