Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you

[py_megapixel]

Can I ban people in shops from dumping clothes they've decided not to buy in the fitting room cubicles rather than returning them? In some shops you don't even have to take them back where they came from, they provide a rail right outside the fitting room area for this specific purpose!

 

[dangie]

Following on from my post #5920 regarding my 'negotiating' a new Broadband/TV contract with Virgin Media, I could only get the new lower contract if I agreed to have a Sim Card for O2 Mobile.
I said I didn't want to switch to O2 as I was quite happy with my existing mobile provider.
'No problem' they said. Just don't use it........
Bloody bonkers........

 

[Busaholic]

If price, as opposed to value is your aim it might not suit you. For me, it's normally Waitrose, - which in my experience is little different to Sainsbury or Tesco if you compare like for like in the product itself, rather than the store's line labelling.*

* by that I mean that Tesco's 'Value', or Sainsbury's 'Basic' products do not stand comparison with Waitrose 'Essential' range for value, and Waitrose main (middle) range compares well with Tesco's 'Finest and Sainsbury's 'Taste The Difference' offerings at similar prices.

I assumed it must be Waitrose. I would use it regularly if my nearest one was nearer than a fifty plus miles round trip. I'm not a cynic, despite what many think, so never place price above value!

 

[Thirteen]

This is a transport related gripe but kids playing on grab handles or hand rails on trains like they're in a playground and also adults as well when they've had too many beverages, there's a side of me that want the kids to get slightly hurt so they don't attempt it again.

 

[birchesgreen]

I don't mind shops selling mince pies all year round as i like 'em.

 

[nlogax]

I don't mind shops selling mince pies all year round as i like 'em.

Only a matter of time I suppose. You can buy hot cross buns 365 days a year now.

When mince pies aren't available then buy Ecclefechan tarts instead. They're like crack.

 

[AM9]

Only a matter of time I suppose. You can buy hot cross buns 365 days a year now.

When mince pies aren't available then buy Ecclefechan tarts instead. They're like crack.

And not forgetting Sainsbury's Frangipane pies, - regrettably they only appear in November.

 

[Drogba11CFC]

Radio 4's constant and continuous misuse of my first name.

 

[xotGD]

The use of the term "bleeding out". The person is bleeding.

See also "changing up" when something is changing.

 

[Silenos]

The use of the term "bleeding out". The person is bleeding.

See also "changing up" when something is changing.

Bleeding out means losing sufficient blood to be (potentially) fatal, i.e. major haemorrhage. This is rather different from bleeding, say from a paper cut. The distinction is useful.

 

[AM9]

The use of the term "bleeding out". The person is bleeding.

See also "changing up" when something is changing.

Same goes for 'checking out', and controversially:

'pi**ed' instead of 'pi**ed off' when the intended meaning is irritated/annoyed, (as opposed to drunk).​

'rammed' which means pushed, whereas 'rammed full' means very full.​

many seem to assume that the American usage of these words/phrases apply in English.

 

[Silenos]

I don't mind shops selling mince pies all year round as i like 'em.

Home made is still best, though - and you can have them, warm and oozing, whenever you like!

 

[AM9]

Home made is still best, though - and you can have them, warm and oozing, whenever you like!

Strangely, I prefer the pastry to mincemeat, which is why i like the frangipane tarts.

 

[Gloster]

One that annoys me is using ‘appeal’ on its own, as in ‘appeal the decision’, rather than ‘appeal against the decision’. It is an annoying Americanisation and, more importantly, can sometimes introduce a lack of clarity.

 

[AM9]

One that annoys me is using ‘appeal’ on its own, as in ‘appeal the decision’, rather than ‘appeal against the decision’. It is an annoying Americanisation and, more importantly, can sometimes introduce a lack of clarity.

Or completely alter the meaning, e.g. "I will appeal" Nadine Dorries.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

See also "changing up" when something is changing.

Doesn't "changing up" have a different meaning to, say, "changing down"? The latter suggests changing to something inferior.

Another one that confuses me is...

Does to "luck in" now mean the same as to "luck out"? Thought the two were opposites?

 

[GusB]

I'm going to suggest Facebook, or more specifically, Facebook notifications. I don't object so much to being notified when someone had interacted with one of my posts or comments, but recently I've started seeing things like "so and so has commented on a post that you haven't seen".

What on earth is this all about, other than trying to force me to spend more time scrolling through it and having to view more adv... wait, I've just answered my own question.

 

[birchesgreen]

Or completely alter the meaning, e.g. "I will appeal" Nadine Dorries.

She certainly doesn't to most people.

 

[Busaholic]

Or completely alter the meaning, e.g. "I will appeal" Nadine Dorries.

Mad Nad will never be appealing, other than to Boris Johnson!

 

[dangie]

The term ‘do the math’

 

[xotGD]

Bleeding out means losing sufficient blood to be (potentially) fatal, i.e. major haemorrhage.

So "bleeding heavily".

'rammed' which means pushed, whereas 'rammed full' means very full.

I would just say that a train is rammed. Wouldn't consider that as an Americanism.

Doesn't "changing up" have a different meaning to, say, "changing down"?

Not the way I have heard it used. For example, a tennis player "changing up" their serve, just means a different serve.

 

[Calthrop]

The term ‘do the math’

Is it the general sentiment expressed / wording thereof, that you dislike -- or just the Americanism? Would you be happy with the quoted-as-above, if it were "maths", instead of "math"?

 

[dangie]

Is it the general sentiment expressed / wording thereof, that you dislike -- or just the Americanism? Would you be happy with the quoted-as-above, if it were "maths", instead of "math"?

‘Do the math’ or ‘Do the maths’ ….. I dislike both of them…..
…. I’d prefer ‘arithmetic‘

 

[Busaholic]

‘Do the math’ or ‘Do the maths’ ….. I dislike both of them…..
…. I’d prefer ‘arithmetic‘

But then you'd have to choose between 'do the arith' or 'do the ariths.'

 

[nlogax]

‘Do the math’ or ‘Do the maths’ ….. I dislike both of them…..
…. I’d prefer ‘arithmetic‘

Then the casual / throwaway nature of the comment is lost..

 

[dangie]

Think I'd probably settle for 'do the sums'

 

[PeterY]

Shop loyalty cards. Sell the goods at the same price to everyone and stop harvesting the the shopping details of customers.

Stan

Its probably been covered before but I hate dual pricing. Everything should be the same price for everyone.

 

[AM9]

Its probably been covered before but I hate dual pricing. Everything should be the same price for everyone.

Why, there's no restriction on who can be a member of a loyalty scheme, especially a supermarket one.

 

[krus_aragon]

The 'loudspeaker / talking into the mic at a weird angle' thing feels like it's come straight from The Apprentice. On tv there was at least a reason for it.. in real life there's none.

I always imagine people having such conversations to be Captain Kirk fans, given how he used a communicator back in the 1960s.

 

[Pinza-C55]

Bleeding out means losing sufficient blood to be (potentially) fatal, i.e. major haemorrhage. This is rather different from bleeding, say from a paper cut. The distinction is useful.

It's commonly used in video games hence it has crossed over into the 3D world.