Pet Peeves IV

[lord bunberry]

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On the theme of reviews.

When people review a hotel and don't give any thought to the star rating or what they paid.

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 are a cheapskate.

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.

[Northernhibee]

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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.

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.

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.

[RyeSloan]

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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.

Yeah that’s an annoying one.

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!

[Danderhall Hibs]

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Yeah that’s an annoying one.

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.

Q: does the product come in green?
A: I don’t know we got the red one.

Why bother answering?

[pollution]

Subtitles that arrive before the words are spoken.

[overdrive]

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On a similar theme with Amazon - the questions section.

Q: does the product come in green?
A: I don’t know we got the red one.

Why bother answering?

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.

[Future17]

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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.

Definite choking hazard.

[Keith_M]

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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.

Aw come on, I was just curious!

[Keith_M]

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?

[Peevemor]

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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.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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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.

Automatic on every phone? Don't think it comes up for mine.

[Peevemor]

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Automatic on every phone? Don't think it comes up for mine.

It's automatic if you install and use Tapatalk to browse forums.

What's worse is that if you use it for more than one forum, you have to change the settings for each forum.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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It's automatic if you install and use Tapatalk to browse forums.

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.

[CloudSquall]

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.

[WeeRussell]

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.

[Northernhibee]

'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.

[Pretty Boy]

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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.

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.

'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.

[O'Rourke3]

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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.

Because it should end with "eh no"

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[Jones28]

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.

[Northernhibee]

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?

[pollution]

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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?

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.

[RyeSloan]

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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?

Having had both I’d say that the dog was way more hard work and responsibility than the kid ever was!!

[Craig_HFC]

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Having had both I’d say that the dog was way more hard work and responsibility than the kid ever was!!

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.

All I’ll say is that it’s great that babies wear nappies.

[Keith_M]

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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.

'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.

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.

[WeeRussell]

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.

[CloudSquall]

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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?"

"My what?"

"Your capacity?"


"MY ****ING WHAT MATE?!?!?!"

[J-C]

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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.

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"How's your capacity for next week?"

"My what?"

"Your capacity?"


"MY ****ING WHAT MATE?!?!?!"

Office speak, my lad is a big boss at Scottish Widows and he he talks like this now and then.

[Pretty Boy]

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.

[overdrive]

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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.

[CropleyWasGod]

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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.

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