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Small Niggles that get on your nerves
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Glynis HT Admin
2011-01-09 20:28:03
Not the major stuff such as poor food, but the small niggles that irritate.

My mam hates the teapots - you know the ones, stainless steel that, when you attempt to poor your cuppa, leaves a big mess on the tablecloth & saucer as they 'dribble'.

I'm not keen on the cups. I like a mug of coffee not a small half cup that makes said coffee go cold in 2 secs flat. I always pack my own mug for our apartment/hotel :tup
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Helen T
2011-01-09 20:38:55
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
Starting in the airport, people that wait until it's their turn at the checkiin desk and then start getting out tickets, passports etc. In the UK, kettles that don't fit under the taps properly. Crumbs on tables from previous diners, drinks served in the wrong glasses
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CourtneeLouise
2011-01-09 20:48:54
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
Of course the one person who happens to be sat infront of you that reclines there chair back onto your chest on the plane.

Or when you've been lead in the sun for hours and someone at the beach suddenly runs past you after getting out the sea and splashes you with cold water coming off them! :duh
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Oklahoma
2011-01-09 21:13:08
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
Or worse still spray sand all over your face as they run past :(
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Gooorooo
2011-01-09 21:28:30
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
People that recline seats for an entire journey drive me mad.

In fact, people in general - particularly rude Brits who are horrible to waiters and hotel staff. They make me ashamed to be British. I always end up apologising on their behalf!
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helen1985
2011-01-10 11:07:40
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
My mum hates the cups, she always takes her own mug.

In 2009 we went to a resort that my parents were visiting after we got home and my mum was so chuffed when I told her they now had mugs, so she didn't have to take her own.
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Corinne76
2011-01-10 14:09:24
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
I hate it when there isn't a power socket near the bedroom mirrors as it means I end up sitting on the floor, drying my hair whilst looking in my tiny travel mirror. I also hate it when the person behind you seems to spend the entire flight kicking you in the back!
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Alsacienne
2011-01-10 14:18:16
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
I get disappointed when there isn't a power point next to my bed. Usually it's on the wall opposite, which means bringing an extension lead.
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doe
2011-01-10 14:47:41
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Rubbish bedside lights, that give ultra low lighting. Grhh!
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digby
2011-01-10 16:39:54
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People who after a hearty breakfast, feel the need to stuff their napkin or similar with food. I cannot understand if this is for eating in their room or if it's to save them buying a lunch when they're out. Greed!!
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steve8482
2011-01-10 17:24:57
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
I'm with Helen about the gormless people at checkin! Then having found the tickets they suddenly lose the ability to converse in English when asked the standard "have you packed this yourself" questions and have to ask their partner what to say or look at the clerk as though they just been asked for a water sample! Then when they get to the gate an hour before boarding they have to stand in the queue they see - even though the sign says something like speedyboarding or families with children and doesn't apply to them. Once on the plane, if they haven't got an allocated seat they can't cope with choosing and just stand in the aisle dithering. Alternatively, if they have got a numbered seat it's usually row 20 and they have to check the numbers on each row just in case Boeing have installed them out of sequence!!!
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Judith
2011-01-10 17:43:08
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
You are a right Victor Meldrew Steve ;)

I agree about people checking the numbers on each row though. It really annoys me. I also get annoyed when travelling with airlines who board people (sensibly) by row numbers but then fail to enforce it and you are trying to get to row 56 and people with seats in row 30 are messing about in the aisle with their luggage and coats.
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Glynis HT Admin
2011-01-10 19:02:18
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
steve8482 wrote:
or look at the clerk as though they just been asked for a water sample!


:rofl
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Rachincov
2011-01-10 19:20:10
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
:rofl at Steve

My biggest gripes

The 'let's get up as soon as the belt sign goes off' people
The 'I have had a good night out and am going to tell you all about it at 2 in the morning' people
The 'I will let my children run riot around the complex' people
The 'I am not aware of the space needed between my sunbed and yours' people
The 'have you paid more than me for this holiday' people
The 'let's be best friends and hang around all holiday' people

I have a few gripes but my biggest seems to be all the other people :rofl :rofl :rofl
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andy66
2011-01-10 21:20:41
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
Rachincov wrote:
:I have a few gripes but my biggest seems to be all the other people :rofl :rofl :rofl


i knew there was a good reason why i book a villa holiday ;) totally see where Rach and Steve are coming from!!

Another gripe/niggle is "the full kit" Now, i'm nearly 45 and not in bad shape , but i know that i'd look pretty bad in a full football kit , so why do other blokes do it !!!! look, i love football , i love ENGLAND , i love my hometown club, but i would never wear a shirt with some other blokes name on the back, its fantastic that kids do this , its a dream that could happen , its fine for teenagers , they need a hero to look up to, but 45 year blokes , we're past it and it just looks embarrassing. You see them at the airport, around the pool , out at night , ........but when in England only outside football grounds or pubs showing live games generally.
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madmadge
2011-01-10 21:42:58
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i hate being splashed in the pool as it takes me forever to actually get in then sum numpty nearly drowning you :cry
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Tarry
2011-01-10 22:18:11
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
Definetely about the cups, what is the point in them? The amount of guests that stay in the nearby camp that mention them.
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Glynis HT Admin
2011-01-10 23:07:59
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
I hate being splashed in the pool also Madmadge :( I hate getting my hair wet as it goes all flat and frizzy so I have to resort to giving out 'the don't you even think about it stare' :rofl
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Jeffro
2011-01-11 00:26:22
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
Last year my wife and I arrived to find check in empty, so we started zig-zagging our way
towards the counter when big belly- big mouth arrived unhooked the barriers to make clear route
to counter .What a cheek!
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Debbie
2011-01-11 00:32:54
Re: Small Niggles that get on your nerves
The cups as we end up having two or three cups of tea to make up. Tend to try and take a mug but usually forget.

Impatient people on the plane whom don't give you the time to sit down when you come to your seat, and try pushing past you. Grrrrrrrrrrr makes me so cross :argue
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