tbh these days it's more a case of what doesn't annoy me 
Victor Meldrew doesn't have a look in!
Victor Meldrew doesn't have a look in!
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Old codgers who think they're interesting and their life stories are fascinating just because they've been around a long time. They'll tell anyone who pauses long enough every painfully dull detail of their life to anyone younger who they can catch long enough. Especially bar staff, waiters/esses, healthcare workers, etc, etc - ie, poor sods who are paid to be polite/pleasant and are too polite to ignore them.
I know we're supposed to respect our elders, but oldies, please don't impose endless banal chatter because you are lonely on poor staff who are trapped and have to feign interest. They really couldn't give a tozz that your gout is painful today and your wife died exactly 18 years ago.
I know we're supposed to respect our elders, but oldies, please don't impose endless banal chatter because you are lonely on poor staff who are trapped and have to feign interest. They really couldn't give a tozz that your gout is painful today and your wife died exactly 18 years ago.
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lol. We have an old boy over the allotment who starts every story with "I won’t bore you…" and then proceeds to do just that. He's lonely though so I let him get on with it.
Correct.
It's as bad as trying to wade through bad spelling and grammar.
Correct.
It's as bad as trying to wade through bad spelling and grammar.
Wat u meen mee spelin
Dunno wat U R on abuot
I wrote that after a night out last night in a restaurant where an old boy in there on his own trapped the waitress and proceeded to tell her every minute detail about his life. How his wife died exactly 18 years ago today (yesterday) of a brain haemmorage, etc, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah. She was busy but too polite to tear herself away. There was no stopping him.
Also have an old neighbour 2 doors up who is a decent bloke, but I have to avoid, because if I get caught by him I can feel the hours of my life slipping away. He's like it with everyone.
However, worst offender is my old man. Seems to seek people out to talk at them even if they are busy. In 10 mins they will know every detail about all of his 91 years on this earth.
If I ever reach old tozzer status, I have vowed not to bore young people with endless chat about old days, life history, etc, etc. Though DiyNot , if still going, may be an exception.
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Posters in these forums, who's sole purpose for being in the forum, is to turn a sensible discussion into a point scoring exercise.
I've always been fascinated by old folks stories, even when I was a young lad.
To these days I chat with neighbours older than me, especially because they call me "young man"
Ok, sometimes they drag it a bit, but I have learnt that they forget very quickly if you rudely interrupt them and say "Sorry, I must go now. We'll speak later".
The man trapping the barmaid is just cruel
To these days I chat with neighbours older than me, especially because they call me "young man"
Ok, sometimes they drag it a bit, but I have learnt that they forget very quickly if you rudely interrupt them and say "Sorry, I must go now. We'll speak later".
The man trapping the barmaid is just cruel
Automatic eBay feedback. If I buy something, as soon as I've paid, which I always do immediately, the seller should leave me feedback. I've done my part, there's nothing more I can do.
Instead, I get reminders from eBay prodding me to leave feedback for the seller, who is waiting for me to leave good feedback, when in actual fact, they should have left the buyer (me) feedback days ago.
Instead, I get reminders from eBay prodding me to leave feedback for the seller, who is waiting for me to leave good feedback, when in actual fact, they should have left the buyer (me) feedback days ago.
I did just that when someone paid and had their son collect a laser tracking tool from me. I gave it to him piece by piece explaining what each piece was for - and I had that on cctv. I left good feedback, quick payer and collector etc. Two days later the buyer then left me negative feedback saying that parts were missing and asking for a refund. I refused, eBay sided with them and told me to pay them back. I told eBay to F off and reminded them of their own rules (no claims accepted for 'not as described' if collected - only if posted). They backed down. In the end they gave him two weeks to bring the tool back to me and they would refund him themselves and let me keep the tool. The lazy git didn’t bother to return it so they closed the case and removed his negative feedback.
People that moan about the closure of manned checkout tills and the introduction of self checkout tills in supermarkets. Supermarkets are there for convenience so anything that gets you in and out quicker is good in my mind. I use the smartshop tills in my local Sainsbury’s - just scan as I load my trolly up, pay and go. I don’t know why more people don't use them.
Self checkouts are open to abuse. I saw someone in Asda the other day trying to scan a widescreen tv as button mushrooms.
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