Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Andy in Germany]

My neighbour's door bell plays 'Jingle Bells' all year round. He gets several callers a day.

It was common on cars in Nepal when I was there; whenever they reversed a dire rendition would be played at high volume.

 

[PhotoNic69]

The phrase that fills me with dread is when you get the text from Evri saying "We've got your parcel"........

(you'll probably never see it again OR the parcel gets returned to sender cos they are too lazy to try delivering)

 

[Jenkins]

Encountering the first freshly surface dressed road of the year.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The UK Passport Agency, which for the last 25 years has never failed to impress with its ability to lose documents, slow response to anything, and general lack of professionalism, is being a pain in the backside again.

This time, it's the concept of dual nationality that seems to confuse the poor dears.

There's a question on the form that says, "Do you have a passport issued by a different country?" I can always say no because I don't have a German passport: I don't need one because when I travel out of the EU I use my UK passport, and when I return to the EU my ID card is sufficient.

Younger Son, however, does have a German passport, so he answered "yes" and the UKPA lost their collective shizzle. They demanded his German passport and are currently holding it effectively to ransom; now they are demanding an official document from the Japanese Government to certify that he's no longer Japanese. And of course they've just announced that this needs translating by a translator with a specific certificate.

We wouldn't mind if they'd just let him have his German passport back, but they seem to think they have the right to hold onto this until they get around to dealing with the application...

 

[Tail End Charlie]

That's not trivial, that's appalling by the passport bods.

 

[icowden]

getting back to annoying trivia, I had one of these yesterday. Very tasty it was.

What's annoying about the M&S Grill Range Chicken Flatties I hear you cry.
Well...

MAKE YOUR MIND UP M&S!!

 

[mistyoptic]

Is that “fry/grill” like “fly/drive”?

 

[Alex321]

getting back to annoying trivia, I had one of these yesterday. Very tasty it was.

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What's annoying about the M&S Grill Range Chicken Flatties I hear you cry.
Well...


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MAKE YOUR MIND UP M&S!!

Some people would have refused to eat that, 12 days beyond the "use by" date

I wouldn't be one of them.

 

[Animo]

Encountering the first freshly surface dressed road of the year.

Driving into work this morning I came across the surface dressing squad from our local council tipping gravel all over what I considered to be one of the rather better bits of tarmac in the area.

 

[icowden]

Some people would have refused to eat that, 12 days beyond the "use by" date
I wouldn't be one of them.

I confused yesterday (when I had the same thing) with a couple of weeks ago. I'll push dates but not that far!

 

[ColinJ]

Some people would have refused to eat that, 12 days beyond the "use by" date

I wouldn't be one of them.

I was wolfing down some fruit and nut mix that I found in a cupboard at my sister's house. I just checked - Use by 31/7/2024! Nothing wrong with it...

 

[Andy in Germany]

That's not trivial, that's appalling by the passport bods.

Apparently, Younger Son now has his German passport back, thank goodness.

I asked online about what was an acceptable certificate for translation. The online person gave me a link for "Translating Documents" which said they had a list of approved translators for each country and gave a drop-down menu for which country I was in.

I clicked "United Kingdom".

This directed me to a page that said:

"Unfortunately, we do not have a list of approved translators for the United Kingdom. If you contact the United Kingdom Consulate for the United Kingdom, they may be able to help".

I cut and pasted this on the "online "help"" and the response was "We don't provide a list of approved translators. You will have to contact the Home Office. Here is their Website."

I went to that, and was directed, you guessed it, back to the UK Passports Website...

Eventually, they admitted that yes, the International Translator Certification would be accepted for official documents.

This is pretty normal for the UKPA: one time I carefully placed the countersigned photograph in an envelope, and glued the envelope onto an A4 sheet, with "Countersigned picture in here" in large letters.

They then called and told me off for "forgetting" to send the countersigned photo. I told them I'd send a replacement for the one they lost, and they were quite adamant that no, they hadn't lost it, I'd forgotten to send it...

 

[Accy cyclist]

This Euro millions farce is annoying! Tonight is I think the 2nd rollover. I don't take part in such things as I don't like the thought of my £2.50 going to the winner and the organisers of this con! My major gripe is that the organisers have capped the amount at 208 million, without adding to the amount every time it rolls over! This means they are making lots of money by the gullible giving them probably billions every time it rolls over without them having to give a winner the 208 million!

 

[ColinJ]

I am rather annoyed with a driver who was annoyed with me on my ride yesterday.

I was climbing a typically narrow and steep Devon hill behind a van. There was a passing place ahead of us. A car coming towards us pulled over to let the van go by. The driver of the car then stared down at her phone, catching up on the latest gossip on Facebook/cat videos on TikTok/whatever... As I approached I lifted my right hand and gave a wave of thanks, and also gasped a breathless thankyou. It turns out that her phone had totally distracted her so she was oblivious to the fact that I had thanked her in two different ways. As I went past her car she looked up from the phone, glared at me, and shouted THANK YOU!!! in the most sickening passive aggressive tone.

Listen, dear driver - if you are going to get annoyed with people who don't thank you for doing what you have to do anyway (she couldn't have got past the van and our previous passing place was way back), at least make damn sure that they have NOT said thank you!!

 

[Alex321]

This Euro millions farce is annoying! Tonight is I think the 2nd rollover. I don't take part in such things as I don't like the thought of my £2.50 going to the winner and the organisers of this con! My major gripe is that the organisers have capped the amount at 208 million, without adding to the amount every time it rolls over! This means they are making lots of money by the gullible giving them probably billions every time it rolls over without them having to give a winner the 208 million!

Perhaps you should find out how it works before making rants with no basis in reality.
https://www.lottery.co.uk/euromillions/jackpot-cap

They don't keep the extra money, it goes to the lower prizes instead.