Pet Peeves IV

[Carheenlea]

I think every bag should be put in the hold on aircraft. Even folk with small bags trying to get organised is just an almighty pain, and a clutter free flight has to be more enjoyable surely. On an off the planes quicker and let's face it, lugging bags about an airport is also no fun at all.

[Hibrandenburg]

I think every bag should be put in the hold on aircraft. Even folk with small bags trying to get organised is just an almighty pain, and a clutter free flight has to be more enjoyable surely. On an off the planes quicker and let's face it, lugging bags about an airport is also no fun at all.

Not possible, there's too many items on the dangerous cargo list that are ok to carry on your person or in cabin baggage that are prohibited to be carried in the hold to make that viable.

[sleeping giant]

Not possible, there's too many items on the dangerous cargo list that are ok to carry on your person or in cabin baggage that are prohibited to be carried in the hold to make that viable.

Like what ?

I take tools and they go in the hold.
Big stabby screwdrivers and awhungs :greengrin

[IGRIGI]

When someone at work wants to annoy you with some arsey question but starts off with just messaging "Hey how are you?"

You don't care how I am, I don't care how you are, cut the bull and get to the point.

[Hibrandenburg]

Like what ?

I take tools and they go in the hold.
Big stabby screwdrivers and awhungs :greengrin

Cigarette lighters, gas cartridges, lithium batteries and lots of other combustible, explosive or corrosive items that could be hazardous but be controlled in the cabin because the crew have the necessary training to deal with them but would be lethal for the aircraft in the hold should they be faulty, because emergency actions couldn't be carried out due to the hold being unreachable.

[McD]

It's ridiculous the amount of carry-ons these days. What ever happened to handbags?

Another gripe is the folks who stand side by side on the moving walkways or escalators.
To them I say, "like you appear to do your brain, use half of it and let other people pass".


Flew to London last year for work. The airline allowed 2 pieces of hand luggage, all fine. When coming home, some of the ‘frequent flyer, business traveller’ types starting boarding with 4 to 6 carry ons, from medium suitcases, huge suit carriers, massive laptop bags etc. The plane was barely half full when parents with young children, older passengers, etc, started to be told by the crew that they’d need to get all their hand luggage checked into the hold as every overhead locker was completely full, while those who had taken up the space are sitting ignoring this.

The crew should be telling these folk as they board they have too much and will need to check some of it.

[heretoday]

People who begin speaking by saying "So" as though they're about to relate something really important. When did that come in?
Worse are folk who preface statements with "I tell you what".
What vacuous American TV show has spawned this way of talking?

[wpj]

People who begin speaking by saying "So" as though they're about to relate something really important. When did that come in?
Worse are folk who preface statements with "I tell you what".
What vacuous American TV show has spawned this way of talking?

Also "so" at the end of a sentence. I'm going to the shops so.... so what?

[snooky]

Also "so" at the end of a sentence. I'm going to the shops so.... so what?

There was a Glasgow version popular at one time when sentences ended with an unnecessary 'but'.

[Mr White]

There was a Glasgow version popular at one time when sentences ended with an unnecessary 'but'.

They like an unnecessary "just" at the end of a sentence in Northern Ireland. Tbf it's not their worst crime against the English language... so it's not.

[McD]

There was a Glasgow version popular at one time when sentences ended with an unnecessary 'but'.


Another is adding ‘so I was’ to the end of setences, or a similar phrase depending on what was said.

i was freezing at the match so I was.
it was Baltic so it was.
i was so happy so I was.

and on and on

[Jim44]

People who begin speaking by saying "So" as though they're about to relate something really important. When did that come in?
Worse are folk who preface statements with "I tell you what".
What vacuous American TV show has spawned this way of talking?

I moaned about this very thing on this thread not so long ago. I also included the annoying affectation of starting a sentence with ‘ You know what ....’, so we’re singing from the same hymn book. I can't understand folk who are slaves to language fads and fashions. I squirm now when I hear it.

[Mibbes Aye]

Also "so" at the end of a sentence. I'm going to the shops so.... so what?

I'm very guilty of that, but my family on my dad's side is from Donegal and they all did it too.

It's certainly an Irish thing at least in part, so :greengrin

[wpj]

I'm very guilty of that, but my family on my dad's side is from Donegal and they all did it too.

It's certainly an Irish thing at least in part, so :greengrin

I thought it was "sure" at the end of a sentence in Donegal or "hey" or indeed both 😊 lovely place though sure

[Johnny Clash]

I often get banter from mates down in London for adding ‘about’ when, for example, asking somewhere where they live.

Happened Tuesday night in local boozer ‘ where do you live about?’ caused much hilarity! I have no idea what’s they’re on about!!!!!!

[IGRIGI]

The smugness of people who tell others they watch "TedTalks" videos, absolute roasters who think they are up there with Ghandi because they've watched a YouTube video.

[Scouse Hibee]

People who ask where do you stay rather than where do you live.

[Hibbyradge]

People who ask where do you stay rather than where do you live.

Isn't that a regional dialect thing?

It irritates the life out of me when people say "I sawr it", but I'm told that's regional too.

It's not Scottish that's for sure.

[Hibbyradge]

I wish there wasn't a swear filter for this thread.

'Kin adverts for toothpaste or brushes when all the 'kin models have perfect 'kin teeth and and perfect 'kin smiles.

The one that's doing my head in just now is the Oral B one when the perfect 'kin model is brushing her 'kin perfect teeth with an electric toothbrush which has no 'kin toothpaste on it at all!

No sign of saliva dripping down her chin, no tell tale slavers on her 'kin perfect dress, just a 'kin toothbrush against one 'kin perfect tooth.

Aaaaargh.

[snooky]

I wish there wasn't a swear filter for this thread.

'Kin adverts for toothpaste or brushes when all the 'kin models have perfect 'kin teeth and and perfect 'kin smiles.

The one that's doing my head in just now is the Oral B one when the perfect 'kin model is brushing her 'kin perfect teeth with an electric toothbrush which has no 'kin toothpaste on it at all!

No sign of saliva dripping down her chin, no tell tale slavers on her 'kin perfect dress, just a 'kin toothbrush against one 'kin perfect tooth.

Aaaaargh.

A bit like the ads for keep fit equipment. Everybody's a Slenderella on them. No sign of any fat bar stewards like meself sweating buckets just trying to climb onto the damn apparatus. :Ummm:

[snooky]

Isn't that a regional dialect thing?

It irritates the life out of me when people say "I sawr it", but I'm told that's regional too.

It's not Scottish that's for sure.

:agree: Me too. Should be a lawr against it.

[Mibbes Aye]

Isn't that a regional dialect thing?

It irritates the life out of me when people say "I sawr it", but I'm told that's regional too.

It's not Scottish that's for sure.

:agree:

I had a colleague who grew up and studied in the south-west of England and subsequently came up here to work, settled down with a family etc. He realised he was becoming naturalised when friends from down south pointed out he said he stayed in Edinburgh rather than lived in Edinburgh.

[heretoday]

The clock above Frasers at the West End hasn't worked for years despite being an iconic landmark.
Meanwhile the sound of redevelopment thunders everywhere around.

Sums up the new Edinburgh for me.

[weecounty hibby]

Chillies not being well, chilli. The last three time I have bought fresh chillies from different supermarkets they have been no spicier than bloody peppers. No heat from them at all, I'm not looking for blow your head off heat but at least some would be nice

[wpj]

Chillies not being well, chilli. The last three time I have bought fresh chillies from different supermarkets they have been no spicier than bloody peppers. No heat from them at all, I'm not looking for blow your head off heat but at least some would be nice

Buy mine here, lucky to have family nearby so have visited the place too
The South Devon Chilli Farm (Can't post a link on my phone but Google them)

[snooky]

The endless stream of feedback requests for everything you do.
I suggest that they hire more folk to do the front line stuff and stop wasting time and money on questionnaires.

Reminds me of the lion and ant story.
http://www.enversion.dk/en/the-story-of-the-ant-and-the-lion/

[weecounty hibby]

The endless stream of feedback requests for everything you do.
I suggest that they hire more folk to do the front line stuff and stop wasting time and money on questionnaires.

Reminds me of the lion and ant story.
http://www.enversion.dk/en/the-story-of-the-ant-and-the-lion/
On the few occasions that my companies IT department gets something right and fixes your issue, you get an email telling you the issue is resolved instantly followed by another asking you how well they had done. These don't seem to appear when they have taken days to resolve issues or wiped 12 years of Archived material like they managed to do to me about three years ago!!

[Hibrandenburg]

People who don't talk straight and try and manipulate you. I've just spent 2 days fighting to get someone's education holiday (It's a German thing) sorted after they were planned to work the weekend between the 2 weeks school they'd been granted. Turns out the didn't expect me to be able to rescue the situation and were counting on me failing so they could get a refund for the course. Result is now they have to take and pay for a two week French course that they don't want and I spent 2 days fighting to get them what they are entitled to and now I'm the bad guy.

[Alfiembra]

I hate films that whenever there’s a scene in a garage or a building site or an adventure/spy type film when everyone’s getting kitted up for a mission at night there’s always somebody with a grinder making sparks. Does my head in.

[snooky]

I hate films that whenever there’s a scene in a garage or a building site or an adventure/spy type film when everyone’s getting kitted up for a mission at night there’s always somebody with a grinder making sparks. Does my head in.

Thanks! Now, of course, when us netters watch films where there’s scenes in a garages or a building sites or an adventure/spy type films when everyone’s getting kitted up for a mission at night, we'll spot the bod with a grinder making sparks and think OMG, there's Alfiembra. :rolleyes:
:greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

***** short term weather forecasts.

According to the BBC and Met Office websites Edinburgh has been battered by heavy snow all morning. A quick look out the window would confirm a 5-10 minute flurry was about our lot.

Fake news.

[Pretty Boy]

***** short term weather forecasts.

According to the BBC and Met Office websites Edinburgh has been battered by heavy snow all morning. A quick look out the window would confirm a 5-10 minute flurry was about our lot.

Fake news.

And right on time.....

[Scouse Hibee]

***** short term weather forecasts.

According to the BBC and Met Office websites Edinburgh has been battered by heavy snow all morning. A quick look out the window would confirm a 5-10 minute flurry was about our lot.

Fake news.

Really PB? I am on Corstorphine Hill and it's still falling.

[Gatecrasher]

We were supposed to get snow from 18:00 last night come 23:00 no snow, there is now.

[Hibbyradge]

I hate films that whenever there’s a scene in a garage or a building site or an adventure/spy type film when everyone’s getting kitted up for a mission at night there’s always somebody with a grinder making sparks. Does my head in.

Ah, movie clichés.

This deserves a thread of its own.

:thumbsup:

[Hibbyradge]

And right on time.....

:faf:

[snooky]

Ah, movie clichés.

This deserves a thread of its own.

:thumbsup:

Good idea - I'll start one now.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Ru Paul's Drag Race : All-stars on The Comedy Channel - wtf?

[Scouse Hibee]

People who don't adopt their driving to suit the conditions.

[HibbyAndy]

***** short term weather forecasts.

According to the BBC and Met Office websites Edinburgh has been battered by heavy snow all morning. A quick look out the window would confirm a 5-10 minute flurry was about our lot.

Fake news.

Here in Penicuik it's like a winter wonderland , I'd say we have about 8 inches

[Pretty Boy]

Here in Penicuik it's like a winter wonderland , I'd say we have about 8 inches

Aye it’s reached us now about 12 hours later than forecast. Hope the games ok on Sunday, wouldn’t put it past those clowns to ‘forget’ to put the undersoil heating on.

[snooky]

Here in Penicuik it's like a winter wonderland , I'd say we have about 8 inches

The norm for July up in them thar hills is it not? :whistle:

[Danderhall Hibs]

Here in Penicuik it's like a winter wonderland , I'd say we have about 8 inches

Good effort - especially in this cold weather. :aok:

[heretoday]

People talking in public libraries, especially when it's the library staff themselves who are the culprits. Chats about health matters, personal finance, mutual acquaintances, family etc. How can folk talk out loud in public about such things? It seems to me the height of ignorance, quite apart from the disturbance to those trying to read or study in peace.

[Eaststand]

Good effort - especially in this cold weather. :aok:

Very good reply that :-)

GGTTH

[snooky]

People talking in public libraries, especially when it's the library staff themselves who are the culprits. Chats about health matters, personal finance, mutual acquaintances, family etc. How can folk talk out loud in public about such things? It seems to me the height of ignorance, quite apart from the disturbance to those trying to read or study in peace.

... and throw in a few unsupervised pre-teens in the corner just for good measure.

[heretoday]

... and throw in a few unsupervised pre-teens in the corner just for good measure.

Yup, although I kind of approve of kids going to the library in this philistine age. They might be tempted to pick up a book all of a sudden, if that doesn't sound too patronising.

I appreciate that libraries - especially local ones - are more than just for reading these days. They are "hubs" for various media and for local information. If they were just full of books, they'd all have been closed down years ago.

But when the staff are the ones making the racket...............! It's a volte face of the old Silence Please era!

[snooky]

Ball point pens that work sporadically. :brickwall

Only good for writing pidgin morse.

[pollution]

Hysterical weather warnings slapped about that are over cautious to cover the forecasters' backs.

[WeeRussell]

Folk opting to take-on a drive when there have been clear and early weather warnings, and then blaming everyone else for them being stuck on a motorway and not getting home until the next day. Some boy on the news last night no happy about the "lack of information"... do you want someone to helicopter out and tell you you're going to be stuck another few hours because it's still p1shing of snow?

If you're going to make the decision to drive knowing how severe the weather is...take a pair of wellies and a coat, and shut the **** up.

[Carheenlea]

Snow pictures on social media. A picture of your back garden covered in snow looks just the same as the ones in your back garden covered in snow posted following previous accumulations. And everyone else's garden.

[Geo_1875]

Snow pictures on social media. A picture of your back garden covered in snow looks just the same as the ones in your back garden covered in snow posted following previous accumulations. And everyone else's garden.

It's the only time my garden looks tidy.

[Hermit Crab]

Snow pictures on social media. A picture of your back garden covered in snow looks just the same as the ones in your back garden covered in snow posted following previous accumulations. And everyone else's garden.


Chronic, also these doughnuts on facebook who ask if schools are closed in Edinburgh due to the snow? Look hen, we've had a dusting of snow, pack the kids off to school, this isn't Alaska! :rolleyes:

[lord bunberry]

People talking in public libraries, especially when it's the library staff themselves who are the culprits. Chats about health matters, personal finance, mutual acquaintances, family etc. How can folk talk out loud in public about such things? It seems to me the height of ignorance, quite apart from the disturbance to those trying to read or study in peace.
You would hate portobello library then. I used to take my daughter there for a class that involved singing nursery rhymes and banging instruments :greengrin

[Alfiembra]

People that have no awareness of their surroundings and people nearby. Particularly ones that walk towards you, and you are Mr or Mrs invisible and you end up having to avoid them or give way to them.
We have a keep left policy at work, on the stairs and corridors but there’s always somebody that doesn’t know their right from their left or walks two abreast with their mate and is oblivious to anyone coming towards them.

In my old age I just stand still and and block their way now with the hope that they might actually realise their is more than just them on the planet.

[Smartie]

I get really hacked off when fans sing songs to the tune of "This is how it feels" by the Inspiral Carpets and get the actual tune wrong.

We seem to have adopted it too and it boils my piss every time I hear it.

It should be a bit bit higher at the end of the first line.

Can we at least get it right FFS?


https://youtu.be/J-fX0UbpZls

[heretoday]

You would hate portobello library then. I used to take my daughter there for a class that involved singing nursery rhymes and banging instruments :greengrin

At Corstorphine there is a regular mums and tinies group who sing the same songs all the time. I stomp about murmuring If You're Happy and You Know it despite myself.

[snooky]

Unlocking my car and having to press the button on the key twice (maybe three, maybe four, maybe five times) to unlock the boot and/or passenger door. :grr:

:wtf:

[speedy_gonzales]

Unlocking my car and having to press the button on the key twice (maybe three, maybe four, maybe five times) to unlock the boot and/or passenger door. :grr:

:wtf:
That can be changed in the settings menu of most cars, even crappy Corsas for example have "secret" settings menus (http://www.ukcorsa-d.com/forum/showthread.php?80329-Secret-settings-for-your-corsa). Always a good gag to set a low "high speed alert" on your mates car :greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

The advertising hoardings for the new St James Centre get right on my nerves every time I pass them. They apparently represent 'diverse' Edinburgh and they certainly do that if Edinburgh's diversity is limited to being very white and very middle class.

Amelia the student thinks it will be a feast for the senses, Crawford the Edinburgh gentleman thinks it will be a social hub for the man about town, Max the quantity surveyor muses it will be a great addition to the fashion scene and stay at home mummy and daughter Pippa and Sophia believe it will be enchanting.

Firstly who talks like that about a shopping centre and hotel? Of all the people I know from various backgrounds, cultures and levels of wealth I can't think of a single one who would describe either of those types of locations as 'enchanting' or a 'sensory feast'. Secondly where is Tam the sparky who 'hopes there is still a Greggs', Lauren the call centre operative who 'might pop in on a Saturday afternoon but does most of her shopping online now if she's honest' or Bill from Standard Life who 'can't afford to live in Edinburgh anymore so doesn't really give a ****'.

[Hibee87]

Window wipers speed on my car. In certain rain conditions the first option is too slow, but the second option is too fast and makes that horrible squeek that drives me insane. sends shivers up me.

And worst is seeing another cars using their window wiper on too fast a setting as I know its making the noise and again, drives me mental. (I guess its akin to people who get that annoyance of cutlery scrapping, nails being dragged on a blackboard etc.)

[Sir David Gray]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before but I really hate it when I see people commenting on social media with a statement ending in the word "though" to try and state how much they like something;

E.G. "That dress though..." replace dress with anything you like such as lips, eyelashes, shoes etc etc it just does my head in.

Another bugbear of mine is hearing people trying to show off how shocked they are at something they have just heard by asking;

"Is it actual?"

That really annoys me, it doesn't even make sense!

[snooky]

Computer updates:
They tell you they've made it easier, faster with a much-improved layout.

What they actually mean is....
1) all your settings will be screwed up
2) they've moved all the commands to somewhere you'll find them hard to find
3) deleted any links to programmes you use regularly
4) deleted all your passwords
5) added loads of crap you'll never use.

Wonderful! And they wonder why folks shy-off updating? Go figure, anaraks.

[Alfiembra]

People that sit in their car or van in supermarket car parks with their car ticking over, also leave the car door wide open while they wander away back into the house when they’ve forgotten something or to go chat to a mate. Similarly drivers that spot their mate coming in the opposite direction, both stop and block the road in both directions while they have a blether.

[Scouse Hibee]

Aggressive drivers who deliberately speed up to close the gap you are going to merge in because there was tons of room then flash their lights or blow their horn as they claim you have forced them to brake. Cocks of the highest order.

[matty_f]

Aggressive drivers who deliberately speed up to close the gap you are going to merge in because there was tons of room then flash their lights or blow their horn as they claim you have forced them to brake. Cocks of the highest order.

:agree: absolute tits.

[snooky]

:agree: absolute tits.

Likewise, people who dawdle along in the inside lane for miles then on getting within 25 yards behind a slow lorry, indicate and expect people in the outside lane to brake and let them out.
Pull out well in advance. Foresight, FFS.

[matty_f]

Likewise, people who dawdle along in the inside lane for miles then on getting within 25 yards behind a slow lorry, indicate and expect people in the outside lane to brake and let them out.
Pull out well in advance. Foresight, FFS.

:agree:

[Hiber-nation]

Likewise, people who dawdle along in the inside lane for miles then on getting within 25 yards behind a slow lorry, indicate and expect people in the outside lane to brake and let them out.
Pull out well in advance. Foresight, FFS.

Definitely!!

Also clowns who, when you overtake them, speed up from about 60 to 75 to stay alongside you. Why??

[Pretty Boy]

It's been covered before but people who use social media as a Google substitute.

Last night about 11.30 a friend of my partner posted on Facebook '<school name here> mums can you tell me if it's a bank holiday 2moro? <Child name here> telling me he's off.'

Really? Those famous Wednesday bank holidays in January. Also you have a child of under 10 still up at 11.30 on a Tuesday night because he told you he was off and you have no awareness of how term time dates work. Scary that people like that actually seem to muddle through life.

[Alfiembra]

Definitely!!

Also clowns who, when you overtake them, speed up from about 60 to 75 to stay alongside you. Why??

+1
Time for a Motoring Pet Peeves....?????

SNOOKY :thumbsup:

[snooky]

Definitely!!

Also clowns who, when you overtake them, speed up from about 60 to 75 to stay alongside you. Why??

And there's the ones who drive around miles of bends at 25mph then the first chance you get to over take them on a straight, they accelerate up to 60mph then slow down to 25mph again at the next bend.
A hanging offence in my book.

Driving peeves thread coming soon just for you, Al. :wink:

[Killiehibbie]

And there's the ones who drive around miles of bends at 25mph then the first chance you get to over take them on a straight, they accelerate up to 60mph then slow down to 25mph again at the next bend.
A hanging offence in my book.

Driving peeves thread coming soon just for you, Al. :wink:They should be made to let you pass and if they don't you should be allowed to machine gun them.

[Hermit Crab]

It's been covered before but people who use social media as a Google substitute.

Last night about 11.30 a friend of my partner posted on Facebook '<school name here> mums can you tell me if it's a bank holiday 2moro? <Child name here> telling me he's off.'

Really? Those famous Wednesday bank holidays in January. Also you have a child of under 10 still up at 11.30 on a Tuesday night because he told you he was off and you have no awareness of how term time dates work. Scary that people like that actually seem to muddle through life.


Oh aye, only in Edinburgh though. Its like pregnant women asking for medical advice on facebook too. Can I take such and such when pregnant?? Well nearly, if not all medicines over the counter say if pregnant consult your doctor - not dunderheeds on facebook who know hee haw!

[lyonhibs]

People trying to speak a foreign language so, so badly and in such a dreadful Anglo accent I makes me want to punch them in the face then walk off the roof of a skyscraper.

Either learn it (and more usually its pronunciation) at least halfway properly or just master "hello" "goodbye' "please" and "thank you" and then switch to English.

[Hibrandenburg]

People trying to speak a foreign language so, so badly and in such a dreadful Anglo accent I makes me want to punch them in the face then walk off the roof of a skyscraper.

Either learn it (and more usually its pronunciation) at least halfway properly or just master "hello" "goodbye' "please" and "thank you" and then switch to English.

Yep, that grips my faeces too. It's made even worse when like Delboy they do it with utterly breathtaking confidence and gain impressed congratulatory nods of approval from their dullard companions.

[McD]

Likewise, people who dawdle along in the inside lane for miles then on getting within 25 yards behind a slow lorry, indicate and expect people in the outside lane to brake and let them out.
Pull out well in advance. Foresight, FFS.


My my addition to this is, when driving along a motorway/dual carriageway, you slowly catch up to a long(ish) line of vehicles in the inside lane, over a period of 2-3 miles, and just as you get to them, the rear most vehicle decides that now is the exact time to move out and try to overtake the rest of the column of traffic, even though they had no interest until you caught up. It happens so often it’s untrue

[O'Rourke3]

My my addition to this is, when driving along a motorway/dual carriageway, you slowly catch up to a long(ish) line of vehicles in the inside lane, over a period of 2-3 miles, and just as you get to them, the rear most vehicle decides that now is the exact time to move out and try to overtake the rest of the column of traffic, even though they had no interest until you caught up. It happens so often it’s untrue
And generally at the bottom of a long slow incline....See under A720 😫

[Hibbyradge]

Football fans that boo every single decision given against their team, for the entire 90 minutes.

I kept off hibs.net and avoided the scores so I could watch it delayed on Alba.

My ears are still ringing with the boos.

[snooky]

My my addition to this is, when driving along a motorway/dual carriageway, you slowly catch up to a long(ish) line of vehicles in the inside lane, over a period of 2-3 miles, and just as you get to them, the rear most vehicle decides that now is the exact time to move out and try to overtake the rest of the column of traffic, even though they had no interest until you caught up. It happens so often it’s untrue

These perpetrators are likely to be the type who got enjoyment out of popping street light bulbs, breaking windows & scratching cars as youths. It's just infantile little power trips.

[hibsbollah]

People trying to speak a foreign language so, so badly and in such a dreadful Anglo accent I makes me want to punch them in the face then walk off the roof of a skyscraper.

Either learn it (and more usually its pronunciation) at least halfway properly or just master "hello" "goodbye' "please" and "thank you" and then switch to English.

Ex pats who are fluent in their host nation's language, but who delight in being scornful at their countrymen's efforts to speak said language while on holiday, forgetiing that it takes years to become fluent at a foreign language and most people welcome you making the effort.:thumbsup:

[Peevemor]

People trying to speak a foreign language so, so badly and in such a dreadful Anglo accent I makes me want to punch them in the face then walk off the roof of a skyscraper.

Either learn it (and more usually its pronunciation) at least halfway properly or just master "hello" "goodbye' "please" and "thank you" and then switch to English.


Ex pats who are fluent in their host nation's language, but who delight in being scornful at their countrymen's efforts to speak said language while on holiday, forgetiing that it takes years to become fluent at a foreign language and most people welcome you making the effort.:thumbsup:

I have a few language peeves.

People (let's call them foreigners), who want to show how good their English is by using the word "f***ing" at least once in every sentence, no matter how inappropriate. Knowing how ridiculous it sounds I avoid swearing in French.

People that, when they realise I'm British (they normally assume English but that's a different peeve) insist on speaking to me in really bad English. Sorry pal - my French is better than your English and I don't have the patience for this.

Having to pronounce English words and expressions which have been adopted in France with a French accent in roder to be understood. The same goes for people and place names. Thus David Beckham becomes Da-veed Beck-haam and Man U become Mon-chest-eurre You-naye-teed.

People teaching English in French schools all seem to have learned with atrocious London accents. I struggle to stay calm when helping my girls with their homework sounds like an episode of Eastenders.

[My_Wife_Camille]

These are all hibs.net related (could probably have a whole separate thread for this)

People who think that posting a laughing smilie is any form of argument/rebuttal/response to something they disagree with. I mean, I get it. The implication is that the post, or argument made is so bad that it’s not worth actually responding to properly and that they are somehow intellectually inferior to you and not worth your time. What it actually shows though is that the person is clamped and doesn’t actually have anything valuable to add themselves.

The notion that ‘boo boys’ gather and discuss which player to irrationally target with negativity. Nope, the poorer players who make more mistakes and are not as effective will always come into more criticism. It’s not a coincidence that Liam Craig was a so called ‘target’ of the ‘boo boys’ while John McGinn isn’t.

The notion that “the people who said x are the same that said y” when x and y contradict each other. Sorry but that’s a lazy argument and I can say with a degree of certainty that it’s not true in most cases. One recent example was that the people who are having a go at Cummings are the same that won’t say a bad word about Scott Allan. Really? The same people? I don’t believe it.

In a discussion, if you make a post about a player you don’t rate (for example) and you just lost all the bad things he does then you are rightly accused of being narrow minded, unbalanced and unfair. However when you do post a balanced argument and give examples of good things they have done too (in the interest of fairness) you are accused of contradicting yourself. I had one discussion about Liam Craig where one poser accused me of both!

The notion that only ‘positive’ posts can be ‘well thought out, balanced and fair’. I can’t ever recall seeing a post with a negative tone being described as being any of the above. Surely you don’t have to agree with somebody for their argument to be fair?

People who think that an opinion is ‘pish’, ‘nonsense’, ‘rubbish’ etc just because it is negative in tone.

The idea that somebody who has a negative opinion on one thing therefore has a negative opinion on the whole club and that they ‘can’t wait to stick the boot it’.

The argument where a person gives their opinion and somebody responds with a near unanswerable question with the belief that it proves their point.

For example:

Person A : Slivka misplaces too many passes
Person B : Really? What was his pass completion rate? What exact pass did he misplace?

On the flip side, if person A is able call person B’s bluff and comes back with concrete proof of the number of passes Slivka misplaced then they are accused of being sadcases with nothing better to do than find evidence of Hibs players misplacing passes.

Puns.

People who who still haven’t grasped what the SPFL is. People who call the Premiership the SPFL for example.

[Geo_1875]

And generally at the bottom of a long slow incline....See under A720 😫

Or A9 when lorries try to overtake and bring out a murderous rage in me.

[Pretty Boy]

These are all hibs.net related (could probably have a whole separate thread for this)

People who think that posting a laughing smilie is any form of argument/rebuttal/response to something they disagree with. I mean, I get it. The implication is that the post, or argument made is so bad that it’s not worth actually responding to properly and that they are somehow intellectually inferior to you and not worth your time. What it actually shows though is that the person is clamped and doesn’t actually have anything valuable to add themselves.

The notion that ‘boo boys’ gather and discuss which player to irrationally target with negativity. Nope, the poorer players who make more mistakes and are not as effective will always come into more criticism. It’s not a coincidence that Liam Craig was a so called ‘target’ of the ‘boo boys’ while John McGinn isn’t.

The notion that “the people who said x are the same that said y” when x and y contradict each other. Sorry but that’s a lazy argument and I can say with a degree of certainty that it’s not true in most cases. One recent example was that the people who are having a go at Cummings are the same that won’t say a bad word about Scott Allan. Really? The same people? I don’t believe it.

In a discussion, if you make a post about a player you don’t rate (for example) and you just lost all the bad things he does then you are rightly accused of being narrow minded, unbalanced and unfair. However when you do post a balanced argument and give examples of good things they have done too (in the interest of fairness) you are accused of contradicting yourself. I had one discussion about Liam Craig where one poser accused me of both!

The notion that only ‘positive’ posts can be ‘well thought out, balanced and fair’. I can’t ever recall seeing a post with a negative tone being described as being any of the above. Surely you don’t have to agree with somebody for their argument to be fair?

People who think that an opinion is ‘pish’, ‘nonsense’, ‘rubbish’ etc just because it is negative in tone.

The idea that somebody who has a negative opinion on one thing therefore has a negative opinion on the whole club and that they ‘can’t wait to stick the boot it’.

The argument where a person gives their opinion and somebody responds with a near unanswerable question with the belief that it proves their point.

For example:

Person A : Slivka misplaces too many passes
Person B : Really? What was his pass completion rate? What exact pass did he misplace?

On the flip side, if person A is able call person B’s bluff and comes back with concrete proof of the number of passes Slivka misplaced then they are accused of being sadcases with nothing better to do than find evidence of Hibs players misplacing passes.

Puns.

People who who still haven’t grasped what the SPFL is. People who call the Premiership the SPFL for example.

Pish.::faf:

[My_Wife_Camille]

Pish.::faf:
Deary me, care to elaborate on exactly which bit was ‘pish’ as you so eloquently put it?

(that’s also one btw)

[lyonhibs]

Ex pats who are fluent in their host nation's language, but who delight in being scornful at their countrymen's efforts to speak said language while on holiday, forgetiing that it takes years to become fluent at a foreign language and most people welcome you making the effort.:thumbsup:

Thing is, I'm on about the people who's "efforts" have extended to buying a Lonely Planet phrasebook, read it on the plane and have thus convinced themselves they are fluent.

I agree entirely re the appreciation of effort, which is why I take it upon myself to learn the 4 mentioned phrases on the local language of wherever then content myself with getting them right.

This "Esker eel ee a une pub pres dici" is what I'm referring to.

[Peevemor]

Deary me, care to elaborate on exactly which bit was ‘pish’ as you so eloquently put it?

(that’s also one btw)


Whooooosh!

[hibsbollah]

Thing is, I'm on about the people who's "efforts" have extended to buying a Lonely Planet phrasebook, read it on the plane and have thus convinced themselves they are fluent.

I agree entirely re the appreciation of effort, which is why I take it upon myself to learn the 4 mentioned phrases on the local language of wherever then content myself with getting them right.

This "Esker eel ee a une pub pres dici" is what I'm referring to.

Mais j'ai fais des efforts, ce ça que importante, n'est ce pas? :greengrin

[lyonhibs]

I have a few language peeves.

People (let's call them foreigners), who want to show how good their English is by using the word "f***ing" at least once in every sentence, no matter how inappropriate. Knowing how ridiculous it sounds I avoid swearing in French.

People that, when they realise I'm British (they normally assume English but that's a different peeve) insist on speaking to me in really bad English. Sorry pal - my French is better than your English and I don't have the patience for this.

Having to pronounce English words and expressions which have been adopted in France with a French accent in roder to be understood. The same goes for people and place names. Thus David Beckham becomes Da-veed Beck-haam and Man U become Mon-chest-eurre You-naye-teed.

People teaching English in French schools all seem to have learned with atrocious London accents. I struggle to stay calm when helping my girls with their homework sounds like an episode of Eastenders.

Your middle 2 paragraphs raised a smile. I must have told this story before but here goes. Teaching English to a group of 10-11 year olds and my lesson required (for some reason) an example of a celebrity. So I said, using the English pronunciation, "who's heard of David Beckham?". No one flinched and bearing in mind I knew some of the boys were football mad I knew something wasn't right.

Sure enough, I repeated the question but with the 'allo 'allo-esque pronunciation of Daveed Bek'am and suddenly a forest of arms shot in the air.

I also went to a classical concert whilst there. Not usually my thing but when in Rome etc. On the program it said we were to be treated to an evening of "Jean Bach" music.

It took me a good 15 minutes to realise they'd "translated" Johann into French as opposed to it being Johann Sebastian Bach's lesser known sister Jean!!

[lyonhibs]

Mais j'ai fais des efforts, ce ça que importante, n'est ce pas? :greengrin

Yes, that sounds excellent. I don't doubt a scholar such as yourself fits in perfectly on the left bank 😂

[hibsbollah]

Yes, that sounds excellent. I don't doubt a scholar such as yourself fits in perfectly on the left bank 😂

Vous êtes une Cheeky bassa :greengrin

[Geo_1875]

Your middle 2 paragraphs raised a smile. I must have told this story before but here goes. Teaching English to a group of 10-11 year olds and my lesson required (for some reason) an example of a celebrity. So I said, using the English pronunciation, "who's heard of David Beckham?". No one flinched and bearing in mind I knew some of the boys were football mad I knew something wasn't right.

Sure enough, I repeated the question but with the 'allo 'allo-esque pronunciation of Daveed Bek'am and suddenly a forest of arms shot in the air.

I also went to a classical concert whilst there. Not usually my thing but when in Rome etc. On the program it said we were to be treated to an evening of "Jean Bach" music.

It took me a good 15 minutes to realise they'd "translated" Johann into French as opposed to it being Johann Sebastian Bach's lesser known sister Jean!!

Didn't know they spoke French in Rome.

[My_Wife_Camille]

Whooooosh!
I cant tell if you’re being serious!?

[Peevemor]

In your post you listed "People who think that an opinion is ‘pish’, ‘nonsense’, ‘rubbish’ etc just because it is negative in tone."

To which the reply was "pish".

I don't think it was serious.

[My_Wife_Camille]

In your post you listed "People who think that an opinion is ‘pish’, ‘nonsense’, ‘rubbish’ etc just because it is negative in tone."

To which the reply was "pish".

I don't think it was serious.
I got that.

My horrible, snotty, sanctimonious reply was a demonstration of another of my pet peeves, hence the bit in brackets where I said ‘that’s also one btw’.

I put it to you, Sir, that you were the one who was in fact wooshed

[Peevemor]

I got that.

My horrible, snotty, sanctimonious reply was a demonstration of another of my pet peeves, hence the bit in brackets where I said ‘that’s also one btw’.

I put it to you, Sir, that you were the one who was in fact wooshedToo subtle for me.

[matty_f]

Deary me, care to elaborate on exactly which bit was ‘pish’ as you so eloquently put it?

(that’s also one btw)

"Care to elaborate?" does my head in. :agree:

People who claim that they were either joking or were playing devil's advocate all along when they've ****ed up an argument.

People who only ever dismiss or criticise things but never, ever bring something with any value to the table.

Folk who wait to hear other people's opinions before voicing their own so that they can fall in with the crowd rather than standing by their own opinion

[Jim44]

People who try to outwhoosh other whooshers.

[snooky]

People who try to outwhoosh other whooshers.

:faf:

[WeeRussell]

"Care to elaborate?" does my head in. :agree:

People who claim that they were either joking or were playing devil's advocate all along when they've ****ed up an argument.

People who only ever dismiss or criticise things but never, ever bring something with any value to the table.

Folk who wait to hear other people's opinions before voicing their own so that they can fall in with the crowd rather than standing by their own opinion


:agree: When they start making out like they were "fishing" all along when a debate gets a bit heated and they're incorrect.

[Hibs Class]

It must have been mentioned already, but I saw a couple more examples this week of something which always annoys me. When music videos show the singers in the studio with headphones on, why do they always feel the need to hold on to one or both earcups? Why not just get a pair of headphones that fit? :grr:

[Peevemor]

It must have been mentioned already, but I saw a couple more examples this week of something which always annoys me. When music videos show the singers in the studio with headphones on, why do they always feel the need to hold on to one or both earcups? Why not just get a pair of headphones that fit? :grr:

It's not about the them fitting. When you sing your jaw moves a lot more than when your talking and this can break the 'seal' allowing noise in. Although it's minimal it can be destabilising.

Sometimes you'll see people putting on headphones so they only use one ear. They're less likely to cup the headphone as, with one ear exposed, a wee bit of extra external sound in the other is less noticeable.

Recording with headphones is a necessary evil as, like listening to a recording of your own voice, everything sounds bizarre.

[snooky]

It's not about the them fitting. When you sing your jaw moves a lot more than when your talking and this can break the 'seal' allowing noise in. Although it's minimal it can be destabilising.

Sometimes you'll see people putting on headphones so they only use one ear. They're less likely to cup the headphone as, with one ear exposed, a wee bit of extra external sound in the other is less noticeable.

Recording with headphones is a necessary evil as, like listening to a recording of your own voice, everything sounds bizarre.

:agree: Similar effect to what the Aran jersey folkies used to do when singing in group harmony. They put a finger in one ear to take out the other voices so they could hear their own voice more clearly.

[IGRIGI]

People who post those annoying "live every day like it's your last" pictures on Facebook.

Really aye? One last day and you've got yersel posting ***** on social media ?

[Pretty Boy]

People who post those annoying "live every day like it's your last" pictures on Facebook.

Really aye? One last day and you've got yersel posting ***** on social media ?

Aside from anything else living every day hooked up to a morphine drip, confined to a hospital bed and receiving palliative care doesn't seem all that appealing to me.

[My_Wife_Camille]

Another Hibs.net one

the term “intelligent player with good movement”.

In most cases it’s just a nonsense phrase that means nothing and is completely unmeasurable and, imo, is only used so people can pretend that they know more about football by being able to ‘see’ something that others can’t see.

It’s usually reserved exclusively for strikers who either don’t score enough or haven’t scored yet as some sort of pat on the back for at least trying. Strikers that actually score goals never seem to get this type of praise however.

James Collins, Dagnall, Dja Djedje, Grant Holt, Brian Graham all low scoring strikers who were regularly praised for being “intelligent players with good movement”.

Oli Shaw, Martin Boyle, James Keatings all praised for the same thing as they searched for their first goals too but it stopped after they started scoring (although in Keating case it would pop up now an again during his long barren spells).

Jamie MacLaren is the latest of our intelligent players with good movement apparently.

[IGRIGI]

"Networking is crucial to getting a promotion"

Corporate speak for

"Don't bother turning on your computer and doing actual work, carry your laptop in one hand, carry an overpriced "mocha latte" from Starbucks in the other, and stalk management and kiss arse all day long"

[Scouse Hibee]

People who post "date night" on FB when tbey are out with their wife.

[snooky]

Another Hibs.net one

the term “intelligent player with good movement”.

In most cases it’s just a nonsense phrase that means nothing and is completely unmeasurable and, imo, is only used so people can pretend that they know more about football by being able to ‘see’ something that others can’t see.

It’s usually reserved exclusively for strikers who either don’t score enough or haven’t scored yet as some sort of pat on the back for at least trying. Strikers that actually score goals never seem to get this type of praise however.

James Collins, Dagnall, Dja Djedje, Grant Holt, Brian Graham all low scoring strikers who were regularly praised for being “intelligent players with good movement”.

Oli Shaw, Martin Boyle, James Keatings all praised for the same thing as they searched for their first goals too but it stopped after they started scoring (although in Keating case it would pop up now an again during his long barren spells).

Jamie MacLaren is the latest of our intelligent players with good movement apparently.

Intelligent analysis, MWC :greengrin :aok:

[sleeping giant]

People who post "date night" on FB when tbey are out with their wife.

:agree:

Might as well just say " pre planned humping soon"

[Hermit Crab]

People who post "date night" on FB when tbey are out with their wife.


Can't stand it either. Complete roasters.

[easty]

Another Hibs.net one

the term “intelligent player with good movement”.

In most cases it’s just a nonsense phrase that means nothing and is completely unmeasurable and, imo, is only used so people can pretend that they know more about football by being able to ‘see’ something that others can’t see.

It’s usually reserved exclusively for strikers who either don’t score enough or haven’t scored yet as some sort of pat on the back for at least trying. Strikers that actually score goals never seem to get this type of praise however.

James Collins, Dagnall, Dja Djedje, Grant Holt, Brian Graham all low scoring strikers who were regularly praised for being “intelligent players with good movement”.

Oli Shaw, Martin Boyle, James Keatings all praised for the same thing as they searched for their first goals too but it stopped after they started scoring (although in Keating case it would pop up now an again during his long barren spells).

Jamie MacLaren is the latest of our intelligent players with good movement apparently.

I don't remember anyone saying anything like that for Dja Djedje...

However, while I can appreciate it being a peeve, I think it's a fair observation for some players. Some strikers dinnae score enough goals, and it's no there fault completely, they're doing a lot right but the service is *****.

[My_Wife_Camille]

I don't remember anyone saying anything like that for Dja Djedje...

However, while I can appreciate it being a peeve, I think it's a fair observation for some players. Some strikers dinnae score enough goals, and it's no there fault completely, they're doing a lot right but the service is *****.
It’s not always incorrect right enough but it’s definitely the default defence for strikers who don’t score enough.

The peeve is more the fact that it generally means nothing and it’s just a phrase that’s thrown about as a one size fits all excuse for strikers who don’t score, similar to ‘unseen work’ for crap midfielders, ‘good communicators’ for crap defenders and ‘good distribution’ for crap keepers.

In some cases it’s actually true but even a stopped clock is right twice a day etc

I’ll have a quick go on the search facility for Djedje

[Hibbyradge]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/features/i-go-to-gigs-to-hear-myself-talk-not-to-listen-to-the-band-20180126143247

[Gatecrasher]

limp handshakes - it feels to horrible, Why do people do this?

[pollution]

:agree:

Might as well just say " pre planned humping soon"


Sorry, Sleeping Giant. Pet peeve is ' pre- planned '. Planned is something organised in advance.

[bingo70]

limp handshakes - it feels to horrible, Why do people do this?

Completely agree and the opposite is true as well.

Why people feel the need to try and crush your hand when shaking hands is beyond me.

[lyonhibs]

limp handshakes - it feels to horrible, Why do people do this?

Absolutely brutal on the continent. Most folks don't have a clue how to shake hands properly, with the exception of the odd German here and there.

My one that's I've been reminded of recently is the ****ing Superbowl and more specifically, folk turning into passionate fans for 2 days a year and spraffing ***** on Facebook and staying up until 5am or whatever.

I'll confess the sport itself is entirely lost on me, all this stop-start pish, but the Superbowl as an event is NFL on Crack. Not a fan.

[snooky]

Completely agree and the opposite is true as well.

Why people feel the need to try and crush your hand when shaking hands is beyond me.

Hand crushers drive me nuts. What happened to the warm handshake?
I don't want to arm-wrestle with you, ya torque wrench.

[Jim44]

Folk ( invariably English ) who pronounce tattoos as ‘ta-oos’ . Drives me nuts.

[Just Jimmy]

Absolutely brutal on the continent. Most folks don't have a clue how to shake hands properly, with the exception of the odd German here and there.

My one that's I've been reminded of recently is the ****ing Superbowl and more specifically, folk turning into passionate fans for 2 days a year and spraffing ***** on Facebook and staying up until 5am or whatever.

I'll confess the sport itself is entirely lost on me, all this stop-start pish, but the Superbowl as an event is NFL on Crack. Not a fan.Ha. on the flip side, I'm a huge fan of American Football and have been for years. I hate the superbowl (unless the Giants play in it). I cannot stand the people you talk about but I also hate the half time show, which is generally utter crap. I hate the whole charade. I feel it cheapens a fantastic sporting event.

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[IGRIGI]

My one that's I've been reminded of recently is the ****ing Superbowl and more specifically, folk turning into passionate fans for 2 days a year and spraffing ***** on Facebook and staying up until 5am or whatever.

I'll confess the sport itself is entirely lost on me, all this stop-start pish, but the Superbowl as an event is NFL on Crack. Not a fan.

****s to a man, desperate to tell anyone that they are NFL fans in the belief it makes them superior to your bog standard football fan. The smugness is unbearable.

[pollution]

The instructions on packets of spaghetti etc. Boil for ten to twelve minutes ???

More like twenty for even al dente pasta

[Peevemor]

The instructions on packets of spaghetti etc. Boil for ten to twelve minutes ???

More like twenty for even al dente pastaI've never had that problem. If you boil pasta for 20 minutes it'll turn into something resembling wallpaper paste, but with a worse taste.

[Scouse Hibee]

The instructions on packets of spaghetti etc. Boil for ten to twelve minutes ???

More like twenty for even al dente pasta

Surely not, are you putting your pasta into boiling water? Never had to do pasta much longer than 10-12 minutes myself.

[McD]

People who look at you like you’ve got 2 heads when you tell them you don’t drink. Usually followed by this typical exchange:

- no, really, what you having?
- Just a coke
- naw, what drink are you having?
- a coke
- you cannae just have a coke
- I can, and I will
- but surely you must drink something
- yeah. A coke!
- just have a drink
- yeah. A coke!

insert occasional head shake here


Then some of them have the brass neck later in the evening to sidle up and quietly ask, “ehh, since you’ve not had a drink, any chance of a lift home?”

[Hibrandenburg]

Surely not, are you putting your pasta into boiling water? Never had to do pasta much longer than 10-12 minutes myself.

The mistake most people make.

[snooky]

People who refer to other posters as "sir". Generally it's in a negative way (i.e. You sir, are an idiot).
However, even if it's used in a nice way (i.e. You sir, are a gentleman) it still annoys me.
Yes sir, it sure does. :wink:

[Craig_HFC]

People who refer to other posters "sir". Generally it's in a negative way (i.e. You sir, are an idiot).
However, even if it's used in a nice way (i.e. You sir, are a gentleman) it still annoys me.
Yes sir, it sure does. :wink:

That annoys me as well but not just on here, on Twitter as well. It also annoys me in real life.

[Hermit Crab]

ATM's being shut down, just watching bbc news, up to 4000 cash points getting removed over the next few years....:rolleyes: All this because the banks don't want to pay 25p per transaction to the machine operator.

[Carheenlea]

Dartboards in people's houses/garages that are not fixed at the regulation hight of 5' 8".

[snooky]

The imbalance of everything in society.

e.g. The differential in wages from a nurse to a pro-footballer, the leniency afforded to big corporations re. taxes on millions of pounds while some poor Joe on minimum wage gets hounded for a couple of quid, closing banks while millions spent on bonuses & sponsorship, closing hospitals while millions spent on Trident/high speed trains and the like, etc. etc.

[Geo_1875]

Dartboards in people's houses/garages that are not fixed at the regulation hight of 5' 8".

That's caught me out a few times over the years. Used to play in a pub that didn't have a straight line in the building and I couldn't hit a thing on the dartboard until we measured it out properly. Turned out the bull had to be about 2 inches lower to match the height of the oche. All the locals moaned but decent players noticed right away.

[Craig_HFC]

Another .net peeve...

"Okay, I'll bite."

[Hibrandenburg]

Another .net peeve...

"Okay, I'll bite."

What phrase would you prefer people use when they want to answer a post that's obviously bait?

[Craig_HFC]

What phrase would you prefer people use when they want to answer a post that's obviously bait?

99% of the time the post that is being replied to isn't bait, obvious or otherwise.

[Carheenlea]

That's caught me out a few times over the years. Used to play in a pub that didn't have a straight line in the building and I couldn't hit a thing on the dartboard until we measured it out properly. Turned out the bull had to be about 2 inches lower to match the height of the oche. All the locals moaned but decent players noticed right away.

I can forgive a miscalculation as the intent was there to correctly position - it's the cavalier attitude of just nailing randomly on the back of a door at any old hight that grates.

[My_Wife_Camille]

Another .net peeve...

"Okay, I'll bite."
Excellent. Up there with “far too sensible” and “why let facts get in the way”.

Also the extremer overuse of “deary me” and “myth”.

[Scouse Hibee]

Butter in the marmalade jar.

[Mixu62]

The imbalance of everything in society.

e.g. The differential in wages from a nurse to a pro-footballer, the leniency afforded to big corporations re. taxes on millions of pounds while some poor Joe on minimum wage gets hounded for a couple of quid, closing banks while millions spent on bonuses & sponsorship, closing hospitals while millions spent on Trident/high speed trains and the like, etc. etc.

This post has slipped by without much attention, I feel it deserves some. Totally agree. The saddest thing is that it's becomming so commonplace that we barely even notice it anymore. Banks get billions of taxpayers money and go on to make obscene profits. US President can openly mock disabled people and barely a mention. The The rangers go spending other peoples money again and the weegia turn a blind eye. So many examples of the decline of basic human decency, but no, here's another 5 f***ing hours of Kardashians or cooking shows or DIY shows or the ******' royal family on TV.

[Jim44]

Butter in the marmalade jar.

Extend that to any habit of using a utensil with traces of food on it in jam or pickles etc. It goes mouldy prematurely.

[Carheenlea]

Non Scots calling Scott Brown "Browny" rather than "Broony". Tom English, Brendan Rodgers and Neil Lennon have all fell foul of this in recent weeks.

[hibs#1]

Non Scots calling Scott Brown "Browny" rather than "Broony". Tom English, Brendan Rodgers and Neil Lennon have all fell foul of this in recent weeks.

Yeah sounds horrible nearly as bad as someone saying footie.

[Pretty Boy]

Once a year fans. Never more relevant than around this time of year.

Woman in my work is having a big party on Saturday for the Scotland game. Conversation from the other day:

'ooh we love the rugby, never miss it'
'Not that fussed myself, I'll watch it if it's on'
'My boys are really into it, having all their friends over on Saturday for it'
'Do you ever take them to Myreside for the Edinburgh games?'
'Oh no, why would I want to do that? we like the proper rugby'

Conversation with the same woman from last year:

'Any plans for the weekend?'
'Going to the Hibs game'
'Football? Again?'
'Yes, I go every week'
'Every week?'
'Yes'
'But, like, every single week?'

Then you have the Superbowl. A guy who has never discussed American football with me ever invited me over for a party on Sunday night. Conversation:

'Coming over for the game? Doing hot dogs and getting the brewskis in'
'Na, staying in. Working on the Monday'
'I've taken the Monday off, got to be prepared for the superbowl'
'Do you like American football?'
'Yeah, Patriots rule mate. Brady greatest of all time'
'Aye he's a great quarterback, who else do you like on the team?'
Silence.

Not forgetting Cheltenham and the Grand National are on the horizon. Guys who never talk about racing the rest of the year suddenly start throwing jargon about and become experts on the subtle differences between French and Irish bred horses, start talking about 'dour stayers', 'fleet turns of foot' and 'staying on for pressure' all because they heard someone on TV say it. I was at Musselburgh on a weekday afternoon a few weeks back and your lucky if the attendance was in 4 figures. Come Ladies day the price shoots up to nearly £50 a ticket and 7000 bellends in cheap Topman suits swagger about like they own the place pretending they are infinitely wealthy whilst not handling their drink and harassing women.

Now I get that showpiece events always attract more fans and in the case of racing the big days are what allows the course to keep bidding for fixtures the rest of the year and so on and so forth but it's still annoying.

[McD]

Once a year fans. Never more relevant than around this time of year.

Woman in my work is having a big party on Saturday for the Scotland game. Conversation from the other day:

'ooh we love the rugby, never miss it'
'Not that fussed myself, I'll watch it if it's on'
'My boys are really into it, having all their friends over on Saturday for it'
'Do you ever take them to Myreside for the Edinburgh games?'
'Oh no, why would I want to do that? we like the proper rugby'

Conversation with the same woman from last year:

'Any plans for the weekend?'
'Going to the Hibs game'
'Football? Again?'
'Yes, I go every week'
'Every week?'
'Yes'
'But, like, every single week?'

Then you have the Superbowl. A guy who has never discussed American football with me ever invited me over for a party on Sunday night. Conversation:

'Coming over for the game? Doing hot dogs and getting the brewskis in'
'Na, staying in. Working on the Monday'
'I've taken the Monday off, got to be prepared for the superbowl'
'Do you like American football?'
'Yeah, Patriots rule mate. Brady greatest of all time'
'Aye he's a great quarterback, who else do you like on the team?'
Silence.

Not forgetting Cheltenham and the Grand National are on the horizon. Guys who never talk about racing the rest of the year suddenly start throwing jargon about and become experts on the subtle differences between French and Irish bred horses, start talking about 'dour stayers', 'fleet turns of foot' and 'staying on for pressure' all because they heard someone on TV say it. I was at Musselburgh on a weekday afternoon a few weeks back and your lucky if the attendance was in 4 figures. Come Ladies day the price shoots up to nearly £50 a ticket and 7000 bellends in cheap Topman suits swagger about like they own the place pretending they are infinitely wealthy whilst not handling their drink and harassing women.

Now I get that showpiece events always attract more fans and in the case of racing the big days are what allows the course to keep bidding for fixtures the rest of the year and so on and so forth but it's still annoying.


:top marksCompletely agree PB

[Hiber-nation]

Not forgetting Cheltenham and the Grand National are on the horizon. Guys who never talk about racing the rest of the year suddenly start throwing jargon about and become experts on the subtle differences between French and Irish bred horses, start talking about 'dour stayers', 'fleet turns of foot' and 'staying on for pressure' all because they heard someone on TV say it. I was at Musselburgh on a weekday afternoon a few weeks back and your lucky if the attendance was in 4 figures. Come Ladies day the price shoots up to nearly £50 a ticket and 7000 bellends in cheap Topman suits swagger about like they own the place pretending they are infinitely wealthy whilst not handling their drink and harassing women.

Now I get that showpiece events always attract more fans and in the case of racing the big days are what allows the course to keep bidding for fixtures the rest of the year and so on and so forth but it's still annoying.

And to make it worse you get folk like me pestering you for Cheltenham tips on Hibs.net :greengrin

I agree though, I used to work beside a guy like this. Used to do my head in until I challenged him to a racing quiz I asked him what jockey won the 86 Derby and his reply was "errmmmm Scudamore wasn't it?".

[Time For Heroes]

People being weird about the fact that me and my wife do not want children. Both of us are in our early 30's but have never wanted them. People are weird about it, surely like everything else its a life choice or infact not a choice for some people.

[Pretty Boy]

People being weird about the fact that me and my wife do not want children. Both of us are in our early 30's but have never wanted them. People are weird about it, surely like everything else its a life choice or infact not a choice for some people.

Some people’s obsession with other people breeding really is bizarre. My daughter is just over 5 months and already we are constantly getting told ‘you can’t have just one’ and ‘oh soon be time for another.’ Actually we’d quite like to enjoy this one first and we’ll see what the future holds when we’re ready not when you decide. I know people don’t mean any harm but still.

It’s also potentially quite insensitive as some couples could be in the position of can’t as opposed to don’t want to.

[Hibrandenburg]

People with little or no understanding or empathy towards disabled people. It really grips my **** that in the 21st century some folks can't adapt their behaviour to assist people with disabilities integrate or even play down their disability and treat them with contempt, worse still is when they make comments along the lines of "you're not trying hard enough" or "you need to up your game".

My wife is almost completely deaf due to nerve damage after a typical childhood disease. She's otherwise a very capable woman with a doctorate in mathematics, she works amongst other academics but somehow they are simply not capable of registering the fact that talking to her with their backs turned or covering their mouths when talking means she hasn't a clue what they've just tried to communicate to her. She's explained to them many times how they can help her but are either too lazy, thick or just blatant rude to make any effort to assist. This is a never ending source of misery for her, I just don't get that thete are so many people ignorant to what disability means and how it effects them. Maybe they're just not clever enough to join the dots on what effects disabilities that you can't see have on those people with them.

[Peevemor]

People with little or no understanding or empathy towards disabled people. It really grips my **** that in the 21st century some folks can't adapt their behaviour to assist people with disabilities integrate or even play down their disability and treat them with contempt, worse still is when they make comments along the lines of "you're not trying hard enough" or "you need to up your game".

My wife is almost completely deaf due to nerve damage after a typical childhood disease. She's otherwise a very capable woman with a doctorate in mathematics, she works amongst other academics but somehow they are simply not capable of registering the fact that talking to her with their backs turned or covering their mouths when talking means she hasn't a clue what they've just tried to communicate to her. She's explained to them many times how they can help her but are either too lazy, thick or just blatant rude to make any effort to assist. This is a never ending source of misery for her, I just don't get that thete are so many people ignorant to what disability means and how it effects them. Maybe they're just not clever enough to join the dots on what effects disabilities that you can't see have on those people with them.I agree with what you're saying, but could it not be that your wife's colleagues' "lapses" are a sign that they sometimes forget her disability due to her competence/ability?

I've made similar errors in the past and it honestly hasn't been through ignorance or any lack of empathy, simply my mind being occupied and momentary forgetfulness.

[Hibrandenburg]

I agree with what you're saying, but could it not be that your wife's colleagues' "lapses" are a sign that they sometimes forget her disability due to her competence/ability?

I've made similar errors in the past and it honestly hasn't been through ignorance or any lack of empathy, simply my mind being occupied and momentary forgetfulness.

There is a certain amount of that Peevemor and I too sometimes forget, but then the natural reaction to that would be to say "yeah ****, sorry I forgot" like I'm sure you will have done. This is more folks seeing it as her fault and it being a problem she has to deal with instead of taking a few simple measures to assist her. Luckily her boss knows she's one of her most productive employees.

[Peevemor]

There is a certain amount of that Peevemor and I too sometimes forget, but then the natural reaction to that would be to say "yeah ****, sorry I forgot" like I'm sure you will have done. This is more folks seeing it as her fault and it being a problem she has to deal with instead of taking a few simple measures to assist her. Luckily her boss knows she's one of her most productive employees.As we all know, there are dicks everywhere.

[McD]

People with little or no understanding or empathy towards disabled people. It really grips my **** that in the 21st century some folks can't adapt their behaviour to assist people with disabilities integrate or even play down their disability and treat them with contempt, worse still is when they make comments along the lines of "you're not trying hard enough" or "you need to up your game".

My wife is almost completely deaf due to nerve damage after a typical childhood disease. She's otherwise a very capable woman with a doctorate in mathematics, she works amongst other academics but somehow they are simply not capable of registering the fact that talking to her with their backs turned or covering their mouths when talking means she hasn't a clue what they've just tried to communicate to her. She's explained to them many times how they can help her but are either too lazy, thick or just blatant rude to make any effort to assist. This is a never ending source of misery for her, I just don't get that thete are so many people ignorant to what disability means and how it effects them. Maybe they're just not clever enough to join the dots on what effects disabilities that you can't see have on those people with them.


I understand what you mean mate, my wife also has a disability, significantly different to your wife’s, but one that also affects her life profoundly.

Some people, such as my parents, and some of her direct work colleagues, have adapted seamlessly to her needs, whilst others, including other direct work colleagues don’t just ignore it, but make comments about it when she needs to put measures in place, or tut and sigh, and in some cases, I firmly believe they have made it very awkward for her out of spite.

[Time For Heroes]

Some people’s obsession with other people breeding really is bizarre. My daughter is just over 5 months and already we are constantly getting told ‘you can’t have just one’ and ‘oh soon be time for another.’ Actually we’d quite like to enjoy this one first and we’ll see what the future holds when we’re ready not when you decide. I know people don’t mean any harm but still.

It’s also potentially quite insensitive as some couples could be in the position of can’t as opposed to don’t want to.

Truely bizarre.
My wife works within that field and a colleague classed her as selfish for not wanting children. 🤔

[Godsahibby]

Being a size 9.5 feet. Sorry sir we don’t do half sizes would you like an insole. No mate I want a pair of shoes that actually fit me.

[IGRIGI]

People who run a marathon and think they are Jesus resurrected.

I get it, the training required, the happiness of doing it etc, but **** me, you haven't cured cancer.

The essay length social media posts following a marathon that reek of smugness are unbearable.

[hibsbollah]

People who run a marathon and think they are Jesus resurrected.

I get it, the training required, the happiness of doing it etc, but **** me, you haven't cured cancer.

The essay length social media posts following a marathon that reek of smugness are unbearable.

I tend to agree, and I say that as someone who's run one. Why peers feel the need to use running apps to update everyone on social media as to how well their training is going I have no idea. Well, I do; inflated ego.

If you do your training properly and you're lucky with injuries 42k at a steady pace is surprisingly easy (and I'm complaining about other people being smug!). Muscle memory does à lot of the work.

[lord bunberry]

Once a year fans. Never more relevant than around this time of year.

Woman in my work is having a big party on Saturday for the Scotland game. Conversation from the other day:

'ooh we love the rugby, never miss it'
'Not that fussed myself, I'll watch it if it's on'
'My boys are really into it, having all their friends over on Saturday for it'
'Do you ever take them to Myreside for the Edinburgh games?'
'Oh no, why would I want to do that? we like the proper rugby'

Conversation with the same woman from last year:

'Any plans for the weekend?'
'Going to the Hibs game'
'Football? Again?'
'Yes, I go every week'
'Every week?'
'Yes'
'But, like, every single week?'

Then you have the Superbowl. A guy who has never discussed American football with me ever invited me over for a party on Sunday night. Conversation:

'Coming over for the game? Doing hot dogs and getting the brewskis in'
'Na, staying in. Working on the Monday'
'I've taken the Monday off, got to be prepared for the superbowl'
'Do you like American football?'
'Yeah, Patriots rule mate. Brady greatest of all time'
'Aye he's a great quarterback, who else do you like on the team?'
Silence.

Not forgetting Cheltenham and the Grand National are on the horizon. Guys who never talk about racing the rest of the year suddenly start throwing jargon about and become experts on the subtle differences between French and Irish bred horses, start talking about 'dour stayers', 'fleet turns of foot' and 'staying on for pressure' all because they heard someone on TV say it. I was at Musselburgh on a weekday afternoon a few weeks back and your lucky if the attendance was in 4 figures. Come Ladies day the price shoots up to nearly £50 a ticket and 7000 bellends in cheap Topman suits swagger about like they own the place pretending they are infinitely wealthy whilst not handling their drink and harassing women.

Now I get that showpiece events always attract more fans and in the case of racing the big days are what allows the course to keep bidding for fixtures the rest of the year and so on and so forth but it's still annoying.
Ach chill man. I’ve been on both sides of the fence. I’ve been going down to Cheltenham for god knows how many years. I remember when I first went down, I was addicted to the horse racing, I used to buy the timeform annual and study it. I used to arrive down there thinking I had a chance based on what I knew. Nowadays I turn up without a clue and tend to do better.
Saying that I’m with you on the people who pretend to have knowledge rather than just admitting that they enjoy the event. I will watch the super bowl, but I couldn’t tel you one player from each side.

[My_Wife_Camille]

another for the growing list of .net peeves.

Threads where people start a new song for a player/manager/board member or whatever.

Now the actual thread isn't a peeve. I don't mind them at all, especially because they are usually hilarious and there's no telling whether the poster is having a laugh or genuinely doesn't realise their song is ****.

The peeve is that on every single one of those threads somebody will without fail make the same ***** joke that has been made thousands of times before. When somebody replies to the thread (that obviously is just a comment and not a song) there is always one that says something like "what's tune is that to", "it doesn't ryhme" or "it's not very catchy".

I mean, that might have been mildly amusing the first time but the fact that somebody comes out with it on every song thread is cringy as hell.

Also a mention for 'Funniest thing you've seen at the football' threads and the inevitable Steve Fulton booked for being ugly story being told as if nobody has ever heard it before and that the whole East Stand was rolling about the floor howling with laughter and wiping the tears from their eyes. Always ends with "even Fulton had a smile on his face".

[CropleyWasGod]

another for the growing list of .net peeves.

Threads where people start a new song for a player/manager/board member or whatever.

Now the actual thread isn't a peeve. I don't mind them at all, especially because they are usually hilarious and there's no telling whether the poster is having a laugh or genuinely doesn't realise their song is ****.

The peeve is that on every single one of those threads somebody will without fail make the same ***** joke that has been made thousands of times before. When somebody replies to the thread (that obviously is just a comment and not a song) there is always one that says something like "what's tune is that to", "it doesn't ryhme" or "it's not very catchy".

I mean, that might have been mildly amusing the first time but the fact that somebody comes out with it on every song thread is cringy as hell.

Also a mention for 'Funniest thing you've seen at the football' threads and the inevitable Steve Fulton booked for being ugly story being told as if nobody has ever heard it before and that the whole East Stand was rolling about the floor howling with laughter and wiping the tears from their eyes. Always ends with "even Fulton had a smile on his face".It doesn't rhyme.

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[snooky]

Lazy journalism (e.g. in the Beeb web news) where a generic photo of the back of a couple of policemen is used time and again to cover any police related story. Why bother?

[lapsedhibee]

- no, really, what you having?
- Just a coke
- naw, what drink are you having?
- a coke
- you cannae just have a coke
- I can, and I will
- but surely you must drink something
- yeah. A coke!
- just have a drink
- yeah. A coke!



So what did you end up having? :dunno:

[lapsedhibee]

My wife is almost completely deaf due to nerve damage after a typical childhood disease. She's otherwise a very capable woman with a doctorate in mathematics, she works amongst other academics but somehow they are simply not capable of registering the fact that talking to her with their backs turned or covering their mouths when talking means she hasn't a clue what they've just tried to communicate to her. She's explained to them many times how they can help her but are either too lazy, thick or just blatant rude to make any effort to assist.


I agree with what you're saying, but could it not be that your wife's colleagues' "lapses" are a sign that they sometimes forget her disability due to her competence/ability? I've made similar errors in the past and it honestly hasn't been through ignorance or any lack of empathy, simply my mind being occupied and momentary forgetfulness.

Both true imo. A surprisingly large number of people do not make any effort at all with deaf people, including some professionals who you might guess had, or should have, been trained to deal with deafness (eg some district nurses visiting the very elderly). Another proportion of people make a great effort but lapse in proportion to how smart the deaf person seems to be (the smarter they seem, the easier it is to lapse). Perhaps the smallest number, people who never, ever lapse with anyone, are to be simply admired.

[McD]

So what did you end up having? :dunno:


A friggin’ Pepsi!!! :grr:


😂

[Pretty Boy]

People who make no effort to work something out for themselves and then make no effort to retain the information when you show them how to do it. Woman in my work is always at it.

'What formula do I use on Excel for this?'
'How do I edit a PDF?'
'How do I work out a margin from cost price?'
'What supplier does that range come from?'

Every single ****ing day. She's been in the job almost twice as long as me but seems to enjoy playing the class clown and having allowances made for her because of that.

[Future17]

Lazy journalism (e.g. in the Beeb web news) where a generic photo of the back of a couple of policemen is used time and again to cover any police related story. Why bother?

I don't know if that's laziness, rather than pointlessness...but you've probably covered it with the "why bother?" at the end. :greengrin

I guess most BBC articles have a standard format and, if a particularly relevant photo isn't available, a stock one is the option.

I agree with the lazy journalism part though. I accept, as others have mentioned on other threads, that resources are squeezed and journos perhaps don't have the time they once did to thoroughly research and write articles. What particularly annoys me is the use of social media quotes of random members of the public to beef up a story. A recent example is the very insightful two-word quote about halfway down this article.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/sexist-bbc-interview-with-female-mp-in-1970-shocks-viewers/ar-BBINXOi

[Geo_1875]

I don't know if that's laziness, rather than pointlessness...but you've probably covered it with the "why bother?" at the end. :greengrin

I guess most BBC articles have a standard format and, if a particularly relevant photo isn't available, a stock one is the option.

I agree with the lazy journalism part though. I accept, as others have mentioned on other threads, that resources are squeezed and journos perhaps don't have the time they once did to thoroughly research and write articles. What particularly annoys me is the use of social media quotes of random members of the public to beef up a story. A recent example is the very insightful two-word quote about halfway down this article.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/sexist-bbc-interview-with-female-mp-in-1970-shocks-viewers/ar-BBINXOi

And the pricks at work who splatter stock photos over every Powerpoint presentation.

I know what a meeting looks like.
I'm sitting in one just now and I don't need you to show a photo of 6 diverse characters sitting round a desk smiling at each other.
Did you notice that there are 6 white men at this table?
Just give us an idea of what you want us to do to make you look good to your boss.

[WeeRussell]

Once a year fans. Never more relevant than around this time of year.

Woman in my work is having a big party on Saturday for the Scotland game. Conversation from the other day:

'ooh we love the rugby, never miss it'
'Not that fussed myself, I'll watch it if it's on'
'My boys are really into it, having all their friends over on Saturday for it'
'Do you ever take them to Myreside for the Edinburgh games?'
'Oh no, why would I want to do that? we like the proper rugby'

Conversation with the same woman from last year:

'Any plans for the weekend?'
'Going to the Hibs game'
'Football? Again?'
'Yes, I go every week'
'Every week?'
'Yes'
'But, like, every single week?'

Then you have the Superbowl. A guy who has never discussed American football with me ever invited me over for a party on Sunday night. Conversation:

'Coming over for the game? Doing hot dogs and getting the brewskis in'
'Na, staying in. Working on the Monday'
'I've taken the Monday off, got to be prepared for the superbowl'
'Do you like American football?'
'Yeah, Patriots rule mate. Brady greatest of all time'
'Aye he's a great quarterback, who else do you like on the team?'
Silence.

Not forgetting Cheltenham and the Grand National are on the horizon. Guys who never talk about racing the rest of the year suddenly start throwing jargon about and become experts on the subtle differences between French and Irish bred horses, start talking about 'dour stayers', 'fleet turns of foot' and 'staying on for pressure' all because they heard someone on TV say it. I was at Musselburgh on a weekday afternoon a few weeks back and your lucky if the attendance was in 4 figures. Come Ladies day the price shoots up to nearly £50 a ticket and 7000 bellends in cheap Topman suits swagger about like they own the place pretending they are infinitely wealthy whilst not handling their drink and harassing women.

Now I get that showpiece events always attract more fans and in the case of racing the big days are what allows the course to keep bidding for fixtures the rest of the year and so on and so forth but it's still annoying.

Absolutely.

Horse racing seems to be particularly bad for this, but maybe that's just because it's one of the more obscure of my interests for a 20 something. People telling me they "fancy" a horse having looked at the name and the price of it... one of my favourites recently was my mate (who has bet on horses longer than me but never taken the time to learn anything about them) told me he thinks a horse will win as long as it doesn't fall... I looked at the race in question and the first thing I noticed was it was a bumper.

I've said it before on here but similarly the way people become on first name terms with Andy Murray at Wimbledon but have no interest in tennis any other time of the year. I get that they're entitled, and it's the nature of top-level sport... doesn't stop it being a pet peeve though :greengrin

[Hermit Crab]

Super bowl, I have zero interest in it but have never claimed to. Last week my facebook feed was full of "oh its super bowl Sunday" lets party and all that crap, posted by folk who never mention it ay other time of the year. Now that its over, Facebook is back to the usual crap from the Super Bowl posters like, just made soup or look how cute my baby is etc....:rolleyes:

[Hibrandenburg]

Parents who don't teach their kids manners. Just watched three 6 year olds weave in and out their way to the front of the ski lift. Their parents shouting after them to wait at the top for them. Eh ****ing no, you'll get back to your place in the queue and wait like everyone else.

[Mon Dieu4]

People wheeling small cases that could easily be carried, get the **** out of my way and carry it like a normal person

[Carheenlea]

Super bowl, I have zero interest in it but have never claimed to. Last week my facebook feed was full of "oh its super bowl Sunday" lets party and all that crap, posted by folk who never mention it ay other time of the year. Now that its over, Facebook is back to the usual crap from the Super Bowl posters like, just made soup or look how cute my baby is etc....:rolleyes:

Don't worry, last weekends Super Bowl aficionados will be dusting off the Barbour jackets and chinos to get into full 6 Nations Rugby mode for next few weeks - that'll keep them busy sharing their musings on the sport that is of absolute no interest to them the other 11 months of the year.

[Carheenlea]

Part time/amateur drinkers pretending to be drinkers come Friday - "It's wine/beer o'clock"

[pollution]

Part time/amateur drinkers pretending to be drinkers come Friday - "It's wine/beer o'clock"


And those who have a ' cheeky ' glass of wine.

Just down it.

[IGRIGI]

The phrase "broke the internet".

**** right off with that. It doesn't make any sense.

[weecounty hibby]

People who bang on about those who only take an interest in a specific sport once a year. You know, tennis - Wimbledon, golf - the open, rugby - six nations, curling - Winter Olympics etc etc. You don't have to be an avid fan or an expert to enjoy other sports big occasions

[pollution]

People - invariably women - who say the word 'chocolate' in a giggly and whispering rush.

[Pretty Boy]

People who bang on about those who only take an interest in a specific sport once a year. You know, tennis - Wimbledon, golf - the open, rugby - six nations, curling - Winter Olympics etc etc. You don't have to be an avid fan or an expert to enjoy other sports big occasions

You're absolutely right and I think I covered that in my post.

It's the people who pretend to be diehards or experts that annoy me. Sorry but if you go to 3 rugby internationals a year to get pissed and have a banter then you don't 'love rugby and never miss it' in anything like the same way I love Hibs. By all means enjoy a sport once or twice a year but don't act like you are something you're not.

Not aimed at you btw, a more general comment.

[IGRIGI]

Working in an office where 80%+ of colleagues are women.

Initially this seems great... but the week in, week out chat of wedding dresses, haircuts, boyfriends, "girlie" nights out, zumba classes and non stop gossiping will slowly but surely destroy any soul you may have possessed until you reach the point of talking to yourself and then worrying you've actually reached the point that you are talking out loud with yourself.

[Scouse Hibee]

People who don't listen to a specific instruction because they think they know it all. They then go away and mess up the task you have given them because they never listened to you.

These are the same people who read the first line of an email and totally miss the vital content of the rest of it.

[Pete]

Indian food that goes through you and comes straight out in the space of half an hour.

Waste of money...and I’m hungry again.

[lyonhibs]

People who make no effort to work something out for themselves and then make no effort to retain the information when you show them how to do it. Woman in my work is always at it.

'What formula do I use on Excel for this?'
'How do I edit a PDF?'
'How do I work out a margin from cost price?'
'What supplier does that range come from?'

Every single ****ing day. She's been in the job almost twice as long as me but seems to enjoy playing the class clown and having allowances made for her because of that.

Christ don't get me started. I'm viewed as some sort of ******g Excel and Outlook expert because I'm the only one in our office with the savvy to just use Google to find the answer to the simplest questions of the exact genre you mention.

[pollution]

My wife cleaning the house on a Sunday.

Bar staff polishing the bar around me long before closing time.

[Peevemor]

PowerPoint presentations that have been slung together at the last minute in an effort to disguise someone's total lack of preparation for a meeting. If you haven't done the work just call me to postpone, just don't waste my time with that pish!

[bingo70]

Local newspapers predicting travel chaos for the area due to extreme weather when the forecast is saying something completely different.

I understand it when national papers say this as there’ll probably be really bad weather somewhere but local papers getting it wrong is just lazy and probably down to them copying the story form the national papers.

[McD]

People who are ungrateful and selfish pricks.

im fortunate to work for a company who give their staff some really great perks. Having worked for a really **** company in the past who treated their staff like crap, I’m really grateful and aware of how lucky we are. It drives me up the wall when I hear colleagues and other staff bitching about how hard done by they are, how **** it is that another great benefit has been provided to us but the exact layout doesn’t suit their face. Some examples:

- we the business have arranged for all/any of you to be able to get this new piece of technology for you and your family to enjoy (not a work related bit of kit in any way), you can pay for it over 4 months rather than having to pay it all out in one go - cue multiple people bitching that it’s shocking and disgusting that it’s having to be paid over 4 months rather than 12/24/any other time frame they deem fit.

- People complaining that although the company gives money per person towards a Xmas night out for teams/depts to organise, it’s not enough and should be more.

- “I wouldn’t pay for this perk if we didn’t get it given to us”. - my response is usually to tell them to give up the perk then, since you wouldn’t have it under other circumstances. Which is usually met with the righteous indignation of the perpetually complaining brigade.

- why do we only get 50% discount on this, why do we have to pay anything at all? I’m staff, I shouldn’t have to pay anything.


absolutely selfish ********s

[Gatecrasher]

people who tap their keyboards too loud.

[Peevemor]

People (normally the secretaries at my work, and normally a Monday morning after the cleaner has been) who proclaim that their pc isn't working when, in fact, the power cable that plugs into the underside of their screen has simply slipped down a couple of millimetres.

[IGRIGI]

When newspapers/BBC post "fact check" articles that are in reality just their opinions masquerading as independent fact with a nice side of smugness.

[Scouse Hibee]

People who seem unable to judge the width of their own vehicle. They hold up everyone because they won't drive through a gap big enough for an even a bigger car/van.

[bingo70]

Lurpak ‘spreadable’ butter.

[heretoday]

People who seem unable to judge the width of their own vehicle. They hold up everyone because they won't drive through a gap big enough for an even a bigger car/van.
I'm the one doing that. Sorry!

[matty_f]

People who are completely incapable of figuring anything out for themselves.

[Peevemor]

People who are completely incapable of figuring anything out for themselves.How do you mean?

[Pretty Boy]

Radio stations that announce a 'brand new' song by an artist that they have been playing for weeks if not months. My partner insists on having Forth 1 on in the car and they are particularly bad for this. Not only have they been playing it for weeks they also play the same song about 10 times a day.

[jabis]

How do you mean?

What you on about ?

The FACT that any irony emoji looks like sarcasm :agree

[Hibee87]

Radio stations that announce a 'brand new' song by an artist that they have been playing for weeks if not months. My partner insists on having Forth 1 on in the car and they are particularly bad for this. Not only have they been playing it for weeks they also play the same song about 10 times a day.

Try absolute radio as a compromise, she always inists the radio is on and forth1 music is largley terrible on a loop tunes. Its on digital or mw. Hosts can be a bit iffy, but good tunes.

[lord bunberry]

Try absolute radio as a compromise, she always inists the radio is on and forth1 music is largley terrible on a loop tunes. Its on digital or mw. Hosts can be a bit iffy, but good tunes.
I listen to absolute radio 90s in the car, but that’s cause I’m an old ******* :greengrin

[matty_f]

When you need the toilet every time you're in a situation where getting to a toilet is going to be problematic.

[matty_f]

Folk rushing to criticise Hibs and take some sort of moral high ground when there's a thread ripping Hearts. Just piss off, we know we're not perfect but the while point of petty point scoring is that it's ok to be unreasonable.

Just stop taking the fun out of trolling the Hearts.

[Pretty Boy]

Scottish folk who move abroad and then love running down Scotland at every opportunity.

I've a mate who lives in the south of France and he talks often about things he likes about where he lives now. He has a good job, decent weather for a large chunk of the year, decent football on his doorstep, big cities like Marseille and Barcelona less than 2 hours away etc etc. He's also honest that he misses things about Scotland. Local pubs and the pub culture being a big one.

I've also got a friend in Australia and he loves to tell me how 'this is the best thing I ever did', 'I miss nothing about Scotland', 'everyone is so uptight there', 'anyone who doesn't do what I've done is small minded' etc etc.

Funnily enough when speaking to a group of mutual friends the other week we all agreed that only one of them genuinely seems happy with the choice they made.

[Just Jimmy]

Scottish folk who move abroad and then love running down Scotland at every opportunity.

I've a mate who lives in the south of France and he talks often about things he likes about where he lives now. He has a good job, decent weather for a large chunk of the year, decent football on his doorstep, big cities like Marseille and Barcelona less than 2 hours away etc etc. He's also honest that he misses things about Scotland. Local pubs and the pub culture being a big one.

I've also got a friend in Australia and he loves to tell me how 'this is the best thing I ever did', 'I miss nothing about Scotland', 'everyone is so uptight there', 'anyone who doesn't do what I've done is small minded' etc etc.

Funnily enough when speaking to a group of mutual friends the other week we all agreed that only one of them genuinely seems happy with the choice they made.That's true.

I live in Manchester now. Almost a year now and I love it. So does my partner. Manchester is a brilliant city and I have 2 of the biggest football clubs in the world in my door step and go regularly to both. We've just bought our first house together alongside her being in her dream job and I've just landed the job I've always wanted. It's worked out pretty damn amazing if I'm honest.

Yet I miss home, not enough to come home and my life quality would likely be worse at this moment in time if we did, but I do.

I miss family, especially my nephew and niece. My grandparents are older so they can't come down to visit and it's not the same on the phone. I miss my mates too who all have their own lives now too. Most of all I miss Hibs. None of these are enough to bring me home.

I love Scotland and I miss it but I just have made a choice which is the right choice for my partner and I, which improves my life quality.

I am however, sick of meeting Scots here who say "oh I've not been home in years, I left cos it's ****, I would never go back".

I usually shut them up by just saying "I ****ing love Scotland mate. I moved for work". Watch their face drop when you say that. [emoji23]

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[Scouse Hibee]

That's true.

I live in Manchester now. Almost a year now and I love it. So does my partner. Manchester is a brilliant city and I have 2 of the biggest football clubs in the world in my door step and go regularly to both. We've just bought our first house together alongside her being in her dream job and I've just landed the job I've always wanted. It's worked out pretty damn amazing if I'm honest.

Yet I miss home, not enough to come home and my life quality would likely be worse at this moment in time if we did, but I do.

I miss family, especially my nephew and niece. My grandparents are older so they can't come down to visit and it's not the same on the phone. I miss my mates too who all have their own lives now too. Most of all I miss Hibs. None of these are enough to bring me home.

I love Scotland and I miss it but I just have made a choice which is the right choice for my partner and I, which improves my life quality.

I am however, sick of meeting Scots here who say "oh I've not been home in years, I left cos it's ****, I would never go back".

I usually shut them up by just saying "I ****ing love Scotland mate. I moved for work". Watch their face drop when you say that. [emoji23]

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Similar to you, though I have lived here in Edinburgh now for 25 years (half my life), I love my life here and all that goes with it. Whenever I return to Liverpool (which is currently every couple of weeks due to family illness) I still refer to it as going home and absolutely love my time there.l made the choice to move because of my scottish wife, but anyone that tells me "you done tbe right thing geting out" gets told straight I stil love Liverpool the city.

[sleeping giant]

Not being able to have a long lie at the weekend anymore.
Always up for a slash before half 8 and can never get back to sleep.

[Hibrandenburg]

When all the trolleys at the supermarket are full of other people's **** like receipts, brochures, vegetable leaves and endless amounts of other rubbish the previous user was too lazy to put in the bin.

[TRC]

Scottish folk who move abroad and then love running down Scotland at every opportunity.

I've a mate who lives in the south of France and he talks often about things he likes about where he lives now. He has a good job, decent weather for a large chunk of the year, decent football on his doorstep, big cities like Marseille and Barcelona less than 2 hours away etc etc. He's also honest that he misses things about Scotland. Local pubs and the pub culture being a big one.

I've also got a friend in Australia and he loves to tell me how 'this is the best thing I ever did', 'I miss nothing about Scotland', 'everyone is so uptight there', 'anyone who doesn't do what I've done is small minded' etc etc.

Funnily enough when speaking to a group of mutual friends the other week we all agreed that only one of them genuinely seems happy with the choice they made.

Sounds to me the boy in Australia is trying to convince himself rather than anyone else.

[Gatecrasher]

I went to get rolls yesterday morning and was met with people manhandling them to see if they were fresh then putting them back.

[pollution]

That is foul behaviour! I understand your peeve.

Similar to the old women who rush to the bread aisle as if there is another seventies style shortage.

[IGRIGI]

When large minority positions are ignored.

"Scotland voted no"
"Scotland voted to stay in the EU"
"France rejected the far right"

It ticks me off when around a 3rd (or 45%) of votes are just ignored depending on the position of the speaker.

[Pretty Boy]

Adults in a crowded place who insist on waving to each other and twisting into weird positions and jumping about to try and get each others attention.

I just about get it when kids are involved but adults who are aware each other are in attendance doing it is both weird and annoying. At the game on Saturday a group of guys in front of me spent most of the 1st half depserately trying to wave to their mates in the East. 'I think he's looking', 'they said they were at this end', 'jump up now he's looking this way'. What does is achieve?

[Future17]

Absolutely everything to do with the modern use of the phrase "cultural appropriation".

[speedy_gonzales]

Absolutely everything to do with the modern use of the phrase "cultural appropriation".
Living under a rock as I do, I had no idea what you were on about until this news item regarding a recent talent show winner and their recent restyling (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43126568),,,,
I'm not sure what's more worrying, the fact that folk aren't allowed to style there hair in such a way as it might offend because they're "not from that cultural background" or the fact that the commentators seemed to have missed the fact that people have been stealing/borrowing/mimicking the fashions from around the globe for millennia.
Tattoos, piercings, make up, branding,,,,even individual items of clothing, all copied from those that have walked before us.

[Hiber-nation]

Living under a rock as I do, I had no idea what you were on about until this news item regarding a recent talent show winner and their recent restyling (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43126568),,,,I'm not sure what's more worrying, the fact that folk aren't allowed to style there hair in such a way as it might offend because they're "not from that cultural background" or the fact that the commentators seemed to have missed the fact that people have been stealing/borrowing/mimicking the fashions from around the globe for millennia.
Tattoos, piercings, make up, branding,,,,even individual items of clothing, all copied from those that have walked before us.
.

That is astonishing. Is that what it's come to? We might as well ban white soul singers while we're at it.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

People at sporting events that recognise themselves on the big screen and proceed to jump about and wave like a mad man/woman. (It can be forgiven if a child does it).

[beensaidbefore]

Living under a rock as I do, I had no idea what you were on about until this news item regarding a recent talent show winner and their recent restyling (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43126568),,,,
I'm not sure what's more worrying, the fact that folk aren't allowed to style there hair in such a way as it might offend because they're "not from that cultural background" or the fact that the commentators seemed to have missed the fact that people have been stealing/borrowing/mimicking the fashions from around the globe for millennia.
Tattoos, piercings, make up, branding,,,,even individual items of clothing, all copied from those that have walked before us.


Crazy. This would have been perfect for the right to offend thread!

[heretoday]

People at sporting events that recognise themselves on the big screen and proceed to jump about and wave like a mad man/woman. (It can be forgiven if a child does it).

Rugby fans do that especially. It must be because they are enjoying themselves I suppose!

[Pretty Boy]

People at sporting events that recognise themselves on the big screen and proceed to jump about and wave like a mad man/woman. (It can be forgiven if a child does it).

Why do they always wave at the screen rather than in the direction of the camera?

[heretoday]

Why have cars got bigger when I thought society had determined itself to become more environmentally friendly? We parked behind a new Mini yesterday which was bigger than our Toyota Yaris!

[Geo_1875]

Why have cars got bigger when I thought society had determined itself to become more environmentally friendly? We parked behind a new Mini yesterday which was bigger than our Toyota Yaris!

Fiat are taking the piss with the 500 range. I remember when you could change a wheel on one them without a jack. Some of them are the size of a Range Rover now.

[Hibrandenburg]

People who moan about potholes in the roads and road works. You just can't make some people happy.

[bingo70]

When you’ve got a passenger in the car and they are sort of half singing along/half mumbling the words to the song on the radio.

Shut up and let me listen to the song instead of having to listen to someone that cannae sing drone along out of tune.

Thing that annoys me about that is I inevitably turn out to the the bad guy for being grumpy when either giving dirty looks or tell them to shut up when it’s them that’s being the nippy ones in the first place.

[Hermit Crab]

People that get offended at the new Irn-Bru advert. Proper face palm stuff that. I think its funny and theres too many snowflakes out there.


New IRN-BRU Advert 2018 | Parents (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thh5AOJTD-Q)

Irn Bru issue apology over controversial new advert (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiU0YmT67bZAhVIDOwKHTWSBeIQqUMILzAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.edinburghnews.scotsman.com%2 Fnews%2Firn-bru-issue-apology-over-controversial-new-advert-1-4693211&usg=AOvVaw1H0_XkhyaLzAO8KQD7KCZm)

[matty_f]

People that get offended at the new Irn-Bru advert. Proper face palm stuff that. I think its funny and theres too many snowflakes out there.


New IRN-BRU Advert 2018 | Parents (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thh5AOJTD-Q)

Irn Bru issue apology over controversial new advert (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiU0YmT67bZAhVIDOwKHTWSBeIQqUMILzAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.edinburghnews.scotsman.com%2 Fnews%2Firn-bru-issue-apology-over-controversial-new-advert-1-4693211&usg=AOvVaw1H0_XkhyaLzAO8KQD7KCZm)

The term 'snowflake'

[pollution]

Desperate advertising, again.

[Peevemor]

Desperate advertising, again.

Effective though.

[Geo_1875]

People that get offended at the new Irn-Bru advert. Proper face palm stuff that. I think its funny and theres too many snowflakes out there.


New IRN-BRU Advert 2018 | Parents (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thh5AOJTD-Q)

Irn Bru issue apology over controversial new advert (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiU0YmT67bZAhVIDOwKHTWSBeIQqUMILzAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.edinburghnews.scotsman.com%2 Fnews%2Firn-bru-issue-apology-over-controversial-new-advert-1-4693211&usg=AOvVaw1H0_XkhyaLzAO8KQD7KCZm)

There is an advert with almost the same strapline on every morning when watching Sky Sport News.

I don't remember what it's for but it appears to be "acted" by disabled people striving to be a can rather than a can't.

I'm not aware of any parents taking offence at that one.

[lord bunberry]

There is an advert with almost the same strapline on every morning when watching Sky Sport News.

I don't remember what it's for but it appears to be "acted" by disabled people striving to be a can rather than a can't.

I'm not aware of any parents taking offence at that one.
I think it’s Samsung

[TRC]

People saying the most obvious things during meetings, things I'd be embarrassed to say because they are so obvious. Some bosses seem to absolutely love this utter ***** though!!

[TRC]

Also people that can sit in meetings and talk about the most trivial point ever. Just had a meeting (as you may have guessed) about our new filling line at work and someone was complaining and asking about the colour of the coffee machine in the break room!!!

[Pretty Boy]

Also people that can sit in meetings and talk about the most trivial point ever. Just had a meeting (as you may have guessed) about our new filling line at work and someone was complaining and asking about the colour of the coffee machine in the break room!!!

I hate meetings at work in general.

I'd wager about 85% of the ones I have attended have been organised by someone wanting to avoid real work. Most of the content could have been discussed in 2 or 3 emails.

[McD]

I hate meetings at work in general.

I'd wager about 85% of the ones I have attended have been organised by someone wanting to avoid real work. Most of the content could have been discussed in 2 or 3 emails.


:agree:

Also get the opposite at my work. Why have a 5 minute meeting face to face when 3 weeks of back and forth emails can drag things out for no reason other than it would mean someone having to actually organise themselves

[IGRIGI]

That awkward silence after the "great to put a face to a name" moment with a colleague you've got f all to talk about with.

[Hiber-nation]

I hate meetings at work in general.

I'd wager about 85% of the ones I have attended have been organised by someone wanting to avoid real work. Most of the content could have been discussed in 2 or 3 emails.

Yep, let's have a meeting to allow those people who can't manage their Inbox a chance to turn up late with obligatory Costa in hand, nod their heads a lot, stray off topic several times resulting in absolutely nothing being decided with the next folk knocking on the meeting room door waiting to get in.

[Scouse Hibee]

That awkward moment when someone walks up to you, addresses you by name, shakes your hand and asks how you are doing and you haven't got a scooby who they are. Happened to me on Sunday, still trying to work out who he was.

[SaulGoodman]

Radio stations that announce a 'brand new' song by an artist that they have been playing for weeks if not months. My partner insists on having Forth 1 on in the car and they are particularly bad for this. Not only have they been playing it for weeks they also play the same song about 10 times a day.

Forth 1 has went downhill rapidly the past 2 years. It used to have a good variety of old and new songs but seems to have slipped into the "24/7 top 40" niche that so many radio stations already have.

[Geo_1875]

Yep, let's have a meeting to allow those people who can't manage their Inbox a chance to turn up late with obligatory Costa in hand, nod their heads a lot, stray off topic several times resulting in absolutely nothing being decided with the next folk knocking on the meeting room door waiting to get in.

Fed up leaving a meeting and having to ask for confirmation that there are no action points.

[Geo_1875]

Forth 1 has went downhill rapidly the past 2 years. It used to have a good variety of old and new songs but seems to have slipped into the "24/7 top 40" niche that so many radio stations already have.

That's because "popular" music has gone downhill as well. When you have charts made up from different sources and and artist with 6 songs in the top 40 that all sound the same. It was bad enough for a few years when all they played were talent show winners but when Ed Sheerin releases every song from his album as a single what chance do you have of getting a bit of variety.

[IGRIGI]

When someone posts a new chant and doesn't tell you the tune.

[snooky]

People who moan about potholes in the roads and road works. You just can't make some people happy.

... whilst leading a campaign for the introduction of speedbumps.

[speedy_gonzales]

"Lucas the spider" videos on social media.
Could just about tolerate the daughter playing them but now the wife is doing it,,,,
If I hear that sickly sweet American kids voice one more time I'll be committing some virtual arachnicide!

[Alfiembra]

I hate being the last person to post a comment on a thread feel like I’ve killed the thread......oooops

[snooky]

I hate being the last person to post a comment on a thread feel like I’ve killed the thread......oooops

Sorry Al, but that one's whooshing past me. :dunno:

[Alfiembra]

When you’ve posted a comment hoping you’ve added something to the debate and continue the discussion then the thread seems to fizzle out and you are the last comment.

[Hibrandenburg]

When you’ve posted a comment hoping you’ve added something to the debate and continue the discussion then the thread seems to fizzle out and you are the last comment.

I get that a lot.

[snooky]

When you’ve posted a comment hoping you’ve added something to the debate and continue the discussion then the thread seems to fizzle out and you are the last comment.

A-ha. I thought you were referring to this thread.
:doh: me.

[Mibbes Aye]

When you’ve posted a comment hoping you’ve added something to the debate and continue the discussion then the thread seems to fizzle out and you are the last comment.


I get that a lot.

I thought it was just me :greengrin

[Hibrandenburg]

I thought it was just me :greengrin

I never saw it as a negative, I considered it to mean I'd won the internet:greengrin

[heretoday]

When someone strongly recommends a book or album to you, even to the extent of lending you said item and it turns out to be not to your liking?

[snooky]

People who go to a free buffet, pile up their plates and then leave half of it.