What drives you nuts??
Oct 23rd 2007, 2:03 pm
#46
Lloydminster AB
Joined: Dec 2006
Location: Alberta
Posts: 2,059
Re: What drives you nuts??
Can definatly vouch for that. My son has been out with his (canadian)girlfriend for dinner in Victoria and the waitress even passed him her phone number 
Didn't please the girlfriend.
My husband has been told (even when im with him) what a lovely accent he has etc. We were in our local shop and the cashier asked if that was all and he said ' yes, unless you have the loving off a good women i can have'. in all seriousness she replied, well if you give me your phone number i know plenty of girlfriends that will just love that accent! when we were leaving she then said 'if your serious come back and give me that number'............
HELLO, IM STANDING RIGHT HERE, WHAT AM I CHOPPED FRICKIN LIVER :curse:
Didn't please the girlfriend.My husband has been told (even when im with him) what a lovely accent he has etc. We were in our local shop and the cashier asked if that was all and he said ' yes, unless you have the loving off a good women i can have'. in all seriousness she replied, well if you give me your phone number i know plenty of girlfriends that will just love that accent! when we were leaving she then said 'if your serious come back and give me that number'............
HELLO, IM STANDING RIGHT HERE, WHAT AM I CHOPPED FRICKIN LIVER :curse:
Ive got to tell him that one and he does like the girls lets hope this will help
PLEASE or he really will drive mom and dad nuts
Oct 23rd 2007, 2:43 pm
#47
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Joined: Feb 2007
Location: Newcastle - Calgary yo-yo
Posts: 489
Re: What drives you nuts??
Thought id jump on the band wagon....one thing that drives me nuts is bad breath, not getting my own way 
, and football when my soaps are on :curse:
My major bug bare though is when people are eating gum and they chew REALLY loudly or eat there food and make all the noise of a pig like my OH does when eating a kebab after a night out
Mandi x
, and football when my soaps are on :curse:My major bug bare though is when people are eating gum and they chew REALLY loudly or eat there food and make all the noise of a pig like my OH does when eating a kebab after a night out
Mandi x
Oct 23rd 2007, 5:47 pm
#48
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,020
Re: What drives you nuts??
...people who mix up "there" and "their".
Oct 23rd 2007, 6:07 pm
#51
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 7,715
Re: What drives you nuts??
leaf blowers :curse:
(not Belinda Stronach)
(not Belinda Stronach)
Oct 23rd 2007, 7:30 pm
#55
Slightly Canadian
Joined: Jul 2005
Location: St. John's, Newfoundland
Posts: 10,129
Re: What drives you nuts??
The thing that has me shouting abuse at the TV is the TV ad for the Newfoundland and Labrador 24/7 healthline. A laudable service, you can call anytime & speak to a nurse in a call centre. The ad shows pictures of concerned Newfoundlander and Labradorians talking on the phone to the Nurse, In A Call Centre and becoming visibly happier. Now thats all well and good but then the ad comes to a close and this nurse, WEARING SCRUBS with a STETHOSCOPE around her neck and Bluetooth headphone on smiles knowingly at the camera. She's in a friggin call centre so why the scrubs??? And what's she going to do with the Stethoscope?? Ask me to put the bloody phone receiver to my chest while she sticks the other end onto her bluetooth bloody headset??? Do the people that run the healthline think we're stupid!!!
OK. I admit. I need to get out more.
OK. I admit. I need to get out more.
Oct 23rd 2007, 8:22 pm
#56
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Joined: Apr 2005
Location: Wellington, Nova Scotia
Posts: 717
Re: What drives you nuts??
Can definatly vouch for that. My son has been out with his (canadian)girlfriend for dinner in Victoria and the waitress even passed him her phone number Didn't please the girlfriend.
My husband has been told (even when im with him) what a lovely accent he has etc. We were in our local shop and the cashier asked if that was all and he said ' yes, unless you have the loving off a good women i can have'. in all seriousness she replied, well if you give me your phone number i know plenty of girlfriends that will just love that accent! when we were leaving she then said 'if your serious come back and give me that number'............
HELLO, IM STANDING RIGHT HERE, WHAT AM I CHOPPED FRICKIN LIVER :curse:
Didn't please the girlfriend.My husband has been told (even when im with him) what a lovely accent he has etc. We were in our local shop and the cashier asked if that was all and he said ' yes, unless you have the loving off a good women i can have'. in all seriousness she replied, well if you give me your phone number i know plenty of girlfriends that will just love that accent! when we were leaving she then said 'if your serious come back and give me that number'............
HELLO, IM STANDING RIGHT HERE, WHAT AM I CHOPPED FRICKIN LIVER :curse:
OMG I thought I was getting paranoid
Oct 23rd 2007, 8:29 pm
#57
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 15,883
Re: What drives you nuts??
Now thats all well and good but then the ad comes to a close and this nurse, WEARING SCRUBS with a STETHOSCOPE around her neck and Bluetooth headphone on smiles knowingly at the camera. She's in a friggin call centre so why the scrubs??? And what's she going to do with the Stethoscope?? Ask me to put the bloody phone receiver to my chest while she sticks the other end onto her bluetooth bloody headset??? Do the people that run the healthline think we're stupid!!!
OK. I admit. I need to get out more.
OK. I admit. I need to get out more.
At a stretch I could buy the scrubs (uniform in a sense) but I do have to question the stethoscope.
Do the people that run the healthline think we're stupid!!!
It's all about image in the world of advertising.
Oct 23rd 2007, 8:41 pm
#58
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Joined: Sep 2004
Location: Windsor, ON; Chicago, IL
Posts: 6,713
Re: What drives you nuts??
There's a USA diabetes ad that does that too - call centre ops wearing white coats. Why??
And I *hate* the way that old boy with the bushy 'tache says "die-uhh-BEE-tuss".
And I *hate* the way that old boy with the bushy 'tache says "die-uhh-BEE-tuss".
The thing that has me shouting abuse at the TV is the TV ad for the Newfoundland and Labrador 24/7 healthline. A laudable service, you can call anytime & speak to a nurse in a call centre. The ad shows pictures of concerned Newfoundlander and Labradorians talking on the phone to the Nurse, In A Call Centre and becoming visibly happier. Now thats all well and good but then the ad comes to a close and this nurse, WEARING SCRUBS with a STETHOSCOPE around her neck and Bluetooth headphone on smiles knowingly at the camera. She's in a friggin call centre so why the scrubs??? And what's she going to do with the Stethoscope?? Ask me to put the bloody phone receiver to my chest while she sticks the other end onto her bluetooth bloody headset??? Do the people that run the healthline think we're stupid!!!
OK. I admit. I need to get out more.
OK. I admit. I need to get out more.
Oct 23rd 2007, 8:45 pm
#59
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 15,883
Re: What drives you nuts??
Those stupid Viagra ads with the people talking gibberish.
Also the Yoptimal ads with the idiot with the grey hair buying yogurt at a bar.
Also the Yoptimal ads with the idiot with the grey hair buying yogurt at a bar.
Last edited by Steve_P; Oct 23rd 2007 at 8:48 pm.