Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
Discussion
popeyewhite said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
popeyewhite said:
Does your employer, - who you do actually work for and who pays your salary - know this?
They pay your salary for the work you do; they don't own you. It's not Indentured servitude.
And yes, I'll never be fired for not attending pointless meetings. That is because my work has value. Clearly yours does not.
NoVetec said:
Think it depends on the quality of the employer, closely followed by if you enjoy the job role. Worked in places where I've seen it as nothing more than a financial vessel, and others where the workplace(s) has been an integral, positive part of my life.
I'm absolutely sure this is the case. If you feel valued you're more liable to contribute. Not sure what quality of the contribution is going to be though considering most whiners spend all day on PH 
Not to get all pissing competition about this but it seems office workers do slip into some pretty rigid routines.
I have no idea on any day when I will be eating, or getting a cup of tea or even pretty much what area of London I'll be in any given hour. I may start a job somewhere and then the phone will ring and I'll be off to estimate a job or to attend an emergency or god knows what. It's very frequent that I'll be driving home late realising I haven't stopped at all.
It can be a pain in the arse of course but i'd take it any day over sitting down in the same chair at the same time in the morning and getting up to leave at the same time every afternoon. I did a 16 hour day last Tuesday and not far off that on Friday but I wouldn't swap it for 8 hours in an office for all the tea in Tescos!
I have no idea on any day when I will be eating, or getting a cup of tea or even pretty much what area of London I'll be in any given hour. I may start a job somewhere and then the phone will ring and I'll be off to estimate a job or to attend an emergency or god knows what. It's very frequent that I'll be driving home late realising I haven't stopped at all.
It can be a pain in the arse of course but i'd take it any day over sitting down in the same chair at the same time in the morning and getting up to leave at the same time every afternoon. I did a 16 hour day last Tuesday and not far off that on Friday but I wouldn't swap it for 8 hours in an office for all the tea in Tescos!
br d said:
It can be a pain in the arse of course but i'd take it any day over sitting down in the same chair at the same time in the morning and getting up to leave at the same time every afternoon. I did a 16 hour day last Tuesday and not far off that on Friday but I wouldn't swap it for 8 hours in an office for all the tea in Tescos!
That's why getting out for a bit is important to us paper shufflers.When you see a car, in a TV show or movie, come to a stop at the kerb, and the driver just opens the door and steps out, without even a cursory glance in the door or interior mirrors.
Also, same deal, when a driver doing 40-50 mph, turns to face his/her front seat passenger in order to talk to them, and doesn’t flick their eyes back to the road for way longer than is safe.
I don’t understand why people have to look at their passengers while speaking and driving, I can look where I’m going, and keep my eyes on the rear view mirror while holding a conversation, it’s hardly rocket science.
Also, same deal, when a driver doing 40-50 mph, turns to face his/her front seat passenger in order to talk to them, and doesn’t flick their eyes back to the road for way longer than is safe.
I don’t understand why people have to look at their passengers while speaking and driving, I can look where I’m going, and keep my eyes on the rear view mirror while holding a conversation, it’s hardly rocket science.
Frank7 said:
I don’t understand why people have to look at their passengers while speaking and driving, I can look where I’m going, and keep my eyes on the rear view mirror while holding a conversation, it’s hardly rocket science.
Somewhat amusingly, I have been the front seat passenger during conversations where the driver has insisted on looking at me when talking. When challenged, I've replied that one of us has to keep their eyes on the road. Clockwork Cupcake said:
It's beginning to look like The Four Yorkshiremen sketch in here today. 
Didn't mean it to come across like that CC, I suppose I would just struggle in a regimented environment even it was actually less demanding.I think the last figures I saw where that 49% of the working population are office based, so us outsiders are just in front!
OpulentBob said:
What's wrong with people that they can't handle life if they have a meal late, or even worse, miss a meal altogether? I didn't have breakfast yesterday, nor did I have dinner (evening meal, thanks northerners). Yet the cat didn't get kicked, I didn't have a fight, or a mental/nervous breakdown, or develop diabetes, or any other negative effects other than being a bit hungry this morning, something that breakfast cured. Everything planned was completed yesterday, cars got washed, garden got tidied, bikes got serviced etc. The world did not end.
As for "training your body to expect a meal at a certain time", all I can think is you've made a rod for your own back. Meal times change. Unless you're 2 months old and have your routine. If you're having slow-cooked lamb or somesuch, do you leave work early/have the afternoon off so that you can spend 3 hours cooking it for your routine 6.30pm sit-down?
What happens if the kids get up early? Do they get the belt?
Seems a mental (and fragile) way to exist to me.
Yes Bob. When with BA I had permanent jet lag, so meal times were erratic to say the least. Even going to dinner (not lunch) local time It was breakfast or lunchtime in my tummy.As for "training your body to expect a meal at a certain time", all I can think is you've made a rod for your own back. Meal times change. Unless you're 2 months old and have your routine. If you're having slow-cooked lamb or somesuch, do you leave work early/have the afternoon off so that you can spend 3 hours cooking it for your routine 6.30pm sit-down?
What happens if the kids get up early? Do they get the belt?
Seems a mental (and fragile) way to exist to me.
Sometimes I was just too knackered to eat.
Frank7 said:
When you see a car, in a TV show or movie, come to a stop at the kerb, and the driver just opens the door and steps out, without even a cursory glance in the door or interior mirrors.
Also, same deal, when a driver doing 40-50 mph, turns to face his/her front seat passenger in order to talk to them, and doesn’t flick their eyes back to the road for way longer than is safe.
I don’t understand why people have to look at their passengers while speaking and driving, I can look where I’m going, and keep my eyes on the rear view mirror while holding a conversation, it’s hardly rocket science.
Oscar nomination for Frank!Also, same deal, when a driver doing 40-50 mph, turns to face his/her front seat passenger in order to talk to them, and doesn’t flick their eyes back to the road for way longer than is safe.
I don’t understand why people have to look at their passengers while speaking and driving, I can look where I’m going, and keep my eyes on the rear view mirror while holding a conversation, it’s hardly rocket science.
Having seen many TV shows and movies being made, roads are usually blocked off and for moving scenes the car is on a trailer. I sense a parrott or two on the way.
My top TV/film gripe is 'drinking from empty cups'.
No actor, no matter how highly skilled or regarded, is able convincingly to walk through a scene carrying a 'take out' coffee, or drink from any kind of vessel. BECAUSE THEY'RE BLOODY EMPTY!
Even just putting some water in the cups would at least give them some weight in the hand and something to sip on and swallow.
No actor, no matter how highly skilled or regarded, is able convincingly to walk through a scene carrying a 'take out' coffee, or drink from any kind of vessel. BECAUSE THEY'RE BLOODY EMPTY!
Even just putting some water in the cups would at least give them some weight in the hand and something to sip on and swallow.
V8mate said:
My top TV/film gripe is 'drinking from empty cups'.
No actor, no matter how highly skilled or regarded, is able convincingly to walk through a scene carrying a 'take out' coffee, or drink from any kind of vessel. BECAUSE THEY'RE BLOODY EMPTY!
Even just putting some water in the cups would at least give them some weight in the hand and something to sip on and swallow.
Agree 100%. It is just so obvious the cups is empty and so annoying.No actor, no matter how highly skilled or regarded, is able convincingly to walk through a scene carrying a 'take out' coffee, or drink from any kind of vessel. BECAUSE THEY'RE BLOODY EMPTY!
Even just putting some water in the cups would at least give them some weight in the hand and something to sip on and swallow.
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 25th February 19:35
Grahamdub said:
V8mate said:
My top TV/film gripe is 'drinking from empty cups'.
No actor, no matter how highly skilled or regarded, is able convincingly to walk through a scene carrying a 'take out' coffee, or drink from any kind of vessel. BECAUSE THEY'RE BLOODY EMPTY!
Even just putting some water in the cups would at least give them some weight in the hand and something to sip on and swallow.
Agree 100%. It us just so obvious the cups is empty and so annoying.No actor, no matter how highly skilled or regarded, is able convincingly to walk through a scene carrying a 'take out' coffee, or drink from any kind of vessel. BECAUSE THEY'RE BLOODY EMPTY!
Even just putting some water in the cups would at least give them some weight in the hand and something to sip on and swallow.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Frank7 said:
I don’t understand why people have to look at their passengers while speaking and driving, I can look where I’m going, and keep my eyes on the rear view mirror while holding a conversation, it’s hardly rocket science.
Somewhat amusingly, I have been the front seat passenger during conversations where the driver has insisted on looking at me when talking. When challenged, I've replied that one of us has to keep their eyes on the road. CaptainSlow said:
Chicken satay stick and pots of sauce.
Yes, you can do an initial dip, but once the first section of compressed chicken meat is consumed you can't then d a second dip due to the protruding stick.
YES! What he said!Yes, you can do an initial dip, but once the first section of compressed chicken meat is consumed you can't then d a second dip due to the protruding stick.
Is is beyond the intelligence of the satay stick producers to make an edible stick?? Who wants to be left with that bit of (horribly sharp) balsa that will do nothing other than rip the bin bag or lie, claymore-like, in the carpet? An overcooked piece of chicken formed into a skewer would do th...
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