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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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Geffdof wrote:
> People who are late for lectures
> Im more annoyed at the staff actually. The rulse say that you
> cant come in after the lecture has started and all the staff
> know that these lads are late and just mess about so shouldnt
> let them in at all, but only about 2 lecturers out of about 15
> ever stop them.
:D
When I was at Uni you had 5 minutes after the official starting time to get in while everyone settled down.
There was one lecturer who literally used to lock the door after 5 minutes to stop people coming in!
> People who are late for lectures
> Im more annoyed at the staff actually. The rulse say that you
> cant come in after the lecture has started and all the staff
> know that these lads are late and just mess about so shouldnt
> let them in at all, but only about 2 lecturers out of about 15
> ever stop them.
:D
When I was at Uni you had 5 minutes after the official starting time to get in while everyone settled down.
There was one lecturer who literally used to lock the door after 5 minutes to stop people coming in!
And I'm here because I have nothing better to do... Oh well onceI get my wii you'll never seen me again. :p
Because i'm downloading stuff so not on xbox live :-D
Sigh, why are we always the only people on these forums...
I dunno, those ones who are usually in town centres shouting their messages are often quite funny
Die hard christians
Stop trying to force your lame religion on me. I believe in God but I don't want to be one of you? Leave me alone :/ Oh yeah and stop trying to censor games! Stop shouting in the street. God you're annoying.
Stop trying to force your lame religion on me. I believe in God but I don't want to be one of you? Leave me alone :/ Oh yeah and stop trying to censor games! Stop shouting in the street. God you're annoying.
Chavs
Walk around like they own the place, look at you like your.. something bad, with their iPods hanging round their necks, and their hoody-cap-hoody thing they've got going on.. all of it annoys me... grrr...
Walk around like they own the place, look at you like your.. something bad, with their iPods hanging round their necks, and their hoody-cap-hoody thing they've got going on.. all of it annoys me... grrr...
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.
Dog turds
You know what I mean, the freshly steaming piles of dog poo that lurk on pavements, the grass by pavements and anywhere that isn't raised by about three foot of the ground. It's impossible to avoid, if you miss one pile another will stick to you, it's the law of nature.
People who swat wasps into you
Wasps always seem to sting me, and I've been stung around about eight times now, so the last thing I want is someone making the wasp angry while flicking it in the general direction of my face.
Cobwebs on your face
I don't like the way cobwebs fall across your face and stick all the dead insects and dirt they've collected to your face, and neither do I like how hard it is to get the completely off.
Fat, sweaty men
Just everything about them sickens me. Not only that but they always decide to waltz into McDonalds or something similar when I was thinking about eating, or sit next to me on a bus when there's an almost empty floor and how they universally reek of B.O. Gah.
People who talk loudly into mobiles
Let's face it, it's not necessary. Not everyone wants to know what you're saying and phones work perfectly well just speaking to them in a normal voice. It always seems to be in a public place, about something completely trivial, or simply an attempt to look suave. The conversation usually goes something like... "HELLO DAVE. IT'S ME BOB. PUT A GRAND ON 'CHESHIRE'S HEDGE' TO GO IN THE DERBY. THAT'S RIGHT, ONE THOUSAAAAAND BIG ONES. CHAMPION, LOVE".
People who smirk
Anyone who smirks instantly gets my disapproval, there's nothing worse than a smug little smile on the face of the person who thinks they know it all. Especially since it usually means they're 'ripping it out' of someone.
'Ard men pavement strollers
You know the guys I mean. The ones that deliberately stand like they've just a laid one into their pants. The ones who walk directly down the middle of the pavement and go out of their way to walk into you with a little shove, before leering at you with a simian grin.
/Rant
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.
Dog turds
You know what I mean, the freshly steaming piles of dog poo that lurk on pavements, the grass by pavements and anywhere that isn't raised by about three foot of the ground. It's impossible to avoid, if you miss one pile another will stick to you, it's the law of nature.
People who swat wasps into you
Wasps always seem to sting me, and I've been stung around about eight times now, so the last thing I want is someone making the wasp angry while flicking it in the general direction of my face.
Cobwebs on your face
I don't like the way cobwebs fall across your face and stick all the dead insects and dirt they've collected to your face, and neither do I like how hard it is to get the completely off.
Fat, sweaty men
Just everything about them sickens me. Not only that but they always decide to waltz into McDonalds or something similar when I was thinking about eating, or sit next to me on a bus when there's an almost empty floor and how they universally reek of B.O. Gah.
People who talk loudly into mobiles
Let's face it, it's not necessary. Not everyone wants to know what you're saying and phones work perfectly well just speaking to them in a normal voice. It always seems to be in a public place, about something completely trivial, or simply an attempt to look suave. The conversation usually goes something like... "HELLO DAVE. IT'S ME BOB. PUT A GRAND ON 'CHESHIRE'S HEDGE' TO GO IN THE DERBY. THAT'S RIGHT, ONE THOUSAAAAAND BIG ONES. CHAMPION, LOVE".
People who smirk
Anyone who smirks instantly gets my disapproval, there's nothing worse than a smug little smile on the face of the person who thinks they know it all. Especially since it usually means they're 'ripping it out' of someone.
'Ard men pavement strollers
You know the guys I mean. The ones that deliberately stand like they've just a laid one into their pants. The ones who walk directly down the middle of the pavement and go out of their way to walk into you with a little shove, before leering at you with a simian grin.
/Rant
People who are late for lectures
I started back at uni yesterday for my final year. There are these two lads who everybody has hated for the last two years. They turn up late for every lecture (Thats if they manage to come) and are always trying to copy other peoples work and they always talk really loudly through the lectures when they do come. You dont have to actually attend lectures and all they do when they are there is disturb people who are trying to listen. Even if they turned up and kept quite it would be ok.
Im more annoyed at the staff actually. The rulse say that you cant come in after the lecture has started and all the staff know that these lads are late and just mess about so shouldnt let them in at all, but only about 2 lecturers out of about 15 ever stop them.
I started back at uni yesterday for my final year. There are these two lads who everybody has hated for the last two years. They turn up late for every lecture (Thats if they manage to come) and are always trying to copy other peoples work and they always talk really loudly through the lectures when they do come. You dont have to actually attend lectures and all they do when they are there is disturb people who are trying to listen. Even if they turned up and kept quite it would be ok.
Im more annoyed at the staff actually. The rulse say that you cant come in after the lecture has started and all the staff know that these lads are late and just mess about so shouldnt let them in at all, but only about 2 lecturers out of about 15 ever stop them.
Hehe unlucky, the only thing you need to worry about on New York subways is getting mugged :-D
That is another pet peeve though, people who don't cover their mouths or nose when coughing/sneezing
That is another pet peeve though, people who don't cover their mouths or nose when coughing/sneezing
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