Topic: The small things in life that really hannoy

[Statto Red]

On laptop/desktop no problem. I have U block installed.
I faced this problem multiple times, when I was driving to work and connected my phone on the bluetooth audio.

Mobile phones can be a problem, but depending on what type of mobile you have you can install adblock programs.

[paulrazor]

OK another public bathroom rant from me!

Today I needed to use a stall, so I walked into one and there in the bottom of the toilet bowl are 5 or 6 plastic-coated clothing tags. Someone had bought new clothes just prior to my arrival, cut off the tags and tossed them in the toilet bowl instead of the trash can. A few of them were long in shape, the others were rather large square ones. All jammed together and unable to flush. And because of the plastic on them, it was going to take approx 37 years for them to get soft enough to flush. F'ing moron.    So I just walked out & went elsewhere. Some poor worker was going to have to reach in there and grab them. 

i have had that in work, people used to put paper towels down the bowl and it block it. there were loads of signs up asking not to do this

all you had to do when you got the paper towel from the dispenser was drop it in the bin placed underneath the dispenser yet these eejits would go to the trouble of going back in to the box toilet and throwing it in the bowl.

nearly every day the bowl was full up of paper, one day there was even an empty packet of uncle bens microwave rice on top. (i'm sure someone will come up with a brilliant response to this and fire away ) but why on earth would someone throw that down a toilet?

imagine microwaving that and walking past several bins to go into the mens and throw it down the jacks?

[redbyrdz]

i have had that in work, people used to put paper towels down the bowl and it block it. there were loads of signs up asking not to do this

all you had to do when you got the paper towel from the dispenser was drop it in the bin placed underneath the dispenser yet these eejits would go to the trouble of going back in to the box toilet and throwing it in the bowl.

nearly every day the bowl was full up of paper, one day there was even an empty packet of uncle bens microwave rice on top. (i'm sure someone will come up with a brilliant response to this and fire away ) but why on earth would someone throw that down a toilet?

imagine microwaving that and walking past several bins to go into the mens and throw it down the jacks?

I was always wondering about that, but then I was told people would fill the bowl with paper prior to doing their business to avoid the splash and the sound of them taking a dump. And then add more paper, and leave the toilet blocked.

[Agent99]

When a man is talking to a woman and calls them bruv, dude or bro.

[So… Howard Philips]

When a man is talking to a woman and calls them bruv, dude or bro.

Or mate.

[sms1986]

Or mate.

Isn't mate gender-neutral? I know plenty of people who use that for both men and women.

[CraigDS]

Crumpet packets. Seriously why are they made so they are so difficult to get into?

[Barneylfc∗]

Or mate.

Quite a lot of my mates are women

[The Gulleysucker]

Crumpet packets. Seriously why are they made so they are so difficult to get into?

Add to that the little packets of three that Jacobs Crackers come in these days.

Now I appreciate the improvement over the old days when having opened the cracker box, the ones you didn't use would inevitably go stale after a few days and at least these little packets of three they seem to come in now prevents that, but, it seems impossible to open them now without breaking at least one cracker in the process.

The only way I've found to get them out without breakage is to turn the packet of three on their edge and use a sharp knife to then slit the cellophane wrapper open in order to retrieve the contents intact.

I say cellophane, though I suspect it's related to the sort of stuff also used in bulletproof vests or even Chobham type armour for tanks.

[paulrazor]

I was always wondering about that, but then I was told people would fill the bowl with paper prior to doing their business to avoid the splash and the sound of them taking a dump. And then add more paper, and leave the toilet blocked.

can see the logic there but not stuffing thick paper hand towels down the bog and blocking it

what i left out was perhaps worst of all, there was a disabled toilet there too, we had a bloke on the floor who was in a wheelchair and he couldnt use it much given it was blocked nearly every day. If a child carried on like that youd be disgusted

[So… Howard Philips]

Isn't mate gender-neutral? I know plenty of people who use that for both men and women.

Is it?

You learn something new every day. Mind you depends on the context - friend or sexual partner, as in the mating habits of the greater crested newt.

[CraigDS]

My gf uses mate all the time for her friends of both genders, think it's her Manc roots. It gets on my nerves when she calls me it though.

[The Gulleysucker]

Perhaps I missed them or possibly blanked them out, but I don't remember any Playboy Playmates ever being male...

[BER]

Ads nowadays using beloved pop culture icons to sell shite.

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[Jake]

Ticket touts.

Hope they all die soon

[So… Howard Philips]

Ticket touts.

Hope they all die soon

I thought they were all loveable rogues, the spiritual grandsons of wartime spivs?

Mind you they were piss taking twats as well.

[Alf]

When someone simply offers reasonable customer service but makes the point of telling you that they 'wouldn't normally do this' or similar. Especially when it costs them absolutely nothing in any way. You're just doing your job for fuck sake.

This, I can remember Vodafone doing similar when I told them I was going to 02.

[I've been a good boy]

Nonce at work just put a sticker on his car brake lights that says "BOOBS". He's a grown man doing shit like this. I really do despair.

[So… Howard Philips]

Nonce at work just put a sticker on his car brake lights that says "BOOBS". He's a grown man doing shit like this. I really do despair.

Has he done it or someone else for a "laugh"?

[I've been a good boy]

Has he done it or someone else for a "laugh"?

Done it himself, on his brand new car. Probably thinks it's "top bantz"

[Elmo!]

Nonce at work just put a sticker on his car brake lights that says "BOOBS". He's a grown man doing shit like this. I really do despair.

What a tit.

[SlowRap]

The woman in work using the word "gay" as an insult, she's in her late 30s and has a kid. I know if I call her out I'll be put on her gossip/hate list and it's a small office so the office politics are extreme, she's been here forever so has more influence than me and can drive me out, just got to bide my time

[BlackandWhitePaul]

The woman in work using the word "gay" as an insult, she's in her late 30s and has a kid. I know if I call her out I'll be put on her gossip/hate list and it's a small office so the office politics are extreme, she's been here forever so has more influence than me and can drive me out, just got to bide my time

I'd sooner get sacked than keep my mouth shut.

Fucking speak up man.

[Peabee]

The woman in work using the word "gay" as an insult, she's in her late 30s and has a kid. I know if I call her out I'll be put on her gossip/hate list and it's a small office so the office politics are extreme, she's been here forever so has more influence than me and can drive me out, just got to bide my time

You can’t get sacked for calling out homophobia. But she could get sacked for being homophobic.

[Statto Red]

Traffic lights, the 10A bus i was on yesterday took 3 full cycles to pass the lights at Old Swan heading to the City Centre, & this was around 11.30am, worse now that traffic is back to normal after the summer holidays.

[So… Howard Philips]

Traffic lights, the 10A bus i was on yesterday took 3 full cycles to pass the lights at Old Swan heading to the City Centre, & this was around 11.30am, worse now that traffic is back to normal after the summer holidays.

Getting the 86 from John Lewis through to Lime Street is just as bad, particularly getting past Central Sttiin and Blacklers.

Sounds like a sketch in an episode of Early Doors.

[Statto Red]

Getting the 86 from John Lewis through to Lime Street is just as bad, particularly getting past Central Sttiin and Blacklers.

Sounds like a sketch in an episode of Early Doors.

Agree with that, feels like every major set of lights are a pain to get through, it took at least 10 minutes getting from Queens Drive to Green Lane, can take longer than that as well, was great last week when the bus sailed through Old Swan with traffic being not as busy.
 

[I've been a good boy]

Horror movies that rely completely on jump-scares to frighten you. So cheap and unnecessary. One of my favourite horror movies is Blair Witch Project; a movie that has 0 jump-scare scenes and it actually creepy to watch.

Also hate all these Marvel and DC movies that seem to be the norm nowadays. Not a fan of these shit effects and computer-generated characters. Give me a proper movie like Shawshank Redemption any day.

[Medellin]

People who board a bus or train before others get off,especially when its chokka.

[Barneylfc∗]

Just noticed that the thick c*nt working behind the counter in Eason yesterday charged me for a bag. Told him 3 times I didn't want one and it was only when I put my hand on the things I was buying did he take notice of it. Took the stuff out that he'd already put in and put the bag away but didn't take the 5p off. Wanker.

[soxfan]

Going to an outdoor Porsche festival to drool at the cars today, and knowing I can't afford 95% of them.

[I've been a good boy]

Taking flu tablets at 9pm, forgetting about the caffeine content, which means I now can't get any sleep. Glad there's UFC and boxing on tonight otherwise I'd be fucked

[Medellin]

That new fone ballache again 

Woke up this morning...all my contacts had disappeared.

All because i signed out of the google account on youtube to sign in with my email account i have had for years.
Took me far too long to re sign in, sync and sort out and keep my youtube account.
..gone are the simple days of save to sim. 

[So… Howard Philips]

Taking flu tablets at 9pm, forgetting about the caffeine content, which means I now can't get any sleep. Glad there's UFC and boxing on tonight otherwise I'd be fucked

I took some non drowsy flu tablets a few years ago and had a really bad reaction. Felt like I was tripping and reminded me why I gave up acid as a bad job.

Lasted about an hour but luckily I was going to a party so a touch of insomnia wasn't too much of a problem.

[soxfan]

When someone corrals you into helping out on a very nice charity event...and then gives you a difficult task that involves about 6 solid hours of preparatory paperwork, which you do (ok fine, no problem)...but then she forgets to tell you that she needs another several hours of work done on it, on a SUNDAY because she needs it Sunday night. And she texts you this at 10am on SUNDAY!!!

[BlackandWhitePaul]

At 10 am on a Sunday I thought you would be in Church praising the Lord   

[So… Howard Philips]

At 10 am on a Sunday I thought you would be in Church praising the Lord   

.....And pass the rifles!

[Nobby Reserve]

1) Favouritism and internal politics in kids' sports clubs.

2) Seeing your own kid in tears because they've been shit-on by the coaches

3) Knowing that there's cock-all you can do to change this, especially as your kid's mates are all at the club and she doesn't want to leave or go to another club


(and this is in cheerleading, FFS!!!)

[soxfan]

At 10 am on a Sunday I thought you would be in Church praising the Lord   

"Dear Jesus, please reach down with thy ever-powerful hand and give Black & White Paul a good slap. Amen."

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

Having to say an hour late at work.