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Motorists that overtake cyclists and immediately turn left, forcing said cyclist (possibly me, can't confirm) to come off
Motorists that run red lights or pull out in front of moving traffic forcing vehicles to slow down. Just wait a few seconds - it'll add negligible time to your journey and your less likely to kill someone for the sake of a few seconds
Middle lane hoggers (or worse, third lane hoggers on a four-lane motorway)
 
This bloke

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This meerkat

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People who say "we was" when they mean we were, and if ever corrected mention they weren't privately educated. Many of us state educated people know how to use the English language. It's not a class thing just a matter of being gramatically correct.

People who queue jump.

People who have no concept of an "indoor voice" and are obnoxiously loud.

People who put bags on seats on tubes and trains preventing others from sitting down.

The fact pretty much everything costs twice as much as I think it should these days.

Old people who think the reason young people can't get on the housing ladder is they drink too much coffee from chains.

Young people who are ageist.

Hypocrits.

Swindon fans.

That'll do for tonight.
 
Londox said:
People who have no concept of an "indoor voice" and are obnoxiously loud
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The South African man who occasionally comes in my local and thinks it’s entirely appropriate to have a half hour face time conversation on loud speaker with his other half, with his phone on the other side of the table so it looks like they are face to face. No earbuds / headphone cables with microphone. Doesn't even to move to an empty corner or the lounge bar. Just 30 minute of him bragging about business deals he’s apparently pulled off.
 
MarkG said:
The South African man who occasionally comes in my local and thinks it’s entirely appropriate to have a half hour face time conversation on loud speaker with his other half, with his phone on the other side of the table so it looks like they are face to face. No earbuds / headphone cables with microphone. Doesn't even to move to an empty corner or the lounge bar. Just 30 minute of him bragging about business deals he’s apparently pulled off.
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It's an unfathomable level of selfishness.

It's similar to people who call people on trains and public transport and have loud conversations, it's absolute obnoxiousness.

Another adjacent thing that does my nut in is when parents let kids run riot in coffee shops, its not a creche.

So many don't want to take any responsibility for their actions these days.

I think I'd quite like living in Japan, there's a lot about their culture I really admire.
 
Councils who say they want to get people out of their cars and onto public transport whilst simultaneously taking away free school bus travel bases on disingenuous interpretation of legislation.
 
MarkG said:
The South African man who occasionally comes in my local and thinks it’s entirely appropriate to have a half hour face time conversation on loud speaker with his other half, with his phone on the other side of the table so it looks like they are face to face. No earbuds / headphone cables with microphone. Doesn't even to move to an empty corner or the lounge bar. Just 30 minute of him bragging about business deals he’s apparently pulled off.
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I can hear this post
 
holdsteady said:
Its when it goes plop you have to worry.
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I remember running the Thame 10K one time, and passing a lady who obviously didn't heed the 'Never trust a fart' message that runners tend to live by, poor lady. Although fair play to her for not quitting, but finishing the run despite it running down her legs.
 
Londox said:
It's an unfathomable level of selfishness.

It's similar to people who call people on trains and public transport and have loud conversations, it's absolute obnoxiousness.

Another adjacent thing that does my nut in is when parents let kids run riot in coffee shops, its not a creche.

So many don't want to take any responsibility for their actions these days.

I think I'd quite like living in Japan, there's a lot about their culture I really admire.
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ditto that in pubs , and 'licensed eateries' ( that claim, wrongly, to be pubs) - please keep your offspring under control , or on leads - short ones!
 
SteMerritt said:
I remember running the Thame 10K one time, and passing a lady who obviously didn't heed the 'Never trust a fart' message that runners tend to live by, poor lady. Although fair play to her for not quitting, but finishing the run despite it running down her legs.
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You still with her?
 
SteMerritt said:
I remember running the Thame 10K one time, and passing a lady who obviously didn't heed the 'Never trust a fart' message that runners tend to live by, poor lady. Although fair play to her for not quitting, but finishing the run despite it running down her legs.
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That is one way not to be mithered when running.
 
People who stand around in supermarket aisles chatting whilst blocking the way for others.

Courier/delivery drivers who think they can park anywhere - often illegally - just because they’re on a tight schedule.

BBC and local newspapers who don’t bother to proof read their articles and miss multiple spelling or factual errors.

Lazy or ignorant people who speak or type "have" as "of" and "our" as "are"…. “We should of bought Striker X as he’s better than are current player”. Standards have slipped to a new low.

Restaurant bill paying etiquette - a distant acquaintance eating with me and other friends, thinks they can order several £40 bottles of wine because they like it, plus the dearest main course on the menu and then ‘offer’ to split the bill equally as if they’re doing me a favour.

Aldi & Lidl who advertise a product as being on ‘special offer’, don’t have said product in stock but then sneakily (but deliberately) put an almost identical product on the same shelf which costs twice as much, don’t remove the shelf labels, in the hope the average shopper will think they’ve bagged a bargain.

Exeter Chiefs rugby fans who congregate in large groups at the entrance to a small railway station (just to enjoy a vape, a tinny and some banter), forgetting that the rest of us just want to reach the platform and catch our train.

On the same subject, people on a busy train who put their bags on the seat next to them, in the hope that no-one else will sit there. I always make a bee line for said seats.

People who think they’re having a crafty puff on their vape in the pub so no-one can see them - just because you like the air to be filled with the smoky fragrance of cherry and dead badger, I’d rather breath my own air and take in the gentle aromas of real ale, farts, and pork scratchings thanks very much.

Pub toilets, or rather the messy b——ds who use them. Yeah, like I really want to clean your p1$$ off the seat before I sit on it, or I really wanted to stand at an odd angle to the urinal just because there’s a yellow puddle on the floor in front of it, and I don’t fancy getting my new trainers soaked.

Pubs who have conveniently forgotten the law about putting their drinks price list on display, to hide the fact they’re increasing prices almost daily, so customers who don’t want to pay £6+ for a pint of standard slop can baulk at the prices and walk out.

Litter caused by slapdash, noisy dustbin operatives. The whole idea of me sorting out the recycling and paying my council tax is so you can do your job and take it away, not leave bits strewn across the road after you’ve left.

Insurance and broadband companies. Contract comes to an end and the renewal price is hiked. Their business plan ethos seems to be "customer will be too lazy to switch so let’s try and fleece them".

People who write lengthy replies on this forum. Yours grumpily.
 
Ewes said:
People who stand around in supermarket aisles chatting whilst blocking the way for others.
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Did you enjoy getting that off your chest? :)

On supermarkets, people who leave their trolley in the middle (often at a angle or straight across) of an aisle and go to another aisle. Once because you've forgotten a thing, maybe at a push but more then no.
 
Ewes said:
People who stand around in supermarket aisles chatting whilst blocking the way for others.

Courier/delivery drivers who think they can park anywhere - often illegally - just because they’re on a tight schedule.

BBC and local newspapers who don’t bother to proof read their articles and miss multiple spelling or factual errors.

Lazy or ignorant people who speak or type "have" as "of" and "our" as "are"…. “We should of bought Striker X as he’s better than are current player”. Standards have slipped to a new low.

Restaurant bill paying etiquette - a distant acquaintance eating with me and other friends, thinks they can order several £40 bottles of wine because they like it, plus the dearest main course on the menu and then ‘offer’ to split the bill equally as if they’re doing me a favour.

Aldi & Lidl who advertise a product as being on ‘special offer’, don’t have said product in stock but then sneakily (but deliberately) put an almost identical product on the same shelf which costs twice as much, don’t remove the shelf labels, in the hope the average shopper will think they’ve bagged a bargain.

Exeter Chiefs rugby fans who congregate in large groups at the entrance to a small railway station (just to enjoy a vape, a tinny and some banter), forgetting that the rest of us just want to reach the platform and catch our train.

On the same subject, people on a busy train who put their bags on the seat next to them, in the hope that no-one else will sit there. I always make a bee line for said seats.

People who think they’re having a crafty puff on their vape in the pub so no-one can see them - just because you like the air to be filled with the smoky fragrance of cherry and dead badger, I’d rather breath my own air and take in the gentle aromas of real ale, farts, and pork scratchings thanks very much.

Pub toilets, or rather the messy b——ds who use them. Yeah, like I really want to clean your p1$$ off the seat before I sit on it, or I really wanted to stand at an odd angle to the urinal just because there’s a yellow puddle on the floor in front of it, and I don’t fancy getting my new trainers soaked.

Pubs who have conveniently forgotten the law about putting their drinks price list on display, to hide the fact they’re increasing prices almost daily, so customers who don’t want to pay £6+ for a pint of standard slop can baulk at the prices and walk out.

Litter caused by slapdash, noisy dustbin operatives. The whole idea of me sorting out the recycling and paying my council tax is so you can do your job and take it away, not leave bits strewn across the road after you’ve left.

Insurance and broadband companies. Contract comes to an end and the renewal price is hiked. Their business plan ethos seems to be "customer will be too lazy to switch so let’s try and fleece them".

People who write lengthy replies on this forum. Yours grumpily.
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People who refer to bin men as a "dustbin operatives".
 
Ewes said:
Restaurant bill paying etiquette - a distant acquaintance eating with me and other friends, thinks they can order several £40 bottles of wine because they like it, plus the dearest main course on the menu and then ‘offer’ to split the bill equally as if they’re doing me a favour.
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It has got to the point now if invited to a restaurant I often say I can't afford it.

In a previous life I earnt quite good money and a lot of my friends still do. Splitting the bill was just the done thing. But I genuinely cannot afford it anymore.

It's a horrible situation because nobody wants to the "that guy" and suggest we all pay for what we got. When I first started having to tighten my purse strings I would deliberately buy the most affordable meals and only have one drink only to end up splitting the bill anyway. It's a really frustrating and demoralising experience to be honest.

Now I'm living life with less money I tend to only go out with close friends who know my situation and are pretty respectful of it.

I wonder if the norm of splitting the bill is a British thing or a worldwide thing?
 
Londox said:
It has got to the point now if invited to a restaurant I often say I can't afford it.

In a previous life I earnt quite good money and a lot of my friends still do. Splitting the bill was just the done thing. But I genuinely cannot afford it anymore.

It's a horrible situation because nobody wants to the "that guy" and suggest we all pay for what we got. When I first started having to tighten my purse strings I would deliberately buy the most affordable meals and only have one drink only to end up splitting the bill anyway. It's a really frustrating and demoralising experience to be honest.

Now I'm living life with less money I tend to only go out with close friends who know my situation and are pretty respectful of it.

I wonder if the norm of splitting the bill is a British thing or a worldwide thing?
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I think it's an affordability thing. When I was a student many moons ago and we were all hard pressed financially, paying your own way was the norm. If I go out now with family or friends, we just split the bill per head.
 
People who indefinitely leave a bunch of rubbish or construction waste in their front garden or driveway, or never finish their DIY construction projects on their houses. If you haven't enough spare time or experience to finish it in a month, save up and pay someone more qualified to do it!

People who let their bins overflow and the contents blow all over the street and other people's gardens.
 
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