Innocuous things that make you irrationally angry (a list thread)

I started watching The Spice Trail, a 3 part bbc series on the origin of various spices like pepper and vanilla, but even though those parts are interesting, I had to turn it off because I've been unable to not notice how this whole series is nothing but Kate Humble inserting herself in traditional festivals, having a terrible go at manually handling the various seeds and barks, being on screen all the bloody time, being filmed as though those centuries old ceremonies are somehow for or about her, etc. - it's the Kate Humble show.

I had no problems with her before this series, mind. But this is too much.

I'll look up where them spices come from on wikipedia, thankyouverymuch.

ha, yes, I gave up on that after half an episode. The new Brian Cox Wonders of the Universe thing is exactly the same. Get off my fucking screen and just tell me stuff!

I dunno, when its Brian Cox I'm not gonna be complaining! <3

Another 'in speech', annoyed by: 'as yet'.

XXpost: I've seen Cox's Wonders Of The Solar System series and never noticed it was like that - am now wondering if I may be sexist or something :-(
(Are Michael Mosley's series like that as well? History of Medicine, etc - because I didn't notice him too much either)

1) No need to stand that close behind me in the supermarket queue. I understand the illusion of progress you get by inching closer to my neck may alleviate the clearly considerably difficulty you have queueing but it is making me IRRATIONALLY ANGRY that I can slightly feel your huffing and puffing on my neck yet the thing is too INNOCUOUS to turn round and say anything about.

2) Damn crumbly bread too crumbly to butter properly I will swear vigorously at you.

clearly considerably difficulty youy havey queueingy

sorry this post is so close after yours

Jeez just WAIT will you. Or I'll take a surprise step back and then where'll you be?

just so long as you aren't standing 10ft away from the person in front of you and making the queue twice as long as it need be.

getting crosser and crosser at amazon mixing useless (to me) kindle results in with the book results. needs to be an option, one it remembers.

argh that's annoying. 'LOOK WE HAVE A NEW PLATFORM!!!!! SEE?!?!?!!' Just bugger off.

or worse still the whole 'WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A KINDLE, R U MENTAL' thing.

You're mental, Kindle is great, you can also read the books on your computer or iPad, Kindle forever!

(this message brought to you by Amazon, world's largest bookseller and creator of the Amazon Kindle)

You can also mark the page you were on so you don't lose your place! Try doing that with a book!

(yesterday I heard ANOTHER person say that about ebooks, made me ia I can tell you)

hahaha

those thieving bastards selling "bookmarks" as third-party accessories will be out of business any day

Wow, I never thought of that. What greedy fatcats.

Speaking of which, those thousand dollar bill or million dollar bill bookmarks that mall bookstores used to carry annoyed me.

Those goddamn "to the cloud" Windows commercials

people who begin sentences with "I think we can all agree that...". half the time, it's something that isn't black and white and that we don't all agree on.

sometimes it's appropriate, except in my circles, it tends to be used more inappropriately than not.

same for "I speak for everyone here when I say..."....unless you're either a CEO or you've done extensive polling of the people you're speaking for, shut the fuck up.

I started laughing the other day when I was on a wikipedia article and the phrase "it is said" was tagged [weasel words]

If I wanted that shit, I'd watch Fox News.

also, people who say 'both extreme left and extreme right-wingers are morons, the real answer is somewhere in the middle'.

or people who go "I'm not Republican or Democrat, I'm independent", and yet their viewpoints clearly mirror one of the two parties almost exactly.

It is moronic if for every issue, you're doing your best to restate the party line rather than stopping to consider how you yourself feel on the issue, but half the people that claim to be moderate aren't...and there is nothing wrong with someone that happens to be well-defined as a liberal or conservative. (I for one am essentially a socialist).

Like I don't share all the same opinions I did six years ago and don't vote the Dem party line on every issue, yet get tired of pointing out to these smug assholes I know that they're no better than anybody else simply cuz they can't make up their mind where they stand on issues.

more prevalent here (mcr) now is 'eeyahh' as preface to public statements. as in "eeyahh there's a fookin bogey on that". and other such delights.

― utterfilth (whatever), Friday, 11 March 2011 22:55 (2 days ago) Bookmark

haha - i'm from teesside

'ERE MATE'
'HOU!'
'HOY!'
'EEYAH'

and the like are all very common and used without notice i suppose

1) No need to stand that close behind me in the supermarket queue...

― Ron Rom (GamalielRatsey), Sunday, 13 March 2011 15:52 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Actually, I'd add the inverse:

OK, people standing in the queue for the bus: There's a nice shelter that person 1 is standing in, he's alright he's right up to the front. But, person two is six feet behind him, and person three is 6ft behind person two, and is just inside the shelter. So, everyone else files in behind person three, and it's raining so they stand fairly close to person three. But if someone wants to stand inside the shelter in the nice available space, boy does person two and three get defensive about this queue jumper!!!

I dont think I understand this. Doesnt everyone just crowd into the bus shelter while yr waiting? Whats the queue for?

What sort of queuing system would that be? What are you, some sort of anarchist?

That'd be the French queueing system from the sounds of it.

Ah, I have recently experienced said system. Turned up for bus due in ten minutes. Waited. More people turned up, stood in front of us. More people turned up, stood in front of them. Bus arrived, everyone tried to get on without letting people off first.

SAVAGES.

...dont the people getting off use the rear doors?>

this was a free ski resort bus, so all doors available for exit/entry. upper middle class clientele also perhaps unused to norms of public transport behaviour.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Bus_Queue.jpg

^ Gah, take a look at this queue! The lady on the left is at the front, and is sensibly counting her change in advance so as not to delay the driver unnecessarily. You might think that she could move a little further to the left to allow her fellow queue-dwellers a little shelter from the harsh UK sun, but you'll notice that she has taken a position right in line with the bus-stop sign, so her positioning is faultless and overall her technique is exemplary. The gentlemen next to her is her husband and is perfectly entitled to stand alongside in close proximity. The third guy is where it all goes wrong. He should really have queued on the other side towards the oncoming traffic. His error has led to a queue being formed upstream of the bus stop and you will notice the anxiety this is causing the other queuefolk. From his casual attire and failure to button his shirt I suspect he's an Australian. He will shortly be picked up by the authorities and beaten to a bloody pulp for his infraction. What will happen if the bus driver overshoots the stop by a few yards with the queue in this sort of disarray? Quite simply it would be chaos! The old lady will lose her place and could well get trampled in the insuing melee. Someone who arrived at the stop later than she will be the first to embark. Wrong wrong wrong!

gotta make her mind up, which seat can she take?

lol @ british orderly queue for the bus, it really is a country of queueing

At only certain bus stops in Chicago people form a line. My friend Courtney says that the one she take to work is a strangely single file and orderly. We have pondered what makes that one so exceptional.

you will notice the anxiety this is causing the other queuefolk

hahaha so true - man in the centre with hand on his head is about ready to faint with the tension.

my ia for today: crud being allowed to collect on shared mice/mouse-mats & me being seemingly the only person on Earth bothered enough by it to clean said crud off.

i dunno if this belongs to this thread but somebody in the kitchen decided to defrost raw meat directly on top of my leftover dinner. and it made me pretty angry.

by directly on top i don't mean the rack above, but just sitting on top of my dish, in a plastic bag with blood dripping all over. i mean, wtf.

that is either remarkably clueless or active-aggressive behavior

i've never seen any londoners queue like that at bus stops (you can see that's not a london one)

i've definitely seen ppl queue for bus stops once or twice, but i think it was in west london

they're probably tourists

Actors that certain directors seem to be in love with and keep foisting on the public, despite lack of charisma/skill/etc. Shia LeBouef, Gemma Arterton, etc

pooping buckets has me IA at the moment

when frozen slices of bread won't come apart even with a butter knife and it's early in the morning and you just want some toast and you slam the knife down on the counter and throw the chunk of bread down saying 'FUCK IT ALL' and then realize that you are having a tantrum over frozen goddamn bread

sorry abt yr poop San Te

lol well guess which post will likely be on the out of context thread

ARGH couple in supermarket having noisy sucky-face session, blocking the shelf/item I needed for nearly five minutes.

gross

throw cans of food at them til they stop

you should jam your way into the middle of them and see if they notice

Screw that, throw a cup of ice on them.