minor things that make you fume

[JimmyJeffers]

Bus etiquette.

Scruffs who sit on the outside seat on packed buses.

 

[Blue Piper]

In my day fund raisers had to actually do something to raise funds. Like run a marathon or swim the channel. Now all the scruffs do is not shave for a month.

 

[summerisle]

Rain - that's it.

 

[GlosBlue]

Gig pre-sale things e.g. O2 priority etc. By the time the general sale comes along there is nothing left it seems.

That Peter Kay tour is a farce. People getting tickets in pre-sale and immediately listing them for extortionate amounts before the general sale has even started is wrong on every level.

Also, the stupid queue system. 60k queueing for 5,000 tickets, but you are kept on the hook til you get to the front even though they'd sell out ages ago. Surely they can just end the queue when it is sold out.

Also, Ticketmaster instantly sending you to their re-sale website when they have literally just gone on sale. Basically admitting that they know people are buying to sell for profit.

Rant over.

 

[Rich1878]

Gig pre-sale things e.g. O2 priority etc. By the time the general sale comes along there is nothing left it seems.

That Peter Kay tour is a farce. People getting tickets in pre-sale and immediately listing them for extortionate amounts before the general sale has even started is wrong on every level.

Also, the stupid queue system. 60k queueing for 5,000 tickets, but you are kept on the hook til you get to the front even though they'd sell out ages ago. Surely they can just end the queue when it is sold out.

Also, Ticketmaster instantly sending you to their re-sale website when they have literally just gone on sale. Basically admitting that they know people are buying to sell for profit.

Rant over.

I feel you, especially with those people who grab the maximum allowed only to then put them up for sale to make money, detest that type !

Most of the time though, they do tell you in advance when the tickets will go on sale , so its best to set a reminder and more time than most, the que opens up around 10 mins before they open the sales up.

Might be a good idea to sign up to most of the ticket websites, to give you a better chance in future ??

 

[Mickey]

Its almost certainly been said before but people who drive into parking spaces at shopping centres makes me fume. I mean it's harder to reverse out of a parking space than into one and half the people cant drive it in straight taking up 2 spaces. I dont get it.

 

[tommytowne]

Bus etiquette.

Don't ever take a cruise then. Full time occupation getting the hump on one of those.

 

[tommytowne]

Its almost certainly been said before but people who drive into parking spaces at shopping centres makes me fume. I mean it's harder to reverse out of a parking space than into one and half the people cant drive it in straight taking up 2 spaces. I dont get it.

I'm one of those who've ranted over this topic in the past with reference on people who drive straight into their driveways, when they can easily wait until its safe enough to reverse in knowing there's nothing of danger in the safety of their own home. One day I'm going to film the dimwit next to ours reversing out onto a minimally busy road and taking ages to do so and with his head spinning like that bird off The Exorcist as he looks right and left.

 

[LEONARD]

Gig pre-sale things e.g. O2 priority etc. By the time the general sale comes along there is nothing left it seems.

That Peter Kay tour is a farce. People getting tickets in pre-sale and immediately listing them for extortionate amounts before the general sale has even started is wrong on every level.

Also, the stupid queue system. 60k queueing for 5,000 tickets, but you are kept on the hook til you get to the front even though they'd sell out ages ago. Surely they can just end the queue when it is sold out.

Also, Ticketmaster instantly sending you to their re-sale website when they have literally just gone on sale. Basically admitting that they know people are buying to sell for profit.

Rant over.

Us oldies used to actually stand in lines to buy tickets for gigs.

Got to see Led Zep, Pink Floyd, and countless others.

 

[bcblue1878]

Gig pre-sale things e.g. O2 priority etc. By the time the general sale comes along there is nothing left it seems.

That Peter Kay tour is a farce. People getting tickets in pre-sale and immediately listing them for extortionate amounts before the general sale has even started is wrong on every level.

Also, the stupid queue system. 60k queueing for 5,000 tickets, but you are kept on the hook til you get to the front even though they'd sell out ages ago. Surely they can just end the queue when it is sold out.

Also, Ticketmaster instantly sending you to their re-sale website when they have literally just gone on sale. Basically admitting that they know people are buying to sell for profit.

Rant over.

Happened to me a few years ago!
Was in an online “queue” to get get tickets at Old Trafford to see the Killers. Tickets went on sale at 9am, I reached the front of the queue at about 9.15. No tickets available, sold out in every section we were willing to pay the price for!
So changed venue, and ended up getting tickets at Coventry Arena!
Went back online later just to see what was going in at OT re tickets - tickets now available in every section I looked at earlier but now double the price!

 

[bigjonny]

Us oldies used to actually stand in lines to buy tickets for gigs.

Got to see Led Zep, Pink Floyd, and countless others.

And you paid the price that was on the ticket, one of my Springsteen tickets for next year added on almost 20% in various fees.

 

[summerisle]

After a tiring day at work the last irritating thing you need is getting a knot when untying your laces.

 

[summerisle]

One and a half hour wait at the barbers this morning. Four kids under ten getting weird haircuts, including one who was getting a perm. I'm almost tempted to try this next time.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Articles about cost of living crisis are often headed by picture of concerned couple at kitchen table looking at bills.
He's in a t-shirt and shorts and she's the same. (She's the one doing the talking usually)
Get some chunky pullovers on and turn yer heating down!

 

[PhilM]

One and a half hour wait at the barbers this morning. Four kids under ten getting weird haircuts, including one who was getting a perm. I'm almost tempted to try this next time.

My barber moved to a booking system about five years ago, and it’s made getting our hair cut considerably easier and less stressful.

Obviously, you can’t spontaneously get it cut, but I now book a week in advance, turn up on the day and hardly ever wait more than a few minutes.