The small things in life that annoy you

[badgerx16]

The contractors building the Singleton bypass on the A585. To avoid penalties for missing their deadline they have opened the new dual carriageway on one side, with two way contraflow traffic, and no traffic lights to control traffic at the junctions as it crosses other roads. Last night at 7pm what was previously a 10 minute journey by the old road, now closed off, was taking 80 minutes. Cars trying to turn right off the road at the junctions block everything behind them whilst they are waiting to turn.

 

 

Edited 20 December, 2023 by badgerx16

[AlexLaw76]

The endless roadworks on the M27...

[Fan The Flames]

Men wearing hoods when driving.

[trousers]

Referring to Instagram as 'Insta'

How much more dumbed down can society get FFS?

Edited 20 December, 2023 by trousers

[Lighthouse]

Xmas/NY opening hours. Thankfully this year Xmas eve and NYE are both on a Sunday, so they’re out the way on a day which is sh*t and irritating the other 50 weeks of the year anyway.

[Turkish]

Grown adults who describe themselves on their social media profiles trying to be edgy for example I’ve got on mine a twat of a bird about 40 years old who describes herself as “classy, sassy and a bit bad assy” WAC

[Weston Super Saint]

8 hours ago, Turkish said:

Grown adults who describe themselves on their social media profiles trying to be edgy for example I’ve got on mine a twat of a bird about 40 years old who describes herself as “classy, sassy and a bit bad assy” WAC

I imagine she has lip fillers, cheek fillers and a massive arse.

Rule 1?

[Weston Super Saint]

Royal Mail. Has become a complete joke of a company. The last couple of months we've received letters for nearly all our neighbours even though the address is clear. It seems that delivering to a random address on the street is good enough and we'll sort the rest for them!

[revolution saint]

2 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Royal Mail. Has become a complete joke of a company. The last couple of months we've received letters for nearly all our neighbours even though the address is clear. It seems that delivering to a random address on the street is good enough and we'll sort the rest for them!

Completely agree about Royal Mail, shocking service when it comes to letters.  Will be interesting to watch the new Toby Jones series "Mr Bates vs the Post Office"

[trousers]

2 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Royal Mail. Has become a complete joke of a company. The last couple of months we've received letters for nearly all our neighbours even though the address is clear. It seems that delivering to a random address on the street is good enough and we'll sort the rest for them!

You get frequent mail deliveries? Surely something to post in the "Things that bring you joy" thread? Here in deepest darkest Devon, we're lucky to get one delivery per week!

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

You get frequent mail deliveries? Surely something to post in the "Things that bring you joy" thread? Here in deepest darkest Devon, we're lucky to get one delivery per week!

I am afraid I have given up on them. If our nice post lady is on holiday for two weeks we don't get any mail for two weeks. What is worse is that any money I have sent out or been sent to my children now does not arrive. That never used to be the case. Shambles.

[AlexLaw76]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

You get frequent mail deliveries? Surely something to post in the "Things that bring you joy" thread? Here in deepest darkest Devon, we're lucky to get one delivery per week!

What part of Devon are you in ffs?

[trousers]

50 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

What part of Devon are you in ffs?

I'm in North Devon, right?

[trousers]

1 hour ago, Sergei Gotsmanov said:

I am afraid I have given up on them. If our nice post lady is on holiday for two weeks we don't get any mail for two weeks. What is worse is that any money I have sent out or been sent to my children now does not arrive. That never used to be the case. Shambles.

I'm not sure if this works all the time, but something I heard recently was if you send yourself a recorded delivery parcel when you are expecting an important letter it'll speed up delivery as they'll bundle up any standard mail with the parcel van. Shouldn't be necessary of course, and a bit of a PITA, but a potential top tip nonetheless. 

[trousers]

Sellotape

What a load of old shite 

#wrappingpresents

Edited 21 December, 2023 by trousers

[Whitey Grandad]

46 minutes ago, trousers said:

I'm in North Devon, right?

I drove through there last week 😉

[badgerx16]

12 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I drove through there last week 😉

Did you see any post vans ?

[whelk]

25 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Did you see any post vans ?

Or posties with their feet up in pub gardens?

[AlexLaw76]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

I'm in North Devon, right?

Do you live there? 

I have been to illfracombe before. Nice place

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, whelk said:

Or posties with their feet up in pub gardens?

It was closed.

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Do you live there? 

I have been to illfracombe before. Nice place

Yes it is. I went across to Woolacombe to scatter some of my wife’s ashes on the beach. It’s a fabulous place, well worth a visit.

I should wait for a tide or two though first 🫣

[SotonianWill]

Americans pretending to be Irish

[mickn]

On 21/12/2023 at 08:23, Weston Super Saint said:

Royal Mail. Has become a complete joke of a company. The last couple of months we've received letters for nearly all our neighbours even though the address is clear. It seems that delivering to a random address on the street is good enough and we'll sort the rest for them!

A couple of days ago one of my sons who lives near Titchfield received a card addressed to someone with the same house number and road name in Newcastle.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

I only listen to the radio at work, but this "make me a winner competition" on one of the stations. Why would you go to the bother of entering, then spaffing a couple of quid for the privilige, only to not answer your phone when you get called up? These last few weeks have seen some pretty hefty sums passed up.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

PG Tips. 

Had decades of their advertising telling us that their pyramid tea bags are revolutionary for making a perfect cuppa.

Now they've reverted back to "normal" tea bags to reduce the use of micro plastics (a noble reason) yet their packaging is trying to pass it off being for "new intense flavour release". Bollocks to it.

[badgerx16]

Adverts in general;

"New improved....", was the product shit previously?

The cleaner "Now with a plant based ingredient"', so it has citric acid in amongst all the environmentally dangerous chemicals.

Batteries "...containing recycled materials", probably the metal casing.

 

If they are going to make these claims they should be made to make clear what exactly they are talking about, ( and not just with impossible to read tiny white text at the bottom of the TV screen ).

Edited 22 December, 2023 by badgerx16

[badgerx16]

On 19/12/2023 at 13:40, AlexLaw76 said:

Celebrity special of a game show (like Tipping Point Lucky Stars) and the audience are more 'rowdy' during the contest.

 

On Celebrity Mastermind, Troy Deeney and Dana both scored 0 on their specialist subjects.

[Behind Enemy Lines]

16 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

Adverts in general;

"New improved....", was the product shit previously?

The cleaner "Now with a plant based ingredient"', so it has citric acid in amongst all the environmentally dangerous chemicals.

Batteries "...containing recycled materials", probably the metal casing.

 

If they are going to make these claims they should be made to make clear what exactly they are talking about, ( and not just with impossible to read tiny white text at the bottom of the TV screen ).

‘As good as the market leader’. 
 

Well if it was, it would be the market leader too, right?! 

[whelk]

Token bs ‘gambleaware’ in gambling ads. Literally watched William Hill ad talk earnestly about all their measures to keep under control and then the following advert was William Hill showing what fun it was gambling with them. The same fucking company!

Yet another toothless watchdog enforcing ineffective nonsense to show they are doing something which does fuck all to stop the epidemic of gambling addicts. If the companies marketing wanted to really put the effort in to show ruined lives I’m damn sure they could a better effort at getting the message across. I used t9 work in the industry and they sure profit from addicts and want more.

[Weston Super Saint]

The annual reminder of how much I hate wrapping Christmas presents!

[Sheaf Saint]

On 23/12/2023 at 07:50, Behind Enemy Lines said:

‘As good as the market leader’. 
 

Well if it was, it would be the market leader too, right?! 

Not necessarily. There's loads of instances of market leading products being not as good as others available, but have been more successfully marketed therefore have higher sales and profits. Classic example is Beats headphones. For what they cost, they're really not that good compared to other brands, but every other fucker on the train seems to be wearing them.

So my nomination for the thread title is - people who think they look cool wearing Beats, but they actually just look like idiots because they're happy to pay over the odds for something because the bloke who launched them is a big name. Basically the same as people paying stupid money for perfume by people like Victoria Beckham.

[Turkish]

Stand by tomorrow morning for social media to be full of matching pyjama family selfies. Absolute cringe 

Edited 24 December, 2023 by Turkish

[harvey]

On 22/12/2023 at 12:44, Lee On Solent Saint said:

I only listen to the radio at work, but this "make me a winner competition" on one of the stations. Why would you go to the bother of entering, then spaffing a couple of quid for the privilige, only to not answer your phone when you get called up? These last few weeks have seen some pretty hefty sums passed up.

And the occasional '10 free texts to enter' so a better chance to win......surely if that includes everyone that's the same as one text for everyone?

[trousers]

The continuity announcer before a 70s / 80s film is shown on terrestrial TV these days: "This film may contain references of the era which may be offensive now"... Channel 4 just did this before Planes, Trains & Automobiles... 

FFS... If it's so "offensive" then don't show it in the first place; if it's not then shut the f*** up!

 

Edited 29 December, 2023 by trousers

[badgerx16]

6 minutes ago, trousers said:

The continuity announcer before a 70s / 80s film is shown on terrestrial TV these days: "This film may contain references of the era which may be offensive now"... Channel 4 just did this before Planes, Trains & Automobiles... 

FFS... If it's so "offensive" then don't show it in the first place; if it's not then shut the f*** up!

 

The World these days is populated with snowflakes.

[whelk]

Grown men waving their arms at other supporters encouraging them to ‘Stand up if you love the Saints’. 
Greaterw love have no man eh that you are willing to declare your love with such a gesture

[whelk]

16 hours ago, trousers said:

The continuity announcer before a 70s / 80s film is shown on terrestrial TV these days: "This film may contain references of the era which may be offensive now"... Channel 4 just did this before Planes, Trains & Automobiles... 

FFS... If it's so "offensive" then don't show it in the first place; if it's not then shut the f*** up!

 

Reminds me I need to write to Points of View as I put The Sweeney on and there was Jack Regan swigging whiskey and no warning of alcohol use in the show, come to think of it I think I saw someone smoking too and again no warning.

Edited 30 December, 2023 by whelk
There not their tut tut

[Weston Super Saint]

26 minutes ago, whelk said:

Reminds me I need to write to Points of View as I put The Sweeney on and their was Jack Regan swigging whiskey and no warning of alcohol use in the show, come to think of it I think I saw someone smoking too and again no warning.

I watched a little bit of 'porridge' the other day.  Middle of the afternoon, no warnings and one scene in the prison cell had a collection of 'page 3's' on the wall.  Where will it end?

[rallyboy]

I've been triggered by hearing about those horrendous incidents in Porridge and The Sweeney, I need an apology from someone, compensation, and six months off work.

[trousers]

The sound level of adverts on channel 4 being around 50 decibels louder than the movie being shown. Twats. 

Edited 30 December, 2023 by trousers

[trousers]

Movies where the dialogue is around 50 decibels lower than the soundtrack. Pillocks. 

[Whitey Grandad]

30 minutes ago, trousers said:

The sound level of adverts on channel  being around 50 decibels louder than the movie being shown. Twats. 

In my days in television research we mentioned this and we’re told that the adverts were never louder than the loudest part of the programme. Of course, all adverts used sound that is compressed upwards.

[Whitey Grandad]

29 minutes ago, trousers said:

Movies where the dialogue is around 50 decibels lower than the soundtrack. Pillocks. 

We saw a comment from a critic about this a few years ago. He called it “a mumblin’ and a grumblin’ and in our house it’s been that ever since.

[whelk]

Every fucker talking about calendar year football stats. Meaningless bollocks and should be treated as such, 

[CB Fry]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

Every fucker talking about calendar year football stats. Meaningless bollocks and should be treated as such, 

That's the twelfth time you have said that on here in 2023.

[Lighthouse]

Bank holiday opening hours. I get that you might want to close early on NYE but why today? Nobody is going out tonight, everyone’s back at work tomorrow.

[whelk]

On 31/12/2023 at 00:03, CB Fry said:

That's the twelfth time you have said that on here in 2023.

I am keeping tabs on it. So far unbeaten in 2024. When the true run starts 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

It's a bank holiday in Scotland today. Bastards.

[whelk]

35 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

It's a bank holiday in Scotland today. Bastards.

Bet we have better weather in August than they had today

[Fan The Flames]

2 hours ago, whelk said:

Bet we have better weather in August than they had today

And they have the same weather in August as they had today