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Indy100 Staff
Oct 24, 2014
Restaurant hostess reveals the annoying things customers do
Independent
Modern life is a daily struggle.
Here, according to a poll of 2,000 Britons for Nurofen Express, are the top 50 most annoying things about it.
- Your laptop/computer freezing
- PPI calls
- Slow Wi-Fi
- Being stuck in traffic
- People who take up two parking spaces
- Public transport delays
- Junk mail
- Waiting on the phone for the doctors
- When people chuck their rubbish out of the car window
- People who don't use their indicators
- Pot holes
- Stepping in dog muck
- When you hold the door open for someone and they don't say thank you
- The rising cost of living
- When people let their children misbehave in restaurants
- Rude sales assistants
- Screaming kids
- Buying property
- When people hold a conversation in a doorway
- People cancelling on you
- Noisy neighbours
- Reality TV shows
- Road works
- Middle lane hoggers
- Your delivery gets lost in the post
- Computer jargon
- Forgetting your password
- Council tax
- People talking overly loud on public transport
- People who cycle on pavements
- Finding the start of the sellotape
- When people start boarding the train before everyone has gotten off
- Slow walkers
- People talking in the cinema
- Train fares
- Ordering something online and it is damaged
- Queuing for the self-service checkout
- People chewing gum with their mouth open
- Being charged for extra luggage at the airport
- Mums on Facebook who constantly upload pictures of their kid
- Getting stuck behind a tractor
- Cyclists on the road
- Paying your bills
- Speed cameras
- Motorcyclists weaving in and out of the traffic
- Not having enough change for the car park
- Twitter trolls
- A partner snoring
- Loud music
- People asking questions when your programme is on
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