Modern Day Gripes

Baaaaaaarnsley! Whenever you're out of town and you've replied to a question asking "where's that accent from?".
Once had it constantly at a wedding in Bromley, - from a table load from Preston and Carlisle.

 

I agree with you in general but the example you quote is correct, surely? Cig's being an abbreviation of cigarettes.

 

Use of the word ‘optics’ to mean how something is likely to be perceived and the ‘main takeaway’ from an interview or such like.

Reaching out rather than asking for help, stepping back rather than leaving a post/position.

 

To be fair they scan at some speed me and the checkout assistants have a battle of wills in our local Aldi

 

'Passed away'

You've not passed anywhere, you've just ceased to exist.

 

I had to hold myself back from being a grammar Nazi when I saw someone write a person's name with an apostrophe before the final 's' in a family group chat (Chri's)

Said person works in education

 

Actually you don't cease to exist as much as you become something else.

 

Surprise service charges added to your bill without any warning or notice of the fact.

Coffees being served in tiny glasses, not pots.

Being looked at like you're streaking on Horse Guards Parade when trying to pay with cash.

Drivers that don't give a 'thank you' wave when you stop to let them through.

Banks, utility companies, insurance companies expecting you to do their job for them and be an expert on their processes because 'you can do it online'.

Cold callers getting aggressive when I politely ask to be removed from their database.

"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that. After the beep, please could you say your 8 digit code into your receiver" .... "I'm sorry. I didn't quite catch that because I wasn't programmed to understand people from north of Mansfield".

 

https://x.com/WeWantPlates?s=09

There's enough on this link to really get those annoyance levels peaking

 

I wonder if they say the same thing to people from Barnstable and Barnet?

 

Cigarettes isn't a possessive noun and its not a conjunction of two words (like don't). Unless my grammar is kak I think that's the reason.

 

Mmmm perhaps I shouldn't take a hand off my wheel to change gear .
Hohoho...

 

Moaning griping owd cn#t$.............sithi.

 

Wierd that one ,when there doing the right thing.

 

Cease to be a conscious being, but remain as atoms.

 

Pelican crossings. The old style had the red man/green man illuminated sign high up on a post at the opposite side of the road. Easy for everyone to see. Now the signs are only at waist height and only at the side where you're standing, which means that they're often obscured by people waiting to cross.

Worse, the old style pelicans had a loud pip-pip-pip sound when it was safe to cross. Now they're silent. Must be a nightmare if you're visually impaired.

 

You could keep you hands on the wheel and just lift a finger. Or two fingers if you're feeling that way out.