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What really grinds your gears?

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Minnie Mad Feb 2023 6:37pm, 23 Feb 2023 4,622 posts	Quote Pin Minnie Mad Roadworks. Leeds city centre is empty because nobody can get in there. Every road in is blocked by roadworks. Why all at once?
Eynsham Red Feb 2023 7:10pm, 23 Feb 2023 9,519 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Roadworks. Leeds city centre is empty because nobody can get in there. Every road in is blocked by roadworks. Why all at once? I couldn’t get out of my village this morning because of overrunning nighttime roadworks causing gridlock all around. The reason that they were overrunning is because the temporary traffic lights hadn’t been taken down and the operator was stuck in traffic on there way to attend to it!
Surrey Phil Feb 2023 8:24pm, 23 Feb 2023 9,153 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil We've had a few roadworks of late. Thankfully, it's relaying roads which were littered with pot holes. It's annoying when every journey has several of them en route.
Eynsham Red Feb 2023 8:13pm, 24 Feb 2023 9,521 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Yet another TV Drama series set in the West Country with characters all speaking in the same nondescript generic South West accent.
Fragile Do Not Bend Feb 2023 1:20pm, 27 Feb 2023 10,789 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend The small yoga studio wants shoes on and off at the door which is fair enough. But I’m getting fed up with certain people in the class who will stand on the doormat inside the door, put their shoes on and then start a conversation - which prevents anyone else getting onto the mat to put their shoes on. And they are totally oblivious that they are holding other people up. Today I had to resort to squeezing past and putting my shoes on, which resulted in damp socks.
Fragile Do Not Bend Feb 2023 1:20pm, 27 Feb 2023 10,790 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend (*Putting my shoes on outside)
Surrey Phil Feb 2023 1:51pm, 27 Feb 2023 9,166 posts	Quote 1 pin Surrey Phil The shoe thing for me tends to be people who take theirs off at certain people's homes yet either don't at our house or ask the question. OK, we have children but doesn't imply that it's filthy.
3M Feb 2023 3:02pm, 27 Feb 2023 20,649 posts	Quote Pin 3M The euphemism "they're on a journey". They're actually undergoing treatment, or therapy (in this case).
CStar Feb 2023 6:23pm, 27 Feb 2023 8,490 posts	Quote Pin CStar In a similar vein 3M: 'Over the rainbow bridge' Bleugh! They/it died/passed away (if you must)/had to be put down. Seems to be applied especially to animals. Pets do that eventually, all of them and we're very sorry/sad for you, but really stop being so twee. Grrrr. Same people who dress their dogs up. They're pets/ animals, not a toy doll.
Raemond Feb 2023 6:36pm, 27 Feb 2023 10,174 posts	Quote Pin Raemond With you 100% there's CStar.