What things annoy you in others?

[breeze]

Thought I would start another interesting thread, this morning while out with DS, I got stuck down a road where a taxi was picking someone up, I must have waited 2 minutes, only for the taxi driver to drive off and me noticing that 4 doors up there was a space that he could of easily parked into. This drives me nuts.

Also when you are waiting for a lift and the lift button is alight, someone else will come and press it, sometimes over and over again, thinking that doing so the lift will come quicker. This also applied when you are waiting at a crossing with several other people, and someone comes along and presses it ahhhh.

Any other out there?

Croppy - yes, I've often wondered this, and also who on earth would really buy double-glazing (becuase it's usually them calling isn't it?) on the off-chance of a telesales call. Surely if you were wanting to make a major purchase like that you would do your own research not just because some bored teenager rings you at supper time?

A friend's daughter has just started working for a telesales company (double-glazing), but she is so dense she can't tell me whether or not she's actually made any sales!

people who throw cigarette ends out of car windows. Not that I have anything against smokers at all but if you choose to smoke then you should use the ashtray in your car not toss leave it as rubbish for everyone else - gross

Lindy we don't get as many double glazing anymore (maybe because we are no a new estate or do you think I am being optimistic about the company's research?). Its more financial services - accident insurance (with the first month free but then we hope you forget to cancel your direct debit), loans, credit cards etc. And yes they are always at that time to the point where we don't answer the phone at that time of day.

I think you can draw your own conclusions as to the number of sales made by your friend's daughter.

To deal with junk phone calls I can thoroughly recommend The Telephone Preference Service You register your telephone number and no sales people are allowed to direct call your phone. It takes 30 days to take effect and after then if you do get any calls you can effectively read the riot act. I get very few calls now and those that I do get are ended abruptly with me mentioning the TPS.

I think they also do junk snail mail and junk email. Haven't used either but I think it's pretty safe to say the junk email wouldn't work as no spam companies give a d*mn. No reason the snail mail wouldn't though.

re junk calls - until ds was on his way we lived in a tiny flat in a 'B' listed building in the City Centre - 3 storeys up at the front, and about 6 at the back - we kept getting calls offering us UPVC conservatories - the number of times I thought about inviting one round to give me a quote!

I used to want to do that when we'd get conservatory sales calls when we lived in a second floor flat. "You get planning permission and install it, we'll pay for it!"

People sitting right in front of you when there are loads of empty seats; tall people who have to stand at the front at public events; people who come along just as something starts & shove their children in front of you when you've been waiting an hour, then expect to follow them through, or for you to move up. (note the common theme?)
People stuffing popcorn, with their mouths open, & rustling sweets, all the way through a film.
Coming back to my car to find someone's parked right up close and there are hundreds of empty spaces- and they've usually dented my door with theirs.
Trying to get my car tax during my lunch break in a huge queue behind people who obviously don't go to work.
Shopping on a Sunday in a supermarket full of old people- or any day behind the "family party" of mum, dad, 3 kids & granny.. I'm sorry but I don't find it "cute" when other people's kids climb into the freezers or race up and down the aisles.. I'm there to buy food & get out.
Having to listen to next doors muzak thumping through the walls every weekend.
Next door's barbecue...aarrggghhhh! WHY????!!!!
Drivers who go round the outside lane of the roundabout.
Queue jumping of all kinds.
Children who expect me to get out of THEIR way.
Constant whining about "the school run" in the media, when the biggest cause of congestion is "the work run".
LORRIES! (especially foreign ones).
Drivers (usually women) who think "to park" is to stop their car wherever they like- over my drive, on yellow lines etc, because they couldn't care less about anyone else, as long as it's convenient for them.
Oh dear, getting long, better stop! (& my mum never failing to mention my wonderful brother, in every conversation).

Tallulah - deep breath! I think that this thread is bad for all of our heart rates! Perhaps a 'What pleases you about other people' thread is in order??

Oh sod it...being grumpy is more fun

Men who whistle in queues
Shop assistants who won't pass the time of day while you are packing your shopping
Teenagers who think that they own the pavement
My mum and sister speaking german when they get together, knowing full well that no-one else in the family understands them

This is all based on a very bad day yesterday.

When you are driving at a resonable speed people who cross the road and think they are harder than a car and walk slower. On this subject when you are walking across a road someone put's there foot down, especially when ds is with me.

Car drivers who hold up the road by trying to park into a space about 1 mm bigger than their car, when there is another space 2 cars up big enough to drive straight in. (part of the I want to park outside my house brigade)

(I am an Avon rep) even though I have put a note through saying when I am coming, still do not have the money, or worse pretend they are not in, even though the lights and telly are on and had heard voices going shhhhhhhh.

well I'm sometime guilty of the car parking thing breeze, but that's because ds1 (autistic) has absolutley no road sense at all- and I have to manage ds2 as well. So I always always always park on the same side of the road of the house- and the closer to the house the better. Ditto nursery. I don't have any choice. I worry that if I ever park on the other side of the road (which always has more space- why???) then he might think he's seen the car there even when he hasn't and run across the road.

Jimjams, I am the same with DS and always park on the same side of the road as his car-seat opens out to the pavements.

Also Vans that park right on corners, so that you have to slowly edge out to see and nearly get your front smashed in by a boy-racer going 50 mph.

people who drive in the middle lane of the motorway when the left hand lane is clearly empty and there's a queue of traffic in the middle and outside lanes trying to get past.....aghhhhhh!
receipts with your change - I want the change in my purse, and the receipt in the bag not it all together- why don't you ask me??!
supermarkets - assistants at the till that whizz the stuff through the till so fast you don't have time to pack it before they have their hand out for your money. Then the people behind you get tetchy because you haven't moved out of the way when their stuff is starting to go through.
people who park inconsiderately - ie taking up a space and a half rather than just one space.
people without children criticising your parenting - eg TV for kids, dummies, car seats you choose (someone actually criticised my choice of car seat and said that they would choose safety over convenience, clearly implying that I had done totally the opposite).
people who have an opinion on everything and know nothing or little about the subject matter.
people with children who criticise your parenting based solely on the knowledge of their own kids - my child is an individual and doesn't necessarily behave the same way as yours!
Goodness..... didn't realise I had all of this pent up inside me! Great thread!!

Tinker, re: tailgaters, it's better to take your foot off the gas a little without touching the brake. That way you don't show a brake light and they get a h**l of a fright when they find themselves suddenly much closer to you. They drop back pretty smartly and stay back.

Check in mirror first to make sure they are actually watching the road (not reading the paper/talking on the phone/filling in a delivery sheet/looking at a map).

breeze- we've had a van parked on the corner of our road for weeks- I feel like I risk getting smashed by a boy racer every time we turn in- so Yes i'm definitiely with you on that one.

Just in the mood for this thread after a few work difficulties in the last week.LOL to the boss breathing.Have to agree with quite a few here especially hoggers of the middle lane,and people who don't say thankyou when you let them pull out of junctions.I do that too when I get a tailgater I deliberately slow down to drive them mad.
People who feed pidgeons.People who constantly complain about smoking and want it banned everywhere.This countrys intolerance of children.Dog owners who let their dogs go into other peoples gardens.Doctors receptionists,so difficult to budge and they love those words"no you can't".Drivers who can see you are about to reverse park so pull right up behind you so they can't get past you and you can't park and expect you to just drive on.People who walk 3 or 4 in a line talking along the pavement taking up all the room and expect you to walk into the road to get past.

people who sniff - just blow your nose dammit!
drivers who do not slow down or stop when they approach a zebra crossing
train drivers/binmen/bus drivers etc who do not wave back when little children like ds wave to them
sorry star, but also on the list are people who ask whether I mind them smoking as they light up - obviously expecting a 'no, go ahead' when I want to say 'yes, I do mind!'
People who wear too much perfume/aftershave...

Sis wait I haven't finished yet!
Bad customer service anywhere especially when you have to complain about food in restaurant then the manager sees it as a good opportunity to argue with you very loudly and chase you out of the door telling you to "get back to your chickens"
And every night ,ok I'm exagerating,when i go to work the people who let their agressive dog sit outside their house so I have to run up the road while it's chasing me trying to bite me.
Sis you should tell them you do mind.

People who always have tidy homes
Immaculate Mums
People who don't muzzle dangerous dogs - in fact any dog!!

• will think of more soon!!

I agree with so many of these although I recently heard on the radio of an excellent way to deal with middle lane drivers - works too - I have tried it!! Overtake them and pull in in front of them - then clean your windscreen, the water goes over your roof onto their windscreen - as they cannot cope with doing two things at once (like driving and changing lane) and driving and operating their windscreen wipers they usually move out of your way - as they are too frightened to enter the outside lane they usually go back into the inside one.

People who take their kids to parks, and adventure places and read a book or newspaper. The do not realise that either a) their kids are so young they have got themselves into trouble and need their help, or b) parents of older children who go about pushing the little ones out the way while they carry on reading and ignoring them.

Driving instructors who take brand new pupils out when everyone else is in a hurry to get to work and let them crawl along at 15mph!!!!!! I've been late for work twice this week because of them!!!

People who won't make/bring cakes for our weekly cake sales when all the proceeds go to buy materials for our nursery from which their child/ren benefit.

People who take their children to the park in totally impractical clothes and then deny them any fun in case they get too dirty.

Yesterday I saw a learner driver, who was at least 70. Most peoples nightmare.

Peolpe who drive their kids to nursery/school when they live within reasonable walking distance.

People who do not apologise to children if they knock into them in shops when they are in the wrong as if children do not deserve the respect afforded to other people.

eemie - good tip
breeze - you mean you're meant to actually play with your kids in the park!!!!
Hate lorries in the outside lane!
Hate lorries in the middle lane 'overtaking' a lorry in the inside lane by going one mile per hour faster.
Hate lorries.