Further to lateness thread.......

[Duncer]

.............what other social gaffes/foibles get your blood boiling.

One of mine is people who stop for a blether in busy shop doorways/aisles. We should be allowed to tazer them!

[chi-chi66]

completely agree with you on that..they look at you as if you have interrupted
them if you say excuse me..or just push past!!

[Duncer]

People who use the word "like" ten times in every sentence.

[albaqwerty]

the twit walking whilst texting who bumps into you.
the twists who walk 2 abreast on the pavement and expect me and my shopping to get into the gutter.
the twit in front of me at the checkout who doesn't put the bar down after they finished putting their stuff on the belt.
the twist behinds me at aforementioned checkout who belts me with their trolley
and breathes....

[Duncer]

It's like, just so, like, annoying.

[Sipowicz]

How about people who ask for advice about Wimbledon tickets, then don't acknowledge suggestions! ;o)

[Eve]

Definitely eating with their mouth full or that deep unneccesary sniffing (just blow your nose!), spitting etc... if no justifiable cause.

Queue jumpers are another one and people who take up most of the two seats on the bus (with no need) or sit on the outer seat next to an empty one so you have to ask them to move to sit down, especially when the bus is then already moving.

People who don't use common courtesy too - no please or thank you in shops - I have to bite my tongue sometimes to stop me saying it for them!

People who treat service staff (waiting, shop assistants etc...) like some kind of lower class.

[Eve]

Oh and people who don't respect your personal space such as in queues or on public transport, especially when you are putting in your pin or opening a purse or handing over money/at a cash point. Makes me feel really uncomfortable.

[erin-x]

Foibles... What a great word! :-)

I hate people who use trolleys like bumper cars. You take your life in your hands when you pass the end of an aisle in our local Sainsburys!

I also hate people who stand too close in queues. I'm a big believer in personal space!!

[erin-x]

Snap, Jenna! Lol!

[albaqwerty]

The number of times, in the post office queue, I've been asked 'are you in the queue?' Duh yes, I'm standing this far back to give the person in front some privacy. Said in a loud tone of voice too.

[sherrardk]

The people in Aldi who don't understand the idea, people who don't say thank you when the door is held open (especially if one of my children is holding the door open), people who cycle on the road when there is a perfectly good bicycle lane (provided at great cost and inconvenience).

[tiggerblue10]

Far too many to mention Duncer but they include spitting, cyclists (when trying to overtake them and they won't keep to the left!) and people who don't move their bags off the seat on a bus so someone else can sit down.

[shaneystar2]

People who feel the need to stand right behind you in a queue and breathe right down your neck ....soap dodgers on public transport .....the woman on the mobi scooter who lives along my road and thinks we all have to jump out of the way because she's in charge of the pavement .Stirling Moss has nothing on her .
People who stand in shop doorways or in the middle of narrow pavements ,supermarket aisles etc and chat .Litterbugs .People who have been waiting ages for a bus but STILL haven't got their money or ticket ready ....Grrr.

[B00]

When I ask a customer how they are at work, and the gits tell me...

I was just being polite people, im really not interested!

;-)

[tiggerblue10]

When colleagues ask me how I am at workB00, I tell it to them straight. They know never to ask me again :o)

[joeluke]

Shop assistants who try to make small talk with you but are so obviously not in the least bit interested in what you have to say

[B00]

And yet you bore the crap out of us by telling us anyway Joe- never learn do you? ;-)

[joeluke]

......and shop assistants who serve you wearing a face like a slapped @rse