unimportant things that annoy you
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People who drive down a left turn or right turn only lane at a junction just to go straight ahead at the lights to get ahead of everyone by 30 yards. This is Britain, we queue!
People who do not use the bus lanes when they are legally able to do so
People who drive basic model cars that are clearly fitted with no indicators
Poor loading of a dishwasher EG: a bowl put on top of a smaller bowl in such a way that the water is clearly not going to meet the larger bowl
EDIT: I forgot the worst offender of all. People who say "Legos" instead of Lego. I bought some Lego, I played with my Lego, I dropped 3 Lego bricks. NOT LEGOS!
People who do not use the bus lanes when they are legally able to do so
People who drive basic model cars that are clearly fitted with no indicators
Poor loading of a dishwasher EG: a bowl put on top of a smaller bowl in such a way that the water is clearly not going to meet the larger bowl
EDIT: I forgot the worst offender of all. People who say "Legos" instead of Lego. I bought some Lego, I played with my Lego, I dropped 3 Lego bricks. NOT LEGOS!
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People that say your sad for sitting at a computer for a couple of hours chillin on a forum
or playing BF3, does my head in.
The same people who sit for hours in front of the TV, watching crap.
South Park?
If so that clip is hilarious.
One thing that really gets me are people who won't drop an argument even after the person has apologised. Stop trying to wind them up, they have already apologised!
Lamers who spend so much time in meeting rooms with other lamers that they all develop their own nerdy pseudo technical language that no one but them understands and then impose this newspeak on everyone else:
"please digi-deliver technical asset to territories cloud address while maintaining content embargo"
oh you mean save some document file with no permissions to edit, then upload it to US office ftp account? Why don't you just say so?
"please digi-deliver technical asset to territories cloud address while maintaining content embargo"
oh you mean save some document file with no permissions to edit, then upload it to US office ftp account? Why don't you just say so?
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Small talk with someone you barely know "how are you?, how is work" then blank.
Slow walkers.
People who listen to their music out loud from their phones on public transport.
I'm gay but I hate over the top TV gay's, just no need.
People who spend like half an hour talking in the middle of a supermarket while everyone has to squeeze past them.
Slow walkers.
People who listen to their music out loud from their phones on public transport.
I'm gay but I hate over the top TV gay's, just no need.
People who spend like half an hour talking in the middle of a supermarket while everyone has to squeeze past them.
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The continual dumbing down of language being broadcast. My particular current annoyance is the use of 'bad guys' in the media but not exclusive to them.
It can be used to mean criminals, possible potential criminals, political opponemts, anybody who has a different opinion to the user amongst others. Context, obviously, allows you to get the meaning but it is just laziness on the part of the speaker. Soon they will be talking at the level of the primary school pupil.
It can be used to mean criminals, possible potential criminals, political opponemts, anybody who has a different opinion to the user amongst others. Context, obviously, allows you to get the meaning but it is just laziness on the part of the speaker. Soon they will be talking at the level of the primary school pupil.
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People using the phrase "in this day and age". What does that even mean?
People always saying "vast majority", they never say "majority", it's like a permanent pairing of words.
Papers using quotes for everything, making it appear sarcastic eg MAN 'STABBED BY YOUTH'. So was he stabbed or not, since the story will usually confirm that yes, he was stabbed, and they have the guy that stabbed him?
Newspapers calling mistakes "gaffs".
Newspapers using "Fury" for any time where people are slightly annoyed by something.
Newspapers using "Misery" for anything where people are having an unpleasant time.
Newspapers .
I do my best not to uses such phrases, unfortunately, that one seems to be a popular one where I live and I didn't think before I typed
Bespoke seems to be the latest 'must use' word which is getting really annoying
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I do my best not to uses such phrases, unfortunately, that one seems to be a popular one where I live and I didn't think before I typed
Bespoke seems to be the latest 'must use' word which is getting really annoying
Not having a go at you, just that bloody phrase people fall to so often!
Also, "By and large" is another nonsensical one. "At the end of the day" is another terrible phrase Jamie Oliver seems to use all the time. A guy at work from Essex always says "To be honest" or "To tell you the truth", it's become a running joke here, since he is guaranteed to use it on every phone call at least once. Also "do you know what I mean?" is epidemic, in London at least. Some people I work with throw it on to the end of multiple sentences in a row.
You've just reminded me of a guy at work who says 'so to speak' at the end of half his sentences, even if what he just said was completely literal and within context with absolutely no ambiguity.
'I'd been up and about all day so it was just nice to finally have a sit down, so to speak'.
You talk like a ****, so to speak.
'I'd been up and about all day so it was just nice to finally have a sit down, so to speak'.
You talk like a ****, so to speak.
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Oh I hate those, where you just know the person is going to say it, and you are tensely waiting for them to hit that little anger-generator in your head
That reminds me of my old boss. About a year ago he suddenly started adding "like you say" to every conversation, even when I haven't said anything yet. For example, he would say "I was going to paint the bathroom, but like you say, I need to buy some more paint first.". It was really strange at first, I kept thinking "I didn't say that.", but I am used to it now since he says it all the time. Must be another Essex thing.
People that say your sad for sitting at a computer for a couple of hours chillin on a forum
or playing BF3, does my head in.
This winds me up, too!
My GF thinks it's sad that I read these boards and even sadder when I ask advice(car, technology related etc) because you lot are 'randoms' and can't be trusted!
I get more information and generally learn far more in a day on here than I would anywhere else. Certainly far more than she learns from endlessly being nosey on her Facebook 'wall feed'.
The overuse of 'literally':
"I literally walked down the street as the bus literally turned the corner and I literally only had enough change..."
And "turn around and said":
"And I turned around and said to him... and he turned around and said to me... and I turned around and said...."
All that turning would make them dizzy surely?!
"I literally walked down the street as the bus literally turned the corner and I literally only had enough change..."
And "turn around and said":
"And I turned around and said to him... and he turned around and said to me... and I turned around and said...."
All that turning would make them dizzy surely?!