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[Justin]

people who eat loudly!

[Justin]

Another thing when people ask you what you do in your band, i`ll say "vocals and play guitar" then they`ll say "i`m a good signer" then the start singing in your face! i never know where to look!

[kingofdeon]

Originally Posted by Justin

Another thing when people ask you what you do in your band, i`ll say "vocals and play guitar" then they`ll say "i`m a good signer" then the start singing in your face! i never know where to look!

Or they ask "Can i play the Triangle?"

Maybe thats just my moron mates - or half wit women i frequent with...

[Lester Burnham]

I've already clocked a few things I'm guilt of in this thread… especially the "like" thing. Though I protest that I have absolutely no control over it. It rolls off my tongue and I hate myself every time I do it.

My pet hate is people that stand right next to you when they talk to you at work. I'm usually at my desk and people tend to come and stand within an inch of physical contact of me… which basically means that their crotch/arse is inches from my elbow. It just makes me feel physically ill.

Originally Posted by kingofdeon

Or they ask "Can i play the Triangle?"

Maybe thats just my moron mates - or half wit women i frequent with...

I've had that one many a time.

I don't know, can you play triangle? Maybe you can, but not in my band, now kindly fuck off*



*but please do come to our show on Saturday night and bring your friends.....

[Shaki]

Originally Posted by Tam o' Shantie

Another one:

People who use the words 'basically', 'actually' and/or 'obviously' like 40 times within the space of a phone call or whatever. It's insane! BUT SO MANY PEOPLE DO IT. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I garauntee that you will notice someone doing it within a day of reading this.

"Well, basically, he phoned me up and he was basically asking blah blah. And basically..."

Yes. The worst thing about the overuse of the word basically is that, like literally, it is often used erroneously.
(by saying “like literally”, I mean “in the same way as the word literally”….I don’t mean like, literally, like, ken?....or that basically is literally used erroneously, although it is)

Well, basically, Sharon hates Jill because remember when Jill’s sister was up that weekend from Glasgow?….or was in Edinburgh? No, it was maybe Falkirk?.....well anyway, basically Jill’s sister’s man was up with her and he knew Sharon’s older brother Darren from school. So, basically, Jill’s sister said something about Darren to Sharon which she misheard and then Bob from accounts got involved because he’d misheard the same thing and basically………..

THAT IS NOT BASIC!

I've just reminded myself of another pet hate there - The needless desire to get irrelevant details right when telling a story.

Aye, I went to get my hair cut there in June last year….or was it in July?...no it was June……. (considers this for ten seconds) No, that’s right, it was July because me and Frank had just got back fae Tenerife and wee Gregor had been in to get his tonsils oot...onywiy, the quine in thon hairdressers wiz a right nippy sweetie.

My main pet hates:

- Being watched whilst cooking.
- Someone looking over my shoulder when I'm reading a newspaper or on the computer.

Originally Posted by Shaki

Yes. The worst thing about the overuse of the word basically is that, like literally, it is often used erroneously.
(by saying “like literally”, I mean “in the same way as the word literally”….I don’t mean like, literally, like, ken?....or that basically is literally used erroneously, although it is)

Well, basically, Sharon hates Jill because remember when Jill’s sister was up that weekend from Glasgow?….or was in Edinburgh? No, it was maybe Falkirk?.....well anyway, basically Jill’s sister’s man was up with her and he knew Sharon’s older brother Darren from school. So, basically, Jill’s sister said something about Darren to Sharon which she misheard and then Bob from accounts got involved because he’d misheard the same thing and basically………..

THAT IS NOT BASIC!

I've just reminded myself of another pet hate there - The needless desire to get irrelevant details right when telling a story.

Aye, I went to get my hair cut there in June last year….or was it in July?...no it was June……. (considers this for ten seconds) No, that’s right, it was July because me and Frank had just got back fae Tenerife and wee Gregor had been in to get his tonsils oot...onywiy, the quine in thon hairdressers wiz a right nippy sweetie.

My main pet hates:

- Being watched whilst cooking.
- Someone looking over my shoulder when I'm reading a newspaper or on the computer.

Getting details of a story 100% correct is something I do all the time. I've noticed my Dad doing it, so I must take it from him.

It's probably my only flaw

[Murrr]

The bit at the end of Return of the Jedi where all those little ewoks are going "yub yub" to the music. Furry little arseholes.

[The59Sound]

Agree with the "love", "honey", "hun", "doll" etc. etc.

Bad grammar in general, especially in official documentation.

Chronic overuse of the word "mate", especially to people who aren't actually your mates. For example, when I was out on Wednesday, I heard the beginnings of a fight, where the basic essence of one guy's chat was "I'm going to fucking batter the living shit out of you, mate."

The irrelevant details thing really fucking irks me as well actually. Especially when they're telling you a story with an ending that directly concerns you, so you're listening intently waiting for the outcome and have to wait for them to figure out whether it was half four or quarter to five that they ran into the person in town (or was it at the bus station?).

EDIT: Oh, and the stigma some people attach to drinking in the afternoon. Sometimes it's just nice.

[MikeyEB]

People who email me from a desk 3 feet away instead of just speaking to me.
The suit jacket and jeans combo or people wearing a suit with a pair of Converse trainers.