In terms of the real issues of the day the things below pale into insignificance but we all have a few things that tend to wind us up out of all proportion (and, yes, it's probably an age thing). Here's a few of mine ...
Supermarket trolley laziness
So you've emptied your trolley's contents into your car and rather than walk it the short distance to the trolley park ... you leave it in an adjacent parking bay. Lazy, inconsiderate ****. I watched someone do this recently while I was having a coffee in the supermarket's café. As they pulled away their abandoned trolley starting rolling across the car park until it collided with a parked car. Sigh :sideways:
Disabled parking bays
I understand that car parks must have a quota of these and rightly so but whatever calculation is used to determine the number required is way off. The number of disabled parking bays in Addenbrookes hospital for example is ridiculous. The multi-storey car park can be full but the number of disabled bays in use is tiny compared to the number available. This goes for all large car parks in my experience.
Old fashioned plates work great
I am fed up of restaurants that think it's cool to serve a meal to me on a wooden block, a piece of old slate or a tile. If it's finger food then I'll let them off but if I have to use cutlery then I want to have a proper plate. A gastropub near me was serving a dish consisting of a trio of different small steaks with sides. As usual I ordered my steaks cooked rare. It turned up on a flat wooden platter. As I cut my steaks the blood started flowing off of the platter and on to the table which, by the time I'd finished my meal, looked a right old mess. Took a fair bit of cleaning up by the staff but serves them right.
Unintelligible dialogue
Why is there so much mumbling going on in both film and TV? How am I supposed to follow a highly tuned plot if I can't catch what the actors are saying? The Yanks are easily the worst offenders here. They're making some great series of late (Sky Atlantic is probably my current favourite channel) some of which are of the intense character driven variety where following the dialogue is an absolute must. But I increasingly find myself having to rewind and play a section of dialogue again only for me and the missus to look at each other and declare defeat. Sort it out.
Have I accidentally wandered into the Daily Mail letters page? :blink:
No, there was nothing about Immigration.
Quote from: Penfold;385873No, there was nothing about Immigration.
Wait, there is still time...
We should have a 'rant' section on the forum ;)
My kind of thread. :devil:
Designer car parks.
More room is given to trees, islands and great big thick poles sticking out of the ground by just 2ft, than to cars. Meanwhile traffic trails round the block trying to get in said car park!
iPhones (and varieties of)
I'm certain they are very handy for all sorts of stuff. But while you're walking along? One girl came towards me, head down thumb swiping and jabbing at her phone. I said "Look out! Dog poo!" She did a little soft shoe shuffle before realising I was taking the p***.
Shop staff as mates.
"Hello mate, y' awl right? An exchange in Asda's. Checkout fella: "Hello mate, y' awl right?" Ron: "Do you know me?" Checkout fella: "No". Ron: "Do I know you?" Checkout fella: "er, no." Ron: "Then I'm not your bloody mate then am I?"
That is teamed up along with "Have a lovely afternoon" or "Enjoy the rest of your day" My reaction to the first one was: "I'll try, but we're going to a funeral this afternoon" That shut her up.
I have LOADS more...:norty:
Quote from: Snokio;385876... We should have a 'rant' section on the forum ;)
I declare this section open :D
Passport ControlOn a recent trip to America I noticed that there was a passport control for US Citizens and another for everyone else. The Yanks' queue was tiny and moved very quickly, t'other one (mine) was painfully slow. So on returning to blighty was there a 'Brits This Way' queue? Nope. Instead there were three queues ...
- EU Citizens with machine readable passports.
- EU Citizens without machine readable passports.
- Non EU Citizens.
I got in 1. which was the same length as 2. but turned out to move much more slowly :doh:
The shortest queue was 3. :frusty::rant:
(Almost 'immigration' :D )
Quote from: OldBloke;385878I declare this section open :D
And just like Pandora's box all he'll is going climb out. Eyes down for a full rant..
[RANT] When you go full-screen on You-tube, vimeo, iPlayer etc. There is a very annoying message RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN saying 'Press esc to exit full-screen'.
Why? After 20 years on the interwebs I know bloody well that pressing 'esc' gets you out of all sorts of bother.
And it's always RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN!
Why not a discrete message in the corner?
NO! WE NEED YOU TO SEE THIS RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN! NOW!
And you told me this the 1st time I went full screen, do you think we are goldfish? [/RANT]
And breathe
Quote from: Blunt;385886[RANT] When you go full-screen on You-tube, vimeo, iPlayer etc. There is a very annoying message RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN saying 'Press esc to exit full-screen'.
Why? After 20 years on the interwebs I know bloody well that pressing 'esc' gets you out of all sorts of bother.
And it's always RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN!
Why not a discrete message in the corner?
NO! WE NEED YOU TO SEE THIS RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN! NOW!
And you told me this the 1st time I went full screen, do you think we are goldfish? [/RANT]
And breathe
:roflmao: I was shouting at my screen only the other night saying exactly the same thing whilst watching a World Cup match on my laptop!
The damn thing was covering the area where the ball was for ages :ranting2: and then of course it buffers! So you move your mouse, minimise the screen, maximise it again and it the reminds you to press esc!!! Again!!!
People that can't decide how fast they want to go on the Motorway.
They're going 65 I'll overtake them. Oh look now they're going 80 I'll let them past. Oh wait no, they're now in front of me again and slowing down to 65, making me slow down, how nice of them.
They belong in the same circle of hell as middle lane hogs.
And if anyone is wondering, the circle is the one above the circle reserved for people that drive up to your bumber in the fast lane and start flashing their lights and waving gestures at you. Yes sure Mr Impatient let me just drive right through this car I am overtaking so I can free this lane for you, my mistake for using it I was not aware you had the entire thing reserved for you and your arrogance.
Quote from: Sparko;385887:roflmao: I was shouting at my screen only the other night saying exactly the same thing whilst watching a World Cup match on my laptop!
The damn thing was covering the area where the ball was for ages :ranting2: and then of course it buffers! So you move your mouse, minimise the screen, maximise it again and it the reminds you to press esc!!! Again!!!
Precisely.
I stream the footy while I'm doing other things, so have a few tabs open.
I listen to the commentary and switch to that tab when it sounds exiting.
Go full-screen and see the message blocking my view of the action is just so annoying.
Give me an option to stop it. A button that says 'Yes, I know how to use the interwebs' and then LEAVE ME ALONE!
Quote from: Chaosphere;385888 people that drive up to your bumber in the fast lane and start flashing their lights and waving gestures at you. Yes sure Mr Impatient let me just drive right through this car I am overtaking so I can free this lane for you, my mistake for using it I was not aware you had the entire thing reserved for you and your arrogance.
What do you mean "there's a dog tied to the tow-bar?"
Quote from: OldBloke;385870In terms of the real issues of the day the things below pale into insignificance but we all have a few things that tend to wind us up out of all proportion (and, yes, it's probably an age thing). Here's a few of mine ...
Supermarket trolley laziness
So you've emptied your trolley's contents into your car and rather than walk it the short distance to the trolley park ... you leave it in an adjacent parking bay. Lazy, inconsiderate ****. I watched someone do this recently while I was having a coffee in the supermarket's café. As they pulled away their abandoned trolley starting rolling across the car park until it collided with a parked car. Sigh :sideways:
Saw this thought of you OB
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Quote from: BrotherTobious;385921Saw this thought of you OB
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It'd a close call but ... I'll let him off.:flirty:
Looks like there's a perfect cumberland sausage about to make an appearance in that picture........ :getmecoat:
And my entry for the list:
Car Light Blindness
People who rely on their car's side lights which are generally weaker than a struck match applied to a duck fart. When you think it needs lights put the WHOLE light on not just the glittery nipple tassles you call sidelights. And for those who forget to put any lights on at all I have a specially-lubed marrow to show you how bright your eyes can burn given the appropriate stimulus........ :angry:
And don't even get me started on the blind muppets who drive along with foglights on when it's not foggy, or indicating to turn when the last junction was four miles back. :frusty:
Other people's driving
I'm in the first Lane of a 4...4 Lane motorway I have a 978cc motor I'm happily driving along my route at 60mph, what do others do? Get increasingly close to my rear bumper why? Who knows they then speed it past me thinking they are the stig then come across my front end very close and proceed to break the speed limit. Happy motoring? I think not.
Non existent Road works on motorways
Okay road works good, they make the road better and I get why reduced speed limits are in place to save lives understandable but why why close 3 lanes and put the speed limit to 50mph then 40mph but they implement this when there is literally no roadworks no cones etc etc so it took 40minutes to get 2 miles then people who cba to wait in the open Lane try to squeeze in 100yrds from the road closure well f*** you!.
SKY SPORTS F1 Coverage, got it on in the back ground waiting for the start and omg the "presenter" and i say that in the loosest terms main point is going in to each of the teams bases and discussing how great each Air Con is and the snacks, how many more years do I have to endure this mickey mouse shite before the bbc gets it back. Hell I would even have ITV over them!!!!
Quote from: BrotherTobious;386343SKY SPORTS F1 Coverage, got it on in the back ground waiting for the start and omg the "presenter" and i say that in the loosest terms main point is going in to each of the teams bases and discussing how great each Air Con is and the snacks, how many more years do I have to endure this mickey mouse shite before the bbc gets it back. Hell I would even have ITV over them!!!!
Brings me to my rant which is Sky sending me a letter to say they are increasing their charges by £5 a month!!! followed by a 'don't worry, you don't need to do anything as it is all automated' :ranting2: Sky never lost the art of ripping people off
My other rant is noisy neighbours at night, the social cretins that have no consideration to their neighbours and last night decided to sing at the top of their sh**y voices at 2:30am (I don't mind it on the odd occasion but not every bleeding weekend!!). Also whilst I'm at it, not everyone wants to hear your music during the whole freakin day, yes it's nice outside and some tunes will be good but turn the bleedin base down at the very least or here is an idea....turn down the music so you don't have to shout your conversations to each other :ranting2:...5 billion years of evolution and they have little to show for it!! I might go on BF4 and rage it out on there or something.
Wow £5 it was only £2 for me strange
Quote from: BrotherTobious;386345Wow £5 it was only £2 for me strange
£4 for me :g:
It said £4 on the front page, but the breakdown on the other page says £5 when added up :/
£ 3.00 here
Much as Sky F1 coverage has its faults, I'd stick with it. BBC can't give the airtime to F1 and so we'd miss P1, P2, P3, Parade and post race show, let alone the weekly shows giving more generalised updates. And let's be honest here, 'DC & the shirt' are some of the worst presenters I've ever seen. DC as a commentator is awful as he misses so much blatant action that is shown on screen as to be unbelievable. Take for example his interpretation of Hamilton's Q1 accident as 'driver error' - any half-blind granny saw the puff of smoke & brake disc go. Finally, Dolby 5.1, Sky delivers it, I don't think BBC do, so I'll keep Sky for all its crapness and stick with the greater coverage and slightly more intelligent commentary.
So I've been away with the missus for a few days to a lovely little place on the coast that came highly recommended. No phone signal and no wifi which was a horrible experience. But what was worse was the fact that there was a church opposite my bedroom window that chimed the hour i.e. 12 chimes for midnight with a single chime on the half-hour :sideways:
So after a day walking the coastal paths and an evening of fine dining with beer/wine/brandy I was ready to crash out about 23:30. So I'm just dropping off nicely when at midnight ...
DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING :taz:
So (hopefully) back to sleep before the next DING at 00:30.
By the end of the stay I was managing to get through to the four DINGs bit I'm knackered and looking forward to me own bed tonight.[1]
I spoke to the hotel manager and informed him that he should speak to the Parish council to either get the bloody things turned off (what bloody purpose do they serve) or at least have a 00:00 - 07:00 period of silence.
'I can't do that.' he said 'The Parish council are very big on tradition.'
'But it's affecting your business.' I said.
'Oh! How's that?' he said :doh:
'Well, because we won't be returning because of the bells and we certainly won't be recommending your establishment to any of our friends because of the sleepless nights.'
The penny dropping was audible ... but not a patch on the bells.
[1] Yes it would be absolutely hilarious for any of you who know where I live to turn up tonight to chime in the midnight hour. I swear I will shoot you.
I was going to chime in with a response but it seems the experience has taken a toll on your nerves and might result in a right old ding dong if I did.....
That sounds most unappealing Oldie.
I feel the need to chime in and ask where you stayed oldie?
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If you were coming anywhere near my neck of the woods you should have told me.
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Apparently asking your 11yr old if his new 24-yr old Spanish teacher is attractive is 'inappropriate' ..... sheesh!
I'm also not one to judge fashion but I'm thinking even I could have done better on the Columbian Cycling Teams' new togs...
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I don't know, it kind of works for me... ?
Have to agree with most of the motoring ones on here...
I think my biggest thing is people that leave dog crap on the pavement. Its bloody disgusting! Takes 5 secs to pick up, if you can't do it because of the smell or whatever you shouldn't have a dog.
We had a couple walk past mine everyday and for whatever reason their dog used to crap just outside my gate. I asked them several times politely and then a few more times not so.
It still carried on...
So for about 2 weeks I collected this crap and went to their house and emptied the bin in their porch and rang the bell.
Haven't seen them since.
Twat boy racers who have VXR's, Scooby's, Focus ST's who drive everywhere in 2nd gear and rev the hell out of it to make it backfire or for the dump valve to pffftttchhhhh.
You look like a dick pal.
Your actually damaging your car.
Also these are generally the knobs that will be on your bumper and 9/10 are crap drivers when you actually have corners to go round.
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When we bought our present house, it had prepayment meters for gas and elec. E-on changed the elec meter for a standard one but British gas refuse to replace the prepayment meter for a standard one stating something is up with my credit record. I signed up with Experian to check and it's fine, as it should be as I have never, ever borrowed money. So the problem is I have NO credit record, British gas won't accept a no credit record and they won't explain their reason why by hiding behind the data protection act.
Today I signed up with E-on for a dual fuel account and they are happy to change the meter after doing a credit check. I am now waiting for the next stage which will be British gas refusing to let me switch.
British Gas and E.On were joint 86th worst out of 100 for customer service in todays news (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/household-bills/11100390/Npower-worst-company-in-the-UK-for-customer-service.html) so I hope it's not out of the frying pan and into another frying pan :angry: