Behaviour which needs to be banned...

[PartySaint]

People who wear Celtic jerseys to Ireland matches

[sligoman]

Driving well below the speed limit on a good road and yet won't pull in when a car is behind them.

People who don't use the slow lane on a road and people who drive in the right hand lane of motorway/dual carriageway even when not over-taking.

[Dunny]

"Olé olé olé" crap...It's Spanish ffs

[strangeirish]

"Olé olé olé" crap...It's Spanish ffs

But it has a fada!

[thischarmingman]

- Statements that start with the phrase, "I don't mean to be rude but..."
- People who don't 'get' Bob Dylan.
- Poor service in shops/bars etc. I walked into the pub recently and the barman left me standing at the bar for a minute or so as he leaned on the bar and fiddled with his phone, so I left. A month or two ago, I got served in a trendy city centre bar (The Church, at the end of Henry St.) by a waiter who brought us coffee while talking on his phone. I won't be going back.
- Sporting failure. My first Derry City game was the Cup Final in 1997, I had been a Leeds United fanatic since around 1995 but gradually one began to assume more importance than the other. Anyway, I've seen Derry in a fair few cups but I have yet to see my team win a title.
- Chat shows where the host only asks tame, easy questions. If I was having a chat with Tom Cruise, my first question would be along the lines of, "Tom, what the f***, you moron?" rather than the fawning tripe Jonathan Ross serves up on a weekly basis.
- Anyone Irish wearing an EPL jersey. Yes, it may come across as bitter, and yes, everyone has a right to wear whatever jersey they want, but if I meet someone for the first time and they're wearing a Liverpool shirt, I look down on them from the start.
- Adverts with stupid, childish men, and clever women. Not that I have anything against clever women, it's the male stereotype I have an issue with. If it was the other way around it would definitely be deemed sexist.
- The Afternoon Show
- The phrase "going forward..." When did this suddenly spring up? We have perfectly adequate, and (in the case of 'henceforth') even elegantly beautiful ways of saying 'From now on...' and yet people still use this inane phrase. It used to be used just on policy documents I read in work, now it seems to have wormed it's way into everyday usage. Please, please stop.
- People who start looking for their bus money only when getting on the bus.
- Busaras
- Pier Morgan. Last week I was watching X Factor and he was being quite nice to one of the contestants and I actually found myself thinking that he couldn't be that bad. So I re-watched his appearance on HIGNFY (available here, here, and here) to remind myself what a vicious, arrogant, self-promoting, vindictive, bullying little odious weasel he actually is.
- Ticketmaster
- Temple Bar (except Porterhouse and, until recently, Eamonn Doran's)
- Jonathan Rees Myers

[bennocelt]

Jesus Charming man i think i agree with all your points!!!!

One that gets my goat is people who have showers at 12/1/2/3 at night waking me up and knowing that we all have to work in the morning

[Mr A]

Expecting that anyone who works in IT will spend hours fixing your screwed up PC and then not even showing any gratitude.

It's amazing how much it happens!

[gustavo]

When i'm using our internal work IM system and people put lots of dots at the end of the sentence , I just think it looks bad


ME - ok I've done that now

THEM - Ok Thanks.....

[John83]

Expecting that anyone who works in IT will spend hours fixing your screwed up PC and then not even showing any gratitude.

It's amazing how much it happens!

[John83]

When i'm using our internal work IM system and people put lots of dots at the end of the sentence , I just think it looks bad


ME - ok I've done that now

THEM - Ok Thanks.....

There are lots of annoying typing tics out there. I've seen one person sign all her(?) forum posts with _***_ for no reason at all.

Of course, the humble ellipsis has its place too...

[hula4]

Getting injured in training the night before a game

Anyone the plays the black eyed peas "I've got a feeling"

That LV ad that appears regularly on the music channels, that jingle or whatever you call it goes right through my head

Students saying to me "but Guard I pay your wages"

Being ignorant

Having no sense of when being close to someone is too close, especially when your breath or body odour is rancid.

The phrase "I hope we can still be friends" it doesn't work, just have a clean break and move on with your life because otherwise someone will end up getting hurt...again

On a related note, running into an ex when with a current squeeze

[thischarmingman]

On a related note, running into an ex when with a current squeeze

Unless your current squeeze is well fit

[Pauro 76]

People who say 'huzzah'... stupid word.

[Mr A]

No way, Huzzah is well cool!

[brianw82]

- Poor service in shops/bars etc. I walked into the pub recently and the barman left me standing at the bar for a minute or so as he leaned on the bar and fiddled with his phone, so I left. A month or two ago, I got served in a trendy city centre bar (The Church, at the end of Henry St.) by a waiter who brought us coffee while talking on his phone. I won't be going back.

Couldn't agree more with this point. I went to the Bull & Castle sometime last year because I spotted they were selling mulled wine. Took my seat, and it was a good 10 minutes before I was served.

Also, how hard is it for people serving you to simply say 'hello' or 'hi'? I'm not asking for some Yankee-doodle 'Welcome to <insert name>, how can I help you?' ultra-cheerful drivel, just some basic courtesies.

On a related note, being asked "Are you ok?" by counter staff drives me up the wall. "Are you ok?" - wtf???!!! No, I have bowel cancer, you moron! Now please serve my coffee!