Stupid little things that bug you

[bluemc]

When people are referring to more than one of a specific item (shoes, cats, ICBMs, aardvarks, 115 charges etc etc), and they insert an apostrophe (consequently shoe's, cat's, ICBM's etc etc).





You did say stupid little things*, after all!



*No apostrophe; well done!

People who do a similar thing when talking about supermarkets.

They aren't going to Tesco. They tell you they are going to Tesco's. Or Asda's.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Push button water taps that when pressed down gush water out, taking an age to stop. Especially when there's a drought.

Or ones that are red hot or rum for 2 seconds.

 

[give it to gordon]

Or ones that are red hot or rum for 2 seconds.

Rum from a tap ....sounds great

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

People who do a similar thing when talking about supermarkets.

They aren't going to Tesco. They tell you they are going to Tesco's. Or Asda's.

Nothing wrong with that, it’s just inferring a location (in this case a supermarket) that belongs to the company stated. A bit like someone saying they are going to Mum’s or Dad’s (house).

 

[He’stheleftbackremember]

My daughter, step-daughter and now my sister insist on the subtitles being on when watching telly. None of them are hard of hearing. Apparently it’s a thing they do these days, though I’m sceptical it’s just the female members of my family who are, bless them, fucking nuts.

I often put subtitles on, especially films, as I’m getting older I can’t understand what people are saying, I can hear them but can’t understand them. I have no idea what Mark Wahlberg says, not one word.

 

[give it to gordon]

First aid training at work. Bloody hate it, hate being touched. Plus I must have done around 15 courses if not more by now.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I often put subtitles on, especially films, as I’m getting older I can’t understand what people are saying, I can hear them but can’t understand them. I have no idea what Mark Wahlberg says, not one word.

Everything has background music now, it’s distracting.

During Covid, when everyone was using masks, I realised I have a hearing problem (had some issues as a kid but thought my hearing was normal), and I couldn’t have an easy conversation with people wearing masks. Communication is more than the word sounds it seems, I’ve been lip-reading all my life to add context to conversations apparently.

As for subtitles I insist when it’s The Chase, because I know Mrs Lego is going to speak over the question.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

First aid training at work. Bloody hate it, hate being touched. Plus I must have done around 15 courses if not more by now.

Er indoors told me the other day that the designated first-aider at her work is this creepy guy at work, who’s constantly eating cheese and onion crisps. She’s praying she doesn’t need the kiss of life!

 

[Blue Since 76]

Seasons greetings emails from companies where they're pretending to be nice and wish you a Merry Christmas but it's just marketing.

Add into that corporate emails from people who have no idea who you are or what you do but claim it to be a personal message.

Regards

Scrooge

 

[East Level 2]

Non-working USB phone chargers on buses and trains. Don't advertise them if they don't bloody work.
Yes Bee Network; you.

 

[noseve]

When people are referring to more than one of a specific item (shoes, cats, ICBMs, aardvarks, 115 charges etc etc), and they insert an apostrophe (consequently shoe's, cat's, ICBM's etc etc).





You did say stupid little things*, after all!



*No apostrophe; well done!

Only prick's do that.

 

[SamTheGuru]

First aid training at work. Bloody hate it, hate being touched. Plus I must have done around 15 courses if not more by now.

You have to keep up to date with whether it is Nelly the elephant or the Beegees ya know.

 

[jimharri]

You have to keep up to date with whether it is Nelly the elephant or the Beegees ya know.

It'd be a tragedy if he didn't know the difference.

 

[SamTheGuru]

It'd be a tragedy if he didn't know the difference.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Non-working USB phone chargers on buses and trains. Don't advertise them if they don't bloody work.
Yes Bee Network; you.

And the charging hub at Piccadilly station where none of the USB ports work.

 

[East Level 2]

And the charging hub at Piccadilly station where none of the USB ports work.

Well of course they don't work at the station. All the electric goes to power the trains.
And talking of trains: What is it with train WiFi? Quite often doesn't work so I have to use my phone as a WiFi hotspot and when it works it's bloody slow.

 

[noseve]

The way football fans don’t understand what something means, run with why they think it means, and then that wrong thing catches on.

Not exactly the same, but this reminds me of a discussion out of nowhere on Gillette Soccer Saturday years ago about whether the expression should be 'cast-iron' or 'stonewall' for a nailed-on penalty. I'd never heard anybody say stonewall up to that point.

It had ALWAYS been cast-iron - nobody had ever queried it, nobody had ever misunderstood it. They settled upon 'stonewall' and from that moment everybody on the program adopted stonewall as though it was the most natural thing in the world. Like it was some new Sky policy. Very strange.

It was about the same time that McInally started calling them 'pee-kay', the utter git.

 

[Newman Noggs]

When the sign on the motorway says "Junction 5 - 8 minutes" and it only takes me 7. Either give accurate information or none at all.

 

[blueish swede]

When the sign on the motorway says "Junction 5 - 8 minutes" and it only takes me 7. Either give accurate information or none at all.

7 minutes is within the span 5-8 minutes.

 

[Newman Noggs]

7 minutes is within the span 5-8 minutes.

It means 8 minutes to Jcn 5