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

[Antony Moxey]

People who have a day off on their birthday = council.

Apologies for wrong thread.

[yellowjack]

Antony Moxey said:

People who have a day off on their birthday = council.

Apologies for wrong thread.

Presumption annoys me beyond reason.

Maybe his normal day off just happened to coincide with his birthday? There is, after all, a 100% probability that one's birthday will occur during a week. So if you have one day off per week, you have a 1-in-7 chance of your birthday falling on that day off. Now imagine you're a part-time worker, on 28 hours (or fewer) per working week. Now there is a 50% chance (or greater) of having your birthday fall on a day off. So if Danny was the planning type, he might well have made arrangements to celebrate his birthday by doing something nice. Now his plans are ruined because some selfish arsebag has decided that a bit of a sniffle is worthy of calling in sick. His selfish colleague ought to man (or woman) the fk up and get to work. I once drove myself in to work with two fractured vertebrae, ffs. I had to, because I was in the army and work was also where my doctor was. The fractures were only diagnosed when I was driven (by someone else this time) to a local hospital and X-rayed/scanned. I was well up for just getting some painkillers in me and getting on with my day's work...

[RizzoTheRat]

People that go to work when they're ill and spread thier germs to everyone else in the office annoy me beyond reason


Eta: Bloody Swype keyboard assuming I meant to type something else also annoys me beyond reason, especially when I don't spot it straight away.

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Wednesday 27th March 09:19

[popeyewhite]

Halmyre said:

popeyewhite said:

GTI16V said:

Johnspex said:

The Mad Monk said:

Lemming Train said:

The Mad Monk said:

Well, let me put it another way.

Keeping cans of coke in the fridge is council.

Why is it? Explain.

It is down market, common, vulgar.

People who need to keep tins of sugary fizzy drinks in the fridge are council.

I can't really say it any other way.

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Sorry Monk, it's probably me but this is obviously a joke because nobody could be so stupid that they would say keeping soft drinks in a fridge is council but I just don't see the humour in this.
You are joking , of course. Aren't you?

I wouldn't bet on it. PH: Snobbery matters.

Is beer OK? It's loaded with carbs and quite fizzy. Well, Carling is.

Canned beer is extremely council, and Carling is the very nadir. Bottled beer is acceptable if the beer in the bottle is from your own microbrewery, although it should really be in oaken casks.

Am I doing this right?

What about milk? In a bottle and delivered fresh by the milkman every morning I'm guessing? For complete authenticity the silver top has to be pecked by (non-estate) bluetits.

[Europa1]

The Mad Monk said:

Halmyre said:

Am I doing this right?

You are beginning to get the hang of it.

We like 'nadir'.

Is it nadir, or is it in fact apogee?

[nonsequitur]

The Mad Monk said:

You are beginning to get the hang of it.

We like 'nadir'.

Reverse that and you have a brand new council name.

[anonymous-user]

Antony Moxey said:

People who have a day off on their birthday = council.

Apologies for wrong thread.

What if you're born 25/26/31 Dec, or 1 Jan? I couldn't work on my birthday even if I wanted to.

[nonsequitur]

OpulentBob said:

Antony Moxey said:

People who have a day off on their birthday = council.

Apologies for wrong thread.

What if you're born 25/26/31 Dec, or 1 Jan? I couldn't work on my birthday even if I wanted to.

Or February 29th. One day off every four years.

[Shakermaker]

Grahamdub said:

Try floating a couple of cans in the cistern. Keeps them cool too

You are Homer Simpson AICMFP

[Shakermaker]

OpulentBob said:

Antony Moxey said:

People who have a day off on their birthday = council.

Apologies for wrong thread.

What if you're born 25/26/31 Dec, or 1 Jan? I couldn't work on my birthday even if I wanted to.

Yes you could, you'd just need a different job, like working in the NHS, Emergency services, military, airports, news presenter, motorway service station, on-call plumber, taxi driver...

[anonymous-user]

Shakermaker said:

OpulentBob said:

Antony Moxey said:

People who have a day off on their birthday = council.

Apologies for wrong thread.

What if you're born 25/26/31 Dec, or 1 Jan? I couldn't work on my birthday even if I wanted to.

Yes you could, you'd just need a different job, like working in the NHS, Emergency services, military, airports, news presenter, motorway service station, on-call plumber, taxi driver...

No. I couldn't. Specifically, I, me, ich, moi. I'm not in one of those professions, so therefore it doesn't apply to me. I am not going to change my job just to work BHs... so I stand by my point, I (in the course of my life, in my profession) will not/can not work on my birthday - ever!

[nonsequitur]

OpulentBob said:

No. I couldn't. Specifically, I, me, ich, moi. I'm not in one of those professions, so therefore it doesn't apply to me. I am not going to change my job just to work BHs... so I stand by my point, I (in the course of my life, in my profession) will not/can not work on my birthday - ever!

[ElectricSoup]

It's the day after my birthday I don't want to work on.

[Antony Moxey]

yellowjack said:

Antony Moxey said:

People who have a day off on their birthday = council.

Apologies for wrong thread.

Presumption annoys me beyond reason.

Maybe his normal day off just happened to coincide with his birthday? There is, after all, a 100% probability that one's birthday will occur during a week. So if you have one day off per week, you have a 1-in-7 chance of your birthday falling on that day off. Now imagine you're a part-time worker, on 28 hours (or fewer) per working week. Now there is a 50% chance (or greater) of having your birthday fall on a day off. So if Danny was the planning type, he might well have made arrangements to celebrate his birthday by doing something nice. Now his plans are ruined because some selfish arsebag has decided that a bit of a sniffle is worthy of calling in sick. His selfish colleague ought to man (or woman) the fk up and get to work. I once drove myself in to work with two fractured vertebrae, ffs. I had to, because I was in the army and work was also where my doctor was. The fractures were only diagnosed when I was driven (by someone else this time) to a local hospital and X-rayed/scanned. I was well up for just getting some painkillers in me and getting on with my day's work...

Where was the presumption? All I said was having a day off on your birthday is council, I didn’t need a War and Peace length explanation on why someone may or may not choose, or not choose, to work on their birthday.

[Antony Moxey]

nonsequitur said:

OpulentBob said:

Antony Moxey said:

People who have a day off on their birthday = council.

Apologies for wrong thread.

What if you're born 25/26/31 Dec, or 1 Jan? I couldn't work on my birthday even if I wanted to.

Or February 29th. One day off every four years.

OK, people who choose to have a day off specifically because it’s their birthday = council.

FFS.

[Frank7]

popeyewhite said:

What about milk? In a bottle and delivered fresh by the milkman every morning I'm guessing? For complete authenticity the silver top has to be pecked by (non-estate) bluetits.

Milk delivered fresh by the milkman every morning?
Where do you live, in the 1950s?
ETA, okay, I guess it may be done in the boonies still, but
I can’t remember the last time I saw a milk float in London.

[captain_cynic]

Frank7 said:

popeyewhite said:

What about milk? In a bottle and delivered fresh by the milkman every morning I'm guessing? For complete authenticity the silver top has to be pecked by (non-estate) bluetits.

Milk delivered fresh by the milkman every morning?
Where do you live, in the 1950s?
ETA, okay, I guess it may be done in the boonies still, but
I can’t remember the last time I saw a milk float in London.

Not sure about London... but I see a Milk and More float in Reading every 2nd or 3rd day on my commute.

[Shakermaker]

captain_cynic said:

Not sure about London... but I see a Milk and More float in Reading every 2nd or 3rd day on my commute.

Yep, same in Horsham, comes at about 1am and drops off to a couple of neighbours at the end of the cul-de-sac on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday

[DannyScene]

captain_cynic said:

Frank7 said:

popeyewhite said:

What about milk? In a bottle and delivered fresh by the milkman every morning I'm guessing? For complete authenticity the silver top has to be pecked by (non-estate) bluetits.

Milk delivered fresh by the milkman every morning?
Where do you live, in the 1950s?
ETA, okay, I guess it may be done in the boonies still, but
I can’t remember the last time I saw a milk float in London.

Not sure about London... but I see a Milk and More float in Reading every 2nd or 3rd day on my commute.

I used to do a milk round on an old fashioned electric milk float, great times and the guy still does it daily now in Leeds

[yellowjack]

Antony Moxey said:

yellowjack said:

Antony Moxey said:

People who have a day off on their birthday = council.

Apologies for wrong thread.

Presumption annoys me beyond reason.

Maybe his normal day off just happened to coincide with his birthday? There is, after all, a 100% probability that one's birthday will occur during a week. So if you have one day off per week, you have a 1-in-7 chance of your birthday falling on that day off. Now imagine you're a part-time worker, on 28 hours (or fewer) per working week. Now there is a 50% chance (or greater) of having your birthday fall on a day off. So if Danny was the planning type, he might well have made arrangements to celebrate his birthday by doing something nice. Now his plans are ruined because some selfish arsebag has decided that a bit of a sniffle is worthy of calling in sick. His selfish colleague ought to man (or woman) the fk up and get to work. I once drove myself in to work with two fractured vertebrae, ffs. I had to, because I was in the army and work was also where my doctor was. The fractures were only diagnosed when I was driven (by someone else this time) to a local hospital and X-rayed/scanned. I was well up for just getting some painkillers in me and getting on with my day's work...

Where was the presumption? All I said was having a day off on your birthday is council, I didn’t need a War and Peace length explanation on why someone may or may not choose, or not choose, to work on their birthday.

You didn't need it? Well I presumed you did, so