What really grinds your gears?

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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) 18 Nov 4:15pm, 18 Nov 2024 44,330 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) ^that!!!^
Surrey Phil 18 Nov 4:29pm, 18 Nov 2024 10,811 posts	0 Surrey Phil Outside shops is one thing but inside is even worse!
JamieKai chameleon 18 Nov 6:14pm, 18 Nov 2024 19,585 posts	0 JamieKai chameleon Yes, +1 from me - especially as I am a very swift walker and when I've got my headphones on I can't help doing a sigh of exasperation at the people clogging up the way. And it's probably not that subtle. Luckily I hare off before I get lamped...
GordonG 18 Nov 8:18pm, 18 Nov 2024 10,715 posts	0 GordonG Surrey Phil wrote:Outside shops is one thing but inside is even worse! I'm always amazed how many people wander around a supermarket like they're in the British Museum.
Ocelot Spleens 19 Nov 9:41am, 19 Nov 2024 39,949 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Gary Davies l. WHAT a wanker.
XB 19 Nov 9:46am, 19 Nov 2024 18,667 posts	0 XB The use of "passed" instead of "died". The other one that we get a lot on the local Farcebook group is "there's a deceased cat on xxx Lane". It's a dead cat and saying it's deceased doesn't make it less sad.
Eynsham Red 19 Nov 9:56am, 19 Nov 2024 11,567 posts	0 Eynsham Red ['E's passed on! This cat is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-CAT!!] (Adapted from messers Monty Python)
LindsD 19 Nov 10:02am, 19 Nov 2024 71,070 posts	0 LindsD YES! @XB I can't stand euphemisms around dying.
3M 19 Nov 10:13am, 19 Nov 2024 25,167 posts	0 3M +1 more, XB. Even worse when it's in writing, and it's spelled "past" instead of "passed"! Where exactly do they think these people have passed to? I think it's a part of our society's general reluctance to accept death as being the normal end of life, and it's possibly unthinkingly hypocritical/offensive in many cases given the levels of atheistic belief too!
LindsD 19 Nov 10:14am, 19 Nov 2024 71,072 posts	0 LindsD Quite