Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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JonRB said:
droopsnoot said:
New one just now on the local news programme talking about dented cars from hailstones. Apparently the largest dent is "the size of a chicken Kiev".
That's a new one on me. I thought that the internationally recognised reference object for a hailstone was the Golf ball? I'd have gone for "fried egg", because it makes me think of small boobs.
Rostfritt said:
OpulentBob said:
I've since learned, the trick with travel is take a tiny bag with an iPad and a power bank and a bar of choc, sit on an inside aisle seat as far forward as possible, when you land grab the bag and get straight up, as far forward as you can (the business class folks will have done something similar), straight off, to immigration and baggage reclaim first. I went from wheels down straight to standing outside Mumbai airport with 2 cases in 25 minutes on Saturday. A new record. It helps if you look pissed off when walking through the green channel too.
So you stand up as soon as the plane hits the ground and have to hover by the door for about 15 mins while the plane taxis and they get the gangways attached? I bloody hate that, everyone hovering over me when they are not going anywhere for ages. You are just going to have to stand about at baggage reclaim for ages while they unload it.Last year I took a flight with just carry on baggage. Everyone else stood up as soon as we hit tarmac and were faffing about for ages getting off. I had to wait until last as I was at the back with my luggage some distance away so just read a book until the plane was nearly empty. This paid off as I was the last on the bus to the terminal, so I was the first off, strolled through immigration and was through the terminal in under 2 mins.
Munter said:
Cotty said:
227bhp said:
People who fill the kettle, boil it and then pour just one cup from it.
WHat if its a really big cup. I have some that would empty my kettle.Mad. Mad as a box of frogs
james_tigerwoods said:
Munter said:
Cotty said:
227bhp said:
People who fill the kettle, boil it and then pour just one cup from it.
WHat if its a really big cup. I have some that would empty my kettle.Mad. Mad as a box of frogs
I like being an office a
hole. Boil a full kettle, so it takes ages. During that time, half a dozen people would come in and prep their mugs, then go out of the kitchen with the expectation that I'd top everyone's mugs up and they will come in and collect them when they see me leave. The joy of filling my own mug, then emptying the rest down the sink, and leaving a kettle full of cold water, switched off at the wall, is hard to explain. But it makes me giggle, and makes them swear at me.
OpulentBob said:
This won't win me any friends... but...
I like being an office ahole. Boil a full kettle, so it takes ages. During that time, half a dozen people would come in and prep their mugs, then go out of the kitchen with the expectation that I'd top everyone's mugs up and they will come in and collect them when they see me leave.
The joy of filling my own mug, then emptying the rest down the sink, and leaving a kettle full of cold water, switched off at the wall, is hard to explain. But it makes me giggle, and makes them swear at me.
Liking that a lot.I like being an office a
hole. Boil a full kettle, so it takes ages. During that time, half a dozen people would come in and prep their mugs, then go out of the kitchen with the expectation that I'd top everyone's mugs up and they will come in and collect them when they see me leave. The joy of filling my own mug, then emptying the rest down the sink, and leaving a kettle full of cold water, switched off at the wall, is hard to explain. But it makes me giggle, and makes them swear at me.
There's nothing like a boiling kettle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFTgkibl7DU
NHS appointments.
After having had a few tests, someone decided I need to have an MRI scan. I get sent an appointment, which I couldn't attend. No bother, I phone the "rebook an appointment" line. Apart from that isn't true - you can't "rebook". I have to cancel & then they send me out another appointment. I ask what if that one isn't suitable & get told that I just need to phone and cancel again then they send me another one and this continues presumably forever. Deciding this seems a pretty stupid idea, I ask can I arrange an appointment on the phone for a time that suits both of us. This apparently is not "an efficient way of booking appointments" so, no I can't.
So now I have to wait a couple of weeks to probably receive another appointment at a time when I'll probably be on holiday.
Who comes up with this st?
After having had a few tests, someone decided I need to have an MRI scan. I get sent an appointment, which I couldn't attend. No bother, I phone the "rebook an appointment" line. Apart from that isn't true - you can't "rebook". I have to cancel & then they send me out another appointment. I ask what if that one isn't suitable & get told that I just need to phone and cancel again then they send me another one and this continues presumably forever. Deciding this seems a pretty stupid idea, I ask can I arrange an appointment on the phone for a time that suits both of us. This apparently is not "an efficient way of booking appointments" so, no I can't.
So now I have to wait a couple of weeks to probably receive another appointment at a time when I'll probably be on holiday.
Who comes up with this s
t?northwest monkey said:
After having had a few tests, someone decided I need to have an MRI scan. I get sent an appointment, which I couldn't attend. ?
I'll ask as I expect someone else will, what condition do you have that an MRI scan is less important than whatever it was that meant you couldn't attend?RobinOakapple said:
northwest monkey said:
After having had a few tests, someone decided I need to have an MRI scan. I get sent an appointment, which I couldn't attend. ?
I'll ask as I expect someone else will, what condition do you have that an MRI scan is less important than whatever it was that meant you couldn't attend?james_tigerwoods said:
Munter said:
Cotty said:
227bhp said:
People who fill the kettle, boil it and then pour just one cup from it.
WHat if its a really big cup. I have some that would empty my kettle.Mad. Mad as a box of frogs
OpulentBob said:
RobinOakapple said:
northwest monkey said:
After having had a few tests, someone decided I need to have an MRI scan. I get sent an appointment, which I couldn't attend. ?
I'll ask as I expect someone else will, what condition do you have that an MRI scan is less important than whatever it was that meant you couldn't attend?
For anyone that's interested, I've got tinnitus & it's more in one ear than the other so they wanted to do an MRI scan. I couldn't go to the scan because I was away for the weekend at a wedding. If I had had the option to arrange an appointment at a time to suit me and the hospital then I wouldn't be annoyed beyond reason.
The fact that, although my new 24-port Gigabit Ethernet switch that arrived today is the same physical width and height as my old 10/100 switch, the holes on the rack mount kit that came with the old one don't line up with the holes on the box of the new switch (which didn't come with one).
It's "close but no cigar" things like these that really annoy me beyond reason. When something gets your hopes up and then dashes them. I'd have been less annoyed if the new box had been everso wider or narrower than the old one because then it would have been more immediately obvious.
It's "close but no cigar" things like these that really annoy me beyond reason. When something gets your hopes up and then dashes them. I'd have been less annoyed if the new box had been everso wider or narrower than the old one because then it would have been more immediately obvious.
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