Fuck, I was filling up with petrol a couple of weeks ago and midway through I noticed the guy sitting in the car at the pump next to mine was smoking. He rolled his window down and inch and flicked the ash out, which came swirling out and round my hand that was holding the pump. I made the mental calculation that this was probably a psycho and that my car was six inches from his door if I called him on it and he chose to get out and make something of it - so I could do nothing but hold my breath and pretend it wasn't happening. By grace I am still here.
Goes way beyond disgusting savagery, that does.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 13 February 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
did you consider that he may simply have been a person of low intelligence?
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 13 February 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Those who litter. Especially when that litter is dropped in the grounds of an otherwise pristinely beautiful country park, and its presence drags me out of a sylvan reverie and back into a world of savages. Disgusting, littering, savages.
― Bill A, Saturday, 13 February 2010 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^ Definite Top 5 "what the fuck is wrong with people?" material.
― I'm afraid we're dealing with Garth Crooks (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 13 February 2010 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
slatternsconsumptive chimneysweepspatrons of the more insalubrious clubs in lower st james
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 13 February 2010 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
roustabouts, ploughmen
― harbl, Saturday, 13 February 2010 22:34 (fourteen years ago) link
People who don't stop their infernal digital device beeping on user input. And the savages who put the beeps there in the first place.
― take me to your lemur (ledge), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
And clicks. Damn you, clickers.
― No, YOU'RE a disgusting savage (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
The absolutely moronic people that honestly believe the existence of snow in and of itself completely disproves climate change. These people should all be sterilized to prevent further contamination of the gene pool.
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
that is actually how nazi germany got started
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
First they came for the climatologists, and I did not speak out, because it was snowing...
― Home Taping Is Killing Muzak (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe this is a bit esoteric, but people who tie shoes together and then throw them over telephone cables so that everyone has to look at their stupid shoes dangling in space over the street for months to come.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 22:17 (fourteen years ago) link
i usually assumed someone else did that to your shoes tbh
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
How else would we know where to buy crack?
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― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link
we're in ireland/uk, jon- you can get it on prescription in our disgusting welfare states
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link
I've heard this is actually a way for gangs to mark territories in some cities (New Orleans specifically) - not that this makes it any less disgusting.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
It's dangly shoe gangs marking their territory.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I heard it wis to commemorate Sgt. William "Old Shoe" Schuman, shot down behind enemy lines.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Let me reiterate that people who take up the aisle seat on a crowded streetcar/bus/train and stare blankly ahead when other passengers (elderly, female, whatever) clearly would like to sit down are disgusting savages. I will refrain from listing the ethnicities of these passengers but I like to imagine that in those countries there are fleets of half-full buses and trains going everywhere. It's amazing public transportation achieves anything in those countries since they are probably only able to sell one ticket for every two seats. Re-education Now.
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
The asshats in front of me in the grocery store that not only took an entire cartful through the '15 Items or Less' line, but also paid for their entire $72 purchase with a JAR OF FUCKING QUARTERS sliding them into the self-checkout machine one at a time.
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I will refrain from listing the ethnicities of these passengers but I like to imagine that in those countries there are fleets of half-full buses and trains going everywhere. It's amazing public transportation achieves anything in those countries since they are probably only able to sell one ticket for every two seats.
o_O
― National Sockpuppet Helpline (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 25 February 2010 08:16 (fourteen years ago) link
postal workers
― jeff, Thursday, 25 February 2010 08:39 (fourteen years ago) link
the only time i saw someone do the former was a senile caribbean man at the drink/sweets counter who was taking aaaages and trying to tell the inconvenienced that the country was a fucking disgrace and we needed to get the bnp in to sort it out, nobody reacted (stifled laughs excepted)
probably some karmic reminder of my insolence in considering a couple of miniatures and dairy milk to be an acceptable breakfast
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 25 February 2010 08:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay, okay, I'll just say it. Old Chinese people.
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 25 February 2010 09:58 (fourteen years ago) link
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 09:58 (fourteen years ago) link
O_o
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Thursday, 25 February 2010 09:59 (fourteen years ago) link
thread has come full circle
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link
anyway I think that asia just might have a different bus culture - ime you need to make the movement like you're going to squeeze past them for the seat, at which point they will swing their legs out to let you in.
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah it's annoying when people do this, but really, just push past them
― MPx4A, Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link
sit on their lap ftw
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:19 (fourteen years ago) link
People who won't say "excuse me" are the most disgusting savages, particularly when combined with passive-aggressive glares and eye-rolling because you didn't read their minds and instantly move out of their way.
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i say 'excuse me', but will absolutely couple it with the glare if i think it should have been obvious people are trying to get by.
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Welcome to England
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
where "politeness" has come to mean refusal to communicate and then getting angry about it
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Linked to this - people who huff and hmf.
― 'virgin' should be 'wizard' (GamalielRatsey), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Other side of that coin - people who deliberately pause before getting out the way, etc. I had a pal like that, would not do anyone a favour, no matter how small, without making the asker wait just on principle ('could you pass the salt?' 'give me two minutes'). It actually takes a while for that to become annoying, but my word does it drive you mad when you realise what he was up to.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
It actually takes a while for that to become annoying, but my word does it drive you mad when you realise what he was up to.
This process contains worlds of pain. Not exactly savagery, but I've got a friend who WILL insert 'y'know' between almost every other word. Weirdly not noticeable at first - once you've noticed tho...
― 'virgin' should be 'wizard' (GamalielRatsey), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Wait wait wait but what about British deployments of 'excuse me' to mean 'excyoooze YOU' and 'sorry' to imply 'you should be, get your filthy self out of my way'.
― barack hussein chalayan (suzy), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
ah now in fairness they're actually great!
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm always bloody apologising, not in a passive aggressive way, just automatically. Really annoying. Used to bug the hell out of a Scottish friend of mine - 'What the f' are you apologising for? Stop f'ing apologising!'
'Sorry'
― 'virgin' should be 'wizard' (GamalielRatsey), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
the correct retort is a friendly headbutt i believe
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Correct.
― 'virgin' should be 'wizard' (GamalielRatsey), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
1) people who wear UGGS1a) people who wear UGGS in the SNOW
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 26 February 2010 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Seriously? It bothers me much more to see them worn in the middle of 100 degree July.
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 26 February 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
wearing ugg boots in the snow without waterproofing them = savage
― Venus in Fursuit (Future_Perfect), Friday, 26 February 2010 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
the callous sophisticates laughed at judy's wet ugg boots.
― estela, Friday, 26 February 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
People who stand in the left-hand channel of London Underground escalators, particularly when they are in charge of a small, wheelable piece of 'carry-on luggage'.
― barack hussein chalayan (suzy), Friday, 26 February 2010 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
escalators often provide a shocking insight into just how lazy and/or oblivious some able-bodied people are.
― estela, Friday, 26 February 2010 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
People who are in charge of a small, wheelable piece of 'carry-on luggage'
― nakhchivan, Friday, 26 February 2010 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link
People who take small, wheelable pieces of 'carry-on luggage' to and from work.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 26 February 2010 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link