Pet hates, peeves, and bugbears!

[Paul mabbott]

I don't suppose anyone really wants to stop other people speaking (or writing) however they want. However the whole point of speaking/writing is to communicate something to another person. Therefore, if you're not making yourself understood, there's no point in saying anything? Surely?

Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger

Wot I dislike right is wen peeps tells me ow I should speak like wots it 2 them init up 2 me know wot I mean. I aint bovvered anyways

[crispy]

Originally Posted by peppermint

fake tan and sunbeds - it makes me laugh when i see orange people who definatly have gone a bit too far on this one.

LOL

[hannahpanda]

Oh im very grumpy I could write a massive list haha! but i'll stick with what annoyed me today!
In the supermarket children were annoying me (getting in the way) and people leaving their trollys in the middle of the isles! Its amazing how some people have no awareness of other people! The amounts of times people walk into me on my way to/from uni!! I wonder if im invisible sometimes


Demicav are you on the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel forum?

[aestarte]

Originally Posted by Zygiella

Yep - the same lot of underage teenage 'parents (?!)' chavscum that feed their brats Greggs pasties and sausage rolls then throw the bag onto the pavement, dump dirty nappies on street corners and leave cider bottles and fag ends where they drop them

Litter - be it dog dirt, Chavdonald packages, coke cans - its the trademark of so many of the younger generation - it drives me mad - if you say anything to them you get a load of abuse - - they really are a waste of air

I know there are decent kids out there somewhere - I feel sorry for them - but are these careless chavs the generation we are trying to protect the environment for - do they know? do they even care???

I have to say, although I have been crying reading the posts about the chavs, still giggling now, my eldest daughter(15) is watching a programme about climate change in dis-belief and my youngest (13) has just recycled all her paper and cardboard. I think although decent kids are becoming a minority and the undisiplined horrid kids are growing we still have a duty to help our planet for those who do care. today my eldest who has been struggling deciding what to do for a career when she leaves school has in fact decided to become a meteorologist so she can as an adult educate and keep an eye on what's happening. Yeah I love being a mum, sometimes. It's a shame the others spoil it for those who want to actually do something with thier lives.Fi. X X X X

[PMG]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

To quote Sussex Police. The speed limit is a maximum, not a target!

Says he who got done for speeding whilst chasing after a Pectoral Sandpiper.

Cheers,

Adam

I didn't know Pectoral Sandpipers could run in excess of 100mph

Pauline

Oh and PS the one (of many, many!) that pushes my buttons is Alan Hanson - he has the most boring voice and drones on and on - if he walked in front of my car I'd have a terrible job on to miss him. . .

[PeterJL]

Oh and some more I've just thought of:

people who tailgate me when I'm doing a steady 45 mph in the middle lane of the motorway - what on earth is the rush eh??

people who use those disabled spaces in supermarket car parks: most of them dash out of heir cars like olympic sprinters leaving us genuinely needy to park at the top of the car park - first come first served I say.

wardens of nature reserves: you'd think they owned the place. Stopping children picking flowers, spouting Latin and frightening everybody with climate change horror stories. They should be locked up.

immigrants: birds who come to our country without a permit and just scrounge off the state. Every year there's loads at Martin Mere - why don't they close it down and make them fly to Belgium or somewhere?

Crabby old adults who have a go at our Darren just because he wears his Man United top and sings football songs in the library. Were they never young themselves?

[Paul mabbott]

I've nothing against Man U (really ) but singing in a library where people are trying to read would go along with other noisy peeves - youngsters sharing their latest download with everyone on the 'bus, businessmen sharing all their instructions with everyone on the train, neighbours sharing their music with everyone in the street.

Why can't people keep their music/conversations to themselves? The one good thing about mobile 'phones that I can see is that you can turn off the noises and send silent e-mails ....

Originally Posted by PeterJL

Crabby old adults who have a go at our Darren just because he wears his Man United top and sings football songs in the library. Were they never young themselves?

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by PMG

I didn't know Pectoral Sandpipers could run in excess of 100mph

. .

perhaps it was a "petrol sandpiper"

[juliejam]

What I hate is mother's with pushchairs two abreast taking up the whole of the pavement chatting away to each other with no intention of moving to single file to allow others to pass by..sometimes even stopping to chat ..

Plus adults who walk along the pavements putting the children to walk on the outside next to the busy roads..seen this even with young toddles..they are just not thinking of their childrens safety..

Julie

[greenyonder]

Originally Posted by crispy

LOL

have you been.......... tangoed!!!!!!!!

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

Why can't people keep their music/conversations to themselves? The one good thing about mobile 'phones that I can see is that you can turn off the noises and send silent e-mails ....

Why do people with the loudest sound system in their car have to drive with their windows open?? THEY may want to hear their music at full volume but I don't!

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by glsammy

Why do people with the loudest sound system in their car have to drive with their windows open?? THEY may want to hear their music at full volume but I don't!

its to make the "chicks" look at them - cos we all know that girls are like really impressed by spoilers , body kit, low profile tyres and bass bins innit geezer

alternatively if they kept the window up how would you know how much money they'd spend on their system and give them respec for being so manly

or version 3 - they cant put the window up , cos they smashed it when the TWOCked the motor

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by eeyore

its to make the "chicks" look at them - cos we all know that girls are like really impressed by spoilers , body kit, low profile tyres and bass bins innit geezer

alternatively if they kept the window up how would you know how much money they'd spend on their system and give them respec for being so manly

or version 3 - they cant put the window up , cos they smashed it when the TWOCked the motor

If only they knew the real effect, i.e. who's that dumb headed deaf twit!

[Taryn]

I have lots, probably too many, I will try to keep it brief, but I may have to add to this thread later as I'm sure I have forgotten some.

I think what annoys me most is people not indicating. Bad enough for other drivers but when you are a pedestrian it can be very dangerous too. Why do most drivers think that they only need to indicate when there are other cars on the road? Are pedestrians invisible to them? Why is it then the pedestrian's fault when they nearly run you over?

Other things on my list are:

People throwing their rubbish everywhere, why can't they just take it home with them or wait until they find a bin. I doesn't involve too much effort does it?

How rude some people are. It doesn't cost anything to be polite, maybe only a few seconds of your time and it makes such a big difference.

Oh and people pretending to be posh

I agree with Doug about tomatoes in sandwiches, they go all mushy and the bread gets soggy...........yuk.

Smartie, I am with you about reality TV.............the ultimate worst for me so far is Big Brother.............who in their right mind wants to watch other people sleeping

I think that will do for now

[The Black Rabbit]

Originally Posted by Taryn

I think what annoys me most is people not indicating. Bad enough for other drivers but when you are a pedestrian it can be very dangerous too. Why do most drivers think that they only need to indicate when there are other cars on the road? Are pedestrians invisible to them? Why is it then the pedestrian's fault when they nearly run you over?

Absolutley Taryn.
Big problem this - and can be explained by the vast proportion of drivers (not me of course!) thinking they either are superior to people not in cars, or have the priority over them.

Doug

[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by Taryn

I think what annoys me most is people not indicating. Bad enough for other drivers but when you are a pedestrian it can be very dangerous too. Why do most drivers think that they only need to indicate when there are other cars on the road? Are pedestrians invisible to them? Why is it then the pedestrian's fault when they nearly run you over?

I totally agree. Another related one is drivers who don't turn their indicator off after turning. There is a notorious roundabout around here where there is a left turn into a road just a few yards after coming off a roundabout. Drivers regularly don't turn their indicators off after leaving the roundabout so it appears to show they're going to turn left but they carry straight on. Many a near miss here, although the locals have learnt not to believe the indicator and wait just in case.

[almostnormal]

Originally Posted by glsammy

If only they knew the real effect, i.e. who's that dumb headed deaf twit!

or alternatively "hmm...overdone body kit, insanely big bass bin, ridiculous smoked window....i wonder what they're compensating for?"

[almostnormal]

Originally Posted by agrumpycow

I totally agree. Another related one is drivers who don't turn their indicator off after turning. There is a notorious roundabout around here where there is a left turn into a road just a few yards after coming off a roundabout. Drivers regularly don't turn their indicators off after leaving the roundabout so it appears to show they're going to turn left but they carry straight on. Many a near miss here, although the locals have learnt not to believe the indicator and wait just in case.

i know exactly what you mean...the worst one however is people who indicate and then move in the opposite direction. sigh. like the muppet in front of me who indicated left as if he was leaving the motorway and then pulled in front of me,almost with tragic consequences. thankfully the outside lane was empty and i managed to avoid hitting him, but seriously - are indicators really that difficult to figure out?!?

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by almostnormal

i know exactly what you mean...the worst one however is people who indicate and then move in the opposite direction. sigh. like the muppet in front of me who indicated left as if he was leaving the motorway and then pulled in front of me,almost with tragic consequences. thankfully the outside lane was empty and i managed to avoid hitting him, but seriously - are indicators really that difficult to figure out?!?

probably his stereo was up so loud that it had caused brain damage and impaired his left right coordination

[Jez]

Cyclists peeve me off too! The ones who make there route as they go......you know the ones.....one minute on the road then leap on to the pavement and across the pelican crossing, weave in and out of pedestrians then roll there bike down some steps or something to that manner because they can't wait at the lights like every one else

Cyclists that don't use lights or don't do anything to be seen in the dark

Young cyclists who use the footpath instead of using the roads. I feel strongly about this because the big the number of cyclists on the roads makes drivers drive with more caution.

[crispy]

Originally Posted by greenyonder

have you been.......... tangoed!!!!!!!!

hehe