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Talking about the cramping in the New York flight thread got me thinking about things that annoy me (and there's alot :-D) so thought i'd create a thread for everyone to list their pet peeves and have a bit of a rant and get some good healthy anger out. Here are a few of mine:
Not enough leg room - Whether it be on planes or buses or any public transport there just isn't enough leg room for tall people like me. (Heck even on buses there's not enough head room) Soon as i sit down i have to move a little sideways so my legs are diagonal and my knees fit into the little joins of the seats infront and it's still pretty uncomfortable. I know why companies build the transport for average people (get more seats per transport = more money) but still it'd be nice if they bothered to start making some for the lanky people like myself, we're people to you know.
Taking me nicely onto my next peeve - People who sit next to you when there's plenty of seats available - Now i love my personal space, i hate when people are up on me (unless it's a beautiful girl) and are invading it. Now it's bad enough i'm already uncomfortable sitting on whatever transport i'm using but then when i get some schmuck plonk themselves down next to me when there's a good 5 or so seats available fully open with no one else sat on them in that row then that really gets on my nerves. I'll also include the pool thing i experienced on Monday in this group as well when me and my mate were playing and then some idiots decide, with about 10 free tables elsewhere, they want to play on the table right next to us, meaning we have to wait to take our shots while they're in the way and all that nonsense.
Political Correctness - Now maybe it's just because i'm from New York where we always speak our minds and don't care who hears or gets offended by it but this really p***es me off. This has done more harm for racial relations then anything the KKK, Black Panthers, BNP etc could ever hope to do. You start telling people that they cannot do things they've done all their lives because some other people will get offended by it (which they don't by the way, it's just some upper class middle aged white people in shiny offices deciding what other groups find offensive) then that will start to breed resentment and create problems where otherwise there wouldn't have been at all.
Then there's also positive discrimination which fits nicely into this category where some people, somewhere, some time ago decided *Hey Racism and Sexism is alright, just as long as it's to white men* Sorry but you can sugarcoat it and give it a fancy name all you want, positive discrimination is just a fancy, non-threatening word for Racism and Sexism. If i'm running a business i want the very best people i can get, the most experienced and the most qualified, now if that means i end up with a workforce full of White men, or Black Women etc then so fudging what? I'm running a business to make money i don't want to hire some incompetent fool just because they're a certain colour and if i didn't my company is seen as racist, screw that.
People who run the light on Amber and then take their sweet time to get across the road and by the time they do the traffic is coming the other way making me wait some more - Had this happen to me twice in two days now, they speed up to avoid the red light and then take their sweet fricking time getting over so when i try to cross the road as they go by i can't because it's all coming the other way. If you're going to cut a light then keep your speed up and move it instead of doddering across the road, twits.
Cyclists on pavements - Or more so those idiots who get in your way and then look at you like it's your fault and you're scum. Yea douchebags you shouldn't even be on the pavement anyway so keep your dirty looks to yourself, muppets.
Council Tax - Now i have no problem paying for this if i actually get value for money and quite frankly you don't. We get our bins emptied once every fortnight, the roads are always filthy, the only police presence we have is one cop car zooming by the area at that crime hot spot of 5 in the morning every month or so and there's always broken things on the streets that are never fixed (unless it's a speed trap in which case that bad boy is fixed the very next day)
Mothers with prams - Anyone else been in town and viciously had their toes run over and their shins rammed by these idiot mothers using their babies as weapons and a ticket for right of way? You virtually have to dive out the way of some of them as they don't even motion to move out the way, they've got a pram, you haven't so they're going to win so you better get out the way or get your toes crunched.
People who wear New York Yankees baseball caps - For some reason this really does annoy me, fair enough if they follow the sport then wear it all you like but i hate those people who wear it and don't even follow the game (and probably call it stupid and rounders, gah) One of these days i'll stop someone wearing it and ask them to name the Yankees rotation or its bullpen or the starting 9, they probably won't even know what the heck i'm on about let alone be able to name the players in it. Pah
Licence Fee - Why the heck you have to pay to have a licence for a tv alone is stupid, do you need one for a DVD player? A games console? A stereo? Nope, so why the heck do you need one for a TV. Oh yes that's right, to pay for a useless, out of date pathetic piece of *bleep* organisation called the BBC. I don't watch it, i haven't watched it for about 5 years so why on earth i should have to pay to subsidise it is beyond me. To make it even worse, they have plenty of adverts and product placement and make plenty of money off other ventures anyway. Either scrap the fee or give people the option of paying it and if they don't then they don't get the BBC channels, my god what a loss that would be.
Well that's me done for now, i'm sure plenty more will come to me, get going with your lists :-D
Not enough leg room - Whether it be on planes or buses or any public transport there just isn't enough leg room for tall people like me. (Heck even on buses there's not enough head room) Soon as i sit down i have to move a little sideways so my legs are diagonal and my knees fit into the little joins of the seats infront and it's still pretty uncomfortable. I know why companies build the transport for average people (get more seats per transport = more money) but still it'd be nice if they bothered to start making some for the lanky people like myself, we're people to you know.
Taking me nicely onto my next peeve - People who sit next to you when there's plenty of seats available - Now i love my personal space, i hate when people are up on me (unless it's a beautiful girl) and are invading it. Now it's bad enough i'm already uncomfortable sitting on whatever transport i'm using but then when i get some schmuck plonk themselves down next to me when there's a good 5 or so seats available fully open with no one else sat on them in that row then that really gets on my nerves. I'll also include the pool thing i experienced on Monday in this group as well when me and my mate were playing and then some idiots decide, with about 10 free tables elsewhere, they want to play on the table right next to us, meaning we have to wait to take our shots while they're in the way and all that nonsense.
Political Correctness - Now maybe it's just because i'm from New York where we always speak our minds and don't care who hears or gets offended by it but this really p***es me off. This has done more harm for racial relations then anything the KKK, Black Panthers, BNP etc could ever hope to do. You start telling people that they cannot do things they've done all their lives because some other people will get offended by it (which they don't by the way, it's just some upper class middle aged white people in shiny offices deciding what other groups find offensive) then that will start to breed resentment and create problems where otherwise there wouldn't have been at all.
Then there's also positive discrimination which fits nicely into this category where some people, somewhere, some time ago decided *Hey Racism and Sexism is alright, just as long as it's to white men* Sorry but you can sugarcoat it and give it a fancy name all you want, positive discrimination is just a fancy, non-threatening word for Racism and Sexism. If i'm running a business i want the very best people i can get, the most experienced and the most qualified, now if that means i end up with a workforce full of White men, or Black Women etc then so fudging what? I'm running a business to make money i don't want to hire some incompetent fool just because they're a certain colour and if i didn't my company is seen as racist, screw that.
People who run the light on Amber and then take their sweet time to get across the road and by the time they do the traffic is coming the other way making me wait some more - Had this happen to me twice in two days now, they speed up to avoid the red light and then take their sweet fricking time getting over so when i try to cross the road as they go by i can't because it's all coming the other way. If you're going to cut a light then keep your speed up and move it instead of doddering across the road, twits.
Cyclists on pavements - Or more so those idiots who get in your way and then look at you like it's your fault and you're scum. Yea douchebags you shouldn't even be on the pavement anyway so keep your dirty looks to yourself, muppets.
Council Tax - Now i have no problem paying for this if i actually get value for money and quite frankly you don't. We get our bins emptied once every fortnight, the roads are always filthy, the only police presence we have is one cop car zooming by the area at that crime hot spot of 5 in the morning every month or so and there's always broken things on the streets that are never fixed (unless it's a speed trap in which case that bad boy is fixed the very next day)
Mothers with prams - Anyone else been in town and viciously had their toes run over and their shins rammed by these idiot mothers using their babies as weapons and a ticket for right of way? You virtually have to dive out the way of some of them as they don't even motion to move out the way, they've got a pram, you haven't so they're going to win so you better get out the way or get your toes crunched.
People who wear New York Yankees baseball caps - For some reason this really does annoy me, fair enough if they follow the sport then wear it all you like but i hate those people who wear it and don't even follow the game (and probably call it stupid and rounders, gah) One of these days i'll stop someone wearing it and ask them to name the Yankees rotation or its bullpen or the starting 9, they probably won't even know what the heck i'm on about let alone be able to name the players in it. Pah
Licence Fee - Why the heck you have to pay to have a licence for a tv alone is stupid, do you need one for a DVD player? A games console? A stereo? Nope, so why the heck do you need one for a TV. Oh yes that's right, to pay for a useless, out of date pathetic piece of *bleep* organisation called the BBC. I don't watch it, i haven't watched it for about 5 years so why on earth i should have to pay to subsidise it is beyond me. To make it even worse, they have plenty of adverts and product placement and make plenty of money off other ventures anyway. Either scrap the fee or give people the option of paying it and if they don't then they don't get the BBC channels, my god what a loss that would be.
Well that's me done for now, i'm sure plenty more will come to me, get going with your lists :-D
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Although i do smirk at the irony watching my DVD's i bought in China that has all that stuff on :-D
I know the feeling - put on a DVD, go and make a drink and by the time you get back it's ready to go!
DVDs that don't let you skip to the menu straight away because of adverts and warnings and "no downloading" ads >:(
Skipping DVDs ... gah, hate that.
People who say 'excuse me' when they sneeze
People who yawn and do not put their hand over their mouths
The fact that if you want to go back to 4 of these forums by pressing the link at the end of a post you've read you discover that the link reads e.g. General Chat Forum Forum :)
People who yawn and do not put their hand over their mouths
The fact that if you want to go back to 4 of these forums by pressing the link at the end of a post you've read you discover that the link reads e.g. General Chat Forum Forum :)
People who flick cigarette buts out of their car windows. You smoked it, mate, you keep it.
tnc wrote:
> People who chew gum anywhere near me
>
> There's just something about the warm scent of gum in someone
> else's mouth that literally sickens me, I can't stand the smell
> or the warm breath as it goes across my nose.
This is one of my pet peeves but only when they can't chew with their mouths closed. That also goes for people who eat with their mouths open and old people who have any food crumbs on their face just makes me want to chuck.
One of mine is people who put flowers by the side of the road when someone has been killed there. It's not so much the fact that they put them there but the fact that they leave them there when they are dead.
> People who chew gum anywhere near me
>
> There's just something about the warm scent of gum in someone
> else's mouth that literally sickens me, I can't stand the smell
> or the warm breath as it goes across my nose.
This is one of my pet peeves but only when they can't chew with their mouths closed. That also goes for people who eat with their mouths open and old people who have any food crumbs on their face just makes me want to chuck.
One of mine is people who put flowers by the side of the road when someone has been killed there. It's not so much the fact that they put them there but the fact that they leave them there when they are dead.
People who go to golf events and shout "Get in the hole" after every shot.
Loud eaters
Oh yeah. Chavs for me too
Oh yeah. Chavs for me too
Several times today I had people standing and talking right in the middle of the pathway. It's so annoying as if they own the whole path. Even after saying "excuse me" this one guy didn't move so I had to squeeze past him. This lady apologised for him. I dont mind people stopping and chatting, infact I encourage it. It's just please dont stand right in the middle of the pathway forcing people to step into the road just to get around you.
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