Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

Garry H

Pross wrote:

Overfilled cups in cafes. I've got quite shaky hands at the best of times and by time I got to my seat this morning the saucer was nearly overflowing from spelled coffee.

Fuel prices going up - not because of the cost but because it gets ever more difficult to time the cutoff to get the cost exactly on the nearest pound (my one little OCD fetish).

Sainsbury's petrol stations always giving me a voucher I don't want along with my receipt.

I have a theory about that. It can't be that difficult to design a petrol pump that lets you select how much you want to spend...

Pross

Yeah, you can do it. I think Tesco pumps have it but I like to get the tank as full as possible as well as hitting the 00s.

Garry H

Pross wrote:

Yeah, you can do it. I think Tesco pumps have it but I like to get the tank as full as possible as well as hitting the 00s.

You're right, that's quite OCD.

pinno

Garry H wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

You're actually keeping tabs on me.

Nah, I don't need to do any chores anymore, other than put kids to bed and read them a story. Wife feels guilty since we decided that she should give up work.

If my OH gave up work, that means I would have to go to work.

what would you do?

Consultancy work for Voluntary organisations in the recycling sector - i've already got the ball rolling but had to kick back a few organisations because i'm a bit busy with the renovation. There's as much money for consultancy fees for Voluntary Orgs as there is money available for funding. Not quite but VO's don't tend to tap into the facility for some inexplicable reason. You can get money to pay people to see if you can get money. Crazy.

A full tank is less economical than a half tank.

kingstongraham

"what [insert female who was famous some time ago] looks like now is amazing!"

Older?

Garry H

KingstonGraham wrote:

"what [insert female who was famous some time ago] looks like now is amazing!"

Older?

Jawdropping?

Garry H

Pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

You're actually keeping tabs on me.

Nah, I don't need to do any chores anymore, other than put kids to bed and read them a story. Wife feels guilty since we decided that she should give up work.

If my OH gave up work, that means I would have to go to work.

what would you do?

Consultancy work for Voluntary organisations in the recycling sector - i've already got the ball rolling but had to kick back a few organisations because i'm a bit busy with the renovation. There's as much money for consultancy fees for Voluntary Orgs as there is money available for funding. Not quite but VO's don't tend to tap into the facility for some inexplicable reason. You can get money to pay people to see if you can get money. Crazy.

A full tank is less economical than a half tank.

Drive a bin lorry for Oxfam?

Gromson

Obese women (and men) who use supermarket trollies as full body walking aids. Once they flop over the handle and fill the child seats with their sweaty breasts, they become this weird amalgam of flesh with embedded wheels and breadcrumbs.

FFS people, I have to use that trolley next!

capt_slog

Gromson wrote:

Obese women (and men) who use supermarket trollies as full body walking aids. Once they flop over the handle and fill the child seats with their sweaty breasts, they become this weird amalgam of flesh with embedded wheels and breadcrumbs.

FFS people, I have to use that trolley next!

Not just the salad dodgers, but anyone doing that. Stand up straight you slobs!





Claire Balding.
Claire Balding anytime but particularly Claire Balding at the World Championship coverage from Glasgow yesterday. None of the contestants ate hay, and none of them shat on the track, so why was she there?

rolf_f

Bobbinogs wrote:

So you got close but no cigar?

B'dum-tish! Actually, I found the Monica Lewinsky link again and bravely, in the interests of research (and obvious excitement over the pleasant thought of experiencing being unable to believe what she looks like now), clicked on the link. But there were about 30 slow loading pages of before and afters of various folk and I cba with that so I still don't know what Monica Lewinsky looks like now (though if I really cared I would just do a Google image search).

dinyull

Garry H wrote:

Pross wrote:

Overfilled cups in cafes. I've got quite shaky hands at the best of times and by time I got to my seat this morning the saucer was nearly overflowing from spelled coffee.

Fuel prices going up - not because of the cost but because it gets ever more difficult to time the cutoff to get the cost exactly on the nearest pound (my one little OCD fetish).

Sainsbury's petrol stations always giving me a voucher I don't want along with my receipt.

I have a theory about that. It can't be that difficult to design a petrol pump that lets you select how much you want to spend...

Sainsburys pumps do that.

dinyull

The jaw of someone at work makes a knocking noise when they're eating. They're eating right now.

step83

Gromson wrote:

Obese women (and men) who use supermarket trollies as full body walking aids. Once they flop over the handle and fill the child seats with their sweaty breasts, they become this weird amalgam of flesh with embedded wheels and breadcrumbs.

FFS people, I have to use that trolley next!

Down here they get little carts with a basket on them. The usually have a slightly less obese friend who pushes a trolley round for them.

Thick Mike

Rolf F wrote:

Bobbinogs wrote:

So you got close but no cigar?

B'dum-tish! Actually, I found the Monica Lewinsky link again and bravely, in the interests of research (and obvious excitement over the pleasant thought of experiencing being unable to believe what she looks like now), clicked on the link. But there were about 30 slow loading pages of before and afters of various folk and I cba with that so I still don't know what Monica Lewinsky looks like now (though if I really cared I would just do a Google image search).

That colour dress really suits her

bbrap

Thick Mike wrote:

That colour dress really suits her

I'd have though a cream/off white number would have been better :P

pinno

Dinyull wrote:

Garry H wrote:

Pross wrote:

Overfilled ...receipt.

I have a theory about that. It can't be that difficult to design a petrol pump that lets you select how much you want to spend...

Sainsburys pumps do that.

They have those on the continent too.

rolf_f

Thick Mike wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

Bobbinogs wrote:

So you got close but no cigar?

B'dum-tish! Actually, I found the Monica Lewinsky link again and bravely, in the interests of research (and obvious excitement over the pleasant thought of experiencing being unable to believe what she looks like now), clicked on the link. But there were about 30 slow loading pages of before and afters of various folk and I cba with that so I still don't know what Monica Lewinsky looks like now (though if I really cared I would just do a Google image search).

That colour dress really suits her

Ahhh, thank you for that. Now I will be able to sleep at night. It is however a disappointment. I'm not quite sure why I should be unable to believe that she looks like that. It's pretty much what I thought she'd look like. The internet is such a confusing place......

Tashman

The length of receipts in retailers. I just want proof of purchace that i can lose easily. I don't want to spend my time on feeding back, or a hundred offers for somewherre i rarely go to. It needn't be longer than 10-15cm, not metres!!

dinyull

Not just length, number.

Out shopping this weekend and a few places gave a receipt for what you bought and then another 3 or 4 slips with different offers on. All thrown straight in the bin.

redjeepǃ

Lack of preparation by other people.

I went for a job interview today and they a) didn't even seem to know I was coming, despite email chains confirming times etc and b) asked me loads of stupid questions that they'd have already known the answer to if they'd bothered to read my CV beforehand.

It's such a pain in the ar$e having to stay civil to somebody that's clearly not even bothered to read your CV and then asks if you have experience in a particular area, or retarded questions such as 'how did your degree in ABC, qualify you to work in area XYZ ? (questioning that it was suitable) ". Argh, most of my day wasted, preparing, travelling, waiting and finally being interviewed.

I just hope that I can keep my anger bottled up until I get on the turbo in an hour or so.

(sorry for the vent, not sure it's trivial).

bbrap

Redjeep! wrote:

Lack of preparation by other people.

I went for a job interview today and they a) didn't even seem to know I was coming, despite email chains confirming times etc and b) asked me loads of stupid questions that they'd have already known the answer to if they'd bothered to read my CV beforehand.

It's such a pain in the ar$e having to stay civil to somebody that's clearly not even bothered to read your CV and then asks if you have experience in a particular area, or retarded questions such as 'how did your degree in ABC, qualify you to work in area XYZ ? (questioning that it was suitable) ". Argh, most of my day wasted, preparing, travelling, waiting and finally being interviewed.

I just hope that I can keep my anger bottled up until I get on the turbo in an hour or so.

(sorry for the vent, not sure it's trivial).

As an ex graduate intake interviewer (telecommunications) that is truly unforgivable. I would have been tempted to stand up and say that if you cannot be bothered to read my CV and prepare, then I'm not prepared to waste my time, and to shove your job. However, if I really wanted the job I probably would not do that :P

pinno

Redjeep! wrote:

Lack of preparation by other people.

I went for a job interview today and they a) didn't even seem to know I was coming, despite email chains confirming times etc and b) asked me loads of stupid questions that they'd have already known the answer to if they'd bothered to read my CV beforehand.

It's such a pain in the ar$e having to stay civil to somebody that's clearly not even bothered to read your CV and then asks if you have experience in a particular area, or retarded questions such as 'how did your degree in ABC, qualify you to work in area XYZ ? (questioning that it was suitable) ". Argh, most of my day wasted, preparing, travelling, waiting and finally being interviewed.

I just hope that I can keep my anger bottled up until I get on the turbo in an hour or so.

(sorry for the vent, not sure it's trivial).

You do not want a job at that place.

redjeepǃ

Thanks folks.

I agree about not wanting a job there, I have a conversation planned with the recruiter tomorrow and intend to tell her that I'm withdrawing.

They started by keeping me waiting for an hour in reception, we then went into a meeting room that had been double booked so somebody tried to throw us out after 5 minutes. I think I almost laughed at that stage. This isn't some small company.

On a positive note, I just did an epic session on my turbo (The Sufferfest ' Revolver is Easy' session) to workout the anger and am feeling much more chilled now.

Bobbinogs

Thing is, some really good big companies still have some really 'rubbish' people in so the fact that you were dicked around may not actually be reflective of the company as a whole. Try and be civil to the complete knobbers though...they are ones most likely to get promoted ;-)

hantstooflat

Bobbinogs wrote:

Thing is, some really good big companies still have some really 'rubbish' people in so the fact that you were dicked around may not actually be reflective of the company as a whole....

In fact I find that the larger companies we work with often have a lot of dead wood in terms of staff. Either people who are just there seeing out their time or people who aren't managed at all.

capt_slog

^

That's bad and it shouldn't happen.
Reminds me of job i went for once, I went in to see someone and he interviewed me. Then he took me to someone else who for some reason couldn't have been in the same place at the same time, and he interviewed me. That person then took me to yet another one who also interviewed. And so on. By the time I got to the last person, I was totally confused and couldn't remember what I'd said and didn't know if i was even repeating myself in the same interview.

Why they couldn't have all sat together in one room for 30 minutes is still completely beyond me, I think it must be that they were a bunch of wakners.

bompington

Capt Slog wrote:

^

That's bad and it shouldn't happen.
Reminds me of job i went for once, I went in to see someone and he interviewed me. Then he took me to someone else who for some reason couldn't have been in the same place at the same time, and he interviewed me. That person then took me to yet another one who also interviewed. And so on. By the time I got to the last person, I was totally confused and couldn't remember what I'd said and didn't know if i was even repeating myself in the same interview.

Why they couldn't have all sat together in one room for 30 minutes is still completely beyond me, I think it must be that they were a bunch of wakners.

Maybe it was a subtle ploy to see if you stuck to your story under pressure

dinyull

TNT "tracking".

Ordered a new bike online and should be coming today. Organised delivery today as the wife is off, received tracking number yesterday so she expected to given a time estimate when it would be delivered or better yet (like dpd) be able to actually track where the van is to allow her out of the house.

Tracking only shows that it was signed off from the depot and is on it's way. No estimate and no tracking. No doubt it'll arrive at 5 to 5 or the very moment she decides to leave the house.

pinno

Dinyull wrote:

Tracking only shows that it was signed off from the depot and is on it's way. No estimate and no tracking. No doubt it'll arrive at 5 to 5 or the very moment she decides to leave the house.

Nope. You'll get a card though the door saying 'We tried to delver at such n such time... Please call 01xxxx to re-arrange...' 'cos he came but your wife popped to the loo momentarily.

Tashman

The woman who never f*%&ing shuts up in the office