Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Accy cyclist]

Not cancer or illness but the incessant row from seagull on an adjacent roof by our holiday rental. The noise which can happen at any stage doesn't stop is caused by these critters.

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Is that by the seaside?🤔

 

[oxoman]

Is that by the seaside?🤔

About 4miles inland.

 

[Jameshow]

I noticed those yellow 'school children about' warning lights below flashing earlier. Why are they flashing on a Sunday, and maybe even all the time, when the nearby school is obviously closed on Sundays?! Motorists will subliminally see them flashing every time they pass, lessening the impact they're supposed to have on your thought process!!🧐

Probably because the crossing person has forgotten to switch them off...

 

[Evil_Breakfast]

Not cancer or illness but the incessant row from seagull on an adjacent roof by our holiday rental. The noise which can happen at any stage doesn't stop is caused by these critters.

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We 'have' a nesting pair in our road. Thing is, we're about 2 miles out from the Town Centre; where the problem is worse (fast food joints/restaurants etc.).
Didn't happen this year, but last year they produced offspring, so you had to be extra vigilant and have your wits about you.
Based on their fecundity, I still think it's bonkers that they're a protected species.

 

[Pblakeney]

We 'have' a nesting pair in our road. Thing is, we're about 2 miles out from the Town Centre; where the problem is worse (fast food joints/restaurants etc.).
Didn't happen this year, but last year they produced offspring, so you had to be extra vigilant and have your wits about you.
Based on their fecundity, I still think it's bonkers that they're a protected species.

To make matters worse, this is a uniquely British problem. Ever had this abroad? I haven’t.

 

[Webbo2]

I normally carry my keys ( which are attached to a big furry keyring, so I can feel them in my pocket and not have a panic attack, not being able to find them ) my phone, my hand sanitiser, eye drops etc in the pockets of my jacket or coat. But when it's hot and humid like it was yesterday, I only have my trouser pockets to put stuff in. Just as I was about to sit down I saw the grate, so I took my keys and phone out, which was all I'd taken out with me and put them on the floor in front of that bench. Imagine if my keys or phone had fallen between the gaps on the bench, then into that grate! No way would I have been able to take the grate cover off, so I'd have been locked out of my flat, meaning I would've had to call the housing association who'd send a locksmith out to open my flat door, with me having to pay for the service. I remember must be over 10 years ago when I accidentally dropped £2.50 down a grate from my bum bag while out cycling. I was stronger in those days so I had one of those super strength moments, like when folk lift cars off trapped under them folk, and gripped the metal grill, hauling it out of the ground to retrieve my £2.50, with one woman shouting at me, thinking I was nicking the grate cover to weigh it in as scrap metal! 🤣

A gentleman of your sophistication and you don’t have a man bag. You don’t wear a nice suit and ruin its lines by unsightly bulges.

 

[VinSumRox]

The inane drivel that consists of Radio 2's breakfast show.

 

[Chris S]

Why put a bench over a grate? I sat on the one below this evening, but emptied my pockets of door keys, phone etc, in case any of the items in my pocket fell out, ending up down that grate!! 🧐

It's for drunks to sleep on. When they pee themselves there won't be a puddle on the ground.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I noticed those yellow 'school children about' warning lights below flashing earlier. Why are they flashing on a Sunday, and maybe even all the time, when the nearby school is obviously closed on Sundays?! Motorists will subliminally see them flashing every time they pass, lessening the impact they're supposed to have on your thought process!!🧐

Lollipop person probably forgot to switch it off on Friday

 

[No Ta Doctor]

I'm posting from my phone so I can't quote the bit I want to, which is the start of the above's second paragraph. I had 'head and neck cancer' of my tongue 18 years ago. I often think like your's that it was caused by the HPV virus. Can I ask you, did you have surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy to get rid of your cancer, or all of them like I did? The operation and the radiotherapy left me with a substantial speech impediment which has slightly improved over the years, but is still a major problem to me. Did any of your treatments affect you badly after your treatment? I think you're the only person I've asked those questions to as the only ones I know of who've had the same cancer as I had are 'celebrities' who obviously I couldn't ask. I read that an actor called is it Val Keamer, who according to what I read has the exact post operation problems as me, as in producing too much saliva and I think it said he was left with a speech impediment, which for an actor is very tough!

Edit..I've just looked it up and it's Val Kilmer not Leamer and sadly he died in April from pneumonia during treatment for his throat cancer which had returned. 🙄

I had radiotherapy six days a week for five weeks, plus chemo once a week (not a heavy course, it was just to keep things in check while the radiotherapy did it's job). When that was all done I had two bouts of surgery to remove the remains of some burnt out lymph nodes in my neck - they couldn't really tell whether they were fully killed off without removing them anyway, when they did they found they were dead.

I don't have any major side effects from the treatment - maybe a little bit of tingle and shakiness in my fingers and toes from the chemo, and dry mouth from lacking a saliva gland or two now - so the opposite as you there. The surgery has left an area of my throat numb, which is weird when trimming my beard, and has also killed off quite a few follicles so said beard is a bit patchy when it grows out. Thankfully no issues with the major nerves there. The rehab re eating was tough, I couldn't even eat a tomato as it was too acidic on my tongue and flavours were way off - e.g. honey tasted bitter. I'm pretty much through that now, two and half years after treatment stopped, though acidic foods can still be a little bit too much on occasion. All in all I got off pretty lightly, if we don't count the colitis flare up later...

The other celeb who had similar cancer was Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert, who did a very moving documentary following his treatment - well worth a watch if you can find it

 

[Electric_Andy]

To make matters worse, this is a uniquely British problem. Ever had this abroad? I haven’t.

Yes it was the same in Sydney harbour, we got fish and chips and people were getting their food pinched by the swooping bar stewards

 

[No Ta Doctor]

What was that sprint battle? 😂

The TdF stage 10 intermediate sprint - on a mountainous stage where no sprinters got anywhere near the break - is a trivial thing that makes you annoyed beyond expectation? You need to chill mate.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Oops, meant to post in TDF thread!

 

[postman]

Bloody dog up the street.It hates being outside.It's like an earwig,it's not even big enough to be a dog.So lunchtime it is put out for fresh air i guess yap yap bark,but bark what an excuse for a bark,then tea time about six ish now its seven and i have had to shut the conservatory door,little shoot it is.I could wring its neck.If you are going to get a dog at least get one that looks like a dog.Or make sure its balls have dropped.

 

[Pblakeney]

Bloody dog up the street.It hates being outside.It's like an earwig,it's not even big enough to be a dog.So lunchtime it is put out for fresh air i guess yap yap bark,but bark what an excuse for a bark,then tea time about six ish now its seven and i have had to shut the conservatory door,little shoot it is.I could wring its neck.If you are going to get a dog at least get one that looks like a dog.Or make sure its balls have dropped.

Maybe it is barking because it is so low and its balls have dropped!