Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Andy in Germany]

On glass recycling bins and children's playgrounds in Germany there are notices saying: "Please be considerate of your fellow citizens and only use these facilities between 0900-1200 and 1400-2000" or similar.

Which is fine as far as it goes: people need a bit of peace and quiet. So why can't we have the same signs on Autobahns and major roads when they go thorough residential areas?

 

[PeteXXX]

On the rare occasion that I order pie and chips from a chippy and they plonk the pie upside down on top!!

That really peeves me..
Pies should be the right way up.

 

[Accy cyclist]

These hideous things! To me they are on a par with cargo pants/shorts.

Even worse when worn in warm weather.🧐

GOOD!!

BAD!!

 

[Poacher]

Velcro straps on sandals - they snag on my socks when I'm trying to put them on!

 

[CanucksTraveller]

These hideous things! To me they are on a par with cargo pants/shorts.


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Even worse when worn in warm weather.🧐

GOOD!!
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BAD!!
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That, sir, is a "Dangerous Brian" and they're super bits of headgear when the weather is truly foul.

By the way, why has the last one got an extra pair of ear flaps on the outside, where they won't ever be able to cover the ears?

 

[ColinJ]

By the way, why has the last one got an extra pair of ear flaps on the outside, where they won't ever be able to cover the ears?

They look like they fold down. I'm wondering if there is a magnet in each flap to fix them up (as shown), or down, to that circular stud below?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

These hideous things! To me they are on a par with cargo pants/shorts.


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Even worse when worn in warm weather.🧐

GOOD!!
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BAD!!
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Did you buy both?

 

[Accy cyclist]

That, sir, is a "Dangerous Brian" and they're super bits of headgear when the weather is truly foul.

Maybe so,but i see the things worn in the spring and summer ffs!🧐

 

[MontyVeda]

The fact that I can't find an affordable microwave oven that suits my needs.

All i want is a door that's hinged on the right rather than the left, or one with a door opens 180 degrees

 

[figbat]

Acronyms hate the bloody things.

Even worse is the mis-use of “acronym”...

You mean, 'HTBT', don't you? Come on, get with it, man. I mean 'GWIM'!

...case in point. An acronym is an abbreviation or initials that form a pronounceable word; NASA, lol, PIN, VIN etc. Ironically the initials “TLA”, often used to stand for “three letter acronym”, is not an acronym.

Some acronyms become so popular as to become words in their own right - radar and laser for example.

 

[Oldhippy]

What Figbat said.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The fact that I can't find an affordable microwave oven that suits my needs.

All i want is a door that's hinged on the right rather than the left, or one with a door opens 180 degrees

I can understand that frustration.

 

[classic33]

The fact that I can't find an affordable microwave oven that suits my needs.

All i want is a door that's hinged on the right rather than the left, or one with a door opens 180 degrees

I can understand that frustration.

What you need is a left-handed microwave.
https://homemicrowave.com/microwave-for-left-handed/

 

[Oldhippy]

Those peleton commercials are really, really annoying! Americanised loud, brash 'You're doing great Bob from Barnsley' cobblers. Buy a bloody bike and go outside in the real world.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

People who say “That looks like hard work” when I’m out enjoying riding my bike.

Clearly most people have a dysfunctional relationship with exercise. Plus they must have a poorly calibrated index for what hard exercise really is.