Jump to content

Petty Annoyances

Moos

By Moos
in The Lounge

 Share

Recommended Posts

Moos

Moos

Posted
  • Author
Posted

"And me. Unfortunately my OCD means I have to read them to make the red numbers disappear. Can't we have an "ignore thread" button to make them go away for ever?"


DavidMc, get a grip, or you'll be turning light switches on 100 times before you can go to bed. Read the good threads, then resolutely go to the home page and hit 'Mark as Read'. That's how I control my OCD, anyway...


*carefully wipes drips off the table*

Strawbs

Strawbs

Posted
Posted
Coming up to the ticket barriers at any given station and the person in front of me only then decides to faff around in his / her pocket / wallet for their ticket which they then have to feed through the machine.. Did they not have the preceeding travel time to get their ticket or oyster out?? I am sure it doesnt bug anyone else really but it bugs the hell out of me...
Jah Lush

Jah Lush

Posted
Posted
That's really annoying and it has been mentioned before on here I think. Either that or they faff around for their change/pass/ticket when they get on the bus and hold the damned thing up while rummaging around in their handbag. I hate to say it but it always seems to be women.
mockney piers

mockney piers

Posted
Posted

Apparently that's the number 2 (tee hee) gripe among londoners, number one (snigger) being standing on the left on escalators.


I would add people who lug those ridiculous trolley things up stairs then stop at the top, regardless of how narrow and/or busy the stairs are, and proceed to pull out the little handle and place it down carefully before tottering off.


I can juuuuust about see the need for the larger ones when travelling proper, but do people really need to commute with the crappy little ones, REALLY?

pk

pk

Posted
Posted

Strawbs Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Coming up to the ticket barriers at any given

> station and the person in front of me only then

> decides to faff around in his / her pocket /

> wallet for their ticket which they then have to

> feed through the machine.. Did they not have the

> preceeding travel time to get their ticket or

> oyster out?? I am sure it doesnt bug anyone else

> really but it bugs the hell out of me...


and me


same's true for me at the cash point when there's a queue and people wait til they reach the front before looking for their wallet/purse/card

Bellenden Belle

Bellenden Belle

Posted
Posted

I am stamping my foot!

Days for this, days for that.... grandparents day; sausage day; days for Pandas, Lions and Bears.... you name it and there's a day for it.


And I have tolerated them all until now....


Today, standing in the post office (an annoyance in itself) watching that darn screen that feeds you information you don't want, it announces that October 1st is the International day of Older Persons.


My birthday.


It's as if the entire world intends to remind me that I am getting older. That's just rude.

giggirl

giggirl

Posted
Posted

BB - I'm sorry honey - that would wind me up too.


Someone sent me this today, I hope it's not a hint, otherwise I'll need to phone in sick on 14th Oct.


Slap Your Co-Worker Day is coming October 14th !!



October 14th is the official Slap Your Irritating Co-workers Holiday:

Do you have a co-worker who talks nonstop about nothing, working your last nerve with tedious and boring details that you don't care about?

Do you have a co-worker who ALWAYS screws up stuff creating MORE work for you? Do you have a co-worker who kisses so much booty; you can look in their mouth and see what your boss had for lunch? Do you have a co-worker who is SOOO obnoxious, when he/she enters a room, everyone else clears it? Well, on behalf of Ike Turner, I am so very very glad to officially announce SLAP YOUR IRRITATING CO-WORKER DAY!


There are the rules you must follow:


* You can only slap one person per hour - no more.

* You can slap the same person again if they irritate you again in the

same day.

* You are allowed to hold someone down as other co-workers take their

turns slapping the irritant.

* No weapons are allowed...other than going upside somebody's head with

a stapler or a hole-puncher.

* If questioned by a supervisor [or police, if the supervisor is the

irritant], you are allowed to LIE, LIE, LIE!


Now, study the rules, break out your list of folks that you want to slap the living day lights out of and get to slapping ?on October 14th.....and have a great slapping day!

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Advertise Here

  • Latest Discussions

    • MaLu
      Gardener secret jungle London

      By MaLu · Posted

      I would also highly recommend Matt and Harri. They are hardworking, knowledgeable, friendly and clear about costs and timings. They came last October to cut back overgrown hedges, took out some sickly bamboo (including digging out a tangle of roots), jet washed paving and installed fencing for me. They have advised me which plants would work and sent me detailed listings of those plants including costings. Matt is a great communicator and replied very quickly to my initial query, visiting promptly to view the job as well as emailing a detailed quote and maintaining communication by text and phone. They did the job that I wanted, in the time frame that I wanted and at the price they had quoted. I was so pleased with their work and feel comfortable having them around (genuinely nice guys as the previous review mentioned) that I am now having them back to do the next job of sourcing suitable plants and planting them into the spaces that were cleared last autumn. 
    • Spartacus
      Advice wanted re my laptop 😭

      By Spartacus · Posted

      Hi Sue you can try to restore your Laptop to a previous restore point prior to last Monday if you have recovery switched on  To restore Windows to a previous date, you can use the System Restore feature. This feature returns your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. It can help fix recent software issues without affecting your personal files.  Steps to restore Windows to a previous date  Click System Restore Click Next Select a restore point (date just prior to last Monday 3pm )  Click Next again Confirm the restore point and system restoration Click Finish Click Restart Open the System Protection tab
    • Sue
      Arapina cafe on Lordship Lane

      By Sue · Posted

      The person who started the previous thread I linked to said they were Greek, so I presume would be well aware of cultural nuances. The absolute kindest thing I can think of is that whoever started the shop (and I believe there are several shops) was not aware of the meaning of the name. But surely you would not just pluck a name for a new business out of the air? Surely you would make sure it did not have any possible negative connotations, in any language? Has anybody actually asked the shop about this?  As regards this "vegan hot chocolate", I'm bemused. The chocolate powder itself was surely just cocoa and sugar? It doesn't normally have any animal related products in it, does it? So it must have been the milk which made it "vegan", so probably either oat milk or soya milk? I regularly make hot chocolate with oat milk, and occasionally have it when  out. It has never occurred to me to call it "vegan" (I'm not a vegan), and I've never seen it described as "vegan". When I'm out I just ask for hot chocolate with oat milk. It obviously doesn't taste the same as when made with cow's milk, but I prefer the taste. I don't particularly like drinks made with soya milk, which in any case curdles in certain hot drinks, but  most places give you a choice of milk?
    • Sue
      Advice wanted re my laptop 😭

      By Sue · Posted

      Good news! A friend with techie knowledge was able to get into the laptop (not physically) and I've now saved the recent unbacked up data onto an external hard drive (and I won't be making that mistake again). Remarkably, whatever he did caused the  screen to spring back to life, and I can actually now  do things on the laptop. However it is in safe mode, and my  friend said not to take it out of safe mode or turn it off, in case I can't get back into it again. Because I don't know what the problem was in the first place which caused the sudden  total and persistent screen blackout, I am worried that  the same thing may happen again. I phoned Which Tech,  as they will now be able to connect to it remotely as they will be able to see the screen, but they don't have an appointment for a week. I also phoned John Lewis again, but they still rabbited on about a factory reset always being "highly recommended" 🙄 presumably because that's what wherever they send laptops to be repaired always does first. Is there any easy way (without potentially making things worse again) to look  into the laptop  history to identify what happened last Monday around 3pm?!

East Dulwich Forum

Established in 2006, we are an online community discussion forum for people who live, work in and visit SE22.

Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...