Grumpy Old Men

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If you saw the programme on BBC, you'll know what this is all about. If not, 'Grumpy Old Men' is a programme on which 'old' men discuss the things that really irritate or piss them off. Herewith my preliminary list (in no particular order):

1. People who brake and then put their indicator on.
2. People who drive at 80km/h in the middle lane of a freeway.
3. Able-bodied people who park in disabled parking areas.
4. People who take forever to draw money from an ATM.
5. The weather report on the news - I can see the temperatures displayed on the screen, there is no need to repeat the highs and lows for half the country.
6. PowerPoint presentations that are all style and no content.
7. MP3 - need I say more?
8. People who don't know when it is polite to switch off their cellphones.
9. People who insist on having a conversation during a movie.
10. People who don't park in the middle of a parking bay.
11. Parking meters.
12. Traffic cops who fine people for going 1cm over a stop street, but are oblivious to vehicles that are clearly not roadworthy.
13. Taxi drivers.
14. People who think a red light at an intersection is merely a polite suggestion to stop.
15. The ban on cellphones in banks and post offices - if I was going to rob the place, I would bring a gun not a phone.
16. People who 'forget' to weigh fresh produce in a supermarket.
17. Long queues.
18. The bureaucratic 'logic' of government officials.
19. Guys who think it is cool to have their boxer shorts displayed in public.
20. Government officials who think fraud and corruption are inherent perks of the job.

[LAV]

If you saw the programme on BBC, you'll know what this is all about. If not, 'Grumpy Old Men' is a programme on which 'old' men discuss the things that really irritate or piss them off. Herewith my preliminary list (in no particular order):

3. Able-bodied people who park in disabled parking areas.
8. People who don't know when it is polite to switch off their cellphones.
9. People who insist on having a conversation during a movie.
12. Traffic cops who fine people for going 1cm over a stop street, but are oblivious to vehicles that are clearly not roadworthy.
20. Government officials who think fraud and corruption are inherent perks of the job.

Agreed on the above. Some I'd like to add:

People who allow their kids to dig through and damage goods in supermarkets / just ignore them when they cause trouble;
People who allow their kids to clamber over tables and chairs in restaurants;
People who chat or use phones in movies or theater shows / music shows;
People who talk to kids as if they are stupid or disrespect them just because they are small / young / inexperienced.
People who even in the toughest of financial crises always have money for "smokes" and dop

[Viagara]

Totally agree, plus:

21. 4 x 4 owners who think they own the road.
22. People who allow their kids to take over a shop
23. People who don't hear THEIR dogs bark
24. Kids who interrupt a conversation
25. Teenagers stuck to their cellphones
26. Cats on heat
27. Idiots
28. Know-it-alls
29. Afrikaans-speaking people insisting to teach their children English when their command of the English language is atrocious
30 Taxis' total disregard for all traffic laws. Mind you the same applies to SAPS and Metro Police.

[Stefan]

1. People who brake and then put their indicator on.

Usually turning right and makes no attempt to keep as far right so that other vehicles can past left.

2. People who drive at 80km/h in the middle lane of a freeway.

99% of the time is some conservative **** in a toyota tazz or isuzu kb250. The other 1% is the person in point 1.

3. Able-bodied people who park in disabled parking areas.

Yeah, pisses me off too. Couldn't they move the wheelchair parking further away!

4. People who take forever to draw money from an ATM.

Seems like they can't understand the term 'insufficient funds'

10. People who don't park in the middle of a parking bay.

Most likely the same person as in 1 and 2

[Viagara]

Hmm, I posted without checking the previous post, so some duplication there

[Rodney_gold]

I am beyond grumpy , I am a true curmudgoen .. EVERYTHING p--s me off

[Viagara]

I am beyond grumpy , I am a true curmudgoen .. EVERYTHING p--s me off

Sadly I have to admit that I am in the same boat...

[perfectionist]

Sadly I have to admit that I am in the same boat...

+2

All Aboard. Maybe this boat won't be big enough.

[Moog]

i would like to add the following:

1) People who take forever to feed the parking machine. They will start fumbling for the parking ticket and then look for money, only to realise that the smallest denominator is a R50 note. ( In my experience, these are mostly women).
2) My wife when she insists that i should accompany her for shopping. I normallt lose interest afte one hour but she would like to shop for the whole day!. i find that my irritation levels are proportional to the time spent shopping.
3) Taxi drivers who cut you off or stop suddenly in fron of you without warning.
4) SARS who take forever to give me a refund, but write me threating letters if i owe them.
5) Long bank queues when there is an insufficient number of tellers on a business day.
6) Traffic jams, epecially when i am not driving an automatic.
7)The ever increasing price of petrol and other stuff when i can not get more than 10% annual increase.
Depositing money into a "savings" only to realize that after a period, your balance has gone down due to bank charges, etc, despite not having made any withdrawals. (So where is the insentive to save). I know that there are more lucrative saving options.
9) People who urinate happily on the road within sight of other road users.

Let me stop my rant at this stage.

[Prince]

Totally agree, plus:

30 Taxis' total disregard for all traffic laws. Mind you the same applies to SAPS and Metro Police.

-I like the Metro Police and SAPS one!!

-all the above and more:
most irritating thing in my home is changing the dstv channel I'm watching without asking..
dropping remotes and breaking it, then complaining its broken!
motorists who think its cool to hoot at cyclists - you just make us more aggro as cyclists!!
motorists who don't know the fourway stop rule applies at a robot thats not working

ok enough now...

[alternativeroute]

2. People who drive at 80km/h in the middle lane of a freeway.

I noticed on my last trip to JHB that with the nice new highways the worst lane to be in is the one just left of the fast lane... 80km/h drivers sit there which means either accelerating to keep up with the fast lane (not easy in a van shaped like a brick) or overtake unsafely to the left of them (the left lane is sometimes the uber-fast lane too)...

I also noticed that in JHB okes race to get to the red robot... It's red buddy why waste fuel getting there quickly only to break... Even if it does turn green by the time you get to the line you cannot race off (or maintain speed) as almost guaranteed there is going to be a dufus that is going to jump the red light...

[NoSnipeLimit]

:/ I'm not even that old, and apparently I'm an grumpy old man. Oh well.  Get off my lawn!

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Cyclists who think they own the road, often 3 or 4 or 5 riding next to each other encroaching on the left lane, then getting angry when you hoot at them. 

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23. People who don't hear THEIR dogs bark

alphabet, thanks for reminding me - this one should have been at the top of my list. What is the purpose of having dogs if they bark all the time and you never bother to investigate the reason for their barking?

Ps. Just remembered another source of great irritation: people who use power tools in the middle of the night.

[NoSnipeLimit]

a. People who walk with dogs that aren't on leashes, and they end up fighting with your dogs through the fence.
b. People who walk with dogs that are on leashes, but the dog is way too big for the person to control.
c. People who get walked by their dogs. 
d. People that play loud doof doof music sunday morning before anyone is really up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLwAjOGQcHo&list=LLTX9xze3AKUsD709vSzYN4Q&index=1