If there’s one thing that’s going to make my blood boil on a Wednesday morning, on the train, when I’ve had 3 hours sleep thanks to jet lag, it’s some berk texting away on a mobile phone that is making a high pitched beeping sound with every key stroke!
Why do phone beep like that and why is it the default setting? Is it a usability thing or is it a disabled access requirement?
Anyone in the mobile industry know?
It does raise the question of self-awareness though. How people think that beeping away like that on a train journey with hundreds of fellow passengers within earshot is ok.
It’s like the guy who gets on my train at Mortlake with – I KID YOU NOT – a ceramic bowl of cereal and a flask of milk and eats it while reading is emails!!
And then there are those thoughtless bar stewards who don’t move down the train/tube carriage because they’re newspaper reading might be impeded or they’re too feeble to use their natural sense of balance to stop them falling over and have to hold on to something!!
I know I’m a bit tired and crabby, but what is wrong with people?
Right – I’m off to Boots for some Pro Plus!
While I’m gone, let me know what gets your goat about your fellow human beings!!!
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I hate umbrellas and their owners. I understand it if you’re on a golf course and there’s no shelter from the rain. But why the frack do you need a golf umbrella when walking down a narrow footpath in London? Not only is half of the journey protected by shop awnings and tall buildings, these plebs also walk extra slow to ensure that you risk your life by walking in the gutter to get around them.
On the bright side, I do have a little chuckle to myself when a strong wind breaks someone’s umbrella – a little payback from mother nature.
LOL – Those Brompton bikes annoy me too!
The fold-up kind and their sanctimonious, ankle clip wearing, self righteous, “ooo look how quick I get this up and running while you trip over me on the platform while you’re trying to get off the train” owners!
Incessant whistling, spitting in the street, chavs shouting at their kids, the way chavs speaks to each other like they’re always trying to kick off, the way teenagers feel that it’s necessary to play their mobile phone music on loudpspeaker in public places instead of using headphones – no we don’t all love Flo Rida you little sh*ts.
I could go on
Me? I drive on the M1 daily. I really get annoyed when people drive at 50-60 MPH on the fast lane – legally I cant overtake them!
I hate shit-talking kids on Xbox Live, people who drive all the up the way up to an ending lane to cut everyone off, people who don’t use their turn signals, and over-used office talk such as “getting your ducks in a row”
Can of worms or what…
@Becs
“the way teenagers feel that it’s necessary to play their mobile phone music on loudpspeaker in public places instead of using headphones”
Yes! I’m sure all the crap they play is written for phone speakers – dicks.
I hate people who eat really loudly, people who don’t wash their hands after going to the toilet, people with no manners, bus drivers who don’t speak when you buy a ticket, people who smell of piss on trains, people who litter, people who just talk about themselves but pretend to be interested in you
I’m not a great fan of fruity language on my blog either! 🙂
As a Boston native now living in the Seattle area, my biggest peeve (trying to stick to the travel-related theme of your post) is that people here don’t seem to grasp the concept of each lane of the highway having a specific function:
Far right — slower moving traffic due to the need for caution as cars enter/exit the highway uising this lane.
Middle — traveling, preferably at or slightly above the speed limit; every Bostonian knows you can typically get away wth hovering around 5 mph over the limit without getting pulled over.
Far left — passing, or in the case of a clogged travel lane within the proximity of a popular exit, short-term traveling.
People here don’t get this at all. I can’t tell you how many times we’ve been boxed in behind 3 cars all going the same exact speed (typically 5-10 mph BELOW the speed limit) across all three lanes. It’s the most infuriating thing I’ve come across in making the move from the east to the west coast.
@MelC :O I mean *@&£%”‘
@Stuart I was kidding! 🙂
Me? I drive on the M1 daily. I really get annoyed when people drive at 50-60 MPH on the fast lane – legally I cant overtake them!