Pet Peeves IV

[Scouse Hibee]

People who don't listen to a specific instruction because they think they know it all. They then go away and mess up the task you have given them because they never listened to you.

These are the same people who read the first line of an email and totally miss the vital content of the rest of it.

[Pete]

Indian food that goes through you and comes straight out in the space of half an hour.

Waste of money...and I’m hungry again.

[lyonhibs]

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People who make no effort to work something out for themselves and then make no effort to retain the information when you show them how to do it. Woman in my work is always at it.

'What formula do I use on Excel for this?'
'How do I edit a PDF?'
'How do I work out a margin from cost price?'
'What supplier does that range come from?'

Every single ****ing day. She's been in the job almost twice as long as me but seems to enjoy playing the class clown and having allowances made for her because of that.

Christ don't get me started. I'm viewed as some sort of ******g Excel and Outlook expert because I'm the only one in our office with the savvy to just use Google to find the answer to the simplest questions of the exact genre you mention.

[pollution]

My wife cleaning the house on a Sunday.

Bar staff polishing the bar around me long before closing time.

[Peevemor]

PowerPoint presentations that have been slung together at the last minute in an effort to disguise someone's total lack of preparation for a meeting. If you haven't done the work just call me to postpone, just don't waste my time with that pish!

[bingo70]

Local newspapers predicting travel chaos for the area due to extreme weather when the forecast is saying something completely different.

I understand it when national papers say this as there’ll probably be really bad weather somewhere but local papers getting it wrong is just lazy and probably down to them copying the story form the national papers.

[McD]

People who are ungrateful and selfish pricks.

im fortunate to work for a company who give their staff some really great perks. Having worked for a really **** company in the past who treated their staff like crap, I’m really grateful and aware of how lucky we are. It drives me up the wall when I hear colleagues and other staff bitching about how hard done by they are, how **** it is that another great benefit has been provided to us but the exact layout doesn’t suit their face. Some examples:

- we the business have arranged for all/any of you to be able to get this new piece of technology for you and your family to enjoy (not a work related bit of kit in any way), you can pay for it over 4 months rather than having to pay it all out in one go - cue multiple people bitching that it’s shocking and disgusting that it’s having to be paid over 4 months rather than 12/24/any other time frame they deem fit.

- People complaining that although the company gives money per person towards a Xmas night out for teams/depts to organise, it’s not enough and should be more.

- “I wouldn’t pay for this perk if we didn’t get it given to us”. - my response is usually to tell them to give up the perk then, since you wouldn’t have it under other circumstances. Which is usually met with the righteous indignation of the perpetually complaining brigade.

- why do we only get 50% discount on this, why do we have to pay anything at all? I’m staff, I shouldn’t have to pay anything.


absolutely selfish ********s

[Gatecrasher]

people who tap their keyboards too loud.

[Peevemor]

People (normally the secretaries at my work, and normally a Monday morning after the cleaner has been) who proclaim that their pc isn't working when, in fact, the power cable that plugs into the underside of their screen has simply slipped down a couple of millimetres.

[IGRIGI]

When newspapers/BBC post "fact check" articles that are in reality just their opinions masquerading as independent fact with a nice side of smugness.

[Scouse Hibee]

People who seem unable to judge the width of their own vehicle. They hold up everyone because they won't drive through a gap big enough for an even a bigger car/van.

[bingo70]

Lurpak ‘spreadable’ butter.

[heretoday]

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People who seem unable to judge the width of their own vehicle. They hold up everyone because they won't drive through a gap big enough for an even a bigger car/van.

I'm the one doing that. Sorry!

[matty_f]

People who are completely incapable of figuring anything out for themselves.

[Peevemor]

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People who are completely incapable of figuring anything out for themselves.

How do you mean?

[Pretty Boy]

Radio stations that announce a 'brand new' song by an artist that they have been playing for weeks if not months. My partner insists on having Forth 1 on in the car and they are particularly bad for this. Not only have they been playing it for weeks they also play the same song about 10 times a day.

[jabis]

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How do you mean?

What you on about ?

The FACT that any irony emoji looks like sarcasm :agree

[Hibee87]

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Radio stations that announce a 'brand new' song by an artist that they have been playing for weeks if not months. My partner insists on having Forth 1 on in the car and they are particularly bad for this. Not only have they been playing it for weeks they also play the same song about 10 times a day.

Try absolute radio as a compromise, she always inists the radio is on and forth1 music is largley terrible on a loop tunes. Its on digital or mw. Hosts can be a bit iffy, but good tunes.

[lord bunberry]

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Try absolute radio as a compromise, she always inists the radio is on and forth1 music is largley terrible on a loop tunes. Its on digital or mw. Hosts can be a bit iffy, but good tunes.

I listen to absolute radio 90s in the car, but that’s cause I’m an old *******

[matty_f]

When you need the toilet every time you're in a situation where getting to a toilet is going to be problematic.

[matty_f]

Folk rushing to criticise Hibs and take some sort of moral high ground when there's a thread ripping Hearts. Just piss off, we know we're not perfect but the while point of petty point scoring is that it's ok to be unreasonable.

Just stop taking the fun out of trolling the Hearts.

[Pretty Boy]

Scottish folk who move abroad and then love running down Scotland at every opportunity.

I've a mate who lives in the south of France and he talks often about things he likes about where he lives now. He has a good job, decent weather for a large chunk of the year, decent football on his doorstep, big cities like Marseille and Barcelona less than 2 hours away etc etc. He's also honest that he misses things about Scotland. Local pubs and the pub culture being a big one.

I've also got a friend in Australia and he loves to tell me how 'this is the best thing I ever did', 'I miss nothing about Scotland', 'everyone is so uptight there', 'anyone who doesn't do what I've done is small minded' etc etc.

Funnily enough when speaking to a group of mutual friends the other week we all agreed that only one of them genuinely seems happy with the choice they made.

[Just Jimmy]

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Scottish folk who move abroad and then love running down Scotland at every opportunity.

I've a mate who lives in the south of France and he talks often about things he likes about where he lives now. He has a good job, decent weather for a large chunk of the year, decent football on his doorstep, big cities like Marseille and Barcelona less than 2 hours away etc etc. He's also honest that he misses things about Scotland. Local pubs and the pub culture being a big one.

I've also got a friend in Australia and he loves to tell me how 'this is the best thing I ever did', 'I miss nothing about Scotland', 'everyone is so uptight there', 'anyone who doesn't do what I've done is small minded' etc etc.

Funnily enough when speaking to a group of mutual friends the other week we all agreed that only one of them genuinely seems happy with the choice they made.

That's true.

I live in Manchester now. Almost a year now and I love it. So does my partner. Manchester is a brilliant city and I have 2 of the biggest football clubs in the world in my door step and go regularly to both. We've just bought our first house together alongside her being in her dream job and I've just landed the job I've always wanted. It's worked out pretty damn amazing if I'm honest.

Yet I miss home, not enough to come home and my life quality would likely be worse at this moment in time if we did, but I do.

I miss family, especially my nephew and niece. My grandparents are older so they can't come down to visit and it's not the same on the phone. I miss my mates too who all have their own lives now too. Most of all I miss Hibs. None of these are enough to bring me home.

I love Scotland and I miss it but I just have made a choice which is the right choice for my partner and I, which improves my life quality.

I am however, sick of meeting Scots here who say "oh I've not been home in years, I left cos it's ****, I would never go back".

I usually shut them up by just saying "I ****ing love Scotland mate. I moved for work". Watch their face drop when you say that.

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[Scouse Hibee]

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That's true.

I live in Manchester now. Almost a year now and I love it. So does my partner. Manchester is a brilliant city and I have 2 of the biggest football clubs in the world in my door step and go regularly to both. We've just bought our first house together alongside her being in her dream job and I've just landed the job I've always wanted. It's worked out pretty damn amazing if I'm honest.

Yet I miss home, not enough to come home and my life quality would likely be worse at this moment in time if we did, but I do.

I miss family, especially my nephew and niece. My grandparents are older so they can't come down to visit and it's not the same on the phone. I miss my mates too who all have their own lives now too. Most of all I miss Hibs. None of these are enough to bring me home.

I love Scotland and I miss it but I just have made a choice which is the right choice for my partner and I, which improves my life quality.

I am however, sick of meeting Scots here who say "oh I've not been home in years, I left cos it's ****, I would never go back".

I usually shut them up by just saying "I ****ing love Scotland mate. I moved for work". Watch their face drop when you say that.

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Similar to you, though I have lived here in Edinburgh now for 25 years (half my life), I love my life here and all that goes with it. Whenever I return to Liverpool (which is currently every couple of weeks due to family illness) I still refer to it as going home and absolutely love my time there.l made the choice to move because of my scottish wife, but anyone that tells me "you done tbe right thing geting out" gets told straight I stil love Liverpool the city.

[sleeping giant]

Not being able to have a long lie at the weekend anymore.
Always up for a slash before half 8 and can never get back to sleep.

[Hibrandenburg]

When all the trolleys at the supermarket are full of other people's **** like receipts, brochures, vegetable leaves and endless amounts of other rubbish the previous user was too lazy to put in the bin.

[TRC]

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Scottish folk who move abroad and then love running down Scotland at every opportunity.

I've a mate who lives in the south of France and he talks often about things he likes about where he lives now. He has a good job, decent weather for a large chunk of the year, decent football on his doorstep, big cities like Marseille and Barcelona less than 2 hours away etc etc. He's also honest that he misses things about Scotland. Local pubs and the pub culture being a big one.

I've also got a friend in Australia and he loves to tell me how 'this is the best thing I ever did', 'I miss nothing about Scotland', 'everyone is so uptight there', 'anyone who doesn't do what I've done is small minded' etc etc.

Funnily enough when speaking to a group of mutual friends the other week we all agreed that only one of them genuinely seems happy with the choice they made.

Sounds to me the boy in Australia is trying to convince himself rather than anyone else.

[Gatecrasher]

I went to get rolls yesterday morning and was met with people manhandling them to see if they were fresh then putting them back.

[pollution]

That is foul behaviour! I understand your peeve.

Similar to the old women who rush to the bread aisle as if there is another seventies style shortage.

[IGRIGI]

When large minority positions are ignored.

"Scotland voted no"
"Scotland voted to stay in the EU"
"France rejected the far right"

It ticks me off when around a 3rd (or 45%) of votes are just ignored depending on the position of the speaker.