AdamW
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Only just spotted this, I'm flattered 
I think it would be unfair to devote an entire thread to what "grinds my gears", so I'll just chuck a couple in to get the ball rolling:
1) People who continue to speak s l o w l y even when you already fully understand what it is they mean And I don't mean a complicated thing where you really need to make sure the point is across, I mean simple, obvious things.
2) Half-a*sed design. Take this:
I spotted this one this evening when trying to see if anyone has XBOX 360 in stock. The more observant people might notice that the picture shows a wireless controller, indeed it does. But what is that next to it? A wired headset! Which genius thought that one up? Go to all the hassle of designing a wireless controller from scratch, and then forget about the headphones which could be sourced from pretty much any manufacturer!
I think it would be unfair to devote an entire thread to what "grinds my gears", so I'll just chuck a couple in to get the ball rolling:
1) People who continue to speak s l o w l y even when you already fully understand what it is they mean
And I don't mean a complicated thing where you really need to make sure the point is across, I mean simple, obvious things.2) Half-a*sed design. Take this:
I spotted this one this evening when trying to see if anyone has XBOX 360 in stock. The more observant people might notice that the picture shows a wireless controller, indeed it does. But what is that next to it? A wired headset! Which genius thought that one up? Go to all the hassle of designing a wireless controller from scratch, and then forget about the headphones which could be sourced from pretty much any manufacturer!
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Exactly! My point is, Microsoft could have outsourced the headphones to anyone, possibly even their own brand (they make great keyboards, I have one myself!). Thus ending up with wireless ones
Right, another gripe: car horns. Not car horns in general, just one particular use of them.
For me, one of the rules of giving someone a lift is that you arrive to pick them up at a predetermined time. You don't just drive to their house at an arbitrary time on the offchance they might be ready and want a lift! If someone says to you "Can you give me a lift?" the response is usually "what time shall I pick you up?" or "I will pick you up at x o'clock".
However, there are 3 people who pick up 3 of my neighbours every morning, Monday-Friday, at the exact same times (5:45, 6:00 and 6:20). This never faulters. Every time when I am woken up I look at the clock and it shows the same times. I can only commend them on their punctuality, it is admirable.
Yet somehow it escapes them that PERHAPS the person they are picking up is expecting them! Perhaps it is because they are not fully awake. Perhaps it is because the cold gets to their brain. Perhaps they're just stupid. But for some reason, at the exact same time, every weekday, they arrive outside the exact same house and... TOOT THEIR HORN!!!
Now, one of these cars is a C-reg Vauxhall Cavalier. As is true of most old bangers, it is pretty loud. You can hear it before it arrives, through my securely closed double-glazing. The lady he picks up has single-glazing, so it must be even more obvious to her.
I'm sure they are good people, I'm sure that if I met them I would think "what a nice bloke". But why the HELL don't they grasp this simple concept?!
Oh, and hippies. God-damn hippies. CND? Dammit, we spent all the money on the nukes, why get rid of them! We'd be at the mercy of extremist regimes like France, for chrissakes!
Right, another gripe: car horns. Not car horns in general, just one particular use of them.
For me, one of the rules of giving someone a lift is that you arrive to pick them up at a predetermined time. You don't just drive to their house at an arbitrary time on the offchance they might be ready and want a lift! If someone says to you "Can you give me a lift?" the response is usually "what time shall I pick you up?" or "I will pick you up at x o'clock".
However, there are 3 people who pick up 3 of my neighbours every morning, Monday-Friday, at the exact same times (5:45, 6:00 and 6:20). This never faulters. Every time when I am woken up I look at the clock and it shows the same times. I can only commend them on their punctuality, it is admirable.
Yet somehow it escapes them that PERHAPS the person they are picking up is expecting them! Perhaps it is because they are not fully awake. Perhaps it is because the cold gets to their brain. Perhaps they're just stupid. But for some reason, at the exact same time, every weekday, they arrive outside the exact same house and... TOOT THEIR HORN!!!
Now, one of these cars is a C-reg Vauxhall Cavalier. As is true of most old bangers, it is pretty loud. You can hear it before it arrives, through my securely closed double-glazing. The lady he picks up has single-glazing, so it must be even more obvious to her.
I'm sure they are good people, I'm sure that if I met them I would think "what a nice bloke". But why the HELL don't they grasp this simple concept?!
Oh, and hippies. God-damn hippies. CND? Dammit, we spent all the money on the nukes, why get rid of them! We'd be at the mercy of extremist regimes like France, for chrissakes!
Yeah, those neighbours of yours must be annoying. I am sure it is a violation of the Highway Code to sound your horn outside of 7am-11pm.
I bet if they stopped though, you would still wake up at those times still. Argh!
Why don't you have a word?
I bet if they stopped though, you would still wake up at those times still. Argh!
Why don't you have a word?
How bizarre, I was actually having a conversation about this last night! I haven't lived in the metropolis for a couple of years now, back then t'were all 0171 and 0181 as far as the eye could see!
Didn't realise they've made 020 the area code, kinda defeats the purpose of the exercise unless they start releasing 020 6, 020 5 etc. Might as well have just stuck with "01"
Didn't realise they've made 020 the area code, kinda defeats the purpose of the exercise unless they start releasing 020 6, 020 5 etc. Might as well have just stuck with "01"
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