You have 10 new messages, all from the same stupid person (There ought to be a law about that!)

Member Name: sue26

Product:	There ought to be a law about that!
Date:	04/03/02 (90 review reads)
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I`m in a moaning mood today so this category is just perfect. I don`t want to keep you all day so I`ll try to make this as short as possible.

1: First on the list has got to be people who don`t leave messages on answering machines. I don`t mean folk who hang up as soon as they hear the monotone voice, I mean people who will stand there, phone in hand, and keep holding the phone for 3 or 4 minutes once they`ve heard the message, but not say anything. Then there`s the ones who will phone back straight away and do the same thing again, and again, and again. I hate pressing the play button, hearing "you have 13 messages", only to find that 10 of them are 3 minutes of silence.

2: Second is bump fondling. Why is it that when you`re pregnant, everyone feels it is their god given right to come and fondle your bump. You wouldn`t do it any other time so why do it now. An old lady started patting my bump once when I was sat on the bus, then proceeded to ask me when the baby was due. I really felt like saying "oh I`m not pregnant, I really must start that diet soon".

3: Next is shopping trolleys. We`ve got widescreen tv, miniature tv, mobile phones the size of your litle finger, the world at our fingertips from the touch of a button, but still nobody has managed to come up with a supermarket trolley that will go in the direction that you want it go. It`s a big basket on four wheels for crying out loud, it`s not rocket science.

4: Automatic answering services. Who was the blithering idiot that came up with that one? If you would like so and so, press 1. If you would like to stay listening to this message while your phone bill goes through the roof, press 2.If you would like to speak to an idiot who doesn`t know their arse from their elbow, press 3. Then you still have to sit there listening to "you are in a queue, your call is important to us, please hold the line".

5: Bell ringers. You know how it is, yo
u`re sat there getting into a really good film, or you`ve just spent 2 hours telling everyone to shush, when the screaming baby eventually falls asleep. Then what happens, some stupid kids rings your bell and runs away. But they`re not content with just doing it the once, oh no, they`ve got to do it 3 or 4 times a night. I`m thinking of rigging a bell up with a big sign up underneath, that says if your planning to ring and run then push this one. then sit back and grin when it squirts them with sewage water.

6: Over sensitive musical toys. I bet you`ve all had one. You`re sitting there in silence, when all of a sudden you hear, do di di di di do do. You proceed to throw the contents of the toybox all over the room, until you find the musical rattle right at the bottom. You put everything back, throw it on the top, it lands upside down and goes off again. Then every night for a week, it will mysteriously find it`s way back to the bottom of the toybox again.

7: You`ve been busy all morning, you sit down for a rest, then there`s a knock at the door, and it`s a British Gas man trying to tempt you back. I don`t need to say anymore, lol.

8: Toddler shoes. Why has nobody yet invented a pair that can`t be taken off and lost when you`re out shopping.

9: The moron who thought it was a brilliant idea to put sweet shelves at child height in front of the tills. Add to that the shop assistant who glares at you when your toddler won`t stop touching them.

10: Last but not least, car alarms. I really don`t know why anybody bothers to have them fitted, because nobody takes a blind bit of notice of them.

Ooh, I am in a bad mood aren`t I, lol.

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