Absolutely. She's still banned though. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
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Absolutely. She's still banned though. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
What a f****ng ar***ole.Quote:
Originally Posted by Future17
And I don’t mean you!
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Phew!
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Originally Posted by WeeRussell
The backs of all my remote controls seem to be falling off, it’s all happening at the same time, both downstairs and upstairs. I suspect there’s a sinister reason and I’ll be appearing on an alien abduction show talking about my remote control problems and the weird dream I had about being gang probed.
“We need to play with a bit of swagger”
Absolutely meaningless bollocks. Unless we want our players impersonating the Gallagher brothers.
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Originally Posted by lord bunberry
Apparently this is quite a common experience shortly before abduction.
Just remember the welcome phrase for when you're on the ship...
"I welcome our new alien overlords"
Between the Aliens and the batteries falling out, I’m a nervous wreck here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Humming. Just humming in general.
Add whistling to that. No need for it. Not even usually whistling a tune.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
Is it not part of the test to become a bus driver?Quote:
Originally Posted by EH6 Hibby
The term “mansplaining”.
In my experience it’s largely a nonsense word, made-up so that the women at work can try and sound clever about whichever tradesman they’ve had in doing an honest job.
And if I wanted to be a d1ck about it I would say it’s sexist as well.
I'm being a bit thick. What does it mean? I dont think I've heard it beforeQuote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
Neither had I until it became the new favourite word amongst some colleagues of mine. But I believe it’s used to describe when a man tries to explain something to a woman in an oversimplified and/or condescending way. I hope I didn’t just mansplain that 😀Quote:
Originally Posted by J.S
Don’t get me wrong - it probably has its place on the occasion. I’m just talking about my experience of hearing it used and overused. And I could pick a lot of peeves about my work colleagues!
If it was aimed at women it would be banded as sexist. It's pretty derogatory. I'd never use it .Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
Popularised by Jason Leitch, I always get the impression he's talking to an infant class.Quote:
Originally Posted by J.S
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Originally Posted by J.S
I could tell you, but that would be 'mansplaining' ;-)
In all fairness, the term originated with a proper meaning, which was when some (rather stupid) men would try to explain things on behalf of women, things that surely only the woman herself could understand (e.g. their experiences of misogyny in the workplace). It's a bit like when some rich white actor tries to explain poverty and racism.
Like many other useful terms and phrases, the word was sadly hijacked and can now be used to shut men up, when somebody just doesn't want to hear what somebody has to say about any subject.
This sounds very, very likely and fits-in with my experience and expectations 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
You forgot the Whoosh! emoji 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by J.S
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Originally Posted by w pilton hibby
She's too sneaky for that
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Done me up like a kipper anyway :applause:Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
I want to blame logging in after a nightshift but I reckon I was getting had either way :greengrin
I would love to be able to say this is the case and take credit for being so witty but I genuinely didnt know. :tee hee: :tee hee:Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
:tee hee:
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Originally Posted by J.S
Awww, you've disappointed me now!
:greengrin
Famous(ish) people posting dramatically "I'm taking a break from all of the negativity on social media" only to reappear two days later.
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Originally Posted by CloudSquall
It's a bit like when posters on here announce "time for me to log-off this place for a while" etc..
Naebody else is bothered mate, just don't post if you don't want to.
Trying to open vacuum sealed products...getting that wee tab at the side to actually work and rip off the top film can be an impossible mission.
Often I just resort to an infuriated slash with a knife or kitchen scissors after struggling for ages to get the damn thing to peel off so I can get to the contents!
That is so frustrating, sometimes you have a go at all 4 corners, only to be thwarted every time. When you get it first time it’s delightful. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
People that leave 1 star reviews for a product when their complaint is entirely regarding the service of Amazon etc and nothing to do with the actual product or company selling the product.
People who only ever leave one star "if I could give zero stars I would" reviews or "BEST PRODUCT EVER!!!!!1!!!1!!!" reviews and nothing in between.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
On the theme of reviews.
When people review a hotel and don't give any thought to the star rating or what they paid when judging it.
We went for a couple of days down south last summer. We didn't want to spend a fortune so picked a hotel at about £45 a night. The reviews were mixed at best but we chanced it. It was fine. Dated and tired but spotlessly clean and the continental breakfast was fine.
I always like to leave a review and particularly so when somewhere has been getting an unfair raw deal. I dug a bit into the other reviews and some of them were ridiculous. The 1 star reviews included 'I had to climb a flight of stairs and there was no porterage although the receptionist did offer to help', 'we struggled to get parked, the website did mention limited parking but this was still disappointing', 'the continental breakfast was poor offering only fruit, cereal, pastries and toast. No hot option'......
It's £40 a night. If it's clean, tidy and the staff are polite then you should be relatively happy. If you want multiple breakfast options, ample on site parking, porters or a concierge and similar then pay the going rate for that. Don't mark people offering a budget option down because you have unrealistic expectations.
I read a review for a hotel I was thinking about booking and the person gave it 4 stars, they said they would’ve given it 5 but the the weather wasn’t great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
When I worked in the motor trade you'd get reviewed on absolutely everything. Some of the things people would mark you down for were incredible; even had one that read "Brilliant service, couldn't fault it" and scored four stars. Meant I lost out on a bonus for it as it's five stars or nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
There was a story on 'Angry People in Local Newspapers' a couple of years back about someone who won an award from TripAdvisor for most reviews posted in a year - something like 700 or so. Maybe more. Curiosity led me to looking up that profile and it would appear that their daily schedule consisted of get up, walk to the local McDonalds for a coffee, get lunch from Greggs, walk by somewhere on the way home and occasionally go out for a 'Spoons tea. Almost every single one of those five stars, she even reviewed a stand containing tourist attraction leaflets at a train station.
I'll always leave a positive review for independent restaurants, cafes and the like on the usual sites as it's a good way to show appreciation; one place I helped run got massive attention from good reviews and it's nice to repay the favour. Reviewing a coffee from McDonalds (five stars every single time does literally nothing to help local restauranteurs and hospitality businesses, in fact it just hides them in amongst the multi national chains. It's tacky as hell.
Yeah that’s an annoying one.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
Amazon is full of them and was actually shaking my head at exactly this the other night....one in particular caught my eye as it was a one star review due to the excessive packaging the product had came in, not a single mention of the product or if it was any good or not!
On a similar theme with Amazon - the questions section.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
Q: does the product come in green?
A: I don’t know we got the red one.
Why bother answering?
Subtitles that arrive before the words are spoken.
That does my nut in. Though I was recently entertained when I was looking at a neck massager on Amazon. The questions were all asking whether it could be used, erm, internally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs
Definite choking hazard. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
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Originally Posted by overdrive
Aw come on, I was just curious!
Posts on DotNet that insist on telling me what software and phone they used to write said post
"Sent from my fancy-nancy Samsung using TippetyTallk"
Seriously, what makes you think I care what bl**dy phone you've got?
Is it an overcompensating thing or what?
It's an automatic thing, and you have to go out your way to find and change the settings. If you change phone you have to remember to do it again. It's a pest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Automatic on every phone? Don't think it comes up for mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peevemor
It's automatic if you install and use Tapatalk to browse forums.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
What's worse is that if you use it for more than one forum, you have to change the settings for each forum.
Fair enough, never got involved in that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peevemor
Probably been covered already (probably by myself) but the way people on Youtube all scream and wave their arms about in the exact same way no matter the subject matter.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEY GUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS. REMEMBER TO SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON AND SUBSCRIBE AND HIT THAT BELL BUTTON FOR NOTIFICATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
It's for that reason I try to find blogs instead of shifting through hours of self promotion and "LOOK AT ME!!!!!" behaviour in the search for actual information.
Whether in writing or speaking, people that end sentences (usually making them rhetorical questions) with "no?".
E.g. "Better than getting knocked out by Brora Rangers, no?"
I can't really explain why it annoys me so much.
'Deconstructed' dishes in restaurants.
Just now I'm making a rhubarb crumble. Rhubarb being stewed with some root ginger and sugar (still making sure it's tart) and made a crumble topping with some blitzed hazelnuts and pinhead oats. Will top the stewed rhubarb with that, sprinkle a little brown sugar and cook. When it's in the oven, make a simple custard. Unless something dramatic goes wrong, it's going to be delicious.
What I don't want is some grilled rhubarb, a sauce, a sprinkle of some dry crumble mix on the side and have to put it together myself. That's not a rhubarb crumble, it's an abomination.
In a similar vein people who end a sentence by trying to force you to agree with them. Usually with a phrase like 'am I right?' or similar.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
'The sky is pink with yellow spots, am I right?'
It's deliberately aggressive and provocative. It's the way bullies talk as it's anticipating and trying to provoke conflict.
Because it should end with "eh no"Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
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Every time I sign something I’m reminded of how crap my signature is. It’s not fancy, it doesn’t look good on anything and genuinely could have been done by a child.
Neither my partner and I want a child; we're both very much on that wavelength and we're very comfortable with it. Every time you hear the "Oh, so is a baby the next step?" and you say no, you always get the usual "Oh, you'll regret that when you're older" or "but it'll change your lives" and the like. That in itself is annoying.
We are getting a dog in a few weeks time, and these very same people are saying "Oh, but it's so much hard work" and the like.
What the hell do they think a child is other than hard work and a responsibility?
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Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Wait until you are a bit older and you are asked if you have children and say you don't.
You will have a sympathetic look thrown at you with a perceptible up and down scan from your toes to your head with a near-piteous sneer.
Having had both I’d say that the dog was way more hard work and responsibility than the kid ever was!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
I have a wee one who is 9 months old & a dog who is 7 years old who we’ve had since he was 8 weeks old.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
All I’ll say is that it’s great that babies wear nappies.
:greengrin
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Funnily enough, I was thinking exactly the same when I read the previous comment.
I've worked with a couple of people that thought only their opinion mattered and they would make statement sound like a question by adding the word 'correct?' at the end, e.g.
"So we each need to increase our productivity by 20% to meet the deadline... correct?"
I always tried to remain professional but it really p1ssed me off.
People that try and convince the rest of the office they are qualified enough to be in the role they are, by not speaking normally.
“Have you got resource/capacity...?”
Just ask me if I'm able to do whatever the fu** it is you’re wanting me to do.
"How's your capacity for next week?"Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
"My what?"
"Your capacity?"
"MY ****ING WHAT MATE?!?!?!"
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Originally Posted by WeeRussell
Office speak, my lad is a big boss at Scottish Widows and he he talks like this now and then.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
Follow 'The state of Linkedin' on Twitter if you want to see some classic business speak and bull****.
I've noticed in recent years a trend for the middle management ****** (as opposed to the middle managers who remain decent people when they get a promotion) speak to be spreading throughout companies. It used to be the preserve of a very particular type but it's more and more widespread and seems to have got worse since the pandemic started. I think working from home and not getting picked up on it and slagged by people for doing it is a big part of the reason.
One of the accounts team in my work always talks about 'touching base' and has definitely expanded her business vocabulary since working from home.
'Can you give me a call next week just to touch base on your aged debtors. I understand that debt chasing isn't one of your core competencies but compensation payments are being made and businesses are reopening so so let's make hay while we have a bit of leverage. If you could just reach out and get those statements over the wall then touch base again with me when it's done that would be taking it to the next level from you'.
**** off.
I hate this. I’m working on a project at the moment where this is rife. Acronyms at work are a similar annoyance. My employer is bad for this anyway but on this project it is even worse. At the start of the project we were told by the leadership to avoid using acronyms to make it easier for folk to understand. It is the same leadership who are the worst at coming up with these acronyms.Quote:
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The worst is working abroad in an English speaking office where non-native speakers think using this type of language is impressive.
"Let's take that discussion offline" had become so much of an office favourite at my previous job that it would be repeated at even the mere hint of someone talking about something slightly off topic.
The worst of it iis as they were non-native speakers speaking English I couldn't pull any of them up for speaking like a total knobend.
Posts on forums (including this one) which are just links with no explanation of their content.
I'm not asking for an in-depth critical analysis of no less than a thousand words, but if you want someone to view whatever is linked to, is it too much to ask that you tell them why they might want to?
My company actually has an online dictionary for acronyms, phrases, words, and general bull**** that only we use. Thanks **** I am near to retirement so I can stop taking the helicopter view of people who are pushing the envelope and want to touch base with me or reach out to me to lean in on my experience.
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Originally Posted by Future17
Even just a copy and paste of the article's title if you're not wanting to give your view/a summary of the link.
Obviously the thread which the post is in gives a clue of the overall nature of the article, but it could still be about any old guff.
So do you click the link nonetheless with an angry stab at your keyboard, or just pass on by? It could be the funniest or most interesting thing you've seen all week or a load of crap. Think of it as an adventure 😂😂😂😂Quote:
Originally Posted by Future17
I imagine if I was capable of passing it by more often than not, it wouldn't annoy me so much! :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
People who join the queue of a clearly marked card only checkout in a supermarket then moan and argue with the assistant as they want to pay cash. The assistant was very vocal to the queue reminding everyone it was card only too.
The new Asda lunch meal deal (buy three items and get the cheapest one free).
My work takes me all over the place and it’s become a given that you can walk into a supermarket and exchange three shiny pound coins for a not very good sandwich, a bag of crisps and something to drink. Three quid every time you’re caught without a lunch and you’re good to go. Uninspired but still reliable and readily available.
Buy three items and get the cheapest free is a minefield.
Oooooh, interesting (genuinely). Can you buy 3 sandwiches and get the cheapest free???Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Personally, I can't see past Morrisons meal deal. I go for a medium salad (load up on the boiled eggs, leaves, coleslaw, beetroot salad), grab a coconut water and yoghurt. For a grab on the go lunch I always think it's decent value.
People who call a hotly debated topic a “no brainer”.
Or a no-brainier 😆Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Discount codes that don’t work.
Men who wear a suit jacket with a £2 Primark t-shirt underneath. Maximum knobend points awarded when they wear a pair of converses or other type of shoe that they are 20 years too old to be wearing.
There's one guy on TV here in Argentina that adds the hippy "look at my half arsed attempt at a chin beard" look and I struggle to explain my outright rage to my partner.
Powertools, they are the most annoying and obnoxious sounding things that people seem to wait for a nice day to noise and air pollute everyone elses. fannys.
most web sites automatically embed the content when you post a link, .net is still 15 years ago in aspects like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Future17
Some stuff is embedded automatically on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
For example (I just pasted the link)
https://twitter.com/HibernianFC/stat...890839042?s=19
Testing, testing...Quote:
Originally Posted by Peevemor
https://youtu.be/zSyHPmjpXmY
I don't see anything other than the link.Quote:
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It's embedded for me on Tapatalk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
At times YouTube embeds automatically on the Web version too.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c21d7d5de5.jpg
My wife cuts pizza with scissors rather than the pizza cutter. Bizarre!
Italy would bring back the death penalty for such behaviour.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Modfather
Customers who only want 2 of the 3 items and it ends up costing them more. They would take a main and drink and depending on their choice it could come to 5 pound odds. I'd point out to them if they grabbed any snack they would save about £2. No I don't need it would be the response from quite a few (some would be delighted you'd pointed out the offer), like they couldn't just keep the snack for another time when they would presumably be hungry, or even just give it to someone. They preferred the option of spending more money for a reason I could never fathom.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
A woman in my work does this at Tesco.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
Gets a sandwich and crisps every day but never takes the drink. I said to her if she took the drink it would cost £3 instead of anywhere between £3.50 and a fiver. Said she doesn't want the drink. I suggested she put the unwanted drink in the fridge and tell others to help themselves. 'Why should I subsidise someone else's lunch?'
She still can't comprehend she wouldn't be subsidising anyone because it would mean that she was spending less and still getting what she wants. If for whatever reason she wants the plain ham sandwich and a packet of Skips and that comes to £2.70 then by all means don't take the drink.
Uha, similarly mix and match at Christmas. A fair number would pick up 2 gifts, I would point out they could get another one free out of the cheapest 3. I don't need all this stuff would be the response. Fair enough, did they not think a charity shop might be benefit from the donation? Got to the point I was saying would they consider adding it to their purchase and I would stick it in the community charity toiletries box. Unbelievably some (a minority) would say oh go on then majorly grudging doing so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Supermarket staff who try to make me buy stuff I don't want and will have no need for 😆
I've seen them being so insistent that I just walk out without buying anything.
Takeaways that are not only one hour late in delivering food, but also lie about it when you phone them.
Upselling in the supermarket? What are they trying to make you buy?Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
A snack. 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
Seriously, you have staff asking you to add a snack to your shopping that's going to increase your bill, is this at the checkout?Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Reduce my bill 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
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So insistent? I suspect they thought they were helping in trying to make a suggestion to save you money. Anyways, maybe consider the more unfortunate in society with said money saving snack you have no use for and hoy it in the community foodbank box, just another option to consider.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
FYI my example wasn't referring to supermarkets.
I suspect we are each others pet peeves :wink:
I think you've missed the gentle whoosh.... :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
Were you pulling my leg ?Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Pretty sure he was 😀Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
That's actually come as a bit of a relief even if it is a bit of a ridder for me being slow on the uptake :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
Seemed almost too obvious. 😃Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
You're no helping with my ridder status :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
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Originally Posted by The Modfather
That is a shocker !