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

[Mr-B]

j_4m said:

ElectricSoup said:

rant

It's good that you're not bottling up your rage, but I can't help feeling that you should move on, it's all just water under the bridge...

Surely this is just a drop in the ocean?

[Over over under steer]

ElectricSoup said:

Water bottle/hydration culture.

It's almost as if the nation has switched off all public water supply pipes and blocked up every tap, such that people are compelled, compelled I tell you, to carry around their own home-poured supplies in increasingly expensive and glamorous vessels of various materials - stainless steel, plastic, squashy collapsible stuff, all sorts. One of my children is obsessed with the bloody things, and of course having the right style that all the other girls have. Has to be taken to school, school insists. What the hell? There are taps and drinking fountains all over the bloody place! And yet the correct water bottle must be filled at home in the morning lest we accidently cross the Gobi Desert on the way to school and die of thirst. And of course the constant morning cries of "where is my water bottle, I can't leave without it???!!!"

Adults, filling the things in offices to have then displayed on their desks all day, constantly swigging and slurping, taking 2.3 hours at the water cooler to fill their 5 litre, life saving containers. Riding bikes, constantly swigging from some contraption or other like they've just escaped a Prisoner of War camp. fking hell, how long is your bike ride to work that you didn't have a nice drink before you left and are nearing death from dehydration half way across Reading on a wet day in February?

Have a drink when you're a bit thirsty, and there's usually a tap/watercooler/fountain/shop/cafe in the vicinity wherever you are in 21st Century urban Britain, you're not going to die and if you do start demonstrating symptoms of de-hydration, then you're an absolute idiot and deserve to die in the street.

There is enough water in our daily diets, including food, to keep us adequately hydrated. You. Do. Not. Need. To. Drink. Five. Litres. of. The. fking. Stuff. Every. Day.

Edited by ElectricSoup on Thursday 28th February 10:49

I am one of those people and very happy about it. I have read so much about what's actually in tap water that I really don't ever want to drink tap water, whether from home or work. I therefore by bottles upon bottles of the stuff and consume around 1.5 to 2 litres a day.

I feel tired and get headaches when I don't drink enough

[thismonkeyhere]

ElectricSoup said:

Water bottle/hydration culture.

It's almost as if the nation has switched off all public water supply pipes and blocked up every tap, such that people are compelled, compelled I tell you, to carry around their own home-poured supplies in increasingly expensive and glamorous vessels of various materials - stainless steel, plastic, squashy collapsible stuff, all sorts. One of my children is obsessed with the bloody things, and of course having the right style that all the other girls have. Has to be taken to school, school insists. What the hell? There are taps and drinking fountains all over the bloody place! And yet the correct water bottle must be filled at home in the morning lest we accidently cross the Gobi Desert on the way to school and die of thirst. And of course the constant morning cries of "where is my water bottle, I can't leave without it???!!!"

Adults, filling the things in offices to have then displayed on their desks all day, constantly swigging and slurping, taking 2.3 hours at the water cooler to fill their 5 litre, life saving containers. Riding bikes, constantly swigging from some contraption or other like they've just escaped a Prisoner of War camp. fking hell, how long is your bike ride to work that you didn't have a nice drink before you left and are nearing death from dehydration half way across Reading on a wet day in February?

Have a drink when you're a bit thirsty, and there's usually a tap/watercooler/fountain/shop/cafe in the vicinity wherever you are in 21st Century urban Britain, you're not going to die and if you do start demonstrating symptoms of de-hydration, then you're an absolute idiot and deserve to die in the street.

There is enough water in our daily diets, including food, to keep us adequately hydrated. You. Do. Not. Need. To. Drink. Five. Litres. of. The. fking. Stuff. Every. Day.

Edited by ElectricSoup on Thursday 28th February 10:49

Rant of the week.

[ElectricSoup]

Over over under steer said:

ElectricSoup said:

Water bottle/hydration culture.

It's almost as if the nation has switched off all public water supply pipes and blocked up every tap, such that people are compelled, compelled I tell you, to carry around their own home-poured supplies in increasingly expensive and glamorous vessels of various materials - stainless steel, plastic, squashy collapsible stuff, all sorts. One of my children is obsessed with the bloody things, and of course having the right style that all the other girls have. Has to be taken to school, school insists. What the hell? There are taps and drinking fountains all over the bloody place! And yet the correct water bottle must be filled at home in the morning lest we accidently cross the Gobi Desert on the way to school and die of thirst. And of course the constant morning cries of "where is my water bottle, I can't leave without it???!!!"

Adults, filling the things in offices to have then displayed on their desks all day, constantly swigging and slurping, taking 2.3 hours at the water cooler to fill their 5 litre, life saving containers. Riding bikes, constantly swigging from some contraption or other like they've just escaped a Prisoner of War camp. fking hell, how long is your bike ride to work that you didn't have a nice drink before you left and are nearing death from dehydration half way across Reading on a wet day in February?

Have a drink when you're a bit thirsty, and there's usually a tap/watercooler/fountain/shop/cafe in the vicinity wherever you are in 21st Century urban Britain, you're not going to die and if you do start demonstrating symptoms of de-hydration, then you're an absolute idiot and deserve to die in the street.

There is enough water in our daily diets, including food, to keep us adequately hydrated. You. Do. Not. Need. To. Drink. Five. Litres. of. The. fking. Stuff. Every. Day.

Edited by ElectricSoup on Thursday 28th February 10:49

I am one of those people and very happy about it. I have read so much about what's actually in tap water that I really don't ever want to drink tap water, whether from home or work. I therefore by bottles upon bottles of the stuff and consume around 1.5 to 2 litres a day.

I feel tired and get headaches when I don't drink enough

Of course. The rest of us are ded of tap water. Bodies line the streets. Councils can't cope with the amount of corpses and disease is spreading. It's like a third world country after an earthquake out there, don't open your curtains for God's sake. Armageddon approaches because of "what's in tap water".

[Clockwork Cupcake]

ElectricSoup said:

Of course. The rest of us are ded of tap water. Bodies line the streets. Councils can't cope with the amount of corpses and disease is spreading. It's like a third world country after an earthquake out there, don't open your curtains for God's sake. Armageddon approaches because of "what's in tap water".

The tap water round my way tastes disgusting, so that's why I buy spring water. For tea, coffee, squash, etc., I'm perfectly happy to use tap water though.

[Pericoloso]

Water mess ,H2 o dear !

[ElectricSoup]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

ElectricSoup said:

Of course. The rest of us are ded of tap water. Bodies line the streets. Councils can't cope with the amount of corpses and disease is spreading. It's like a third world country after an earthquake out there, don't open your curtains for God's sake. Armageddon approaches because of "what's in tap water".

The tap water round my way tastes disgusting, so that's why I buy spring water. For tea, coffee, squash, etc., I'm perfectly happy to use tap water though.

My rant wasn't really about tap water dodgers, it was more people who seem to have to become humano-camel hybrids to survive a day out there in Gobi Desert Britain and carry gallons of the stuff, usually tap water actually, with them everywhere they go, and make sure everyone else knows it and get in everyone's way refilling their containers, and wobbling all over the road whilst swigging from them.

But yes, tap water dodgers can also go on the list of beyond reason annoyance.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

ElectricSoup said:

My rant wasn't really about tap water dodgers, it was more people who seem to have to become humano-camel hybrids.

No need to get the hump though.

[ElectricSoup]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

ElectricSoup said:

My rant wasn't really about tap water dodgers, it was more people who seem to have to become humano-camel hybrids.

No need to get the hump though.

Edited by ElectricSoup on Thursday 28th February 12:17

[j_4m]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

ElectricSoup said:

My rant wasn't really about tap water dodgers, it was more people who seem to have to become humano-camel hybrids.

No need to get the hump though.

[RizzoTheRat]

Over over under steer said:

I am one of those people and very happy about it. I have read so much about what's actually in tap water that I really don't ever want to drink tap water, whether from home or work. I therefore by bottles upon bottles of the stuff and consume around 1.5 to 2 litres a day.

I feel tired and get headaches when I don't drink enough

Don't read up on PET then

[captain_cynic]

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[Clockwork Cupcake]

captain_cynic said:

Perhaps we should just accept that everything causes a horrible, horrible death and just enjoy the time we have remaining. Perfect health is just the slowest rate of death

Well, life is a terminal sexually-transmitted disease.

[RizzoTheRat]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

captain_cynic said:

Perfect health is just the slowest rate of death

Well, life is a terminal sexually-transmitted disease.

I have a colleague who like to put motivational slogans up on her whiteboard. I wonder if I can get away with sneaking these two on there?

[loudlashadjuster]

Over over under steer said:

I have read so much about what's actually in tap water that I really don't ever want to drink tap water, whether from home or work.

It's water

[captain_cynic]

RizzoTheRat said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

captain_cynic said:

Perfect health is just the slowest rate of death

Well, life is a terminal sexually-transmitted disease.

I have a colleague who like to put motivational slogans up on her whiteboard. I wonder if I can get away with sneaking these two on there?

"Customer service, we're not happy until you're not happy"

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Today's professional annoyance is a bug report against a version of the software that is prior to the version that I fixed the bug in.

And this is from a tester who knows I have fixed the bug, who has been involved with the bug fixing process, who is well aware of the version in which the bug was fixed, yet still felt the need to tell me that a version prior to this is exhibiting the bug.



(Sorry. I just needed to vent)

[AstonZagato]

theplayingmantis said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Not sure if I'm annoyed beyond reason or amused beyond reason with this one.

Muppets and global e-mails!

Yesterday HR sent out an e-mail to the whole organisation about a tax advisor visiting and people can contact HR to make an appointment with him.

So far we've had

• One guy replied to all asking for an appointment for his wife
• Someone else then replied to all to tell him not to reply to all and that he shouldn't include his wifes tax reference number on a public e-mail. He then recalled the e-mail a few minutes later but Outlook doesn't always do recalls properly.
• First guy replied to all to apologise for replying to all
• Received a global "Meeting Cancelled" e-mail, looks like someone had managed to put the whole day in their calendar with everyone invited, but not contacted, but then he deleted it and everyone got a notification
• Someone replied to all on the Meeting Cancelled e-mail to ask if there was a way to stop people spamming the whole organisation

ooo this happens often in my bank, I don't find it annoying, I find it amusing. however I do think whomever replies to all should be instantly demoted/fired/bonus withdrawn for being too dense to realise.

We have a £10 fine (which goes to charity) for anyone who hits "Reply All" to a firm-wide email.

[theplayingmantis]

vauxhall adverts.

notionally a car.

they have moved to full on white good.

whats the point

also the expedia advert for venice(?) i seen a couple of times. it shows a little kid max 9 or 10 yrs old, yet the voiceover 'kids' balls clearly dropped a good few years ago.

i know puberty is meant to be getting earlier but that's just ridiculous.

[nonsequitur]

Gary29 said:

Colleagues who walk round with mountains of loose change in their pockets, usually shaking it continually whenever they walk around.

It's always the same few people, and they ALWAYS have change in their pockets, no matter what time of day, brand new trousers etc, I don't get it, they must be just about to leave the house and think 'st! I need to fill my pockets full of shrapnel or I'll float off into orbit'

Change in one pocket, billiards in the other.