Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

[Dr Murdoch]

Europa1 said:

Not particularly.

Well let him know that you aren't happy then.

[Justayellowbadge]

The utter pondlife that congreate in my local Waitrose at around 7.30pm to buy the reduced stuff. They all seem to know each other and work as a pack. Worse, they seem to have cottoned on the fact that Waitrose will keep reducing goods through their POS system if unsold, so they load up their baskets and then hang around for an hour or so untill last knockings so that the stuff is pennies.


Even worse is the suspicion that the source of my ire is that I could be enjoying almost free grocery purchasing if only I could rid myself of the tiny remnants of dignity and self respect I may still cling to, as they so clearly have.

[ScotsDave]

Radio Scotland presenters who insist on say "secetry" instead of "secretary".

[ClockworkCupcake]

ScotsDave said:

Radio Scotland presenters who insist on say "secetry" instead of "secretary".

Don't get me started on people who say "chimlee" instead of "chimney" or "free" instead of "three".

[Short Grain]

ClockworkCupcake said:

ScotsDave said:

Radio Scotland presenters who insist on say "secetry" instead of "secretary".

Don't get me started on people who say "chimlee" instead of "chimney" or "free" instead of "three".

Or people who say Axe instead of Ask. As in "I axe you......"

Seems a bit drastic when all you want is an answer.

[nicanary]

ScotsDave said:

Radio Scotland presenters who insist on say "secetry" instead of "secretary".

Regional thing - in Northern Ireland they say "knowen" instead of known and "fillum" instead of film. You'd expect it of some backstreet mouthbreather, but not of BBC presenters. IMHO.

[leigh1050]

ClockworkCupcake said:

"free" instead of "three".

99 out of 100 Londoners will say free instead of three , we also say firty instead of thirty.

[ClockworkCupcake]

leigh1050 said:

99 out of 100 Londoners will say free instead of three , we also say firty instead of thirty.

Owed aht yer aaaaaahhnd.

[LordGrover]

ScotsDave said:

Radio Scotland presenters who insist on say "secetry" instead of "secretary".

Not sure how the scotch say it, but correct pronunciation is closer to sekritry.

[popeyewhite]

Justayellowbadge said:

The utter pondlife that congreate in my local Waitrose at around 7.30pm to buy the reduced stuff.

I'll bet there's a lot of it. Never understood the Waitrose business model of trading on its supposed image whilst selling nearly entirely out of date perishable items. Fortunately my local Sainsbury is nearer. Generally worse crowd though..in the daytime.

[ChrisnChris]

Miwwions.........they also say miwwions, far more frequently than you could possibly imagine .

But that's scotch people for you.

[Sheets Tabuer]

popeyewhite said:

Justayellowbadge said:

The utter pondlife that congreate in my local Waitrose at around 7.30pm to buy the reduced stuff.

I'll bet there's a lot of it. Never understood the Waitrose business model of trading on its supposed image whilst selling nearly entirely out of date perishable items. Fortunately my local Sainsbury is nearer. Generally worse crowd though..in the daytime.

Must be where he lives, the Waitrose in Lutterworth is delightful.

[popeyewhite]

Sheets Tabuer said:

popeyewhite said:

Justayellowbadge said:

The utter pondlife that congreate in my local Waitrose at around 7.30pm to buy the reduced stuff.

I'll bet there's a lot of it. Never understood the Waitrose business model of trading on its supposed image whilst selling nearly entirely out of date perishable items. Fortunately my local Sainsbury is nearer. Generally worse crowd though..in the daytime.

Must be where he lives, the Waitrose in Lutterworth is delightful.

Full of very nice people buying nearly-out-of-date veggies no doubt. Back to the OP - maybe they've built one near an estate?

[Justayellowbadge]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Must be where he lives, the Waitrose in Lutterworth is delightful.

Sadly, having excellent transport links, it is all too easy for people from poorer neighbouring areas like Chelsea, Richmond and Putney to get here.

[Sheets Tabuer]

I see, I travelled through Putney once and I remember a premier inn where that Lenworth Henry stays.

I feel your pain.

[Cliftonite]

grumbledoak said:

Cliftonite said:

File Manager has both Rotate left and Rotate right. Right click.

Thank you! This works and dealing with a batch of images is quicker than getting each picture to appear on the screen in turn! Wow!

Now, how to correct thumbnails being wrongly rotated and distorted (i.e. wrong aspect ratio) when sending images by e-mail from OneDrive . . . ?

[Europa1]

Dr Murdoch said:

Europa1 said:

Not particularly.

Well let him know that you aren't happy then.

That would involve parking, switching on my oxygenator, walking into the park, having a conversation that is unlikely to achieve much, walking back to the car, switching off the oxygenator, completing the drive home, and most importantly, delaying me getting outside of a large glass of perfectly chilled Sancerre. Being annoyed beyond reason for a minute or two a couple of times a week is much easier, trust me.

[matchmaker]

People who use "Scotch" instead of "Scottish".

[V8mate]

matchmaker said:

People who use "Scotch" instead of "Scottish".

Easier just to use 'sweaties' and avoid the faux pas, eh?

[Willy Nilly]

The fat people on the news today that have been astounded that by moving about more they magically loose weight. It's like they've just worked out how life started and want a Nobel Peace Prize.

Fat fkers.