I can't stand the England band either. I used to quite like watching the England women's team play on the BBC, until - you guessed it - the ******* official England band started turning up.

I am sick of Christmas adverts already.

I really feel affronted that shops are already playing Christmas music. It just feels so wrong and yesterday whilst looking at clothes I actually wanted to go and complain to someone working in the store...which of course I didn't...which in itself annoyed me because I probably didn't want to come across as the kind of petty, anal person who would get annoyed by such a trivial thing as a particular tune being played while I'm shopping.

The whole Christmas thing is feckin madness.

It might not be so bad if they weren't all so horribly twee.

(Well OK yes it would)

The use of average as a negative, or to mean not good enough

I thought it was only negative if you put “bang” in front of it? I used to have a Standard 8 car - when they were being made in the 50s standard meant high quality, now put “bog” in front of it and it means rubbish. Mind you not sure superb has quite the same meaning it once had now it s used for a Skoda!

Depends on use, in football terms it means not good enough,in general use average means not outstanding,middle of the road, but not crap.:D

Mean,medium or mode:D?

Or even weighted average?

Someone sent me a text the other day. It said N B G A

I thought it was bang out of order

I'll get my coat

I think you’ll find it’s in the dictionary as an adjective, meaning amongst other things, ‘not very good’.

Surely it also means "not very bad"? In fact, "average".

The piece of fluff attached to the pert bottom of the woman in front of me on the up escalator in Victoria station.

Take it up with the OED, not me. :)

The fruit of your loins?

:D

You should have done a Sepp Blatter and brushed it off.

The people offering their support to Priti Patel,why?
The talking parcel Amazon ad.

Yep and yep

People who come into work when they're ill and then moan about said illness. Either stay at home or shut up.

That shitty TFL ad that talks about London being called the 'big smoke'. No. There was one occasion when a particular occurrence in the city was called that, but not the capital itself. 'The Smoke', certainly, but not 'the big smoke'. Wankers.

And spread the lurgi to every other fecker. Yeah thanks for that.

Yes. Having f*ck all of an immune system, I get particularly pissed off with this.

Seeing Tony Blair at the remembrance ceremony today.

Shameless hypocrite hiding behind his phoney Catholicism...

Remembrance Sunday is Catholic? Who knew.

I cannot grit my teeth any harder when that god horrible TUI advert comes on the television, with monotonous regularity..."ain't nobody got".....oh **** off !!

TV listings on the tv guide channel being wrong. grrrrrr

Bog roll that tears off before you're ready

Facebook (again)

People leaving stuff outside charity shops when they’re closed.

Having to defrost windscreen first thing and di-icer that normally just ices up when sprayed.

.....and yet as a former Prime Minister he's expected to go.

You would have slated him if he hadn't gone.

Would have been a good time to arrest him.

My Leaf can be pre-heated via my phone app, but I don't feel smug at all:afro:

Leafs

:p you could always use a leaf blower

Leaves? ;)

Loafs?

Passive-agressive old women in the supermarket who won't accept your apology for a genuine mistake, or your attempts to rectify it.

Paper handkerchiefs that disintegrate when you blow your nose.

Not all the way from Perth to Inverness. Leafs, loaves, leaves, they're all a pain in the arse. Need some sort of hurricane. That'll learn em.

Having to wait an age to wash my hands in the toilets in the building at lunchtime I work in because there is a bunch of people who brush their teeth in there at around 1-2pm.

Without wanting to sound stereotypical, is this common is Latin-American cultures? Most of the people who do that seem to be from Argentina and Brazil.

Getting the taste of each other's spunk out of their mouths probably.

A mate stuffing himself with Xmas food - he's already got mince pies & real fruit Christmas cake imported to Thailand from the UK...6 weeks+ to go, that's all folks!
Thank God when it's over & they've sawn all the effing Christmas trees down to make tables, wooden sandals or doghouses.

You packing bags at Lidl again?

With the time zones, it probably feels like they've only just woken up

I suspect the customers are friendlier there.

People who get the same empty train at the same time every morning but still proceed to walk through about 4 carriages to find a specific seat. Men in there mid 40's being the worst culprits.:jerkit:

I don't catch trains so this isn't me but I'm intrigued as to what actually annoys you here? Is it people walking through train carriages?

if so, aren't you being a little odd?

Is it because they will be getting off at the final station and want to be through the ticket barrier without queueing?

Some people walk through the trains in order to be in the first carriage for that reason.

The point is they could wait on the right spot on the platform.

I can see it being aggravating, albeit illogically.

But if its any empty train, why does it matter?

I get that walking through a crowed train is a problem, but an empty one?

TBF aggravation is often illogical.

I'll move on ...

Well, I was assuming that as he mentioned it was a morning train that it would be picking up considerably more passengers as it progressed on its journey to its destination.

Here in the Surrey area there is no such thing as an empty morning train for long!

Maybe they like to wait at a different part of the platform (eg under cover when it’s raining) and then walk through to the first carriage?

Or maybe they enter the platform near the back of the train (as you do at East Croydon if you’re going up to London) and so, if they’ve cut it fine, they don’t have to time to walk to the ‘right spot’ down the far end.

As a seasoned commuter I know you rarely have the perfect scenario...although personally I’d only walk through carriages if I couldn’t find a seat in the one I’d got on initially.

They're just indulging in a spot of train perving.

I think it is all about people of habit catching the same train every morning. You catch the 8.03 from Sanderstead or some such. And you see the same faces every morning. Two or three of exactly the same faces always walk through the carriages, when they could have just waited further up the platform. Slamming doors and bumps into seats all they way up.

It wouldn't particularly annoy me. But it is an irrational thread. And If I were nursing a hangover, I would automatically think the serial carriage walker was a bit of an annoying prick. I would also wonder what his other annoying habits are.

Sure as sausages, he is the first standing up on a plane the moment the plane stops after landing. And the first out of his seat the moment the seatbely lights go out in flight, rustling around for something in the overhead baggage. Unorganised twats. Oh and very likely to be one of the pricks that overstep the hand luggage allowances as much as possible - again for a supposed quick getaway. Oh, Oh, Oh, and the last to turn off and first to turn on their cellphones on a flight - because they have super important lives.

when it's 5.50am in the morning and you are on a near empty train why would you frequently need to walk through 3-4 carriages to find a seat? I have no problem with the odd folk going through to locate a friend etc, but these people walk through and proceed to open the doors to the next carriage meaning more noise and some don't even bother to shut the carriage door. (I'm not a morning person ;) )

Not shutting the carriage door is seriously fvcking annoying

My guess is they are checking for any jazz mags left behind the night before

Ah, you see you’re drip feeding more details now. Anything and everything would bug me at 5.50am!

I think you should either 1) shout ‘shut the door’ aggressively at any culprits, or 2) follow them one morning to find out what’s going on.

Fully understand you're point, and retract any criticism.

Everyone's a wanker at that time (other than yourself, obviously).

:lux::lux::lux: Love that one. I can picture that.

When they sit down, you can look at them.

'What is it?'

'Oh. I thought there were dancing girls and free bacon butties in this carriage...'

Like an angry Larry Grayson

Quality

An early train wouldnt require someone to be at the front to beat the horrendous queues at the ticket barrier either.

Maybe, the chap is just a sociapath that cant stand sitting in a carriage with other people and tries to put it off as long as possible.

perhaps he´s worried about DVT....or they´re just annoying *****

I used to be annoyed by my own tardiness. Having classes has cured me of that to a large degree. And Chilean timekeeping isnt the best, so I look positively punctual being 10 minutes late for everything.

More often than not I would be jogging to a lateish morning train at Norwood Junction, and more often than not it would be sitting there at the other platform as I came into the station. Resulting in a hell for leather launch under the tunnel to try and catch it. More often than not with me missing it, and having to catch a train to East Croydon to catch the fast one back up.

Other Mr Beanesque escapades involved me changing at Tulse Hill and popping out to get a sandwich and coffee while waiting for the connection.

Flexitime seemed to mean 10.15am for me a lot of days to the withering eye of my colleagues.

What a feck up, I was. I just dont think I cared enough TBH.

DVT ???

Deep
Vein
Thrombosis

...or maybe there’s something about Jasper’s early morning demeanour that means his fellow commuters are nervous about sharing a carriage with him?

Is he scarey....does he travel to work wearing a butcher’s apron?

Following behind said offenders whilst slowly counting the number of carraiges out loud screaming STOPPPP, if they go past 4. :eek:

Three for a fiver?

I didn't realise our annoyances had to be rational. I apologise fory contributions to this thread.

I would never have got that.

I thought it was Dogging, Voyeurism, Titilation. And that 5.50am on the first carriage of a train was an odd time for that behaviour. But it takes all sorts.

Meanwhile, motorists who don't understand what a yellow box means and sit behind you beeping their horn and scowling at you for not entering one when your exit isn't clear.

Driving in general, everyone aggressive, in a hurry and half of them on their mobiles. Fecking hate it

In addition, cars that are physically too wide for the roads.

There used to be no problem driving down most roads in south London, even when parked up on both sides. Now it’s a continuous game of Chuckle Brothers without the laughs

Also, bin day. Especially in conjunction with the above.

And the fact that some weeks there appear to be 3 bin days

Don’t mind me, I’m here all week

People down my street whose combined car values are 35% of their house value, madness even if they are leased who the **** needs his and her Porsche Cayenne's.

That's very London. When I walk back through Thornton Heath me and the Mrs always point out the big, expensive motors outside houses that look absolutely filthy and left to rot. When did the pride in keeping your house exteria clean and reasonably decent go? It's all about the bling these days isn't it. How soulless.

100% its a display of supposed wealth. Suppose it always has been. My street has zero off street parking and these cars wouldn't be out of place sitting in a drive of a million pound house. They could have added 200k+ to their house mortgage and had a bigger appreciating asset and a decent car bought and paid for. But would rather look like they have a million pound house when driving their car that's devaluing all the time and guzzling fuel.

I'm sure there's probably a "how much can I borrow?" factor.

No matter how few beers I drink, I have a hangover.

Yeah me too, even more reason to have another one these days. Going to suffer anyway.

Tried everything pint of water before bed etc. So now abstain or drink too much!

People who over stir their coffee. After the spoon has gone round 20 times the sugar won't dissolve any more.
It was like that de Niro scene in Once upon a time in America this morning. Tosser trying to wear the arse out of the cup.

My wife has this ******* annoying habit of stirring then tapping the ******* spoon three or four time in the centre of the cup, and I do not even take ******* sugar

Buggies and prams with wheelbases that are massively wider than the chassis

And their owners

you may want to check if you have an allergy to wheat or yeast etc.

You should see the roads up here near the local private school. It's no wonder that Range Rover are having a bumper year.

Sadly London is so rammed with people even the 5 o clock trains are seat-less these days.

That's age. It is annoying. A good session is likely to stay with you three days when you are older.

I thinks that's why I read so many Palace fans on Facebook celebrating because they have given up the drink. They weren't alcoholics, but three pints was never enough and always ended up in much more. Leading to feeling crap for 3 days.

The cost of those nights out has soared, too.

For the most part I try and steer clear of hard liquor these days. My spiced rum and youtube music sessions are about 3 times a year.

Saying all that, I am on a session tonight - so should feel shite for the next three days.

Jeepers. They have the same thing in Santiago. People going in earlier and leaving later to avoid expanding peak times. Chile is listed in the OECD as the country where peope work the most hours, but produce the least. LOL

Unless the 5am brigade leave at 3pm...

I think I do to some beers. Occasionally, if I am drinking a certain tipple I start sneezing for 5 minutes.