Pet Peeves IV

[Green Man]

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I know we’re in in a flexible world and focussed on work life balance, as it should be. However is it normal to be on a teams call and one of the stakeholders, and their camera is on, has a treadmill under their standing desk and walking on it during the call? Didn’t have any impact on their input to the call, just looked very odd. Or am I an out of touch dinosaur?

Don’t think it’s that common, but not really abnormal either. I know of people doing it to lessen the effect of sitting at a desk all day.

[overdrive]

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Don’t think it’s that common, but not really abnormal either. I know of people doing it to lessen the effect of sitting at a desk all day.

Someone I work with got a standing desk and for the first couple of weeks, you'd just see her start going up and down on calls as she tried to get it to a comfortable height

[Onceinawhile]

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I know we’re in in a flexible world and focussed on work life balance, as it should be. However is it normal to be on a teams call and one of the stakeholders, and their camera is on, has a treadmill under their standing desk and walking on it during the call? Didn’t have any impact on their input to the call, just looked very odd. Or am I an out of touch dinosaur?

Aye, it's not "common" but it's defo a thing.

[SaulGoodman]

Pancake day.

Why the **** are stupid wee pancakes so hard to make? Supposed to be fun little activity with the family that ends up with Mum and Dad stressed and the two bairns acting like they’ve just been told Santa isn’t coming because they’re pancakes look like they’ve been dug up from St Mirrens pitch.

I couldn’t have the hob on any lower, I could probably hold my hand on top of it and get a nice warmth, yet the edges of my pancake resembled something that fell out of Chernobyl’s reactor even though the middle was still raw.

Have you ever seen a pancake smoking on a plate? I have.

[Alfiembra]

Lost count how many times when I go to the kitchen sink to rinse out a cup or bowl I manage to angle it just right to send a stream of water flying out the cup straight onto the worktop or down the front of me.

[Bridge hibs]

The pictures/cinema, why the **** do they make them so comfortable nowadays 😖 I admit its been a good few years that I went to the pictures but the past few times I did go I fell asleep and embarrassingly snored and grunted my head off, the seats are too ****ing cosy and I am unable to go because I fall asleep ! 😖

[Keith_M]

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The pictures/cinema, why the **** do they make them so comfortable nowadays 😖 I admit its been a good few years that I went to the pictures but the past few times I did go I fell asleep and embarrassingly snored and grunted my head off, the seats are too ****ing cosy and I am unable to go because I fall asleep ! 😖

On a related note:

Why does the sound have to be so bl**dy loud, even in the pre-film ads?

We went to the Odeon at the weekend and I actually had to go out after about ten minutes of ads because my ears hurt.

It's bad enough that you have them forced on you for 20 plus minutes but there's literally no need for that volume.

[Donegal Hibby]

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On a related note:

Why does the sound have to be so bl**dy loud, even in the pre-film ads?

We went to the Odeon at the weekend and I actually had to go out after about ten minutes of ads because my ears hurt.

It's bad enough that you have them forced on you for 20 plus minutes but there's literally no need for that volume.

Wondered about that too and now I think I’ve cracked it , it’s either to try and wake folk up snoring and grunting or just to drown them out 😂

[Keith_M]

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Wondered about that too and now I think I’ve cracked it , it’s either to try and wake folk up snoring and grunting or just to drown them out 😂

[Jones28]

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On a related note:

Why does the sound have to be so bl**dy loud, even in the pre-film ads?

We went to the Odeon at the weekend and I actually had to go out after about ten minutes of ads because my ears hurt.

It's bad enough that you have them forced on you for 20 plus minutes but there's literally no need for that volume.

Oh **** I’m in this camp.

Took the wee man to a film last year and it was needlessly loud.

Adverts are bad enough but the film could have been 20% quieter and nobody would have batted and eyelid.

[Jim44]

Cling film that doesn’t cling.

[matty_f]

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Cling film that doesn’t cling.

Just film then?

[J-C]

Sitting on the Glasgow bus heading to a gig and the number of ignorant gets sitting taking up 2 seats with their bags beside them whilst people are look for seats, grinds my gears.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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Sitting on the Glasgow bus heading to a gig and the number of ignorant gets sitting taking up 2 seats with their bags beside them whilst people are look for seats, grinds my gears.

Aye, that does my head in too.

[Hibrandenburg]

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Sitting on the Glasgow bus heading to a gig and the number of ignorant gets sitting taking up 2 seats with their bags beside them whilst people are look for seats, grinds my gears.

That's a flag for me to sit down beside them, and I take up a lot of space.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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That's a flag for me to sit down beside them, and I take up a lot of space.

I tend to do that too. 🤭

[Moulin Yarns]

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I tend to do that too. 🤭

Me too. On a bus in Edinburgh I just let my legs give way until I was squashing a woman's shopping!😉 She made a right fuss while I thanked her for letting me sit down. 🤣

[Bridge hibs]

Oh ****ing buses !! 🤬 I was sat next to someone recently who lets just say was rather chunky so it was a bit of a sweaty leggy journey. I then realised she had a mobile phone in her pocket that was on vibrate (Im positive it was a phone) Every ****ing time her phone vibrated I ****ing **** myself and thought I was getting electric shocks 🤬

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

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Sitting on the Glasgow bus heading to a gig and the number of ignorant gets sitting taking up 2 seats with their bags beside them whilst people are look for seats, grinds my gears.

The worst ones are the folk who sit in the outside seat and leave the window seat either empty or for their bags/rucksacks.

[danhibees1875]

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The worst ones are the folk who sit in the outside seat and leave the window seat either empty or for their bags/rucksacks.

I can't tell if they genuinely think they've came up with some sort of "life hack" with this, realise that they're being ****s and just don't care, or are genuinely just lost to the world around them and just sat at the first seat that took their fancy.

[speedy_gonzales]

Working from home, or rather folk that work from home.
Last year I was trimming my hedge around 2pm on a weekday afternoon when a neighbour I barely knew asked me to "maybe do it later" as they were on a Teams call and the noise was distracting.
Then yesterday afternoon, whilst doing a little DIY in my garage around lunchtime, another neighbour has now came out and asked if I can do it at the weekend as they're working from home.
No, no I'll not do it later, I am home and not working so I have little jobs I need to catch up on.
If folk are so sensitive to nose during the working day, maybe head back in to the sanctuary offered by their office?!?
The irony is I do shifts, when I'm sleeping in the a.m they think nothing of mowing their lawns or getting skips delivered (seems to be a regular occurrence) but the difference is I know to expect levels of noise during the day.

[Jones28]

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Working from home, or rather folk that work from home.
Last year I was trimming my hedge around 2pm on a weekday afternoon when a neighbour I barely knew asked me to "maybe do it later" as they were on a Teams call and the noise was distracting.
Then yesterday afternoon, whilst doing a little DIY in my garage around lunchtime, another neighbour has now came out and asked if I can do it at the weekend as they're working from home.
No, no I'll not do it later, I am home and not working so I have little jobs I need to catch up on.
If folk are so sensitive to nose during the working day, maybe head back in to the sanctuary offered by their office?!?
The irony is I do shifts, when I'm sleeping in the a.m they think nothing of mowing their lawns or getting skips delivered (seems to be a regular occurrence) but the difference is I know to expect levels of noise during the day.

I work from home full time and I wouldn't dream of trying to dictate to others how they spend their time.
Headphones are great for cutting out external noise, maybe they've never heard of them before. When I wear mine I miss parcel deliveries and all sorts. Someone could waltz in to the house, help themselves to whatever they fancy and piss off again without me noticing.

[Jones28]

Logging in to my computer.

It gives a million different options to log in but seems to randomly rotate them.

The worst 2 are the facial recognition and finger print scanner, both only work once in every 4 or 5 attempts. The FR is the worst, sit there for 30 seconds while it tries identify you before it says "you need to use your password".

Adds needless irritation to the morning.

[danhibees1875]

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I work from home full time and I wouldn't dream of trying to dictate to others how they spend their time.
Headphones are great for cutting out external noise, maybe they've never heard of them before. When I wear mine I miss parcel deliveries and all sorts. Someone could waltz in to the house, help themselves to whatever they fancy and piss off again without me noticing.

...and what's your address?

[overdrive]

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Working from home, or rather folk that work from home.
Last year I was trimming my hedge around 2pm on a weekday afternoon when a neighbour I barely knew asked me to "maybe do it later" as they were on a Teams call and the noise was distracting.
Then yesterday afternoon, whilst doing a little DIY in my garage around lunchtime, another neighbour has now came out and asked if I can do it at the weekend as they're working from home.
No, no I'll not do it later, I am home and not working so I have little jobs I need to catch up on.
If folk are so sensitive to nose during the working day, maybe head back in to the sanctuary offered by their office?!?
The irony is I do shifts, when I'm sleeping in the a.m they think nothing of mowing their lawns or getting skips delivered (seems to be a regular occurrence) but the difference is I know to expect levels of noise during the day.

I wouldn't dream of doing that when I work from home. We get a fair bit of noise at lunchtimes as we live next to two secondary schools and for some reason the kids' play park that's part of our development has become the lunchtime hangout spot for what seems like entire roll of both schools (I'm exaggerating). I wouldn't dream of saying anything to them.

Before we moved here, and still during covid times (May/June 2021), we had a similar situation to you. We had a gap between moving from the old place to the new place so were renting a flat in Leith that was an AirBnB. One day, I was on a work call and my wife had not long left for work when there was a knock at the door. Answered it and it was the woman who lived downstairs complaining that she could hear us moving around the flat, could hear us flush the toilet and could sometimes hear us talking on Teams calls. Apparently it was very distracting for her when she was on Teams calls and when she was working. She told us they were used to not having anyone above them as the flat had been vacant since the start of the pandemic so she told us (not asked) that we should refrain from moving during day, not flush the toilet and keep Teams calls to a minimum. I politely told her where to go.

A couple of weeks later we got woken up early doors on a Monday morning (7 ish) with banging - turned out that the same folk were getting full kitchen and bathroom refurbishments and new windows put in. It was noisy from like 7 to 3 every day for a couple of weeks. Was very tempted to go complain but my wife stopped me.

[Jones28]

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...and what's your address?

I've **** all worth nicking mate I wouldn't waste your time

[Keith_M]

To be prepared, I'm just writing details for my Wife's Death Certificate.

Cause of Death: Repeated and long lasting failure to finish her bl**dy sentences.

[Hibrandenburg]

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To be prepared, I'm just writing details for my Wife's Death Certificate.

Cause of Death: Repeated and long lasting failure to finish her bl**dy sentences.

I'm a ******* for finishing people's sentences for them, especially when their sentences are filled with lots of ehs, ums and ems. Probably makes me very popular

[danhibees1875]

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To be prepared, I'm just writing details for my Wife's Death Certificate.

Cause of Death: Repeated and long lasting failure to finish her bl**dy sentences.

Nothing worse than people who don't

[Keith_M]

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Nothing worse than people who don't

I know, I was just saying the other day...