[Rules p.1] Things that annoy you guys. 100 percent. Not gonna lie

Lotus wrote:- Trying to find a shirt that is wide enough and long enough, but isn't like a billowing tent at the back. This is especially the case with casual shirts. Even the ones described as 'slim' or 'skinny' fit have this issue, and the definition of those varies wildly.
- Finding a t-shirt or jumper that is wide enough, but also isn't really short in its length. Trying to find clothes that fit without being ridiculously baggy and oversized is difficult.
- Most trousers and jeans being 'skinny', which look awful 100% of the time..

Being a wheelchair user and having scoliosis makes those three points even worse, shirts are bad enough but trousers are a nightmare to buy, tracksuit bottoms are literally the only kind I can wear and even then finding ones that fit properly in a seated position is a herculean effort.

Recently got some (Under Armor XXL) that fit without any alterations so I'll probably buy a few more pairs.

Vermilion wrote:Fashion brands which make their stuff smaller than they should be.

I bought three t shirts yesterday, one from Ben Sherman, one from SaltRock, and one from Superdry. All three were XL size (which seems to be the standard adult mens size anyways), but while the Ben Sherman and SaltRock ones were fine, the Superdry tee doesn't fit properly and is more like a medium or large rather than XL.

Albear in April 2013 wrote:Superdry is strawberry floating Tiny.

I have a few of their Shirts, and a Hoody which are all XXL.

I am in no way fat, or even that large. (5'11 14.5 stone)

I physically can't fit into their Tshirts or Polo Shirts. Not even XXL.

Actually had a paddy and went home early the first time I shopped in there.

Had a proper meltdown in the Exeter branch of Superdry. I'm so fat now I wouldn't even go into the store

Albear wrote:

Vermilion wrote:Fashion brands which make their stuff smaller than they should be.

I bought three t shirts yesterday, one from Ben Sherman, one from SaltRock, and one from Superdry. All three were XL size (which seems to be the standard adult mens size anyways), but while the Ben Sherman and SaltRock ones were fine, the Superdry tee doesn't fit properly and is more like a medium or large rather than XL.

Albear in April 2013 wrote:Superdry is strawberry floating Tiny.

I have a few of their Shirts, and a Hoody which are all XXL.

I am in no way fat, or even that large. (5'11 14.5 stone)

I physically can't fit into their Tshirts or Polo Shirts. Not even XXL.

Actually had a paddy and went home early the first time I shopped in there.

Had a proper meltdown in the Exeter branch of Superdry. I'm so fat now I wouldn't even go into the store

Yeah, see i wouldn't say i was particularly big, and i'm certainly not fat, yet i found their XL tee to be tiny.

I get a bit annoyed when people emphasize a word by adding letters to make it longer, but they add the wrong letters. Like spelling love as "loveee". What is that even supposed to accomplish? The 'e' is silent!

OldSoulCyborg wrote:I get a bit annoyed when people emphasize a word by adding letters to make it longer, but they add the wrong letters. Like spelling love as "loveee". What is that even supposed to accomplish? The 'e' is silent!

okayee.

When my other half is eating breakfast with their dressing gown on and the sleeves are trailing onto the boiled eggs and buttered toast. This would be probably better suited to a Things That Make You Apoplectic thread.

Vermilion wrote:

Albear wrote:

Vermilion wrote:Fashion brands which make their stuff smaller than they should be.

I bought three t shirts yesterday, one from Ben Sherman, one from SaltRock, and one from Superdry. All three were XL size (which seems to be the standard adult mens size anyways), but while the Ben Sherman and SaltRock ones were fine, the Superdry tee doesn't fit properly and is more like a medium or large rather than XL.

Albear in April 2013 wrote:Superdry is strawberry floating Tiny.

I have a few of their Shirts, and a Hoody which are all XXL.

I am in no way fat, or even that large. (5'11 14.5 stone)

I physically can't fit into their Tshirts or Polo Shirts. Not even XXL.

Actually had a paddy and went home early the first time I shopped in there.

Had a proper meltdown in the Exeter branch of Superdry. I'm so fat now I wouldn't even go into the store

Yeah, see i wouldn't say i was particularly big, and i'm certainly not fat, yet i found their XL tee to be tiny.

Thank god I’m not the only one. It’s really odd how tiny their clothing is.

Nibble wrote:When my other half is eating breakfast with their dressing gown on and the sleeves are trailing onto the boiled eggs and buttered toast. This would be probably better suited to a Things That Make You Apoplectic thread.

you're meant to romantically sup the eggs and butter off the gown in a sensual and provocative manner.

When I look like (80's)Mickey and she looks like Kim, then I'll give it a go.

Stugene wrote:

Nibble wrote:When my other half is eating breakfast with their dressing gown on and the sleeves are trailing onto the boiled eggs and buttered toast. This would be probably better suited to a Things That Make You Apoplectic thread.

you're meant to romantically sup the eggs and butter off the gown in a sensual and provocative manner.

Nibble wrote:When my other half is eating breakfast with their dressing gown on and the sleeves are trailing onto the boiled eggs and buttered toast. This would be probably better suited to a Things That Make You Apoplectic thread.

This is like when I watch kids (that are old enough to use cutlery) eat lasagna and stuff by grabbing handfuls of it, makes me cringe

Fade wrote:

Nibble wrote:When my other half is eating breakfast with their dressing gown on and the sleeves are trailing onto the boiled eggs and buttered toast. This would be probably better suited to a Things That Make You Apoplectic thread.

This is like when I watch kids (that are old enough to use cutlery) eat lasagna and stuff by grabbing handfuls of it, makes me cringe

My partner is in her 30s and still prefers to use her hands to eat food, as that's the way she was brought up. But I'm not sure even she has the level of asbestos-hands required to scoop up hand-fulls of molten lasagne into her gob. Fair play to those kids.

Sometimes it's best to use hands, i still remember that pic of an apprentice contestant who ate his McDonalds burger with a knife and fork.

Eating a burger with a knife and fork should be frowned on. Same with pizza.

Traditional Italian pizza is supposed to be eaten with a knife and fork to be fair.

I eat burgers, toasties and pizza with a knife and fork because I'm not a child and I don't want to eat with my hands.

Fight me.

People who suck their fingers while eating

Moggy, please post the Seinfeld picture of George eating a snickers with a knife and fork.

Eat however the strawberry float you want.


Some cultures like in South East Asia use their hands as the norm, even though they're eating rice, curry etc.

Victor Mildew wrote:I eat burgers, toasties and pizza with a knife and fork because I'm not a child and I don't want to eat with my hands.

Fight me.

I've not seen someone so keen to be dissociated with children since Boris Johnson.

Victor Mildew wrote:I eat burgers, toasties and pizza with a knife and fork because I'm not a child and I don't want to eat with my hands.

Fight me.

People who suck their fingers while eating

Moggy, please post the Seinfeld picture of George eating a snickers with a knife and fork.

Couldn't help but find it difficult when I was in India and a partner institute put food on for us*, with no cutlery. Eating things like rice with curry sauce with my fingers goes against every ingrained sense of etiquette . I just went with it because everyone else was and I wanted to keep my intolerant, potentially-racist, white man prejudices secretly inside my head .

I've eaten burgers with cutlery before but only if it's because it's impractical to eat with my hands. The idea of tucking into a regular-sized burger with a knife and fork seems quite funny.

(*Very much aware that I'm denigrating the generous act of someone providing me with free food, again exposing my insufferable first world privilege)