Things that annoy you (8 Viewers)

The missus fiddling with the dashboard controls while I am driving. Anyone elses partner do that?

When my wife, or any girlfriend has been driving I have always left everything to them. Thought that's the sort of unwritten law. You drive you control the car.

But my wife gets in and as I am driving will fiddle with the heating controls, the wipers, air conditioning, radio, ear window heater switch etc. She's like an octopus.

Find it really off putting.

Otis said:

The missus fiddling with the dashboard controls while I am driving. Anyone elses partner do that?

When my wife, or any girlfriend has been driving I have always left everything to them. Thought that's the sort of unwritten law. You drive you control the car.

But my wife gets in and as I am driving will fiddle with the heating controls, the wipers, air conditioning, radio, ear window heater switch etc. She's like an octopus.

Find it really off putting.

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Driver gets from A to B and controls the car. Passenger is the DJ. That's how its always worked for me.

Liquid Gold said:

Driver gets from A to B and controls the car. Passenger is the DJ. That's how its always worked for me.

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Yeah, don't mind so much on the radio, but really annoys me her adjusting the heating level and the direction of the heating and the pulling shut or opening the sunroof and the switching the rear window heater on and off and the wipers too etc.

Never do it when she's driving, apart from, like you say. The radio/stereo.

Otis said:

The missus fiddling with the dashboard controls while I am driving. Anyone elses partner do that?

When my wife, or any girlfriend has been driving I have always left everything to them. Thought that's the sort of unwritten law. You drive you control the car.

But my wife gets in and as I am driving will fiddle with the heating controls, the wipers, air conditioning, radio, ear window heater switch etc. She's like an octopus.

Find it really off putting.

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you're a bit posh having an ear window heater

richnrg said:

you're a bit posh having an ear window heater

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Not really. It's just a severed ear we found in the road moments after we thought we hit something in the dark.

Never ever found the rest of the body.

The Royal family. Does one of them getting engaged really warrant breaking news notifications on my phone and headline news all over the place? I see Sky news have wall to wall coverage too.

whens the bank holiday, thats all I want to know

Otis said:

The missus fiddling with the dashboard controls while I am driving. Anyone elses partner do that?

When my wife, or any girlfriend has been driving I have always left everything to them. Thought that's the sort of unwritten law. You drive you control the car.

But my wife gets in and as I am driving will fiddle with the heating controls, the wipers, air conditioning, radio, ear window heater switch etc. She's like an octopus.

Find it really off putting.

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Next time drop her off at the bus stop, soon get the message.

Captain Dart said:

Stick to DIY and patronising you c**t!

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You doing your house up then nick?

people who ride bikes with no lights..ffs you can get 2 for a pound in the pound shop ..

skybluejelly said:

people who ride bikes with no lights..ffs you can get 2 for a pound in the pound shop ..

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Yes, but they need batteries ...

Gazolba said:

Yes, but they need batteries ...

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You never heard of dynamo's?

We used to have one in midfield called Michael Gynn.

Shit quality toys.
I walked round a toy shop the other day with my kids, pretending to be buying Christams pressies for relatives but mainly wanted to get an idea of what they would like themselves. They pointed out various things whilst dropping hints like 'oooh, that looks good', so I took a few photos whilst they weren't looking so that I could check them out online later and read some reviews. In almost all cases the reveiws were 'rubbish...waste of money....fell apart after a week...didin't work properly...very disappointed etc etc'.
Last Christmas was similar - lots of great looking pressies from relatives that turned out be be complete crap in practice.
Do the toy shops test what they buy (from China) first or are they quite happy to sell shit?

richnrg said:

Shit quality toys.
I walked round a toy shop the other day with my kids, pretending to be buying Christams pressies for relatives but mainly wanted to get an idea of what they would like themselves. They pointed out various things whilst dropping hints like 'oooh, that looks good', so I took a few photos whilst they weren't looking so that I could check them out online later and read some reviews. In almost all cases the reveiws were 'rubbish...waste of money....fell apart after a week...didin't work properly...very disappointed etc etc'.
Last Christmas was similar - lots of great looking pressies from relatives that turned out be be complete crap in practice.
Do the toy shops test what they buy (from China) first or are they quite happy to sell shit?

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I saw it in Smyths the other week, there was a family obviously doing the Christmas Shopping and although it looked like a carful most of it was absolute tat. It will look great for Christmas Day but will probably be in the bin or attic by February.

olderskyblue said:

The recap after every break in an hour long programme. Even I can remember what happened in the last 12 minutes...

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Yup this drives me mad and it's not just ITV - the BBC are just as guilty with all this 'coming up later in the programme' etc. On my local news we see the same item sometimes previewed three times and this is in a half hour news slot. And then there's programmes like Countryfile which can't finish an item but has to split it up into fragments - what the hell is the point of that? And another thing, since when is a BBC programme counted as a newsworthy item, this kind of incestuous crap is also very annoying.

Gazolba said:

Yes, but they need batteries ...

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I know you're joking..but they actually come with batteries ..I might just run the next person over to make a point

skybluejelly said:

people who ride bikes with no lights..ffs you can get 2 for a pound in the pound shop ..

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I'm a cyclist & this annoys the fuck out of me.........especially as I got knocked off my bike last winter whilst sporting reflective jacket, headlight, 2 body lights & 2 bike lights......not fair.....hit the light-less pricks.

3 in 1 for me today on my ride in to work......

woman on phone in brand new white 5 series bmw (obviously).....stopped in middle of the road about 30 metres short of the lolipop man.....little kid of about 9 years flies out of the passenger door right into my cycle lane.....I manage to avoid him & the door....just...and as I turn around to have a word, his mum is calling him back into the road to shut the car door properly......still scrolling her phone......

I shut her fucking door for her......with my foot....left a lovely cleat mark/dent. I think that was the first time that morning that she realised there were actually other road users about & it wasn't a private road just for her & her idiot son (who, to top it all off, was heading to school in a stone island coat)

9 year old in stone island? Should have 2 footed him.

Nick said:

9 year old in stone island? Should have 2 footed him.

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Looked brand new too..........could just tell they were that sort of family though......all about the labels & badges......she was in full scouse housewife regalia of 3 tonnes of make-up, matching Gucci tracksuit & bag....hair in rollers.....I'll probably get shot by her husband tomorrow......I may go a different route

People who give it loads crossing the road to try and test you and make you stop / go very slow. Either showing off to their mates or just generally twats walking like they are carrying surfboards.

Arseholes who park in your parking space all day because their work car park is full.

If they do it too often, they might find I've installed a post bollard at the back of the space, that goes up while their car's in there...

NorthernWisdom said:

Arseholes who park in your parking space all day because their work car park is full.

If they do it too often, they might find I've installed a post bollard at the back of the space, that goes up while their car's in there...

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At work or at your house?

Nick said:

At work or at your house?

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At my house. As if I'm important enough to have a designated work space!

NorthernWisdom said:

At my house. As if I'm important enough to have a designated work space!

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Clamp them! Or just stick random car stickers on while it's dark

Barry Scott
BANG and the dirt is gone

NorthernWisdom said:

At my house. As if I'm important enough to have a designated work space!

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You would definitely have a designated spot at the SBT offices NW...

Nick said:

Clamp them! Or just stick random car stickers on while it's dark

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Someone did that to my girlfriend as she had to park a few inches away from the end of a bay that's shared with another 3 or 4 cars as she couldn't open her door because a tree was blocking her from opening the door.

I found it and made the mistake of whatsapping it to her to wind her up. Last night as I arrived home I heard a heated conversation in the street...she was going around banging on doors near to where her car was parked trying to find out who had done it.

Needles to say that no one owned up to it and I had to drag her home.

people who smoke just outside the doors of an airport , a hotel , the ricoh , a shop , anywhere where you come into a public place - I DONT WANT TO BREATHE IN SOMETHING THATS BEEN DOWN YOUR THROAT - last night 1230 pm coming out of Brum airport - i was gagging for 5 mins on the smoke outside the nearest exit door to to arrivals

Mcbean said:

people who smoke just outside the doors of an airport , a hotel , the ricoh , a shop , anywhere where you come into a public place - I DONT WANT TO BREATHE IN SOMETHING THATS BEEN DOWN YOUR THROAT - last night 1230 pm coming out of Brum airport - i was gagging for 5 mins on the smoke outside the nearest exit door to to arrivals

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Hospitals are worst

Range Rover drivers. The Range Rover Vogue until the turn of the century was a classy motor with esteem.

Now it's a badge of honour for every dickhead in Britain.

fernandopartridge said:

Range Rover drivers. The Range Rover Vogue until the turn of the century was a classy motor with esteem.

Now it's a badge of honour for every dickhead in Britain.

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Meh, SUVs are (literally!) a waste of space.

Even worse, they seem to expect me to take to the ditch, because they don't want to get their 4x4 dirty.

I don't like the way they've removed the indicators from newer models too. At least I can only assume they have from seeing them driven around.

NorthernWisdom said:

Meh, SUVs are (literally!) a waste of space.

Even worse, they seem to expect me to take to the ditch, because they don't want to get their 4x4 dirty.

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You might have been glad of one a few weeks ago NW....