Minor things that bother you

They also say 'I did it on accident'

Bizarre.

 

The fact that we get American news broadcast over here like it's important to us. Seven kids died in a fire in Brooklyn. Very sad for the people concerned, but if it happened in India or Nigeria, would we have heard about it?

 

Someone pushing in front of me in the queue for a hotdog

 

Moreover, 70 kids could die in a fire in London and no one there would hear about it.

 

I think it's because we're so used to having miserable stories fed to us - when they're in short supply we have to import them in a language we can understand.

 

It's more to do with the fact if it didn't happen in America, it didn't happen (unless terrorists are involved).

 

Films, dramas etc. that employ actors to play roles where a specific accent is required. Why not just get anyone from Yorkshire/Geordie/Belfast to do the job, instead of some approximation of said accents from a Home Counties/American actor? It must be infuriating for up and coming actors with genuine regional accents to be overlooked, just so the same old stars can be shoehorned into the roles.

Note to Derek Jacobi in 'Last Tango in Halifax'. Missing out words and saying "t" instead of "the" does not automatically a Yorkshire accent make. WTF are the producers thinking?

Having said that, I recently watched a film with an (obviously) American woman trying a Glaswegian accent. It was hilarious and made up for the rest of the film. The director had apparently told her to talk as incoherently as possible, and that would do the trick. It bordered on racism.

 

Simon Reeve - the least insightful travel journalist since Clive James.

 

Anyone who refers to an action or object as cheeky.

'Sneaking in a cheeky pint'
'Cheeky round of golf this morning? Don't mind if i do!' etc

Use of the word 'lad' in any context.

 

I get a bit annoyed by quite a few of these thespian luvvie types. They seem to want to play every part (on TV) as if they are in front of a few thousand in a live theatre, shouting their words in a most unnatural manner. For me, it is the opposite of good acting. Jacobi and McKellen in that awful ITV sitcom "Vicious" were like that.

Then when their TV parts dry up they want to return to "treading the boards - which has always been my true love, darling".

Pretentious t***s.

 

Pubs charging you more to have a squirt of blackcurrant in your cider...

 

People that want 'a squirt of blackcurrant' in their cider

 

I asked yonks ago what is meant by a 'cheeky bet'. Nobody knew.

 

The **** with a grape stuck up one of his nostrils who voices over the news.

 

Only in certain cases. Like when drinking Stowford press, tastes like Old man **** otherwise.

 

when i accessed the forums from my mobile many years ago and admin told me i'd get bored of it and it wouldnt kick off etc etc

sorry original admin, you got that one completely wrong. huge industry mobile internet

 

Betting prince Charles that her maj has a landing strip and then going on to provide evidence one way or the other.

 

Nando's. 'Cheeky Nando's' is even worse. It's perfectly decent food, but so, so overrated. It's just chicken!

 

People that schedule meetings for 1 o clock.

 

Minor iritation yes, have an early lunch. But people who schedule meetings from after 5pm is much much worse.

 

Eurgh, i'd just decline it! haha.

 

Abosultely nothing wrong with that. Means I won't have to go / won't be going.

 

At the gym this morning.

This fella walks in to the free weight area and starts re-arranging the benches, etc to make room for his exercise routine, disturbing the rest of us. Then makes it obvious that he is "waiting" for others to finish with various weights so people start feeling awkward.

He takes a while to accumulate his weights and put them the bar and places them neatly on the mats in front of the mirror.

He then goes into his routine, stretching, his breathing exercises (or snorting), slapping his arms, etc. Then starts pacing around his area building up to the big effort.

Then with huge effort he does three straight-leg dead lifts (that is - up to his thighs, about 15 inches). He stops exhausted. Rests for 45 seconds, then starts his routine again and does another three lifts.

Then ***** off, leaving the equipment where he left/dropped it and us lot laughing under our breath (well he was a bit big).

I reckon about 10 minutes preparation, preening and prancing, for about 20 seconds effort.

T**t!

PS. Edit. Sorry if this was you Moog!

 

Agree on this, even when people politely ask 'How many sets left?' I still feel under pressure to finish using the equipment ASAP.

 

Done that before. I can't stand people ****ing around taking 5 minutes between sets. Get some intensity in your program or f**k off.

 

Absolutely hate that. That **** really grinds my gears, especially when they end up hoarding about 5 sets of dumbbells so you're just left there waiting. I always put my weights back, why can't everyone else? It ain't hard.

As for feeling pressured to finish, it's part and parcel. I find myself doing this more than being asked the question, though it doesn't happen to me often because I end up going at weird times where there's few people left. The following can't be said for every gym (and I know if you're doing a free weight exercise, you wanna do that and not its machine equivalent), but there is always the machine equivalent if you feel you haven't done enough on that exercise...

 

I think it's you with the problem, IMO. If there is one bench press in the gym for everyone in there, then it's perfectly reasonable for someone to politely ask you how long you have left, so that they can plan their own workout. I will always offer people the option to work in, during my rest intervals. That way if they are desperate to get on the bench/rack, they can do so.

I hate the people who hog 2-3 machines for a circuit of about 30 sets each.

All it takes is for people in the gym to realise that the space and the machines are for everyone to use and to exercise a little consideration and courtesy.

Funnily enough, in the more serious, heavy duty gyms, these sorts of incidents are few and far between. The kinds of people who train in them tend to understand the same code of ethics and there's little conflict.

In any case, I'm well out of it. I built my own gym in my garden so I can workout without the need for annoyance by other people. It will have paid for itself already by negating gym memberships.

 

April Fools 'prank' headlines. Various news outlets inserting their 'hilarious' jape within the feed. How funny you are - NOT.
Not funny now.
Never has been funny.
Never will be funny.

 

Companies' who like to pretend they are based in London by using a London phone number when really they are in the middle of nowhere. Trying to programme this on old tech is not fun.

 

People who don't record their own voicemail message, especially on a phone they use for business. If I call someone for work and then I get through to a standard "This is the T-mobile voice mail service for 07****" I am automatically in doubt about whether I've called the right person or whether I should leave them a message. It takes 30 seconds to do so and it's really unprofessional, in my view, to have potential clients or business associates call you without one.

 

I'm not disputing that, just feel under pressure when someone is clearly watching me waiting for me to finish. Usually manage to share so it's not too bad.

I have considered buying my own equipment for home, but then I'd be missing out on one of the main perks of a gym membership. Girls.

 

Well that's only a little bit creepy.

 

Upon re-reading my post, I agree. I could have worded it a lot better than 'someone is clearly watching me waiting for me to finish.'