Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[ebikeerwidnes]

Twelfth Night normally.

As far as I am aware decorations should be taken down BY twelfth night

not ON twelfth night

 

[Chris S]

My cat used to take down my Christmas tree for me.

 

[YMFB]

People unable to pronounce

schedule
H

 

[Jameshow]

£16 to watch the new film Choral!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Just seen a post of a local forum

It was saying how the local council are terrible because the litter bin on their alley has not been emptied for ages

and it is covered with "poo bags" - many on top or on the floor around it



someone asked if he had reported it

he said - no point - they never do anything

well - no - OK if it is a problem then report it and just maybe something will happen!!

 

[Chris S]

I thought bus travel was free in the West Midlands today.
https://www.wmca.org.uk/news/mayor-...following-success-of-christmas-evening-offer/

The driver didn't know anything about it and thought that I was a druggie trying it on. I checked the article again when I got home. It was from 2024.

 

[figbat]

The American intonation that has invaded “Happy New Year”. I hear more and more “HAPP-e-NOO-year” in a British context.

 

[Tashman]

The American intonation that has invaded “Happy New Year”. I hear more and more “HAPP-e-NOO-year” in a British context.

This and New Years. The s is unnecessary. It annoys me so much that my daughter now does it deliberately! Cowbag

 

[Pblakeney]

The American intonation that has invaded “Happy New Year”. I hear more and more “HAPP-e-NOO-year” in a British context.

If I'm reading that correctly then I'm fairly certain that I heard it said in that manner up in Scotland decades ago.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

This and New Years. The s is unnecessary. It annoys me so much that my daughter now does it deliberately! Cowbag

Yeah - kids are annoying

The grand-daughter has been training her youngest brother to say "Pops Loves Cheese" whenever possible!!!

 

[Andy in Germany]

People who go through the till at the supermarket, then walk about ten metres before stopping in the middle of the exit to check their receipt.

 

[Dadam]

When people, particularly journalists, refer to a shooting "at point blank range" meaning right up close within a few feet. That's not what the phrase means! Point blank range just means the range at which the sights coincide with the point of impact, so you can aim directly at the target without needing to aim above it. For a rifle that could be 100 yards away or more.

The phrase originates with cannon, which usually had simple fixed sights cast into the barrel. Depending on powder charge the point blank range might be anything from 250 to 1000 yards.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

People who go through the till at the supermarket, then walk about ten metres before stopping in the middle of the exit to check their receipt.

There's another version (of which my wife is frequently guilty 😡) when someone passes through the automatic entry doors or barriers and then stops to look out their shopping list, blocking anyone behind.

Drives me nuts!

 

[figbat]

There's another version (of which my wife is frequently guilty 😡) when someone passes through the automatic entry doors or barriers and then stops to look out their shopping list, blocking anyone behind.

Drives me nuts!

Or those who step out of a shop or off the end of an escalator and then stop to decide which way to go next.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

As far as I am aware decorations should be taken down BY twelfth night

not ON twelfth night

Why?