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Without getting whinged at for grumbling.....:sneaky:


My grumble today is ignorant drivers!

Yep, those w@#$ers who think they own the road! And there's plenty of them around here.

I am a very courteous driver, I always try and pull in first. I always acknowledge people who give way to me, with a wave and a smile and at the very least a smile and a nod.

So why do some people think they don't have to use manners? Why do they think that they don't have to ever give way? Grrrrr.:frown:

They get right on my BEEP!



Hmmm, anyone guilty of this crime, step forward now and take the verbal bashing! :lol: if youuuu dare.


A grumbled shared is a grumble halved........:wub:













Just to add 'around here' means where I live, not the BE community....mind you.............:p

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Without overtly politicising this, (but to highlight why) : it is no better in Australia - as many people point out. Here people are accustomed to wide and straight highways punctuated by lights - giving way is a damn nuisance when you are in 5th gear... (and to be honest as I live semi-rural and drive off-peak, I also get lazy and don't want to give way when in the suburbs) but I do thank when I see courtesy. In the UK I remember narrower roads, twists and turns and T junctions - there seemed to be more of a 'we are all in this together' attitude. That said, I find people acknowledge in both countries - it's not always a case of rudeness.

The world is populated by busy people, that's the problem. Why thank next time when noone thanks you - but the way I reckon is to make sure we don't get worn down by others.

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My grumble is people who toss their cans/food wrappers into my garden because they can't be bothered to take them home.:thumbdown::frown:

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Don't move to Australia...


S

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Or New Zealand.


My grumble is other people's music/noise intruding into my private space.


No surprise there.

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Think it is a general grumble. I think people moving from regional Uk to Capital cities get a shock though...

That said I got stuck on B roads in the regions on my visit back to the Uk.

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I moved from busy seaside town to a village. Not good on the roads at all.

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I'm not at all religious but why do people have to run their chainsaws, mowers, edgers and things on Sundays, they seem to have a roster here, when one finishes and you are just enjoying a few minutes of silence another starts up, sees to go on most of the day.

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you are in for a ruse awakening when you move to Oz.

My biggest peeve, is pelican crossings. The way people just saunter out, without even looking, no acknowledgement, no thankyou... even though they saw you slam your anchors on for them. This goes for all age groups.

My biggest peeve squared is, drivers turnning left out of side streets. They dont look at what cars are coming on main road, just pull straight out in front of you. This will seriously piss you off.

They dont slow down as they approach junction but just turn the corner ignorant of the fact they should stop, and drive straight round. Argghhhh

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Was kind of looking forward to finishing work tomorrow, but am being kept on as casual (which is good cos I still have a job ... kind of...) but was hoping to have a bit of me time. Not stopped since I got back from the UK and need a bit of a break :-(

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I know this has been covered before but I do think Perth has the least courteous drivers I've come across in Aus.
I've yet to understand why they will risk life and limb (or a dented panel anyway) to be just one car in front of you. Like 5 seconds makes a difference.
The bumper sticker "I may be slow but I'm in front of you" was sadly written by a sand groper I suspect and with no irony.

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I stubbed my toe and chipped my pedi today. Now that is a reason to grumble!

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99% of the time there would usually be a walk (or green man) signal.....therefore you should be facing a red stop light....ergo, no excuse for slamming on the anchors........

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Ever tried Queensland drivers....over-take and shoot past you at 110kph in the right-hand lane.....dive across in front of you to exit up the exit slip road.....time saved 2-3 seconds.......

Then you have the teenage "P"-platers in trubo Subaru WRX (locally known as a "BUS").....30kph+ through shopping centre car park....abuse the s*** out of you then deliberately block your exit out of car park onto street, then both little s***s give the bird when you object then smoke the tyres and put their car sideways and nearly lose control......

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Zebra crossing ( has no green man or signal ) bad choice of word. My Bad, but pretty obvious what I was referring to

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Rightly or wrongly, regardless what the pedestrian does, you should still be anticipating what they might do and be travelling at a speed where you can stop safely, not have to hit the anchors......

Guidelines from Qld TMR site on sharing the road with pedestrians, which I would presume would be based on relevant legislation......

For drivers........"•When approaching a pedestrian crossing, you must drive at a speed at which you can safely stop at the crossing."

http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Safety/Dri...destrians.aspx

For pedestrians......"•Traffic must give way to you once you have a foot on the crossing." "


http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Travel-and....aspx#crossing

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LOL whatever

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Figured as much!

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I much prefer your positive posts. Keep up the great work.

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Yep, in Brissie every month and your drivers are wonderful! Only thing I've seen like you describe was in Mellie last week where a young decided he needed to get onto the M1 quick smart in his Maloo ute and to our utter delight ran out of talent long before the beast ran out of grip or horses. Only pity was he did hit a wall lucky blighter!

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I'm sitting here trying to think of a grumble for today and I can't think of one. :blink:


I just want to say, whilst I like a good little grumble ( I'm only human ) I'm not up to Victor Meldrews standards yet, I think that's an age issue. :p and I do thank my lucky stars that I really don't have anything to grumble about. i.e. An ill child, cancer, being homeless, etc...




However I don't think there's anything wrong with getting day to day annoyances off your chest!:D And what I have found here on BE is that men can certainly do their fair share of grumbling, so whoever is guilty of saying ' women moan a lot'
need to come and read this forum. :D

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The pedestrians on the crossing thing really annoys me, especially down at our local shopping centre. They never look to see if a car is going to stop and it happens in the car park, just sauntering around never looking to see if they are about to be run over.

Clearly Tufty never visited down under!

The other annoying car thing is the queueing for the car to come out of a space nearest the shop/entrance etc when there is a perfectly good space a few paces walk away.

Traffic lights in Melbourne.....

Most of my grumbles seem to be vehicle related!

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Oh, I'm not so sure - I've driven in London, LA, Paris and Moscow, and by far the worse place of all to drive is Sydney!


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No, it's definitely Brisbane! I used to think Melbourne was much better but I've been driving a lot more in the last 6 months and my opinion has changed a lot...it's still better than Qld, particularly if you're a pedestrian, just not as much as I thought.

I was thinking about this. In terms of chaos, I think (being a passenger in) China is about the worst that I've seen. But there's a difference...it's organised chaos, everyone just kind of understands how it works - there's no aggression about it.

If I had to summarise driving here I'd say it's all about:

• Aggression
• One-upmanship
• Winning!

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People who rush to get in front when approaching the tills at a supermarket or petrol station. Had one such instance last weekend at K-Mart. As I approached the tills, a bloke slipped hurriedly past me pushing a trolley with 10+ items whereas I just has one item. :sneaky: As it turned out, we ended up at different tills and the person in front of him needed a price check. As I left the store, I turned and gave him my very best smug git glance. :egyptian: He returned a nicely pissed off look :lol:

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That's very prevalent here in Australia. Often where and when you least expect it.

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Not feeling the best today. My grumble is why do I often feel ill when I have a nice thing to do?? No Mahjong for me.:(:frown:

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The school run. 7klm of 60k road. Very treed area, often police vehicles waiting hidden in the trees with speed gun.

Yet almost every day somebody would have to 'win' by overtaking cars full of kids, weaving in and out at speed, often accompanied by the large revving sounds.

Crazy as the entire journey is littered with roundabouts and traffic lights, so every time the 'winner' gets ahead they stop again with the 60K traffic at the next lights/roundabout.

The roundabouts would almost always be clogged with a backlog of hundreds of vehicles as nobody would leave the 2/3 metre gap between cars to let the through traffic flow.

Glad the days of the mummy run :eek: are over.

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People who don't use the 'kiss and drop' system at school properly.:frown:

Why is it sooo hard to make sure you are parked as far towards the front as possible and move forward when the car infront of you leaves???? No, I think I shall park right at the back, and hold up all the other cars behind me, just so that little Johnny doesn't have to wear out his prevcious f*****g legs walking 100 yrds further. Or, I'll take up the spaces of 2-3 cars with my little Fiesta, so that no other car can fit in:frown::frown::frown:

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My school run is 3k, 60k limit, not a jam or barely a stop required - apart from one turn on to the main road. Half of it is down our road which after 10 years I never get sick of!

When using the 5min parking bay, I make a big thing of looking at my watch so that observers know I care...

Molly I am glad you brought this up as I've got one I've saved up for awhile:

When getting on a train in rush hour, if you are up the front and on a good wicket - not only will you get first choice of seats - but you should have an obligation of sorts to think of others behind - *close up!* - *maintain your position* and board fast!

I hate some numpty say 3rd or 4th in the queue immediately infront of you who allows someone to get on in front of them, who has pushed past into a gap, which causes you to lose your position in the queue yourself. This effect tends to get worse down the line...

You don't have to be rude or push, but "effing maintain your position - YES you- YOU *****!!!"

BAH!

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New grumble.

Why did I give up alcohol for lent? It is one of the few things left I'm "allowed" and like a moron I am now denying myself my one glass on a friday night.

Kicking myself as I type.....:thumbdown:

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I won't tell anybody if you don't...


S

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Hmmmmm.....................I think OH will notice if I open a new bottle. He has them all labelled with tasting notes.

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You could buy a cheeky additional one, that isn't within his annotation system...


S

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'Never had to do a school run. :cool: Always lived either close enough to the school that my boys could exercise their legs getting there or provided them with a bus pass. Here in Australia they have/had the choice of walking or cycling. Ya can't beat set and forget :thumbsup:

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I never let mine ride or walk when they were young. Daniel Morecombe was a student at their school for a while, made me realise quick smart bad stuff happens anywhere.

They rode when older, well when it wasn't some delightful weather like 34C 90% humidity, or the rain was coming down like Niagra falls for weeks on end. It was quite funny some kids would have no choice and would arrive as wet as stepping out of the shower, but in full school uniform.

Huge electrical storms were interesting the school would debate if to send them home or not, got it wrong once, eldest rode home as a mini tornado came through, as he opened the front door the window blew out:blink:

Been really calm this summer, but wow some summers we had some mind blowing weather.

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My grumble is worse.My toenail fell off.So I know have nine beautifully painted shellac toes and one just blank.

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We were fortunate enough for my wife to work in an office block right next to my boys primary school ten minutes walk from our house and luckily the best school for miles. She arranged her work hours to align perfectly with school hours. And once they were at high school they had to catch a bus. Here in Australia we identified our preferred schools and then settled in the immediate vicinity to be an easy walking/cycling distance away. Each to their own, but for us we thought it best to make our kids as streetwise and independent as we are/were. :)

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Wow could you sound more patronising?

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Intepret it whatever way you want to but that was neither my thoughts or intention