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Sprinter79

Sprinter79

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After seeing this topic work well on other forums, I thought that I'd start one up on here (if of course there isn't already one), and see how it goes.

All you have to do is put down something, non stockmarkety, that really gets up your nose, boils your beetroot, puts you in tizzy etc. Feel free to rant and rave!

I'll start it off by saying:

PP: Stupid flying bugs that just refuse to die when given copious amounts of bug spray!
 
Reminds me of a radio segment years ago.."You know what I hate..."

Hate when people in lines at shops, bus whatever wait until told total of their purchase is BEFORE digging around in purse/backpack/pocket etc for money. Even if they do not know the total it is a pre-determined fact that some money will be required~!
 
As above from Spaghetti, and also people who use Express check-outs with about 50 items in their trolley instead of 15. Apparently the check-out staff are not allowed to turn them away to an ordinary check-out.

Neighbours who refuse to do anything about cutting back a massive gum tree which sheds thousands of leaves into everyone else's property.

Climate change fanatics.
 
People who brake before indicating.

People who come to a complete stop at a roundabout when there is no car in sight coming from the right.
 
Julia said:
As above from Spaghetti, and also people who use Express check-outs with about 50 items in their trolley instead of 15. Apparently the check-out staff are not allowed to turn them away to an ordinary check-out.

Neighbours who refuse to do anything about cutting back a massive gum tree which sheds thousands of leaves into everyone else's property.

Climate change fanatics.
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How about the person who forgets something at the checkout, goes off to get it and walks back!!
 
When it comes to forum posts:

  • People who don't proofread their posts before submitting them.
  • People who don't separate huge lumps of text into paragraphs.
  • People who don't capitalise the first letter of every sentence.
  • People who don't know how to punctuate.

Ahhh... that feels better. :)
 
OK sort of stockmarkety

Just at that the critical moment to buy or sell Comsec ask you sign in again. So you do then it asks again? So you do then little green progress bars go on strike so you hit refresh, then whole damn thing freezes so you hit refresh again only to get website not available or some such message. So then you finally get back in only to find this little information highway roundabout has probably cost you a lot of money, but rarely saved you any.:banghead:
 
- When watching a movie on Ch10, and it's in the last 5 minuets as a foreign character says something important with sub-titles, and Ch10 decide to scroll an advertisement across covering the sub-titles... now that just disgusts me!
 
sam76 said:
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People who come to a complete stop at a roundabout when there is no car in sight coming from the right.
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Yes, yes, yes! This drives me nuts too. And then they just sit there, and sit there and...... then look in the rear view mirror with a most aggrieved expression when they finally get a horn toot. Really! How hard is it to figure out that you have the right of way.
 
Hey Sprinter, great thread.

Another one: owners of little, fluffy, yappy dogs who think it's ever so cute that little Rastus rushes up and snaps noisily at the heels of big dogs.
They laugh with pride and say stuff like "Look at Rastus - he thinks he's a Rottweiler - go, Rastus - get the big doggie"!

This is just bloody stupid and really tries the temperament of the best trained large dog. Once when one of these dumb owners just kept it up despite my asking him to call his dog back, whilst my Shepherd had been walking beside me ignoring the fluffy thing, I got fed up and gave her the OK to be free.
I doubt that owner ever let the fluff do it again!
 
sam76 said:
People who brake before indicating.
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How do you break before indicating.In the early days of hand signals that was done but if you don't see my braking lights then I hope you are well insured.
My pet hate is the driver who holds up traffic on the highway at 85 kmh until the overtaking line gets close then speeds up to 110 kmh only to drop back to 85 at the end of the second lane.
 
Julia said:
Hey Sprinter, great thread.

Another one: owners of little, fluffy, yappy dogs who think it's ever so cute that little Rastus rushes up and snaps noisily at the heels of big dogs.
They laugh with pride and say stuff like "Look at Rastus - he thinks he's a Rottweiler - go, Rastus - get the big doggie"!

This is just bloody stupid and really tries the temperament of the best trained large dog. Once when one of these dumb owners just kept it up despite my asking him to call his dog back, whilst my Shepherd had been walking beside me ignoring the fluffy thing, I got fed up and gave her the OK to be free.
I doubt that owner ever let the fluff do it again!
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I hate that too. Yes it is so much fun to have my shoulder pulled out of its socket while some yappy thing is snapping at my dog.
 
nioka said:
How do you break before indicating.In the early days of hand signals that was done but if you don't see my braking lights then I hope you are well insured.
My pet hate is the driver who holds up traffic on the highway at 85 kmh until the overtaking line gets close then speeds up to 110 kmh only to drop back to 85 at the end of the second lane.
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People who slow right down to a crawl then idicate as they are turning.

The driver behind doesn't know what their intention is until the last second.
 
Spaghetti said:
Hate when people in lines at shops, bus whatever wait until told total of their purchase is BEFORE digging around in purse/backpack/pocket etc for money. Even if they do not know the total it is a pre-determined fact that some money will be required~!
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Another shopping one. What about when you are in a long queue for a checkout and just as you are finally getting near the checkout they open another one right next door and all the people at the back of the line who haven't waited half as long as you have, rush it and get to it first and are out the other side before you have even been able to place your stuff on the conveyor belt. GEEEEEZ I hate that.
 
some work related venting....

people who ask stupid questions like "how much is a sign?" and then will not tell you what they want. :screwy: :banghead: errr.... How long is a peice of string FFS!

people who come into the shop and answer 17 phone calls while we are serving them and while other customers are waiting.:shoot:

anybody that orders a sticker with the word "pimp" or "gangster" in it :silly::dunno:
 
Julia said:
Yes, yes, yes! This drives me nuts too. And then they just sit there, and sit there and...... then look in the rear view mirror with a most aggrieved expression when they finally get a horn toot. Really! How hard is it to figure out that you have the right of way.
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Yes this is a mindnumbing one.

Also to add to these roundabout frustrations - when there's two lanes going around the roundabout and the person in the left lane just stops there while all the cars are going around on the inside right lane......ummm there's two lanes there buddy you don't give way to cars in other lanes, that's the turning lane, you are not in it, you have your own lane...OMG
 
another one that gives me the shivers:

people that use there/their, your/you're all wrong. :banghead::banghead:

I'm an immigrant and had to learn English but the people that are born in english speaking countries still can't get it right. This is at plague proportions at the moment.
 
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