Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)

[SpeckledJim]

Nanook said:

SpeckledJim said:

I'm waiting for a queue of disappointed 'actual engineers' to share your lament.

I'd half typed a reply before you posted this, then decided not to bother.

"If we were in Germany I'd be worshipped as a GOD!!!"

The irony being that the 'not actual engineers' are busy fixing things and making real stuff happen, whilst the 'actual engineers, actually' sit nursing excel spreadsheets and having meetings.

[SpeckledJim]

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[V8mate]

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[Nom de ploom]

prices of concert tickets.

Joe Bonamassa £100
Def leppard £62

getting ridiculous - tours used to be to promote an album now with so much free downloading, cheap streaming etc I guess its one way artists can make a few quid but seriously....

[Balmoral]

matchmaker said:

Anyway, we called in a Sky engineer

See posts above and below your post.

[AppleJuice]

Jonno02 said:

Looking at jobs on an app, my keyword is 'scientist' - the number of jobs that are titled "Data Scientist." Job is totally about collating financial data/sales data etc. YOU ARE NOT A SCIENTIST. YOU ARE AN ADMIN ASSISTANT. Sales data is not a living/physical science; hence you are not a scientist.

Also: "boiler engineer". No, you're a technician/mechanic.
The engineer designs and engineers the ratchet spanner, the technician/mechanic uses it. Simple to remember, no?

[Europa1]

Jonno02 said:

SpeckledJim said:

I'm waiting for a queue of disappointed 'actual engineers' to share your lament.

Oh I'm used to that in my work place too. 'Non-qualified' personnel given the job title 'Engineer' - winds up the real engineers as much as Data Scientist winds me up.

Yep, it's a common gripe, but sadly https://www.engc.org.uk/glossary-faqs/frequently-a...

[kennydies]

AppleJuice said:

Also: "boiler engineer". No, you're a technician/mechanic.
The engineer designs and engineers the ratchet spanner, the technician/mechanic uses it. Simple to remember, no?

don't forget "tree surgeon" (gardener)

[sgtBerbatov]

kennydies said:

AppleJuice said:

Also: "boiler engineer". No, you're a technician/mechanic.
The engineer designs and engineers the ratchet spanner, the technician/mechanic uses it. Simple to remember, no?

don't forget "tree surgeon" (gardener)

And those who call themselves "chefs" when really they work in a kitchen of Wetherspoons tending to the microwaves.

[kowalski655]

kennydies said:

don't forget "tree surgeon" (gardener)

TBH I would say removing limbs with a rotating,petrol powered scalpel, with the added complication of being 50 feet off the ground and facing the daily risk of squirrel attack, is more akin to being a surgeon, than someone digging holes for Petunias

[nonsequitur]

Nom de ploom said:

prices of concert tickets.

Joe Bonamassa £100
Def leppard £62

getting ridiculous - tours used to be to promote an album now with so much free downloading, cheap streaming etc I guess its one way artists can make a few quid but seriously....

Def Bonamassa and Joe Leppard might cut the price of tickets.

Edited by nonsequitur on Thursday 25th January 18:08

[DavieW]

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[V8mate]

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[Clockwork Cupcake]

When you pop into the chippy because it doesn't look too busy, they take your order, you pay, and then realise they are processing a huge phone / internet order and you end up waiting for ages.

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Thursday 25th January 18:54

[talksthetorque]

V8mate said:

That wasn't the face value though?

I wouldn't be looking at their faces.....

[Rich_W]

RizzoTheRat said:

AppleJuice said:

People who crowd around a carriage door when a train pulls in at a platform - preventing passengers from alighting - and proceed to shove and bully their way on to the carriage. This then makes the whole process take twice/thrice as long as it should, making the train late leaving the station and for the rest of the journey. Selfish bds.

I did some work in London some years back that involved using the tube at rush hour. I found carrying a brief case and using it kneecap anyone that's standing in the way worked quite well

I generally just stop, tower over them (since you're higher up) and block them and give them daggers. Possibly even chucking in an aggressive "fking wait" and depending on how they react "!"

[yellowjack]

V8mate said:

DRFC1879 said:

On that theme, people who say "train station".

Blame the Septics.

Isn't Paul simon a "septic"?

♫ I'm Sittin' in the Railway Station, got a ticket for my destination... ♫

'Homeward Bound' - Simon & Garfunkel... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLZ7f_QfhbI

[Bobberoo99]

To put my five peneth worth in, I am an engineer, I spent 4 years on day release at college accruing many pretty pieces of paper bearing a lovely City and Guilds crest, alongside my many City and Guilds qualifications I have apprenticeship papers, I spend my day's MAKING components on a five axis machining centre, although my TRADE is as a precision manual turner, you can be many types of engineer, but, and it's a big but, in it's truest form an engineer is someone who creates, be it through design or manufacture, a solid structure, that can be a bolt to a bridge to a skyscraper, not someone who plugs stuff in, not someone who services a boiler, not someone who collates information.

[generationx]

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[kowalski655]

yellowjack said:

V8mate said:

DRFC1879 said:

On that theme, people who say "train station".

Blame the Septics.

Isn't Paul simon a "septic"?

? I'm Sittin' in the Railway Station, got a ticket for my destination... ?

'Homeward Bound' - Simon & Garfunkel... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLZ7f_QfhbI

But that song was written on Widnes railway station, so correct