The What's Annoyed You Today Thread

[redvision95]

Another supermarket self checkout rant.

I purchase three items. A cheap bike cable kit (only for a BSO), Some cooked chicken and a bottle of bleach.
Because Asda clearly cant trust people to put in the correct amount of bags used at the self checkouts you have to ask for a carrier bag. So I ask for a bag.
"you dont need a bag you can carry that easily" WELL MAYBE JUST MAYBE I WANT A BAG!! TO MAKE CARRYING THEM EASIER!!!

I've decided that living in a large town isn't for me. Too many people. I dont think i like people.

 

[NorthernDave]

Yesterday:
Had a couple of too close passes when out yesterday (nothing unusual there) but what really hacks me off when a Herbert in a 65 plate Mini, with a rack with a Fuji road bike on the back does it. For goodness sake, you're a cyclist yourself!

Today:
Most off road cycle paths / routes around here are "shared spaces" and seemed to be used more by dog walkers than cyclists. I ride accordingly, modify my speed and where necessary prepare to stop if needs be. The pedestrians however seem to be oblivious to their surroundings, appear to be unaware that they are sharing the space with cyclists (the clue might be the blue signs with pictures of a bike on, or the bike symbols painted on the path) and some seem impervious to any attempts to co-exist or even attempt to.
A polite ring of the bell - ignored. A cheery "morning" - ignored. A request of "excuse me" - Tut's and grumbles about cyclists on the (cycle) path...

 

[Salty seadog]

Maureen..... That is all.

 

[ColinJ]

The cleaners. I arrive at work early at 07.45 if the traffic has been kind to me. I accept that that's early and they have every right to play a tinny radio tuned to a pop music station very loudly but I wish they would have some consideration for people who want to work and turn it off after about 8.30, by which time most people are at their desks and fielding email enquiries and phone calls from overseas customers who are ahead of us. There's a sense that they are trying to leave the radio switched on a little longer every day to see who dares complain, whereupon they will kick up a big fuss and threaten to work "to rule" by not moving bits of paper on desks while they dust, about which they have recently complained.

It sounds like you have the opposite cleaning regime to where my older sister worked as a cleaner. Things got more and more stressful there as work demands kept being increased until she ended up having only a few minutes to clean each office. That involved getting in with a vacuum cleaner, doing the floor, emptying and cleaning any waste paper bins (which frequently had half-eaten food in them) and dusting all surfaces.

The final straw for her was when her supervisor was given a gizmo with a dust sensor in it which could be run over any surface and detect whether there was any dust left on it. They did random spot checks and if any dust was found anywhere in any room after cleaning, the cleaner would receive a verbal warning. After a couple of those there would be a written warning, and the threat of dismissal was always hanging over them.

Things came to a head when the supervisor failed to find any dust until she stood on a chair and stretched to use the gizmo at the back of the top of some tall filing cabinets. The alarm went off ...

The stress got to my sister so we persuaded her to take early retirement. (She only worked part-time anyway and it was a minimum wage job.)

 

[speccy1]

The organiser of the local 25 mile TT......that is all

 

[gavgav]

It's actually 2 days ago....

Been at dads caravan getting it ready for us to visit lots over the summer. Spent an hour or so cleaning all the windows, inside and out, removing bird muck, winter detretis, etc......Sat down for a cup of tea afterwards, hear a thump, look up to see bird muck rolling down the clean window

 

[Accy cyclist]

I fancied the bread and butter pudding i bought, for tea. I opened what i thought was a tin of "smart price" custard to go with it but with all their labels looking the same i opened a tin of smart price mushy peas instead.

 

[Profpointy]

I fancied the bread and butter pudding i bought, for tea. I opened what i thought was a tin of "smart price" custard to go with it but with all their labels looking the same i opened a tin of smart price mushy peas instead.

there was an "open all hours" episode where Arkwright had bought a load of cheap tins sans labels. He reckoned he could tell by shaking them what was within, with predictable outcome when preparing supper for him and Grenville

 

[speccy1]

The bloke with the desk behind mine, who never shuts up.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Mrs M]

Sorting other people's screw ups

 

[gbb]

Going to find four 6mm cap head screws....and struggling.
There are 4 storage cases of assorted screws, 3, 4 , 5 and 6mm...all stocked and sorted by me. No-one else can be bothered to even just say...we're getting short of blah blah...just use and walk away.

The worst offender is going to be told tomorrow...you can look after them now, theyre your baby. Ive got enough to think about.

 

[speccy1]

Been to Morrisons tonight, and only those f**king annoying self service checkout things open................don`t get me started

 

[Hill Wimp]

The attitude of my OH when i am doing everything and more to get back to work full time.

With less than 700 working days to go before retirement i think im doing well.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I was walking down the street when i saw one of those little step on scooters that youngsters have, laying fully across the pavement. It was next to a sandwich board thingy, so it meant having to step over it to get past. Seeing as i had my little mutt with only 5 inch legs with me i asked the boy who'd left it there to move it. He refused, told me to step over it then laughed. His laughing stopped when i picked the thing up and threw it into the road.

 

[speccy1]

The attitude of my OH when i am doing everything and more to get back to work full time.

With less than 700 working days to go before retirement i think im doing well.

You lucky bugger!

How does 20 years translate into days??

I`m trying not to think about it..........................................

Still, my mortgage runs for about 15 years now, so hoping to go part time then, a little ray of sunshine to look forward to!!