Things that annoy you beyond reason...?
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Strangely Brown said:
Well thanks very much for posting that up, it makes me feel better. But the whole point of my rant was the fact that people were ignoring the directive set down by the Airline. There were no phones in the back of the 757 charter flight I was on, yet they still said not to use the phones inside the Aircraft. If that's their rules then why break them! You could reason if you dont give a hoot about one rule you will then go on to break others. If you dont like the rule, well...dont bother flying, take a boat or train instead, I know, I know. But I wonder how many people would be willing to get a mobile phone out just as your coming in to America with a Sky Marshal aboard the flight? Makes you think ey! 
fatboy18 said:
But I wonder how many people would be willing to get a mobile phone out just as your coming in to America with a Sky Marshal aboard the flight? Makes you think ey!
Not really. Nobody is talking about using phones while the plane is still in the air. They are talking about using the phone when the plane is on the ground, with the seatbelt signs off but before the door is open and I've seen it several times on the way into SFO and LAX and have even done it myself at JFK. Nobody was questioned at all.fatboy18 said:
Strangely Brown said:
Well thanks very much for posting that up, it makes me feel better. But the whole point of my rant was the fact that people were ignoring the directive set down by the Airline. There were no phones in the back of the 757 charter flight I was on, yet they still said not to use the phones inside the Aircraft. If that's their rules then why break them! You could reason if you dont give a hoot about one rule you will then go on to break others. If you dont like the rule, well...dont bother flying, take a boat or train instead, I know, I know. But I wonder how many people would be willing to get a mobile phone out just as your coming in to America with a Sky Marshal aboard the flight? Makes you think ey! Heskey said:
Someones cage has been rattled..
Lost it two days ago in my local petrol station. I live 1min walk away and been going there for 5yrs. I know the staff reasonably. On Monday night it was hot and after tea SWMBO said ‘Get me a Solero from the petrol station’ which I duly did. She opened it and it was melted, the stick was falling out of it it was that melted. I took it back and politely said I wanted a new one as this was melted. (It was hot outside but I live 1 minute away!). The guy said he couldn’t swap it or refund as I’d opened it! Arguing that I didn’t expect to check an ice cream to see if it’s cold enough didn’t cut it. In the end I stood there for 15 minutes just going on and on. It wasn’t the £1.39, it was the principle of the thing. I was local, had been there many times, it was a tiny cost to keep a customer happy....none of it made any impact. I was bloody seething, not helped by some f
king do-gooder standing nearby try to pay/help (see? I’m getting wound up again!). I’ll tell all my neighbours but its this sort of stupid, small st that annoys me.
king do-gooder standing nearby try to pay/help (see? I’m getting wound up again!). I’ll tell all my neighbours but its this sort of stupid, small st that annoys me.Frimley111R said:
Lost it two days ago in my local petrol station. I live 1min walk away and been going there for 5yrs. I know the staff reasonably. On Monday night it was hot and after tea SWMBO said ‘Get me a Solero from the petrol station’ which I duly did. She opened it and it was melted, the stick was falling out of it it was that melted. I took it back and politely said I wanted a new one as this was melted. (It was hot outside but I live 1 minute away!). The guy said he couldn’t swap it or refund as I’d opened it! Arguing that I didn’t expect to check an ice cream to see if it’s cold enough didn’t cut it. In the end I stood there for 15 minutes just going on and on. It wasn’t the £1.39, it was the principle of the thing. I was local, had been there many times, it was a tiny cost to keep a customer happy....none of it made any impact. I was bloody seething, not helped by some fking do-gooder standing nearby try to pay/help (see? I’m getting wound up again!). I’ll tell all my neighbours but its this sort of stupid, small st that annoys me.
Had similar in Tesco jetwash last week. Put a 50p in and it didn't recognize it or refund it when I pressed the button. Cue a standoff in the shop until I got my 50p back. king do-gooder standing nearby try to pay/help (see? I’m getting wound up again!). I’ll tell all my neighbours but its this sort of stupid, small st that annoys me.I always thought the mobile phone rule was not due to the interference one phone might make, but if there were a couple of hundred being used at the same time. If half the plane deicides to phone ahead as the plane is on final approach it might cause communication issues at a key moment.
Why is it so much more expensive to buy, prepare cook and eat fresh food?
we try to do this as much as we can at home for ourselves and the children and it is makes for good homely chat and is so good for you versus prepacked oven meals or crap.
but it is sooo much more expensive and it really annoys me. I'll stand toe to toe with anyone who says they can't cook or haven't time....we both work full time and make time to cook each night as often as we can.
over the last few weeks my weekly shop at tesco has gone up by about 20%. Supermarkets will not subsidise healthy foods at the expense of profit or making brains bones and balls burgers 99p for 10.
thanks :-)
we try to do this as much as we can at home for ourselves and the children and it is makes for good homely chat and is so good for you versus prepacked oven meals or crap.
but it is sooo much more expensive and it really annoys me. I'll stand toe to toe with anyone who says they can't cook or haven't time....we both work full time and make time to cook each night as often as we can.
over the last few weeks my weekly shop at tesco has gone up by about 20%. Supermarkets will not subsidise healthy foods at the expense of profit or making brains bones and balls burgers 99p for 10.
thanks :-)
People using que whne they mean either cue or queue
I was stood in a queue the other day when a guy pushed in at the front. Cue all the othere in the queue hitting him with a snooker cue.
FFS 'que' is a french word and possible Spanish if its the correct spelling for what Manuel used to say in Flowery tts
I was stood in a queue the other day when a guy pushed in at the front. Cue all the othere in the queue hitting him with a snooker cue.
FFS 'que' is a french word and possible Spanish if its the correct spelling for what Manuel used to say in Flowery t
tsNom de ploom said:
Supermarkets will not subsidise healthy foods at the expense of profit or making brains bones and balls burgers 99p for 10.
thanks :-)
Why should they? If you were a major shareholder would you expect profits or philanthropy?thanks :-)
If it's that much more expensive you're buying the wrong cuts of meat.
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