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What really grinds your gears?

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swittle Oct 2012 1:01pm, 26 Oct 2012 20,386 posts	Quote Pin swittle So, V'rap, what of nocte sans accent? Does that do the job?
Ade1973 Oct 2012 1:02pm, 26 Oct 2012 604 posts	Quote Pin Ade1973 People who use "yourself" instead of "you". As in "The reason I'm phoning yourself..." (just head this). Why? To sound more official? Less confrontational?
Little Nemo - slow-but-steady Oct 2012 1:04pm, 26 Oct 2012 1,801 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo - slow-but-steady My knee. Again. It's just rubbish now - GRRRR!
Velociraptor Oct 2012 1:05pm, 26 Oct 2012 22,074 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor It's still pretentious but at least has the merit of not being wrong, swittle. When I was a lass, and more of a grammar pedant than I am now, I'd have sent the letter back to her with a red circle round the accent.
Ade1973 Oct 2012 1:07pm, 26 Oct 2012 605 posts	Quote Pin Ade1973 See me
Fravage Oct 2012 1:08pm, 26 Oct 2012 50 posts	Quote Pin Fravage When you're standing at a pedestrian crossing waiting for the little green man to make an appearance, and someone comes up and presses the button that you had already pressed. Thank you soooo much for doing that, I had no idea how these things worked until you did that. Ditto with lifts.
Vancouver Jogger Oct 2012 10:25pm, 27 Oct 2012 3,059 posts	Quote Pin Vancouver Jogger People who say things like, 'no it's no trouble at all' when they have no intention of getting involved in the considerable trouble to get the thing done - which will inevitably get left to...me
Red Squirrel Oct 2012 10:51pm, 27 Oct 2012 3,802 posts	Quote Pin Red Squirrel Cars who pull up in front of me when I'm obviously about to cross and block my way by parking on double yellow lines when the lazy fuckers can't be bothered to park 10 metres up the street where there's a space because they couldn't possibly walk that far to the shop and don't give a shit about people who don't have a warm, protective metal box around them and are carrying 2 heavy shopping bags. Legs - use them or lose them twats!
annadav Oct 2012 6:22am, 28 Oct 2012 1,341 posts	Quote Pin annadav Folks who put their bags on the seat next to them on really busy trains.
Grandpa Flump Oct 2012 8:40am, 28 Oct 2012 58 posts	Quote Pin Grandpa Flump And sit on the outside seat as well annadav. I've started targeting those people to sit next to just to wind them up