Lorry drivers who "overtake" doing 1mph more than the vehicle they're overtaking. I don't care that its been said before, it pisses me off enough to say it again. Bastards.
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+1.Originally Posted by musophilr
And also not being able to find the "Shit that boils your piss" thread. Or any bloody thread, for that matter.
Boozers that advertise their "continental lagers" and wonderful selection of "hand-drawn ales" outside on a beautifully-painted board in a flourishing script, and upon entering said establishment, only to find Carling Black Label, no doubt brewed somewhere in Luton, is the closest thing to anywhere vaguely continental, and top-pressurised, shitebox John poxy Smith's wimp-arsed, gassy-bollocks dark brown pisswater is apparently what constitutes a "hand-drawn" ale.
At least 8 quid an hour plus bonuses. I wonder how much they donate themselves, mercenary bastards.
Ooh, I've got another er... three.... maybe more if they appear in my head by the time I've finished typing
Drivers who sit on the tail of someone in the middle lane of a motorway, then overtake and then pull back in sharply - all the way to the slow lane, as if to say "THIS is where you should be driving". I saw some bloke in an Audi do it to someone on the M4 today. Some people drive in the middle lane - get over it. If you want to overtake, use the overtaking lane and get on with your journey.
Often the same person as the above, are the slowest-lane-huggers who change lane every few seconds, whilst still going faster than the bulk of the traffic, seemingly determined to keep in the leftmost lane possible, like it was some kind of automotive game of horizontal Tetris. No... you're not a good driver like you obviously think you are, you're a bloody danger with your mad weaving.
Lorries who think that a millisecond flash of the indicator before suddenly slewing 38 tonnes in front of you is acceptable. Actually, they don't give a shit what's 'acceptable' - they just know they're a fuckload bigger than you and you are going to yield - always.
Women - and it genuinely pains me to say this, but it is almost exclusively women, who sit in the fast lane utterly oblivious to the twenty car queue behind them, not once thinking to look the in the rear view mirror (if they haven't moved it around to look at themselves better - don't moan, it's true... I've lost count of the number of women drivers I've been behind where the mirror is twisted around to aid with the lippy etc) - or - if they do look in the mirror, fail to register that perhaps those twenty cars might like to get past. I think a lot of this is down to low confidence and the logic in picking a lane to drive in that has the least number of obstructions ahead. The fact that it's the overtaking lane doesn't seem to click as important.
One more.... non-driving this time.... badly designed forms that ask for your full name and address, then give you an underlined space about an inch and a half in which to write it. Insurance claim forms are the absolute worst for this;
"Give details of the accident, listing road conditions, weather conditions, vehicle positions and names and addresses of any witnesses:- __________________________________."
Grrrr.
One last one ! Men who make toe-curlingly bad comments to women, as an attempt to chat-up - said with all the ardour and panasche of Casanova delivering a irresistable line. I saw it today in an IT dept (surprise surprise !) - one of the women innocently asked of her male colleague if he was ready (to start some work related thing), and with no hint of irony he delivered this; "Oh, I'm always ready for you Jane" followed by a creepy leer. The poor woman didn't know what to do - it was obvious this wasn't a joke to her (or him) and he didn't get it... just stood there with a creepy grin on his face, probably half expecting her to say "Well, in that case, follow me to the stationary cupboard, you've pulled", instead of the awful silence that he got - but still held this rictus leer as if the longer he stood there looking like Jimmy Savile in a children's ward, the better his chances of him getting his end away. It was horrible to watch... yet strangely compelling.
Hahaha, genuine laugh out loud
this is me to a tee - aggressively obeying the rules of the road - it seems to make journeys pass more quickly when you turn them into a game and i like to think one day the world will get so pssed off with me that they will drive properly just to spite me
Pedestrians who, when trying to cross the road despite the fact there is a car hurtling towards them, start of crossing with what can only be described as a quick shuffle of the feet (adding only the impression of speed) and then slow down after a few steps. If you're going to cross when there's a a car coming do it quickly!
Also, pedestrians and cyclists who walk/ride along country roads (ie no street lights) without reflective (or even light) clothing or a torch/light when it's dark. Surely, if nothing else, they'd want to see where they are going.
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[QUOTE=Red Rabbit;1438780]~Margate chavs who, when trying to cross the road despite the fact there is a car hurtling towards them, start of crossing with what can only be described as a quick shuffle of the feet (adding only the impression of speed) and then slow down after a few steps. QUOTE]
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