Insurance companies. Put aside my 4 year conflict with them on a subsidence claim. Every year they come back with a vastly inflated quote on car insurance. 75% more this year. So I go through the ritual. Find a better quote. Call my insurance company. Tell them. Magically they can match it. They really do rely on us not doing a simple bit of follow up.
Watching you tube Asda bosses in front of MP’s . I never want to hear any boss anywhere in the structure call a fellow staff member an eff** ‘ colleague’ . Bosses treating shop floor workers as if they are equal. Tw***
People who talk in cinemas: During the adverts - mildly irritating. During the trailers - annoying. During the film - should be punishable by death. ****ing cackling old hags and deaf old crusties who can't moderate their volume should be forcibly ejected using cattle prods and spikey sticks.
Third time is my wife, I could bloody kill her sometimes. Also does it at home watching the telly. Grrrr....
People who wait for the green lights at a nearby junction then stop for a second and look to see if anything is coming !!! The lights will prevent it - then wives who make an excuse for them - husbands who tell the wives that there is no excuse and those people shouldn’t be on the road . The latter are heroes LOL
Similar vein but not too bad really... Pedestrians who press the button to cross at lights. While waiting for the green man they cross anyway 'cos there's no cars coming. Car comes along later, man on green, lights on red but no pedestrians! If only all problems were as serious as that...
I do it on the slip road near my office outside Smith and Newphew almost every morning and night. People drive way too fast on that west bound slip road in some kind of mad panic to get to B and M or Home Bargains so I just stop them and calm them down. I see it as doing God's work.
Wife does that if not escorted! If escorted I ask her to look if there’s traffic coming otherwise like most females I see she’s auto programmed to press the bl****y button. !
Modern pedestrian crossings won’t do that, they will detect when there is no one there. A niche version of this - people who turn left out of signal junction, see the red light shown to the traffic on the crossing road but located the other side of the junction, and stop, thinking it’s a signalised crossing. Seems to be a particular habit amongst doyles in Leeds.
I agree that the issue is of 'Grinds Your Gears' standard but your ire is aimed at the wrong group of gear grinders. It isn't the pedestrian who is at fault here, but the Green Cross **** who programmed the lights to wait 60 seconds before changing, in the first place. If the change occurred immediately the button was pressed, then everyone would be happy. The carless foot freak would be able to cross straightaway, without taking his life in his hands, safe in the knowledge that he isn't about to get squished by an unattentive light leaper. The impatient gas guzzler would reduce his blood pressure by at least accepting that his grinding to an unnecessary stop allows an unfortunate who can't afford a proper mode of transport, his moment to swap sides of the King's highway. Why the wait? It pisses everyone off. Press button. Lights go red. (And little green man for the walker). Car stop. Pedestrian crosses. Lights change. Car moves on. All done within 15 seconds.
BBC this morning on the ‘success’ story of the Issa brothers who ‘bought’ Asda . Made them out to be ex toilet cleaners who found the money to buy lots of filling stations , then bought Asda itself - like we all could . Didn’t mention they’d been in front of Govt trade enquiry for ripping the public off on fuel prices and also fire and rehire - they denied the latter particularly but then stated it was a last resort if the employee didn’t agree to new terms of employment !! The brother this morning spoke easily , at the enquiry he said ‘f*** all almost . His personnel director was a hard nosed lady.
Pedestrians. Groups of people that walk 3 or more abreast not leaving any room on the pavement for people walking in the opposite directions. People that stop unexpectedly to look in shop windows, at menus, answer phone, etc. People stepping out of doorways without looking to see if anyone is walking by. People talking on their phone and walking. If you stand still they will simply walk straight into you. Etc.
