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10 September, 2013 at 14:05

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Come join me in my grumpyfest! Where we live we have a really steep, tiny drive so H puts his car up there. I put mine at the bottom of the garden, on the roadside. Sometimes my neigbour over the road has mates round for the weekend and they go off somewhere and leave their car parked at the bottom...

Come join me in my grumpyfest!

Where we live we have a really steep, tiny drive so H puts his car up there. I put mine at the bottom of the garden, on the roadside. Sometimes my neigbour over the road has mates round for the weekend and they go off somewhere and leave their car parked at the bottom of my garden so I have to put my car half way up the road. This can be for a few hours or sometimes days. I am ashamed to say it BUGS THE HELL out of me. It is perfectly legal it just annoys me. It has turned me into a Paranoid Parker and if we are going out we will leave one car at the bottom so they cant nick the spot. How sad we are!

Tell me of your pointless annoyances.

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  • AuntieBJ
    Beginner September 2014
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    When people start putting their shopping on the conveyor belt behind me, before I'm done!! Have been known to sweep their shopping backwards before now so I have room for mine! What is the point??? Its not like i'm going to finish faster is it! Rude people! They're always the ones who crowd you at the card machine too.

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  • ForTheLoveOfMrsBrown
    Beginner January 2012
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    Anglicising Irish names. Because its easier to spell, innit. Grrrr.

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  • Ohwhatatuesday
    Beginner May 2014
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    This. and lots of other things I'm sure, a lot annoys me but for some reason I'm struggling to think of specific examples this evening. Give me 2hours at work tomorrow and I'll be back on with a list!

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  • Buzzee
    Beginner January 2012
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    Finger licker page turners

    Loud mobile phone talkers

    Men who jiggle their legs quickly when sat down

    People who don't move down the carriage

    People who dont let you off tube before pushing on

    Drivers who don't understand speed limits on different roads

    There will be more, I am not very tolerant!!

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  • Icklefee
    Super May 2014
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    Customers who copy and paste train time tables trying to prove there is a direct train from X to Z and he doesn't have to change at Y like I informed him only for me to have to politely point out that the number 1 beside the word "changes" means he has to change trains. Said customer then responding with "well, ok, but why are you trying to charge me £80.80 for a return ticket when it clearly says here that it's £40.40 each way?". This man's email signature has letters after his name.

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  • H
    Beginner July 2013
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    Two that immediately spring to mind:

    When people walk across my fresh, perfect snow on my lawn

    When people queue one behind another at a bar instead of across it

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  • Tizzie
    Beginner June 2012
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    People who tap/knock/bang things against surfaces *raaage*

    Especially money on the counter at work. I can't concentrate and could quite easily strangle them.

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  • SallyLou
    Beginner August 2014
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    Ooo this reminds me - people jingling change in their pockets. I have a weird thing about coins anyway (even the word gives me shudders) so this just sets me on edge.

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  • Soybean
    Beginner March 2011
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    The correct pronounciation is pay-tuhnt for the leather and for the legal protection of a document pat-uhnt. Americans use pat-uhnt for all uses.

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  • ForTheLoveOfMrsBrown
    Beginner January 2012
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    I use pay-tunt for the textile, pay-tunt or pa-tunt for the legal document (whichever pops out; more likely to say pay-tunt, but pa-tunted) and pay-tunt for the bleeding obvious. I have heard Americans use a random mix as well.

    Another thing that annoys me: people who moan about the loss of "correct" English pronunciation to Americanised versions.... Smiley winking

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