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

[Techniquest]

I have literally never experienced this.

Likewise!

 

[birchesgreen]

Nor me, maybe i need a different anorak.

 

[Runningaround]

I have literally never experienced this.

Perhaps I didn't look trainspotty enough and he decided to educate me on the ins and outs of all the bus routes he'd got on his phone.
If I'd started photographing the buses, he'd have left me alone thinking I might already know more than him. Wish I'd brought up the fact we weren't in the County Councils area that his app was from.

 

[Purple Train]

People being unhappy when they hear that there isn't a direct service between their origin station and destination station. Even if you're going from Birmingham New Street or Manchester Piccadilly or Leeds, for example, surely it's obvious that not everywhere will be directly linked to it?
Also, in my experience, the people who complain about not having a direct journey are also the people I wouldn't trust to make a change!

 

[Matey]

The increasing use of "train station" by jounalists makes me grit my teeth.

 

[BanburyBlue]

Call centre music is marginally less irritating than having to listen to a patronising recorded message umpteen times saying something along the lines of

"..did you know you can find the answer to most of your questions on our website or mobile app?.."

If I could find the answer to my question on your website or mobile app I wouldn't be ringing you in the first place, you stupid <insert expletive of choice>

the one I hate is "..sorry for the delay, your call is important to us, please continue to hold.."

If my call was that important to you, you'd get enough staff to actually answer it!!

 

[duncanp]

Can we ban Google Ads from showing you loads of adverts for something you have already bought.

Since I bought an electric tootbrush today, I have been bombarded with adverts for ....electric toothbrushes.

Most annoying.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Can we ban Google Ads from showing you loads of adverts for something you have already bought.

Since I bought an electric tootbrush today, I have been bombarded with adverts for ....electric toothbrushes.

Most annoying.

On the contrary, I find this continuing failure of the AdSense algorithms to understand this aspect of human behaviour somewhat reassuring!

 

[Brush 4]

The way to avoid ads following you around is to buy stuff in shops. If retaining privacy and anonymity is also important and it's true that most don't seem to care, use cash and don't have loyalty cards. Others not caring about their privacy and anonymity used to be an irritant in the early days of our Big Brother society but, as it doesn't affect me.....I don't care.

Yes, listening to long messages before getting through to someone. There needs to be a 'To skip this crap, Press 1' message.

 

[DelW]

the one I hate is "..sorry for the delay, your call is important to us, please continue to hold.."

If my call was that important to you, you'd get enough staff to actually answer it!!

And the closely related one, "we are experiencing an unusually high volume of calls" - which might be okay, except that you get it whether you ring a few minutes after the lines open, mid-morning, lunchtime, mid-afternoon, or just before the lines close. All of which means that it's not at all "unusual", and the reality is that the place is under resourced.

 

[Gloster]

December 1 and Morrison’s have already got the Christmas songs playing and, of course, they are the most antiseptic ones. Give it a week or so and I will be yearning for the return of Hi Ho Silver Lining, a song I once liked, on loop. At least they did play Twist and Shout at one point: they are probably trying to conjure up images of snowy Christmases in the distant past.

 

[adrock1976]

December 1 and Morrison’s have already got the Christmas songs playing and, of course, they are the most antiseptic ones. Give it a week or so and I will be yearning for the return of Hi Ho Silver Lining, a song I once liked, on loop. At least they did play Twist and Shout at one point: they are probably trying to conjure up images of snowy Christmases in the distant past.

Which version of Twist and Shout was it, being as quite a few people have had a go at it.

Notable versions are The Beatles, Salt 'n' Papa, and Chaka Demus & Pliers (who reached number 1 in Jan 1994).

 

[Gloster]

Which version of Twist and Shout was it, being as quite a few people have had a go at it.

If you are my age there is only one version, even if it wasn’t the original one. And what other band would you use to try and capture the joys of the 1960s Christmases: the family all huddled around a one-bar electric fire, the lights on the tree blowing the fuses, hand cranking a Morris 1000, etc.

 

[PeterY]

December 1 and Morrison’s have already got the Christmas songs playing and, of course, they are the most antiseptic ones. Give it a week or so and I will be yearning for the return of Hi Ho Silver Lining, a song I once liked, on loop. At least they did play Twist and Shout at one point: they are probably trying to conjure up images of snowy Christmases in the distant past.

I volunteer in a charity shop, If I'm working on the shop floor, I flatly refuse to play Christmas Carols!! We've plenty of normal Cd's to choose from.

 

[duncanp]

I am rapidly losing the will to live.

Today I saw a TV advert for Park Christmas Savings, where they were trying to get people to start saving for Christmas 2023.

For <insert expletive here> sake, we haven't even got past Christmas 2022 yet.

Definitely something on the list of things to be banned.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Anything to do with Christmas should be banned until 1/12.

Similarly anything to do with Easter* should be banned until one month before that year's date.

* Except Creme Eggs which should be on sale all year because they are nice.

 

[Techniquest]

Christmas songs have begun in Asda too, going to be a long month!

EDIT: Don't start me on that frustratingly stupid and tacky Elf stuff everywhere in Asda

 

[duncanp]

Christmas songs have begun in Asda too, going to be a long month!

EDIT: Don't start me on that frustratingly stupid and tacky Elf stuff everywhere in Asda

Not as bad as Kevin the Carrot every time i go into Aldi.

 

[Busaholic]

Which version of Twist and Shout was it, being as quite a few people have had a go at it.

Notable versions are The Beatles, Salt 'n' Papa, and Chaka Demus & Pliers (who reached number 1 in Jan 1994).

There is no better version than the original by the Isley Brothers, which of course was a follow-up to Shout, another one which less talented performers made attempts to sing.

 

[Techniquest]

Not as bad as Kevin the Carrot every time i go into Aldi.

Depends if you have to hear it for hours every day. I've only watched Elf once, and I have no intention to change that. I didn't enjoy it, but then Will Ferell (I think that's how you spell it) has never been a favourite actor.

Kevin the Carrot and Aldi, yes I agree it's most frustrating. I saw it the other week and I'd forgot about it until then. It took all my effort to not roll my eyes!

 

[yorksrob]

I would like to ban businesses from not updating their new (rarely improved) opening hours on t'interweb.

 

[Mat17]

Car manufacturers who don't build cars with indicators, for example I've yet to see an Audi that has this capability...

 

[32475]

Car manufacturers who don't build cars with indicators, for example I've yet to see an Audi that has this capability...

Ditto BMW

 

[61653 HTAFC]

* Except Creme Eggs which should be on sale all year because they are nice.

They used to be back in the day. Certainly the corner shop where I had a paper round in my early teens had them in stock all year.

Not sure when this idea that they're only an Easter thing came in, but then the current owners of Cadbury manage to rival Hornby for baffling and self-destructive corporate decisions.

Can we ban the current commentary team working the Portugal vs South Korea game? I thought the BBC were supposed to be impartial but they're all blatantly fishing for a mention in Cristiano Ronaldo's Twitter feed.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Ditto BMW

Mine does. I am on a mission to improve reputation in the signalling department

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Car manufacturers who don't build cars with indicators, for example I've yet to see an Audi that has this capability...

Ditto BMW

Mine does. I am on a mission to improve reputation in the signalling department

Must be an optional extra.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Edited

 

[py_megapixel]

Christmas songs have begun in Asda too, going to be a long month!

EDIT: Don't start me on that frustratingly stupid and tacky Elf stuff everywhere in Asda

The Asda christmas ads are particularly annoying this year. They've been as busy as elves this Christmas preparing their creamy baked camembert wreath, perfect for tearing, sharing, dipping and dunking, don't you know!

 

[ScotRail158725]

December 1 and Morrison’s have already got the Christmas songs playing and, of course, they are the most antiseptic ones. Give it a week or so and I will be yearning for the return of Hi Ho Silver Lining, a song I once liked, on loop. At least they did play Twist and Shout at one point: they are probably trying to conjure up images of snowy Christmases in the distant past.

Pain in the arse hearing these 9 hours a day, I thought they would at least hold off for a bit. Most of the christmas songs are covers of the original songs and are 100% of the time worse than the original

 

[D6968]

Pain in the arse hearing these 9 hours a day, I thought they would at least hold off for a bit. Most of the christmas songs are covers of the original songs and are 100% of the time worse than the original

My favourite Christmas no1 for the past few years has been ‘Killing in the name’ by Rage Against The Machine.
I do find this one rather festive