Public pet peeves

[Redway]

As indicated in the title, really, but in other words what are the things that really grind your gears when you’re out and about (whether you’re on the bus, shopping or whatever it is generally you do on a normal day)?

For me personally I actually don’t mind people sitting next to me on a public transit when there are vacant seats elsewhere but what does get on my nerves is obnoxious strangers getting too close in the grocery aisle (etc.) and not getting the cue that they’re in your way and invading your personal space (obviously mine more specifically in this instance but it’s a common pet peeve). Ditto for mums (or parents in general but on a day-to-day it does tend to be mostly mums out with their kids) who can’t control their kids.

[Alf]

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[Kate!]

People on their phones on buses telling everyone their personal business. ****.

[Crimson Dynamo]

"obnoxious strangers getting too close in the grocery isle"

Sorry, what?

[Oliver_W]

People blasting out shyte music outloud in public. People who play their music loudly always have hideous hip-hop "music", never rock or even Radio 2...

[Redway]

"obnoxious strangers getting too close in the grocery isle"

Sorry, what?

You can take it in whatever funny way you want but it’s not my job to ironically-explain anything I say to you and doing so this time around definitely isn’t going to bring any stimulation-value to my life so I’m not going to. Bye.

[Redway]

People blasting out shyte music outloud in public. People who play their music loudly always have hideous hip-hop "music", never rock or even Radio 2...

Music (whatever the type) doesn’t bother me it on the topic of outside loud noises what does irritate me (a lot) is dogs who just bark and bark. One of them’s doing the rounds in my neighbourhood at the moment and it makes sleeping (which is already difficult at the moment when you can only afford to keep a fan on for so long) nigh-on impossible. They say dogs are man’s best friend but they’re just far too loud (and hyper.) for my liking (Brian Griffin excluded).

[Crimson Dynamo]

You can take it in whatever funny way you want but it’s not my job to ironically-explain anything I say to you and doing so this time around definitely isn’t going to bring any stimulation-value to my life so I’m not going to. Bye.

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[thesheriff443]

People/youths that spit in the street
Que jumpers

[Redway]

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You’re really not going to get the reaction you want out of me so I’d stop here if I were you.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Is that right, aye

[Redway]

People on their phones on buses telling everyone their personal business. ****.

Yeah, that’s always an interesting one. It doesn’t bother me per se but it’s just the misplaced brazenness some people seem to have when it comes to letting the strangers around them know their business (often on loud-speaker) that I’ve never really understood. I’ll reply your P.M. in a bit, btw.

[Redway]

Is that right, aye

This is obviously how you get your kicks so I’m not going to stand in the way of you and your fun. But I’m not going to be the one enabling you in any way.

[Beso]

When someone says hello and calls you by your name, but you havnt for the life of you got a clue who they are.

They should introduce themselves first instead of being so arrogant that they think you should know them.

[Strictly Jake]

Well after my trip to London....it was a a whole different vibe to how it is in my hometime. Everyone rushing around not looking up, not having patience, pushing past and not wanting to interact at all. Yeah it's that rudeness and impatience I'm not keen on

[Oliver_W]

Well after my trip to London....it was a a whole different vibe to how it is in my hometime. Everyone rushing around not looking up, not having patience, pushing past and not wanting to interact at all. Yeah it's that rudeness and impatience I'm not keen on

Cities in general are just cesspits tbh, and I don't know how anyone can stand to spend more time than necessary even near them?

[Mystic Mock]

Couples holding hands down narrow paths walking really slowly in front of me, and I'm carrying a **** ton of food in my hands in a God damn heatwave and they're blocking the entire path.:fist:

[Redway]

Also (I don’t know if this has been mentioned or not - I haven’t had time to get up-to-proper-speed with this thread yet) but I hate it when you do something nice for someone in public (holding a door, waiting for them to pass so you can get on with your journey while giving them some space) and there’s no cordial acknowledgment whatsoever, not even a nod. I know some people’s modes of feeling are more introverted than others (and I’m the last person to advocate making small-talk with just about anyone past the first couple of meetings for the sake of ice-breaking, let alone total strangers in passing/random familiar faces you don’t really know) but people who don’t recognise the good people do for them in public settings just come across to me as selfish. You don’t have to say a word to politely-acknowledge someone leaving a door open for you, so unless you’re that preoccupied why wouldn’t you?

[Redway]

Well after my trip to London....it was a a whole different vibe to how it is in my hometime. Everyone rushing around not looking up, not having patience, pushing past and not wanting to interact at all. Yeah it's that rudeness and impatience I'm not keen on

Yeah, that lack of atmospheric sympathy can be strange but I’d rather that than someone giving you pitying looks for daring to wine-and-dine solo. Some people have the internal self-assurance (or at the very least an ‘I fancy grabbing a cheeky bite at the local chicken-and-chip shop or checking out that fancy Thai restaurant on Saturday evening and my stomach needs trumps whatever social-validative needs I’m supposed to have so who cares?’ kind of mentality) to check in and out of food and coffee chains (coffee chains are a classic introvert hub, anyway) and just eat and drink in peace without feeling the need to be around lots of random buddies and that applies to high-end restaurants as well as it does Starbucks, Costa and Wetherspoons. It’s just that some people are so overly-outgoing that they assume that there must be something wrong with someone for choosing to be a solo diner (the fact that they might be out of town on a business trip or have another reason for not knowing anyone there doesn’t even dawn on them like that).

[Redway]

Couples holding hands down narrow paths walking really slowly in front of me, and I'm carrying a **** ton of food in my hands in a God damn heatwave and they're blocking the entire path.:fist:

Yh, people getting in/blocking the way in general really gets on my nerves (doesn’t matter to me whether it’s a couple or just one person, who’s not even fat like that but has decided to obstruct the aisle/path more than three elephants conjoined would). I’m always calm on the outside (I’m pretty outwardly-reserved by default anyhow so even if I wanted to turn the heat up with these people it still wouldn’t really show unless I actually used my mouth to say something) but internally I just want to brick them so bad.

[Mystic Mock]

Yh, people getting in/blocking the way in general really gets on my nerves (doesn’t matter to me whether it’s a couple or just one person, who’s not even fat like that but has decided to obstruct the aisle/path more than three elephants conjoined would). I’m always calm on the outside (I’m pretty outwardly-reserved by default anyhow so even if I wanted to turn the heat up with these people it still wouldn’t really show unless I actually used my mouth to say something) but internally I just want to brick them so bad.

Oh I agree with you, my example was from a personal experience though.:laugh:

[Redway]

Oh I agree with you, my example was from a personal experience though.:laugh:

Nah, I hear you. I was just adding my own personal weight to it. One thing we’re both sold on is that couples taking up space (probably as well as talking bare dirty on the bus) is just not the one.

Slightly off-topic but I feel like the ‘things that annoy introverts irrationally’ TikTok compilations (of which the example I gave in my O.P. slots in perfectly) is full of people (rightly-angry) who are talking more about obnoxious strangers with no understanding of personal space or respect showing lack of home training (and all that) more than anything else. I look at some people and just wonder who their mums are but then again even people with the best home training just move raggedy in general (when they’re in their bedrooms or at Tesco buying Magnum and dirt-cheap cider).

[Redway]

Cities in general are just cesspits tbh, and I don't know how anyone can stand to spend more time than necessary even near them?

Where do you live (if it’s not too personal)?

[Zizu]

People walking around in bleak mid winter in cut off trousers just to show off their calf tattoos or a t-shirt for the same reason


Tattoos are fine .. especially those tribal sleeves


Guess it’s the sheer desperation I don’t care for


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[Mystic Mock]

Nah, I hear you. I was just adding my own personal weight to it. One thing we’re both sold on is that couples taking up space (probably as well as talking bare dirty on the bus) is just not the one.

Slightly off-topic but I feel like the ‘things that annoy introverts irrationally’ TikTok compilations (of which the example I gave in my O.P. slots in perfectly) is full of people (rightly-angry) who are talking more about obnoxious strangers with no understanding of personal space or respect showing lack of home training (and all that) more than anything else. I look at some people and just wonder who their mums are but then again even people with the best home training just move raggedy in general (when they’re in their bedrooms or at Tesco buying Magnum and dirt-cheap cider).

Haha, I get what you mean.

Some people just have no manners when it comes to personal space imo.

[Redway]

Haha, I get what you mean.

Some people just have no manners when it comes to personal space imo.

And the thing is a lot of people don’t even realise half the time that they’re in the way and invading other people’s personal space. It’s like there’s a social code of propriety and at least semi-correct public behaviour that only about 48% of people have signed up to. The other half won’t budge unless you literally push past them in the aisle or on the underground.

[Beso]

People with BO as well, like really really strong BO, strong enough to stink out a corner shop...they must know fgs!!

[Oliver_W]

Where do you live (if it’s not too personal)?

Technically it's a village, but it's virtually adjacent to the town (where I grew up) so I've always just seen it as a big neighborhood :joker:

When I moved here I had to stand on the other side of the barrel on Boxing Day :hehe:
(Which won't make sense to people not from nearby)

[Redway]

Another one (save for being roped-into unnecessary small-talk but that’s something that applies even when it’s at home if you’re surrounded by socially-extraverted folk who can’t be in silence for more than two waking seconds) is when you walk into a restaurant (and the like) and the staff expect you to have your order ready to tell them (literally the minute you pop your head through the other side of the door). Can you not at least give someone 5 minutes?

[Redway]

The forced small-talk thing is a real pet-peeve though (wherever it happens). What’s really awkward in social contexts is forcing empty conversation with people who aren’t interested (unless they’ve signalled to you in some intuitive way that they don’t mind having a bit of chit-chat with you) but generally when you’re out-and-about it’s best not to go up to people wearing headphones (it’s just as-much an introvert’s non-verbal cue that they don’t want to be disturbed as it is a sign of someone just listening to music) and talk to them unnecessarily (by all-means, grab their attention if it’s something you really do actually-need to communicate with them). I still expect people to be polite but that can be done non-verbally or with a simple cordial greeting that doesn’t force them to reply on-the-spot. Silence really isn’t awkward unless you make it like-so.

[MTVN]

Another one (save for being roped-into unnecessary small-talk but that’s something that applies even when it’s at home if you’re surrounded by socially-extraverted folk who can’t be in silence for more than two waking seconds) is when you walk into a restaurant (and the like) and the staff expect you to have your order ready to tell them (literally the minute you pop your head through the other side of the door). Can you not at least give someone 5 minutes?

I find that at takeaways when as soon as you walk in they look at you expecting your order straight away when there's a row of 6 different boards to consider

Restaurants I don't mind as its easier to say you need a couple more minutes and I prefer attentive waiting staff to those who leave you for ages. Worst thing is when they seat you with menus but don't take a drinks order early on and only come back to you a while later for the whole order, I want to enjoy a drink while I consider the menu damn it :fist:

[Redway]

I find that at takeaways when as soon as you walk in they look at you expecting your order straight away when there's a row of 6 different boards to consider

Restaurants I don't mind as its easier to say you need a couple more minutes and I prefer attentive waiting staff to those who leave you for ages. Worst thing is when they seat you with menus but don't take a drinks order early on and only come back to you a while later for the whole order, I want to enjoy a drink while I consider the menu damn it :fist:

To be fair, I tend to just ask for drinks straight-up in the occasions that I do dine-out (not that I have for a while because of how expensive and tight everything is at the moment) but I know what you mean.

Agreed about attentive staff (so long as they don’t ask you what you’re having as soon-as lay-eye on you) being better than the ones who leave you hanging for half-an-hour but when it’s busy I understand. I think there’s a balance to strike between giving people a minute to order and disappearing for ages.

[swine]

At grocery stores when the bagger or cashier can't properly bag. I used to be a bagger and was so careful but everyone else seems to put food together with toiletries and pet food, crushed bread, bags that are so heavy they rip open or so light you have to take twice as long getting them inside.

[Redway]

At grocery stores when the bagger or cashier can't properly bag. I used to be a bagger and was so careful but everyone else seems to put food together with toiletries and pet food, crushed bread, bags that are so heavy they rip open or so light you have to take twice as long getting them inside.

I’ve always bag my own stuff but the fact that I use self-service check-outs a lot more than standard-tills probably helps with that. I tend-to just take a big Waitrose/Home-Bargain/s bag and a few little Morrisons bags I’ve accumulated and take it from there when I’m shopping. But even at-that I’m not exact about the way things are packed, so long as nothing gets squished and I know where to look for whatever-items I’ve bagged.

[hijaxers]

Couples holding hands down narrow paths walking really slowly in front of me, and I'm carrying a **** ton of food in my hands in a God damn heatwave and they're blocking the entire path.:fist:

Women with pushchairs do that to , very selfish.

[Redway]

Is there anything you guys do to recharge from all the selfishness and lack of consideration that’s out there once you’re back in your space and you have a chance to (literally, even) shut the door on the world? Any favourite routines you dive into after a long week of silent public-aggravation (other than wine/beer-slushing - that’s too-obvious)?

[swine]

Is there anything you guys do to recharge from all the selfishness and lack of consideration that’s out there once you’re back in your space and you have a chance to (literally, even) shut the door on the world? Any favourite routines you dive into after a long week of silent public aggravation (other than wine/beer-slushing - that’s too-obvious)?

I personally just let the bitterness build up.

[Redway]

I personally just let the bitterness build up.

And how’s that working-out for you?

[Cherie]

I personally just let the bitterness build up.

:joker:

[Cherie]

At grocery stores when the bagger or cashier can't properly bag. I used to be a bagger and was so careful but everyone else seems to put food together with toiletries and pet food, crushed bread, bags that are so heavy they rip open or so light you have to take twice as long getting them inside.

No one bags the shopping in the UK, in some shops (Aldi) they dont even give you time to bag you are expected to fire it back into the trolley and wheel away to bag it in a different location.

There is also a big push for self service tills do you have those, basically where you do everything yourself, scan the bar code and bag

[bots]

Ocado home delivery bag everything up for you, take the bags out of the pallets and hand them to you and then refund the cost of the bags at the next visit if you return them. No other home delivery does that

[Kazanne]

I have a few, I hate it when people just drop litter, same with dog poo that is left ,people who decide to have a chat in the middle of the shops or pavements, cars parking on pavements unless there is no alternative, ill manners, people who walk their dogs in extreme heat after being told not to, unruly kids, Waiters who hang around your table while your eating I think a lot of the human race is annoying to be honest :laugh:

[bots]

I have a few, I hate it when people just drop litter, same with dog poo that is left ,people who decide to have a chat in the middle of the shops or pavements, cars parking on pavements unless there is no alternative, ill manners, people who walk their dogs in extreme heat after being told not to, unruly kids, Waiters who hang around your table while your eating I think a lot of the human race is annoying to be honest :laugh:

it would be easier to say the world annoys you :joker:

[Kazanne]

it would be easier to say the world annoys you :joker:

Your probably spot on Bots,:laugh: The world is fine it's some of the people in it that spoil it.:wavey:

[Cherie]

Ocado home delivery bag everything up for you, take the bags out of the pallets and hand them to you and then refund the cost of the bags at the next visit if you return them. No other home delivery does that

I used to get my shopping delivered this was pre pandemic but tbh I do like to go out and see what is on offer :laugh:

[Redway]

Has anyone-else noticed a weird lack of sympathy that’s been present (to varying degrees) in public spaces since the hottest part of the pandemic ended? I feel like someone could slip and sprain their ankle on a wet aisle in Morrisons and only two people would bat an eyelid (and I’m not even talking about central London). Little-over ten years ago more people-than-not would give their last spare pound-coin just for someone short of bus-fare to be able to board but these days people seem more-and-more selfish and unsympathetic. I know naturally-cold personas have always existed (and in itself it’s not even such a bad thing) but basic public courtesy seems to have decreased in the past 10 years. Even in places like Liverpool (where it’s definitely still there but not to the extent that it was).

[swine]

And how’s that working-out for you?

Hasn't been working in my favor so far, but I'm gonna keep trying. I'm no quitter.

No one bags the shopping in the UK, in some shops (Aldi) they dont even give you time to bag you are expected to fire it back into the trolley and wheel away to bag it in a different location.

There is also a big push for self service tills do you have those, basically where you do everything yourself, scan the bar code and bag

Oh that's awful. There is one store in town that doesn't bag and I don't step foot in the place, I just consider it so cheap and rude of them. I wouldn't be able to stand people hurrying me or not giving me space, either. I will take my time and they can wait or change their business practices to accomodate the people waiting behind me.

[Beso]

Shut curtains....bloody disgrace at half 8 in the morning.

[Redway]

Hasn't been working in my favor so far, but I'm gonna keep trying. I'm no quitter.



Oh that's awful. There is one store in town that doesn't bag and I don't step foot in the place, I just consider it so cheap and rude of them. I wouldn't be able to stand people hurrying me or not giving me space, either. I will take my time and they can wait or change their business practices to accomodate the people waiting behind me.

I know people can be annoying (especially if you’re quite reticent/shy and feel all the loud intrusiveness of all the hyper.-outgoing people out there with a certain discomfort) but I try not to let it get to me on a deep level because I remind myself that they could-well be nice people and annoyed by some of the stuff that peeves me off (people hogging your space in shopping aisles and whatnot); they just might-not realise they’re doing it (they might be half-asleep; they might have a lot on their mind). It’s still annoying but I prefer to reserve all the bitterness I’m internally-capable of for the people who (in my eyes) deserve it. where unassuming strangers are concerned it’s not personal. It’s still hella-annoying, but it’s nothing personal still.

[Redway]

Drivers insisting on you taking the right-of-way when you’re on-foot and taking a breather before you cross the road.

Nice gesture, love/buddy, but I legit. need to catch my breath so you might-as-well drive-off, trust-me.

[Mystic Mock]

Women with pushchairs do that to , very selfish.

A bit of a late reply, but I feel your pain on this one as well.

[Mystic Mock]

Has anyone-else noticed a weird lack of sympathy that’s been present (to varying degrees) in public spaces since the hottest part of the pandemic ended? I feel like someone could slip and sprain their ankle on a wet aisle in Morrisons and only two people would bat an eyelid (and I’m not even talking about central London). Little-over ten years ago more people-than-not would give their last spare pound-coin just for someone short of bus-fare to be able to board but these days people seem more-and-more selfish and unsympathetic. I know naturally-cold personas have always existed (and in itself it’s not even such a bad thing) but basic public courtesy seems to have decreased in the past 10 years. Even in places like Liverpool (where it’s definitely still there but not to the extent that it was).

Oh I've definitely noticed a more mean side in society over the last 5 years or so.

[Redway]

Oh I've definitely noticed a more mean side in society over the last 5 years or so.

And a more entitled, boundary-invasive side. Things seem to be getting marginally better but so-many people out there don’t understand the concept of boundaries or don’t really apprehend them cue that someone’s drawing the line with them and doesn’t want to get into anything personal with them (because they don’t like, trust or know them well-enough). No-one owes a (relative or total) stranger anything beyond stock cordiality but nowadays you get people you only know very vaguely trying to get all up in your business and making it awkward when you insert your boundaries. They’re the types of people who’ll go up to someone reading quietly with a face-mask on and think it’s a good idea to have a conversation with them. But all this is more of a deeper societal peeve than an ordinary public one per se.

[Beso]

Snottery beaks.

If you know, you know.

[Redway]

Extraverts using the library as a hub to talk loudly about party-plans for the weekend (not that I mind a bit of vibrant chit-chat) is surely another pet-peeve. People use libraries to get away from all that hubbub and noise.

[Oliver_W]

Real life footage of Redway in a library

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[Redway]

I'll never understand people who take long calls about Friday-night plans (unless there's Prosecco going for me) in a hub designed for research and reading. Please take it to the pub.

[Redway]

It’s gotten to the stage where TikTok dances are a desperately-banging topic of conversation on Thursday afternoons. Do people even know what a library is anymore or did they forget during Covid?

[Zizu]

It’s gotten to the stage where TikTok dances are a desperately-banging topic of conversation on Thursday afternoons. Do people even know what a library is anymore or did they forget during Covid?


It read that the pop star Jason Derulo gets £75,000 everytime he puts a little ‘dance’ up on TikTok !!

He does at least one a day apparently !!


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[Redway]

It read that the pop star Jason Derulo gets £75,000 everytime he puts a little ‘dance’ up on TikTok !!

He does at least one a day apparently !!


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He what?

[Crimson Dynamo]

anyone who wants to come here illegally thinking other people will pay for them

the lowest of the low


selfish

[Zizu]

He what?


Jason Derulo recently revealed that he makes 'far more' than $75,000 per TikTok post, where he currently has 33 million followers.

Although he wouldn't put an actual number on how much he makes, saying it's 'tacky' to discuss such things, he confirmed to Complex it was far more than the proposed number.


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[Redway]

People sniffing/nose-sniffling constantly. Whether people feel that so strongly that they have a misophonic response to it or not it’s just not great having to listen to and see people vigorously rubbing snot into their nostrils and swallowing it like Malibu every five seconds. All it takes is a Kleenex.

I don’t know if I already mentioned that but yeah. Definitely a pet peeve. A bit of basic nasal hygiene doesn’t go amiss. Some people seem to do it as a sort of tic/allergy and others owe it to the fact that they’ve basically ruined their noses with cocaine but whatever the reason is I expect adults to know when to blow their noses. Perpetual sniffle-sniffle-sniffle nonsense is just too annoying, ugly and irritating for too many people for it to not be de-normalised to some extent. People need to learn to leave their damn noses alone.

[Redway]

Jason Derulo recently revealed that he makes 'far more' than $75,000 per TikTok post, where he currently has 33 million followers.

Although he wouldn't put an actual number on how much he makes, saying it's 'tacky' to discuss such things, he confirmed to Complex it was far more than the proposed number.


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Ahh. I see.

[Zizu]

Soooo many

Folk walking and talking ( loudly ) to someone on their mobile …

Those imbeciles who press the pelican crossing button then just stroll on by …

People who eat their food out of plastic containers ( near you ) and spend 5 minutes loudly scraping the plastic of the insides … I have to stop myself leaning across to take the fork out of their hand
:)


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[Lewismacfarlane]

the one that annoys me is people not saying thank you when u hold a door open

[Zizu]

the one that annoys me is people not saying thank you when u hold a door open


Yes !!

Plus those ignorant gits who just drive past without acknowledging you have let them go first ..


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[Redway]

the one that annoys me is people not saying thank you when u hold a door open

Or letting them get past the gate first if you think they need a bit more space. Some people won’t even look you in the eye.

[Kate!]

Talking of ignorant people, the elderly can sometimes be the worst. I was in a supermarket once when I was pregnant with my Josh and I got halfway down an aisle and this old man screamed at me...."get out of my way".

[Zizu]

Talking of ignorant people, the elderly can sometimes be the worst. I was in a supermarket once when I was pregnant with my Josh and I got halfway down an aisle and this old man screamed at me...."get out of my way".


So true about the elderly !

My lovely wife was walking to the local PO when she noticed an old bloke had dropped something crossing the road .. she dashed into the road to pick it up .. it was 5 x £20 notes .. £100 !!

She ran on and handed it to him and he just snatched it off her and scowled !!


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[Crimson Dynamo]

So true about the elderly !

My lovely wife was walking to the local PO when she noticed an old bloke had dropped something crossing the road .. she dashed into the road to pick it up .. it was 5 x £20 notes .. £100 !!

She ran on and handed it to him and he just snatched it off her and scowled !!


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typical Arista

[Zizu]

typical Arista


I imagined him as being very young !?


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[Redway]

I imagined him as being very young !?


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Yeah … I think he might be joking, Zizu. Try not to take things so literally, ey?

[Zizu]

Yeah … I think he might be joking, Zizu. Try not to take things so literally, ey?


Ahhh


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[Redway]

People who always use brand names which may be unfamiliar to some people when referring to medication. Why say Zoloft, Anafranil and Ultram when you can just say sertraline, clomipramine and tramadol and make it easy for people to know which drug you’re talking about, rather than every silly brand-name under the sun? Where the hell did Novolog and Bayer come from? Why not just use its official generic name?

[Redway]

ATM machines asking you if you want your receipt/to see your balance when you literally selected the “cash only” (no balance, no receipt) option. If I wanted either I would’ve specified by now.

[Redway]

Wanting to settle into BBC news for a good few hours on your cosy off-days mid-week but having to contend with Nicky Campbell here, there and everywhere. I literally just want the news.

[Zizu]

Wanting to settle into BBC news for a good few hours on your cosy off-days mid-week but having to contend with Nicky Campbell here, there and everywhere. I literally just want the news.


I just flick from 501 to 503 to 512 then to 522 for news items


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[Redway]

I just flick from 501 to 503 to 512 then to 522 for news items


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I tend to watch most of these things on mobile now though. It’s not that common that I park myself in front of the telly anymore. I probably should because there’s more obvious variety and Sky+ Smart TVs are a big asset but I tend to just stream iPlayer whenever I want to watch anything on BBC.

[Redway]

So the point is I can’t just flick to 522.

[Zizu]

So the point is I can’t just flick to 522.


Ah ..

I’ve also got a few smart gadgets spread around now .. so I can just instruct Google , Siri or Alexa to play whatever station I want .. TalkSport or GB news or whatever ..

I bought an Echo Dot for £3 and an amazing Apple HomePod for £5 at the local car boot sale


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[Zizu]

Our lenient sentencing

This guy will be out on no time at all ..

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[Redway]

Ah ..

I’ve also got a few smart gadgets spread around now .. so I can just instruct Google , Siri or Alexa to play whatever station I want .. TalkSport or GB news or whatever ..

I bought an Echo Dot for £3 and an amazing Apple HomePod for £5 at the local car boot sale


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I’m very archaic when it comes to voice-to-interpretation technology, despite the fact that I used to be a subtitler (but even then I was manually transcribing/plugging out subtitle-text; I didn’t get a chance to be trained with oral transcription, still). So I’m not even into all that Alexa/ask Siri stuff. I’d rather just use my hands to manoeuvre these things.

Edit: ignore that wink-emoji. It just popped up and it’s not even letting me get rid.

[Redway]

Ahhh


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But even at that (going back to this) I can’t imagine arista being that young. I’m sure he’s in his 40s by now.

[Redway]

I’m turning this into an out-and-out “pet peeves” thread (it doesn’t have to be with the public per-se).

The guy who’s been known for doing voice-overs on shows like Come Dine with Me and How Clean is Your House? can be a bit much sometimes, a little irritating. He’s actually rude.

[Swan]

Ok then, just a general peeve if you like. Those poxy Sunlife adverts. The woman goes round the blokes house for some mundane reason or another, naturally the first thing they always talk about is life insurance, and she tells him she's just got covered and he says "oh congratulations" as if it's some sort of bloody fortunate win or something. Hate those ones.

Then one about funerals, and the young bloke looks at a photo of some dead bloke and says "ah he was a nice bloke i bet the funeral was expensive, how much do they cost nowadays" because of course we always talk and think like that. Then the mum says how cheap the stupid company they're promoting are, and says she's covered, and he thanks her. Utter sh!te..

[Redway]

People morning about other people using cliches. “At the end of the day” is a very apt saying in the contexts that people use it in. Don’t know what everyone’s problem is with it.

[Zizu]

I really hate all these Diesel Car compensation adverts. .. one is by My Diesel ..
They claim to have got compensation for over a million people ( which I don’t believe) .. then they that THOUSANDS of new claimants use their service EACH DAY ..

I’m guessing they don’t have thousands of legal staff on their payroll


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[Redway]

The fact that it’s taken me this long to stumble across CBD coffee, one that’s already been activated with a fat (coconut oil) at that. Holland and Barrett is blessed.

[Zizu]

The fact that it’s taken me this long to stumble across CBD coffee, one that’s already been activated with a fat (coconut oil) at that. Holland and Barrett is blessed.


Can you taste the coconut ?


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[Kate!]

Pet peeve of the day is perma banned members hanging around like a bad smell and appearing on the whose online list. Get the message, you're not welcome!

[Redway]

Can you taste the coconut ?


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Not really but whether you can taste it or you can’t, there’s no point drinking CBD tea without some sort of fat in it (that’s what gets the CBD activated). I usually use goose fat but luckily this this bag of coffee’s already been activated with coconut oil (as inconspicuous as the taste of it is).

[Redway]

1. People of colour’s existence being considered woke-ism (The Sun has a lot of trash to answer for.

2. Again, the whole thing of people getting too close when they’re in the aisle or queue with you and not acting on the cue to give you space until you move back so ironically they can have space.

3. There’s a big issue with black-on-black crime in London and the States (no doubt) but in places like Toronto, Liverpool, Manchester and just large chunks of the world generally the most run-down, rough areas are white ones and this isn’t always acknowledged. Toxteth, Liverpool (for example) has had a bit of a rep since the ’80s riots and there are no-doubt lions who you might grow up around if you live there when you’re younger but that’s just one side to Tocky. It’s also a staple ethnic hub that has one of those salt-of-the-Earth communities and some very nice/semi middle-class enclaves tucked away from wherever crime’s supposed to be rampant in Liverpool 8. Kirkdale, Anfield, Norris Green, Speke, Huyton and all those other areas which are traditionally known for being rampant with crime (including racist murders) and gangs get a free pass by a lot of people because they’re white-majority areas. And black inherently means dangerous to people who use Toxteth as an example of a rough area in Liverpool despite the fact that it’s far from the overall worst. To every criminal road-man of colour are 3 or 4 white chavs/hooligans/knife-holders but no-one seems to remember that when they want to pander to bias they’re unlikely to admit they have.

4. Hyperhidrosis. Being an unrelenting sweater even after two showers a day really takes the piss. I’m seeing a doctor about this and something else next week so hopefully we can put an end to it.

[Redway]

People who are fidgety and can’t just leave their faces alone. If it’s not rubbing their nose to sniff it’s to stroke one side of their cheek or keep messing with their hair.

[Zizu]

The annual Fishermania program drives me bonkers … 25 anglers compete for a £50,000 top prize ( the others get nowt as I recall)

Anyways they show what they’ve caught and weigh them every 30 minutes but they don’t tell you what the fish are .. they quite often zoom in but the presenters just say ‘he’s got some very nice fish in there ‘ or “ that’s a whopper” … they just concentrate on the individual weights rather than educating people or identifying the different types of fish

Agghhhh !!!


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[Zizu]

I can’t think of anything worse than a balaclava in blistering temps !!

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[Redway]

For me I guess many roads keep leading back to inconsiderate strangers getting too close and not respecting your personal space.

[Livia]

People who take their kids to the supermarket, let them off the lead and let them run wild. Love that... Really love it.

[Redway]

If you can’t take a kid to the shop without having to put them on a leash and treat them like a two-legged dog, they probably have unchecked ADHD (because that goes way beyond the normal extraverted exuberance of childhood; IMO, anyway). You want to do something about that if that’s the way your kids are but if you can’t control them in the shops, leave them at home with a baby-sitter.

[Redway]

The fact that there’s always an absurd amount of personal information scattered all across your prescription boxes and bags. The pharmacy surely only needs to print the label once but they don’t and that makes it awkward when it’s time to dispose of the empty boxes and bags. Short of burning them there’s nothing you can do besides shred them to smithereens just to make sure your confidential information stays that way as much as it can. I don’t need 5 labels with my name and address on the same package. It just makes it really awkward.

[Redway]

People who call after half 11 at night when it’s not truly urgent, we’re not planning a night out or we’re not tight mates wanting an intimate 2 a.m. call on a Saturday morning. It’s alright on a Friday/Saturday night but on a weeknight when there’s nothing important to say, we’re not close or you don’t need help? Have you no sense of basic time propriety?

Maybe it’s just me.

[Livia]

It's not just you... if someone calls me after 9pm they'd better be dying.

[Redway]

It's not just you... if someone calls me after 9pm they'd better be dying.

I feel the same way about non-important calls on a Monday morning. I’m not the sort of person who particularly likes talking on the phone anyway (unless I’m in the mood and even then there’s usually some alcohol involved) but there’s enough fresh hell awaiting you at the start of a long week without being bugged by someone about something that can hold. So I just try to leave people alone to some extent on Monday. The day’s bad enough as it is. Don’t want to vex or stress anyone further first thing on one of the worst days of the week. Knowing you’re in for it makes the second-half-of-Sunday blues even worse.

[Redway]

People who whinge, moan and grumble constantly.

[user104658]

Running into old customers who comment that they "haven't seen me in the shop for a while". I haven't worked there for over four years!

[Redway]

I must’ve mentioned this before but people with bad manners really irk me. It takes less muscles to smile than to frown so when someone keeps the door open for you or gives you moving space (often because you’re in their way in the first place), why wouldn’t you at least cordially acknowledge it?

[user104658]

I must’ve mentioned this before but people with bad manners really irk me. It takes less muscles to smile than to frown so when someone keeps the door open for you or gives you moving space (often because you’re in their way in the first place), why wouldn’t you at least cordially acknowledge it?

My father in law wouldn't hold a door open for a man because he thought it would make him seem gay. My wife pointed out that he was being sexist/discriminatory ... so now he pointedly doesn't hold doors open for anyone :facepalm:. He's an ... err ... interesting fellow.

[Redway]

My father in law wouldn't hold a door open for a man because he thought it would make him seem gay. My wife pointed out that he was being sexist/discriminatory ... so now he pointedly doesn't hold doors open for anyone :facepalm:. He's an ... err ... interesting fellow.

You keep the door open for someone if they’re already close enough to it (or have mobility issues or something and might need a bit of help) because it’s the normal, polite thing to do, not because you’re trying to hit on a stranger. This whole insecurity about sexuality affects the way some guys even eat bananas (not that I personally like bananas per-se but that’s different and my own peculiarity). And it’s just bloody ridiculous.

[Redway]

The amount of misogyny on Come Dine With Me (of all shows) is very jarring, too. I’m very anti-racism/misogyny so all those digs at women at the dinner table is something else. At this point I don’t even mind the sarcastic narrator’s cheeky jibes so much anymore. At least they’re indiscriminate.

[Zizu]

I hate opening the butter to find bits in it from toast or whatever
Alternatively finding bits of butter in the jam jar !!

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[Redway]

I hate opening the butter to find bits in it from toast or whatever
Alternatively finding bits of butter in the jam jar !!

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Mhm-hm. We’ve been through this.

[user104658]

I hate opening the butter to find bits in it from toast or whatever

That's very valid though because bread crumbs getting into butter or preserves can make them go mouldy :fist:

[Redway]

Artificial intelligence. Stealing too many jobs.

[Redway]

1. Truly snotty people who have the ump with you for no reason. Ditto (I’m speaking on behalf of the masses with this one) for being blocked by the most random people on social media when there’s no known bad blood to speak of. I understand leaving follow/friend-requests hanging if it’s someone who you’re not really sure you want them to have access to that side of your life (at least not yet) but what I don’t understand is taking it to the next level and actively blocking people who really haven’t done anything bad to you and aren’t known to be creepy-arse stalkers. I only do that to people I actually have a problem with/strongly dislike and would rather forget ever existed in my life. Otherwise what did they ever actually do to you? Where’s the animosity coming from?

2. Hating on people just for being quiet and minding their own business. Again, what did they ever actually do to you for you to be rolling your eyes at the mere sight of them? Are we really that allergic to calm people?

It takes more muscles to frown than to smile so it’s better to just take people in a somewhat positive light and trust that your friends really do have your back (half the time they love you more than you know) rather than looking for who to hate on when you don’t need to. Reserve that hate for people who have actually done you dirty or truly that incompatible with and disagreeable to you. No-one’s perfect but if you know you’ve got good friends you shouldn’t be too worried about them low-key being jealous backstabbers or quietly trying to scheme against you. It pays to treat people how you’d like to be treated unless they’re really not good for you and hold your friends tight. Real ones (not foul gossips who talk smack on you behind your back, don’t actually care nothing about you and only hit you up when they need weed or money) who you can stay friends with for over 10/15 years are irreplaceable, flawed (as we all are) or not. You don’t want to be too paranoid about who’s who, whether you know them or not. Everyone has at least some good in them. All you need is decent discernment, not misplaced cynicism. You’re not going to be nonchalantly cutting off quality friends who’ve had your back for years unless you’re that daft. Same goes for cutting off actual blood because of £15 or whatever that they had to pay back a day later than they promised. Life happens on either side but in life you need people you can count on to endure life with you, not people who’ll switch on you just like that just because they can. Unless the person has borderline personality disorder or something, there’s never a good reason to blow hot and cold with people that much (especially over trivialities that don’t truly matter), and whoever’s like that for whatever reason needs to look inward and do a bit of self-work anyway. People who you say you truly like/love deserve loyalty.

3. The way the Dingles on Emmerdale galavant all over the place doing incest with each-other (almost cringier than Joey/Lauren off EastEnders in 2012) and getting random women pregnant left, right and centre but that’s another thing altogether. I just hope Charity doesn’t go there too deep with Liam. Chloe will be dead soon enough (thank God).

[Redway]

People whose own isn’t to even let you know that they’re coming but to expect you to be at the door waiting for them and ready to open up anyway (unless you’re virtually best friends).

[Redway]

Whole threads getting deleted instead of just the offending posts. Don’t turn my threads into a place to argue for pages, because then the whole thread gets sliced and some interesting contributions missed out on. Do it somewhere else.

[Redway]

Night Ubers cancelling and cancelling on you because they don’t deem your journey as long enough. That’s why it’s good to support other taxi firms at least occasionally. Like we all did until 7/8 years ago. Uber really isn’t all that.

[Redway]

People who burp a lot. In public.