Someone suggested this and it unleashed a torrent of everyday irritations
Here’s a chap called Josh Spero on Twitter who came up with a way the government could raise a bit of extra cash in these troubled times.
Ways the government can raise money: fines for:
– men with trousers which are too short
– shops or cafés with “humorous” boards outside
– people who stop suddenly at tube stations
Add your lucrative suggestions below!— Josh Spero (@joshspero) August 6, 2018
He asked for suggestions and people had them. Lots of them. Here are 24 of the best.
1.
People who hang up signs like “Live, Laugh, Love” in their homes.
— Scott Arthur (@Scott_Arthur) August 7, 2018
2.
Playing music from phones on public transport
— Neil Fisher (@nfmusic) August 6, 2018
3.
People who stop moving as soon as they’re off the escalator and/or travelator at airports.
— Stuart Skelton (@StuartSkelton) August 7, 2018
4.
People that drops their disgusting ‘remains’ on public spaces (bottles, cans, food, papers, cigarettes, plastics, etc.).
— Anna Bonitatibus (@AnnaBonitatibus) August 6, 2018
5.
– people who stand on the left
– people on public transport who don’t take their rucksacks off
– aisle sitters— Nicholas Croom (@nickcroom) August 6, 2018
6.
The politically correct.
Beards (by the cm).
Men who tuck in t-shirts.
Anyone who passes me going uphill on a bike.
Whoever started the handshake/hug thing that everyone now does.(I once accidentally grabbed the sister-in-law’s gran’s left breast due to confusion in this action.)— Rob Whittle (@PolkaDotRob) August 7, 2018
7.
Men who wear smart shoes with no socks.
People who text message while walking.
Men who fart at the urinal in someone else’s company.
Men who tuck their jeans into boots which aren’t of the Wellington variety.
Anyone who takes sugar with their tea.
— Felix Lowe (@saddleblaze) August 7, 2018
8.
– people who call it ‘holibobs’
— Gigi Mak (@gigi_maki) August 7, 2018
9.
Obviously a fine on PRs who “reach out”. Fine to double with each repeat offence, and to quadruple if coupled with “I hope this finds you well”.
— Hugh Pearman (@hughpearman) August 6, 2018
10.
People who add “o’clock” to any food or beverage they want to consume
— Dr Andrew Laughland (@andrewlaughland) August 7, 2018
11.
People who sit in the aisle seat on the train when the other is vacant
— Richard Bell (@rich_bell) August 6, 2018
12.
A thousand times yes to these. Also on public transport:
– manspreaders
– women who put their handbag on the seat next to them
– people who don’t take off their backpack on the tube— Amy Gray (@amyelizgray) August 7, 2018
13.
– Anyone who thinks ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ is the best film of all time.
– Anyone who thinks Antoni is the best on ‘Queer Eye’.
– Waiting until the very front of the security queue to take your jacket off.— Mark Emlyn Evans (@marcooth) August 7, 2018
14.
Putting empty ice trays in the freezer?
— Matthew Hardeman (@matthewhardeman) August 6, 2018