things that annoy us

It's my brother lately. I don't know about you ladies but I can't stand most of my siblings most of the time.

I have 2.

#1. My allergies.

#2. People who do certain things at work and when you do the same thing they preach at you that you're supposed to do it this certain way but they don't.

being called a fat pig in mcdonalds
yep.. that's what I got yesterday

Unacceptable.

What the...?!  That's just wrong.

People are just ridiculous... Hugs, Emily!

There are plenty of idiots about. Sometimes, I just wonder if I am lucky, not inter locking with them.

There is one in our town, he is big and very powerful looking, and he cycles around with an enormous cb receiver strapped to his bike. It's on  all the time, and he just wanders into shops with the bike. No-one ever says anything.

His hair is very tight curls, shaved at the sides, and in a pony tail from the top.

But mostly, he has that crazy look about him.

I don't know if you have ever heard CB recently. Really it's over the top in a big way with obscenities. I heard it on a friend I used to visits' radio. He is a radio enthusiast but he actually appeared terrified that he would get on the bad side of them. There is an authority whose job it is to police the airwaves here (like the FCC in the US). In general they don't unless, for example, government services are affected.

I think a lot of the time it is people with mental health issues. To some extent due to the lack of support they are cast aside and do cause problems. Years ago they would be put in asylums but they all closed and now there are only smaller units spread thinly. I don't know what the right solution is but they haven't got it. The public get the problems and the police pick up the pieces.

[/quote]There was a woman in a nearby town who had wandered up to a man at a busstop and struck him across the face several times. The person in the newspaper also had history of other assaults on people. It is pretty dire. What was going on in the woman's head, I do not know. But she was reported to the police. Needless to say, she was arrested and faced charges of assault.

I guess there are people out there who are sick in their minds and have no control over their behaviour. It's sickening yet sad.
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It's called care in the community.
The idea was that instead of being confined to asylums with on hand medical help these people would be released into the community and given off site care.
The reality is that they are basically like ships drifting at sea , there is no care , there is one social worker for every 50 or so people, GP's are overloaded, overworked, underpaid, understaffed so they cannot be of any significant help. The result is that the police and the prison service find themselves being mental health social workers and the general community find themselves at the mercy of those who have gone off the rails.

But like the NHS, no-one wants to pay for it. Who is going to want to pay extra VAT, or income tax?

We expect the government to find the money without taking it off of us. 

Despite being a left winger, I do agree. This is not the time to strike. Too many are struggling.

Same here. And stuttering. It drives me nuts when someone waffles. Why can't they just say it? I also find people who never wash up in the kitchen after themselves annoying.