Ann Williams 270 Posted April 25, 2013 Re. Porthesia's posting about people in doctors' waiting-rooms, I couldn't agree more. Over the last year I've had to attend a local A&E department a few times (leg-in-plaster syndrome..) and I've seen apparently entire families, including grandparents, spending hours there waiting while one of their numbers gets seen to. - they appear to see it as an enjoyable excursion! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted April 25, 2013 People who think that shop doorways are a good place to stand and have a chat with their friends. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alison 10,173 Posted April 25, 2013 Did I mention people who get off the end of an escalator and then just stop dead, leaving everyone else inevitably to run into them? 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan McNulty 16,313 Posted April 26, 2013 Especially when you are dashing down the escalator for the train standing at the platform ready to go! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lisa O`Brien 2,934 Posted April 26, 2013 If you`re in a cafe or restaurant, and you`ve got a mouthful of food or drink, when a waiter/ress walks past and asks if everything is alright. You have to just nod and grunt like a mad thing.Two minutes later, a different one comes along and asks you the same thing [while you`re stuffing your face again.].!!!! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anjuli_Bai 4,737 Posted April 26, 2013 Many years ago I saw a one block street that clearly ended at the Pacific Ocean. There was a sign on that street as one faced the ocean: "Not A Through Street" Duh 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted April 27, 2013 Dodgy grammar in adverts. A double glazing firm used to advertise every week in our local paper proclaiming: "We use Pilkington K Glass, because we don't know any better" I know what they were trying to say...! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dance*is*life 1,848 Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) Even worse than standing chatting in shop doorways is people standing and smoking in them, because legally they are outside the shop and can smoke. I won't go into the shop if I have to hold my breath in order to pass through the smoke. Edited April 27, 2013 by Dance*is*life 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted April 29, 2013 Worse still - groups of teenagers standing just around the corner from the school gates at lunchtime, and smoking... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alison 10,173 Posted May 4, 2013 Okay, another one that really annoys me: people who vote in local elections according to the parties' national policies, rather than on the local issues they're supposed to be voting on. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2dancersmum 2,440 Posted May 4, 2013 Cyclists who choose to cycle along a busy main road where it is impossible for anyone to overtake them - despite the fact that there is a purpose built and very good cycle path running alongside said road. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted May 5, 2013 Speed-of-light motorcyclists... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fiz 3,910 Posted May 6, 2013 Weeds and ruddy lavateria! I have just spent an hour trying to plant pansies but in fact digging up Virginia creeper roots, lavateria which spreads everywhere so cleverly and flipping dandelions! I managed to plant just under a dozen pansies and I am now hot and thirsty. There are five beds still to go! Help! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan McNulty 16,313 Posted May 8, 2013 (edited) Incessant news items (and the lead at that) about retiring football managers. So what - an elderly man is retiring! PS - Unbelievable that it is the lead item ahead of the Queen's Speech on the ITV lunchtime news! Edited May 8, 2013 by Janet McNulty edited to add PS 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted May 9, 2013 The Audi driver who forced me off the road yesterday and into a wall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fiz 3,910 Posted May 9, 2013 My God! Are you all right? How dreadful ;( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan McNulty 16,313 Posted May 9, 2013 Are you OK Taxi? How awful for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted May 9, 2013 I'm fine - the car is ok too, apart from a pranged bumper. I was turning into the narrow entrance to a garden centre, and this chap was leaving and decided that he needed my side of the road as well. I had to jam my brakes on and swerve out of his way into a bollard. The bollard didn't come out of it too well! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted May 10, 2013 No, he didn't stop, he didn't even seem to notice. Perhaps he used to be a tank driver... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan McNulty 16,313 Posted May 10, 2013 Yesterday I saw a car reverse into another one on our road so hard that it should the parked car forward. The driver never even stopped. Disgraceful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted May 10, 2013 It wasn't a tank-like grey Audi by any chance was it? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan McNulty 16,313 Posted May 10, 2013 No - a battered red Micra! I knocked on the door of the house but no-one was home. I noticed the red car this morning - I think it belongs to someone who lives in the same road. I wonder if they confesed. Although the car they hit didn't look damaged, these plastic bumpers tend to just spring back into place and hide any damage underneath. We know this because some years ago someone ran into the back of my Dad's car. This honourable person suggested he have the car checked even though it didn't look damaged. There was quite a lot of damage behind the bumper that the gentleman's insurance paid for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porthesia 609 Posted May 13, 2013 Cat baskets! Had to take the lid off as Tia totally unwilling to come out of the basket. I suffered the ignominy of not being able to open the lid, trapping my thumb and now missing a chunk out of said thumb. Bled everywhere too! To cap it all the cat hadn't lost any weight 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted May 14, 2013 I have a tendency to just let the vet get the cat out of the basket now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porthesia 609 Posted May 14, 2013 I'll be letting the nurse do it all next time. It's such a chore every month but they have lost weight and we are getting close to them being able to go on maintenance food soon - but it will be just as expensive!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted May 15, 2013 Might lose weight quicker if left in the basket! I'm a cat lover, but I just couldn't resist it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porthesia 609 Posted May 16, 2013 Haha! I wouldn't be able to stand the yowling! Although two moggies and no oriental genes, mine are incredibly loud and have quite recently got into the habit of not stopping crying until they get what they want - it's like having badly behaved tantrum throwing toddlers in the house. The veterinary staff couldn't believe how loud they are. I have to live with this! It's funny, but they have got louder and more demanding relatively recently 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taxi4ballet 7,755 Posted May 17, 2013 Has another cat moved into the neighbourhood and taken over some of their territory? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAB 3,330 Posted May 17, 2013 Free newspapers: they now use the ink the comes off onto your fingers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
