Nightwish Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Steph: It doesn't bother me so much, I have to listen to music while working so I put my iPod on quite low . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Steph: It doesn't bother me so much, I have to listen to music while working so I put my iPod on quite low . I wish I could just put music on but I end up typing the song lyrics instead of my work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 When you really need money and the cash machine is broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 When you really need money and the cash machine is broken Agreed and then the only one you can find charges you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Agreed and then the only one you can find charges you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenKingman Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Or walking into a shop and buying several items only to realise you havent enough cash and have to resort to using your credit card! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Waking up with a bad back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Waking up with a bad back... I hope you feel better soon Echo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Oh me too Mexicola, that really annoys me, especially when they talk while sitting or shout to someone to tell them where they are sitting That drives me nuts, too. Last time I was at the cinema, two women a couple of rows behind me were still having a loud conversation 5 minutes into the film. I could feel my blood pressure reaching dangerous levels with totally out-of-proportion rage! Strangely, they ignored my half turning round and tutting a couple times (and several other people doing the same), so I finally got up and moved to the other side of the cinema. At the end of the film, I was carefully not looking over to where these noisy and inconsiderate people were sitting, but one of them called over to me and I discovered it was a woman I work with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeeeve Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 The mentality of people wh pay to see a film to then not watch it baffles me. I don't know if anyone else gets this but I hate it when the muscles in the arch of my foot sort of cramp up and contract. I have to quickly stand up to 'reset' my foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I know its sad but I don't even like people coming in once lights have gone down cos I feel that the trailers are part of the whole cinema experience. I hate the trailers part and the adverts .. I feel like they've taken me hostage. I can't go anywhere, yet I have to watch 15 mins of trailers for films I would never willingly sit my bum on a cinema seat for. I think, over all the years, I've only seen two trailers that excited me ... but I am a bit of a picky watcher so it's probably just me. It's the equivalent of going to see someone in concert and them showing you videos of other singers that you wouldn't want to see if your life depended. I remember seeing the trailer for 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Ouch, that doesn't sound too good Steve on the other hand, consider your luck: your feet have arches; mine have to be hammered into having arches (with in-soles, but they feel like hammers)! The thoughtlessness of Londonites never ceases to bug me. I was stopped by a woman in tears today, a heavily pregnant woman in tears who having just fought with her boyfriend had been left stranded in the neighbourhood with no change to get home. Now, I'm not a rich person by any means but if with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 It's the equivalent of going to see someone in concert and them showing you videos of other singers that you wouldn't want to see if your life depended. I remember seeing the trailer for 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' .. Isn't that a bit like the support acts though? you do see some trailers for some awful looking films! I saw one for a new Jennifer Lopez film the other night and me and OH were constantly pulling these faces at one another throughout it But similarly, you may discover a film you fancy seeing but wouldn't have otherwise known about.. More annoying cinema behaviour - texting. The girl in front of me was constantly texting and the light from her phone was glaring and very distracting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 It's exactly like support groups .. I've seen some shockers in my time. One band were basing themselves on Oasis .. and the lead singer had a khaki zip-up kind of straitjacket on ... he was sweating so much it was pouring out of his sleeve .. I was unlucky enough to be near the front for that one, we all got hosed down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladd Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Potholes You need a 4x4 just to drive the high street here, there are some potholes that could swallow up my little Panda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 PotholesYou need a 4x4 just to drive the high street here, there are some potholes that could swallow up my little Panda Yep I'm in Oxfordshire too and it's a nightmare .. the snow really messed up the roads bigtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Trust me Wiltshire is the worst...you can feel when you enter another county, its like driving on the moon driving through Salisbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 At the book fair I've been to, they set the books up sideway, and all facing one way so you should walk a certain way along the table (ie, forwards, not backwards) in order to read the titles more easily. It staggers me the number of people who walk the wrong way. They walk backwards along the table and don't always even look behind them so you have to jump out of their way quickly (not easy or convenient when you have a trolley and they're carrying one or two books). So many times I felt like saying 'why don't you walk the right way?' It causes so much trouble, and they're too stupid to see how much easier life would be for themselves and everyone else if they would just walk the correct way. /rant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Booth Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 At the book fair I've been to, they set the books up sideway, and all facing one way so you should walk a certain way along the table (ie, forwards, not backwards) in order to read the titles more easily. It staggers me the number of people who walk the wrong way. They walk backwards along the table and don't always even look behind them so you have to jump out of their way quickly (not easy or convenient when you have a trolley and they're carrying one or two books). So many times I felt like saying 'why don't you walk the right way?' It causes so much trouble, and they're too stupid to see how much easier life would be for themselves and everyone else if they would just walk the correct way. /rant How did the book fair go Kylie? Did you get many books on your list. You may have mentioned this on another thread but I did not notice so sorry if I am getting you to repeat yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 I know exactly what you mean, Kylie! Every couple of months the big library by me has a used book sale put on by the elderly volunteers. It's in a huge room full of tables and all the books are stacked with the titles facing up, all facing the same way. So many people I encounter either go the wrong way round the table or lean in over you and it's so annoying. It's not a place for people who appreciate their personal space! For some reason I'm amazed at how many people leave their manners at home that particular morning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophelia Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 We have just got a cycle lane here but we can't cycle along it because of all the cars parked on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Ouch, that doesn't sound too good Steve on the other hand, consider your luck: your feet have arches; mine have to be hammered into having arches (with in-soles, but they feel like hammers)! The thoughtlessness of Londonites never ceases to bug me. I was stopped by a woman in tears today, a heavily pregnant woman in tears who having just fought with her boyfriend had been left stranded in the neighbourhood with no change to get home. Now, I'm not a rich person by any means but if with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladd Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Ouch, that doesn't sound too good Steve on the other hand, consider your luck: your feet have arches; mine have to be hammered into having arches (with in-soles, but they feel like hammers)! The thoughtlessness of Londonites never ceases to bug me. I was stopped by a woman in tears today, a heavily pregnant woman in tears who having just fought with her boyfriend had been left stranded in the neighbourhood with no change to get home. Now, I'm not a rich person by any means but if with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 The fact that there are always dishes no matter how often you do them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Echo - that's horrific, I can't believe people were actually urging that poor distressed woman to end her life just so they could get to wherever it is they were going a bit faster talk about needing to get one's priorities in order. Vladd - I know there's scammers out there trying to take advantage of people's generosity, but in London there doesn't seem to be much generosity going 'round in the first place. Sadly, it doesn't take much convincing that people were ignoring and laughing at her; both here and in Milan I've grown used to the utter disregard of 90+% of people for the welfare of others. I could offer countless first-hand examples, consider the following. Back in Italy I once fell down half a flight of underground steps onto the platform. I couldn't move, let alone get up; I was lying flat, clutching my ankle, crying my eyes out [an ambulance later revealed a dislocation, I needed to borrow a wheelchair from A&E to get home], yet the only people who eventually stopped and struggled to get me to my feet were a middle-aged nun and an elderly couple. Literally hundreds of perfectly able-bodied students and city workers just looked past me and went on their ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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