Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[No Ta Doctor]

Here in Scotland, " the premier league " is our league, not the English version

As has already been pointed out, it's actually the Scottish Premiership.

Here in Denmark I don't think I've ever heard anyone mention it, except whenever someone comes up with the idea of getting the top teams from all the really crap leagues around the North Sea together to form some sort of Scandi-Belgo-Scotch super-league.

 

[icowden]

This is a Ryanair one. Paris-Vatry airport which is 100 miles from Paris. In the UK its the same distance as Leicester to Heathrow. There doesn't seem to be a link between the airport and Paris either. Why do they do it? Seems that to keep flight prices down they look for airports with the lowest landing charges then rename them. Cheap flight / expensive transfer.

Exactly that. We flew with Ryanair to Disney once - landed at the same airport and then took the "shuttle" to Disney. The equivalent of landing at Oxford and getting the "shuttle" to London. Going back, we got the train to Reims IIRC (possibly epernay) and enjoyed a day exploring vineyards before going to the airport - which is at the gateway to the champagne region. I think the train plus taxi worked out as similar to the "shuttle".

 

[Alex321]

This is a Ryanair one. Paris-Vatry airport which is 100 miles from Paris. In the UK its the same distance as Leicester to Heathrow. There doesn't seem to be a link between the airport and Paris either. Why do they do it? Seems that to keep flight prices down they look for airports with the lowest landing charges then rename them. Cheap flight / expensive transfer.

I'll be flying home from Paris-Vatry next month. But to get to Gatwick I have to route through Porto or Marrakesh. So stopping off in Porto Airport (Ryanair didn't name it so close to the centre!)



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Yes, Ryanair are notorious for using small airports because they are cheap.

In this case, while officially it is "Vatry International Airport", it is so small that the only airline using it is Ryanair, and even they only have 1-2 flights per day, and only to/from Marrakesh and Porto (as you have found).

But of course, that is part of the reason Ryanair are so cheap to fly with.

 

[Gwylan]

There is exaggeration to make a point, and then there is exaggeration to the point of stupidity.

I can do stupid if you like. But that's a special order.

 

[Gwylan]

Exactly that. We flew with Ryanair to Disney once - landed at the same airport and then took the "shuttle" to Disney. The equivalent of landing at Oxford and getting the "shuttle" to London. Going back, we got the train to Reims IIRC (possibly epernay) and enjoyed a day exploring vineyards before going to the airport - which is at the gateway to the champagne region. I think the train plus taxi worked out as similar to the "shuttle".

Ryanair and Brussels South. Actually near, in Ryanair distances, Charleroi. Just 70 odd kilometres south of Brussels.

 

[MontyVeda]

Meta Ai being at the top of my contacts list on facetwat. My contacts are my friends, not your fecking metabot

 

[Beebo]

Articles either in print or on line listing 10 things to do.
Please just bullet point them at the start, instead of making it almost impossible to find out the 10 points without reading the whole thing.

 

[Dag Hammar]

Reading comments where the poster does not know the correct usage of the words ‘past‘ and ‘passed’.
Another irritant is the incorrect usage or spelling of ‘kerb’ and ‘curb’.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Reading comments where the poster does not know the correct usage of the words ‘past‘ and ‘passed’.
Another irritant is the incorrect usage or spelling of ‘kerb’ and ‘curb’.

I almost scrolled passed this but I agree entirely. I might make it my past time to kerb that sort of behaviour.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Articles either in print or on line listing 10 things to do.
Please just bullet point them at the start, instead of making it almost impossible to find out the 10 points without reading the whole thing.

In that vein, online recipes that start with a novella about the time the author got lost in the market while shopping for spices with her granny, but they eventually found her and then cooked this recipe that now reminds her of that holiday in Sardinia.

Requirements for a recipe: Ingredients, amounts, techniques, times.
Not required for recipes: your bloody life story.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Reading comments where the poster does not know the correct usage of the words ‘past‘ and ‘passed’.
Another irritant is the incorrect usage or spelling of ‘kerb’ and ‘curb’.

So you want to curb the incorrect use of the word kerb?

 

[Dag Hammar]

I almost scrolled passed this but I agree entirely. I might make it my past time to kerb that sort of behaviour.

Top Marx Doctor. You managed to get moor than too inn won their.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I'm on holiday with my mum and 2 things she does are very annoying:
A) my son for example asks me a question, and before I've opened my mouth to speak, mum has chimed in with an answer that's usually wrong anyway!
B) Tells you to do something, then when you explain why you're not going to because it's wrong, she invents another argument so she doesn't come across as wrong! E.g. "you should take that bag back to the shop so they can see everything you bought". Me: "I don't need the whole bag, I just need the receipt". Her: "Well I know but you need to take the receipt back else they won't give you a refund". 🤪

If you are old enough to have a son, then you are old enough to know that mothers, like wives, are never never wrong. Even if they are wrong they are always right.

 

[Gwylan]

If you are old enough to have a son, then you are old enough to know that mothers, like wives, are never never wrong. Even if they are wrong they are always right.

If you haven't learned that, grab the chance now.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm on holiday with my mum and 2 things she does are very annoying:
A) my son for example asks me a question, and before I've opened my mouth to speak, mum has chimed in with an answer that's usually wrong anyway!
B) Tells you to do something, then when you explain why you're not going to because it's wrong, she invents another argument so she doesn't come across as wrong! E.g. "you should take that bag back to the shop so they can see everything you bought". Me: "I don't need the whole bag, I just need the receipt". Her: "Well I know but you need to take the receipt back else they won't give you a refund". 🤪

If you are old enough to have a son, then you are old enough to know that mothers, like wives, are never never wrong. Even if they are wrong they are always right.

A marriage counsellor once told me this is an issue she comes across frequently.