Things that drive you nuts!!

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People who approach an ATM like they've never seen one in their lives and take forever

People in supermarkets who hold conversations with the mother of their best friend since primary school whilst blocking the aisle in Tesco

Why isn't there a fast bus lane in these aisles?

Men in lingerie departments with their other halves (I don't mind it they are there on their own, but that is just creepy following round the missus)

People who sit on the outside bus seat so you have to squeeze into the window seat

Very obvious drug dealing all round Abbey Street/O Connell St

Being called Madam in restaurants. I am in my mid 30s (and I don't look it). Say nothing! I don't expect miss

Waiters automatically giving the man the bill - I hate going to the bar, so I don't mind a man doing that. But when I ask for the bill for a lunch date, give it to me!
 
My neighbours inability/refusal to ensure his side gate is properly closed, leaving it clanking away all night....

People who drive on full beam AND fog lights
 
This morning, I was on a road in a line of traffic, waiting to get through the lights onto the main road. There is a lane that allows quicker access to the same main road, but it has a No Right Turn sign on it, 06:30 to 09:30. Despite the sign, there were quite a few cars that zipped down the right hand side of the road to make the right turn into the lane.

This morning, after crawling up to the lights, I finally got through on green only to nearly rear-end the driver in front. S/he had decided to stop in the junction to let drivers coming out of the same lane out in front of them.

GAH !

Then there were two Gardai on duty at a junction with working traffic lights waving traffic through. Why can't they move 200 metres down the road and nab the people making the rat run manoeuvres ?
 
The Sunday Independent - full of rubbishy articles, glorifying of complete non-entities and rants by 'journalists' of the calibre of Emer O Kelly Eilis O Hanlon, Jody Corcoran and Brendan O Connor who misquote, mislead and misinterpret. I haven't bought it in years because its such a depressing rag but someone drew my attention to an article in it yesterday about something I've been involved in and I could not believe the distortion of the facts. (And no, it was nothing to do with the public service)
 
...and I take things right back to social network sites.

People who insist on posting about how a particular celebrity's death is receiving so much coverage in the media and outpourings of grief and sympathy but soldiers deaths/children with cancer etc. etc. are not worthy of the same response.

The hour by hour status updates from a "friend" who's other half is in hospital. I don't need to know about the bed baths, or the painkilling induced ramblings and I'm not sure her other half would be so keen to have all that broadcast either!
 

+1 Utter trash. The Irish Times on Sat is OK but I'm beginning to buy the Telegraph and FT Weekend recently and they have very interesting articles in the paper and their magazines. Usually don't finish them until Tue/Wed so never seem to buy the Sunday papers anymore..

Actually, it would be great if you could just buy the magazines from the leading papers on a Sat...hmm
 

would also like to add to this and say status updates about your kids and school or something 'funny' they said! NOT INTERESTING.

Constant posting on social network sites about x-factor - never watched it, don't care about it and don't understand why people who do watch it are spending all their time updating their status instead of watching the show??
 
Constantly being asked to join Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter by friends of mine. Won't and never will. Just can't see how it would make my life better but see so much wrong with it on the downside...

Want to get in touch? Beers.
 
Firefly said:
Constantly being asked to join Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter by friends of mine. Won't and never will. Just can't see how it would make my life better but see so much wrong with it on the downside...

Want to get in touch? Beers.
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So you'll not be a twitterati Firelfy? I hate it too. Technology is way over-rated, it gets to use you and not you it.
 
For me, it has to be those folk who are obviously more superior to the rest of us and feel that they can skip to the top of an exit queue off the M50 and expect to be let in. Not the only place that that goes on of course but its where I see it most.
 
horusd said:
So you'll not be a twitterati Firelfy? I hate it too. Technology is way over-rated, it gets to use you and not you it.
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I just have a thing about all this personal information out there. Maybe I get it from my dad who has insisted being ex-directory for the last 30 years!

Also, the constant need to have pages updated. You'd end up missing out on life as you're too busy posting about it.
 
I never win anything doing the lotto.

Ex state employees getting their phone bills paid by taxpayer eg B. Ahern.

Ex state employees getting free secretarial services courtesy of taxpayer....

Michael McDowell SC

Excessive salaries of RTE megastars.

TV and radio programme presenters calling themselves broadcasters.

Pat Kenny Frontline programme constantly changing its broadcast time between 9.35pm and 10.35pm.

Walking to shop on Sunday morning to find a problem with delivery of some newspaper I want.

Queing at ice cream counter in Liffey Valley cinema and there is only one assistant on especially if the person ahead has ordered some fantastic time consuming concoction.

Christmas ads on TV from November 1st ad nauseum.

Kids pawing the self serve deli stuff like coleslaw in my local Superquinn.

Noisy kids in pubs on Sunday especially during carvery.

UK soccer in pubs on Sundays.

Couple I know talk about the salary hits they have taken in their secure jobs, yet blissfully smoke €100 worth of cigarettes every week between them.

If I go out to pub with certain friends, I end up not talking to them much as they invariably spend most of their time outside smoking.

A commercial break barely 5 to 10 minutes into a TV programme.

Nepotism.

Luke Ming Flanagan TD/Mick Wallace TD.

Every week Micheal Martin TD in the Dail during leaders questions makes longwinded speeches instead of just asking a question.
 
People who worry that others will find out there age....

My uncle is 59. He was at home alone last week and his 27 year old son came home and found him slumpted in a chair after getting a heart attack. My cousin immediately called an ambulance and when the paramedics came they asked him some questions to try and see how lucid he was.
One question was his date of birth and he wouldnt answer as his son was present.

Bloody stupid
 
When the VHI post me out documents with my customer account and policy number on them but when I ring them they ask me for my membership number.
 
Businesses in the private sector who tell you that they will do a job, quote a price, and then fail to turn up within the specified period.

"I will do the job on Friday or Monday at the latest".

Today is Tuesday. No show!

Obviously, they don't need the business or the profit!

Hard times for private sector businesses? Yeah! Right!

Marion
 
WaterWater said:
When the VHI post me out documents with my customer account and policy number on them but when I ring them they ask me for my membership number.
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upc Customer Service require you to key in your account number before you can talk to someone. Then when you're patched through, the first thing they ask you for is your account number.
 
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