Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

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MartG

20,727 posts

205 months

Friday 27th May 2022
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Chicken_Satay said:
V8mate said:
Surely any group activity - whether after work drinks or anything else - is only as boring as the participants themselves?
Not really because even if the participants are boring, if the activity is exciting, e.g. team go-karting, you can still at least enjoy that.
You may enjoy a particular activity, but it doesn't mean your colleagues do

r3g

3,365 posts

25 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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The "show us your breafkast/lunch/tea/take-away" threads annoy me beyond reason for 2 reasons actually :

1. 5 pics of actual food per thread volume and 10000 comments of people arguing over one particular person's contributions and abbreviations. It's tiresome and there should be a rule saying you can't post a comment without including a pic of your own meal.

2. Mostly full of pretentious people posting their FEBs with beans in a separate pot instead of just putting them on the plate with the rest of the food like every normal person does - same goes for chips kept in a separate basket. Oh and eating their meals off a block of wood instead of a plate.

Zumbruk

7,848 posts

261 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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r3g said:
The "show us your breafkast/lunch/tea/take-away" threads annoy me beyond reason for 2 reasons actually :

1. 5 pics of actual food per thread volume and 10000 comments of people arguing over one particular person's contributions and abbreviations. It's tiresome and there should be a rule saying you can't post a comment without including a pic of your own meal.

2. Mostly full of pretentious people posting their FEBs with beans in a separate pot instead of just putting them on the plate with the rest of the food like every normal person does - same goes for chips kept in a separate basket. Oh and eating their meals off a block of wood instead of a plate.
http://wewantplates.com/

bristolracer

5,560 posts

150 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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Zumbruk said:
The pint glass used for serving food is particularly revolting.
If you you have ever worked in a pub you will know that pint glasses are used for everything from ashtrays to urinals.

The pubs have to chuck them out after a while as you will never get them clean (they go cloudy) which will make the beer go flat very quickly.

Put the food on a plate, plates and bowls have worked very well for 10000 years, until some pillock in the 21st century decided it could be done better in a grotty pint pot or on an old roof slate.

Doofus

26,129 posts

174 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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bristolracer said:
The pint glass used for serving food is particularly revolting.
If you you have ever worked in a pub you will know that pint glasses are used for everything from ashtrays to urinals.

The pubs have to chuck them out after a while as you will never get them clean (they go cloudy) which will make the beer go flat very quickly.

Put the food on a plate, plates and bowls have worked very well for 10000 years, until some pillock in the 21st century decided it could be done better in a grotty pint pot or on an old roof slate.
They go cloudy because the cleaning has scoured them. They don't go cloudy because they have had piss on them.

bristolracer

5,560 posts

150 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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Doofus said:
They go cloudy because the cleaning has scoured them. They don't go cloudy because they have had piss on them.
The fact they get scoured makes me even more reluctant to eat out of them.

Whats on Second

732 posts

34 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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bristolracer said:
The fact they get scoured makes me even more reluctant to eat out of them.
scoured with what, sand blaster maybe ?

the washing-up scouring pads are made from polyester, too soft to scratch
glass, even brillo pads should not scratch or cloud a pint glass.

people eat food out of a pint glass ? is this a southern tosseur thing.

glass ? pfft.

we were lucky to have a scraped out weasel skull

MartG

20,727 posts

205 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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Weasel skull ?

LUXURY !

Zumbruk

7,848 posts

261 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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Whats on Second said:
bristolracer said:
The fact they get scoured makes me even more reluctant to eat out of them.
scoured with what, sand blaster maybe ?
Dishwasher detergent.

RizzoTheRat

25,286 posts

193 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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bristolracer said:
Doofus said:
They go cloudy because the cleaning has scoured them. They don't go cloudy because they have had piss on them.
The fact they get scoured makes me even more reluctant to eat out of them.
But you're happy to drink beer out of them?

NumBMW

791 posts

130 months

Sunday 29th May 2022
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Currently camping, having an early night after a long day sesh and the idiot next to me thinks you need to have his diesel mondeo chugging away for 30mins and counting in order to charge his phone.



Whats on Second

732 posts

34 months

Sunday 29th May 2022
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NumBMW said:
Currently camping, having an early night after a long day sesh and the idiot next to me thinks you need to have his diesel mondeo chugging away for 30mins and counting in order to charge his phone.
cant escape inconsiderate neighbours, even when camping.



AlexC1981

4,943 posts

218 months

Sunday 29th May 2022
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I've decided to take up golf, but whenever I put on an instructional youtube video I fall asleep.

talksthetorque

10,815 posts

136 months

Monday 30th May 2022
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AlexC1981 said:
I've decided to take up golf, but whenever I put on an instructional youtube video I fall asleep.
Wait until you start talking to other golfers......

Sheets Tabuer

19,105 posts

216 months

Monday 30th May 2022
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Whatsapp messages from colleagues at work "hey you've not answered my email" or "you've not replied to my teams message"

Dicks.

captain_cynic

12,247 posts

96 months

Monday 30th May 2022
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Sheets Tabuer said:
Whatsapp messages from colleagues at work "hey you've not answered my email" or "you've not replied to my teams message"

Dicks.
Didn't you get his fax?

Sheets Tabuer

19,105 posts

216 months

Monday 30th May 2022
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Wouldn't be so bad but they are whatsapping me 10 minutes after they sent the email, not a day or two.

eldar

21,872 posts

197 months

Monday 30th May 2022
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captain_cynic said:
Sheets Tabuer said:
Whatsapp messages from colleagues at work "hey you've not answered my email" or "you've not replied to my teams message"

Dicks.
Didn't you get his fax?
I was going to suggest telegram, but the moped wouldn't start.

bmwmike

7,009 posts

109 months

Tuesday 31st May 2022
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On a webex chat where someone you don't normally work with will message Hi followed by "how are you today?" and then wait for a reply rather than getting to the point. I sometimes, depending on mood, paste nohello.com back but generally wish people would get straight to the point.

droopsnoot

12,064 posts

243 months

Tuesday 31st May 2022
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Businesses not replying to emails. We're having full-fibre internet installed around here, back in February I had a leaflet shoved through the door with a promo on "special deals", and as my previous contract was ending, I sent them an email. This morning, I've had an email back from the rep saying "Hi, give me a call on 07xxxxx, thanks".

First, if I wanted to talk about it on the phone, I'd have phoned you.
Second, back in February, I told you my contract was ending and I needed to sort something. Do you really think I'd have waited until almost June on the off-chance you could be bothered to reply?

Then a bit later I've had another email just saying "Live today call me". Presumably that's answering my question about when the service starts, rather than some pseudo-offroader mission statement.