The little things that annoy you

[norrahe]

He wasn't called Dougal for nowt

[EternalOptimist]

He wasn't called Dougal for nowt

Dougal

[thunderlizard]

Telemarketers who say "No problem" when you tell them you've already got (or otherwise don't want to buy) what they're selling. I'm not sure what the correct response is.

Maybe "Oh thank you Mr Telemarketer for telling me that my already having double glazing does not present you with a problem. I can sleep easily now. For if it was a problem, I would of course have it ripped out immediately".

[bogeyman]

The expression: "Going forward"

Especially when used as a conclusion to a sentence, as if it were some sort of irrefutable truth.

e.g. "We will ensure we improve our customer service, going forward"

Anyone who employs 'going forward' is invariably a total effing plank.

[thunderlizard]

Also "set in stone".

As in
-"We need that done by 1st November"
-"Is that date set in stone?"
-"No. It is written in my spreadsheet. But I still want you to damn well do it."

[norrahe]

Dougal

my Dougal thankfully didn't require that but unfortunately some kid kindly ran him over and killed him last year.

[bogeyman]

my Dougal thankfully didn't require that but unfortunately some kid kindly ran him over and killed him last year.

I hope you are planning a suitably grizzly revenge.

[Zippy]

I'm guilty of this but for a valid reason, one of my cats jumped out of one of the bedroom windows when he saw a butterfly going past. (not the brightest spark in the book) and b*ggered up his back legs.

Zipmog02 did this too - landed in the hedge below, the lucky sod.

Thick, suicidal cats would be an (expensive) annoyance of mine.
And the word "upsell"

[norrahe]

I hope you are planning a suitably grizzly revenge.

I was a tad too distraught at the time, considering we'd had him for quiet a while (and it was on the road, right outside the house). and I could tell from his positioning on the road that he had been run over and not run under the car.


Have since adopted two new Norpusses to keep Norpuss I company.

[Scary]

http://uk.sevenload.com/videos/BX3JB...26-storey-fall