Friday top 5 annoyances

[Mich the Tester]

People (usually women) who get to the front of the queue at the shop, the ticket machine etc and then when they’ve chosen what they want start rummaging around in their handbag to find their purse, then counting out the coins from their purse and then either yapping with the shop assistant or even talking to the ticket machine saying ‘ooh I’ve pressed the wrong button’.

You know that when you’ve asked the assistant/machine for the product you want that they’re going to ask you for money, so FFS get your money ready first and then order the goods instead of wasting everyone else’s time.

[expat]

MS Word’s running spell check which switches from Dutch to English to Spanish to bloody Kirgizian completely at random while I’m typing.

And Windows' keyboard locale, which switches whenever it thinks you're typing in a different language: doesn't it know that you haven't plugged in a new keyboard?

And MS Word's British English spell-checker, which allows some American spellings that are wrong in British English, and gives no way to remove them (you can add words but not remove Microsoft's words).

[Badger]

Women (and it usually is) who only think to get their purse out of their bags after they get to the till and the items have been scanned. ffs plan ahead.

[Mich the Tester]

People (usually women) who get to the front of the queue at the shop, the ticket machine etc and then when they’ve chosen what they want start rummaging around in their handbag to find their purse, then counting out the coins from their purse and then either yapping with the shop assistant or even talking to the ticket machine saying ‘ooh I’ve pressed the wrong button’.

You know that when you’ve asked the assistant/machine for the product you want that they’re going to ask you for money, so FFS get your money ready first and then order the goods instead of wasting everyone else’s time.

Women (and it usually is) who only think to get their purse out of their bags after they get to the till and the items have been scanned. ffs plan ahead.

KUATB

I agree by the way.

[realityhack]

People who spit, in the street. Disgusting habit.

[Badger]

People who just don't keep up.

[Ruprect]

And Windows' keyboard locale, which switches whenever it thinks you're typing in a different language: doesn't it know that you haven't plugged in a new keyboard?

Blimey is that what does it? I don't know what I do to trigger it, but I regularly get swapped to US English and it is fekking annoying...I thought I must be accidentally pressing some short-cut combination! Well I've learned something today...

[MaryPoppins]

Who does that?!!!!!

Not quite toenails, but the revolting individual next to me sat trimming his finger nails at his desk last week. The final straw for me was a piece of dead human nail being flicked onto my keyboard. Unfortunately my considered response to this was to stare at his head until he felt me doing so, then to shout "REALLY?!" at him.

Current annoyances include:

1. Friend's girlfriend telling me how 'MASSIVE' I look every time I see her. (Always nice to hear, specially with preggers hormones sloshing about)

2. Personal Space Invaders.

3. People driving alllll the way round roundabouts in the left hand lane, indicating right as if this excuses them. Sadly isn't it usually women too.

4. Scott Mills on Radio 1. N0b.

5. People in meetings who insist on having their say, by whatever means possible. Usually by regurgitating what someone has just said, using slightly different words, in order to 'conclude' the point and take it as their own.

6. Aforementioned girl (a nurse) who said the following when hearing how far gone I am 'Ah, nice. Mind you, we had a lady in the other day whose baby had been dead inside her for 5 weeks. Awful business.'

7. Annoying and loud ringtones at work.

8. People who take up two spaces in a carpark ON PURPOSE.

9. People who can't make a proper cup of tea.

10. People who sit next to me at work and move closer to me for a 'chat', then lean across my body (getting a bit of a side boob brush at the same time) to take a handful of my dried fruit WITHOUT ASKING, causing me to throw the whole bag in the bin in case he had toilet hands. A boob brush is one thing, but stealing my food? Inexcusable.

[Mich the Tester]

9. People who can't make a proper cup of tea.

That means everybody except the Brits, the Irish and the wonderful citizens of Sri Lanka.

[MaryPoppins]

That means everybody except the Brits, the Irish and the wonderful citizens of Sri Lanka.

Except my Mum! I am very particular about the way tea is made, yet she will just lazily reboil the kettle (argh!) and somehow create a grey liquid she passes off as tea. Bleugh.