Topic: Little Things That Irritate Me

[goodsonr]

I pretty much am only carry-on but in a largish day-pack which fits easily... I travel light.  My main reason for using carry-on is no chance of losing my luggage and it is much easier to deal with the logistics should my flight gets cancelled while at the airport .

Things that bug me .... ooohhhhh sooo mannyy

- super-bright advertising signs .. I wish I had the money to rent-them and leave them off.
- when I get home from work and the walk isn't (snow) shovelled and the kids are just lying-around inside.
- after we finally get a good base of snow for x-country skiing and then it rains.
- when I go to the cupboard for the dark chocolate . .and somebody else has eaten it all.
- whenever I start a 10-minute project at home to fix something .. and it somehow turns into a 1-2 hour extravaganza of futility
- off-leash dogs in an on-leash area

..better stop now before I get on a real roll......

[Seafoam]

 The USA elections thread.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I don't understand why airlines are not enforcing carry on baggage size/weight limits. Yet if you check in two bags and one is a pound over and the other is a pound under, it is the end of the world.

When flying (which I don't do very often) I carry a man-purse on top of my carry on piece just because I can.

Last Christmas, the gate attendant made everyone put their carry-on in the jig that ensures sizing. I hadn't seen them ever do that before. If it fit, a tag was put on the bag saying it had cleared, if it didn't, they would make the person check their bag.

There was much bitching from people with obviously oversized carry-ons.

[johngenx]

That we've hardly a sunny day in a month, but no snow, either.  Just gloom.  Ugh.

[mlin32]

That we've hardly a sunny day in a month, but no snow, either.  Just gloom.  Ugh.

Are you in good ol' Germany?

[Bubba]

Things that bug me .... ooohhhhh sooo mannyy

- super-bright advertising signs .. I wish I had the money to rent-them and leave them off.

There's a sign like that on my way to work.  When it displays a sign with a white background, it's like driving into the sun.

[Brig]

Last Christmas, the gate attendant made everyone put their carry-on in the jig that ensures sizing. I hadn't seen them ever do that before. If it fit, a tag was put on the bag saying it had cleared, if it didn't, they would make the person check their bag.

There was much bitching from people with obviously oversized carry-ons.

I saw it done on Tuesday, but inconsistently.  In Europe (when I was there in 2012), they were really strict about it.  Frau Farbissina at the Austrian Airlines counter was quite adamant about it.   

[CanuckS2K]

I went and got groceries this afternoon and one thing always irritates the sh!t out of me when I'm shopping..........it's the folks that chat it up in the middle of the aisle so you can't even get through.  And their so oblivious that they have no idea they are holding people up. 

Also, people that seem to do a year's worth of facking banking at the ATM machine holding other folks up behind them.

[quadzilla]

I went and got groceries this afternoon and one thing always irritates the sh!t out of me when I'm shopping..........it's the folks that chat it up in the middle of the aisle so you can't even get through.  And their so oblivious that they have no idea they are holding people up. 

I've been known to ram other people's carts when they can't move to the side.

[rrocket]

I went and got groceries this afternoon and one thing always irritates the sh!t out of me when I'm shopping..........it's the folks that chat it up in the middle of the aisle so you can't even get through.  And their so oblivious that they have no idea they are holding people up. 

I've been known to ram other people's carts when they can't move to the side.

Same here.  I also walk into kids/adults who's noses are in their phones and aren't paying attention.

[tenpenny]

I went and got groceries this afternoon and one thing always irritates the sh!t out of me when I'm shopping..........it's the folks that chat it up in the middle of the aisle so you can't even get through.  And their so oblivious that they have no idea they are holding people up. 

Also, people that seem to do a year's worth of facking banking at the ATM machine holding other folks up behind them.

Just because I love you, I'll point out that 'ATM machine' is redundant.

Also, 'their so oblivious'?     I suppose I don't get an invite to the opening now, LOL.


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[CanuckS2K]

I went and got groceries this afternoon and one thing always irritates the sh!t out of me when I'm shopping..........it's the folks that chat it up in the middle of the aisle so you can't even get through.  And their so oblivious that they have no idea they are holding people up. 

Also, people that seem to do a year's worth of facking banking at the ATM machine holding other folks up behind them.

Just because I love you, I'll point out that 'ATM machine' is redundant.

Also, 'their so oblivious'?     I suppose I don't get an invite to the opening now, LOL.


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Ok, you got me.  I guess I'm so used to saying either "bank machine" or "ATM machine".  And yeah......they're, not their.   

As for the invite to the opening, I might have to think about it now.   

[Bubba]

I went and got groceries this afternoon and one thing always irritates the sh!t out of me when I'm shopping..........it's the folks that chat it up in the middle of the aisle so you can't even get through.  And their so oblivious that they have no idea they are holding people up. 

Also, people that seem to do a year's worth of facking banking at the ATM machine holding other folks up behind them.

Just because I love you, I'll point out that 'ATM machine' is redundant.

Also, 'their so oblivious'?     I suppose I don't get an invite to the opening now, LOL.


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Ok, you got me.  I guess I'm so used to saying either "bank machine" or "ATM machine".  And yeah......they're, not their.   

As for the invite to the opening, I might have to think about it now.   

I hear "VIN number" far too often.

[CanuckS2K]

I went and got groceries this afternoon and one thing always irritates the sh!t out of me when I'm shopping..........it's the folks that chat it up in the middle of the aisle so you can't even get through.  And their so oblivious that they have no idea they are holding people up. 

Also, people that seem to do a year's worth of facking banking at the ATM machine holding other folks up behind them.

Just because I love you, I'll point out that 'ATM machine' is redundant.

Also, 'their so oblivious'?     I suppose I don't get an invite to the opening now, LOL.


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Ok, you got me.  I guess I'm so used to saying either "bank machine" or "ATM machine".  And yeah......they're, not their.   

As for the invite to the opening, I might have to think about it now.   

I hear "VIN number" far too often.

I admit I'm guilty of that one as well. 

[sailor723]

Putting up the outside Christmas decorations. It looks good when it's done and I'm always glad I made the effort but jeeez I hate doing it! (it's today's chore)

Also, why can't they put some kind of hooks or wire loops on evergreen wreaths to hang them with? I spend as much time wiring on the bows and rigging a wire loop as I do one the ladder hanging them.

[Ex-airbalancer]

I went and got groceries this afternoon and one thing always irritates the sh!t out of me when I'm shopping..........it's the folks that chat it up in the middle of the aisle so you can't even get through.  And their so oblivious that they have no idea they are holding people up. 

I've been known to ram other people's carts when they can't move to the side.

Same here.  I also walk into kids/adults who's noses are in their phones and aren't paying attention.

a lot of Mean GenXers out there ,  I just say excuse me, and they move , just like Moses parting the sea

[BWII]

Car pulling to the left after the winter tires are put on.   Grrr...now just gotta figure if it's the right side or left side.  So much for rotating them every year.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Last Christmas, the gate attendant made everyone put their carry-on in the jig that ensures sizing. I hadn't seen them ever do that before. If it fit, a tag was put on the bag saying it had cleared, if it didn't, they would make the person check their bag.

There was much bitching from people with obviously oversized carry-ons.

I saw it done on Tuesday, but inconsistently.  In Europe (when I was there in 2012), they were really strict about it.  Frau Farbissina at the Austrian Airlines counter was quite adamant about it.   

OMG That got me laughing. 

[rrocket]

 a lot of Mean GenXers out there ,  I just say excuse me, and they move , just like Moses parting the sea

Why would I say excuse me when they aren't paying attention, not watching where they are going with nose in phone?

I just brace myself and crash into them...or I stop completely and let the crash happen. Either way they are on the receiving end.

[revalations]

Smokers at coin car washes.....cigarettes smell even worse in a humid environment. A carwash is indoor public place, why do they feel they can light up?

Dog walkers. I find a out of the way quiet spot along an irrigation canal to ride my bike, its just a dirt trail outside town limits. Lately, it's become a "off leash area" for all kinds of Dog owners, some nice, and some who think I SHOULD ride elsewhere. A few years back, our town spent big $$ building a fancy Dog park, why not go there???

Rude people- It's a given, the Tim Hortons drive thru agent has a hard job, they owe you nothing, if you think you mistreat them because of where they work or their country of origin you are a a$$hole. A little kindness go a long way.

One the subject of Timmies (or any other busy drive thru) people who get their order taken them move forward a foot and leave 10 ft between them and the person ahead, if you moved up more THE PERSON BEHIND YOU could have their order taken as well! Wait, who cares about that as long as YOUR order has been taken, right?

I'm sure I'll think of many more...................