The Inaugural Opening Meeting.....

[JohnN]

Re Chantal's bus driver comment.
I was in a bus in the USA speeding along the turnpike, when a girl went in the "comfort room" at the back, which door opens outward. The driver saw this in his mirror and began to swerve violently from side to side. Finally straightening up he grinned broadly and said over the speakers, "Last time I did that the lady came flying out with her knickers round her ankles - thought I'd try it again!"
John N

[lizzie]

I was on a tour bus around Dublin and the driver (brilliant sense of subversive humour) decided to revolve around a roundabout 5 times singing the theme from the Magic Roundabout through the PA system. The Brits were laughing but the Americans........ nothing. Not a titter. Complete sense of humour bypass. They were too busy talking about how the "share market was bubbling!"

They were even worse in the Guiness Tower. Swirling the Guiness around, lloking at it through the light, sniffing it. We were in bulk. Jeez, it's not a 89769679 Bordeaux...it's Guiness.

Still, me and Shirley got a good laugh out of it

[lizzie]

Thought of another one that really riles me....

GP's receptionists and their attitudes.
"are you sure it's an emergency?"
"fairly........blood seeping out of an oriface is a fairly unusual happening!!!"

pfffttttttttt

Ok, only 12.45pm and i'm off again.......think i'll change my name to Victorina Meldrew

[Chantal]

Too late Lizzie, I changed my name to Victoria Meldrew around 8 years ago...

[alan refail]

Having read and looked at the news over recent months I realise I have nothing to be grumpy about. How lucky we are.
I thought about the things which (slightly) annoyed me (and there are some) and realised that if I publicised them I would likely offend most of the other forum members.

[PLUMPUDDING]

I hate litter. Everywhere any (usually teenagers) stop there is a trail of cans, bottles, takeaway containers and sweet wrappers. And smokers who have to go outside leaving heaps of tab ends on the pavement. And the person who always finishes a packet of cigarettes at the same place and chucks it over my fence every evening - I think I'll look out for him when I've been doing my slug hunt and chuck a bucket of slugs back - although that would probably be assault.

I totally agree with the one about phone choices - I've usually forgotten which one applies by the time I get to the end and have to listen to them all again.

[pongeroon]

People to scoop their dogs poo, then drop the bag on the ground, or hang it on a convenient branch. FFS. Its not going to biodegrade in there, is it?

[Jea]

Litter droppers and pickers up of their dogs poo in a bag who then throw the bag down are my hates too. We have recently started to regularly pick up the litter on the trackway to our allotment gates and there's one particular dog walker who picks up their dog's poo in a special doggie poo bag and tissues and then throws it down on the verge - and there's a council doggie poo bin just 50 yards away. We've also noticed that a 'peak time' for litter appearing is when the local high school pupils are on their way home between 3.30 and 4pm.

[seedling]

Having just driven along the M6 this afternoon i have been reminded of another gripe:

People who drive in the middle lane irrespective of their speed or the quantity of traffic on the road.

Seedling

[oldherbaceous]

I have thought of one, people that cut me those tiny fingers of cake.

[peter]

Little b******s who unpick the allotment fence, pull up and chuck around plants and do it on a Friday night whne you have gone away for the weekend on Friday lunchtime.

[Chantal]

People who spit, incessently.

[lizzie]

Another call centre one. When you are on hold and that smug bitches voice says "your call is important to us so ....."

Well, if it's so &**^(*(&& important to you, answer the &^*^&&*(&( phone &*&(head

[lizzie]

In the supermarket, when people park their trolly blocking the aisle.....why? Don't get that one.

Or when they want to get past you and won't say excuse me. I stand there now and move deliberatly blocking their way. When they get past I say "Oh, didn't notice you there, you should of said excuse me and I would have got out of your way"

I'll end up getting thumped one day.

Plus when people park in the disabled spaces. That gets me. A friend of mine had notices made that said "as you've taken my space, perhaps you'd like my disability too"

Luckily, Asda are now fining people for parking in disabled spots.

[WestHamRon]

Lizzie, you probably hate people that tell you "You need therapy".