The "That Really Grinds My Gears" Thread

[Pal Joey]

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by Big Daddy Bee on Sat Jan 29 2011, 05:39
So then people what really annoys you.

No matter how big or trivial it is, this is the thread to vent your anger and annoyance.

Last thread: https://www.606v2.com/t199p950-the-that-really-grinds-my-gears-thread

[TopHat24/7]

Smokers.

[Luckless Pedestrian]

All smokers?

[GSC]

I don't mind smokers in general, but if you're walking next to me smoking in the street, and I have to breathe it in, it really does wind me up.

[TopHat24/7]

Lol, nah, not really, just needling Il Giab.

I'm 50:50, don't like the smell of smoke and hate it when I'm eating or you catch a gobful of it when walking down the street or out of an office building. The litter it causes by virture of most smokers being careless with their fag butts is also annoying but then I see how expensive fags are these days and it makes me laugh so there's pluses and minuses.

[Luckless Pedestrian]

I hate seeing cigarette butts on the floor. It's really not difficult to wait until you find a bin or put it in a back pocket 'til you get home. On the other hand, I hate it when places have nowhere to put your fag end. If you go out the front of the Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, there isn't a single ashtray-box thing to be seen, nor any bins. It's all well and good trying to reduce smoking, but the fact is that people do smoke, and if you don't provide ashtrays for them, you're asking for litter.

[Il Gialloblu]

Lol, nah, not really, just needling Il Giab.

Don't be too harsh on us mate, we're a dying breed.

[TopHat24/7]

haha very good

[Luckless Pedestrian]

Maroon 5. I don't care if you're at a payphone. And if you show off your 'moves like Jagger' around here, you'll be dancing all the way to the hospital.

[Cari]

Maroon 5. I don't care if you're at a payphone. And if you show off your 'moves like Jagger' around here, you'll be dancing all the way to the hospital.

The girl who sits next to me in work LOVES Maroon 5 and is always singing a song of theirs. I absolutely fecking hated them anyway, the lead singer's voice grates on my nerves...but now I have to put up with someone else singing their songs badly.

[Mat]

Whenever I go to the pub or out in town, I ALWAYS end up bumping into someone who I just really don't want to see. Either they are there with others, or working on the bar, which forces you into an awkward 30 second conversation.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Whenever I go to the pub or out in town, I ALWAYS end up bumping into someone who I just really don't want to see. Either they are there with others, or working on the bar, which forces you into an awkward 30 second conversation.

Whenever I go up the City I always see someone I know but don't really like. So you have the awkward sort of eye contact followed by the forced smile. Hate it

[Mat]

Whenever I go to the pub or out in town, I ALWAYS end up bumping into someone who I just really don't want to see. Either they are there with others, or working on the bar, which forces you into an awkward 30 second conversation.

Whenever I go up the City I always see someone I know but don't really like. So you have the awkward sort of eye contact followed by the forced smile. Hate it

It's normally my friends who I see, I just don't want to talk to them!

[Hero]

50 shades of grey.

Enough said.

[Adam D]

50 shades of grey.

Enough said.

[Kenny]

When my Sky box cant get a satellite signal when we have a bit of bad weather !!!

[Pal Joey]

It always happens at a critical moment too! Mostly....

[Cari]

50 shades of grey.

Enough said.

Agreed. Just shows how gullible some people are - make something fashionable and women fall for it. I've seen four different women on the bus to work reading it in one week recently. Erotic literature of all types has been around for donkeys, and there's a lot more graphic and better written stuff around than that book if that's what you're into. I can't understand what the fuss is about. Apparently it's actually quite a mediocre, poorly written book too.

[Mat]

That a load of my mates seem to be going off on Holiday to sunny places whilst I'm stuck in the rain.

And consequently, the rain stopping me from going to watch Worcestershire in the cricket.

[Hero]

50 shades of grey.

Enough said.

Agreed. Just shows how gullible some people are - make something fashionable and women fall for it. I've seen four different women on the bus to work reading it in one week recently. Erotic literature of all types has been around for donkeys, and there's a lot more graphic and better written stuff around than that book if that's what you're into. I can't understand what the fuss is about. Apparently it's actually quite a mediocre, poorly written book too.

The fact that it started out as fan fiction for Twilight should set the alarm bells ringing but from what I've seen it's little more than a glorified letter to Razzle.

[GSC]

And consequently, the rain stopping me from going to watch Worcestershire in the cricket.

A positive surely?

[GSC]

For those 50 shades of Grey fans:

https://twitter.com/50SOAndyGray

My personal favorite:
50ShadesOfAndyGray ‏@50SOAndyGray
After the five hour romp, they shared a cigarette. "Was I any good?" she asked nervously. "You'd struggle on a cold night at The Britannia."

[GG]

That a load of my mates seem to be going off on Holiday to sunny places whilst I'm stuck in the rain.

This x 1000. Stuck in Swansea on my own while most of my mates are in Kavos. Argh.

[ShahenshahG]

Family all came back from pakistan recently and this was the only trip that my family (including parents and siblings) went to without some bumhole or other coming around to interrupt a family gathering ...and me and my brother sitting at home watching Antiques shows to kill the time before work.

[Cari]

That a load of my mates seem to be going off on Holiday to sunny places whilst I'm stuck in the rain.

This x 1000. Stuck in Swansea on my own while most of my mates are in Kavos. Argh.

Nothing wrong with Swansea, mun!

[TopHat24/7]

50 shades of grey.

Enough said.

Agreed. Just shows how gullible some people are - make something fashionable and women fall for it. I've seen four different women on the bus to work reading it in one week recently. Erotic literature of all types has been around for donkeys, and there's a lot more graphic and better written stuff around than that book if that's what you're into. I can't understand what the fuss is about. Apparently it's actually quite a mediocre, poorly written book too.

Yet if I was sat thumbing through a porno mag I'd get plenty of dirty looks...

[Luckless Pedestrian]

Depends what you mean by 'thumbing'...

[liverbnz]

People who natter on all day at work. About nothing.

[TopHat24/7]

Depends what you mean by 'thumbing'...

[Luckless Pedestrian]

I used to have a desk opposite these two women who talked constantly about their children and their children's friends. Now maternal love is a wonderful thing, but once you've tuned in to someone's voice, it's almost impossible to tune out, and dear God was I sick of hearing about these women's kids by the time I left.

[liverbnz]

I used to have a desk opposite these two women who talked constantly about their children and their children's friends. Now maternal love is a wonderful thing, but once you've tuned in to someone's voice, it's almost impossible to tune out, and dear God was I sick of hearing about these women's kids by the time I left.

I often get the feeling that the people nattering away in my ear aren't even listening to each other, they are just waiting for the other to finish so they can say something about themselves. "yeah, I know. I remember when I..blather, blather, blather".

I often think to myself, 'what's the point of all this talking?' Or maybe I'm some sort of sociopath!

[GG]

That a load of my mates seem to be going off on Holiday to sunny places whilst I'm stuck in the rain.

This x 1000. Stuck in Swansea on my own while most of my mates are in Kavos. Argh.

Nothing wrong with Swansea, mun!

Nothing at all! But I'd rather be on holiday for a week.

[Luckless Pedestrian]

I used to have a desk opposite these two women who talked constantly about their children and their children's friends. Now maternal love is a wonderful thing, but once you've tuned in to someone's voice, it's almost impossible to tune out, and dear God was I sick of hearing about these women's kids by the time I left.

I often get the feeling that the people nattering away in my ear aren't even listening to each other, they are just waiting for the other to finish so they can say something about themselves. "yeah, I know. I remember when I..blather, blather, blather".

I often think to myself, 'what's the point of all this talking?' Or maybe I'm some sort of sociopath!

If you're a sociopath, Liver, then so am I!

[liverbnz]

My boss has not shut up since she came in this morning. I'm going to kill...

[Luckless Pedestrian]

The BBC's new Olympics trailer. We could have had an inspiring montage of great Olympians of the past and the potential stars of the London games, but instead we get a glorified Lloyds TSB advert.

[TopHat24/7]

People that sing at work (in an office). Feck off with yourself. You're not a singer, you can't sing and this isn't X-Factor. Only thing more annoying than women gas-bagging all day!

[Luckless Pedestrian]

Alesha Dixon. First she was made a judge on Strictly Come Dancing despite having no background in dance, now she's going to be a judge on Britain's Next Top Model - what makes her an authority on the subject? Plus she's really inarticulate. Plus I've never forgotten the cringe-making 'toasting' she used to do on Misteeq's records.

[TopHat24/7]

Fit though.

[Luckless Pedestrian]

I preferred John Sargeant.

[eirebilly]

I dont know if this has already been mentioned but what really grinds my gears is the difference in volume from TV shows and the commercials

[TopHat24/7]

I dont know if this has already been mentioned but what really grinds my gears is the difference in volume from TV shows and the commercials

Second that! As Lee Evans once said, it's like they know you leave the room to make a cuppa or something and are trying to chase you! I'm a horrendous channel-flicker when the ads come on, can't bare to watch them.

[Luckless Pedestrian]

Especially when it's the same adverts every chuffing advert break.

[Pal Joey]

I honestly get so annoyed with that, Lucky... I swear I wouldn't remember what the actual product was they are advertising.
I kind of 'switch off' mentally.

[Luckless Pedestrian]

Breaker, they seem to forget that the purpose of an advert isn't just to advertise the availability of a product or service, it's also to make the viewer like / want that product or service.

[liverbnz]

Sometimes I think they forget to even advertise the product and concentrate too hard on making a stand-out advert.

[eirebilly]

Are others like me and will refuse to buy a product if i find the advert annoying and repeated ad-infinitum?

[TopHat24/7]

Yep!

But equally I fall the other way and buy my car insurance through comparethemarket.com as I love those meerkat ads!

[eirebilly]

Oh yeah, a clever advertisement works on me as well

[littleswannygirl]

People who don't know how big their cars are. And then park in a multi-storey!!

You drive a Renault Estate lady, not a stretch Hummer, you really don't need that much space!!

[dummy_half]

The BBC's new Olympics trailer. We could have had an inspiring montage of great Olympians of the past and the potential stars of the London games, but instead we get a glorified Lloyds TSB advert.

Hadn't seen the trailers when this comment was made, but all I can say is ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON. Now you've mentioned Lloyds TSB, I can't see anything but that in them.

And don't get me started on the computer-generated Andrex puppies...

[eirebilly]

I have a big car Swanny, (compensating )
I reserve the right to change lanes when i want to without indicating and to use 3 car parking spaces. Learn your place peasent

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