Pet Peeves IV

[snooky]

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My mate is a trainer in the football department of the Berlin Sports Academy. When it comes to selection for Hertha BSC youth programme the students have to go through some rigorous tests, most of them fail because they try showboating in games under the false impression that it will impress.

I've heard a similar story about a young show-boater who did loads of fancy stuff before kicking the ball bye when all that was asked was to put the ball in the net.


FAILED!

[Hiber-nation]

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My mate is a trainer in the football department of the Berlin Sports Academy. When it comes to selection for Hertha BSC youth programme the students have to go through some rigorous tests, most of them fail because they try showboating in games under the false impression that it will impress.

Good to hear!

[Future17]

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The huge number of online portals these days that all have different criteria for passwords. The notes section of my phone is crammed full of usernames and passwords.

Where do you keep the passcode for your phone?

[snooky]

How come you get a quote of half the original quote from window companies once you tell them you've had another quote for half of what they originally quoted?
All they're saying is they were trying and rip you off at twice the going rate.

[#FromTheCapital]

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Where do you keep the passcode for your phone?

You don't want to know! ;-)

[#FromTheCapital]

Hate what the latest iPhone update has done to the e-mail section.

[matty_f]

Folk in meetings who clog up the time feeling like they have to have their voice heard but contribute absolutely nothing to the discussion.

[Sauzee07]

Agree with these last two.

On a different note, has anyone mentioned road runners who jog on the spot when waiting for the green man? Looks ridiculous and is totally unnecessary.

[sleeping giant]

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Folk in meetings who clog up the time feeling like they have to have their voice heard but contribute absolutely nothing to the discussion.

They tell jokes or daft anecdotes to give them some limelight time.

[Mr White]

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has anyone mentioned road runners who jog on the spot when waiting for the green man? Looks ridiculous and is totally unnecessary.

If Wile E Coyote was after me I'd be reluctant to come to a complete standstill too

[sleeping giant]

Those travel cases that have 4 wheels and need to be pushed rather than pulled.

Nothing more ridiculous looking than a fully grown man in a suit swanning about with one of these in the airport.

[sleeping giant]

Tights and pants tangled together in the washing basket as the wearer has taken both off at once.
Absolutely hate that and I refuse to remove said knickers from the tights and wash and hang them up like that to try to cause as much embarrassment as possible.

Clarts.

[sleeping giant]

Those square laces on moccasin style shoes.
How hard are they to tie and to keep tied?

[#FromTheCapital]

The saying 'it is what it is'.

[Greentinted]

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Tights and pants tangled together in the washing basket as the wearer has taken both off at once.
Absolutely hate that and I refuse to remove said knickers from the tights and wash and hang them up like that to try to cause as much embarrassment as possible.

Clarts.

Tights, pantyhose (has to be a contender for ugliest word in the English language, along with the closely related 'gusset' - boak), whatever...the demonic work of Satan himself.

[Mon Dieu4]

Ripping a pair of suit trousers, going out at lunch to buy a new pair to change into, only to be told 2 hours later we can now wear what we want to work

[snooky]

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Ripping a pair of suit trousers, going out at lunch to buy a new pair to change into, only to be told 2 hours later we can now wear what we want to work

What a rip off.

[heretoday]

Health workers who say "can you just roll up your sleeve FOR ME" before they take your blood.
Airline staff, postmen, gas meter readers etc all employ the same phrase too. Jeez.

[brianmc]

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Health workers who say "can you just roll up your sleeve FOR ME" before they take your blood.
Airline staff, postmen, gas meter readers etc all employ the same phrase too. Jeez.

Why would airline staff, postmen, and meter readers etc want to take your blood??
Weird eh.

[grunt]

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Hate what the latest iPhone update has done to the e-mail section.

Agreed. Can it be returned to the previous setting?

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Those travel cases that have 4 wheels and need to be pushed rather than pulled.

i'd go further - all of those flight cases with wheels. I'm going to break my neck one of these days because of they things.

[Danderhall Hibs]

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The saying 'it is what it is'.

We are where we are, i.e. it's a **** up let's just get on with it.

[snooky]

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Why would airline staff, postmen, and meter readers etc want to take your blood??
Weird eh.

Because their companies are bleeding us dry.

[heretoday]

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Why would airline staff, postmen, and meter readers etc want to take your blood??
Weird eh.

But they ARE taking my blood.

[Future17]

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The saying 'it is what it is'.

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We are where we are, i.e. it's a **** up let's just get on with it.

I use these phrases (usually in work). It's usually a last resort after umpteen previous attempts to get people to move on from wasting time moaning about something which can't be changed.

[Hibee87]

People at work who close, but don't lock, the cubicle door so you end up walking in on them taking a slash.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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People at work who close, but don't lock, the cubicle door so you end up walking in on them taking a slash.

I witnessed that on the train through to Ayr on Saturday, an old boy was caught midstream when a young lassie pressed the button to open the train bog door, quite funny! :-)

[snooky]

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I witnessed that on the train through to Ayr on Saturday, an old boy was caught midstream when a young lassie pressed the button to open the train bog door, quite funny! :-)

You must have been on one of those old stream trains.

[#FromTheCapital]

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I use these phrases (usually in work). It's usually a last resort after umpteen previous attempts to get people to move on from wasting time moaning about something which can't be changed.

It is what it is at the end of the day.

[heretoday]

And all the rest of it....

[rodhibs55]

If I'm being Honest