Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 2]

[Pothole]

blindswelledrat said:

Pothole said:

Prolly

Did you really just type that?
I little bit of me dies inside every time I see someone I consider to have at least basic intelligence typing that.

ooh, you flatter me. I don't think even that much of you!

[Willy Nilly]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Willy Nilly said:

"pop" songs that have been written to be played on the radio or at least released knowing they would be played on the radio with swearing in them at means that bits of it get edited out and more often than not just make the singer sound like a moron.

Pink is the biggest culprit of recent times, I'm a frequent enough swearer but it really annoys me

and here in foreignland they aren't edited out

Nicki Minaj sounds like Norman Collier in some of the songs...

[Shay HTFC]

The Trivago advert where they try and link "Hotel" with "Trivago". It just doesn't work.

"Hotel?... Trivago". Its fking rubbish

[anonymous-user]

blindswelledrat said:

Any company owner will relate to this one:

People saying "That's okay, you can write it off against tax can't you?" in the genuine belief that company ownership somehow makes things free. It staggers me how common that is.

On a related note, I've always wondered about Piers Morgan and his substantial, and very well self-publicised, donations to charity. Are they from his own pocket, or are they some sort of tax dodge (morals aside) where you can give a charitable donation in lieu of tax?

[Pothole]

OpulentBob said:

Are they from his own pocket, or are they some sort of tax dodge (morals aside) where you can give a charitable donation in lieu of tax?

yes...probably.

[Vipers]

And theese bloody TV adds say I can save £200 on your car insurance when I don't even spend that on my car insurance.

[gowmonster]

the London mint office adverts (and any advert on the lesser known cable channels) which immediately lead me to think, that looks dodgy surely that's not the royal mint, and it's not it's a con.

[Negative Creep]

Take your break too late in the day after having supposedly taken too long on a bathroom break earlier in the day? That's enough to get a verbal warning.

Leave at least 5 minutes early every day and sit there using your mobile in full view despite it being a disciplinary offence to have it on the work floor? That's fine, we'll overlook that.


One of those scenarios applies to me, one to the teenage blonde girl I sit next to. Can you guess which is which?

[rohrl]

Negative Creep said:

Take your break too late in the day after having supposedly taken too long on a bathroom break earlier in the day? That's enough to get a verbal warning.

Leave at least 5 minutes early every day and sit there using your mobile in full view despite it being a disciplinary offence to have it on the work floor? That's fine, we'll overlook that.


One of those scenarios applies to me, one to the teenage blonde girl I sit next to. Can you guess which is which?

Your employers sound like a reasonable bunch.

I turned down a job with HSBC before because they had all sorts of petty stupid rules like that and they literally timed the length of toilet breaks to the second. tts.

[blindswelledrat]

OpulentBob said:

blindswelledrat said:

Any company owner will relate to this one:

People saying "That's okay, you can write it off against tax can't you?" in the genuine belief that company ownership somehow makes things free. It staggers me how common that is.

On a related note, I've always wondered about Piers Morgan and his substantial, and very well self-publicised, donations to charity. Are they from his own pocket, or are they some sort of tax dodge (morals aside) where you can give a charitable donation in lieu of tax?

Effectively you have just done exactly the same.
How can giving away money be a tax dodge? You start with some money - then give it away- and afterwards you don't have it. How is that a tax dodge?

[Justayellowbadge]

blindswelledrat said:

OpulentBob said:

blindswelledrat said:

Any company owner will relate to this one:

People saying "That's okay, you can write it off against tax can't you?" in the genuine belief that company ownership somehow makes things free. It staggers me how common that is.

On a related note, I've always wondered about Piers Morgan and his substantial, and very well self-publicised, donations to charity. Are they from his own pocket, or are they some sort of tax dodge (morals aside) where you can give a charitable donation in lieu of tax?

Effectively you have just done exactly the same.
How can giving away money be a tax dodge? You start with some money - then give it away- and afterwards you don't have it. How is that a tax dodge?

In the US it can be, I believe.

You can effectively choose to pay your tax liability to charity or the federal govt.

[Negative Creep]

rohrl said:

Negative Creep said:

Take your break too late in the day after having supposedly taken too long on a bathroom break earlier in the day? That's enough to get a verbal warning.

Leave at least 5 minutes early every day and sit there using your mobile in full view despite it being a disciplinary offence to have it on the work floor? That's fine, we'll overlook that.


One of those scenarios applies to me, one to the teenage blonde girl I sit next to. Can you guess which is which?

Your employers sound like a reasonable bunch.

I turned down a job with HSBC before because they had all sorts of petty stupid rules like that and they literally timed the length of toilet breaks to the second. tts.

I suppose I should count myself lucky in that my previous post required me to sign into a turret (despite never using the phone). If you were literally a second over you would have to have a meeting with a Team Leader to explain yourself and write down what you would do to avoid it next time. It was the same thing if you arrived a minute late, so explaining what you would do to avoid a traffic jam caused by a broken down car was interesting.

[blindswelledrat]

Justayellowbadge said:

In the US it can be, I believe.

You can effectively choose to pay your tax liability to charity or the federal govt.

I am sceptical of that although happy to be proved wrong.
I would have thought that no one would pay tax in that scenario

[Carthage]

1. People who put change on the counter and expect the other party to pick it up.

2. People who use 'myself' instead of 'I' or 'me'.

[MartG]

blindswelledrat said:

Justayellowbadge said:

In the US it can be, I believe.

You can effectively choose to pay your tax liability to charity or the federal govt.

I am sceptical of that although happy to be proved wrong.
I would have thought that no one would pay tax in that scenario

Is it not simply a question of donating money to charity in order to stay under a particular tax threshold ? One for Eric Mc to answer really

[hidetheelephants]

MartG said:

blindswelledrat said:

Justayellowbadge said:

In the US it can be, I believe.

You can effectively choose to pay your tax liability to charity or the federal govt.

I am sceptical of that although happy to be proved wrong.
I would have thought that no one would pay tax in that scenario

Is it not simply a question of donating money to charity in order to stay under a particular tax threshold ? One for Eric Mc to answer really

I get the impression you can offset some tax liabilities with charitable donations, certainly Goodwill stores benefit significantly from stuff donated in this way.

[s p a c e m a n]

The devils clingfilm. You need 6 arms, 4 legs and a load of luck to tint anything small in a strange shape.

No I wasn't trying to tint my willy

[Life Saab Itch]

st happens

[Papa Hotel]

When threads go to 501 pages.

[GTIR]

People who have "Nerd" or "Geek" on their T-shirt.