Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

[MiniMan64]

FiF said:

V8mate said:

On the radio this morning, they interviewed someone with the job title: Social and Emotional Resilience Coordinator.

This person works in a primary school.

I'm regularly annoyed beyond reason by the bizarre (and generally unnecessary) job roles invented by the public sector, but, today, I think I'm annoyed beyond reason that we've created a society where this person actually has a busy and meaningful occupation. What the fk have we done?

I'm going to agree with the last part, what have we done.

Just look at recent cohorts going through university, they have absolutely zero emotional resilience to the rigours of life. There's question whether university authorities are actually and legally 'in loco parentis' for what are essentially adults starting to make their way in life.

It's been a few years now that research school admissions staff when dealing with applications and questions relating to people applying to do a PhD find themselves speaking to the applicant's mother. The student, who has been through secondary school, A levels, Bachelor degree, sometimes a Masters too, is now into twenties and is too scared to pick up a phone and speak to a Professor. FFS what has society done, indeed.

Furthermore look at the Higher Education Policy Institute survey on student attitudes. :shakeshead:

The ‘university sector’ is vastly overdue for an implosion and reduction in size. So many of the institutions are too vast in size offering students no value for money in pointless degrees which will get them no where in life except huge student debt. The whole sector needs a massive kick up the arse, many are still delivering remote lectures FFS!

I’m hoping the worm is turning now and students are wising up to the con, bypassing university and just getting on with it. Plenty of our top 6th formers are taking that route and hopefully many more will follow.

[simonrockman]

I'm new to this thread but..

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[Doofus]

simonrockman said:

I'm new to this thread but..

See it
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Post it on PH with lots of s and fks

FTFY

[Antony Moxey]

Whats on Second said:

Antony Moxey said:

People that wash dishes up by hand because they’re too lazy to empty the dishwasher. People that don’t put the dishwasher on meaning you have to wash dishes by hand because there’s no room in the dishwasher for the sink full of dirty dishes.

not quite getting this weird logic, washing dishes by hand is being lazy while
using a costly and inefficient machine to wash dishes isn't ?

The logic being too lazy to empty a full dishwasher, so they simply wash the dishes by hand rather than emptying the dishwasher and restacking it with the few bits they’ve just washed.

Also, when the dishwasher is full not starting it, meaning someone else has to and the dirty dishes in the sink now need hand washing because the dishwasher cycle will be a couple of hours (and would have been completed by now had it been started when it was filled up) and I don’t like seeing piles of dirty dishes left hanging around.

Doesn’t seem weird to me to be annoyed by both scenarios.

[TameRacingDriver]

I work from home and every ttting afternoon without fail, one or more of the kids from the family 2 doors down plays with some plastic toy outside, scraping it along the concrete so the entire afternoon I have to endure an almost constant incessant plastic scraping along concrete noise.

Basically I have to choose between having fresh air and listening to that fking awful noise or choose to be too bloody hot and stuffy and still hearing it slightly in the background.

I know, they're just kids and there's nothing I can do about it, but fk me it's annoying.

Next time I'd really rather like to live where there's no people for at least a quarter mile radius. If it's not kids it's bloody lockdown purchased dogs barking all day when they've been left at home when the rest of their fking pack has gone back to the office.

[Bannock]

TameRacingDriver said:

I work from home and every ttting afternoon without fail, one or more of the kids from the family 2 doors down plays with some plastic toy outside, scraping it along the concrete so the entire afternoon I have to endure an almost constant incessant plastic scraping along concrete noise.

Basically I have to choose between having fresh air and listening to that fking awful noise or choose to be too bloody hot and stuffy and still hearing it slightly in the background.

I know, they're just kids and there's nothing I can do about it, but fk me it's annoying.

Next time I'd really rather like to live where there's no people for at least a quarter mile radius. If it's not kids it's bloody lockdown purchased dogs barking all day when they've been left at home when the rest of their fking pack has gone back to the office.

My God I feel your pain. My next door neighbour is exactly the same, plus basketball on the patio. Every day. Don't start me on their rubbish bins and even more rubbish parking. Used to be a little old lady there when we moved in, she sold up to this mob who appear to be incapable of doing anything outside quietly. Nor inside come to that, we even get to enjoy their indoor shouting, screaming and singing in the shower through the perma-open windows and grey bi-folds.

Solidarity, brother.

[Sq1rL]

This would also be at home on the "Words I'm tired of hearing" thread, but it really does annoy me beyond all reason. Sod off with calling our pets "fur babies", Netflix

[Whats on Second]

Fastdruid said:

Erm, dishwashers are more efficient and cost less than washing by hand.

don't talk utter ste.

what cost is involved in handwashing ?

few litres of tap water, a drop or two of detergent,..........erm, that's it

[bigpriest]

Whats on Second said:

Fastdruid said:

Erm, dishwashers are more efficient and cost less than washing by hand.

don't talk utter ste.

what cost is involved in handwashing ?

few litres of tap water, a drop or two of detergent,..........erm, that's it

I think there are a few variables that would have to be considered. Big family, eating all day, dishwasher must be more economical? They clean mainly by steam don't they - you can cook in them as well and they use a small amount of water.

[ro250]

Whats on Second said:

Fastdruid said:

Erm, dishwashers are more efficient and cost less than washing by hand.

don't talk utter ste.

what cost is involved in handwashing ?

few litres of tap water, a drop or two of detergent,..........erm, that's it

A dishwasher uses less water than washing the equivalent amount by hand.

You can't compare one sink full of washing up to a whole dishwasher load. Handwashing you are using hot water etc too.

A quick google will tell you that *generally speaking* a DW is more efficient.

[Jim the Sunderer]

The difficult overseas HR team for the real company I work. They're more hidebound than lawyer types and more backwards than the village where I was born.

They've asked my director peer at my small limited company for a reference, okay that's fine. But they're also asking if I'm punctual, honest and such.
Like any business in the last fifty years is going to say "aye he's lazy as fk don't employ him".

And if I've been on parental leave.
I cannot believe that's a legal question to ask in the year of our Boris 2022.

[Morningside]

Presenters who flap their arms around while talking. You are NOT Magnus Pyke.

Stop it!

[yellowjack]

Morningside said:

Presenters who flap their arms around while talking. You are NOT Magnus Pyke.

Stop it!

Clever! A hip and happenin' yoof culture reference that we oldies won't "get"...

[Bluedot]

Programmes like Location Location that talk about budgets. When they view a property £50k or whatever less than their max budget they talk about leaving them £50k to spend doing it up how they like.
No, it doesn't, 99% of the time these budgets are based on their mortgage availability, buying a property £50k less than their max budget just means their monthly mortgage will be a bit less but they're not gonna have £50k slushing around to spend on what they wish.
And breathe.

[Fastdruid]

My bank is swapping from VISA to Mastercard so received a new Mastercard to replacing my debit card (despite the old one still being well within date).

It has all the numbers on one side. The whole point of the CVC was to be on the *reverse* side so that (in theory anyway) you need the physical card rather than a single image of the front. If they're on the same side then the CVC is just pointless.

[V8mate]

Fastdruid said:

My bank is swapping from VISA to Mastercard so received a new Mastercard to replacing my debit card (despite the old one still being well within date).

It has all the numbers on one side. The whole point of the CVC was to be on the *reverse* side so that (in theory anyway) you need the physical card rather than a single image of the front. If they're on the same side then the CVC is just pointless.

On my Amex, all the numbers are on the front. And on my Starling debit card, all of them are on the back.

[popeyewhite]

bigpriest said:

Whats on Second said:

Fastdruid said:

Erm, dishwashers are more efficient and cost less than washing by hand.

don't talk utter ste.

what cost is involved in handwashing ?

few litres of tap water, a drop or two of detergent,..........erm, that's it

I think there are a few variablesthat would have to be considered. Big family, eating all day, dishwasher must be more economical? They clean mainly by steam don't they - you can cook in them as well and they use a small amount of water.

Variable no.1 £300 (?) for new dishwasher

i imagine used correctly (completely full, once every other day or somesuch), then a dishwasher probably would be more economical. They heat their own water don't they?

[GasEngineer]

Hugo a Gogo said:

I'm incredibly jealous of the people who say they don't use enough stuff to use a dishwasher, mine is on at least once a day, often twice, in lockdown it was sometimes on three times
2 adults and four kids

As mentioned earlier in this thread: incorrect use of the word jealous.

[captain.scarlet]

FiF said:

V8mate said:

On the radio this morning, they interviewed someone with the job title: Social and Emotional Resilience Coordinator.

This person works in a primary school.

I'm regularly annoyed beyond reason by the bizarre (and generally unnecessary) job roles invented by the public sector, but, today, I think I'm annoyed beyond reason that we've created a society where this person actually has a busy and meaningful occupation. What the fk have we done?

I'm going to agree with the last part, what have we done.

Just look at recent cohorts going through university, they have absolutely zero emotional resilience to the rigours of life. There's question whether university authorities are actually and legally 'in loco parentis' for what are essentially adults starting to make their way in life.

It's been a few years now that research school admissions staff when dealing with applications and questions relating to people applying to do a PhD find themselves speaking to the applicant's mother. The student, who has been through secondary school, A levels, Bachelor degree, sometimes a Masters too, is now into twenties and is too scared to pick up a phone and speak to a Professor. FFS what has society done, indeed.

Furthermore look at the Higher Education Policy Institute survey on student attitudes. :shakeshead:

It's ironic how you mention university students' emotional resilience as before I re-entered this website I was reading the comments on old 1990s TFI Friday videos on YouTube from then-younger people who included the university students of that era who were able to handle anything risqué and edgy content (typical 1990s Channel 4 and to an extent Channel 5 in its early years).

As for whacky job titles, it's not only limited to the public sector: you only need to go on to Linkedin to see what people are calling themselves - Wizards, Gurus, "Talent" instead of HR or recruitment, Future Trainee Solicitor, "I can make your company's accounts as easy as 1-2-3" (and similar 'in a nutshell job summary' / 'unique selling point' titles).

And that's before the likes of Linkedin:

- virtue-signalling,
- humblebrags,
- 'behold my lovely family that I'm very proud of, such as my daughter who overcame all the odds of middle class living and peer pressure to be nominated classroom tidying up monitor at the tender age of 9 (or the teenager who did likewise to get into Durham Uni to study Geography),
- Non-SJW 'need to be offended about something in order to look like a politically-astute social justice warrior and have my moment of glory in the name of getting my name out there and having everyone marvel at me',
- announcements (which always start with an adverb and/or a past tense verb) that are of no importance or relevance to anyone or anything other than the person making them - "Extremely delighted to have been nominated for xyz", "Absolutely thrilled to announce that I'll be starting a new job with xyz and working alongside the incredible Joe Bloggs (until the working relationship breaks down of course)", "Pleased to have partaken in this year's Children in Need office Bakeathon and seen all my Asda walnut cake being sold at £2 a slice completely devoured", and
- First World problem (i.e. an excuse to slip in lifestyle or brand names)

posts.

[Bluedot]

captain.scarlet said:

FiF said:

V8mate said:

On the radio this morning, they interviewed someone with the job title: Social and Emotional Resilience Coordinator.

This person works in a primary school.

I'm regularly annoyed beyond reason by the bizarre (and generally unnecessary) job roles invented by the public sector, but, today, I think I'm annoyed beyond reason that we've created a society where this person actually has a busy and meaningful occupation. What the fk have we done?

I'm going to agree with the last part, what have we done.

Just look at recent cohorts going through university, they have absolutely zero emotional resilience to the rigours of life. There's question whether university authorities are actually and legally 'in loco parentis' for what are essentially adults starting to make their way in life.

It's been a few years now that research school admissions staff when dealing with applications and questions relating to people applying to do a PhD find themselves speaking to the applicant's mother. The student, who has been through secondary school, A levels, Bachelor degree, sometimes a Masters too, is now into twenties and is too scared to pick up a phone and speak to a Professor. FFS what has society done, indeed.

Furthermore look at the Higher Education Policy Institute survey on student attitudes. :shakeshead:

It's ironic how you mention university students' emotional resilience as before I re-entered this website I was reading the comments on old 1990s TFI Friday videos on YouTube from then-younger people who included the university students of that era who were able to handle anything risqué and edgy content (typical 1990s Channel 4 and to an extent Channel 5 in its early years).

As for whacky job titles, it's not only limited to the public sector: you only need to go on to Linkedin to see what people are calling themselves - Wizards, Gurus, "Talent" instead of HR or recruitment, Future Trainee Solicitor, "I can make your company's accounts as easy as 1-2-3" (and similar 'in a nutshell job summary' / 'unique selling point' titles).

And that's before the likes of Linkedin:

- virtue-signalling,
- humblebrags,
- 'behold my lovely family that I'm very proud of, such as my daughter who overcame all the odds of middle class living and peer pressure to be nominated classroom tidying up monitor at the tender age of 9 (or the teenager who did likewise to get into Durham Uni to study Geography),
- Non-SJW 'need to be offended about something in order to look like a politically-astute social justice warrior and have my moment of glory in the name of getting my name out there and having everyone marvel at me',
- announcements (which always start with an adverb and/or a past tense verb) that are of no importance or relevance to anyone or anything other than the person making them - "Extremely delighted to have been nominated for xyz", "Absolutely thrilled to announce that I'll be starting a new job with xyz and working alongside the incredible Joe Bloggs (until the working relationship breaks down of course)", "Pleased to have partaken in this year's Children in Need office Bakeathon and seen all my Asda walnut cake being sold at £2 a slice completely devoured", and
- First World problem (i.e. an excuse to slip in lifestyle or brand names)

posts.

Tej Lalvani manages to get most of those things into each post he does, I follow him purely for the comedy factor.