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Minor things that really piss you off !

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    Motorways - I had a good think about this one in the 5 hours I spent on them last night

    People with no lane discipline - especially the 3 feckers dawdling at 50 mph in lane 3(of 4) of the A2 the other day which caused the traffic to back up for several miles as everyone squeezed in to lane 4 to pass them. Myself and a few others simply passed them in lane 1 - there was nothing in lane 2

    Motorway advisory speed warnings which are displayed for no reason. You know the ones, 10 miles of *40* then *end* and in between you might see 2 other cars and a truck

    Drivers who don't overtake, instead they hover in the next lane with their front bumper lined up with your rear bumper, they especially seem to enjoy doing this as your gaining on a truck and will need to pull out. Generally they don't give you any room when you indicate.

    Drivers who speed up when you go to pass them. This is especially noticeable if you're using cruise control, I even had a fecking police car do it to me once

    Drivers who have no sense of anticipation - they're the ones who'll be doing 70 in a lane, get behind a truck, then brake till they're doing <60 and then indicate to change lanes. It's almost as if they never saw the truck till the last second. This one is less of an annoyance though as using a bit more anticipation than them you can give them the space they need to pull out before they even realise they need to.

    Idiots who swerve at the last minute across lanes to get onto the slip road

    Selfish pricks who'll drive past a long queue to leave the motorway and then hold up lane 2 when they try and push in at the last minute

    Morons who'll pass you, pull back into your lane then brake cause they're leaving the motorway meaning you've got to overtake them.

    Pointless braking on the motorway
    Last edited by Spacecadet; 17 December 2010, 15:11.
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      Originally posted by FiveTimes View Post
      A couple of pet hates

      leaving lights on when there is no one in the room - fair enough

      Leaving windows on vent when the heating is on. If its too hot turn the heating down. - make sense

      clothes hangers not facing the same way in the wardrobe. - really?

      Socks not being folded correctly and screwed in a ball - you fold socks?, do you iron them too?
      other peoples OCD annoy me

      people incessantly talking to me whilst it's clear I'm concentrating on something else

      my friend who says 'elbum' instead of album, don't know why he can't hear that he is saying it wrong or why it annoys me so much

      the general publics' general lack of preparedness at the airport/train station/shops

      my own intolerance for the above things - if I'm gonna get pissed off it really should be for better reasons
      sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)

      there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman

      everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.

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        Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
        A sharpened pen works for me.


        Happened today out of the blue. Female colleague goes off to a meeting and says bye to me (my last day until New Year). She makes a meal of saying 'see you next year!" and I start to sense a hug moment. I am trapped in my seat. Gah! She leans in and yes, she hugs me. I do the awkward back pat retaliation.

        Ick.
        not going to write lol but that did make me laugh out loud
        sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)

        there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman

        everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.

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          Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
          I like that. I am a fan of words being conjoined to create one new ones.

          Promiscuous girls, for example, are Suzies. Suzy Lut.
          f*cktard is my fave
          sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)

          there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman

          everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.

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            The bank changing their online banking site this morning and now I can't login
            Me, me, me...

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              Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
              Drivers who don't overtake, instead they hover in the next lane with their front bumper lined up with your rear bumper, they especially seem to enjoy doing this as your gaining on a truck and will need to pull out.

              Drivers who speed up when you go to pass them. This is especially noticeable if you're using cruise control.
              Mrs RC & I both complain about both of these; I do not remember it happening > 10 years ago but both now occur many times in a 100 mile journey.

              Do they do it on purpose? Is it some form of game? Are they driving with their brain switched completely off and they are relying on copying the speed of vehicles around them to maintain their speed?
              My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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                One thing that is getting right on my nerves at the moment is someone in the office has realised that they can record a message on their phone when they get a text/email. Every email text it goes "Dad you've got a text.." by his kids.

                I might have to introduce him to the silent/vibrate function on the phone

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                  Drivers who use their indicators to indicate after they have turned. It’s brake lights, move to the right, turn left and indicate.
                  "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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                    Originally posted by FiveTimes View Post
                    One thing that is getting right on my nerves at the moment is someone in the office has realised that they can record a message on their phone when they get a text/email. Every email text it goes "Dad you've got a text.." by his kids.

                    I might have to introduce him to the silent/vibrate function on the phone
                    Ooh yes. Annoying.

                    I get annoyed with people (in shops/on the phone etc) calling me 'Mrs Poppins' when they don't actually know if I'm married or not
                    Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
                    +5 Xeno Cool Points

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                      Agents who ask what rate you are looking for and then ask what you would be prepared to take !

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