Hi guys, random topic here.......

What sort of things "tick you off" (to put it politely), for me it is
1. People who don't say "thank you"
2. People in Tescos who ask me "do I need help with packing?" (when it's obvious I'm not disabled, I'm not aged 85, have full use of my hands and do not have a trolley full of screaming children). Thank you for the offer but is it REALLY necessary???
3. People at the hospital where I work asking "do you have coke?" on the ward as if we are a full time soda bar!!!!! This is the NHS, people, not McDonalds!!!
4. People that walk along in the middle of the road texting or on mobiles and don't even LOOK to see if there's a car coming!!

Sorry to rant but it's been one of those days!!!!

Or when I have a basket containing precisely one sandwich, a pack of almond croissants and a drink.

Apostrophes in the wrong place, or missing.

People standing on the left on tube escalators...

Well spotted Deborah. Actually, I make the most of it if someone offers to help with my packing - I spend a lot of time helping other people one way or another, and it's nice to have the compliment returned. :-)

Haha that's why I did A Level Politics instead of A level English!!! .....It's been a lonnnnnnnnnnng day

Maybe I'm just a fed up nurse!! Helping other people all day..get a bit tetchy when you get preprogrammed "supermarket be sickly sweet to your customers" banter when you're buying your milk lol

1. Warm water / drinks
2. Chavs.

Actually, there are times when you just wnat to scowl at them!!! Trouble is, people often recognise me in the supermarket and come bounding up full of smiles, sometimes when you least want to chat, so I know how you feel Frankie82

I think you'd receive a shorter answer if you had asked 'What doesn't tick you off?' ... I'm an irate teenager.

Things that annoy me terribly:

Poor grammar. (Though I acknowledge that mine is far from perfect, I don't think it's at a dangerous level.)
People that don't press the button at traffic lights and still expect to cross.
Slow walkers!
People that cut across you when you're walking.
People with a general lack of manners.
Old men (builders in particular) that perv on young girls wearing school uniforms - disgusting!

I'm afraid that's not even the beginning of my list. Ooooh, the stresses of life!

Where to start. . . . .
1) Being woken up by anything or anyone
2) People who can't get a sentence out without using the F word
3) Drivers who have no consideration for cyclists
4) Shallow people who stereotype dancers, pianists, etc.
5) This is probably gonna be quite controversial but I hate it when people use the abbreviation lol all the time! You are quite blatantly not laughing out loud so why say it!!!
*lets off big column of steam*

~People who are loud and obnoxious
~People who think they should always be the center of attention
~Girls who flirt with anything in pants
~People who pout when they don't get their way
~People who upstage other people on show night (I was Cinderella and she was an ugly stepsister. During the ballroom scene when the Prince and I were dancing and singing our song, she made a bunch of big and loud movements and totally upstaged us both nights, even after the directors told her to stop.)

1) people twitching or making tapping noises (does my head in!)
2) slow walkers
3) slow drivers
4) getting asked for ID when I go to buy paracetamol when I'm 18
5) people who put one face on when they're with friends and completely change who they are when they are with different groups of people
6) people who tell me I'm weird and should get a life because I don't drink

To name a few

People who don't believe in your hopes and dreams and don't believe you can get there.

People who chew with their mouths open. Ick.

Being patronised.

Just thought of another one: people who insist on trying to get on to public transport before other people have got off. It's not like the train would go without them...

In fact, I have a whole long list of public transport gripes, including people who insist on playing their personal stereos too loud (don't get me started on people who have their boom-boom-boom car radios too loud!), people who put their feet on seats, people who travel without tickets, people who travel in first class without a first class ticket, people who refuse to move their bags off of a seat when it's standing room only...

People travel on the 08.09 with Disgusted of Surrey at their own risk!

A bit like the sickly banter at the supermarket, my pet hate is when I ring somewhere where the 'I have been on a training course' person answering the phone says, such and such organisation and then HOW MAY I HELP YOU. Has it ever ocurred to these people that you may not be ringing up to be helped...It is so so unnecessary. Dare I say it, I think it is not home-grown but imported from another English-speaking country..

Oh... and the the other one is people, and I also mean the pinstriped suited brigade who ought to know better, who put their feet up on the seats in trains and buses.

People on the beach who sit practically on top of you when there is clearly an entire beach they could choose from arrrrrrrrrrr!

Stupid, stupid band camp jokes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate them!!!!

Another one

Teachers who just get their NQT over and done with and then are on major power trips for the next 5 years

Teachers (mainly the NQTs) who then think that we'll work harder if they offer us stickers if we answer a question right. Yeah works in primary school, but it's really patronising when you're in upper school and they still do it!

Old people (not all of them obviously) who complain about the youth of today, and then walk 2 to the pavement and make you walk in the road because they won't move to single file, who don't say excuse me, don't hold doors open etc

I agree with whoever said people trying to get on trains when people are getting off!

And people who hug the doorway on a crowded train/tube blocking the exit when you are trying to get off. Why can't they step off to free up the space round the door and then step on again?

where do i start?

poorly punctuated grammar in handwritten letters (it's more acceptable in friendly web chat.)

chain e-mails

people standing on the left of the escalators

chavs/chavettes

people who listen to their cd/mini disc/ipod/cassette player really loud through their headphones so all you can hear is hissing

people who change from capitalism to socialism when they feel like it

crazy frog

people who pretend to not have done well in exams just to comfort those who haven't when they should be proud of themselves for knowing everything.

girls who use me because they want a 'gay best friend' (we don't all live in beautiful apartments and call ourselves will & grace)

my real dad



damn, i needed that.



liam

why does standing on the left of escalators annoy people?

I don't understand?

well specifically on the tube escalators. If you just want to stand on them and enjoy the ride, you should stand on the right. If you want to feel the force of power walking on an escalator, you walk up the left of it whilst all the stationary commuters are waiting in perfect file on the right.

oooh I see, I didn't know that!

I bet we're really annoying when we got to places like london us country people.

I would stand on the left of escaltors out of habit, but I won't now!
We never have correct fair for the things which don't give you any change
Not used to having to pick a number bus depending on where we want to go!

Another thing: Drivers who do not indicate at junctions!

Oh and while we're on the subject of public transport:

Kiddies who kick your seat on the bus and their parents just give them an "awww bless" sort of look.

People walking in twos down the steps in a train station. Especially new street, I'm running down the left side of the steps to get on my train, and people are walking down the stairs in a row of two taking up the entire space so casually, and ignore you when you say "excuse me please"

Bus drivers who see you running to the bus stop and not far away when they cllose the doors and drive off, you're like "hello??!! would it kill you to hang around for 5 seconds??"

People at college who cross a 4 lane road after getting off the bus, when there are two perfectly good crossings. Especially since you have to be moses to cross that road safely during rush hour.

i know - i used to live in london as well so you'd think i was used to it more but i'm not. it's just annoying when i'm making an effort to remember and then the londoners just do whatever they want!

Ooooh and on results day (namely gcse and similar...) people being devastated with themselves for getting 11A*s and SHOCK HORROR ONE A GRADE.
Yes I'll just fade into insignificance here.

Edit: and also people asking your grades and saying "oh those are good". *smirk*

A girl in the year below me (who is actually my friend, but I was getting *really* annoyed with her) who is waaaaay cleverer than me was worrying in case she dropped one mark in her physics modules and the unis would pick up on that and not let her into medical school. She got full marks in all her AS modules for Biology, Chemistry and physics she took and was complaining that she couldn't sleep in case she dropped one mark off full marks. I could've hit her, and told her so!

Except I never got a chance to express any of my views because her form tutor packed me off to form

Exactly. Oh and the fluent french speaking girl in our class who takes A level french. Bemuses me really. Then we got our mock results (there was me sitting feeling all smug because I managed a c on that one), and then she says "Oh sir Im not sure about this answer I put can you look at it? And she loses one mark on the entire paper" and then announces to the class she got an A. Oh you don't say. I'd be worried if she lost many marks considering ITS HER FIRST LANGUAGE.

Yeah when people who know they're really good look for extra marks on a test does my head in as well!

They took the two bilingual french girls out of lessons in our school to give them extra tuition so they could do their GCSEs and ###### early. Complete waste of time because the youngest who did her GSCE in year 10 is now being made to start the AS in year 11 and her sister who did AS early now sits around for 5 lessons a week coz she's done it!

I suppose it works better for the rest of the class because the teacher doesn't have to worry about them being bored or about progressing too quickly for the rest of the class. They left one bilingual girl (Not related to the other two) in our lesson and completely ignored her for a year, she gets full marks on all the papers and they take the credit

Not as bad as "thank you for your call" at the end. Um, I didn't actually phone up for a chat, but because I had a problem to sort out, which I would have done online if your stupid website was compatible with Mac OS, rather than just PC. Grrr!

And then there's "your call is important to us" when waiting in a telephone queue. Yes, it's so important you can't employ enough staff to answer it.

And then there's the credit card company who phone to speak to Husband to try to persuade him to take out insurance when (i) I've told them on the previous 400 occasions that he's out at work during the day, and (ii) he's told them on the previous 800 occasions that he doesn't want it.

And then there are the people that phone us wanting either the local FE college or the DSS, both of which have a telephone number one digit different to ours. Pride of place goes to the people who can't grasp the concept that they've just dialled a wrong number, and trophies go to the ones who call back immediately. No, you've STILL got the wrong number. (All-time top-pop favourite was the person who left an answerphone message (after the "Husband and Deborah are not available at the moment" outgoing message) asking for a particular extension number).

<wanders off for a lie-down as she can feel her blood pressure rising>

And how could I forget the people who use our street as free parking for the station, and park so badly that we can't get off of our drive, and the dustcarts can't get down the road so that our wheelie-bins don't get emptied AGAIN.

Oooh annoying. With the parking thing, the delivery drivers who deliver to next door but one all the time seem to like blocking our drive. Until mum gives them What For.

i simply hate it when women who wear shoes that they obviously cannot walk in.

also, after seeing the year below's prom pictures: get ready for it -


SCRUFFY TIES
SHIRTS OUT
SUNGLASSES
NO JACKETS
UNBUTTONED TOP SHIRT BUTTON
LOPSIDED BOW TIES (but congratulations to those that made the effort to wear one)
UNPOLISHED SHOES


Oh my dear goodness... what is the world coming to? I couldn't believe my eyes - i'm a real stickler for this sort of thing, especially at a school prom/ball event. There was just no reasonable excuse.

*rants on to himself*

Hee. Well looking back I have realised how many things annoy me. Gosh, I have issues...

let it all out... (your issues, that is).

gosh, i'm rather fond of this ellipsis usage...

I'm actually really intolerant looking at this!

Having said that, if I find myself doing something I know annoys me if other people are doing it, I stop. So if I'm kicking something, I'll stop!

yes, i have to say that i don't quite stick to the whole 'practice what you preach' thing

Exactly and the old classic: 'we apologise for any inconvenience' when some stony voiced announcer has just told you that you will be waiting at on a smelly train for another 7 hours.

Another thing is when you put a mouthful of potato/pasta or whatever in your mouth. Your start flapping your hand frantically in front of your mouth, your cheeks go the colour of beetroot,, steam starts coming out of your ears and your eyes start bleeding and some clever individual asks: 'HOT?'

Or what my mum calls the 'Little Chef' school of training, where they wait until your mouth is full then ask 'Is everything all right?'

people who diss music!
and people who are full of themselves

I'm spotting a trend here: most of the things we find really irritating are down to either bad manners, ignorance, laziness, or a combination of the three.

Supposedly well spoken people who type 'your' instead of 'you're'.

Bus drivers

Talking of bus drivers, I've got a good story about two bus drivers.

When I was walking back from my piano lesson, I usually have to cross at some traffic lights. The bus was about a few metres away from the lights when I pressed the button. There was a bus stop straight after the lights. They went amber, then red, but the bus went straight through the red light, and they did not stop at the bus stop!

The next week: same situation. Bus was a few metres away. Pressed button hoping the bus would go through, but this time the bus driver decided to stop, even though there were people waiting at the bus stop!

i don't get you...it's not their fault is it?

i have two more stories...
i was in a hurry and late already one morning and for my bus stop, the traffic light is about 5m away from the actual bus stop. I ran up just as it was pulling away from my stop but the light was red and a nice bus driver would have let me on but this woman looked at me, waved and grinned and carried on driving! mean or what?!

Another thing...this other bus that i usually go on is usually REALLY full but i think that this one time it was a new driver and he picked me and some other people up at the depot and carried on driving all the way to about 4 stops from the end, which is where i get off, WITHOUT STOPPING so basically he forgot to let people on! a rather stupid mistake....

Very true!! There is only one bus stop where I live, on the side of the road going to Newquay and one day it was chucking it down with rain so I decided to wait in the bus stop even though the bus I was waiting for would be going the other way. (hope that makes sense!) Normally the bus drivers don't mind you waiting here but I managed to get the grumpy bus driver who yelled at me: "What are you doing waiting on that side of the road, you are lucky I stopped!!!"

Also bus drivers who look at my college bus pass and go "No, you have to pay" even though it says that I can use my bus pass on that bus

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

What ticks me off? Hmm....endless blummin car polls

Don't worry. I've run out of car polls at the moment!

They are still getting replies though...this is a music forum ..it's turning into a car one