Random Irritations

[Wilson]

It turns out I forgot to pay for fuel the week before last! I paid for my food, but not the fuel, easily sorted with a £35 admin charge on top.

 

[Slab]

You're out for a jog. You see two people walking on the path ahead of you, in your direction. They take up the full width of the path, and you are next to a fairly busy road. You would think that they might be able to walk in single file for a few seconds, so that you can safely jog past them. But no, instead they continue to take up the full width of the pavement, ignore you and expect you to run onto the road, back to traffic. Especially irritating when there is actually a car coming up the road.

Yup, when tide is in and we cant use the beach for morning walk we'll swap to road/pavement but there three blokes with a dug usually walking opposite way and they don't shift despite us two going single file

 

[The Squirrel]

You're out for a jog. You see two people walking on the path ahead of you, in your direction. They take up the full width of the path, and you are next to a fairly busy road. You would think that they might be able to walk in single file for a few seconds, so that you can safely jog past them. But no, instead they continue to take up the full width of the pavement, ignore you and expect you to run onto the road, back to traffic. Especially irritating when there is actually a car coming up the road.

Shoulder-barge between them as if you're trying to break through the defensive line in rugby?

 

[Neilds]

We’re pretty chilled about it actually - what can you do?
We were at the airport in the lounge when we heard some explosions. There was a bit of confusion for a couple of hours but when we realised that nothing was going to go, we made the decision to simply re book our hotel as we knew it and it is alongside a Mall for necessities if we needed them, then swiftly got a cab out.
Etihad have cancelled the flight but are/will rebook us onto the first available whenever.
So we were having a nice curry yesterday evening instead of being bussed to wherever Etihad had booked for thousands of passengers which would have taken forever.
Admittedly your phone squawking in the middle of the night with missile warnings doesn’t make for the best nights sleep, but
My only minor irritation is the difference in time taken to buy some shorts and a shirt and flip flops by a man and a woman plus other necessities.
However we are now sitting near the beach with a Peroni so it can’t be all bad.
I was really tempted to use that line that an American used during the ashcloud issue when told that all flights were cancelled and she said “What even business class?”

Any updates? My mate has just messaged that his planned flight on Thursday has been cancelled and no alternative offered. He was only meant to transit through Abu Dhabi last Saturday, couple of hours in the airport max.

 

[D-S]

No, nothing as yet. Airport is supposedly closed until Thursday. A lot less explosions and life is back to normal.
If our clubs weren’t at the airport and the Abu Dhabi government were covering alcohol as well we’d be really up on the deal!

 

[SteveW86]

On my work trip to Essex last month I managed to forget to pay the dart charge 4 times and get caught speeding. Had a few letters given to me from HR

 

[venger]

You're out for a jog. You see two people walking on the path ahead of you, in your direction. They take up the full width of the path, and you are next to a fairly busy road. You would think that they might be able to walk in single file for a few seconds, so that you can safely jog past them. But no, instead they continue to take up the full width of the pavement, ignore you and expect you to run onto the road, back to traffic. Especially irritating when there is actually a car coming up the road.

barge into them and just say "sorry, didn't see you" and carry on.

 

[Swango1980]

Shoulder-barge between them as if you're trying to break through the defensive line in rugby?

Or defending a corner in football