Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
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It's pretty superfluous a lot of the time anyway.
At the pub last night the barmaid said to a customer, "What can I get you?" and he replied "Can I get a gin and tonic?"
That seemed really weird as he clearly avoided the way her question would logically lead his response.
And it would've been completely acceptable and logical just to reply "A gin and tonic, please."
At the pub last night the barmaid said to a customer, "What can I get you?" and he replied "Can I get a gin and tonic?"
That seemed really weird as he clearly avoided the way her question would logically lead his response.
And it would've been completely acceptable and logical just to reply "A gin and tonic, please."
NickM450 said:
Lewis Hamilton fans. They simply can not accept that some people think he's not the F1 God they think he is. But actually, he's a self obsessed poser who's best skill is moaning when things don't go his way. Sooner he clears and goes to the US the better, the sport will be better without him and his ego.
I agree with your first sentence, but I think that in order to be very successful in F1 you have to really believe you are better than anyone else. Any doubt or (sic) 'niceness' and you aren't going to be as successful.Be humble, polite, generous and well liked and you aren't going to win much.
227bhp said:
NickM450 said:
Lewis Hamilton fans. They simply can not accept that some people think he's not the F1 God they think he is. But actually, he's a self obsessed poser who's best skill is moaning when things don't go his way. Sooner he clears and goes to the US the better, the sport will be better without him and his ego.
I agree with your first sentence, but I think that in order to be very successful in F1 you have to really believe you are better than anyone else. Any doubt or (sic) 'niceness' and you aren't going to be as successful.Be humble, polite, generous and well liked and you aren't going to win much.
DJFish said:
ClockworkCupcake said:
We've had this before, but it's worth repeating...
Companies whose website has a contact form and/or publishes an email address, but they don't respond to it. You wouldn't publish a phone number and then never answer it, so why publish a means of electronic communication that you don't respond to?
That's why people often turn to social media to vent their spleen, because it's actually monitored, for now anyway. Companies whose website has a contact form and/or publishes an email address, but they don't respond to it. You wouldn't publish a phone number and then never answer it, so why publish a means of electronic communication that you don't respond to?
My firm are often gripped with evangelistic fervour about the latest communication platform, often to the detriment of existing methods.
Even internally...."guys, were introducing a new live chat"......or we could just get out of our seats, walk across the office & speak to each other????
They are nothing to do with the dealer: it is just a call centre monkey there to gather your information so they can spam you with marketing emails fro the next 30 years.
I watched Rogue One last night and it annoyed me beyond reason.
Aside from me never being able to tell or remember who is fighting who, but that my problem, the whole thing was b
ks.
As per usual,the good guys have 1 gun/weapon, that never runs out of ammo and always kills all of the bad guys,who even though they out number the good guys by about 7 to 1, couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo. Surely one of them would have hit the good guy.
The fight scenes always have some well rehearsed kick or punch that has never come off in anything other than a film. An explosion occurs and instead of debris and body parts flying everywhere, 2 storm troopers do what amounts of a forward roll with a load of yellow flames behind them.
For reasons I didn't understand a piece of critical IT equipment was about 100 feet up in the air which necessitated our heroin (who I'll come back to) climbing up the tower or what ever it was. I'm no IT expert, but would suggest that in normal service, said piece of equipment would be rather more accessible. Them, when she pulled it out of the socket it just so happened to clip onto her belt. What are the chances?
Back to our heroin. I know it's the movies and not supposed to be a documentary, but a 25 year old woman leading a load of rebels into battle? Come off it.
Aside from me never being able to tell or remember who is fighting who, but that my problem, the whole thing was b
ks. As per usual,the good guys have 1 gun/weapon, that never runs out of ammo and always kills all of the bad guys,who even though they out number the good guys by about 7 to 1, couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo. Surely one of them would have hit the good guy.
The fight scenes always have some well rehearsed kick or punch that has never come off in anything other than a film. An explosion occurs and instead of debris and body parts flying everywhere, 2 storm troopers do what amounts of a forward roll with a load of yellow flames behind them.
For reasons I didn't understand a piece of critical IT equipment was about 100 feet up in the air which necessitated our heroin (who I'll come back to) climbing up the tower or what ever it was. I'm no IT expert, but would suggest that in normal service, said piece of equipment would be rather more accessible. Them, when she pulled it out of the socket it just so happened to clip onto her belt. What are the chances?
Back to our heroin. I know it's the movies and not supposed to be a documentary, but a 25 year old woman leading a load of rebels into battle? Come off it.
The thing that annoyed me about Rogue One is that it played out like the Parlour Game "Fortunately... Unfortunately..." aka "Good News... Bad News..."
Unfortunately heroes are captured... Fortunately they are rescued in the nick of time... Unfortunately they have a setback... Fortunately a Maguffin comes along to resolve it... Unfortunately some bad guys turn up... Fortunately some good guys turn up to save the day (possibly laying down their lives to do so)... Unfortunately defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory... Fortunately victory is then snatched from the jaws of defeat... Unfortunately.... etc.
It just flip flops from one state to the other, getting ever bigger and more frenetic, until I stopped caring and thought "let's just blow this thing and go home".
Unfortunately heroes are captured... Fortunately they are rescued in the nick of time... Unfortunately they have a setback... Fortunately a Maguffin comes along to resolve it... Unfortunately some bad guys turn up... Fortunately some good guys turn up to save the day (possibly laying down their lives to do so)... Unfortunately defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory... Fortunately victory is then snatched from the jaws of defeat... Unfortunately.... etc.
It just flip flops from one state to the other, getting ever bigger and more frenetic, until I stopped caring and thought "let's just blow this thing and go home".
alorotom said:
bristolracer said:
I think they did some research, and a lot of top sports people are borderline psychopaths, its a bit of a necessity to ruthlessly win apparently.
Similar in a lot of professions tbh, all about the cut throat successWilly Nilly said:
Back to our heroin. I know it's the movies and not supposed to be a documentary, but a 25 year old woman leading a load of rebels into battle? Come off it.
Similar in age to Joan of Arc and Boudicca, I guess. (19 and 31 at their deaths, if my O level history is still reliable) Erso is/was a new (space) age warrior! While we're here. Boudicca. When did the pronunciation of her name change? It's as bad as changing how we're supposed to say Uranus.
bristolracer said:
I think they did some research, and a lot of top sports people are borderline psychopaths, its a bit of a necessity to ruthlessly win apparently.
I think you mean some traits of psychopathy that could be applied to sport don't you (assertiveness etc)? Not sure how long a violent and unstable person would last in modern sport 
Also all the milder traits of psychopathy can be taught and practised anyway. For this thread tonight I'm going to nominate sport psychologists: How these people make money by teaching others how to wipe their arse is beyond me.
popeyewhite said:
I think you mean some traits of psychopathy that could be applied to sport don't you (assertiveness etc)? Not sure how long a violent and unstable person would last in modern sport Also all the milder traits of psychopathy can be taught and practised anyway.
For this thread tonight I'm going to nominate sport psychologists: How these people make money by teaching others how to wipe their arse is beyond me.
most psychopaths aren't violent or unstable Also all the milder traits of psychopathy can be taught and practised anyway. For this thread tonight I'm going to nominate sport psychologists: How these people make money by teaching others how to wipe their arse is beyond me.
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