Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Accy cyclist]

It reminded me of a bloke I know who when pissed up one night outside a chip shop got down on his hands and knees to antagonise a Rottweiler. To be fair to the dog and the owner it didn't respond, till the idiot on the floor lunged at it all snarling noises and stuff. The idiot was in the local paper the following day, showing his facial and hand wounds while in a hospital bed!

 

[ColinJ]

Someone had tied a Rottweiler up outside a local supermarket last night. It was very close to the stacked trolleys. I saw it when I came out and gave it a wide berth as its lead didn't look very secure and I'm very wary of such big aggressive dogs. As I walked past it, 2 lads didn't notice the danger and walked past the dog too close and it lunged at them, snarling and barking. I watched for a few minutes and saw the dog lunge aggressively at about 8 or 9 people while I was there. What type of idiot ties such an aggressive dog up so close to a supermarket entrance/exit?!!!

My thoughts were trusting, dog loving child walks up to stroke it while mother is unaware, gawping at her phone.

I've just had a flashback...

Before the ban on them, I saw a couple of Pit Bull Terriers chained up outside a shop in Hebden Bridge. I didn't know what they were at the time but they were very scary-looking so I stepped into the road to pass them. As I did so, one chomped down hard on something and I saw blood coming out of its mouth, then two halves of a housebrick fell to the pavement ... FFS - it had bitten a brick in half!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just had a flashback...

'Rebel' the cross bred Alsatian, as we called them at the time used to chomp on red house bricks when we 'hung out' on a local car park in the mid 1970's, but he never bit one in half. He just ground them down, spitting bits out as he went on. It made my teeth tingle watching him!

 

[ColinJ]

'Rebel' the cross bred Alsatian, as we called them at the time used to chomp on red house bricks when we 'hung out' on a local car park in the 1970's, but he never bit one in half. He just ground them down, spitting bits out as he went on. It made my teeth tingle watching him!

TBH, I didn't see the brick in one piece so for all I know the dog was chomping on more than one piece to start with, but I wasn't going to hang about to ask!

 

[Chislenko]

Is it trivial, will it get moved, but a chap came in the pub tonight looking for --------'s phone number as apparently she knows all the best ways to get Universal Credit!!!

 

[ColinJ]

Is it trivial, will it get moved, but a chap came in the pub tonight looking for --------'s phone number as apparently she knows all the best ways to get Universal Credit!!!

I assume that you mean 'despite not being entitled to it' as opposed to 'which I desperately need to help me feed my hungry family'!

 

[Chislenko]

I assume that you mean 'despite not being entitled to it' as opposed to 'which I desperately need to help me feed my hungry family'!

The former Colin unfortunately, the person asking the question was flashing the £20's and downing whisky and coke and his spliffs.

I fully realise there are desperate people but you should also realise there are people "playing the game"

 

[ColinJ]

I fully realise there are desperate people but you should also realise there are people "playing the game"

My sister used to be a benefits advisor and saw both extremes every day. Shameless chancers drove her mad!

 

[Andy in Germany]

The former Colin unfortunately, the person asking the question was flashing the £20's and downing whisky and coke and his spliffs.

I fully realise there are desperate people but you should also realise there are people "playing the game"

We see both every day as well. It's frustrating because the people who need the help tend to get punished for the small minority of chancers.

 

[mustang1]

When trivial things annoy me beyond all expectations, I know I am not keeping myself busy enough.

Much like when I ride my bike, if I have negative thoughts and cannot push them out, I know I am not riding hard enough.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

but you should also realise there are people "playing the game"

Before you know it they’ll be getting subsidised meals and alcohol, running a second job and able to put their Christmas party on expenses.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Before you know it they’ll be getting subsidised meals and alcohol, running a second job and able to put their Christmas party on expenses.

It would be interesting to know which of these groups is the greatest "cost" to the taxpayer, especially when you add in other dodgy practices.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It would be interesting to know which of these groups is the greatest "cost" to the taxpayer, especially when you add in other dodgy practices.

Oh I think we already know.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Oh I think we already know.

Indeed, so it's even more annoying that people can so easily be steered to get annoyed at the people with no power who are trying to survive.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The wind was so strong in the night that it blew one of my outdoor palm trees over and ripped my been there since May, Queen's Platinum Jubilee bunting off its window to window fastening! Well I think the wind did, it though I wouldn't be surprised if it ripped it at one of the knots, but the whole 12 foot length has disappeared. Something tells me it was hanging down then her below's idiot son ripped it down when it was hanging down. Ah well, if he did he's going to be so disappointed as I'm going to buy some more!!