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Come the (GN) revolution, the following will be banned or severely dealt with!

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phoenix Tue 21-Aug-18 21:15:19

Hello all, please can this be treated as a light hearted thread? smile

First to be tackled, scratchy labels in clothes, especially around the neck area!

Then, over use of the word "like", as in "so I was like really angry, but they were like, so you should like just chill"

TV advertisements for electric tooth brushes (go on, just see, almost every ad break on commercial television features one!)And

Open for your additions!

BBbevan Wed 22-Aug-18 20:07:30

Emails that ask for feedback. On things bought and experiences . One health food shop asks for feed back every time we go in. I always write.
Went in. Bought something. Came out

Grankind Wed 22-Aug-18 19:13:57

- and the ones who are seen in Sainsbury's with blue legs, sandals with socks on and t-shirts in December -cool or what?

phoenix Wed 22-Aug-18 18:12:48

janemar I was behind a young person in a supermarket queue recently and heard her say to get friend " and like, when he said that,I literally exploded"

Mapleleaf Wed 22-Aug-18 17:16:43

?? janemar!

janemar Wed 22-Aug-18 17:07:48

Basically I literally die when I like listen to some young people like saying actually nothing even though they are like basically talking, literally.

GrandmaMoira Wed 22-Aug-18 16:54:57

Plastic packaging that takes ages to get open.
Supermarket self scan tills.
The new, much worse and constantly changing train timetables.
Opening the oven and fogging up your glasses.
Small fiddly buttons on clothes.
Overheated shops.

callgirl1 Wed 22-Aug-18 16:44:27

Dolcelatte and Jenpax, I so agree about automated phones. Our doctor`s surgery has recently merged with the one next door, and have entirely changed how things are done. I rang up today, had to listen to recorded messages from 5 different voices and press 3 different buttons before I got to speak to an actual human being, GRRRR!!!!

cavewoman Wed 22-Aug-18 15:51:51

Parking meters that don't give change.Really? In this day and age?
Supermarket self scan tills that do give change.In 2p's!

Maggiemaybe Wed 22-Aug-18 15:38:40

Your computer starts updating - just when you're in a hurry to print off your tickets. Then the printer's out of ink.

Thinking you've charged your phone and finding it's not even been plugged in properly.

Opening the dishwasher and fogging up your glasses.

That tissue in the washing machine that someone's left in a pocket.

Wanting a wee just as you're nodding off.

Scribbles Wed 22-Aug-18 15:35:42

Those bliddy fiendish little plastic tags that hold pairs of socks/gloves etc together or just hold on a price tag. Why do the T-shaped ends so often get snagged in the fabric and pull threads? Or, alternatively, go flying across the room and are nowhere to be found until the next time you're walking barefoot?

jenpax Wed 22-Aug-18 14:56:40

Almost all buzz words but especially starting a sentence with the word so!
Automated phone lines and having to scroll through lots of options before getting a human being! I especially hate those that ask you to give a brief reason for your call when actually it’s complicated!
Lack of proper disabled access almost everywhere
Southern Rail ?
Xenophobes and racists
Cyclists on the pavement wizzing past and especially if they ring their bells to order you to leap out of their way
Employers who make their jobs those cruddy zero hour contracts
Bad landlords who over charge youngsters on rent but don’t do repairs and no one dare complain for fear of being evicted!
All the office workers who park all day in my road!
Car drivers who don’t indicate left but assume pedestrians waiting to cross are mind readers!
Changing rooms in clothes shops with those hideous mirrors!
Being served silly tiny drizzle food on pieces of slate/granite and charged a fortune
Cafes that hardly offer any vegetarian options
Snooty shoppers in Waitrose?
Daily Mail ?

gillybob Wed 22-Aug-18 13:09:39

People my sister who puts on a silly posh voice to impress, when she never normally talks like that !

gillybob Wed 22-Aug-18 13:06:20

Totally agree with banning Men who walk around town with no shirts on It's gross.

I walked the children from the library through our lovely park yesterday and we spotted 3 men (all over 60/70) sitting on park benches without a top. Yuk !

phoenix Wed 22-Aug-18 12:53:39

People being interviewed on the radio who start their reply with "absolutely" as a response to almost any question they are asked!

DoraMarr Wed 22-Aug-18 12:30:03

Men. Not all men, just:
Men who walk around town with no shirts on, especially when they have huge sunburnt bellies.
Men over the age of twelve who wear baseball hats in public, especially if they are on backwards.
Men who spread their legs on the tube or the bus.
Men who think it’s funny to fart ( you know who you are)
Men who say “ you look fine” when you are about to go out and have got dressed up, but are still feeling a bit lacking in confidence ( a little more enthusiasm, please)
Men who then say, “I like what SHE’s wearing.” ( again, you know who you are.)
I could go on!

HootyMcOwlface Wed 22-Aug-18 12:26:16

The willy nilly use of ‘awesome’ when whatever is being described is obviously not in the least awesome.

HootyMcOwlface Wed 22-Aug-18 12:22:46

OMG scratchy labels! Yes yes yes!

Grankind Wed 22-Aug-18 12:14:14

Women who look so glamorous visiting the Ladies, who use the loo and then disappear through the door without washing their hands;
parents who tolerate their child kicking the passenger seat in front for the whole journey and who say things like 'as long as he's happy' and read stories to said child in loud voices with expression rendering one's own book unreadable;
people who light bonfires when I have a line full of washing out or when I am reading a book in the garden on a sunny day;
really tiny print on labels which I can hardly read with my glasses on.

sodapop Wed 22-Aug-18 12:10:24

Love the link phoenix I just want good food well cooked and served. No annoying containers.

janemar Wed 22-Aug-18 11:49:15

That link from phoenix is brilliant, spent ages looking at the ones in the sidebar.

Dolcelatte Wed 22-Aug-18 11:43:55

Yes, totally agree about the backpacks, gives me the rage, especially on the underground.

phoenix Wed 22-Aug-18 11:36:37

For foffo & Mamissimo , enjoy! wewantplates.com/

(Look at some of the ones in the sidebar on the right!)

JessK Wed 22-Aug-18 11:18:25

Chuggers not taking no for an answer.
People who wear backpacks and don't make allowances for it so you get wacked by it.
Cyclists who don't think traffic lights apply to them

Bathsheba Wed 22-Aug-18 11:05:33

Oh just give up wearing tights altogether - I did several years ago. Hate the flippin' things!

toscalily Wed 22-Aug-18 10:57:26

Scribbles, certainly not if your 5.1 and a bit and pear shaped grin