ROOM 101

gma I worked at M&S and we all knew the "Thank you for waiting" thing is absolutely stupid, but they spent thousands of pounds having us all schooled in customer service by an American who insisted we should say it. For some reason we were not allowed to say that it was very busy or we were short staffed or someone was off sick and we were not too apologise for it. Personally I would much rather someone said "I'm sorry to keep you waiting but I'm on my own today" At least it would suggest that she cared.

People who talk on their phones constantly on the train, do I want to hear all their private conversation and do I want to hear a so called thinks he/she is a High Powered business person discussing work matters ? NO
In a cafe when I just want to enjoy a good cup of coffee and a chat and yummy mummies make a real racket with their loud voices.
I must be getting old, perhaps I was like that once !!

Would it be tactless to ask why, jml249?

Can I put my husband in Room 101?

Mother's who push the front two wheels of the pushchair or pram onto the road whilst waiting to get across.

People who cannot say please or thankyou, not necessarily the young.

Sofa adverts

people who say " two times " instead of " twice"

This is the one that annoys me as well. TV programs also have too many 'girls' with squeaky voices. I suppose they think it makes them girly and sexy.

One last 'thing' to throw into Room 101...........The cashier in M&S who says in her most patronising voice-when you have been standing in a queue for 15 minutes- "Thank you for waiting"!!!!!! What do they think that you are going to do, walk out without paying???? throw the money over the counter, get to the front of the queue and say 'Actually I am not going to wait any longer' Grrrrrrr

I like Louise Minchin - she's nice and natural - it's Susannah Reid who I can't abide.

People with nothing to do who ring up and say 'how are you then?' and after you reply they've got nothing to else to say and you're standing there with a paint filled brush in your hand or just about to put a cake in the oven or you're cleaning out the cat's litter tray. So you tell them that and they say, "ooh aren't you good - I can't be bothered to do those things" and I want to say why don't you just find someone else to bore then but you don't and being brought up to be polite you ask them how their suppurating sores are or about their recent operation or their husband's model train set......arrghh!!

That's right, nightowl - only Leonard Cohen can interpret Hallelujah. But Rufus Wainwright gets it about right as well. Lets have none of those 'sweetened' versions that don't use all the lyrics.

Yes Lily you are right

Jeff Buckley is a good second to the old man himself.

Yes, yes, yes absent to the Heathcliff woman if you mean Kate Bush. OH loves her for some obscure reason. Her voice sets my teeth on edge.

The only person I ever want to hear sing Hallelujah is Leonard Cohen; I have no idea who yodelled it a year or so ago?

Yawping singers such as the Heathcliffe woman and that chap who yoldelled Hallelujah a year or so ago.

Louise (I just typed Lousie – Freudian slip?) Minchin.

Nouns being used a verbs such as "medalling" instead of winning a medal
Pointless management speak "pushing the envelope" etc
Ed Miliband, Neil Kinnock, Bruce Forsyth

People who, when asked how they are, reply "I'm good" in a phoney American accent. That and men who show enormous area of hairy backside when they bend over.

aga just go for it!

I have a lovely granddaughter, Hannah. I ask her how she is, she says GOOD. I say explain in more than word and more than one syllable, please. ILU Grandma

Facbook. It's such a pain - all those people I have never heard of wanting to be my friend, plus add-ons such as a regular email I get from a friend re their gite which I know well and don't need my inbox filled up with photographs.

Intelligent, educated people on Radio 4 who 'um', 'err' and 'you know' every other word in an interested discussion.

susie - I had to laugh at that . Sorry!

People who park half on and half off the pavement so that you can't get by with the pushchair.
People in supermarkets who use their mobiles to phone home to ask which make/size of product - MAKE A DECISION!!
- that feels better -

You can always blame it on your iPad, Agapanthus, a lot of 'em do!
(Doesn't matter if you haven't got one...)

Aga I don't think many of us care whether you can spell, punctuate or are grammatical and those who de generally stick to Pedant's Corner and if they don't they jolly well should!

That is 'puter.