Pet Peeves IV

[Keith_M]

People who use the word 'done' when stating they've visited a city, country or place of interest.

"I've done Inverness. Last year, with the little woman".

No, you visited Inverness, you pretentious prat!!!!!

[Peevemor]

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People who use the word 'done' when stating they've visited a city, country or place of interest.

"I've done Inverness. Last year, with the little woman".

No, you visited Inverness, you pretentious prat!!!!!

I done Duns once (that was enough).

[Keith_M]

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I done Duns once (that was enough).

Pretentious? Moi?

[Jones28]

The number of adverts on YouTube.

I tried to listen to Akala speaking at some Oxford thing and the adverts were every 2.5 minutes.

To add to that, every football clip is prefaced by an advert for online bookies.

[Northernhibee]

When you stand to one side to let someone walk through a doorway or narrow path and they don't give as much as an acknowledgement of your existence, let alone a 'thank you'. Four people in a row today when I let them through a path. Infuriates me.

[hibsbollah]

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You’re married, eh?

For the moment. Grimly hanging on

[Hibrandenburg]

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When you stand to one side to let someone walk through a doorway or narrow path and they don't give as much as an acknowledgement of your existence, let alone a 'thank you'. Four people in a row today when I let them through a path. Infuriates me.

I think you're peeve is validated by the fact it's already been mentioned about 27 times on this thread.

[weecounty hibby]

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I think you're peeve is validated by the fact it's already been mentioned about 27 times on this thread.

I have a slightly related one. When out walking I like to be pleasant and say hello, good morning, hiya, whatever is appropriate or comes to mind to folk I meet. The amount of people who just walk past or actually duck their heads to avoid any kind of contact is amazing. We've spent a lot of time in France and you can't go anywhere without people saying bonjour or bonsoir and it just feels right and pleasant

[Bangkok Hibby]

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I have a slightly related one. When out walking I like to be pleasant and say hello, good morning, hiya, whatever is appropriate or comes to mind to folk I meet. The amount of people who just walk past or actually duck their heads to avoid any kind of contact is amazing. We've spent a lot of time in France and you can't go anywhere without people saying bonjour or bonsoir and it just feels right and pleasant

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0ay9u1gg4

Sorry Ive no idea how to post a link

[Bangkok Hibby]

Seeing et cetera written as ect is a common one just now winding me up a bit.

Another beauty is that most West of Scotland pronunciations, def-in-ate-ly now being spelt that way instead of the correct "definitely".

[danhibees1875]

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Seeing et cetera written as ect is a common one just now winding me up a bit.

Another beauty is that most West of Scotland pronunciations, def-in-ate-ly now being spelt that way instead of the correct "definitely".

Do you dislike it being shortened to etc, or just when the c and t are inverted?

[danhibees1875]

People taking short cuts through other people's gardens.

I've not actually seen it across my garden but every so often I see people walking down the street and cutting the corner by walking through someone else's garden. It saves them about 2 seconds and just comes across as very disrespectful.

Letting their dogs do it is pretty much as bad too.

[Bangkok Hibby]

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Do you dislike it being shortened to etc, or just when the c and t are inverted?

Only when inverted. Of course etc. Is common and perfectly acceptable in every day use.

[lapsedhibee]

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Of course etc. Is common and perfectly acceptable in every day use.

[Peevemor]

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Only when inverted. Of course etc. Is common and perfectly acceptable in every day use.

I used to have a workmate (who wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer) who often said "etcetera, etcetera..." when talking to people. I think he must have overdosed on The King and I when he was a lad.

[Keith_M]

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Seeing et cetera written as ect is a common one just now winding me up a bit.
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Only vaguely related but...


When people write i.e. when they should have used e.g.

Or use e.g. when they meant i.e.


This is even quite common with Journalists, who are paid to write so should know better.

[overdrive]

Contradictory alerts from courier companies. I’m getting a new pair of boots delivered and I received a text from Hermes at 11.53 this morning to say the package was with the courier and was on its way. At 12.22 I received another text saying there had been a problem and it could not be delivered today. At 12.48 I received yet another text saying it was on its way and would be delivered today between 3 and 5.

How can it change so often in a short timeframe?

Edit: two minutes ago I got another message saying the delivery has been rescheduled to between 1 and 2. I opened the message up just as the courier rang the bell

[Future17]

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Only vaguely related but...


When people write i.e. when they should have used e.g.

Or use e.g. when they meant i.e.


This is even quite common with Journalists, who are paid to write so should know better.

Can you give us an i.e. of what you mean?

[Bangkok Hibby]

Tories

[CloudSquall]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55827641

https://twitter.com/LukasStefanko/st...23108546478080



The need to travel somewhere to take a specific photo for social media as covered in the above links.

I wouldn't mind if it was just a queue for a photo but it's the idea that the majority of these clowns are almost beside themselves thinking about what hashtags they can use to maximise the likes on their Instagram that gets me.

[lapsedhibee]

People who walk in the middle of pavements during a global pandemic when the vast majority are trying to keep to one side or the other. I'd have said it was a macho thing if it was just men doing it, but it's women as well. Is it their way of showing they're covid deniers, or what exactly?

[Hermit Crab]

Sellers on eBay who up bid their own item because they're greedy ****s and when their item doesn't sell because they've up bidded it so much they're stuck with it they then message you claiming the winning bidder didn't pay and you can now have said item at final price.

I know its against eBay rules for them to up bid but eBay rarely do anything about it.

[Bangkok Hibby]

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People who walk in the middle of pavements during a global pandemic when the vast majority are trying to keep to one side or the other. I'd have said it was a macho thing if it was just men doing it, but it's women as well. Is it their way of showing they're covid deniers, or what exactly?

Not sure if I've visited this before but so many people just don't know how to be good, efficient pedestrians. From dawdling in the middle of the pavement as you say, stopping abruptly for whatever reason, heading for the space which is obviously yours, walking on the left on narrow roads instead of facing oncoming traffic, stubbornly waiting for the green man before they cross the road even if there's no traffic coming. The list goes on.

[Hibrandenburg]

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Sellers on eBay who up bid their own item because they're greedy ****s and when their item doesn't sell because they've up bidded it so much they're stuck with it they then message you claiming the winning bidder didn't pay and you can now have said item at final price.

I know its against eBay rules for them to up bid but eBay rarely do anything about it.

My ex used to work in an eBay department called "Safe Harbour". They had some amazing software that worked well against shill bidding. If you suspect that's happening then report it. With a few clicks they can pretty much confirm if someone is at it.

[hibsbollah]

Crap pencils.

Back in the day you could rely on common standards. These days a good number of pencils you buy just shred and the lead breaks at any attempt to sharpen them.

[Keith_M]

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People who walk in the middle of pavements during a global pandemic when the vast majority are trying to keep to one side or the other. I'd have said it was a macho thing if it was just men doing it, but it's women as well. Is it their way of showing they're covid deniers, or what exactly?

Now mentioned 87 times, so definitely a serious issue.

[Northernhibee]

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Now mentioned 87 times, so definitely a serious issue.

People who expect others to read every post in a lengthy thread of no great importance to ensure there’s no repetition, that’s quite irritating 😂😛

[lapsedhibee]

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Now mentioned 87 times, so definitely a serious issue.

Will keep mentioning it until the culprits stop doing it. Most or all will have access to the internet, so they've no excuse for not coming on to hibs.net and realising that they're behaving badly.

[Keith_M]

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Will keep mentioning it until the culprits stop doing it. Most or all will have access to the internet, so they've no excuse for not coming on to hibs.net and realising that they're behaving badly.

Don't get me wrong, mate, I definitely agree.

I'm one of the other 86 people that moaned about it.

[Hibrandenburg]

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People who expect others to read every post in a lengthy thread of no great importance to ensure there’s no repetition, that’s quite irritating 😂😛

That's been done as well.