Originally posted by @SO5-4BW
Originally posted by @BTripz
People, who when ordering at a bar, start their order with “Can I get…” what the fuck sort of phrase is that.
Oh, and coffee machines in pubs…
Yup - I once saw somebody ask for a beer like that in a country pub and the landlord said ‘nah, I’ll get it, you drink it’
Coffee machines, yes, and (another aspect of the same trend), people paying for a round of drinks using a card* - where do you think you are? - I’m waiting to get served here - piss off and get some cash
* honourable exception for people in central London pubs who aren’t used to the prices and find themselves without the necessary liquid assets to purchase the er, liquids
I must admit contactless has made that so much easier and quicker now…
Groups of office women who go to a pub for lunch and all order their diet coke separatley.
When eating out in a group, people who calculate to the penny what they had and pay for that, split the bill by however many people ate FFS (unless of course you only had a starter or something)
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A round of drinks is so expensive now that I usually pay with a card! I tend to run a tab though and pay at the end of the evening. Gone are the days when you can pay for a pint from the loose change in your pocket. You have to take a second mortgage out now for a round - another thing that annoys me - inflation!!!
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The constant guilt trip targeted at women about babies and age.
Constant. And always headline news. And only at women.
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I guess that is because us guys can knock out babies at virtually anytime Lou but ladies have the dreaded biological clock. I had my first at 42 and last at 45 without comment. I am sure if I had been female there would have been plenty of comments if I had given birth at 45!
Trying to get on the 08:11 this morning were you?
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So far this morning; I have been annyed by;
Leaving for work and getting in the wifes car on the (tandem) drive, and as usual finding there is no petrol in it!
Getting to the Itchen bridge for the person in front to not be able to use the simple machine, or not knowing what a 50p and a 10p looks like, or not having one or both of them
Sitting at my desk and remembering there was something I had to yesterday, to ensure something happened today. Now it’s today it’s too late.
Dreading every time the phone rings it’s going to be in relation to the above.
Running out of biscuits.
And it’s only 11:00
People who are late, and then use the excuse ‘I left late’.
What the actual fuck? Leave on time then.
People who say ‘brought’ instead of ‘bought’.
Itchiness after shaving your pubes.
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Men have a biological clock too, and women also have babies at 42 and 45.
But the part that annoys me most, is that men are also the reason why women have babies later in life. Throwing the guilt trip constantly at women when it’s often something out of their control, makes it just another thing to bash em on the head over.
People who seem to have lost the ability to spell ‘lose’.
It’s four fucking letters FFS.
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Originally posted by @Chertsey-Saint
Originally posted by @Coxford_lou
Time annoys me.
Keeping to it it annoys me. People who are annoyed when I’m late. The fact I’m expected to be on time. The fact I wasn’t born with the ability to judge time. The fact it just disappears, then I’ve got to dash about because I’m late. Smug people who are timely or who look at their watches when you arrive.
The whole damn thing pisses me off!
And writing this has now made me late.
People who are late, and then use the excuse ‘I left late’. What the actual fuck? Leave on time then.
Oh I would never give that excuse. In fact I’d never give any excuse. Giving an excuse implies there’s something wrong with it in the first place.
People who seem to have lost the ability to spell ‘annoyed’.
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Does the sperm pool dry up then? I thought the little beggers carried on until we croaked - not that it bothers me now as I have tied the knot, so to speak. Yep women do have children later although the risks are higher and they do reach a point before men where you just cant.
Perhaps his wife is called Anny (I know it should be ie but bear with me) and he is using the word ironically as she has caused him some annoyance?
But you’ve not addressed my second, more important point. Deciding to have a child is a joint decision, and as much (if not more so) men dragging their feet as women. Putting the guilt on women is unfair and adds to all the other guilt trips thrown women’s way that lead to constant self criticism.
PS. thought I had responded to this, but doesn’t appear to have gone through. But if a second version of this message appears, that explains why!
There’s a higher risk of genetic disorders with older men. There was a report recently suggesting freezing sperm at a young age should be available on the NHS to minimise the risk.
Well, that was my excuse when she caught me wanking in the kitchen anyway.
Well you say it is a joint decision and so it is with a couple. What of a woman who is not in a relationship? Does she find a relationship because she decides that she wants a baby or does she get pregnant via a sperm donor? I am probably the wrong person to ask. I know plenty of woman both single and in relationships who are getting older and are without children and it never occurs to me to ask why. I just assume they dont want children yet or are not in a position to have children. Maybe because I had children later in life it is not an issue for me. It sounds like you hear it a lot and I can understand why you get fed up with it. No one put pressure on me to have children - other than myself. I didnt want to be an older Dad. My children are 18,17 and 16 and when I am out with them I look more like their Grandad!!! I will be in my grave well before their peers fathers are and for that I am sad. Parental age of either gender should not be an issue in 2015, that is all I can say.
Originally posted by @SO5-4BW
Originally posted by @Chertsey-Saint
Trying to get on the 08:11 this morning were you?
07.11, yesterday. I obviously haven’t calmed down yet!
A problem I’m sure you’re familiar with - even worse when it happens on the way home of course
Yep, happened a number of times. That Chertsey to Weybridge train is always running 3 or 4 minutes late, and it happens very often. Hence why I drive and park at Weybridge.
Which reminds me, parking wardens.