Pet Peeves IV

[WeeRussell]

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Yes!

I don't get it at all. Put it on loud speaker and hold it up infront of their chin - as if the extra 10cm to their ear would be difficult.

The reason I said "wrong of me" is because I actually think the same when they're speaking using headphones. Hands-free walking about speaking just isn't for me

[danhibees1875]

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The reason I said "wrong of me" is because I actually think the same when they're speaking using headphones. Hands-free walking about speaking just isn't for me

To be fair, I can just about get on board with that - at least they're keeping their hands free and have gained something from it.

It's not for me personally, I'm too self conscious for nonsense like that - it is a bit strange when someone walks past just chatting away to noone.

[Jay]

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To be fair, I can just about get on board with that - at least they're keeping their hands free and have gained something from it.

It's not for me personally, I'm too self conscious for nonsense like that - it is a bit strange when someone walks past just chatting away to noone.

I do this a lot. Its easier to hear through my earphones than the phone in a busy street. The other option would be for me to hold the phone to my ear and stick my finger in the other ear - far more self conscious about that look

[danhibees1875]

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I do this a lot. Its easier to hear through my earphones than the phone in a busy street. The other option would be for me to hold the phone to my ear and stick my finger in the other ear - far more self conscious about that look

I did mean to put a caveat in to one of my posts about there being any sort of technological advantage that I wasn't aware of!

I think I do the finger in the other ear trick though; I'll probably be a lot more conscious about it now that you've pointed out that I probably look like an idiot doing so.

Now that I think about it, I've received calls while wearing headphones before and end up in a right muddle trying to answer the call, and disconnect my headphones all at once - particularly my bluetooth ones.

[Jay]

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I did mean to put a caveat in to one of my posts about there being any sort of technological advantage that I wasn't aware of!

I think I do the finger in the other ear trick though; I'll probably be a lot more conscious about it now that you've pointed out that I probably look like an idiot doing so.

Now that I think about it, I've received calls while wearing headphones before and end up in a right muddle trying to answer the call, and disconnect my headphones all at once - particularly my bluetooth ones.

On the other hand ive also tried to make calls on my phone forgetting my bluetooth earphones are switched on. Once got an irate text from my son after i had tried to call him a few times and couldn't hear him saying to turn my ******* earphones off

[goosano]

The talking 'toilet' on Virgin trains

[SRHibs]

-Groups of people standing conversing on busy streets.
-Groups of 4-5 people walking side by side and blocking the entire pavement.
-People with no spatial awareness in the supermarket.
-People with no spatial awareness in the train station.

All these things make me irrationally angry. It’s a lot better down here, but every time I go to Edinburgh I’m completely amazed by peoples’ complete lack of awareness.

[snooky]

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-Groups of people standing conversing on busy streets.
-Groups of 4-5 people walking side by side and blocking the entire pavement.
-People with no spatial awareness in the supermarket.
-People with no spatial awareness in the train station.

All these things make me irrationally angry. It’s a lot better down here, but every time I go to Edinburgh I’m completely amazed by peoples’ complete lack of awareness.

Especially the shoppers who look at the shelves with their trolleys at 90 degrees across the aisle. Similarly the two 'pals' who meet and chat with both their trolleys blocking the aisle.
Like you say, SRH, it's their lack of awareness that is infuriating. They are ignorant in both senses (stupid and/or arrogant).

[stuart-farquhar]

People who say things like " It's a lot better down here" or other claims:)

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Joining polly-pockets with paper clips.

[Future17]

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Joining polly-pockets with paper clips.

That's a great one. I wholeheartedly concur.

[snooky]

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Joining polly-pockets with paper clips.

Lever arch files - when the arches get twisted and all the files drop out. FFS, in this day and age, can they not make the arches strong enough to stay operative? If not, invent a new system.
That's where computers come in, I suppose - i.e. a paperless system.

[lyonhibs]

Unannounced gherkins in anything, especially sandwiches. Seems to be a particular issue over here, where the supermarket sandwich selection is already atrocious . Vinegary, slimy abysmal things that ruin everything they touch. The wasps of the food world.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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Unannounced gherkins in anything, especially sandwiches. Seems to be a particular issue over here, where the supermarket sandwich selection is already atrocious . Vinegary, slimy abysmal things that ruin everything they touch. The wasps of the food world.

Found in a mixed pickle jar good, elsewhere bad.

[Jay]

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Unannounced gherkins in anything, especially sandwiches. Seems to be a particular issue over here, where the supermarket sandwich selection is already atrocious . Vinegary, slimy abysmal things that ruin everything they touch. The wasps of the food world.

Unannounced Gherkins made me laugh.

Im one of those people who check my food thoroughly before eating, an unannounced gherkin would ruin my day!

[snooky]

BBC & ITV News websites seem to be always providing yesterday's news.
Do they both employ one updater part-time?

[CropleyWasGod]

Probably say this every year, but....

People who talk about the "Fringe festival".

Rips my knitting....

[Jim44]

Radio presenters and DJs who play music without giving the names of the song or the artist before or after the event. I find myself scrambling for my Shazam app. to find out for myself.

[Greentinted]

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Radio presenters and DJs who play music without giving the names of the song or the artist before or after the event. I find myself scrambling for my Shazam app. to find out for myself.

And DJs who speak with that fairground announcer ‘Scream if ya wanna go fasta” voice.

[Hibrandenburg]

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Radio presenters and DJs who play music without giving the names of the song or the artist before or after the event. I find myself scrambling for my Shazam app. to find out for myself.

DJ's in general who sound all ****ing cheery and upbeat at 06:00 in the the morning. Just **** off will you!

[snooky]

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DJ's in general who sound all ****ing cheery and upbeat at 06:00 in the the morning. Just **** off will you!

My thoughts entirely - that's why I can't stand listening to the radio or tv. Especially during AM.

[lapsedhibee]

Train Station

Since the Beeching cuts in 1963, and possibly even before that, America has not been part of our rail network. Why then do people call railway stations train stations? All round the country there are Railway Hotels, not Train Hotels, next to railway stations. And if you can't spell words properly just because they've got a U in them, **** off back to wherever you came from, which is America.

[EH6 Hibby]

Adults on scooters flying down the pavement. When did this become a thing? I’ve seen about 4 in the last few weeks. All hipster types.

[snooky]

People who start threads and think they've got a scoop when in actual fact if they cared to look they'd find that there are several threads about their 'scoop' already on the go. There's a prime example on the main forum just now.

[Future17]

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Train Station

Since the Beeching cuts in 1963, and possibly even before that, America has not been part of our rail network. Why then do people call railway stations train stations? All round the country there are Railway Hotels, not Train Hotels, next to railway stations. And if you can't spell words properly just because they've got a U in them, **** off back to wherever you came from, which is America.

It's the train that becomes stationary at a station, not the railway.

[snooky]

Don't know why, but it really rankles me when Celtc get called "the Hoops".

[Pretty Boy]

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Don't know why, but it really rankles me when Celtc get called "the Hoops".

That annoys me too.

I think it's because I always imagine it being said in that nasally, exaggerated, almost put on Glasgow accent.

[lyonhibs]

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Adults on scooters flying down the pavement. When did this become a thing? I’ve seen about 4 in the last few weeks. All hipster types.

Sweet jesus don't get me started and never move to the continent. Here, it's the go to mode of transport for the man about town, guys in full suits zooming about the place like kids on ritalin between meetings/on their lunch break.

Grim.

[Scouse Hibee]

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Train Station

Since the Beeching cuts in 1963, and possibly even before that, America has not been part of our rail network. Why then do people call railway stations train stations? All round the country there are Railway Hotels, not Train Hotels, next to railway stations. And if you can't spell words properly just because they've got a U in them, **** off back to wherever you came from, which is America.

Trains travel on rails and stop at train stations
Buses travel on the road and stop at bus stations

[lapsedhibee]

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It's the train that becomes stationary at a station, not the railway.

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Trains travel on rails and stop at train stations
Buses travel on the road and stop at bus stations

A station is the thing that trains stop at on the railway. Hence railway station.

A station is not the thing that railways stop at on the train. Hence not train station.

cf Tube station: The tube is what the trains travel through, a sort of underground tunnelly thing, not the thing that passengers sit in.

cf Space station: A place in space, not a place where space stops.