Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[lazybloke]

I was quite annoyed in the shop when i could only find 'pomegranate & grapefruit fairy' instead of the conventional green stuff.

Although i'd forgotten exactly how much i hate the smell of this stuff. A revolting sweet sweaty odour in my kitchen sink!

 

[presta]

Today it was sat on 'my seat' as I walked in.

In my fellwalking days, I used to eat in the Bank Tavern in Keswick. It used to get chokker with the tourist trade in summer, so the locals had a refuge from the grockles around a little table in the bay window just inside the door. One day when it was rammed, they called my dinner, and as I stood beer in one hand plate in the other, there were no seats available anywhere...except in the window bay. So I ate my dinner with half a dozen regulars sat in silence looking daggers at me.

Another trivial annoyance that isn't really trivial, seeing the little energy efficiency rating card thingummy that came with out last TV

It irks me that they made A the best rating for appliances, so that as they got better they had no choice but to add A+, A++, A+++ etc. Eventually they redefined the whole system a couple of years ago, and what did they do: the same again. Lack of foresight or what! Why don't they just have 1 as the worst, then they can add 2, 3, 4, etc. indefinitely.

It reminds me of rock climbing grades where they kept dreaming up ever more fanciful names as routes got harder, before giving up and just numbering them as they could have done from the outset.

 

[PeteXXX]

The size of OS maps! Particularly the 1:25000 OL series..
Blasted things, at A0 (approx 47" x 33" (1189x841 mm)) are totally impractical (though excellent for the planning stage on the floor!) for using during a walk or ride.
My older Ordnance Survey maps are much more user friendly.

 

[grldtnr]

The size of OS maps! Particularly the 1:25000 OL series..
Blasted things, at A0 (approx 47" x 33" (1189x841 mm)) are totally impractical (though excellent for the planning stage on the floor!) for using during a walk or ride.
My older Ordnance Survey maps are much more user friendly.

I know what you mean. But these days OS mapping is available electronically, not that I use them, I tend to know where I 'm going, but if headed somewhere I've not been paper mapping is bar the best.
Been travelling the highways & byways for over 45 yrs, so do have a good instinct for direction,, if I needed the map the always the trusty Landranger to use.

 

[PeteXXX]

I know what you mean. But these days OS mapping is available electronically, not that I use them, I tend to know where I 'm going, but if headed somewhere I've not been paper mapping is bar the best.
Been travelling the highways & byways for over 45 yrs, so do have a good instinct for direction,, if I needed the map the always the trusty Landranger to use.

I have the OS subscription (one of the few things I actually pay for!) and use it for creating and walking routes but like a 'paper' option, too, as technology can easily fail!
Pkus, if I'm lost & cold, I can set fire to the map to keep warm!

 

[Accy cyclist]

This happens far too often! I've just opened a tin of my mutt's favourite food, only to realise at that split second I pulled the ring pull opener back that I only opened a tin last night which is almost full!! 🧐 I now have two tins of opened dog food in my fridge!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

This happens far too often! I've just opened a tin of my mutt's favourite food, only to realise at that split second I pulled the ring pull opener back that I only opened a tin last night which is almost full!! 🧐 I now have two tins of opened dog food in my fridge!

Might I suggest that the dog might have a solution in mind????

 

[Mike Ayling]

This happens far too often! I've just opened a tin of my mutt's favourite food, only to realise at that split second I pulled the ring pull opener back that I only opened a tin last night which is almost full!! 🧐 I now have two tins of opened dog food in my fridge!

Get a larger dog that can eat a whole tin at a time!

 

[HMS_Dave]

This happens far too often! I've just opened a tin of my mutt's favourite food, only to realise at that split second I pulled the ring pull opener back that I only opened a tin last night which is almost full!! 🧐 I now have two tins of opened dog food in my fridge!

Just stick it in a stew or a pasty.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Just stick it in a stew or a pasty.

Mmm, that reminds me of a thread I started in July 2017, asking if you could put dog meat in a pie meant for human consumption. 🧐

 

[grldtnr]

And did you? I a too lazy to search the answer.

 

[Windle]

That strange thing when you've just tied your shoelaces and as soon as you set off to walk, become aware that one shoe is tighter than the other, what's that all about?

 

[Red17]

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That strange thing when you've just tied your shoelaces and as soon as you set off to walk, become aware that one shoe is tighter than the other, what's that all about?

Or when you have a small irritating bit of grit in your shoe but it's not quite irritating enough to stop and remove it

 

[presta]

The size of OS maps! Particularly the 1:25000 OL series..
Blasted things, at A0 (approx 47" x 33" (1189x841 mm)) are totally impractical (though excellent for the planning stage on the floor!) for using during a walk or ride.
My older Ordnance Survey maps are much more user friendly.

But you only need to open one fold at a time generally.

 

[matticus]

But you only need to open one fold at a time generally.

... which is why Pete's annoyance is indeed beyond expectations! :P