I'll start… Putting price as $9.99…. Why not just $10?! I'd be a lot happier with that!
What grinds your gears?
D6C1 on 22/03/2014 - 18:49
Comments
Coming to OzBargain and seeing nothing but Domino's, solid state drives, and crap headphone "bargains."
What about the eneloops? I'm starting to sell my excess ones to friends and family now. Why did I think I needed 36 AA rechargeable batteries …
I actually need more, the massive packs of AAA and AA batteries I bought a while ago have run out and I am now replacing them with eneloops.
Pedestrians who press the button to cross the road at traffic lights then cross anyway. How about you look, decide, then maybe press? I have walked with friends who do it and they give me a strange look when I don't cross with them.
Yeah. Hate them damn Button Pushers
How about people who use their shoes to press the button. This Infuriates me.
Holding the door open and another 5 people come in and all live in lower level apartments.
People coming into the store 2 minutes before closing time
Sales assistants with "i am too good for this" attitudes
Anything Ed Hardy or Christian Audigier
Toilets at Flinders Street Station
+1 those filthy toilets
+1 for People coming into the store 2 minutes before closing time
Good oneI've done this once at Officeworks, but I really needed something. I grabbed it and ran to the counter, paid for it by paywave (ING) and run out.
Couriers - Australia post particularly who don't bother to knock at your door or ring the intercom just leave a "you weren't home card" in the letterbox and drive off…. Espically if you need the item that day and made arrangements to have someone be at home all day
and those who ring once, wait 10 seconds and leave a pick up notice or dump it on common place
Yep. Also the one I caught actually doing this he was about to put the card in the letterbox… Luckily he parked across my drive so I ran out . He was actually about to put the card in my letter box because it was "easier"
Couriers are equally bad when picking up items. You spend time when ordering setting out the exact dimensions and weight of the package, but when they arrive, they'll pick up any random box on the ground and trot off with it.
Also, they always just dump parcels outside your house. Rain pouring like an apocalypse? Doesn't matter. Signature on delivery? Doesn't matter.
"What do you mean you never received the parcel, we have the signature right here." Courier company shows you bogus signature, you lodge complaint. A week later you find out it was dropped at a neighbour's place 3 blocks down.
I mean, seriously wtf ?
limp handshakes
I hate strong handshakes.
Intolerant people - I have no tolerance for them.
And hypocrites.
Seriously.
Parents travelling on public transport during peak hours (around 8 AM and after 5 PM) and expect people to give way just because they have kids with them. Just experienced one 2 days ago in my early morning commute where a mother very rudely asked another passenger to give way minutes before she's getting off because she has a baby with her. I pity the school girl who was standing near the door and obviously there was no space for her to move (need to wait until the tram stop, then she can move), but kept getting harassed by that impatient-crazy woman. Get a car if you want your own personal space. And most importantly, avoid travelling during peak hours!
My dear wife, despite her other wonderful qualities, is on of the main protagonist of the below (which are along quite similar lines)
- Waiting in line to buy food /movie ticket / board flight etc etc….. get to front of queue then start reading menu to decide what you want. Ask server questions about the product / pricing that you would know if you had read the menu/pricelist on display whilst you were waiting. Order. Then start rummaging through the 17 compartments of your bag to find your purse, then rummage through the 6 sections of your purse to find money/card. Pay. Get receipt, then read every item of receipt / CC slip to make sure it is correct. Then repeat process in reverse order of putting card back in purse and bag, reorganising bag whilst in the process, completely oblivious to the fact that the person behind is about to stab you in the back with a fork and the server is just about standing on the counter to serve the next person over your shoulder .
2.Walking, cycling or pushing pram down busy thoroughfare . Decide you need something form your bag / pram. Stop right in the middle of the walkway / cycle path and rummage through your bag/pram to find what you want (even unpack it onto the ground if necessary), completely oblivious to the mayhem occurring behind you.
Please kill your wife. For the greater good.
What happens if you diplomatically suggest to your wife "you should step to one side, honey".
If I was the person behind, I'd be holding you equally responsible (if not worse),because you're not oblivious.
Or, if you know this is going to happen, and you have talked to her to no avail, pay for her.
People who only start to indicate after they have already started changing lanes or turning a corner.
or the one blink indicate.
People who complain.
they annoy me.
Hmm… does that mean you annoy yourself now?
People who complain all the f***ing time.
And don't take responsibility for anything. Or look for solutions.Basically, victims mentality.
George pell and his racket
people who wait 30 mins and over to save 4c per litre off their petrol, and in turn cause traffic chaos by blocking the left lane
Not exactly the same, but that reminds me of my mother who will drive to the other side of Sydney to buy something cheaper than it is locally (we're talking like, save $2 or less).
She never likes being reminded that it costs her far more in petrol to travel to that 'bargain' than she is actually saving.
Mother's 'logic'..
Instead of gear grinding your Mum should be getting some kind of award here on OzB
lol "grinding your mum"
Wait what? People sit in the left lane for 30 mins blocking traffic?
People who exaggerate.
Particularly, hyperbole in arguments.
If you use subtle hyperbole, and try to pass it off as fact, I just want to walk away, because it's cheating, unless I do the same tactic.
When I am driving just above the speed limit and have people tailgate me and they don't even realise that they are doing it- they are just a terrible driver. How can people be so unaware that they are driving dangerously…?
When I am driving just above the speed limit
….How can people be so unaware that they are driving dangerously…?
okay.
People walking with mobile phones that can't walk in a straight line. Why is the mobile phone so heavy that you need to veer off in a diagonal.
People that walk out of store entrance without looking who's coming from the left and right. Hope they don't drive like that.
Cyclists that are too lazy to get off their bike and walk on the footpath like everyone else.
Drivers that do not indicate when changing lanes.
Drivers that go down the side streets in the morning and turn onto the main road knowing full well that kind drivers will let them in front and thus bypassing a whole bunch of other hard working individuals.
People that stop dead in front of you to look through a store window.
People that expect other people to get out of your seat on a bus while it is still moving so they can get that 2 extra seconds of getting off the bus.
People that decide to take a mobile call on a bus and always start the conversation "I'm on a bus."
Cyclists (MAMILs) that drink coffee at CIBO. Please, the last thing I need to see in the morning is another dude's package.
People, cyclists and cars that overtake you and then slow down.
Going to a coffee store you have never been to, ordering a medium coffee and the clerk telling you that they only have small, large and jumbo.
People that go to see a movie in the cinemas multiple times and talking about it to their friends behind you.
Teenagers and young adults not relinquishing their seat on a bus to those older. (Maybe it was the way I was raised)
Runners in the city who make other people move out of their way. Side-stepping is an exercise too.
Roadworks and construction being done at once in the city and block multiple roads.
"People that expect other people to get out of your seat on a bus while it is still moving so they can get that 2 extra seconds of getting off the bus."
i agree with this BUT i hate when people dont get up, to let a person out of the seat. luckily as a medium sized person people still decide to stand instead of sit next to my near fat ass
OP:
They make it $9.99 so they can say "under $10"
They use this tactic a lot with cars.. Eg;
"Get a brand new car under $15k!" (price tag is $14,990)Also paychologically, $9.99 is more attractive to a buyer than $10.
Have you ever seen an ad for something that's $10.99?
You think… $10! That's good value.
But really, it's $11… You're brain is just disregarding the cents. Maybe because cents have become insignificant in our day to day lives.
A few of my TV gripes,
Chefs who now think they are all personalities.
The Big Bang Theory show.
Stupid American TV shows that like to remind you after every break what happened in the last 5 minutes prior to the break.
Today Tonight with their scaremongering of everything.
Hardcore Pawn its interesting to see how the prehistoric Lizard evolved into Les and his kin.
- Wet socks (when trying to put shoes on)
- Unicorns (they are poor excuses for mythical creatures… I mean what purpose does the horn serve?)
- Buying a years supply of cereal from Costco (when you don't usually eat breakfast) and then realizing it tastes like sawdust
Turbo Diesel cars & 4WDs on Australian roads. Australian Diesel is the poorest quality in the world (an engine designing family member told me) resulting in major soot & clag therefore forcing everyone else to drive with their windows up and the AC on resulting in higher fuel consumption all-round.
4WDs people obviously don't need. Their ignorance and false perception that their larger car is safer for their precious cargo is blocking the view of the road ahead for all the car drivers behind them.
People who throw rubbish out the window of a moving (or stationary) car… especially Cigarette Butts!
Australian companies who move their manufacturing off-shore but continue to charge the same amount for their products (think RM Williams & Bonds).
The so-called builder & associated Tradies who built our house!
Some of these have been said but they annoy me too..
- People that don't wait for you to get out of an elevator, bus, train etc before they try get on.
- People that block escalators when you are trying to get past to walk up them.
- People that walk slow or suddenly stop when your walking behind them.
- People that stop to talk in the middle of the path blocking the whole way and oblivious to what they are doing.
- Groups of people walking, taking up the whole path.
- People that walk in front of you and expect you to move.
- People that don't understand what personal space is.
- Small children that run around shopping centers and run into you.
- Parents that don't do anything about their children going crazy, screaming or crying.
- Children in general.
- People that cant aim when pissing into a toilet in public places, so you have to stand in a strange position when you go so you don't stand in it.
- People that push in lines (old people do this a lot).
- Shops that don't accept Eftpos or have a minimum charge to use it.
- At restaurants, when I ask for my drink to come out with my meal and it either comes out straight away or not at all.
- Annoying sales staff with stalls in the middle of shopping centers trying to stop you and sell you useless junk.
- Crazy prices of public transport and the fact that it's not very reliable.
- People that are smoking and blow the smoke in your face when you walk past.
- Smokers that throw their buts out of their windows while driving.
- In car parks, when people leave trolleys in the car spaces.
- Slow internet and slow computers.
- When people try to ring me on blocked numbers (which I don't answer) then they don't leave a message or send a txt.
- Spell check on my phone when I am trying to type something it doesn't know and it corrects the same word three or four times.
- How everyone on Facebook invites you to play their stupid games.
- eBay and PayPal fees.
- Australia Post prices.
- How most banks and post offices are not open late or on weekends.
- How it takes 3+ business days for money to clear on transfers from different banks.
- How GoVia (Toll Company) are scamming everyone out of a minimum of $10 because everyone with a account/tag automatically tops up when it dips below $10
- People that cough near you or sneeze without covering their face.
- People that swear a lot and talk inappropriately in front of old people.
- When people are blocking the road and don't know how to park. They take 5 poor attempts then give up and drive away when they could have easily fit if they knew what they were doing.
- People that take off quick at lights to get in front of you and then drive very slow.
- When mopeds filter through traffic at lights to get to the front but their bikes are not very quick, so you get stuck behind them.
- People that drive down the break down lanes and try to push in traffic instead of waiting in line like everyone else.
- People that don't know where they are driving and keep slowing down, indicating then changing their minds and speeding back up etc.
- When my washing is almost dry on the line and it buckets down rain.
- When sales staff at stores don't know anything about the product they are trying to sell you and are just reading the specifications off the box.
- How every sales staff that walks past you in a store asks if you need help and you have to tell every one of them you are just browsing, but then when you need help with something they are nowhere to be found.
- When KFC runs out of chicken.
Pretty sure I could go on forever.. A lot of things annoy me haha
You have summarised this discussion with a single post!
If more people were simply considerate of others around them, we would have a much nicer existence. And most things are just plain commonsense!
People who are annoyed by a lot of things. :p
sounds like its time for you to leave the city! I kinda miss all that since I left ….
Snipers that use the Attack Helicopter as a taxi in Battlefield.
Went to buy a house from a builder in suburban Melbourne. It's a home and land package. Just above 500k. They have sold few houses of that type on tiny sub-divided blocks in a new land release of a huge estate being developed on a farm land. Surrounded area is still farm lands on once side and the other side is still far cheaper with established houses. The builder claims to be the best in the industry. The sales people said the demand has gone up. So they just jacked up the prices of the same design town houses by 10-18k next week. Still tried to convinced me that the price for the house is exactly same as previous week but I tried to find where that huge difference in the price was hidden in the spec. Luckily I had a spec printed from the previous week when I visited the place. Then I found that the inflated amount is hidden in the site cost. This is the adjoining block under 250m2 and in the same farm land being developed. So the same soil and land is releasing in a year.
This is terrible how they artificially inflate the price and hide the amounts somewhere that they don't allow you to argue saying that site cost can be different on each block in the same place. Which is true but in this case it's pure greed and crazy inflation as it happened in 2009 when first home owners grant increased by 7k. Next day real estate agents increased the price by 20k+
That's when you see the price slump very soon down the track. The worst thing is they claim the best developer in the market and still play the dirty old tricks from 2009.Something that grinds my gears and continues to occur:
• The scam that is Paintball "Vouchers" being sold by dishonest salespeople at shopping centres.
People driving motor vehicles without at least third party insurance.
Should be illegal… If you can't afford insurance you can't afford to drive a car.
People not washing their hands when coming out of the toilet.
Oh YES… and I'm glad you said 'people' too. I originally thought it was just a guy thing which can be semi-understandable because we can sometimes just whip it out, slash and do ourselves back up without having to touch anything but fabric but I still wash my hands as a matter of principle anyway… but some of the stories I've heard from my wife from what she's witnessed inside Ladies toilets really makes me squirm. Ew, ew, ew!
Women can be grubs as well, for sure (I'm female, seen the horrors too)… but this:
I originally thought it was just a guy thing which can be semi-understandable because we can sometimes just whip it out, slash and do ourselves back up without having to touch anything but fabric
ew. Semi-understandable? no. no no no.
Everyone needs to wash their hands. If you've touched one of the door handles to get into, or once inside, the toilets… then you have to wash your hands. Assuming that you're clean just because you haven't directly touched your own bits doesn't mean you haven't got other people's filthy hand germs on your hands.
I wash my hands properly and use tissue to open the door as I'm leaving (if you have to pull a handle, or push against the door to exit). That tissue gets thrown out immediately. I know I'm clean, but after seeing how filthy other people can be, I know I have to take extra measures to STAY clean.
TBH, I've seen more men use the bathroom and come out without washing their hands than women (ie. friends, boyfriends, female friends, family). Shudder.
Yes, absolutely agree but I was more thinking of Gents ability to take a quick leak 'anywhere' ie. side of road, backyard etc. etc.
Yes and i love it when they have a bin behind the door just for the tissues :)
When I wash my hands in the toilet then have to use my hands to open the door :(
Oh God yes. I can't believe how many women just walk out of the toilet and straight out the door without washing their hands! And that's even with people there seeing them come out. How bloody hard is it to just wash your hands quickly under the tap?
I've seen more men use the bathroom
What grinds my gears?
Women who go into men's toilets. :p"its ok, im a woman"
well bitch, if it's so normal, what would happen if a bunch of drunk men were pissing in the ladies toilets? oh yeah, you'd call security and we'd be thrown out!
I didn't see it specifically above, but tv networks showing sport (such as the AFL and cricket on FTA) that have thought it's a good idea to show tweets on screen and have commentators talk about them.
Oh and channel 7 trying to make Fango a thing, it ain't going to happen.
Here is a few things that grind my gears..
Recently went on an overseas holiday and people make comments like we must be loaded. No.. We can afford the holiday because we dont smoke, drink or have foxtel etc, don't buy lunch daily and watch our pennies. We save them so instead of blowing them on useless junk we can blow it on a holiday (which the flights were booked from a previous OzBargain deal).
People who smoke and drink every night and then complain about not being able to afford the cost of a mortgage.
A Current Affair or Today Tonight style shows which show people struggling to pay the rent/mortgage, and while interviewing them you can see their huge flat screen TV in the background!
People who get given money or luxuries from family, and then post on facebook that good things come to those who work their arse off.
People who incorrectly use bought and brought. I dont care about spelling and the misuse of other words, but bought and brought is not that hard.
and lastly…. Ozbargain MEL to LAX flight deals. Please… stop. I can't afford to go, but every time another deal is posted it takes all my effort to not book another holiday.
A contentious one of mine…
Short-sighted Governments who actively encourage procreators to produce more future taxpayers while those who consciously choose not to reproduce to do their bit for future generations left to manage already limited resources get nothing… and no, it's not about the money.
Probably gonna get negged for this but… i'm pretty sure there are people who treat this as a source of income… They bludge off the dole and make babies (for the bones) which then puts more strain on other tax payers…
Yeah, that's coming from a slightly different angle but in a similar vein I suppose.
lol that should be bonus and not bones…
some people on the dole who keep talking about "my money" and are bereft of the fact that this is government charity that allows to do sweet FA for their entire lives.
I despise:
People constantly whinging about first world problems and sighing loudly a couple of times a day everyday.
The sound of people spitting in public or the sound of people about to spit (when they
start gathering the spit in the mouth/throath).People talking loudly on the phone in public space (train/bus).
Middle aged and elderly Asian (mostly Chinese) hacking their spit in public. lol
racist
I'm half Chinese.
@lolmao, nope. Remember during the Beijing Olympics, the government is warning its residents about toilet and personal hygiene ? Spitting is one of them
What's the other half? Also Chinese?
ok i guess u can be racist to china then
People who frivolously use the Racist word :/
I've witnessed the older generation of Asians spitting in public, here have a read lolmao,
According to the tenets of traditional Chinese medicine it's considered bad to swallow phlegm. Many Chinese, especially among the older and more rural populations (remember that due to China's rapid modernization and urbanization, many residents of the big cities were originally from the countryside) still believe in TCM so that's why the practice is still prevalent. Also remember that smoking is still very prevalent, especally among men, and this causes the lungs to produce more phlegm
So you should do the honourable thing a retract your accusation.
I have more:
Hang nails.
Catching a a fingernail on something and ending up with a sharp or uneven bit (especially when out somewhere without access to a nail clipper or nail file).
Cutting my nails and having bits fly off in different directions, rather than falling into the bin.
Dropping something on carpet and having no idea where it's landed.
Buying a 3kg bag of oranges and finding a mouldy one hidden once you get home.
Police taking over 45 minutes to come to your house after you call about being burgled.
Having a waist that is exactly mid-way between two holes on a belt. One hole being too tight, the other being too loose.
People that walk their dogs without leashes.
People that let their dogs shit on your lawn or nature strip.
Vet bills. The same medicines varying hugely in price across different vets.
When your favourite piece of clothing gets damaged the first time you wear it out.
White clothing getting stained (by food, drinks, etc) when all your other clothes never do.
Clothes made of fabric that needs to be ironed (especially when they crinkle insanely easily).
The sound of dripping taps.
People that fidget constantly. Leg shakers. Hair twirlers.
Cars with terrible air cons (is it just my mother's Mazda 6? Air con has always had zero power).
Traffic lights that only turn green for a couple of seconds, despite heavy traffic.
People that don't understand the rules of round-abouts.
When someone hangs a clock on a wall crookedly.
People that take ages pulling out a parking spot when you're waiting for that spot (especially when they reverse their car straight out rather than turning the damn wheels while they reverse. People that turn their wheels when the car is not in motion).
Fine print that kills a great deal.
Plastic sporks.
Virgo like me?
lol Leo. Close. I don't believe it's got anything to do with star sign though. I'm just a cranky bitch, that's all :)
Interestingly, my father is a Virgo and he's the most chilled out, happily oblivious person I've ever met. Nothing bothers or irritates him ever. It's quite fascinating lol.
"People that don't understand the rules of roundabouts" Yep. +1 to that.
dogs without leashes
'He won't hurt you'. Ugh. Thanks, but when a dog is loose without any sign of control from the owner, I'll take the benefit of the doubt, thanks.
Then you try to walk away and the dog follows you and the owner seems in absolutely no hurry in the world to try to intervene so you can get to where you're going.
I've only been bitten once surprisingly (well more of a nip, but annoying nonetheless) by a tiny dog when the owner was standing right next to me, leash in hand. Gah.
People who take extra 5 steps to order food because they can't be bothered to look at the menu or just being picky.
Looking at clothing sale and the only sizes left are for obese people
Multi buy at supermarkets. I want one or two tubs of yoghurts. Not ten.
Soggy chips
Tank tops on guys at every music festival, come hail come thunder.
It's funny how this thread was meant to be a therapeutic one where everyone lets off a bit of steam at whatever grinds their gears, but had only turned into one where people are getting even more angry at each other :P
Inconsiderate people generally.
Clogging gutters after heavy rain. Cleaned some of mine today in the rain :(
Industry Super Funds.
Perhaps if they actually offered a decent product and service then they may find they don't need to spend all their time and members' money talking smack about retail funds. It amazes me that no-one has called them out yet on the misinformation their representatives spout every time they go on a news item as an 'expert'.
They actually are better. Compare the pair.
I have. Repeatedly.
If you actually compare all features of the funds, the investment options they offer and their insurance options you'll find that most (not all, some are fairly competitive) are pretty shabby. Don't forget to also compare the fees of each underlying investment option, not just the super fund.
people who say they are going to buy something, you offer to get them a good price. they turn you down because "it's alright, I've got it sorted" and then they buy the stuff and boast how much they "saved" cause they got "a great deal" but they paid too much for it.
People who ask you how to do something…….you show them and then they say 'That's not how you do it'
People who park their cars on a road near a street causing people trying to turn to not be able to see a thing.
Some more of mine…
The no tax included in prices in the US/Canada and the tipping system in the US and Canada…
Taxi drivers who don't know what a shower or deodorant is
Taxi drivers who don't use their GPS and get you to direct them to your house
and…. A special mention to the taxi driver who refused to take my credit card after I got home from a party at 4:30am and insisted on being paid in cash.How about Taxi drivers who see the speed limit as the bare minimum.
When a deal gets 'OzBargained' while I'm sleeping.
Hardcore OzBargainers never sleep :)
You refresh every 20 mins…that's the code.
I'm a fast walker, so apart from the usual slow people well covered above ;) :
Cars that don't think they should signal just because it's night and they can't see any other car lights around. You should always signal, I rely on car signals when crossing the road too.
Cars that park across footpaths for more than a few minutes. Ok, I can understand if you have to quickly duck back home to pick up something or you've got a removal truck with limited street space, but apart from that, park on the darn street. It's annoying enough walking around your illegally parked car, let alone if someone on crutches / a wheelchair would have to divert onto the road just to get where they're going.
When overtaking people on footpaths / walking tracks, you nearly always get them looking behind them to see what's coming. What are you expecting to see?
People who don't trim their trees hanging over footpaths so you have to swerve or hit your head.
Oh and here's an OzB related one, why when there's a dupe does there have to be a chorus of MODS PLEASE DELETE ad infinitum instead of just reporting the page?
Re: your first point - also people that don't indicate when driving in car parks. Even the most diligent indicators out on the roads will suddenly cease indicating once in a car park. Thankfully most people do stick to the 5km/h speed limit so it's not a major issue having to brake/wait for people to decide where they're turning, but it can still be kind of annoying when you're waiting for a car to pass you before turning, and they end up turning into the lane you're in anyway (meaning you've waited for them to approach and pass since they didn't indicate an intention to turn off before even reaching you).
Grr.
How about people who drive in-between spaces on their own invisible road.
People who park on your side of the road (i.e. in front of your house) when they have space in front of their own house…
My neighbors keep doing this, they have space in front of their own house and on their driveways… yet they love parking in front of my house just because it has a small tree…
People complaining about a TV Show no longer being good anymore and that it should be cancelled. Seriously I even see it for 3 year old shows with not even 50 episodes!!!
People being dumb and paying near blu-ray prices on DVD's.
Ice cream varieties declining. 2L+ premium ice cream is a pain to get now and only real option is to pay nearly $8 a litre. At least it makes ice cream seem cheap at ice cream shops.