Pet Peeves IV

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

Thats exactly it, his Wife has lived next to us for years and before that shared the house with her parents. She is nice and we have always got on, we have never had issues, I dont play loud music or tv, my gardens are neat and tidy and we dont have noisy kids running about

About 3 years ago she met her new Man, he grafts and does various shifts and to be honest appeared to be a respectable guy and Im the kind who gets on with folk. I was cutting my back lawn and he was pottering about his garden and I said good afternoon or similar and he just looked at me as if I called him a **** (which he is) and he just turned and walked away

Over the last 3 years he has continued to blank me and just recently as I was getting into the car he came out his front door, looked over at me and as you do I gave him the nod but again he just blanked me 🤣

To sum him up, a fat ignorant **** 🤬

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Maybe he's deaf.

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Originally Posted by J-C

Maybe he's deaf.

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Nope, just an ignorant ****

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

I understand what you are saying mate but to be honest Ive seen him chat to my other neighbour often if he has been out doing his garden or washing his car, strangely enough he does let on to my Wife at times

Yeah, he is a ****

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There's a guy who lives directly opposite us, he's lived there for years and years - he'll let on to me in the specific context of us both being in close proximity to the house but if I see him in Tesco, or further than a 1/4 mile radius from the house, he'll totally blank me even though I always wave or say hello.

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Originally Posted by matty_f

There's a guy who lives directly opposite us, he's lived there for years and years - he'll let on to me in the specific context of us both being in close proximity to the house but if I see him in Tesco, or further than a 1/4 mile radius from the house, he'll totally blank me even though I always wave or say hello.

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Maybe he doesn’t recognise you out of the context of the normal surroundings he sees you in. I’ve seen that happen before, even done it myself.

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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee

Maybe he doesn’t recognise you out of the context of the normal surroundings he sees you in. I’ve seen that happen before, even done it myself.

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If be inclined to go with Matty's thoughts on this. If you've lived across from someone for years and have let onto them on multiple occasions I'd tend to think you'd recognise them in the street.

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Originally Posted by Since90+2

If be inclined to go with Matty's thoughts on this. If you've lived across from someone for years and have let onto them on multiple occasions I'd tend to think you'd recognise them in the street.

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Depends, sometimes when I'm out walking I'm in a world of my own, if I don't expect to see someone in a certain place then I'm oblivious, I've walked past my best pals and even my dad before in the street before I got shouted at

The Banker on Deal or No Deal

Total ****

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

I understand what you are saying mate but to be honest Ive seen him chat to my other neighbour often if he has been out doing his garden or washing his car, strangely enough he does let on to my Wife at times

Yeah, he is a ****

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Aye like I said in my opening line, I’m sure you’re correct.

My current pet peeve are the new (wooden) seats in the departure area of Edinburgh Airport. How anybody could design seats that are so uncomfortable is beyond my comprehension


Going to Airports has gradually become less and less enjoyable over the years and they were obviously struggling to find new ways to make it worse, but believe me, they've succeeded.

:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

Thats exactly it, his Wife has lived next to us for years and before that shared the house with her parents. She is nice and we have always got on, we have never had issues, I dont play loud music or tv, my gardens are neat and tidy and we dont have noisy kids running about

About 3 years ago she met her new Man, he grafts and does various shifts and to be honest appeared to be a respectable guy and Im the kind who gets on with folk. I was cutting my back lawn and he was pottering about his garden and I said good afternoon or similar and he just looked at me as if I called him a **** (which he is) and he just turned and walked away

Over the last 3 years he has continued to blank me and just recently as I was getting into the car he came out his front door, looked over at me and as you do I gave him the nod but again he just blanked me 🤣

To sum him up, a fat ignorant **** 🤬

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Should deliberately give him a big ‘Hello!’ Every time you see him :greengrin

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Originally Posted by McD

Should deliberately give him a big ‘Hello!’ Every time you see him :greengrin

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Im just going to start ignoring him, see if he ****ing likes it

**** that he is 🤬

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Originally Posted by ACLeith

YODEL! Ordered a Christmas present for a grandson from VERY, good price and no complaints about them.

Message from YODEL on Monday at 1am saying they have it. Checked the link yesterday and showing not yet out for delivery.

Found it at the front door at 8am this morning, message sent to me at 6:30am saying it had been delivered. They did not follow my instructions on where to leave it, so in full view of the street.

I accepted their offer to do the survey on the delivery, including agreement to publish my reply. I'm sure they will.

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Yodel had a parcel for me, drove past the bottom of my street ( 35 yards away) and have now lost it. Useless.

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Originally Posted by matty_f

There's a guy who lives directly opposite us, he's lived there for years and years - he'll let on to me in the specific context of us both being in close proximity to the house but if I see him in Tesco, or further than a 1/4 mile radius from the house, he'll totally blank me even though I always wave or say hello.

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Search YouTube for Micky Flannigan talking about his neighbours, very funny.

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

Im just going to start ignoring him, see if he ****ing likes it

**** that he is 🤬

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I feel invested in this now...

Is the issue that you didn't do anything to deserve this treatment? Or did you do something 3 years ago and this guy just can't let it go?

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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee

Maybe he doesn’t recognise you out of the context of the normal surroundings he sees you in. I’ve seen that happen before, even done it myself.

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I'm the worst for that, but I'm talking like 100 yards further along the road, not bumping into him at the cinema or that.

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

The Banker on Deal or No Deal

Total ****

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Deal or No Deal.

A ridiculously silly programme that is a painful watch. It was bad enough with Ed Noelmonds presenting it I can only imagine how bad it must be now with Stephen Mulhearn doing it.

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Originally Posted by danhibees1875

I feel invested in this now...

Is the issue that you didn't do anything to deserve this treatment? Or did you do something 3 years ago and this guy just can't let it go?

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Absolutely nothing mate, his Wife who is lovely lived with her parents next door and they were lovely too before they passed away. She worked in the big insurance building at the commie pool and most mornings we would leave for work at the same time and greeting each other as you do

She took parcels in for us as we done and still do for them, we exchanged Christmas cards etc, she borrowed tools from me and even chapped my door late at night to ask medical advice as my Wife was a Surgical Nurse, she loved my kids and still talks to my dog over the back fence and actually we still chat over the fence about holidays etc

Then he came on the scene just appearing one day and I actually thought he was maintenance or something, he could have been actually. Things moved on and his stuff was moved into the house, further down the line they got married

I have tried my best to be neighbourly to him but he barely makes eye contact, if we have parcels delivered for them he never comes to my door for them and leaves that too his Wife

I was tidying up the garden last week readying for winter and he came down the path, I genuinely thought this could be the breakthrough and gave him the nod, he didnt even make eye contact and just walked up the street. I know he is quite social as in the summer he has family and friends/work colleagues around and they have beers and barbecue etc

Ironically he has leaned on my fence to have a conversation with my neighbour to the right of me and although I get on well with him he is a ****. So Ive tried, Ive done absolutely nothing to provoke this ignorance and I just see it as ****ing childish behaviour towards a neighbour

Yeah, he is a ****

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

Absolutely nothing mate, his Wife who is lovely lived with her parents next door and they were lovely too before they passed away. She worked in the big insurance building at the commie pool and most mornings we would leave for work at the same time and greeting each other as you do

She took parcels in for us as we done and still do for them, we exchanged Christmas cards etc, she borrowed tools from me and even chapped my door late at night to ask medical advice as my Wife was a Surgical Nurse, she loved my kids and still talks to my dog over the back fence and actually we still chat over the fence about holidays etc

Then he came on the scene just appearing one day and I actually thought he was maintenance or something, he could have been actually. Things moved on and his stuff was moved into the house, further down the line they got married

I have tried my best to be neighbourly to him but he barely makes eye contact, if we have parcels delivered for them he never comes to my door for them and leaves that too his Wife

I was tidying up the garden last week readying for winter and he came down the path, I genuinely thought this could be the breakthrough and gave him the nod, he didnt even make eye contact and just walked up the street. I know he is quite social as in the summer he has family and friends/work colleagues around and they have beers and barbecue etc

Ironically he has leaned on my fence to have a conversation with my neighbour to the right of me and although I get on well with him he is a ****. So Ive tried, Ive done absolutely nothing to provoke this ignorance and I just see it as ****ing childish behaviour towards a neighbour

Yeah, he is a ****

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Have you tried just asking him why he ignores you and what if anything you've done to create this situation.

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Originally Posted by J-C

Have you tried just asking him why he ignores you and what if anything you've done to create this situation.

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Nah **** him mate, there are plenty neighbours in my street who are great and always stop for a chat, he might need me one day or if he breaks a nail he might chap my door to ask my Wife for some medical advice

He is a ****

Does he have maroon garments on the washing line?

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Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn

Does he have maroon garments on the washing line?

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You could be onto something, I'm guessing a bitter *** holding a grudge since 2016

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Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn

Does he have maroon garments on the washing line?

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Not that I look often but when they are about to embark on a holiday she does her holiday wash which consists of a few pairs of plain brown boring boxers hanging on the line, not sure what that **** wears though

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Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns

You could be onto something, I'm guessing a bitter *** holding a grudge since 2016

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I honestly dont know if he is into football but you could be onto something though as strangely enough he could have been traumatised after I hung all my hibs stuff on the line and he has not forgiven me

He is still a **** though

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

Nah **** him mate, there are plenty neighbours in my street who are great and always stop for a chat, he might need me one day or if he breaks a nail he might chap my door to ask my Wife for some medical advice

He is a ****

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A bit different to yours but..

When I was at uni (a lot of years ago now) I was in a project group for one of my courses with two girls, one from Dubai and one was French Canadian. It was around managing change in business, so not the most exciting but we had to deliver a presentation as part of our grade so had to put some work in and meet-up a few times.

This resulted in us spending a bit of time together, the three of us got on quite well, kept in touch, sitting next to each other at lectures and messaging about exam study etc. I don’t believe we ever spent any time socially, all uni-related but we did all become friends on social media.

Around final exam time I, quite helpfully, printed off some notes that were going to help us and dropped them off to the Dubai girl outside her flat on my way home. She was grateful, we chatted for a few mins, I went on my way and we did our exams. I assume we would have spoken at the exam/exchanged a couple of messages afterwards to see how we got on etc, just can’t remember..

Anyway the point is, one day I noticed she was completely blanking me. Can’t remember if it was failing to respond to texts at first but then I was deleted/blocked from social media etc. just completely vanished as far as I’m concerned and to this day I wonder what it is that I done…

To be clear there wasn’t anything between us whatsoever (I actually fancied the Canadian) and to my knowledge not ever a hint of disagreement/friction. It wasn’t like we spoke enough for her to get sick of me and feel the need to ‘ghost’ even if she did think I was a knob. All nice and healthy and then nothing. My only offers of an explanation is that she’s bumped into me drunk and I haven’t remembered it.. this is possible, but I can’t see how I would have offended her other than just being wasted. Or if I’ve shared something on social media… again I can’t think I would’ve shared anything offensive unless she really hates swearing. Or some sort of mistaken identity 😂

My mate, who I told a few years later, suggested a controlling boyfriend could be responsible but it all seems very strange to me. It’s not like I lost a really close friend but it was all just very bizarre and like nothing else I’ve experienced.

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Originally Posted by WeeRussell

A bit different to yours but..

When I was at uni (a lot of years ago now) I was in a project group for one of my courses with two girls, one from Dubai and one was French Canadian. It was around managing change in business, so not the most exciting but we had to deliver a presentation as part of our grade so had to put some work in and meet-up a few times.

This resulted in us spending a bit of time together, the three of us got on quite well, kept in touch, sitting next to each other at lectures and messaging about exam study etc. I don’t believe we ever spent any time socially, all uni-related but we did all become friends on social media.

Around final exam time I, quite helpfully, printed off some notes that were going to help us and dropped them off to the Dubai girl outside her flat on my way home. She was grateful, we chatted for a few mins, I went on my way and we did our exams. I assume we would have spoken at the exam/exchanged a couple of messages afterwards to see how we got on etc, just can’t remember..

Anyway the point is, one day I noticed she was completely blanking me. Can’t remember if it was failing to respond to texts at first but then I was deleted/blocked from social media etc. just completely vanished as far as I’m concerned and to this day I wonder what it is that I done…

To be clear there wasn’t anything between us whatsoever (I actually fancied the Canadian) and to my knowledge not ever a hint of disagreement/friction. It wasn’t like we spoke enough for her to get sick of me and feel the need to ‘ghost’ even if she did think I was a knob. All nice and healthy and then nothing. My only offers of an explanation is that she’s bumped into me drunk and I haven’t remembered it.. this is possible, but I can’t see how I would have offended her other than just being wasted. Or if I’ve shared something on social media… again I can’t think I would’ve shared anything offensive unless she really hates swearing. Or some sort of mistaken identity 😂

My mate, who I told a few years later, suggested a controlling boyfriend could be responsible but it all seems very strange to me. It’s not like I lost a really close friend but it was all just very bizarre and like nothing else I’ve experienced.

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Strange behaviour mate and thats just it though, no explanation which makes you feel like you are in the wrong, people can be strange at times and heres a couple of other examples of the bad side and the good side

My Wife is an Educator and a lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the community and runs various teams as well as educational seminars and training sessions and is highly respected in her field to the point her phones never stop as hospitals/GP surgeries etc seek advice

She had literally hundreds of books and written medical journals that probably cost in the thousands to buy (some books £50 to £70 a pop) they took up our bedroom cupboard floor to ceiling so decided to offer them to upcoming trainee Nurses or Practitioners for free, she didnt want a penny for them as she is so passionate about supporting others

Within an hour of advertising them on an NHS page that she uses she was inundated with requests for the books and journals so she sorted them into categories such as Neuro, Geriatric, COPD and associated resp issues and much much more. She then in her own time dropped the books and journals off to the recipients

A few days later one of the recipients complained on the NHS page that some of the contents/text in a book were underlined or circled and some pages had top corners turned down with a further complaint about a couple of books had front pages slightly scuffed. These are used books that were taken to uni etc so they were bound to have a bit wear and tear, what an absolute selfish disrespectful cow !!

One other recipient of some books placed them up for sale, ****ing unbelievable !!

The good side

A couple of years ago we were downsizing our dining table as it was too large for the dining room, it was near to Christmas and I knew money can be tight for people so although our table was only 6 months old and had cost a few hundred I wanted to give it away to a good home for free

Within a short time of advertising it I received a message from a Woman in the borders enquiring about the table, she went to length to explain that her Daughter had just moved into a new house with her kids after the break up of her marriage and she would be very grateful for the table, even offering money which I declined

I agreed due to being at work that I would dismantle the table and leave at secure side garden and would leave gate unlocked so she could collect it. Later that day she messaged me to thank me and that she had collected the table and as she runs a small shop had left us a few gifts as a thanks

She left two bottles of wine, a thank you card and two bags filled with various goodies, now thats the good side of people I love, its not difficult to be kind

Oh and my Wife enjoyed the wine 🫢

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

Strange behaviour mate and thats just it though, no explanation which makes you feel like you are in the wrong, people can be strange at times and heres a couple of other examples of the bad side and the good side

My Wife is an Educator and a lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the community and runs various teams as well as educational seminars and training sessions and is highly respected in her field to the point her phones never stop as hospitals/GP surgeries etc seek advice

She had literally hundreds of books and written medical journals that probably cost in the thousands to buy (some books £50 to £70 a pop) they took up our bedroom cupboard floor to ceiling so decided to offer them to upcoming trainee Nurses or Practitioners for free, she didnt want a penny for them as she is so passionate about supporting others

Within an hour of advertising them on an NHS page that she uses she was inundated with requests for the books and journals so she sorted them into categories such as Neuro, Geriatric, COPD and associated resp issues and much much more. She then in her own time dropped the books and journals off to the recipients

A few days later one of the recipients complained on the NHS page that some of the contents/text in a book were underlined or circled and some pages had top corners turned down with a further complaint about a couple of books had front pages slightly scuffed. These are used books that were taken to uni etc so they were bound to have a bit wear and tear, what an absolute selfish disrespectful cow !!

One other recipient of some books placed them up for sale, ****ing unbelievable !!

The good side

A couple of years ago we were downsizing our dining table as it was too large for the dining room, it was near to Christmas and I knew money can be tight for people so although our table was only 6 months old and had cost a few hundred I wanted to give it away to a good home for free

Within a short time of advertising it I received a message from a Woman in the borders enquiring about the table, she went to length to explain that her Daughter had just moved into a new house with her kids after the break up of her marriage and she would be very grateful for the table, even offering money which I declined

I agreed due to being at work that I would dismantle the table and leave at secure side garden and would leave gate unlocked so she could collect it. Later that day she messaged me to thank me and that she had collected the table and as she runs a small shop had left us a few gifts as a thanks

She left two bottles of wine, a thank you card and two bags filled with various goodies, now thats the good side of people I love, its not difficult to be kind

Oh and my Wife enjoyed the wine 🫢

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I'll be honest and say I was fully expecting the woman with the table to have screwed you over with it, the way the story was going :faf:

Much better to get a happy ending.

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Originally Posted by WeeRussell

A bit different to yours but..

When I was at uni (a lot of years ago now) I was in a project group for one of my courses with two girls, one from Dubai and one was French Canadian. It was around managing change in business, so not the most exciting but we had to deliver a presentation as part of our grade so had to put some work in and meet-up a few times.

This resulted in us spending a bit of time together, the three of us got on quite well, kept in touch, sitting next to each other at lectures and messaging about exam study etc. I don’t believe we ever spent any time socially, all uni-related but we did all become friends on social media.

Around final exam time I, quite helpfully, printed off some notes that were going to help us and dropped them off to the Dubai girl outside her flat on my way home. She was grateful, we chatted for a few mins, I went on my way and we did our exams. I assume we would have spoken at the exam/exchanged a couple of messages afterwards to see how we got on etc, just can’t remember..

Anyway the point is, one day I noticed she was completely blanking me. Can’t remember if it was failing to respond to texts at first but then I was deleted/blocked from social media etc. just completely vanished as far as I’m concerned and to this day I wonder what it is that I done…

To be clear there wasn’t anything between us whatsoever (I actually fancied the Canadian) and to my knowledge not ever a hint of disagreement/friction. It wasn’t like we spoke enough for her to get sick of me and feel the need to ‘ghost’ even if she did think I was a knob. All nice and healthy and then nothing. My only offers of an explanation is that she’s bumped into me drunk and I haven’t remembered it.. this is possible, but I can’t see how I would have offended her other than just being wasted. Or if I’ve shared something on social media… again I can’t think I would’ve shared anything offensive unless she really hates swearing. Or some sort of mistaken identity 😂

My mate, who I told a few years later, suggested a controlling boyfriend could be responsible but it all seems very strange to me. It’s not like I lost a really close friend but it was all just very bizarre and like nothing else I’ve experienced.

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That seems the most likely explanation to me.

When I was younger I always seemed to click more with women than men and had a fairly sizeable social group that was primarily women, my 2 best friends in my teens were both girls; that led to my sister being convinced I was gay and all my mates assuming I must have been s******* them (neither were accurate :greengrin). Bizarrely on the latter the more you deny it, the less they believe you, had I just said it was the case they would have instantly disbelieved it.

Anyway over the years a few very quickly became distant, stopped replying to messages, made excuses not to meet up or just started outright ignoring me. It could almost always be traced back to a jealous and insecure boyfriend and when the relationship inevitably ended they would snap back to normality almost immediately. Seems less of an issue now we are all older and I'm friends with most of their partners and husbands now too.

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Originally Posted by matty_f

I'll be honest and say I was fully expecting the woman with the table to have screwed you over with it, the way the story was going :faf:

Much better to get a happy ending.

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Funny thing is I actually trusted that woman, not being ageist but I think it was that she was quite old that had me thinking that surely an old Woman wouldn't con me unless she was using a dodgy profile, she actually sent me a photo of the table in its new home so that gave me a fuzzy feeling 😃

On another note my wee Sister and hubby advertised their very large garden shed for free as they were downsizing but on the premise the “buyer” dismantles it as her hubby has injuries and unable

So these three guys turn up, shed was in perfect nick but they butchered part of it when dismantling and told them theres no point in taking it now. My Sisters hubby is a ****ing nutter and a few hours after the guys left he had a squad arrive from Niddrie in their vans who duly picked up the shed and dumped it in the “buyers” front garden in Musselburgh, which is still there from around a year ago 😃

Anyone want a garden shed for free ? 🤣

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

That seems the most likely explanation to me.

When I was younger I always seemed to click more with women than men and had a fairly sizeable social group that was primarily women, my 2 best friends in my teens were both girls; that led to my sister being convinced I was gay and all my mates assuming I must have been s******* them (neither were accurate :greengrin). Bizarrely on the latter the more you deny it, the less they believe you, had I just said it was the case they would have instantly disbelieved it.

Anyway over the years a few very quickly became distant, stopped replying to messages, made excuses not to meet up or just started outright ignoring me. It could almost always be traced back to a jealous and insecure boyfriend and when the relationship inevitably ended they would snap back to normality almost immediately. Seems less of an issue now we are all older and I'm friends with most of their partners and husbands now too.

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Yeah it does make sense. I think I just couldn’t see it in my case because we weren’t really that close - for instance I would never have mentioned the girl to any mates or anything, unless there was a reason to and assume the same for her. But I guess if her boyfriend was radge and constantly checking who she’s speaking to, or scanning her messages, then it could be a different story!

I hope she’s doing well now whatever she’s up to 😁

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

Strange behaviour mate and thats just it though, no explanation which makes you feel like you are in the wrong, people can be strange at times and heres a couple of other examples of the bad side and the good side

My Wife is an Educator and a lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the community and runs various teams as well as educational seminars and training sessions and is highly respected in her field to the point her phones never stop as hospitals/GP surgeries etc seek advice

She had literally hundreds of books and written medical journals that probably cost in the thousands to buy (some books £50 to £70 a pop) they took up our bedroom cupboard floor to ceiling so decided to offer them to upcoming trainee Nurses or Practitioners for free, she didnt want a penny for them as she is so passionate about supporting others

Within an hour of advertising them on an NHS page that she uses she was inundated with requests for the books and journals so she sorted them into categories such as Neuro, Geriatric, COPD and associated resp issues and much much more. She then in her own time dropped the books and journals off to the recipients

A few days later one of the recipients complained on the NHS page that some of the contents/text in a book were underlined or circled and some pages had top corners turned down with a further complaint about a couple of books had front pages slightly scuffed. These are used books that were taken to uni etc so they were bound to have a bit wear and tear, what an absolute selfish disrespectful cow !!

One other recipient of some books placed them up for sale, ****ing unbelievable !!

The good side

A couple of years ago we were downsizing our dining table as it was too large for the dining room, it was near to Christmas and I knew money can be tight for people so although our table was only 6 months old and had cost a few hundred I wanted to give it away to a good home for free

Within a short time of advertising it I received a message from a Woman in the borders enquiring about the table, she went to length to explain that her Daughter had just moved into a new house with her kids after the break up of her marriage and she would be very grateful for the table, even offering money which I declined

I agreed due to being at work that I would dismantle the table and leave at secure side garden and would leave gate unlocked so she could collect it. Later that day she messaged me to thank me and that she had collected the table and as she runs a small shop had left us a few gifts as a thanks

She left two bottles of wine, a thank you card and two bags filled with various goodies, now thats the good side of people I love, its not difficult to be kind

Oh and my Wife enjoyed the wine 🫢

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Absolutely. It’s funny how people can be such ******s, yet a small gesture can cause a lot of good feeling.