The 'chat About Absolutely Anything' Thread

[yogi-bear]

Afternoon all......

Anything you like... i will start with a little whinge....happened earlier.

Why do people keep walking, whilst texting on their mobile phones, and then collide into innocent passers-by? .....twice today and I really had a pop at this spotty oik with headphones on, who said "Ok, mate...keep your hair on"

You have the floor, fire away and enjoy :-)

[pixie374]

Pushy salespeople, definitely. On the occasions I have had online advertising, it's a bit rubbish too. They invariably show things I have just looked up and either just bought- or decided against. How do they sell anything if they are always a step behind?

[Cloverjo]

Furniture salesmen, yes yogi. We were looking for a new sofa recently. OH sat on a reclining armchair for a rest and started fiddling with the buttons on it while I was looking around the shop. We couldn't get rid of the salesman after that. He was following us around trying to get OH to test every reclining armchair in the place. We didn't even want a reclining armchair. We had to leave.

[yogi-bear]

Thanks to all of you, who have commented this far.....some brilliant posts here and very funny. :-)


Please continue.........x

[trt]

People waiting at airport arrivals, for family or friends behind the rails, then when they spot them come through the doors, they run to greet & hug them, bumping & blocking the way out for others trying to exit.

[bookbinder]

Talking about texting whilst walking; the German city of Augsburg has installed traffic lights on pavement edges, so that texters won't walk (it is hoped) in front of traffic.

[bookbinder]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/04/26/german-city-installs-traffic-lights-in-pavements-to-protect-text/

[NoMercy]

My lunch went in the bin and I can't face dinner. I've got a bad tummy and my mother tells me she's exactly the same. It's probably a hospital acquired infection.

[shoota]

As we are all trotting out pet hates....
Can someone explain to me the mind set of those dog owners who pick up their pups poops in a plastic bag and then hang it on a bush like a trophy?
If I were a young person I would say W.T.F.....

[yogi-bear]

Superb, trt ... and how true :-)....always happens at airports....there is a duty free just inside the exit doors at Gatwick and Heathrow, and people stop there in the middle of the way out, thinking if they should buy something or not, last minute!

[yogi-bear]

There's definitely some bug or another going around, NoM....I know loads of people being/feeling ill at the moment....take care, and hope you get over it soon, my lovely xx

[maggiebee]

Going to my son's for tea. Better get a wiggle on and give my face a dicht before I go.

[yogi-bear]

Enjoy, maggie....bet you have a nice wiggle too :-) x

[marval]

My moans, people who queue hop and ignore others who have been waiting for ages. Plus people who refuse to give up their seat on the bus, for elderly or disabled people.

[Cloverjo]

Regarding people who queue-hop. I am always embarrassed by my dad for just ignoring queues for getting on buses or supermarket checkouts. He just goes straight to the front. No one ever says anything or even tuts, possibly because he's an elderly gentleman (he'd laugh if he knew I was describing him as such), so I just trot on behind him. I don't know how he has the nerve.

[emmie]

cyclists who don't obey the rules of the road, cycling on pavements, dinging the bell for me to get out the way, same for cyclists who ride over red lights, makes me so bloody cross.

[Cloverjo]

Same with my OH. He was in a small queue for a car park payment machine. The woman in front of him had her head down looking for change in her bag. OH promptly got into the the space that had opened up in the queue, she looked up obviously thinking 'You weren't there a second ago', her mouth opened and closed a couple of times, but she didn't say anything. He's so embarrassing - so is my dad - I have to just walk away when I can.

[tonyav]

just bought a new car,a ford mustang,I sit in the front waving like the queen.

Hiya Kate.
C'mon spill !, I wanna know all about this Mustang.

[jennyjoan]

"Furniture salesmen, yes yogi." - That applies to me amongst many things.

Was looking at beds - was trying the bed out - salesman hovered over me every single bed I tried - that was only about 2.

Suites were upstairs so I decided to have a look. Salesman instructed me that there was a lift. Guess what - I get into lift - press for 1st floor and said salesman is waiting outside the lift. He run up the stairs.

[jno]

if you want a man to get you something from the shop on his way home from work just tell him he has no beers left

reminds me of a cartoon I saw somewhere the other day - man comes in the door saying "Sorry, love, they were all out of potatoes so I bought a 42-inch telly instead."