Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
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shiggin92 said:
People that complain about things in meetings, don't think about solutions and expect others to solve their problems.
people at work who complain or bring up any issue for that matter. Best way to shut them up I find is to tell them thanks for bringing this to my attention, what do you propose we do about it? I usually get a blank stare...
t annoys me beyond reason. Telling my son to "avoid the dog poo that is right **there**" repeatedly only for him to scoot through it anyway.... Grr.
Then getting back to the car to find it unlocked. Again. Same thing happened a few months ago - except that time the key was on the passenger seat in full view for 3 HOURS! I was amazed the car was still there.
Then getting back to the car to find it unlocked. Again. Same thing happened a few months ago - except that time the key was on the passenger seat in full view for 3 HOURS! I was amazed the car was still there.
People who can't spell a name correctly even when it is written out for them already.
My wife's name is Katherine but she has gone by Katy for as long as I have ever known her.
And yet still, people write Katie to her. More noticeable today on her birthday when she gets lots of cards and messages on Facebook, but come on people it's written out for you!
My wife's name is Katherine but she has gone by Katy for as long as I have ever known her.
And yet still, people write Katie to her. More noticeable today on her birthday when she gets lots of cards and messages on Facebook, but come on people it's written out for you!
Buster73 said:
CB2152 said:
I once went through the arrivals at Bristol airport and got a text from the taxi company to say they were on their way. Excellent, I'll sit in the cafe and chill out with a drink while I wait. No more than two minutes later I received another text to say the taxi was here. Ok, maybe they came straight from somewhere nearby!? Off I went to the taxi pickup point.
No. What happened was the taxi driver accidentally double tapped the screen on his dispatch system which sent the two messages one after the other. I only found this out after getting in the taxi having waited 20 minutes outside, and had a random minibus driver try to give me a lift.
I was annoyed, but probably not beyond reason. The taxi driver found it quite funny though so that's ok.
Was he laughing when he counted his tip ?No. What happened was the taxi driver accidentally double tapped the screen on his dispatch system which sent the two messages one after the other. I only found this out after getting in the taxi having waited 20 minutes outside, and had a random minibus driver try to give me a lift.
I was annoyed, but probably not beyond reason. The taxi driver found it quite funny though so that's ok.
cookmysock said:
shiggin92 said:
People that complain about things in meetings, don't think about solutions and expect others to solve their problems.
people at work who complain or bring up any issue for that matter. Best way to shut them up I find is to tell them thanks for bringing this to my attention, what do you propose we do about it? I usually get a blank stare...
What I have also seen is people identifying a problem. Suggesting a cure. And the management finding immediate fault with it and discounting it for some ill thought out, knee jerk reason. OR more often just not doing it and hoping the staff would forget a problem they encounter every day.
At the risk of having posted this before, I get thoroughly wound up by the motorway service station establishment claiming to be a Mexican restaurant that calls itself "El Mexicana".
La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
Kermit power said:
At the risk of having posted this before, I get thoroughly wound up by the motorway service station establishment claiming to be a Mexican restaurant that calls itself "El Mexicana".
La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
Presumably you speak Spanish?La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
I don't think that came across clearly enough...
Lucas CAV said:
Kermit power said:
At the risk of having posted this before, I get thoroughly wound up by the motorway service station establishment claiming to be a Mexican restaurant that calls itself "El Mexicana".
La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
Presumably you speak Spanish?La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
I don't think that came across clearly enough...
Kermit power said:
Lucas CAV said:
Kermit power said:
At the risk of having posted this before, I get thoroughly wound up by the motorway service station establishment claiming to be a Mexican restaurant that calls itself "El Mexicana".
La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
Presumably you speak Spanish?La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
I don't think that came across clearly enough...
Kermit power said:
Lucas CAV said:
Kermit power said:
At the risk of having posted this before, I get thoroughly wound up by the motorway service station establishment claiming to be a Mexican restaurant that calls itself "El Mexicana".
La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
Presumably you speak Spanish?La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
I don't think that came across clearly enough...
Shakermaker said:
People who can't spell a name correctly even when it is written out for them already.
My wife's name is Katherine but she has gone by Katy for as long as I have ever known her.
And yet still, people write Katie to her. More noticeable today on her birthday when she gets lots of cards and messages on Facebook, but come on people it's written out for you!
You want to try my surname, I have even been called dyslexic by banks and DVLA when I ask for it to be changed to the correct spelling.My wife's name is Katherine but she has gone by Katy for as long as I have ever known her.
And yet still, people write Katie to her. More noticeable today on her birthday when she gets lots of cards and messages on Facebook, but come on people it's written out for you!
Lucas CAV said:
Kermit power said:
Lucas CAV said:
Kermit power said:
At the risk of having posted this before, I get thoroughly wound up by the motorway service station establishment claiming to be a Mexican restaurant that calls itself "El Mexicana".
La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
Presumably you speak Spanish?La Mexicana would've been acceptable. El Mexicano would've been equally acceptable. Wtf is El Mexicana supposed to be though? Transvestite Tacos?
I don't think that came across clearly enough...
If you mean why is it annoying, it's the mixture of masculine with feminine. If we had genders in English, this is the sort of thing that would send the PH Grammar Pedants into fits of apoplexy, and rightly so!
Lucas CAV said:
Are you going to say what the difference is then?
I'd have thought it was fairly obvious, from context. I don't speak a word of Spanish but "Transvestite tacos" made me assume he was talking about gender pronouns and that Spanish is like French inasmuch as there are gendered nouns as well as gendered pronouns. Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Sunday 19th February 20:39
Allanv said:
Shakermaker said:
People who can't spell a name correctly even when it is written out for them already.
My wife's name is Katherine but she has gone by Katy for as long as I have ever known her.
And yet still, people write Katie to her. More noticeable today on her birthday when she gets lots of cards and messages on Facebook, but come on people it's written out for you!
You want to try my surname, I have even been called dyslexic by banks and DVLA when I ask for it to be changed to the correct spelling.My wife's name is Katherine but she has gone by Katy for as long as I have ever known her.
And yet still, people write Katie to her. More noticeable today on her birthday when she gets lots of cards and messages on Facebook, but come on people it's written out for you!
ClockworkCupcake said:
Lucas CAV said:
Are you going to say what the difference is then?
I'd have thought it was fairly obvious, from context. I don't speak a word of Spanish but "Transvestite tacos" made me assume he was talking about gender pronouns and that Spanish is like French inasmuch as there are gendered nouns as well as gendered pronouns. Sorry if it needed spelling out!
People who do a mailshot email to multiple recipients using the "TO" field rather than the "BCC" field and therefore reveal your email address to the other recipients without your consent.
Additionally, people who then hit "Reply All" to complain about it, thus exacerbating the issue.
It's 2017, FFS. How long has email been around?
Additionally, people who then hit "Reply All" to complain about it, thus exacerbating the issue.
It's 2017, FFS. How long has email been around?
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