What really grinds your gears?

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Ally-C 18 Jun 2:52pm, 18 Jun 2024 5,803 posts	0 Ally-C Hand washing things in train toilets. Soap on the hands then no matter where I place them, no water comes out, drives me fucking mental 😡
cackleberry 18 Jun 3:00pm, 18 Jun 2024 3,862 posts	0 cackleberry ChrisHB wrote:People who punctuate their discourse with "does that make sense?" I suppose though it's better than "nar mean?" Depends on the context... sometimes it's because it's tricky to explain and I'm aware I'm making a meal of it. Sometimes it's "Does that make sense (or are you just thick?)"
ChrisHB 18 Jun 5:08pm, 18 Jun 2024 23,114 posts	0 ChrisHB but not if it's in every other sentence!
Metro_Nome 18 Jun 6:52pm, 18 Jun 2024 7,516 posts	0 Metro_Nome There is a senior leader in my business who has a bit of a tick when she’s not so confident and says “d’you know what I mean” every other word. It’s hard not to say “I don’t know what you mean because all you’ve said is d’you know what I mean” That said, I (and many other women!) use “if that makes sense” as a bit of self preservation
Diogenes 18 Jun 7:04pm, 18 Jun 2024 86,539 posts	0 Diogenes Brambles
JamieKai chameleon 18 Jun 9:40pm, 18 Jun 2024 18,797 posts	0 JamieKai chameleon The mixture of eczema, flaky forehead, hay-fever, and contact lenses that my senses are battling about tonight.
HunkyTeddy 19 Jun 6:17am, 19 Jun 2024 10,282 posts	0 HunkyTeddy Making jokes about how much alcohol Scotland fans are drinking. A great example for families.
Velociraptor 19 Jun 1:45pm, 19 Jun 2024 69,489 posts	0 Velociraptor "Anything is possible when you put your mind to it." Followed by an outline of Anya Culling's marathon progression as proof. And the knowledge that you're likely to be booted out of a generally quite nice online running group if you point out that the first statement is a lie and the second is a non sequitur.
Eynsham Red 19 Jun 6:34pm, 19 Jun 2024 11,090 posts	0 Eynsham Red A neighbour has just has a new patio laid. The contractors have just finished clearing out and on the pile of rubble on the road they broke the remaining unused paving slabs and ripped open five bags of paving sand and added the contents to the pile. Obviously a degree of guilt there as they covered up the sand with rubble to try to disguise it. But what an absolute waste of materials!
um 19 Jun 9:29pm, 19 Jun 2024 8,583 posts	0 um ER - I've been surprised how many 'jobbing builders' just work and source supplies job to job. No 'spare' or buffer stock, and any left over gets dumped at the end. I've since made sure I keep any useful things at the end of anything done for me. (although my collection of timber, bricks, grab bags, and other odds and ends may outlive me)