h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

My pet hate is when people push in at the bus stop.. Nothing annoys me more.. Well, perhaps when people stare at me when I'm putting out the shop display at work, or sweeping other people's mess up because they can't be bothered to properly dispose of it in a bin not a hundred yards away.. .... I seem to have a lot of pet hates, now I come to think of it..
Childoftheseventies.

Actually, I don't have as many as I thought after reading other people's pet hates!!!. I do find myself agreeing with some of them though, especially internet/text message spelling.. Learn to spell properly, people!
Childoftheseventies

Hm...and then there are the extra errors caused by predictive text! 'I'm in the sub' ('I'm in the pub') 'That was really bad' ('That was really ace') or, most dangerously of all 'I'm packing my bags for good' ('I'm packing my bags for home').

Also, they seem to have a form of censorship that makes our profanity filter look like Bernard Manning!

Oh yes.. I love being told what I really mean by a computer!!.. Hold on a minute, does anyone else get the impression I'm turning into the female equivalent of Victor 'I don't belieeeve it' Meldrew?!
Childoftheseventies.

Re the bus stop queue, so long as there's room for everyone on the , does it really matter (this is from someone who steps back from the rush, and causally waits until everyone has got on, no matter where I was in the queue)

I think the queue only really matters if there's not enough room on the bus for everyone, then those waiting first should get on, and those last wait for the next . That only happens in December and January in my area, though I've hardly been on a the last couple of years.

Emmily

I suppose you're right, but that's the thing about pet hates, they shouldn't matter but do, besides, we are talking about the 167 bus which comes along once in a blue moon if you're lucky.. As this is the only bus I can catch to work (the tube journey isn't straight forward) I tend to resent it more than perhaps I should.. You're right, though, I should probably act less stessed about it. The problem doesn't bother me so much when I catch other buses, either. Weird, isn't it?
Childofthe(moan, moan, always moan)seventies.

I remembered something after I'd sent my previous post. A couple of years ago I was one of three people that couldn't get on the and had to wait (at least 30 mins) for the next , our 373 is about as reliable as your 167. Anyway, I solved that from ever happening again by always using the bus stop before the one near the shops, which is the busy one, I was almost always the only person waiting at that bus stop and was guaranteed a seat every time, the walking distance from my house is about the same to both bus stops, I don't know why I didn't do that before.

Could it be concern for getting to work on time using an unreliable service that's at the root of your pet hate?

Emmily

Could be, Emmily.. Or maybe it's the getting to work bit in general!!
Childoftheseventies.

Gotten. I ask you, what kind of crazy word is 'gotten'? 'Got', 'had', maybe, but 'gotten'? It's an American import, so that probably explains it......

Food sticking to supposedly non-stick pans.
People with trolleys who stop in the cross junction between aisles in supermarkets.
People with trolleys who stop to chat beside other people with trolleys and block the whole aisle.
People with trolleys (overflowing) who use the 'hand baskets only' check-out.
People who abandon trolleys in car parks.
Shops that put stickers on items that can't be removed without leaving a mark.
Shop assistants who seem to think it is okay to talk on their mobile phones when they should be serving me.
Customer loyalty cards. (I have no loyalty to your shop because of all the trolleys, stickers and non assisting assistants.)
People who can't ask you the five questions they want to ask in one SMS message but make you reply to each question individually.
My friend Kenny.



"Have you lost weight?" Not for the last ten years. I'm just not as fat as you thought I was.
Boy bands, girl bands, pop music.
Charging money for parking at hospitals.
Spam.
Channel 4 (UK) TV presenters.
DVDs that will not allow you to skip the previews.
The TV Licence.
Sandals with socks.
Makeover shows.
Making over your house against the clock shows.
Selling your house shows.
Moving to the country shows.
Moving to another country shows.
I do like Grand Designs though.
That the archaeologists on Time Team (armed with spades, picks, shovels and hydraulic excavators) can find a hole in the ground.
(I was going to come to a point in that last one but that pretty much sums it up.)

Being asked 'when are you due?' when I'm NOT PREGNANT! Sorry for shouting, it was the proverbial straw...