2 just today
that now I think about it, really wind me up something rotten. First of all, those fresh bakery rolls, it doesn't seem to matter which end I try and open the little bastards, they never seem to open. You apply massive amounts of energy to get them open and one of two things happens, it opens with the force you'd expect when you're ripping it apart, sending the rolls flying to the floor, already partially squashed because the bastards don't make the bag big enough NOT to squash them when trying to get it open...or it just refuses to open, so you try the other end, and it opens so easily you wonder if it is some sort of intelligent, but spiteful plastic bag that knows it's irritating but finds it really funny. Why is it whatever end I choose, it's the wrong bloody end?

Secondly, wankers in cars behind me when i'm reversing. OK so I have a car with a reversing camera, it's really helpful for getting really close to the car behind, giving you maximum space to get out of a spot...but you can't even get within a foot of them if they're in their sodding car at the time without a toot on the horn. 'YES I BLOODY KNOW YOU'RE THERE I'VE GOT A FUCKING CAMERA!' Honestly can't they wait until I've actually touched their precious car before they start getting arsey about it? Maybe I should turn it into some sort of game 'How close can you go before someone can't resist the urge to toot?' Bastards. Anyway, that is all for now, so many things annoy me these days, I don't know if I should write any more though, I'm angrier now than when I started, I might give myself a heart attack if I start talking about proper roundabout usage. Cunts.
(alpha2omega, Sun 4 May 2008, 22:54, 8 replies)

I am ashamed to admit
that I read all of this without actually realising who'd written it. Hello. If you ask me, these people know you have a reversing camera and they're just jealous because they don't. Yes.
PS - that is the first time I have ever known you call anyone a cunt.
( Maladicta, Sun 4 May 2008, 23:32, closed)

That's probably because it is the first time
I seriously hate the word, maybe i'm not being myself enough, but it seemed appropriate given where I'm posting. Honestly though it's happened twice since Friday, i should try and get hold of a rear window sticker that says something like 'If you're reading this, don't beep, i have a camera' or something, because honestly, i'm more likely to be startled and release my foot from the clutch when they do that than if i am allowed to just get on with it
(alpha2omega, Sun 4 May 2008, 23:42, closed)

You shouldn't be entirely surprised about the reversing thing
reversing cameras are far outweighed by idiots who fail to look behind them at all. If someone was reversing towards me, I'd rather give them a pip on the horn to warn them that I'm there, and risk pissing them off, than to have them knock over my bike.
( Peregr1n @peregr1n, Mon 5 May 2008, 0:10, closed)

so what you're saying is
despite the fact that the majority of people don't have cameras, despite the fact that arsehole drivers cause countless accidents every day, you expect people to know you've got a camera and not beep at you when you're reversing?
get a grip.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 5 May 2008, 2:05, closed)

reversing camera?
great googily moogily.
if you're so feckless that you need a camera to reverse into a parking space then you shouldn't be driving.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 5 May 2008, 8:35, closed)

oops!
maybe what i meant to say was something like...
good grief, what ever happened to relying on good old-fashioned spatial awareness...

slunks off to naughty step x
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 5 May 2008, 9:04, closed)

OK, obviously i wrote this totally wrong
because I didn't expect a reaction like this.

@Peregrin - Yes, I do, maybe I'm in the minority here then, but I have a bit of faith in people I suppose. If someone is reversing towards me, yeah i'll squirm and mutter under my breath, but i'm not going to interfere until they hit me, then i will definitely interfere...a bike is different though, i'm not in any danger being tapped at 5mph or so, you may well be.

@monkey - as above really, i don't expect them to know, just to have a little faith. we're not talking about merging lanes at 70 on the motorway here, we're talking about a 1mph creep backwards. Them beeping at me just feels excessive.

@blaireau69 - I don't have any need for the camera in most circumstances, if you'd read the post, you'd see that what it IS useful for is getting within inches of the car behind to make getting out of a space easier. The circumstances yesterday were I was at the tip, and it's not the best layout, always some guy in front who wants to unload his whole house into the crusher and takes 3 hours doing it, i have to get out somehow; it's at times like this a camera is really helpful, yeah i could get out without one, but it's so helpful for using all the room available to you.

Anyway hope that clears it up a little
(alpha2omega, Mon 5 May 2008, 10:33, closed)

I would probably beep...
I don't necessarily know you have a reversing camera, so I would beep to remind you that yes there is someone behind you, and yes, you are getting rather close. I can't tell if you are using a camera to measure the distance between our cars in cm or you are just an unobservant idiot.

I come across more idiots...
(442, Wed 7 May 2008, 12:03, closed)