Get it off your chest ...

[OldBloke]

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.

[Blunt]

Have I accidentally wandered into the Daily Mail letters page? :blink:

[Penfold]

No, there was nothing about Immigration.

[Snokio]

No, there was nothing about Immigration.

Wait, there is still time...

We should have a 'rant' section on the forum

[Doorman]

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:

[OldBloke]

... We should have a 'rant' section on the forum

I declare this section open

[OldBloke]

Passport Control

On 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' )

[BrotherTobious]

I declare this section open

And just like Pandora's box all he'll is going climb out. Eyes down for a full rant..

[Blunt]

[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

[Sparko]

[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!!!

[Chaosphere]

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.

[Blunt]

: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!

[Blunt]

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?"

[BrotherTobious]

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:

Saw this thought of you OB

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[OldBloke]

Saw this thought of you OB

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It'd a close call but ... I'll let him off.:flirty: