Pet Peeves IV

[grunt]

Then tried a specific company, not a comparison site, and they wanted my mobile number. I had already given my house tel number, but it wouldn’t let me proceed without my mobile.

Give someone else's mobile number. Or make one up. Unless they need to call you as part of the quotation process, there's no need of them to have your number.

[pollution]

Give someone else's mobile number. Or make one up. Unless they need to call you as part of the quotation process, there's no need of them to have your number.



I give the work mobile number of an ex employer . I can't imagine the number of times it has been called.

[matty_f]

Grasses.

Always thought it was mental that grasses get a harder time than the folk who do the crime. It’s the way it is, but it’s back to front.

[Pretty Boy]

Always thought it was mental that grasses get a harder time than the folk who do the crime. It’s the way it is, but it’s back to front.

I always think there has to be a bit context.

Some ******* assaults his wife right in front of me. I'd have absolutely no issue telling the Police what I witnessed.

In the current climate if I saw someone shoplifting in a supermarket. I didn't see a thing.

[matty_f]

I always think there has to be a bit context.

Some ******* assaults his wife right in front of me. I'd have absolutely no issue telling the Police what I witnessed.

In the current climate if I saw someone shoplifting in a supermarket. I didn't see a thing.

Yeah, context is important. :agree:

[Scouse Hibee]

I always think there has to be a bit context.

Some ******* assaults his wife right in front of me. I'd have absolutely no issue telling the Police what I witnessed.

In the current climate if I saw someone shoplifting in a supermarket. I didn't see a thing.


I see both, I despise shoplifting.

[J-C]

Grasses.

Pampas, rye ?

[J-C]

Men who dye their hair, why? You just look ridiculous.

[Stick]

Give someone else's mobile number. Or make one up. Unless they need to call you as part of the quotation process, there's no need of them to have your number.

That’s a good idea. I’ll look up the local Tory party office and use that.

[Hibrandenburg]

Men who dye their hair, why? You just look ridiculous.

I keep getting accused of this and it just makes me laugh because those accusing me haven't got any hair left to dye. I'm sure some of them use polish on their heads.

[brianmc]

Men who dye their hair, why? You just look ridiculous.

Sexist comment of the year there surely?

[Just Alf]

Sexist comment of the year there surely?No really, my mate is almost 70 and defo looks 'different ' with his jet black mane of hair!

[Pretty Boy]

Men who dye their hair, why? You just look ridiculous.

I always think men who just embrace going bald or turning grey look so much better than those who try to hide it.

I've got an increasing amount of grey hair. Every haircut sees a greater smattering of grey as it grows back in. So what? I'm approaching 40 and most men will have to deal with going bald or grey. Embrace it and find a style that suits. You can tell the difference between someone who has retained their natural colour and a dye job a mile away. It looks ridiculous 99% of the time and about as natural as Kim Kardashian.

[Just Alf]

I always think men who just embrace going bald or turning grey look so much better than those who try to hide it.

I've got an increasing amount of grey hair. Every haircut sees a greater smattering of grey as it grows back in. So what? I'm approaching 40 and most men will have to deal with going bald or grey. Embrace it and find a style that suits. You can tell the difference between someone who has retained their natural colour and a dye job a mile away. It looks ridiculous 99% of the time and about as natural as Kim Kardashian.:agree:

[O'Rourke3]

I always think men who just embrace going bald or turning grey look so much better than those who try to hide it.

I've got an increasing amount of grey hair. Every haircut sees a greater smattering of grey as it grows back in. So what? I'm approaching 40 and most men will have to deal with going bald or grey. Embrace it and find a style that suits. You can tell the difference between someone who has retained their natural colour and a dye job a mile away. It looks ridiculous 99% of the time and about as natural as Kim Kardashian.I used to dye my hair but that was mainly for reasons associated with theatre productions versus vanity. Helps with a brother hair dresser.. . While I was always going silver, I was genuinely looking forward to getting that distinguished look. Hadnt noticed the crown receding and being baldy at the back but not front and sides Having two daughters accelerated the process.

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[J-C]

I always think men who just embrace going bald or turning grey look so much better than those who try to hide it.

I've got an increasing amount of grey hair. Every haircut sees a greater smattering of grey as it grows back in. So what? I'm approaching 40 and most men will have to deal with going bald or grey. Embrace it and find a style that suits. You can tell the difference between someone who has retained their natural colour and a dye job a mile away. It looks ridiculous 99% of the time and about as natural as Kim Kardashian.

It's the men in their late 60's+ that do it, jeez I started going grey around 35, never bothered me one bit, if anything I wish it was more silver rather than the salt n pepper look I have.

[J-C]

Sexist comment of the year there surely?

You realise I'm a dude?

[RyeSloan]

I always think men who just embrace going bald or turning grey look so much better than those who try to hide it.

I've got an increasing amount of grey hair. Every haircut sees a greater smattering of grey as it grows back in. So what? I'm approaching 40 and most men will have to deal with going bald or grey. Embrace it and find a style that suits. You can tell the difference between someone who has retained their natural colour and a dye job a mile away. It looks ridiculous 99% of the time and about as natural as Kim Kardashian.

It’s an interesting wee side discussion for sure.

Seems perfectly acceptable and normal for women to dye their hair anytime they want and of course many many do on a regular basis. Fancy highlights when they are younger and defo grey cover when they are older (I’d wager the vast majority of women in the 40’s and 50’s cover their grey).

But for men it’s oddly taboo. Not that I’d ever consider it really but not sure I have too much of a problem with dudes that might want to.


One thing I do agree 100% on is the balding thing. Once it gets to a certain stage then the absolute best thing to do is just shave it off. Any pretendy efforts with long thin hair trying to make up for the lack of coverage just looks gawd awful and a thousand times worse than a simple buzz cut.

[Scouse Hibee]

Used to be a guy in my local in Liverpool nicknamed Cherry Blossom. He put black shoe polish on his whole forehead to disguise his baldness.😂

[McD]

It’s an interesting wee side discussion for sure.

Seems perfectly acceptable and normal for women to dye their hair anytime they want and of course many many do on a regular basis. Fancy highlights when they are younger and defo grey cover when they are older (I’d wager the vast majority of women in the 40’s and 50’s cover their grey).

But for men it’s oddly taboo. Not that I’d ever consider it really but not sure I have too much of a problem with dudes that might want to.


One thing I do agree 100% on is the balding thing. Once it gets to a certain stage then the absolute best thing to do is just shave it off. Any pretendy efforts with long thin hair trying to make up for the lack of coverage just looks gawd awful and a thousand times worse than a simple buzz cut.


I feel like I have a slightly biased position (see avatar) 😂

Shaving it all off is actually quite liberating, only downside is having to do it every few days, and when you try to take off a thermal/beanie hat it tends to stick to your head 😂

[Jones28]

I feel like I have a slightly biased position (see avatar) 😂

Shaving it all off is actually quite liberating, only downside is having to do it every few days, and when you try to take off a thermal/beanie hat it tends to stick to your head 😂

I shaved my hair off last year (the covid crew cut) last year and couldn’t believe how liberating it was.

[speedy_gonzales]

One thing I do agree 100% on is the balding thing. Once it gets to a certain stage then the absolute best thing to do is just shave it off. Any pretendy efforts with long thin hair trying to make up for the lack of coverage just looks gawd awful and a thousand times worse than a simple buzz cut.

That certain stage maybe needs to be advertised better.
Years ago I was in the gents at the Firkin Footlights, clocked a guy in the corner of my eye with a substantially receding hairline, I was just about to turn to him with an "alright mate" when I realised Mr five-heid was actually me 🤣
The mirror had a 90° return so I seen a side of me I hadn't before.
Came home that night and gave myself a #1 all over, couple of weeks later I was just bic'ing it, the scalp soon gets used to it. I wouldn't say I've ever been terribly vain but 18 years later I reckon I'm more presentable now than I was then.

[brianmc]

You realise I'm a dude?

😂 I kinda thought that was the case, aye.
You realise I'm a baldy? I've been rocking the 'zero' setting on the hair clippers for at least 15 years. 👍

[J-C]

😂 I kinda thought that was the case, aye.
You realise I'm a baldy? I've been rocking the 'zero' setting on the hair clippers for at least 15 years. 👍

Much prefer guys like you that embrace their baldness, nothing worse than seeing the comb overs or the Mick Miller(comedian) look. Beards are another thing, some guys really suit them and others, well just don't, I attempted one during lockdown, with the salt n pepper hair, I just looked like an old drunk, definitely better clean shaven.

[Moulin Yarns]

YouTube!! I subscribe to a few channels from people with similar crafting interest as myself. Recently the number of adverts interruptions is making watching almost unwatchable.

[Stairway 2 7]

YouTube!! I subscribe to a few channels from people with similar crafting interest as myself. Recently the number of adverts interruptions is making watching almost unwatchable.

Forcing people to buy premium

[The Modfather]

YouTube!! I subscribe to a few channels from people with similar crafting interest as myself. Recently the number of adverts interruptions is making watching almost unwatchable.

I enjoy listening to documentaries when falling asleep, I can live with the odd advert before the video resumes but some of the adverts are longer then what I’m listening to e.g 50 minutes!

[Moulin Yarns]

Forcing people to buy premium

On the contrary, forcing people to switch off. A number of the people who I watch are fully funded through Patreon so don't need or want revenue from advertising.

[Stairway 2 7]

On the contrary, forcing people to switch off. A number of the people who I watch are fully funded through Patreon so don't need or want revenue from advertising.

It was a while ago but I'd read YouTubes adds matched netflixs whole revenue. They are here to stay unfortunately as they are annoying

[overdrive]

I enjoy listening to documentaries when falling asleep, I can live with the odd advert before the video resumes but some of the adverts are longer then what I’m listening to e.g 50 minutes!

I do the same and it’s becoming really annoying, particularly if the ad is loud, it wakes you up. I quite often listen to space videos from a guy called John Michael Godier and he has a relaxing voice. You are just nodding off when suddenly some guy starts screaming at you trying to flog a weight loss regime or get rich quick scheme

The number of ads you can’t skip after 5 seconds is increasing too.

[overdrive]

On the contrary, forcing people to switch off. A number of the people who I watch are fully funded through Patreon so don't need or want revenue from advertising.

I think he means YouTube trying to force you to buy YouTube premium which has no ads rather than any particular poster’s own premium channel. It’s their version of Spotify/Apple Music as well.

[nonshinyfinish]

I enjoy listening to documentaries when falling asleep, I can live with the odd advert before the video resumes but some of the adverts are longer then what I’m listening to e.g 50 minutes!

Hang on, 50-minute ads? WTF?

If you're using a laptop/desktop, then this browser extension is the answer: https://ublockorigin.com/

For a mobile device it's a bit more of a pain, you'd probably need to install a different browser that supports extensions (and I'm not sure if it's possible at all on iOS). Don't use YouTube much so I've never tried to block the ads on my phone.

[The Modfather]

Hang on, 50-minute ads? WTF?

If you're using a laptop/desktop, then this browser extension is the answer: https://ublockorigin.com/

For a mobile device it's a bit more of a pain, you'd probably need to install a different browser that supports extensions (and I'm not sure if it's possible at all on iOS). Don't use YouTube much so I've never tried to block the ads on my phone.

Yeah, some of the adverts are essentially a whole programme. I had one that was Alan Ball & Ray Parlour interviewing David James that was 50 minutes long. Admittedly those length of adverts aren’t that common, but closer to 15 minutes of some random “influencer” doing a cooking interview are more common. It’s not so much an issue when watching as can skip after 5 seconds. Just frustrating when listening to something when going to sleep and after a couple of minutes you have to physically skip the advert.

[Scouse Hibee]

People who ask you how to do something, then don’t listen and mess up the task before saying I can’t do it that way.

[Moulin Yarns]

I think he means YouTube trying to force you to buy YouTube premium which has no ads rather than any particular poster’s own premium channel. It’s their version of Spotify/Apple Music as well.

I understand what was meant, but it has the opposite effect on my viewing. I am now choosing not to watch some of the videos I would have enjoyed because of the interruptions

[wookie70]

The way TV shows the view through binoculars as two circles rips my knitting and last night they showed the view through a camera lens as a circle(I'm aware of fisheye lenses, it wasn't one). Why is it so difficult to show the view that you would see through those devises. Another one is when they green screen content on to a laptop that a presenter is using.

[sleeping giant]

People who ask you how to do something, then don’t listen and mess up the task before saying I can’t do it that way.

Grrrr.
I have spent time writing an instruction manual for a colleague as he was constantly phonig with the same question.
He still phones with the same question and says he didn't k ow where he saved the manual.

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[sleeping giant]

I do the same and it’s becoming really annoying, particularly if the ad is loud, it wakes you up. I quite often listen to space videos from a guy called John Michael Godier and he has a relaxing voice. You are just nodding off when suddenly some guy starts screaming at you trying to flog a weight loss regime or get rich quick scheme

The number of ads you can’t skip after 5 seconds is increasing too.

Was just about to post the very same thing.
I tend to listen to Spotify podcasts that I know only have a wee ad at the beginning.

[overdrive]

Grrrr.
I have spent time writing an instruction manual for a colleague as he was constantly phonig with the same question.
He still phones with the same question and says he didn't k ow where he saved the manual.

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I had a situation where somebody was being passed from pillar to post at work. I got landed with him and I just couldn’t believe his inability to follow instructions. I even put together a document with screenshots of everything he needed to do but he would still do something completely different. I went on a Teams call with him and he shared his screen and he was insistent something in the document wasn’t there. I could see it on his screen share! In fact his cursor was hovering over it.

He asked me how to do something on a system he had used for months, so I showed him. Next day I asked him to something on that same system. “What’s that? I’ve never used that, never heard of it”. Er… it’s what you asked me a question on yesterday.

[Keith_M]

Guy at my work who is utterly useless, despite being paid a very high salary. and management fail to see it.

This seems to be partly because he's an accomplished bull****ter and partly because the management don't seem to care.

[Oscar T Grouch]

YouTube!! I subscribe to a few channels from people with similar crafting interest as myself. Recently the number of adverts interruptions is making watching almost unwatchable.

Have you tried UBlock Origin? That will take the ads away for you. After they sold YouTube to Google the ads became ridiculous, 20sec ads without skipping, then double ads, now there are triple ads with no skipping, I got a double 20 second ad with no skipping on a 30 second video and lost the plot and downloaded the ad blocker, wish I'd done it years ago. Google have tried their best to ruin the best video platform there is on the internet

Don't suppose you are a Bobby Duke fan? He is my favourite crafter/artists on YouTube unfortunately his contents is irregular and usually months apart but they are worth waiting on, he is a bit silly but produces some amazing art.

[Moulin Yarns]

Have you tried UBlock Origin? That will take the ads away for you. After they sold YouTube to Google the ads became ridiculous, 20sec ads without skipping, then double ads, now there are triple ads with no skipping, I got a double 20 second ad with no skipping on a 30 second video and lost the plot and downloaded the ad blocker, wish I'd done it years ago. Google have tried their best to ruin the best video platform there is on the internet

Don't suppose you are a Bobby Duke fan? He is my favourite crafter/artists on YouTube unfortunately his contents is irregular and usually months apart but they are worth waiting on, he is a bit silly but produces some amazing art.

Cheers for the advice. Usually watch Youtube on the Telly so not sure if the UBlock is possible. I'll look into it.:aok:

[The Modfather]

Was in the supermarket earlier. Randomly fancied some Tooty Frutie sweets as not had them in years. Couldn’t find them, just found out that they were discontinued in 2019. Oh well!

[nonshinyfinish]

Cheers for the advice. Usually watch Youtube on the Telly so not sure if the UBlock is possible. I'll look into it.:aok:You won't be able to use uBlock on your tv. If it's an Android tv then you might be able to use a sideloaded app (eg the one described here: https://techweez.com/2020/07/16/how-to-block-youtube-ads-on-android-tv-forever/).

Sideloading is a bit of a pain and you'd need to do some research to make sure the app is legit.

[Pretty Boy]

Amateur football teams doing big social media announcements and interviews when they sign a player. It was bad enough when Highland and Lowland League teams started doing it but at least there is a contract and potentially a monetary transaction there. Grown men spouting the same cliches they have read from professionals is a total cringe.

Granton Star are pleased to announce the signing of Gogs Brown. Gogs said 'when I found out the gaffer wanted me here there was nowhere else I wanted to be. We sat down and it was an easy deal to do'. Manager Rab Scott added 'Gogs is exactly the type of player we are looking for. He'll make training at least once a week and always pays his subs on time. We faced stiff competition from a rival who offered him 2 post game pints and 1st dibs on the dart board but I have to praise the chairman for sanctioning an extra lager shandy to get the deal done.'

[overdrive]

Amateur football teams doing big social media announcements and interviews when they sign a player. It was bad enough when Highland and Lowland League teams started doing it but at least there is a contract and potentially a monetary transaction there. Grown men spouting the same cliches they have read from professionals is a total cringe.

Granton Star are pleased to announce the signing of Gogs Brown. Gogs said 'when I found out the gaffer wanted me here there was nowhere else I wanted to be. We sat down and it was an easy deal to do'. Manager Rab Scott added 'Gogs is exactly the type of player we are looking for. He'll make training at least once a week and always pays his subs on time. We faced stiff competition from a rival who offered him 2 post game pints and 1st dibs on the dart board but I have to praise the chairman for sanctioning an extra lager shandy to get the deal done.'

Likewise with goal and Man of the Match announcements. Someone I used to work with has been reposting a whole load of social media posts from her son's boys team of fancy announcements of her son scoring goals and getting MotM, similar to how pro teams would. OTT if you ask me!

[overdrive]

Variations in clothing sizes. I've been ordering summer clothes just now for my honeymoon in Dec/Jan as they won't be in the shops nearer the time.

I generally wear a 38 or 40 inch waist. I ordered a 40 inch waist shorts from one retailer, they are too small, so exchanged for a 42 inch waist. Got a 42 inch waist in shorts from somewhere else and they are huge. Just received a pair of 40 inch trousers and they won't even get anywhere near closing - probably more like a 34 inch waist!

They were all different retailers, so fair enough there is some differentiation between them (the trousers are taking the P though).

However, I got a shirt in M&S in XXL. Perfect fit. Ordered a couple of other shirts from there in XXL and one was like a tent on me and the other I was bursting out of.

[Scouse Hibee]

Customers who truly believe “the customer is always right” even when they are wrong.

[Bridge hibs]

Amateur football teams doing big social media announcements and interviews when they sign a player. It was bad enough when Highland and Lowland League teams started doing it but at least there is a contract and potentially a monetary transaction there. Grown men spouting the same cliches they have read from professionals is a total cringe.

Granton Star are pleased to announce the signing of Gogs Brown. Gogs said 'when I found out the gaffer wanted me here there was nowhere else I wanted to be. We sat down and it was an easy deal to do'. Manager Rab Scott added 'Gogs is exactly the type of player we are looking for. He'll make training at least once a week and always pays his subs on time. We faced stiff competition from a rival who offered him 2 post game pints and 1st dibs on the dart board but I have to praise the chairman for sanctioning an extra lager shandy to get the deal done.'Brilliant, I know exactly what you mean, I knew a few guys who played with amateur teams and I used to see the same, we are pleased to announce Jimbo Jones has rejoined us after 2 seasons away, he will add some much needed steel to the defence, Jimbo was just released from Saughton after an almost 2 year stretch for sheep bothering🤣

Ps players name has been changed to save his embarrassment

[Keith_M]

Customers who truly believe “the customer is always right” even when they are wrong.


You should join the Police. their motto is 'the customer is always wrong'



:wink:

[Alfiembra]

However, I got a shirt in M&S in XXL. Perfect fit. Ordered a couple of other shirts from there in XXL and one was like a tent on me and the other I was bursting out of.

Are you the Incredible Hulk. :greengrin

[Scouse Hibee]

You should join the Police. their motto is 'the customer is always wrong'



:wink:

I wish I had, would have been retired by now 😀

[Hibrandenburg]

Folk that give their kids phones or tablets to watch cartoons on trains without headsets. Either interact with your spawn or buy a ****ing headset. All you're doing is teaching them to be ignorant *****.

[Jones28]

Folk that give their kids phones or tablets to watch cartoons on trains without headsets. Either interact with your spawn or buy a ****ing headset. All you're doing is teaching them to be ignorant *****.

Had this in a restaurant in Tarbert earlier this year. We had our two kids and the in laws with us, having a lovely time and the kids loved being part of a meal out. It’s something we haven’t done that much as a family due to covid and money, so a bit of a novelty.

A family came in with 3 kids, 3 tablets and one set of headphones. It was ridiculous.

[Scouse Hibee]

Had this in a restaurant in Tarbert earlier this year. We had our two kids and the in laws with us, having a lovely time and the kids loved being part of a meal out. It’s something we haven’t done that much as a family due to covid and money, so a bit of a novelty.

A family came in with 3 kids, 3 tablets and one set of headphones. It was ridiculous.

Hate seeing kids with tablets at the dinner table, even if tablets were around when my son was younger we would never have allowed it.

[Hiber-nation]

The fortnightly task of sorting out the recycle crates after the bin men have mixed them up with the neighbour's and left a load of stuff still in them which has ended up strewn all over the street.

[CropleyWasGod]

The fortnightly task of sorting out the recycle crates after the bin men have mixed them up with the neighbour's and left a load of stuff still in them which has ended up strewn all over the street.

Stick-on numbers :)

Saves going to war with the neighbours 😄

[Hiber-nation]

Stick-on numbers :)

Saves going to war with the neighbours 😄

Oh we have numbers on them, it's the way they chuck a green crate of ours in with a blue crate of theirs then throw them in to the pavement so everything they left spills out all over the road.

And don't get me started on the time the guy stopped for a fag straight after breaking the handle off my food bin and stood and watched while I tried to fix it on again. I told him not to worry and just enjoy his fag. He must have thought it was me who reported them (it was another neighbour) as the next time a council gadgie was trailing them so everything was neatly sorted and in its proper place. Then back to normal the next time. I've actually put all this on the bin strikes thread already, what a saddo 😂

[overdrive]

Variations in clothing sizes. I've been ordering summer clothes just now for my honeymoon in Dec/Jan as they won't be in the shops nearer the time.

I generally wear a 38 or 40 inch waist. I ordered a 40 inch waist shorts from one retailer, they are too small, so exchanged for a 42 inch waist. Got a 42 inch waist in shorts from somewhere else and they are huge. Just received a pair of 40 inch trousers and they won't even get anywhere near closing - probably more like a 34 inch waist!

They were all different retailers, so fair enough there is some differentiation between them (the trousers are taking the P though).

However, I got a shirt in M&S in XXL. Perfect fit. Ordered a couple of other shirts from there in XXL and one was like a tent on me and the other I was bursting out of.

The saga continues. I got a shirt from Next. Really liked it and it fitted perfectly, so ordered another one in the same size. The bottom 3 buttons don't come close to fastening! Exact same shirt, exact same size!

[Bridge hibs]

Many years back I got a pair of work boots from our jobsworth storeman, he actually had a gauge he used to check the treads, if the soles on your boots werent worn enough he chucked them back at you

I had a mate who worked in the pits and he gave me an old pair that I could exchange, soles were completely worn

To my joy I was handed a brand new pair by the prick storeman only to find out the sole on the left boot was 1.5” higher than the right boot, what a **** !! Took me 1 year to realise I didnt actually have a ****ing limp !! 🤬

[Hibrandenburg]

Many years back I got a pair of work boots from our jobsworth storeman, he actually had a gauge he used to check the treads, if the soles on your boots werent worn enough he chucked them back at you

I had a mate who worked in the pits and he gave me an old pair that I could exchange, soles were completely worn

To my joy I was handed a brand new pair by the prick storeman only to find out the sole on the left boot was 1.5” higher than the right boot, what a **** !! Took me 1 year to realise I didnt actually have a ****ing limp !! 🤬

:faf:

[Moulin Yarns]

Many years back I got a pair of work boots from our jobsworth storeman, he actually had a gauge he used to check the treads, if the soles on your boots werent worn enough he chucked them back at you

I had a mate who worked in the pits and he gave me an old pair that I could exchange, soles were completely worn

To my joy I was handed a brand new pair by the prick storeman only to find out the sole on the left boot was 1.5” higher than the right boot, what a **** !! Took me 1 year to realise I didnt actually have a ****ing limp !! 🤬

I had a colleague who had worked in Crudens drawing office, they wouldn't issue new pencils or erasers without good cause. My mate collected all the pencil sharpenings and eraser rubbings in matchboxes to hand back.

[Alfiembra]

I had a colleague who had worked in Crudens drawing office, they wouldn't issue new pencils or erasers without good cause. My mate collected all the pencil sharpenings and eraser rubbings in matchboxes to hand back.

I remember you could get a sleeve a bit like a cigarette holder that you could put the stump of your pencil in to get the last few millimetres of use out of it when it was too short to hold onto. Happy days going to the stationery cupboard to get a new 3H.

[Bridge hibs]

I had a colleague who had worked in Crudens drawing office, they wouldn't issue new pencils or erasers without good cause. My mate collected all the pencil sharpenings and eraser rubbings in matchboxes to hand back.🤣

Its amazing how thrifty some companies were back in the day. I mean they were meant to be very pro health and safety but ffs, dungarees/overalls had to be held on by literally a single thread before I could get a new pair, safety gloves had to have a minimum of 3 fingers left as 4 fingers are “workable” and boots either had to be flapping at the front or soles as smooth as a babys erse, 3mm tread was acceptable 🤣

[McD]

🤣

Its amazing how thrifty some companies were back in the day. I mean they were meant to be very pro health and safety but ffs, dungarees/overalls had to be held on by literally a single thread before I could get a new pair, safety gloves had to have a minimum of 3 fingers left as 4 fingers are “workable” and boots either had to be flapping at the front or soles as smooth as a babys erse, 3mm tread was acceptable 🤣


i used to work for a multi-billion pound company, who would throw money at things when it suited, yet at the same time, if someone went to ask for a new notepad (think the cheapest kind you can get), every page back and front would be inspected before another one would be provided. I even saw a few people get knocked back for one when they’d used all the pages but there was still some space left on a few of those pages, so get back and use them properly 😂

[pollution]

I remember you could get a sleeve a bit like a cigarette holder that you could put the stump of your pencil in to get the last few millimetres of use out of it when it was too short to hold onto. Happy days going to the stationery cupboard to get a new 3H.



The mind boggles...Is this a wind up ?

[Bridge hibs]

The mind boggles...Is this a wind up ?

Its true mate, I knew a Joiner who had the exact thing that sat behind his ear, probably 1cm of wood left and extended by his wee extension thing, worth a few days extra measurement scribbling before he changed to a new pencil

[Bridge hibs]

i used to work for a multi-billion pound company, who would throw money at things when it suited, yet at the same time, if someone went to ask for a new notepad (think the cheapest kind you can get), every page back and front would be inspected before another one would be provided. I even saw a few people get knocked back for one when they’d used all the pages but there was still some space left on a few of those pages, so get back and use them properly 😂Wonder if it was the same place I worked, to be honest I think it was more down to the jobsworth that was issuing. I think it was a bog standard boring role that he manufactured into his own so he could brown nose to the management and he received plaudits as more money probably went into the management Christmas sesh fund

[Fuzzywuzzy]

My mrs volunteering me for stuff and then taking the huff when it's pointed out that she shouldn't be doing it. Goes in one ear and out the other mind as still getting volunteered for **** after 20years

[Bridge hibs]

Whenever Im on annual leave and planning on doing absolutely zilch and my Wife always has plans for me to do the garden, the laundry, the cooking, tidy the house and all the other ****ing DIY jobs, I go back to work for a ****ing break 🤬

When she is on annual leave (we try to take leave at different times 🤣) she does a bit of polishing and then goes for a kip, ****ing hard life 🤬

[Fuzzywuzzy]

I turned up to drop my kid off at football only to discover I'd been "volunteered" to become a coach

[RyeSloan]

Whenever Im on annual leave and planning on doing absolutely zilch and my Wife always has plans for me to do the garden, the laundry, the cooking, tidy the house and all the other ****ing DIY jobs, I go back to work for a ****ing break [emoji2959]

When she is on annual leave (we try to take leave at different times [emoji1787]) she does a bit of polishing and then goes for a kip, ****ing hard life [emoji2959]

Aha yes in my gaff it’s the dreaded ‘list’.

This is a non physical list of items that exists only in her head. It appears to be a randomised collection of exactly the type of things you have mentioned above. Some large, some small, some never to be deciphered and defo one that no matter how many jobs are done can never be completed….(“you still haven’t got round to some of those things that have been on THE LIST for ages”)

But regular as clockwork come the weekend or a few days off work out it comes.

“Soo great you are off for a few days…you can get some things done on THE LIST”

To be fair though the frequent response is along the lines of

“Oh I would love to dear but with Hibs on Sat and golf on Sunday I might not get all of it done”

Which of course then relies on which way the wind is blowing to determine if we get an understanding nod of the head or an argument [emoji1787][emoji1787]

[Moulin Yarns]

My mrs volunteering me for stuff and then taking the huff when it's pointed out that she shouldn't be doing it. Goes in one ear and out the other mind as still getting volunteered for **** after 20years


I turned up to drop my kid off at football only to discover I'd been "volunteered" to become a coach


Aha yes in my gaff it’s the dreaded ‘list’.

This is a non physical list of items that exists only in her head. It appears to be a randomised collection of exactly the type of things you have mentioned above. Some large, some small, some never to be deciphered and defo one that no matter how many jobs are done can never be completed….(“you still haven’t got round to some of those things that have been on THE LIST for ages”)

But regular as clockwork come the weekend or a few days off work out it comes.

“Soo great you are off for a few days…you can get some things done on THE LIST”

To be fair though the frequent response is along the lines of

“Oh I would love to dear but with Hibs on Sat and golf on Sunday I might not get all of it done”

Which of course then relies on which way the wind is blowing to determine if we get an understanding nod of the head or an argument [emoji1787][emoji1787]


Easiest way to get out of these things is to really botch them up. :wink:

[Pretty Boy]

Whenever Im on annual leave and planning on doing absolutely zilch and my Wife always has plans for me to do the garden, the laundry, the cooking, tidy the house and all the other ****ing DIY jobs, I go back to work for a ****ing break 🤬

When she is on annual leave (we try to take leave at different times 🤣) she does a bit of polishing and then goes for a kip, ****ing hard life 🤬

I'm sure my wife has an alarm that goes off as soon as my erse gets within a couple of centimetres of the couch.

I do all the ironing, all the cooking, the shopping and deal with things like emptying the bins. I also have the kids on my own a Monday, Wednesday, Thursday evening and all day Sunday. That means bathing, changing, homework, dinner etc etc. I'm no dinosaur, they are my kids and I like doing it.

Guaranteed though that when I get them all sorted, get the dishes done, tidy the place up etc the second I make a coffee and sit myself down at 10.05, she'll walk in a minute later and give it 'oh someone's had a good night whilst I've been working'. If I was to say the same when I get in at half 5 and find her watching Pointless then it would be world war 3.

[Bridge hibs]

I'm sure my wife has an alarm that goes off as soon as my erse gets within a couple of centimetres of the couch.

I do all the ironing, all the cooking, the shopping and deal with things like emptying the bins. I also have the kids on my own a Monday, Wednesday, Thursday evening and all day Sunday. That means bathing, changing, homework, dinner etc etc. I'm no dinosaur, they are my kids and I like doing it.

Guaranteed though that when I get them all sorted, get the dishes done, tidy the place up etc the second I make a coffee and sit myself down at 10.05, she'll walk in a minute later and give it 'oh someone's had a good night whilst I've been working'. If I was to say the same when I get in at half 5 and find her watching Pointless then it would be world war 3.Absolutley feel your pain mate, that must be a Wifes trait, I bet there are many other poor souls on here who can share our pain 🤣

Many years ago I would randomly phone my Wife from work, just to check in and tell her Im safe and erm, that I love her 🥹 All I could hear in the background were groans and moans !! That wasnt her doing housework or yoga, lazy ****ing git was playing Resident Evil, bloody addicted to it she was 🤬

[The Modfather]

Chorizo. My wife and daughter love it. I can’t stand it or the smell.

[matty_f]

I'm sure my wife has an alarm that goes off as soon as my erse gets within a couple of centimetres of the couch.

I do all the ironing, all the cooking, the shopping and deal with things like emptying the bins. I also have the kids on my own a Monday, Wednesday, Thursday evening and all day Sunday. That means bathing, changing, homework, dinner etc etc. I'm no dinosaur, they are my kids and I like doing it.

Guaranteed though that when I get them all sorted, get the dishes done, tidy the place up etc the second I make a coffee and sit myself down at 10.05, she'll walk in a minute later and give it 'oh someone's had a good night whilst I've been working'. If I was to say the same when I get in at half 5 and find her watching Pointless then it would be world war 3.


Yep. That’s all sounds incredibly familiar.

Our dog’s recovering from surgery, I’ve spent the last three nights at up not quite all night with him, but not far off, as his recovery has been erratic. You’re lucky if I’ve managed three hours sleep each night.

Nevertheles, I’ve got up early to give him his medication and sat with him while everyone else has slept.

Tonight, i recorded the podcast and got moaned at because “we’ve spent the last two hours with him so it’s your turn”.

[Pretty Boy]

Stupidly obtuse rules with no common sense applied.

My work has supplied polystyrene products for years. With the legislation change in Scotland that is no longer possible. It's something we are wholly supportive of and we have spent a lot of time and money over the last couple of years preparing for this, sourcing alternative products and pushing them so people had made the transition before it became law.

Inevitably though we have been left with a small surplus of polystyrene stock which can't be sold. I had arranged to hand this over FOC to a couple of local foodbanks and homeless charities for them to use. I checked this with the relevant bodies andwas told last week this is also forbidden under the new law and both us and the end user would be liable for a fine if such a move happened. Utterly mental. We now have a few boxes of polystyrene that will end up in landfill unused rather than them ending up in exactly the same place having been used for a good cause.

I both understand and support the law but in this instance it's not a commercial transaction and seems madness. This isn't new manufactured product, it's not product that would otherwise not end up in landfill, it's existing stock that is headed there anyway.

[Scouse Hibee]

People who don’t clear their tables in cafes where there is a facility to clear your own table and take your tray to a rack, thereby leaving tables much easier to turn around.

[Moulin Yarns]

Stupidly obtuse rules with no common sense applied.

My work has supplied polystyrene products for years. With the legislation change in Scotland that is no longer possible. It's something we are wholly supportive of and we have spent a lot of time and money over the last couple of years preparing for this, sourcing alternative products and pushing them so people had made the transition before it became law.

Inevitably though we have been left with a small surplus of polystyrene stock which can't be sold. I had arranged to hand this over FOC to a couple of local foodbanks and homeless charities for them to use. I checked this with the relevant bodies andwas told last week this is also forbidden under the new law and both us and the end user would be liable for a fine if such a move happened. Utterly mental. We now have a few boxes of polystyrene that will end up in landfill unused rather than them ending up in exactly the same place having been used for a good cause.

I both understand and support the law but in this instance it's not a commercial transaction and seems madness. This isn't new manufactured product, it's not product that would otherwise not end up in landfill, it's existing stock that is headed there anyway.

Can't you offload them south of the border down England way?

[EH6 Hibby]

People that say “delete if not allowed” before posting something that is exactly what that page is meant for. I see it all the time and it bugs me so much. Just read one now about someone asking for recipe advice on a recipes page. Why the **** would that not be allowed?

[lapsedhibee]

The word proven as in not proven or proven liar.

The word should be proved. Either that or it should be acceptable to say the goalposts have been moven.

[grunt]

The word proven as in not proven or proven liar.
The word should be proved. Either that or it should be acceptable to say the goalposts have been moven.
People who look for logic and consistency in the construction of the English language.

[lapsedhibee]

People who look for logic and consistency in the construction of the English language.

Inconsistency's fine if it makes the language better in any way, but proven must be the worst of what were originally Scottish words to make it big. Compare its ugliness to the majesty of glaikit or bourach. Just a horrible, pointless word! :grr::panic:

And it reminds me of a hun left back from ye olde days.

[overdrive]

Folk that clearly don’t want to be in the job they’re in so just decide to be plain rude to customers.

I was in on a Ryanair flight on Monday and when one of the cabin crew went on the tannoy she mumbled and must have had the intercom thing miles away from her mouth as you couldn’t make out anything she was saying.

They then came round with the hot food trolley and when the Italian woman in front of us very politely asked for a Sprite, the same cabin crew member as above visibly and dramatically rolled her eyes, had a look of disgust in her face and replied “this is the hot food trolley and not the drinks trolley as previously stated if you bothered to listen” with special emphasis on “as previously stated” in a condescending tone.

To be fair it was the highlight of our trip so far and me, my wife, the Italian woman and the two people next to her couldn’t stop peeing ourselves laughing.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Folk that clearly don’t want to be in the job they’re in so just decide to be plain rude to customers.

I was in on a Ryanair flight on Monday and when one of the cabin crew went on the tannoy she mumbled and must have had the intercom thing miles away from her mouth as you couldn’t make out anything she was saying.

They then came round with the hot food trolley and when the Italian woman in front of us very politely asked for a Sprite, the same cabin crew member as above visibly and dramatically rolled her eyes, had a look of disgust in her face and replied “this is the hot food trolley and not the drinks trolley as previously stated if you bothered to listen” with special emphasis on “as previously stated” in a condescending tone.

To be fair it was the highlight of our trip so far and me, my wife, the Italian woman and the two people next to her couldn’t stop peeing ourselves laughing.

Couldn't have been much of a trip! 😉

[Peanut Shaz]

Folk that clearly don’t want to be in the job they’re in so just decide to be plain rude to customers.

I was in on a Ryanair flight on Monday and when one of the cabin crew went on the tannoy she mumbled and must have had the intercom thing miles away from her mouth as you couldn’t make out anything she was saying.

They then came round with the hot food trolley and when the Italian woman in front of us very politely asked for a Sprite, the same cabin crew member as above visibly and dramatically rolled her eyes, had a look of disgust in her face and replied “this is the hot food trolley and not the drinks trolley as previously stated if you bothered to listen” with special emphasis on “as previously stated” in a condescending tone.

To be fair it was the highlight of our trip so far and me, my wife, the Italian woman and the two people next to her couldn’t stop peeing ourselves laughing.

Wonder if this was the same member of cabin crew who was in my work last week. She was obviously heading to the airport as she was in full uniform and dolled up to the nines. She was very rude to us and generally just difficult. When she left I said to my colleagues "I pity whoever is on her flight today if that's how she's going to behave". Not a good advert for them at all.

[AltheHibby]

Wonder if this was the same member of cabin crew who was in my work last week. She was obviously heading to the airport as she was in full uniform and dolled up to the nines. She was very rude to us and generally just difficult. When she left I said to my colleagues "I pity whoever is on her flight today if that's how she's going to behave". Not a good advert for them at all.

That reminds me of the joke about the guy trying to chat up the stewardess in the airport. Unsure of what airline she works for he throws out a few airlines logos like BA's "the world's favourite airline" to see if she reacts. At first she is unmoved, but eventually she snaps and tells him to to shut the **** up and **** off somewhere else.

It's at this point he thinks to himself 'of course, she's Ryanair'.

[overdrive]

Couldn't have been much of a trip! 😉

Well it is our honeymoon… :faf:

[Peanut Shaz]

That reminds me of the joke about the guy trying to chat up the stewardess in the airport. Unsure of what airline she works for he throws out a few airlines logos like BA's "the world's favourite airline" to see if she reacts. At first she is unmoved, but eventually she snaps and tells him to to shut the **** up and **** off somewhere else

It's at this point he thinks to himself 'of course, she's Ryanair'.

🤣🤣

[WeeRussell]

The word proven as in not proven or proven liar.

The word should be proved. Either that or it should be acceptable to say the goalposts have been moven.

Or the goalposts have been stolen rather than stoled?

[Moulin Yarns]

Or the goalposts have been stolen rather than stoled?

Pretty sure that it should be the fruit cake that is stollen. 🤔

[lapsedhibee]

Or the goalposts have been stolen rather than stoled?

Stoled would be mad. Then you'd want to talk about cards having been doled and envelopes having been soled. Societal breakdown would quickly follow.

[AltheHibby]

Pretty sure that it should be the fruit cake that is stollen. 🤔

:greengrin

[Keith_M]

I realise there are exceptions to this, as they're not necessarily all this bad, but....


Taxi Drivers.


The constant annoyance of them double parking in awkward places is one thing, but there are some (actually a lot) of them that seem to think the rules of the road, safety and etiquette just don't apply to them.

Typical example of this today as I was driving across a traffic light controlled junction in Giffnock, in quite busy traffic, and a taxi driver decide to join the main stream of traffic from our right, despite the fact that he quite obviously had a red light.

Once he'd done this, he then decided he wanted into the inside line, which I was already in, and tried to drive in front of me while I was driving about 20mph. I slammed on the brakes, and sounded my horn to let him know I was already there (though he'd have to have been blind not to see me).... at which point he went in to a total meltdown at me, blasting his horn and shouting abuse.


This is my worst experience yet of bad driving by taxi drivers but it's far from being the being the only time it's ever happened.

[heretoday]

Its true mate, I knew a Joiner who had the exact thing that sat behind his ear, probably 1cm of wood left and extended by his wee extension thing, worth a few days extra measurement scribbling before he changed to a new pencil

Now when you get tradesmen in they leave half their stuff when they finish the job. Saws, screws, drill bits, brushes etc. We've got a pick axe some guy left years ago after doing the slabs at the back!

[Bridge hibs]

Now when you get tradesmen in they leave half their stuff when they finish the job. Saws, screws, drill bits, brushes etc. We've got a pick axe some guy left years ago after doing the slabs at the back!Thats not a pet peeve its a pet delight. Ive had boxes of screws, a hack saw (just what I needed) sealant, sealant gun, copper piping etc, its brill. Most of the time its my mates though. Easier to get them back when more work needs done 🤣

[overdrive]

I realise there are exceptions to this, as they're not necessarily all this bad, but....


Taxi Drivers.


The constant annoyance of them double parking in awkward places is one thing, but there are some (actually a lot) of them that seem to think the rules of the road, safety and etiquette just don't apply to them.

Typical example of this today as I was driving across a traffic light controlled junction in Giffnock, in quite busy traffic, and a taxi driver decide to join the main stream of traffic from our right, despite the fact that he quite obviously had a red light.

Once he'd done this, he then decided he wanted into the inside line, which I was already in, and tried to drive in front of me while I was driving about 20mph. I slammed on the brakes, and sounded my horn to let him know I was already there (though he'd have to have been blind not to see me).... at which point he went in to a total meltdown at me, blasting his horn and shouting abuse.


This is my worst experience yet of bad driving by taxi drivers but it's far from being the being the only time it's ever happened.

Getting pre booked taxis to turn up these days is my pet peeve. It’s been happening loads recently. Worst was last week when I had booked a black cab days in advance to take me to my own wedding. Didn’t turn up, so had to frantically find an alternative as the company wouldn’t answer the phone. Then I get a message that it’s turned up and where was I as it has been waiting for a few mins - almost an hour after it was booked for. Just back from honeymoon and I’ve noticed the buggers have charged me for it too. They’ll be getting an arsey phone call from me on Monday.

[Pretty Boy]

Getting pre booked taxis to turn up these days is my pet peeve. It’s been happening loads recently. Worst was last week when I had booked a black cab days in advance to take me to my own wedding. Didn’t turn up, so had to frantically find an alternative as the company wouldn’t answer the phone. Then I get a message that it’s turned up and where was I as it has been waiting for a few mins - almost an hour after it was booked for. Just back from honeymoon and I’ve noticed the buggers have charged me for it too. They’ll be getting an arsey phone call from me on Monday.

Same thing happened for my wedding.

Booked a taxi for me, best man, my parents and my grandad to head to the church. Boy was nowhere to be seen at the pick up time, gave it 15 minutes then called to chase. Women on the phone said he would be there. Still no sign for 10 minutes so called again. Guy this time said he'll be there but if it was so important then I 'should have given myself plenty time'. I did mate but when your company is at least 25 minutes late it eats into that time.

Driver eventually showed 5 minutes later, no apology. He then had the cheek to get nippy about 'what a time we were taking' because we had to help my 89 year old grandad into the back.

I'd always been a big supporter of black cabs because I always felt it was more professional and a better service than the alternatives. Since then though I have been far more inclined to make Uber or the private hires my first call.

[AltheHibby]

Adults who clap their hands like a 5 year old and say "yaaaay".

[Pretty Boy]

Another one from me.

Groups of cyclists who think it's ok to ride 2 or 3 abreast on shared paths and make no effort whatsoever to give way to other path users.

I got the train out to Linlithgow yesterday early morning and ran back to Edinburgh along the Union Canal path. Pretty much from Linlithgow to Wester Hailes the path is narrow and really only allows for 2 people to pass, at some points were the trees and hedgerow are overgrown it can be closer to single file. I encountered a pair and a trio of cyclists who just would not budge an inch. By it's nature a canal has long stretches where you can see what's coming for quite a distance ahead. I saw these groups coming and working on the principle of 'keep to the left, pass to the right' I tucked myself right into the left hand and slowed up. This was in expectation they would show similar courtesy and slow up and drop into single file. Nope, they just kept tanking along, the 1st group actually caused me to fall as I tried to jump a small stone wall to get out their way. No apology, I'm not convinced they even registered I was there.

I'd add this was the behaviour of a minority but a minority of selfish ********s. There were other pairs and even groups of 7, 8 and 9 cyclists all capable of passing the walkers, runners and other single cyclists safely but these couple of groups were totally unwilling to show a bit respect for a shared path. It's the kind of bullying behaviour that the cycling lobby quite rightly calls out car drivers for. It's dangerous too, cyclist tanking along at speed could seriously injure people coming in the opposite direction if they collided. Thankfully my fall is only a few scratches, a small cut and a bruised ego.

[Moulin Yarns]

Another one from me.

Groups of cyclists who think it's ok to ride 2 or 3 abreast on shared paths and make no effort whatsoever to give way to other path users.

I got the train out to Linlithgow yesterday early morning and ran back to Edinburgh along the Union Canal path. Pretty much from Linlithgow to Wester Hailes the path is narrow and really only allows for 2 people to pass, at some points were the trees and hedgerow are overgrown it can be closer to single file. I encountered a pair and a trio of cyclists who just would not budge an inch. By it's nature a canal has long stretches where you can see what's coming for quite a distance ahead. I saw these groups coming and working on the principle of 'keep to the left, pass to the right' I tucked myself right into the left hand and slowed up. This was in expectation they would show similar courtesy and slow up and drop into single file. Nope, they just kept tanking along, the 1st group actually caused me to fall as I tried to jump a small stone wall to get out their way. No apology, I'm not convinced they even registered I was there.

I'd add this was the behaviour of a minority but a minority of selfish ********s. There were other pairs and even groups of 7, 8 and 9 cyclists all capable of passing the walkers, runners and other single cyclists safely but these couple of groups were totally unwilling to show a bit respect for a shared path. It's the kind of bullying behaviour that the cycling lobby quite rightly calls out car drivers for. It's dangerous too, cyclist tanking along at speed could seriously injure people coming in the opposite direction if they collided. Thankfully my fall is only a few scratches, a small cut and a bruised ego.

Carry a large stick to throw into the spokes, just stand well back as you don't want to get wet 😁

[RyeSloan]

Another one from me.

Groups of cyclists who think it's ok to ride 2 or 3 abreast on shared paths and make no effort whatsoever to give way to other path users.

I got the train out to Linlithgow yesterday early morning and ran back to Edinburgh along the Union Canal path. Pretty much from Linlithgow to Wester Hailes the path is narrow and really only allows for 2 people to pass, at some points were the trees and hedgerow are overgrown it can be closer to single file. I encountered a pair and a trio of cyclists who just would not budge an inch. By it's nature a canal has long stretches where you can see what's coming for quite a distance ahead. I saw these groups coming and working on the principle of 'keep to the left, pass to the right' I tucked myself right into the left hand and slowed up. This was in expectation they would show similar courtesy and slow up and drop into single file. Nope, they just kept tanking along, the 1st group actually caused me to fall as I tried to jump a small stone wall to get out their way. No apology, I'm not convinced they even registered I was there.

I'd add this was the behaviour of a minority but a minority of selfish ********s. There were other pairs and even groups of 7, 8 and 9 cyclists all capable of passing the walkers, runners and other single cyclists safely but these couple of groups were totally unwilling to show a bit respect for a shared path. It's the kind of bullying behaviour that the cycling lobby quite rightly calls out car drivers for. It's dangerous too, cyclist tanking along at speed could seriously injure people coming in the opposite direction if they collided. Thankfully my fall is only a few scratches, a small cut and a bruised ego.

I suppose it’s just a reflection of society…a percentage are always going to be selfish entitled *******.

The thing with these types of cyclists though is that, anecdotally, they often they seem to be the most bolshy when it comes to how they are treated by car drivers and the use of cycle lanes etc.

Hypocritical Lycra would be a great brand name for their daft outfits [emoji2957]

[matty_f]

On the subject of cyclists - cyclists that use the road where there’s a cycle path running alongside it. There’s absolutely no need to inconvenience everyone and put their own safety and drivers’ safety at risk in those circumstances. Use the ****ing cycle path!

[speedy_gonzales]

On the subject of cyclists - cyclists that use the road where there’s a cycle path running alongside it. There’s absolutely no need to inconvenience everyone and put their own safety and drivers’ safety at risk in those circumstances. Use the ****ing cycle path!
Inconvenience? With the exception of Motorways, cyclists have more of a "right" to be on the road than most other road users (before folk flip their lid, motorists require a license which grants them the privilege to drive, a privilege that can be relatively easy to revoke!).
But, I can think of a couple of places where if I was to be cycling, I'd cycle on the road rather than the prescribed path and I'd do it for the safety of others along with it being easier to make progress. Holyrood Park is a fine example, there is a cycle path on one side (so not great if going in the other direction as you need to cross the carriageway twice) but the cycle path (not shared use path) is very often full of pedestrians so I'll cede way and stick to the road. In doing so, I can't see how I'm compromising anyone's safety and any inconvenience is minimal.

[matty_f]

Inconvenience? With the exception of Motorways, cyclists have more of a "right" to be on the road than most other road users (before folk flip their lid, motorists require a license which grants them the privilege to drive, a privilege that can be relatively easy to revoke!).
But, I can think of a couple of places where if I was to be cycling, I'd cycle on the road rather than the prescribed path and I'd do it for the safety of others along with it being easier to make progress. Holyrood Park is a fine example, there is a cycle path on one side (so not great if going in the other direction as you need to cross the carriageway twice) but the cycle path (not shared use path) is very often full of pedestrians so I'll cede way and stick to the road. In doing so, I can't see how I'm compromising anyone's safety and any inconvenience is minimal.

There are a few roads near me where the roads aren’t wide but they are busy where it can be difficult to safely pass a cyclist for long periods of time, all the while traffic builds behind them. There’s quiet, well maintained And easily accessible cycle paths right beside them.
One of the roads is a busy 40 limit used by HGVs who either have to sit behind the cyclist (uphill) as they can’t pass them safely or, as you see fairly often, they pass in an unsafe manner. They shouldn’t do that, obviously, but that situation is completely needless because there’s a dedicated cycle path that could be used.

[Moulin Yarns]

Inconvenience? With the exception of Motorways, cyclists have more of a "right" to be on the road than most other road users (before folk flip their lid, motorists require a license which grants them the privilege to drive, a privilege that can be relatively easy to revoke!).
But, I can think of a couple of places where if I was to be cycling, I'd cycle on the road rather than the prescribed path and I'd do it for the safety of others along with it being easier to make progress. Holyrood Park is a fine example, there is a cycle path on one side (so not great if going in the other direction as you need to cross the carriageway twice) but the cycle path (not shared use path) is very often full of pedestrians so I'll cede way and stick to the road. In doing so, I can't see how I'm compromising anyone's safety and any inconvenience is minimal.

There is a national cycle network that takes cyclist away from major roads, but you still get groups cycling on the A9!!

[Gatecrasher]

Inconvenience? With the exception of Motorways, cyclists have more of a "right" to be on the road than most other road users (before folk flip their lid, motorists require a license which grants them the privilege to drive, a privilege that can be relatively easy to revoke!).
But, I can think of a couple of places where if I was to be cycling, I'd cycle on the road rather than the prescribed path and I'd do it for the safety of others along with it being easier to make progress. Holyrood Park is a fine example, there is a cycle path on one side (so not great if going in the other direction as you need to cross the carriageway twice) but the cycle path (not shared use path) is very often full of pedestrians so I'll cede way and stick to the road. In doing so, I can't see how I'm compromising anyone's safety and any inconvenience is minimal.

Equal yes, more? no.

Obtaining a license at least shows you have shown to be capable where as cycling doesn't. I'm not a Car v Bike guy and respect those who choose to cycle (I have said numerous times on here there are too many cars about these days) but the two need to learn to live together.

[speedy_gonzales]

Equal yes, more? no.

Obtaining a license at least shows you have shown to be capable where as cycling doesn't. I'm not a Car v Bike guy and respect those who choose to cycle (I have said numerous times on here there are too many cars about these days) but the two need to learn to live together.
It might seem a bit Orwellian but some road users are more equal than others, that's why/how we have a hierarchy with pedestrians at the top and private car use at the bottom.
Again, like numerous other times, I could be wrong here but I heard/read that the majority of cyclists do have a license so I'm not sure if that point/argument holds any water if so many cyclists out there that already hold licenses contribute to so much antisocial road behaviour.
Personally, I don't get the them/us, cyclist/driver conflict. We're all people, just trying to get somewhere by whatever means we have available to us. We just need a little more patience, tolerance and perhaps put ourselves in their situation for a minute and and aim to be understanding rather than automatically assume everyone around is is going out there way to frustrate us.
I've literally just got back to Edinburgh traveling back from South Queensferry way, I wanted to get off the road before the Queen passes through the area. There's a cycle path to the side of the A90, I have to assume it's a footpath too, but it's absolutely rammed with folk waiting for the cortege to pass so much so that cyclists are having to go on the road. I came down the slip from Dalmeny House and had to wait behind a couple of cyclists as I didn't manage to get my speed up to safely pass on the outside lane. I chuckled to myself after posting here earlier, but rather than get excited, I just had to wait, and it was literally 30 seconds so no drama, but apparently that was too much for the car behind who leant on his horn and dangerously pulled out in to lane 2 before flying off, way above the posted 50mph.
It's maybe not welcome in the Pet Peeves thread, but sometimes we just need to chill😉

[Moulin Yarns]

https://twitter.com/MyNowRadio/status/1568970395860205568?t=GVZ2vB0XGScCg-LJMcyTOg&s=19


Hogging the outside lane and going well below the speed limit???

[speedy_gonzales]

https://twitter.com/MyNowRadio/status/1568970395860205568?t=GVZ2vB0XGScCg-LJMcyTOg&s=19


Hogging the outside lane and going well below the speed limit???

I realise what's happening today is very unique, but I couldn't believe folk were parked in lane 2 on the M90 northbound, out their cars, and taking pictures from the central reservation, meanwhile, cars were still driving up lane 1.

[Bridge hibs]

People who clap after the plane lands after a nice short smooth flight, for ****s sake you dont applaud the bus driver when you arrive safely at your destination 🤬

[CropleyWasGod]

People who clap after the plane lands after a nice short smooth flight, for ****s sake you dont applaud the bus driver when you arrive safely at your destination 🤬

You don't live in Muirhouse I take it?

[Bridge hibs]

You don't live in Muirhouse I take it?No but I get your point 🤣

[Oscar T Grouch]

People who clap after the plane lands after a nice short smooth flight, for ****s sake you dont applaud the bus driver when you arrive safely at your destination 🤬

I was once on a very scary bus ride in the mountains near the East coast of Greece, those of us that weren't on our knees praying did actually give the driver a round of applause once we got to our destination which was weird because he was the one who caused most of the panic. I found out later is it always better to take buses at night time so you don't see the mad things the bus drivers do on these narrow precipitous roads :greengrin

[Bridge hibs]

I was once on a very scary bus ride in the mountains near the East coast of Greece, those of us that weren't on our knees praying did actually give the driver a round of applause once we got to our destination which was weird because he was the one who caused most of the panic. I found out later is it always better to take buses at night time so you don't see the mad things the bus drivers do on these narrow precipitous roads :greengrinAye I agree with that, there are exceptions 🤣 you have probably been down the road to Marmaris, many years back it was no more than a two lane road (4 lanes now) and we always travelled at night so never really thought anything of it, Wife normally gets the window seat on the plane and I get the one on the bus. One year we had a day flight and I kid you not I had literally **** myself, the drop at my side scared the **** out of me, not helped having the Turkish version of Jackie Stewart driving the bus !! I asked my Wife to change back to night flights after that 🤣

[heretoday]

People who clap after the plane lands after a nice short smooth flight, for ****s sake you dont applaud the bus driver when you arrive safely at your destination 🤬

No but the way some of them drive I'm tempted. Having a painful shoulder as I do a bus journey is not something I look forward to.

[Just_Jimmy]

People who clap after the plane lands after a nice short smooth flight, for ****s sake you dont applaud the bus driver when you arrive safely at your destination [emoji2959]Whilst it's strange, a lot of people don't have a built in fear or nervous worry about getting the bus... or indeed said bus falling 10000 feet to a sudden stop.

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[Bridge hibs]

Whilst it's strange, a lot of people don't have a built in fear or nervous worry about getting the bus... or indeed said bus falling 10000 feet to a sudden stop.

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I actually feel safer and more comfortable on a plane than I do on an Edinburgh bus 🤣

[Keith_M]

I actually feel safer and more comfortable on a plane than I do on an Edinburgh bus 🤣


I take it you've travelled on the number 30 through Niddrie, then.

[Bridge hibs]

I take it you've travelled on the number 30 through Niddrie, then.Almost every day for years as well as many other bus routes, why, am I missing something ?

[J-C]

Almost every day for years as well as many other bus routes, why, am I missing something ?


Missing the bricks and large stones being chucked by wee ratbags at buses, taxis etc, a mate of mine got his windscreen smashed on his Merc taxi going through there, quite a few cabbies now refusing jobs going through the area.

[Bridge hibs]

Missing the bricks and large stones being chucked by wee ratbags at buses, taxis etc, a mate of mine got his windscreen smashed on his Merc taxi going through there, quite a few cabbies now refusing jobs going through the area.Yeah I know that happens on a near regular basis but I have never experienced it myself, thats in Niddrie, Liberton, Pilton, Clermiston or wherever

[Just_Jimmy]

I actually feel safer and more comfortable on a plane than I do on an Edinburgh bus [emoji1787]I haven't been on a bus since I was about 16 I reckon but I don't blame you [emoji1787]

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[overdrive]

British people who use American English, especially the prevalence these days of “mom” instead of “mum”.

[Bridge hibs]

I haven't been on a bus since I was about 16 I reckon but I don't blame you [emoji1787]

Sent from my SM-G991B using TapatalkIts probably more the nick of the roads, diversions, constant traffic jams etc. Ive got a bad back, dodgy hips and knees so travelling around the city can be quite trying at times, it has probably worsened ten fold since the days of jumping on and off the back of a bus or giving the ‘Clippie’ a bit of lip 🤣

[bingo70]

British people who use American English, especially the prevalence these days of “mom” instead of “mum”.

I was in the supermarket the other day and two English sounding students were in the crisp aisle discussing what ‘chips’ they should get. They could probably argue I shouldn’t have been listening to them but even still, it annoyed me more than it should have.

[Stairway 2 7]

Edinburgh people using weegie words like wains (sp) instead of bairns

[Bridge hibs]

Edinburgh people using weegie words like wains (sp) instead of bairnsOr Ginger for juice

[Hibrandenburg]

Or Ginger for juice

I don't think ginger is merely west coast. My grandparents used ginger to describe any kind of fizzy juice and they had zero connections to the west.

[matty_f]

Funerals that go on a bit.

[danhibees1875]

I don't think ginger is merely west coast. My grandparents used ginger to describe any kind of fizzy juice and they had zero connections to the west.

Surely ginger only applies to irn bru? :confused:

[J-C]

Yeah I know that happens on a near regular basis but I have never experienced it myself, thats in Niddrie, Liberton, Pilton, Clermiston or wherever

They don't target normal cars, taxis, ambulances, fire engines, buses etc.

[Stairway 2 7]

Surely ginger only applies to irn bru? :confused:

Nah weegies use it for all fizzy juice, cola ect. Never heard it in the east used

[Bridge hibs]

They don't target normal cars, taxis, ambulances, fire engines, buses etc.Yeah but thats not my pet peeve 😀

[danhibees1875]

Nah weegies use it for all fizzy juice, cola ect. Never heard it in the east used

Huh, well there you go!

Bizarre behaviour! :greengrin

[Bridge hibs]

Huh, well there you go!

Bizarre behaviour! :greengrinIndeed, I worked with Glaswegians and whenever someone was going to a snack van one of them would ask for a bottle of Ginger, ‘Ginger beer ?’ naw ****ing Ginger, a bottle of red cola 🤣

[J-C]

Yeah but thats not my pet peeve 😀


True but one of mine :greengrin

[J-C]

Indeed, I worked with Glaswegians and whenever someone was going to a snack van one of them would ask for a bottle of Ginger, ‘Ginger beer ?’ naw ****ing Ginger, a bottle of red cola 🤣


Down south they all call it pop.

[Stairway 2 7]

Down south they all call it pop.

Seems American that.

Another one is what people in the uk call a roll. A bread roll, a bap, a barm are all quite wrong

[Bridge hibs]

Down south they all call it pop.See, I can kind of handle that, it was probably just the nasal whiny weegie accent of my colleagues that annoyed me when they asked for Ginger 🤬🤣

[Bridge hibs]

Seems American that.

Another one is what people in the uk call a roll. A bread roll, a bap, a barm are all quite wrongOr when Americans call sweets Candy 🤬

[McD]

Nah weegies use it for all fizzy juice, cola ect. Never heard it in the east used


They also (generally) reverse the use of ‘tin’ and ‘can’ - east coast is usually a tin of soup and a can of juice, they say it the opposite way around

[bingo70]

I’m currently looking for a new job and the amount of companies that take the piss with the expected working hours Is fast becoming a pet peeve of mine. What happened to the old 9-5 with an hours lunch break?

Just saw a job there where the working hours are Monday-Friday 8-5:30 plus a rotational Saturday morning…….

**** off.

(I appreciate people will work these hours and more, I just think it’s wrong companies expect these hours out of people)

[Scouse Hibee]

I’m currently looking for a new job and the amount of companies that take the piss with the expected working hours Is fast becoming a pet peeve of mine. What happened to the old 9-5 with an hours lunch break?

Just saw a job there where the working hours are Monday-Friday 8-5:30 plus a rotational Saturday morning…….

**** off.

(I appreciate people will work these hours and more, I just think it’s wrong companies expect these hours out of people)

There’s no going back unfortunately.

[McD]

I’m currently looking for a new job and the amount of companies that take the piss with the expected working hours Is fast becoming a pet peeve of mine. What happened to the old 9-5 with an hours lunch break?

Just saw a job there where the working hours are Monday-Friday 8-5:30 plus a rotational Saturday morning…….

**** off.

(I appreciate people will work these hours and more, I just think it’s wrong companies expect these hours out of people)


I agree mate. A place I used to work had people who did 8-6 and a 1in4 Saturday morning

interestingly, on places like LinkedIn, there’s often posts saying it’s wrong on companies to expect 9-5 m-f, that people need more flexibility etc

[bingo70]

I agree mate. A place I used to work had people who did 8-6 and a 1in4 Saturday morning

interestingly, on places like LinkedIn, there’s often posts saying it’s wrong on companies to expect 9-5 m-f, that people need more flexibility etc

I’m all for flexibility within the working day so if business allows it an 8-4 or a 7-3 is as good as a 9-5. It’s the expectation that a working day of 9-5 is no longer enough for employers and the working day is now growing and growing. Where does this stop?

IMO an employer getting a 9-5 hour shift out of an employee is plenty.

[RyeSloan]

I’m all for flexibility within the working day so if business allows it an 8-4 or a 7-3 is as good as a 9-5. It’s the expectation that a working day of 9-5 is no longer enough for employers and the working day is now growing and growing. Where does this stop?

IMO an employer getting a 9-5 hour shift out of an employee is plenty.

Obviously if the company needs extended hours because of customer support or whatever then that makes sense but just doing so to try and get more from their employees is a false economy.

It’s well known that people stretch their work to the time available so tacking and extra hour on their day does not make them any more productive and can actually be counter productive.

Hence why some employers have been trialling the 4 day week and coming up with surprising results. The same amount (and sometimes more!) of work is achieved in a shorter time. Won’t work for all companies of course but it’s the same principle at work.

[Pretty Boy]

Obviously if the company needs extended hours because of customer support or whatever then that makes sense but just doing so to try and get more from their employees is a false economy.

It’s well known that people stretch their work to the time available so tacking and extra hour on their day does not make them any more productive and can actually be counter productive.

Hence why some employers have been trialling the 4 day week and coming up with surprising results. The same amount (and sometimes more!) of work is achieved in a shorter time. Won’t work for all companies of course but it’s the same principle at work.

I've had this conversation quote openly with my employer on several occasions.

I've always been someone who gets more done early in the day, I regularly choose to go into work earlier than my scheduled start time and will power through a whole load of work by lunch. In the afternoon my productivity falls off a cliff. If I worked 7.30-2.30 then I'm certain I would get as much, if not more, done than I do with my current hours despite it being a shorter working day.

On the more general point I think a lot of the additional hours employers are tacking on to their employees day is consumer driven. How many of us expect online or telephone customer support to be open until late evening and throughout weekends? Late night shopping used to be a Thursday night, now it's every night of the week in many retail parks and centres. Delivery drivers work until 9.30 for companies such as DPD because there is an expectation that goods will be delivered within 24 hours of ordering. I see that all the time in my work now, the cut off for next day deliveries used to be 3pm, we had to push that back firstly to 4 and now 4.30 to keep pace with our competitors; many customers have no loyalty, if they can order something an hour later for a comparable price and get it quicker then we lose them. That means sales admin support staff and the warehouse guys working later to allow us to compete. There's a well known Edinburgh estate agent that opens until midnight 5 days a week now. I'm sceptical that anyone really needs to ask an estate agent something at 11.55pm that can't wait until 8am. The whole on demand 24/7 culture was probably started by the companies but when one started it the consumer embraced it and to compete many others had to follow suit. It would be a brave supermarket that closed at 7pm these days.

Of course evening and weekend working and that flexibility works for some but a lot of the slack is picked up by existing staff already spread too thin and the motivation for doing it is fear that if they don't, someone else will.

[overdrive]

Women that moan about the space their man takes up with his stuff in a suitcase. “You’re worse than a woman” is the retort both my current and ex wives have given me. No, actually I’m quite a bit bigger than you so my stuff takes up more room than yours, so even though I’m taking up half the case, I have less stuff in there overall.

[Just Alf]

Women that moan about the space their man takes up with his stuff in a suitcase. “You’re worse than a woman” is the retort both my current and ex wives have given me. No, actually I’m quite a bit bigger than you so my stuff takes up more room than yours, so even though I’m taking up half the case, I have less stuff in there overall.Logic? .. women?


:greengrin

[RyeSloan]

Women that moan about the space their man takes up with his stuff in a suitcase. “You’re worse than a woman” is the retort both my current and ex wives have given me. No, actually I’m quite a bit bigger than you so my stuff takes up more room than yours, so even though I’m taking up half the case, I have less stuff in there overall.

And that’s before you factor in that she has the other case to herself! [emoji12]

[Jones28]

Logic? .. women?


:greengrin

My wife is the logical one in our relationship but sometimes I still wonder what goes through her head when she does something very insignificant, but very irritating at the same time.

Example: got a mesh wifi system for the house and it was a most annoying thing to set up. I tried for about an hour and was a beaten man by the time I threw the towel in. She had a go and sorted it within 15 minutes. Some lass.

BUT THEN

We have our two recycling wheelie bins in the garage to save keeping smaller bins somewhere in our quite wee kitchen. They’re positioned so you don’t need to go down the steps in to the garage so you can open the door, reach the lid, lift and deposit detritus, but she goes and puts things on top of the lid, so if you waddle to the garage laden with stuff for the bin you can’t open the lid to get rid of it.

It’s maddening.

[The Modfather]

I’m at Oriam waiting on my daughters class to finish. Watching a kids game, U10s maybe, the coaches on one team are a couple of clowns. Their team isn’t as good but they’re just berating the kids. No actual encouragement or anything constructive.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

The female on the Beauty Pie advert, get off my telly! 😬

[EH6 Hibby]

Being in Lanzarote for my first holiday since 2019 because of Covid and there’s a tropical storm going on. Apparently Tenerife have it worse, they’re not allowed out their hotels. Could only afford a week this time with how expensive it is, and it’s looking like I’ll be lucky to see any sun.

[Jim44]

The wee, bitter dark bit at the end of a banana when it’s been peeled. Yuck.

[Bridge hibs]

Shelling boiled eggs, when it works brilliant, but Ive never mastered it. Most of the time my large boiled eggs end up the size of quails eggs by the time Im finished peeling them as half the egg ends up stuck to the shell 🤬

[Hibrandenburg]

Shelling boiled eggs, when it works brilliant, but Ive never mastered it. Most of the time my large boiled eggs end up the size of quails eggs by the time Im finished peeling them as half the egg ends up stuck to the shell 🤬

The Germans call it "giving the eggs a fright". Basically you run the eggs under cold water for about 10 seconds after taking them out the pot. That helps separate the membrane, egg and shell and makes it easier to peel.

[Stairway 2 7]

Shelling boiled eggs, when it works brilliant, but Ive never mastered it. Most of the time my large boiled eggs end up the size of quails eggs by the time Im finished peeling them as half the egg ends up stuck to the shell 🤬

I just roll it on the counter. Skip to 45 seconds in this video as she is doing it, easy peasy

https://youtu.be/_tuhC9B73zw

[nonshinyfinish]

The Germans call it "giving the eggs a fright". Basically you run the eggs under cold water for about 10 seconds after taking them out the pot. That helps separate the membrane, egg and shell and makes it easier to peel.

This is the way.

Also helps to stop soft-boiled eggs from continuing to cook after you've taken them out.

[Stairway 2 7]

This is the way.

Also helps to stop soft-boiled eggs from continuing to cook after you've taken them out.

Doesn't it make them cold for eating?

[Wilson]

Doesn't it make them cold for eating?

Not even close. They've been in boiling water for 3mins. 10 seconds of cold won't phase them.

[Stairway 2 7]

Not even close. They've been in boiling water for 3mins. 10 seconds of cold won't phase them.

Good stuff will try it

[OldEast]

When did New Year become New Years? It's everywhere now and it's just weird!

[Bridge hibs]

The Germans call it "giving the eggs a fright". Basically you run the eggs under cold water for about 10 seconds after taking them out the pot. That helps separate the membrane, egg and shell and makes it easier to peel.Mate believe me Ive tried everything, your method and Stairway 2 7s do work and those are my tried methods but more often or not it ends in disaster

My Wife likes boiled egg on toast on a Sunday and is miffed everytime she gets scrambled egg instead 🫣

[OldEast]

Mate believe me Ive tried everything, your method and Stairway 2 7s do work and those are my tried methods but more often or not it ends in disaster

My Wife likes boiled egg on toast on a Sunday and is miffed everytime she gets scrambled egg instead 🫣

You hold the egg under the slowly running cold tap AS you are peeling it. Works every time and no it doesn't make the egg cold to eat.

[RyeSloan]

Mate believe me Ive tried everything, your method and Stairway 2 7s do work and those are my tried methods but more often or not it ends in disaster

My Wife likes boiled egg on toast on a Sunday and is miffed everytime she gets scrambled egg instead 🫣

On a related topic I have an egg topper…if the Mrs wants egg n toast she gets the toast and some perfectly topped eggs. The rest she can do herself [emoji1787]

https://www.procook.co.uk/product/procook-boiled-egg-topper-stainless-steel?gcshp=1&fo_c=1344&fo_k=e65545c5779897ceb8896fb0b4d1a4c7&fo_s=gplauk&gclid=CjwKCAjwm8WZBhBUEiwA178UnJyTTstYw_jPDePMH3m3 MKsoWRDYtGEu04VmYsP7qPN4EkKbkatwSRoCwcQQAvD_BwE

[Bridge hibs]

On a related topic I have an egg topper…if the Mrs wants egg n toast she gets the toast and some perfectly topped eggs. The rest she can do herself [emoji1787]

https://www.procook.co.uk/product/procook-boiled-egg-topper-stainless-steel?gcshp=1&fo_c=1344&fo_k=e65545c5779897ceb8896fb0b4d1a4c7&fo_s=gplauk&gclid=CjwKCAjwm8WZBhBUEiwA178UnJyTTstYw_jPDePMH3m3 MKsoWRDYtGEu04VmYsP7qPN4EkKbkatwSRoCwcQQAvD_BwENow your talking mate, thats her Christmas present sorted, she can do her own eggs 🤣👍

[Pretty Boy]

People who buy a house next to a church then complain about the bells

People who buy a house near a pub or music venue then complain there is noise

People who buy a house near a train line then complain there are trains

People who buy a house on a flight path then complain there are planes

People who buy a house near a school then complain there is a bell and loud children

You get the idea.

[overdrive]

Folk that leave crap in their shopping trolley when they put it back like receipts, tissues, etc. Take it with you or put it in a bin.

[Scouse Hibee]

People who order food to be delivered when there is no one actually at home to take the delivery because they have been held up at work.

[The Modfather]

I’m at Oriam waiting on my daughters class to finish. Watching a kids game, U10s maybe, the coaches on one team are a couple of clowns. Their team isn’t as good but they’re just berating the kids. No actual encouragement or anything constructive.

At the risk of simply providing a weekly commentary on a kids game I’m watching again with the same two teams playing while waiting on my daughter. The coaches aren’t saying much. This weeks peeve is unfair but the stocky wee striker who thinks he’s billy big time simply because he’s bigger than the others but not any better technically. I think it’s the fact he looks like, and runs like, Boris Johnson is the real route of my irritation 🙈

[pollution]

Half trimmed French beans in a restaurant. So lazy !

[Hibrandenburg]

***** that back out of deals after you and others have went out of their way to do them a favour. Absolutely ****ing fuming.

[overdrive]

Two in the one lunch-time trip to the Post Office to send a couple of packages and buy some stamps:

1. Folk working in shops that are on a phone call but go ahead and serve you anyway. Firstly it is rude to both you and the person they are speaking to but I had genuinely no idea if he was talking to me or the person on the phone at times.

2. Computer says 'no'. He produced the stamps and puts them on the counter in front of me. I get ready to pay and then he pulls the books of stamps back and says "sorry, I can't find a button for them on the till, so I can't sell you them".

[GlesgaeHibby]

People who buy a house next to a church then complain about the bells

People who buy a house near a pub or music venue then complain there is noise

People who buy a house near a train line then complain there are trains

People who buy a house on a flight path then complain there are planes

People who buy a house near a school then complain there is a bell and loud children

You get the idea.

Developers build houses in the most crazy locations too. Anytime I head north over the Queensferry crossing I always wonder who on earth would want to buy one of the new houses right next to the M90. The noise would drive you nuts, and you'd need your windae cleaner round weekly to clean the stoor of your windows from the road.

[heretoday]

People who order food to be delivered when there is no one actually at home to take the delivery because they have been held up at work.

They should be lined up and shot out of hand.

[Jim44]

The use of ‘they’ when talking about an individual. Female, male, trans-sexual, bi-sexual, binary, asexual , etc. etc. ……. a single person is not a ‘they’.

[Scouse Hibee]

The use of ‘they’ when talking about an individual. Female, male, trans-sexual, bi-sexual, binary, asexual , etc. etc. ……. a single person is not a ‘they’.

I agree with you however it seems to be widely accepted.

Use for specific, known people, including non-binary people

Known individuals may be referred to as they if the individual's gender is unknown to the speaker. A known individual may also be referred to as they if the individual is non-binary or genderqueer and considers they and derivatives as appropriate pronouns.

[Scouse Hibee]

The use of the term “side hustle”

[Silky]

The use of the term “side hustle”

:agree: That one absolutely grinds my gears. I don't know where it came from, but I can't stand it.

[bingo70]

When people say “well in” instead of “well done”

Doesn’t make any sense.

[Scouse Hibee]

When people say “well in” instead of “well done”

Doesn’t make any sense.

Yeah, confuses the chef too 😀

[Pedantic_Hibee]

The phrase “can we start normalising”. No, no we can’t. Stoap it.

[Gatecrasher]

The phrase “can we start normalising”. No, no we can’t. Stoap it.

I hate this as well. It's usually some niche thing the majority don't need to worry about as well. :rolleyes:

[Hibernia&Alba]

Just made a lovely baked pasta then dopped it getting it out of the oven. I blame Hibs. What a **** day.

[overdrive]

In places where you can only book a table if you are a big party but only two of them turn up at the reserved time so they are hogging a table for an hour with only two people at it.

We were at The Pitt earlier and it was reserved from a specific time so the people came and asked us to move (fair enough) but there were only two people at the table for over an hour until their mates turned up. At least turn up on time!

[Bridge hibs]

Smoked haddock, I love it and could eat it every night, however I used to get big chunky fillets but recently they have been scabby wee fillets, come on fishmongers, back to big fish please

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Smoked haddock, I love it and could eat it every night, however I used to get big chunky fillets but recently they have been scabby wee fillets, come on fishmongers, back to big fish please

My old man bought Smokies when we were up at Arbroath last week, lovely! 🐟

[Bridge hibs]

My old man bought Smokies when we were up at Arbroath last week, lovely! 🐟I worked up there many years ago and also Forfar on the same day, as soon as I told folk I ended up with a shopping list for smokies and bridies 🤣

[Peanut Shaz]

Cooking/baking programmes that only give oven temperatures for electric ovens. Some of us use gas and would appreciate the gas mark as well.

[danhibees1875]

Cooking/baking programmes that only give oven temperatures for electric ovens. Some of us use gas and would appreciate the gas mark as well.

I'm maybe not appreciating the struggles of those with gas ovens, but do you not just know by now?

If they say 180 then it's gas mark X, etc. Or is it harder than that?

[Stairway 2 7]

I'm maybe not appreciating the struggles of those with gas ovens, but do you not just know by now?

If they say 180 then it's gas mark X, etc. Or is it harder than that?

Pretty much

https://www.google.com/search?q=gas+mark+to+degrees&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&prmd=ivbn&sxsrf=ALiCzsZw4K85caE1XGMe_718gukgFyGa5A:166593071 1513&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWsZ7C--T6AhXMNcAKHa0hBr0Q_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=384&bih=723&dpr=2.81#imgrc=wUnysszn2AcmGM

[Peanut Shaz]

I'm maybe not appreciating the struggles of those with gas ovens, but do you not just know by now?

If they say 180 then it's gas mark X, etc. Or is it harder than that?

It probably is easy but in the spirit of the thread its a pet peeve!

[Hibrandenburg]

Sky News now only show the Dollar exchange rate at the top left of the screen. It used to alternate between the Dollar and the Euro every few seconds.

[Bridge hibs]

Large bones in ‘boneless’ smoked haddock, normally when bought from fishmonger there is not a bone in sight, not even a teeny wee one. Wife bought boneless fillets from Morrisons and it was like chewing my way through barbed wire to the point it was inedible 🤬

Think they must have hired Stevie Wonder to fillet and bone those fish (sorry Stevie) 🤬

[Oscar T Grouch]

Smoked haddock, I love it and could eat it every night, however I used to get big chunky fillets but recently they have been scabby wee fillets, come on fishmongers, back to big fish please

Haddock stocks are diminished to the extent that all (less and less of the catches are decent sizes) the big fish go to the people willing to pay for it, that leaves fishmongers with the wee fish. We've overfished this species for years and they reckon they will be extinct in the next 30 years. They are currently listed as a vulnerable species. Add to that list Atlantic Cod, some Tuna species, certain species of shark will all be gone within our kids lifetime. Kinda scary but the way we fish has become unsustainable.

[Bridge hibs]

Haddock stocks are diminished to the extent that all (less and less of the catches are decent sizes) the big fish go to the people willing to pay for it, that leaves fishmongers with the wee fish. We've overfished this species for years and they reckon they will be extinct in the next 30 years. They are currently listed as a vulnerable species. Add to that list Atlantic Cod, some Tuna species, certain species of shark will all be gone within our kids lifetime. Kinda scary but the way we fish has become unsustainable.Aw ffs, Daughters goldfish is beginning to look like an option now 🤣

Actually thanks for that, I kind of thought there would be an issue like that, I dont shop often, mostly Wife does it online but I have noticed when Ive visited a fishmongers the fish do look a bit scabby

[Scouse Hibee]

Haddock stocks are diminished to the extent that all (less and less of the catches are decent sizes) the big fish go to the people willing to pay for it, that leaves fishmongers with the wee fish. We've overfished this species for years and they reckon they will be extinct in the next 30 years. They are currently listed as a vulnerable species. Add to that list Atlantic Cod, some Tuna species, certain species of shark will all be gone within our kids lifetime. Kinda scary but the way we fish has become unsustainable.

In U.K. waters yes, not so in other areas though.

[Gatecrasher]

Haddock stocks are diminished to the extent that all (less and less of the catches are decent sizes) the big fish go to the people willing to pay for it, that leaves fishmongers with the wee fish. We've overfished this species for years and they reckon they will be extinct in the next 30 years. They are currently listed as a vulnerable species. Add to that list Atlantic Cod, some Tuna species, certain species of shark will all be gone within our kids lifetime. Kinda scary but the way we fish has become unsustainable.

Fisherman for some reason get a free pass from the press/media. The way they have raped our seas and oceans of anything edible is unforgivable. The damage they have done to the eco systems is not discussed enough. The worst part is the sheer arrogance from them thinking they have a god given right to do this.

[speedy_gonzales]

First time it has happened to me so unsure if it's a peeve or it's a grumble, but went to get a trolley today at Lidl as I was buying a couple of big house plants they have on offer (normally just grab one of their funky wheely baskets). Anyways, as I approach the trolley shelter with my pound coin a woman in her 70's (at least) offers me the trolley she's putting back, I give her the pound and shop for plants.
After getting back to my car, I go to park the trolley and when I connect the security device thing from previously inserted trolley, out pops a Cancer Research fob/button in lieu of a pound.
It's a pound, only a quid, but I'm property hacked off that I've been diddled😳

[CropleyWasGod]

First time it has happened to me so unsure if it's a peeve or it's a grumble, but went to get a trolley today at Lidl as I was buying a couple of big house plants they have on offer (normally just grab one of their funky wheely baskets). Anyways, as I approach the trolley shelter with my pound coin a woman in her 70's (at least) offers me the trolley she's putting back, I give her the pound and shop for plants.
After getting back to my car, I go to park the trolley and when I connect the security device thing from previously inserted trolley, out pops a Cancer Research fob/button in lieu of a pound.
It's a pound, only a quid, but I'm property hacked off that I've been diddled😳

I'm giggling at this... I know I shouldn't.

It's my Mum's way of saving up for her leccy bill. :greengrin

[Bridge hibs]

First time it has happened to me so unsure if it's a peeve or it's a grumble, but went to get a trolley today at Lidl as I was buying a couple of big house plants they have on offer (normally just grab one of their funky wheely baskets). Anyways, as I approach the trolley shelter with my pound coin a woman in her 70's (at least) offers me the trolley she's putting back, I give her the pound and shop for plants.
After getting back to my car, I go to park the trolley and when I connect the security device thing from previously inserted trolley, out pops a Cancer Research fob/button in lieu of a pound.
It's a pound, only a quid, but I'm property hacked off that I've been diddled😳That Woman is probably rich now 🤣

[Keith_M]

I'm giggling at this... I know I shouldn't.

It's my Mum's way of saving up for her leccy bill. :greengrin



I admire your Mum's initiative


:greengrin

[heretoday]

Smoked haddock, I love it and could eat it every night, however I used to get big chunky fillets but recently they have been scabby wee fillets, come on fishmongers, back to big fish please

Get bags of frozen ones from Iceland. Do them in milk in a frying pan.

[Bridge hibs]

Get bags of frozen ones from Iceland. Do them in milk in a frying pan.
I dont like them poached in milk mate, I normally do them in the oven with tinfoil parcel and steam them for 20 minutes, last time I done them in milk they fell to bits, should just have added cream and made Cullen Skink 😀

[overdrive]

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this one before and I got ripped on here for saying it but I’ll mention it again after last night’s game. Folk that sit in the front row (in this case, of an upper tier) and sit on the edge of their seat leaning over the wall. I had my view of over a quarter of one half the pitch blocked last night, including the whole of one of the goalmouths.

When asked to move back he would move back for all of 30 seconds, then it would be back on the edge of his seat, over the wall and his hands on his head, blocking even more of the pitch. Gets bloody annoying having to constantly ask him to move back.

Now you might say, “just do the same yourself” but that then blocks the view of others next to me and I don’t particularly want a bad back.

What’s worse as well is when someone would want past, it took him a while to notice they were there even after asking and tapping him meaning I then often had someone standing in front of me for ages blocking the entire pitch.

[hibsbollah]

The use of the verb ‘host’ instead of ‘having someone round’, ‘I need to get a bottle of wine because someone’s hosting me tonight’…where has this come from? Is it American? makes my skin crawl

[Key West]

Getting on the tram and seeing loads of bags on seats and a defiant uninterested look directed towards you at having the audacity to want to sit down.🥵

[Pretty Boy]

Getting on the tram and seeing loads of bags on seats and a defiant uninterested look directed towards you at having the audacity to want to sit down.🥵

I always make a point of choosing a seat next to the most belligerent looking ****er with a bag next to them on a bus, tram or train. The palpable hostility from them afterwards is one for the little things that give you pleasure thread.

[Scouse Hibee]

Getting on the tram and seeing loads of bags on seats and a defiant uninterested look directed towards you at having the audacity to want to sit down.🥵

Especially the folk that put the bag on the inside seat and sit on the outside seat.

[Hibrandenburg]

I always make a point of choosing a seat next to the most belligerent looking ****er with a bag next to them on a bus, tram or train. The palpable hostility from them afterwards is one for the little things that give you pleasure thread.

Snap, when I get the stare I can't help but think "challenge accepted".

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I always make a point of choosing a seat next to the most belligerent looking ****er with a bag next to them on a bus, tram or train. The palpable hostility from them afterwards is one for the little things that give you pleasure thread.

That could be the first entry on the pet like thread, I enjoy a move your bag request even if there are a few empty seats. 😀

[danhibees1875]

When Netflix (etc) don't make it clear from the start that a TV show was subsequently cancelled early. 3 seasons of "Colony" later and I'm having to Google why the ending was so crap - apparently cancelled back in 2018 before they could make season 4. :angry:

[danhibees1875]

Trying to be smart and think you can remember the hibs.net emoticon shortcuts, but failing miserably. :didntlikethemanyway: :rolleyes:

[Just Alf]

Trying to be smart and think you can remember the hibs.net emoticon shortcuts, but failing miserably. :didntlikethemanyway: :rolleyes:Ha ha... : agree ..... : greengrin

[silverhibee]

Folk who are out for a walk and have there head buried in the phone and can’t see ahead, very annoying.

[overdrive]

Folk who are out for a walk and have there head buried in the phone and can’t see ahead, very annoying.

Yep and if you try to pass them, they always seem to veer diagonally in the direction you are trying to pass them so you get cut off

[OldEast]

Edinburgh natives saying or writing Carlton hill.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Edinburgh natives saying or writing Carlton hill.

Poor Wookie70! 😉

Or Princess Street, wtf?

[Moulin Yarns]

Edinburgh natives saying or writing Carlton hill.

Not long finished a book set around the demolition of a fertiliser plant in Leith called Phosphate Rock, which did this a few times. 🙄

[OldEast]

Poor Wookie70! 😉

Or Princess Street, wtf?

Haha, didn't know if he was native so didn't comment 😄

Yea Princess street 🤷🏻🙁

[OldEast]

Not long finished a book set around the demolition of a fertiliser plant in Leith called Phosphate Rock, which did this a few times. 🙄

I recall John Leslie doing a programme or report and he said it loads of times.

[Pretty Boy]

Adults who are a bit too into Halloween.

I've got a friend who has spent weeks preparing a costume and she has spent literally hundreds of pounds putting it together. She's 33 FFS. She looked utterly ridiculous into the bargain.

I let the bairns get dressed up and will buy a pumpkin or whatever but the obsession some adults have with Halloween has always baffled me. Fancy dress in general just confuses me, it's like fun for people with no sense of humour.

[Jones28]

Adults who are a bit too into Halloween.

I've got a friend who has spent weeks preparing a costume and she has spent literally hundreds of pounds putting it together. She's 33 FFS. She looked utterly ridiculous into the bargain.

I let the bairns get dressed up and will buy a pumpkin or whatever but the obsession some adults have with Halloween has always baffled me. Fancy dress in general just confuses me, it's like fun for people with no sense of humour.

I ****ing hate fancy dress. Absolutely detest it.

Halloween in general is so wasteful. All the **** that gets bought to make costumes that will never see the light of day again. The pumpkins that get left to rot on doorsteps. The sheer costs around pumpkins themselves at these pumpkin picking events is absolutely scandalous. I went to one up the Clyde valley last week and it was literally boxes of pumpkins left on some mown grass, for which they charge £8 for a large one. I’ve got friends that run a pumpkin patch at St Abbas. They grow them all from scratch, they charge reasonable prices for them and they have a pumpkin cannon. It’s so much better but so many places now just see pumpkins as a license to print money.

Halloween for me typifies throwaway culture.

[Pretty Boy]

I ****ing hate fancy dress. Absolutely detest it.

Halloween in general is so wasteful. All the **** that gets bought to make costumes that will never see the light of day again. The pumpkins that get left to rot on doorsteps. The sheer costs around pumpkins themselves at these pumpkin picking events is absolutely scandalous. I went to one up the Clyde valley last week and it was literally boxes of pumpkins left on some mown grass, for which they charge £8 for a large one. I’ve got friends that run a pumpkin patch at St Abbas. They grow them all from scratch, they charge reasonable prices for them and they have a pumpkin cannon. It’s so much better but so many places now just see pumpkins as a license to print money.

Halloween for me typifies throwaway culture.

The only good thing about pumpkins is that most shops also get in ones you can actually eat to sit alongside the big flavourless ones for carving. They tend to be in the actual fruit & veg sections rather than big bins by the door.

I stocked up on a load over the last couple of weeks and my freezer is now packed with curried pumpkin soup.

[Bridge hibs]

The only good thing about pumpkins is that most shops also get in ones you can actually eat to sit alongside the big flavourless ones for carving. They tend to be in the actual fruit & veg sections rather than big bins by the door.

I stocked up on a load over the last couple of weeks and my freezer is now packed with curried pumpkin soup.I had guisers at my door last week, not dressed up but carrying a large plastic bucket like the ones you buy at B&Q, two polite wee laddies. I asked them if they wanted a calendar, why they asked. Because your a bit bloody early I said.

One of them then piped up, do you have any money, no I said, he then asks, do you have any sweets then ? ****ing no chance from this miserable ******* 🤣

[DH1875]

UK is estimated to have spent £687million on Halloween this year 👿👹👺

[overdrive]

I had guisers at my door last week, not dressed up but carrying a large plastic bucket like the ones you buy at B&Q, two polite wee laddies. I asked them if they wanted a calendar, why they asked. Because your a bit bloody early I said.

One of them then piped up, do you have any money, no I said, he then asks, do you have any sweets then ? ****ing no chance from this miserable ******* 🤣

A lot of them are right greedy wee so-and-so's as well. Last year, I had one kid try scoop the entire contents of my sweetie bowl for himself. he was with his parents who didn't tell him off or anything.

[overdrive]

A lot of them are right greedy wee so-and-so's as well. Last year, I had one kid try scoop the entire contents of my sweetie bowl for himself. he was with his parents who didn't tell him off or anything.

Jeezo just had 6 or 7 of the wee runts push over the doorway into the house whilst their parents watch. Absolutely trying to scoop everything out of the bowl from all angles

[Bridge hibs]

Jeezo just had 6 or 7 of the wee runts push over the doorway into the house whilst their parents watch. Absolutely trying to scoop everything out of the bowl from all anglesLittle ****s 🤬my Sister is always happy to give them something, a couple of years ago she was her usual being kind only for the little *******s to egg all her windows 🤬

Waste of ****ing eggs !!

[Hermit Crab]

Houses here compete with each other, one house has had the Halloween decorations up since the 1st of October. Huge big spiders web down the front of the house. Its embarrassing. Keeping up with the Joneses

[Hermit Crab]

A lot of them are right greedy wee so-and-so's as well. Last year, I had one kid try scoop the entire contents of my sweetie bowl for himself. he was with his parents who didn't tell him off or anything.


Toffee onions - they won't come back. *****.

[GlesgaeHibby]

Houses here compete with each other, one house has had the Halloween decorations up since the 1st of October. Huge big spiders web down the front of the house. Its embarrassing. Keeping up with the Joneses

Some in our estate have had decorations up for weeks - all totally OTT for Halloween. No doubt they'll have the Christmas decorations up after bonfire night.

[Bridge hibs]

Passed a garden this morning, childs swing, police tape round it with what looks like a body hanging from the swing with a rope around its neck, a bit extreme but knowing the area the body could be real 🤣

[Mon Dieu4]

I had guisers at my door last week, not dressed up but carrying a large plastic bucket like the ones you buy at B&Q, two polite wee laddies. I asked them if they wanted a calendar, why they asked. Because your a bit bloody early I said.

One of them then piped up, do you have any money, no I said, he then asks, do you have any sweets then ? ****ing no chance from this miserable ******* 🤣

Changed days, as kids we would hit the pubs in Leith Walk and make a fortune

[Jones28]

I didn’t want to start a new thread on this and I wasn’t sure where to put it so in to Pet Peeves it goes:

Hotel prices.

I have the big 30 coming up and would like to go away just me and the wife. We used to go to the Dalmahoy to celebrate our anniversary pre-kids and Covid. We were often able to get good deals, bed and breakfast for £300 for two nights in a suite, that sort of thing.

For the same now it’s nearly double. Now I know cost of living has affected a lot of things but it genuinely feels like price gouging now, particularly when compared to pre pandemic.

[weecounty hibby]

I didn’t want to start a new thread on this and I wasn’t sure where to put it so in to Pet Peeves it goes:

Hotel prices.

I have the big 30 coming up and would like to go away just me and the wife. We used to go to the Dalmahoy to celebrate our anniversary pre-kids and Covid. We were often able to get good deals, bed and breakfast for £300 for two nights in a suite, that sort of thing.

For the same now it’s nearly double. Now I know cost of living has affected a lot of things but it genuinely feels like price gouging now, particularly when compared to pre pandemic.

Try myhotelbreaks.com. Not always up to Dalmahoy standards but we have had some pretty good deals out of this over the years.

[O'Rourke3]

Passed a garden this morning, childs swing, police tape round it with what looks like a body hanging from the swing with a rope around its neck, a bit extreme but knowing the area the body could be real [emoji1787]Lots of blood and crime scene tapes round our way. Who thinks that's OK for 3-6 year olds guising? Fine for the teenage muggers on the hunt for sweeties.

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[McD]

Lots of blood and crime scene tapes round our way. Who thinks that's OK for 3-6 year olds guising? Fine for the teenage muggers on the hunt for sweeties.

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saw the opposite in my street last night when I went out to the car for something. 7 adults taking 2 kids, maybe aged about 6, out guising

[overdrive]

Passed a garden this morning, childs swing, police tape round it with what looks like a body hanging from the swing with a rope around its neck, a bit extreme but knowing the area the body could be real 🤣

There was a kid - a really young kid, maybe about 3 or 4 - who came out with some rhyme about stabbing teddy bears. I thought it was a bit dark for a kid that age. For the second year running, I ran out of sweets very quickly.

How many sweets to folk normally buy? I guess it might be because we are in a relatively new build estate with lots of families compared to my last place where at most I’d get 3 groups or guisers.

[overdrive]

Items in supermarkets with a use by / best before date of the same day and it hasn’t been reduced.

[pollution]

Packets of eg potatoes or other fresh produce that no longer has any best before type of date on it.

How do I know which pack to buy first ? Short of opening a pack to check?

A well meaning policy in theory.

[Santa Cruz]

Items in supermarkets with a use by / best before date of the same day and it hasn’t been reduced.

Will likely be a staffing issue. I've worked in supermarkets where regular customers knew roughly what time I would start reducing items and crowd me while I was pricing down the items. They're no shy either, quite common to be told what they wanted the reduced price to be.

[Santa Cruz]

Packets of eg potatoes or other fresh produce that no longer has any best before type of date on it.

How do I know which pack to buy first ? Short of opening a pack to check?

A well meaning policy in theory.

If they're stored in crates, pick from the bottom crate. If on the shelf, don't take from the front. :aok:

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Will likely be a staffing issue. I've worked in supermarkets where regular customers knew roughly what time I would start reducing items and crowd me while I was pricing down the items. They're no shy either, quite common to be told what they wanted the reduced price to be.

Noticed a story on the net last night that a supermarket down south erected barriers around the goods that were about to be reduced in an effort to stop staff members from being assaulted, I know folk can be desperate but, dearie me!

[overdrive]

Packets of eg potatoes or other fresh produce that no longer has any best before type of date on it.

How do I know which pack to buy first ? Short of opening a pack to check?

A well meaning policy in theory.

I thought the exact same thing last night buying apples. I think that was introduced to reduce wastage but probably creates waste if they go off in a few days after buying.

[Santa Cruz]

Noticed a story on the net last night that a supermarket down south erected barriers around the goods that were about to be reduced in an effort to stop staff members from being assaulted, I know folk can be desperate but, dearie me!

My example was from years ago, they were basically just thrifty shoppers. If they need barriers now that's a real shame for staff and customers.

[Pretty Boy]

Will likely be a staffing issue. I've worked in supermarkets where regular customers knew roughly what time I would start reducing items and crowd me while I was pricing down the items. They're no shy either, quite common to be told what they wanted the reduced price to be.

My local Asda is like a feeding frenzy when the final round of reductions get done every evening.

I just don't know what people do with half the stuff. Bakery items I get, you can freeze them. Same with cold meat or even soft fruits. But someone buying 15 yoghurts at 10p that go out of date the same day? I'd be genuinely curious at to whether they actually sit and eat as many as they can before midnight. I'm not particularly bothered by best before dates and the like but I'd draw the line at 3 day old dairy.