Trivial things that annoy you

People who can afford BMWs or 4x4s But can not afford the optional extras like indicators

Jack McH

 

You've just reminded me of one of my pet hates. Drivers that can't stay in lane. At the end of my mam's street is a T junction right on a tight S shaped chicane. Its only a 30mph speed limit, but 30mph is fast when visibility is just a few yards. So turning left should be easy enough. Visibility from there to the right is good, and the right shouldn't matter too much because all oncoming vehicles should be on the other side of the road. Except they aren't. Probably 9 drivers out of 10 cut the the corner, drifting into the oncoming lane, despite poor visibility.

Same everywhere. Someone comes to a T junction to turn right, their car straddles the centre lines.

Oh, and while we're on at annoying drivers, people who use their hazard warning light to justify illegal, inconsiderate and/or dangerous parking. They obstruct the road so they can park right outside a shop while they nip in for 20 Lambert and Butler. They could have parked a few yards away where there was a parking spot but no, they need to be right next to the shop door. It doesn't matter that they are forcing other drivers to go onto the wrong side of the road on a blind bend just to get past, because they've got their hazards on. One of these days I'm going to chuck a tow rope in the back of my car, and drive about. Then when I see a car with the hazards on, I'm going to get out and start roping up their car to mine to do them a favour, because as it says quite clearly in the highway code, there are only two situations where you use your hazards. 1) On the motorway when braking hard to avoid collision you may use your hazards to alert other drivers to your rapid deceleration and 2) when your vehicle has broken down, or is on fire and is causing an unavoidable obstruction.

 

It's when I go to my inlaws and it would be rude to comment in someone else's house. I do use a clean dry spoon but still have to sift out the dead coffee grains out of the sugar jar to avoid getting them in my tea. How difficult is it to use a clean dry spoon each time to avoid cross contamination of the sugar jar. Trivial yet mildly annoying.

 

lol don't come to our house so Wizard ...you'll find we're terrible for that here too

 

Cyclists who ride, practically, in the middle of the road. I'm an occasional cyclist myself which is why it annoys me more I think. I near enough ride on the kerb!

 

Zigs , it is part of the BMW sales contract that , you must henceforth drive like the proverbial rear end

 

I just find it strange that after spending so much over the odds on the car itself, the buyer can't seem to manage the few extra quid for the optional extras. Things like, mirrors, indicators, the optional head rest that allows the driver to turn his head, variable speed throttle instead of the switched mode Go or Not Go positions.

 

Childproof Locking Caps!!! We didn't need these years ago, we had common sense instead, but there is now a World shortage so everything has to be 'fixed' so you can't easily open it!!!

Val

 

But if we had had them, I wouldn't have caused the great panic I caused when I was 4 years old and announced to my mam that she doesn't need to do my medicine, because I've already taken it, the whole bottle. It was only cough linctus, so all that happened was I got a bit tipsy and had to sleep it off. Good stuff that was. I remember enjoying it most thoroughly.

 

people in work that eat at their desks instead of the canteen or breakout areas , ie cold broccoli that stinks or people that scrape everything off the plate as if its the last meal they will ever have and leave a scattering of crumbs expecting the poor cleaner to sort out for them !!!

the worst one ever was watching someone that used to sit in front of me with yogurt embedded in the wrinkles around their lips .

Spruce aka Mr Perfect

 

I've never been a fan of eating at my desk. I feel cheated if I have to. Its like not getting your lunch break. In effect you're working for free because, and here's another trivial annoyance, when you are having your lunch at your desk, and everyone can clearly see you in the process of filling your face, someone will always ask you to quickly look at this or quickly check that.

 

The letter 'H' said as haitch when it's spelt aitch! I've noticed it's said more here in the north than the south.

 

Ooooh, was it the Benylin with Codeine? That was great stuff, not sure if you can get it any more, gone the same way as laudanum, shame, that.