General things that Annoy you

bolloxbolder said:

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal picking at his bum all game. Yuk.

Dazzler21 said:

Cricket a sport? you break for a full on lunch and tea... then go and continue your game!
You also get this guy playing at the international stage....

So you think they should play for 7 hours without a break and food and water?

the Greek government.

This doesn't annoy me, more it confuses me.

So when you're waiting at a station during rushhour, say at a terminus like Cannon Street at 5pm, and you know your train is going to be on platform 1, why do people then wait at the front of the platform where the front of the train is going to arrive knowing full well that that part of the train will be packed?

They stand there for 10 minutes before the train leaves and don't bother walking up to the other end of the platform where you can have a seat and there is more space.

Do people really suffer for 30 minutes in a hot, stuffy carriage for the sake of saving 40 seconds of walking at the end station?

Answers please.

@cafcnick1992 are you 22/23 and just referred to Cannon St as a terminus?

No one uses the word 'terminus'. Even really old people (40+)

AFKABartram said:

@cafcnick1992 are you 22/23 and just referred to Cannon St as a terminus?

No one uses the word 'terminus'. Even really old people (40+)

Yes, get your transport jargon right, you'll never get with it on here

Well as we say in the catering industry, there's nowt as queer as forks

AFKABartram said:

My inability to have two pints, and leave it at two pints.

FFS missed this - would've jumped all over it had I known there was potential for any drunken ramblings tonight.

Judging by your comments that followed though seems like Charlton Life is safe for tonight.

I will spend the next 10mins though trawling through the other threads to see if there are any golden nuggets

Algarveaddick said:

I agree it's nice that people otherwise not engaged in sport take an interest in Wimbledon, however the truth is, that for some reason, any number of people - and for the purposes of this experiment, let's call them "women" ( sorry, but it tends to be the case ) - who are the ones top of the moaning tree when the Euros or the World Cup are on, are suddenly quite happy to have a sport on for nine hours on one side and over four hours on the other side AT THE SAME TIME.

I would also have more respect for them if they took even the remotest interest in the game for the rest of the year, but unless Andy Murray reaches a grand slam final, they don't even know what tournaments are taking place.

Typically the same women who copy the whole 'rugby players don't dive and they are the most respectful people walking the earth compared to footballers' nonsense theory they have heard from someone else and then regurgitate it as their own opinion even though they don't watch either Football or Rugby in truth.

Intermittent mobile coverage shifting from 4 to 3G. I get signed out of here on 3G - angers me.

Also my house and general area is shocking for WIFI. Again exposing me to the perils of 3G.

cabbles said:

Intermittent mobile coverage shifting from 4 to 3G. I get signed out of here on 3G - angers me.

Also my house and general area is shocking for WIFI. Again exposing me to the perils of 3G.

First World Problems

"the perils of 3G" ffs

Ormiston Addick said:

McBobbin said:

Barack Obama calling sir David Attenborough "David Attenborrow". That's basically sacrilege

Americans struggle with "Borough" and "Brough" - an English kid in my team is a Boro fan and the American boy on our team read the badge on his shirt and said, "Middlesbruff - who the hell are they?"<blockquote

The old classic tale is the two septics on a train asking if it stopped at loogabarrooga. Obviously, the meant Loughborough.

I'm sure I'm just as bad with foreign place names, but still...

People on a phone conversation moaning how hot they are on the train, like they're the only person Is about to melt.

Just a small observation fellow commuter, but what about taking the jumper off that you have on?

ricky_otto said:

cabbles said:

MrLargo said:

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cabbles said:

People that just stop in front of you on a busy pavement. If you're lost move to the side. I'm already angry and worked up enough on my way to work without the obligatory stoppers, or those that feel the need to zig zag to where they are going rather than walk in a straight line

I think there was a brief experiment somewhere in London not too long ago, with having fast and slow lanes on the pavement, must have not caught on though.

There's a certain category of person, not necessarily fatties, that somehow seem able to dominate the whole pavement - you try and overtake on the left and it's blocked, same again on the right, so eventually you have to walk out into the road (risking life and limb) to get passed. Like Lewis Hamilton taking a diversion up the pit lane just to overtake a back marker.

These blockers/stoppers or people that can't walk straight plague me. I can guarantee that I will encounter at least 5 or 6 prior to work - thus facilitating an increase in my level of anger prior to the day starting. Another favourite are those that are glued to the mobile whilst walking down the street. Particularly good for me as my route home from work is walking from covent garden to westminster tube. I just wish I had it in me to completely smash the phone out their hands next time they bump into me because they aren't looking where they are going

The phone thing is beyond annoying. I suggest you carry a samurai and slice their hand off. That will teach them a valuable lesson, and if nothing else, will almost certainly make them think about using the other hand to hold a phone in.

Being of the older generation, I use my mobile sparingly. I do however like to stroll across London bridge in the peak rush hour, whilst reading my "Daily Telegraph", with outstretched arms. I find it surprising how many people fail to walk round me when I cant see them; so discourteous :-)