In whinge mode

Fly tippers!! ....I hate them with a vengeance, selfish, lazy cretins with no regard for the countryside or wherever they dump their stuff

Dog owners who let their dogs off lead and let them run riot and say "it's alright he's friendly" when they come racing up to me and my timid little pup

Dog owners (again) who think there's a poo fairy who comes along and unhooks their dog's poo bags off trees and bushes and makes them disappear

Oh dear, better stop I could be on a roll here

As a rambler who sometimes has to walk on a narrow country road to continue my journey I know that the correct thing to do is to walk towards oncoming traffic and if I see anyone doing otherwise I soon let them know.

Wheniwasyourage

Please may I have a whinge about people who don't know the safe way to walk on a country road? I was brought up to believe that if there is no pavement, you should walk on the right, so as to be facing oncoming traffic. Some do so round here, but quite a lot of people walk on the left. We noticed that walking on the left was very common when we had a holiday in the Lake District.

Is it that these people drive so often that they think that they are cars? I can't think of another reason for doing something so illogical.

Thank you. That feels better..

That has started happening around here too.
Alarming a couple of times, to drive around a corner and there they right are, facing you.

Perhaps new rules have been brought out?
I hope not. It seems dangerous to me.

Overly dramatic exchanges, like ‘oh my God’ when simply seeing a friend’s new nails, or as with estate agents it seems, simply telling someone your name and address to which they reply ‘fantastic’, ‘amazing’ or ‘awesome’.
Can’t begin to imagine what these people must say when genuinely amazed.

I used to moan about shoppers going through a department store door and not saying think you. So much so that I got into the habit of letting the door go with a push.

May I have a whinge too? DH has been reorganising his study. Every time he brushes a bit of the floor he brushes the debris as far as the kitchen bin and leaves it there! Three times I've got out the dustpan and brushed it up.

Trueloveways

My whinge is cars on pavements and having to go into the road several times with the pram to get past. It especially irks me when the car owners drive is empty.

Pavement parking is illegal here now - and we have had the traffic wardens going around and issuing fines. We still get some culprits, but it has definitely made a difference.

My whinge is cars on pavements and having to go into the road several times with the pram to get past. It especially irks me when the car owners drive is empty.

Xmas stuff appearing in the shops NOW!
Constant unimportant emails.
‘Summer’ should be ashamed of itself this year and soon to end.
My smart, confusing tv. Do I really need 8000 channels?
If I drop something, why does it usually completely disappear?

GrannyGravy13

My tin hat is firmly on regarding big cars! 🪖🪖🪖

One of our cars is a very big 4 x 4, DH will keep it until it dies

I am 5’2” I can park it anywhere with ease and expertise unlike some who have trouble parking a mini within the lines in a car park therefore taking up two spaces 😡

With you all the way on this! I've driven everything from Minis to our motorhome and can park anything on a sixpence. My gripe is with people who have absolutely no spatial awareness when it comes to driving - the ones who either can't park when there's a space big enough to fit about three cars in, or who can't judge the space between oncoming cars.
Oh, and don't get me started on cyclists who think the rules of the road don't apply to them, especially when it comes to red lights!

When I used to live in rural Berkshire I found a few people did not observe what used to be called the country code. They left gates open, walked across the middle of fields of crops, they walked down the wrong side of the road and let their dogs off the lead when there was livestock around.

This was a very long time ago, it seems not much has changed. End of rant.

ginny

These last few days my winge is Motorcyclists. They all seem to have a death wish. Weaving in and out of the traffic, overtaking on bends and May of them without protective clothing.

Same here. There are so many where I live. They all look the same. Mopeds with L plates and a delivery box on the back, all buzzing around the roads like a lot of angry bees, weaving in and out of traffic, cutting other motorists up at the lights and roundabouts. Thank heavens they don't use the motorways.

Please may I have a whinge about people who don't know the safe way to walk on a country road? I was brought up to believe that if there is no pavement, you should walk on the right, so as to be facing oncoming traffic. Some do so round here, but quite a lot of people walk on the left. We noticed that walking on the left was very common when we had a holiday in the Lake District.

Is it that these people drive so often that they think that they are cars? I can't think of another reason for doing something so illogical.

Thank you. That feels better..

HelterSkelter1

They could have asked...I would have been tempted to open it again.

I very nearly did.

Babs03

yogitree

Litterbugs!! Selfish, shallow, spoiled, self-centred, thoughtless idiots.

Totally.
We live opposite a lovely park and during the summer many people have enjoyed picnicking there in the nice weather, but when they leave some leave all their litter behind, including used nappies.
My DH and I volunteer with a local group to pick up litter in our area but we really shouldn’t be needed, people should be brought up to pick up their rubbish and if there isn’t a bin handy - though there are many in the park - they should bag it up and take it home.

No. You shouldnt be needed.
It is basic to use a bin.

Modern communication.
Drs surgery texted me to say book an appt for annual diabetic check then get blood form from surgery.
Rang to make appt but they said get your bloods done first.
Offered a 4 hour session face to face to help with using their apps but texted it to me 10 mins after session ended.!!
Asked me to make appt for chest infection jab but when I followed the link no appts available.
Good thing I can see the funny side and am not really ill.

Female toilet roll fairy present and correct.
The male version leaves the cardboard bit on the ledge *behind *the toilet.
Too much packaging.?? I should coco. I thought we were all supposed to be going greener so less packaging ?? What happened there ?
Motorists beeping at me on my bike here in France . One very short one-way street that I use has no overtaking space because of parked cars so I have to go down the middle. I swear it's no more than 45 seconds to reach the end yet still they beep and I nearly fall of my bike. You can't wait 45 seconds????? Grrrrrr

yogitree

Litterbugs!! Selfish, shallow, spoiled, self-centred, thoughtless idiots.

Totally.
We live opposite a lovely park and during the summer many people have enjoyed picnicking there in the nice weather, but when they leave some leave all their litter behind, including used nappies.
My DH and I volunteer with a local group to pick up litter in our area but we really shouldn’t be needed, people should be brought up to pick up their rubbish and if there isn’t a bin handy - though there are many in the park - they should bag it up and take it home.

Litterbugs!! Selfish, shallow, spoiled, self-centred, thoughtless idiots.

eazybee

Couples, usually retired, who shop together with one trolley each, who then stand in front of the shelves with trollies to their right and left while they earnestly discuss the respective merits of a tin of beans, thus effectively blocking any access to any shelf of any height or width in that section.

They are probably the same couples who both attend the GP surgery, dentist or an outpatient appointment even though only one of them is being seen. As these places seem to have limited seating post Covid, I have often had to stand and wait for my appointment, while couples, not always elderly, sit next to each other. I know it is important to have someone with you sometimes but surely not all the time.

eazybee

Couples, usually retired, who shop together with one trolley each, who then stand in front of the shelves with trollies to their right and left while they earnestly discuss the respective merits of a tin of beans, thus effectively blocking any access to any shelf of any height or width in that section.

Yes........these plus the supermarket order pickers who charge around like demented ants pushing their trolleys totally regardless of all others. AND to add insult to injury they often stand in groups of three or four gossiping and blocking the aisles completely. SO RUDE!

Tizliz

Better put my hard hat on as I want to moan at those who moan at my big car. I need all that space - would you prefer I pulled a trailer? That would take up two parking places and make overtaking difficult. It also means we can manage with just one car between us. 🪖👷‍♀️

We now dont often drive a big car. Dont need to. But your hair would stand on end at what we sometimes used to need to carry around in it!

On other occasions in the past we tried a trailer.
Reversing it in narrow country lanes was, um, interesting!

I do sometimes think that some older parking spaces were not designed for the bigger cars of nowadays.
You can tell which spaces have been in existence for a long time and havent been altered!

I presume car park owners have no interest in altering them, as they would then be unable to fit in as many cars. Less revenue.

GrannyGravy13

My tin hat is firmly on regarding big cars! 🪖🪖🪖

One of our cars is a very big 4 x 4, DH will keep it until it dies

I am 5’2” I can park it anywhere with ease and expertise unlike some who have trouble parking a mini within the lines in a car park therefore taking up two spaces 😡

I’ve always had bigger cars, SUV types, and I always will! I’m with you GG13

Spuddy

My grump is idiots who try to fat shame me. ''You shouldn't have that mug of hot choc with all the trimmings, and a Full English Breakfast, you're a big girl''.

And the ''You should be wearing a nice flowery dress, not the boring black trousers'' .

For starters, I NEVER wear dresses/skirts, only trousers/leggings but if I did I wouldn't wear anything ''flowery'', I don't want to look like a mobile garden!

And mind your own bloody business with everything else too!

I've actually told people that to their smug faces!

That is beyond rude!! I put on loads of weight both post pregnancies (4) and post medication, then again last year from meds.

People simply need to keep their own mouths shut!!!!

Estate agents.
Sorry but being in the process of selling our house and buying a bungalow I have to say that estate agents can be pretty annoying.
I mean how is it possible to take photos of a house that make it look three times bigger and really classy then when you get there is the size of a shed and shabby and neglected.
Also the terms they use ‘vendor suited’, sounds like the seller is sartorially formal.