Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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Ties
On myself, I can't stand the bloody strangulation devices and will only wear one for weddings and funerals now (I've stopped wearing them to interviews on the grounds that I wouldn't want to work for a company that would insist I wore a tie).
And on other people, I can't stand comedy ties. Either wear a smart tie to be smart, or else don't wear a tie.
On myself, I can't stand the bloody strangulation devices and will only wear one for weddings and funerals now (I've stopped wearing them to interviews on the grounds that I wouldn't want to work for a company that would insist I wore a tie).
And on other people, I can't stand comedy ties. Either wear a smart tie to be smart, or else don't wear a tie.
JonRB said:
Ties
On myself, I can't stand the bloody strangulation devices and will only wear one for weddings and funerals now (I've stopped wearing them to interviews on the grounds that I wouldn't want to work for a company that would insist I wore a tie).
And on other people, I can't stand comedy ties. Either wear a smart tie to be smart, or else don't wear a tie.
Right on brother. On myself, I can't stand the bloody strangulation devices and will only wear one for weddings and funerals now (I've stopped wearing them to interviews on the grounds that I wouldn't want to work for a company that would insist I wore a tie).
And on other people, I can't stand comedy ties. Either wear a smart tie to be smart, or else don't wear a tie.
Imagine if they hadn't been invented, and some smart-arse came up with the idea:
"No, look, right, it's a piece of woven cloth, reinforced with nylon to make it unbreakable. You then tie it in a slip knot around your neck, with space for, at best, a finger between skin and collar. The size of knot must depend on your employment - teachers have tiny knots and Carphone w
ehouse employees have knots the size of their head. It'll be a matter of luck whether it gets caught in machinery, or used by an angry customer/colleague etc to drag you around by. It's also got to subliminally draw attention to your cock. And people will call you scruffy if you don't wear one."f
k right off. I hate ties. james_tigerwoods said:
northwest monkey said:
james_tigerwoods said:
northwest monkey said:
james_tigerwoods said:
I hope you reported the bad parking To your local PCSO (or posted them in the bad parking thread)...
"Nothing we can do sir - it's not against the law". Tried in the past with another idiot neighbour and got nowhere. One of the reasons it annoys me is people walking past assume it's me that's parking on the pavement as it's right outside my house. I feel sorry for my neighbour over the road though - she's an HGV driver working nights and gets back about 6am & often has nowhere to park.
king and didn't park on the path again. ds park on the pavement outside my house even when there is nobody outside their own house.If they had a lawn round the front it would be sprouting sausage trees by now
Self service tills at supermarkets. I dont have a problem with using them myself,in fact prefer them to having to make cheery chit chat with the staff, but when I do use them,surely the least I can expect is that the damn things recognise items with security tags on them,and summon the helping wench on duty to remove it.But no, you are either left to set all the alarms off when walking out, thus making you look like a pie munching,lock opening shoplifter,or even more annoying,the tags DONT set off the alarm,and you find,2 days later,that you have a tag on something that you cant get rid of. I have 2 items now that I need to go back with,and of course I cannot find the damn receipts.
Also dithering old farts that cant use them
Also dithering old farts that cant use them
kowalski655 said:
Self service tills at supermarkets. I dont have a problem with using them myself,in fact prefer them to having to make cheery chit chat with the staff, but when I do use them,surely the least I can expect is that the damn things recognise items with security tags on them,and summon the helping wench on duty to remove it.But no, you are either left to set all the alarms off when walking out, thus making you look like a pie munching,lock opening shoplifter,or even more annoying,the tags DONT set off the alarm,and you find,2 days later,that you have a tag on something that you cant get rid of. I have 2 items now that I need to go back with,and of course I cannot find the damn receipts.
Also dithering old farts that cant use them
I find it to be simpler and far less hassle to go to a manned checkout for anything that requires staff input, eg. alcohol, drugs, high-value tagged stuff. By the time you've waited for them to see you and then come over and sort it out you could've been half way home if you'd used a manned checkout.Also dithering old farts that cant use them
kowalski655 said:
I usually do when I know I have a tagged item, but just didn't see these( they weren't even that expensive) Im annoyed the alarm didn't go off too...what is the point of them.
I have spent several (well three) times in the shed, surrounded by tools to get the things off. I try all sorts of things and always end up putting it in the vice and squeezing it to death. Only time I pretend to be Danny DeVito.I suspect the paint filled ones would get a little messy though.
I got pissed off yesterday after visiting the sour faced bint in the post office. Sending the Xmas care package to our daughter in Australia. Just shoe box size. That will be £75 pounds please she says gleefully. If it weighed 205 grams less it would only be £24, she said. Well you can stuff it, I said. UPS picking it up this morning and delivering it either Friday or Monday to Sydney for £34. f
king post office. silverthorn2151 said:
I got pissed off yesterday after visiting the sour faced bint in the post office. Sending the Xmas care package to our daughter in Australia. Just shoe box size. That will be £75 pounds please she says gleefully. If it weighed 205 grams less it would only be £24, she said. Well you can stuff it, I said. UPS picking it up this morning and delivering it either Friday or Monday to Sydney for £34. fking post office.
Up to 2kg Airmail is usually cheaper than courier, but for anything heavier of bigger than 'small parcel' size courier is always cheaper king post office. 
As for 'sour faced' - I think the PO send 50% of their staff on a special course for this, while the other 50% go on a 'nice but dumb' one
5potTurbo said:
On the subject of dog poo in bags left hanging up, I think that only happens in the UK. In Paris they leave the dogst on the street, because that's so much better
What annoys me most is that where I usually notice this (though not when it was left on our gatepost), I think it actually would be better to have just left it. It's a footpath with quite wide grass verges either side, and if they'd directed the dog to crap on the grass, a couple of decent rain showers (which we don't tend to have to wait long for) would see it dissolve into the soil.t on the street, because that's so much better james_tigerwoods said:
Being asked by my Project Manager the question of "Can you please confirm about your whereabouts." - What am I, 6?
God forbid I might be working on something else or, worse, not replying to his non-urgent email after half an hour. tt.
What a wGod forbid I might be working on something else or, worse, not replying to his non-urgent email after half an hour. t
t.ky business-speak way of asking "Where are you?"rohrl said:
james_tigerwoods said:
Being asked by my Project Manager the question of "Can you please confirm about your whereabouts." - What am I, 6?
God forbid I might be working on something else or, worse, not replying to his non-urgent email after half an hour. tt.
What a wGod forbid I might be working on something else or, worse, not replying to his non-urgent email after half an hour. t
t.ky business-speak way of asking "Where are you?"All that jazz said:
james_tigerwoods said:
Being asked by my Project Manager the question of "Can you please confirm about your whereabouts." - What am I, 6?
You should've replied that to him/her.I wasn't aware that I needed to account for my whereabouts
There was more to the email, but I led with that.
To say I was annoyed understates it.
james_tigerwoods said:
The fact that Microsoft Outlook uses a load of different keystrokes than the rest of the office suite - Find? That's Ctrl-E that is.
Urgh
I've been using Outlook for bloody years and I still get it wrong.
CTRL F forwards mail in mine. Urgh
I've been using Outlook for bloody years and I still get it wrong.
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