bickster Posted July 17, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2013 When people ask me something like "Whereabouts in Birmingham are you from?" but they have no knowledge of Birmingham, so it's a pointless question.I have to ask that question in work. I often get an answer like Telford or Coventry. Now that really does piss me off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2013 When people ask me something like "Whereabouts in Birmingham are you from?" but they have no knowledge of Birmingham, so it's a pointless question. I have to ask that question in work. I often get an answer like Telford or Coventry. Now that really does piss me off But I'm sure you know some areas of Birmingham so it would make sense to you. I'm talking about people, like a guy I met on holiday, who ask "Where in Birmingham are you from?" and when I reply with "A place called Acocks Green near Solihull. Do you know it?" they reply with "No I've never been to Birmingham" Why ask me then?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 OK, I've been 'flashed' a few times whn i've overtaken someone, which againt I think is incredibly petty and is just them showing their displeasure about being overtaken/my manoeuvre. I know i've overtaken you, there's no need to flash me. THats actually the other driver telling you its ok to pull in to inside lane again On country lanes, when there is only that lane, and when I'm vanishing into the distance, having alrdeay overtaken? It's a sign of displeasure IMO, in that circumstance. I think you may be referring to the gesture that lorries and some others do on motorways when it's more difficult to judge when you've passed a vehicle as your lorry is feckin looooong. Not for small cars overtaking on single track roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 When people ask me something like "Whereabouts in Birmingham are you from?" but they have no knowledge of Birmingham, so it's a pointless question. I have to ask that question in work. I often get an answer like Telford or Coventry. Now that really does piss me off But I'm sure you know some areas of Birmingham so it would make sense to you. I'm talking about people, like a guy I met on holiday, who ask "Where in Birmingham are you from?" and when I reply with "A place called Acocks Green near Solihull. Do you know it?" they reply with "No I've never been to Birmingham" Why ask me then?! Mindless small talk Ben. I don't mind small talk if there is some interest or fact to it, but mindless drivel like that is awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 17, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2013 People who ask me what I had for dinner. People who want to tell me what they had for dinner. Or the ultimate, people who post pictures of their food on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 When people ask me something like "Whereabouts in Birmingham are you from?" but they have no knowledge of Birmingham, so it's a pointless question. I have to ask that question in work. I often get an answer like Telford or Coventry. Now that really does piss me off But I'm sure you know some areas of Birmingham so it would make sense to you. I'm talking about people, like a guy I met on holiday, who ask "Where in Birmingham are you from?" and when I reply with "A place called Acocks Green near Solihull. Do you know it?" they reply with "No I've never been to Birmingham" Why ask me then?! Mindless small talk Ben. I don't mind small talk if there is some interest or fact to it, but mindless drivel like that is awful. Actually talking to someone on holiday is your first mistake ..... It's why the iPad was invented , nose down and ignore the boring looking bloke at the bar who wants to give you his life story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 17, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2013 OK, I've been 'flashed' a few times whn i've overtaken someone, which againt I think is incredibly petty and is just them showing their displeasure about being overtaken/my manoeuvre. I know i've overtaken you, there's no need to flash me. THats actually the other driver telling you its ok to pull in to inside lane again On country lanes, when there is only that lane, and when I'm vanishing into the distance, having alrdeay overtaken? It's a sign of displeasure IMO, in that circumstance. I think you may be referring to the gesture that lorries and some others do on motorways when it's more difficult to judge when you've passed a vehicle as your lorry is feckin looooong. Not for small cars overtaking on single track roads. fairy nuff Scousers are clearly more polite than Mancs then as it never happens to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 But I'm sure you know some areas of Birmingham so it would make sense to you. I'm talking about people, like a guy I met on holiday, who ask "Where in Birmingham are you from?" and when I reply with "A place called Acocks Green near Solihull. Do you know it?" they reply with "No I've never been to Birmingham" Why ask me then?! The thing to do in that situation is to just make it up. "What part of Birmingham are you from?" "A little place called Marshmallow Meadow, it's alright, everything is made of marshmallow, every now and then you can get in to a sticky situations but we're all a bunch of softies 'round there so it never comes to anything" Say it was the location for this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaTRCHbG_IA As a little holiday tidbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 OK, I've been 'flashed' a few times whn i've overtaken someone, which againt I think is incredibly petty and is just them showing their displeasure about being overtaken/my manoeuvre. I know i've overtaken you, there's no need to flash me. THats actually the other driver telling you its ok to pull in to inside lane again On country lanes, when there is only that lane, and when I'm vanishing into the distance, having alrdeay overtaken? It's a sign of displeasure IMO, in that circumstance. I think you may be referring to the gesture that lorries and some others do on motorways when it's more difficult to judge when you've passed a vehicle as your lorry is feckin looooong. Not for small cars overtaking on single track roads. fairy nuff Scousers are clearly more polite than Mancs then as it never happens to me Only cause its hard to overtake when someone has removed your wheels and replaced them with bricks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 People who ask me what I had for dinner. People who want to tell me what they had for dinner. Or the ultimate, people who post pictures of their food on Facebook. You'd hate my Nan. Not because of this but she's not a very nice person no one likes her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) ........ Actually talking to someone on holiday is your first mistake ..... It's why the iPad was invented , nose down and ignore the boring looking bloke at the bar who wants to give you his life story This is not a dig at Tony but let's use his statement as the point. I find this particularly interesting for a few reasons. Dialogue with other people seems to be a big issue, but then you are happy to have dialogue with lets be honest people who are complete strangers hidden from behind an Ipad etc. I take my IPad and IPhone on holiday typically with me, more as a Internet access than anything else, and certainly not as a defence mechanism to avoid personal contact. The fact that you are on holiday means that you want to experience different things, if you travel away from home surely. How can you do that if you do not talk to people? Judging people on how they look is another thing that I find interesting. I have worked a lot in Germany for example and lets be honest dress sense and haircuts for a few Germans make them look like they are straight from a 1970's underground porn mag. Typically you may avoid any sort of contact with that person, but in my job I have to meet and work with a lot of people and I find that I will judge them more once I get to know them rather than if they look "boring". As said not a dig at Tony, but having met him I would probably talk to him again, if I just went on looks and seeing a small cockney who drinks lager then typically I would avoid Edited July 17, 2013 by drat01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 ........ Actually talking to someone on holiday is your first mistake ..... It's why the iPad was invented , nose down and ignore the boring looking bloke at the bar who wants to give you his life story This is not a dig at Tony but let's use his statement as the point. I find this particularly interesting for a few reasons. Dialogue with other people seems to be a big issue, but then you are happy to have dialogue with lets be honest people who are complete strangers hidden from behind an Ipad etc. I take my IPad and IPhone on holiday typically with me, more as a Internet access than anything else, and certainly not as a defence mechanism to avoid personal contact. The fact that you are on holiday means that you want to experience different things, if you travel away from home surely. How can you do that if you do not talk to people? Judging people on how they look is another thing that I find interesting. I have worked a lot in Germany for example and lets be honest dress sense and haircuts for a few Germans make them look like they are straight from a 1970's underground porn mag. Typically you may avoid any sort of contact with that person, but in my job I have to meet and work with a lot of people and I find that I will judge them more once I get to know them rather than if they look "boring". As said not a dig at Tony, but having met him I would probably talk to him again, if I just went on looks and seeing a small cockney who drinks lager then typically I would avoid I stand at a respectable 5ft 7 1/2 inches .... I'm not a hobbit ffs The iPad line was mainly jest , like you I've met many interesting people over the years whilst on my travels ... Vast majority of them are now Facebook acquaintances and we exchange pleasantries from time to time Tbf I've never met a decent backpacker so they get ignored on sight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 As for Colombia, now that the government and FARC have reached a truce, even hiking through the mountains is safe® now. I lived in Salento Quindio for the best part of two months and heard of zero problems, that would worry us anyway. The only two crimes I heard of (and if you live there you hear everything, because it's a small place) were the coffee shop owner's car getting stolen but by outsiders from the capital city who had come for the festival (and to rob his car) and a pretty horrific murder BUT domestic in the rural area and therefore not a tourist worry. Loads of hikers pass through there and go off for long hikes in the mountains and have a great time. Heck, the hikers steal more than the locals in that place. You do have to be careful in the cities, but that's definitely the same in the UK I stayed for a week in Salento too. Gorgeous country up there. We stayed on a coffee farm hostel. British guy and his spanish wife own and run it. It was nice and peaceful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Tour groups. The whole concept of it. You'd think that they'd bring you to the most interesting places but it's almost always the most touristy ones. Another Bloody Castle, Damnit! (or Church) I'm currently working in the Lloyds building in London. The inside out one across from the Gherkin. Every day at 5pm when everyone is leaving there is a spanish tour group outside the place blocking everyone. Does my head in. The building isn't even nice to look at ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2013 The scroll bar on my web browser keeps going white. As in, not the whole scroll bar, just the small bit that you actually drag up and down. Well annoying as it makes it practically invisible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 The scroll bar on my web browser keeps going white. As in, not the whole scroll bar, just the small bit that you actually drag up and down. Well annoying as it makes it practically invisible Like your penis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leebarnett2004 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Spitting Standing in stupid places such as at the end of an escalator or at a bar if you're not waiting to be served Cycling on roads Allowing your garden/property to get into such a state it becomes an eyesore Talking on your phone when being served in a shop or bank etc... General bad manners Any others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 People who do stuff just to keep up or because of the fear of missing out. I am almost certain that people are doing things in life to keep up rather then because they want to. Loads of women having kids because their friends and sister's are for example. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Bad spelling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 As a cyclist I will add 'driving on roads' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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