Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

TheBigBean

surrey_commuter said:

Schools are shutting for a day because the bank holiday was during half term

Truly these people have no shame

I complained about that upthread. I think I was told that I am showing my naivety about schools. You should be a pro by now.

mully79

The schools haven’t realised there’s a cost of living crisis.
Apparently need a red T-shirt, a blue T-shirt and fancy dress next week.

TheBigBean

Another school one from me. In a calendar year, there are 5 inset days, 2 parents "evening" days and 3 half days at the end of term. So, a total of 10 days for which there are no childcare options as holiday clubs only do holidays. If you have another child in nursery or a different school, it is entirely possible for there to be very little overlap. That's a lot of trivially annoying days.

briantrumpet

TheBigBean said:

Another school one from me. In a calendar year, there are 5 inset days, 2 parents "evening" days and 3 half days at the end of term. So, a total of 10 days for which there are no childcare options as holiday clubs only do holidays. If you have another child in nursery or a different school, it is entirely possible for there to be very little overlap. That's a lot of trivially annoying days.

FWIW, I suspect most teachers would be rather teaching than insetting.

morstar

In all fairness, the bank holiday situation is no different for any other employees.

Christmas Day falls on a non-working day, you get a Monday bank holiday.

Work Tuesday to Friday, you get 0.8 days off on a bank holiday week.

Schools do plenty of stuff to suit themselves but on this one they are no different to any other organisation.

pinno

TheBigBean said:

Another school one from me. In a calendar year, there are 5 inset days, 2 parents "evening" days and 3 half days at the end of term. So, a total of 10 days for which there are no childcare options as holiday clubs only do holidays. If you have another child in nursery or a different school, it is entirely possible for there to be very little overlap. That's a lot of trivially annoying days.

Be grateful that we have one of the fewest numbers of bank holidays in the world.
Only Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Taiwan have less.

pinno

mully79 said:

The schools haven’t realised there’s a cost of living crisis.
Apparently need a red T-shirt, a blue T-shirt and fancy dress next week.

'Next week' !
Are they a bit late?

mully79

pinno said:

mully79 said:

The schools haven’t realised there’s a cost of living crisis.
Apparently need a red T-shirt, a blue T-shirt and fancy dress next week.

'Next week' !
Are they a bit late?

The crown she had to make only had to go in this week. I think they’re celebrating the jubilee this week as they were on half term plus 2 extra inset days to make up for the bank holidays they had off.

surrey_commuter

morstar said:

In all fairness, the bank holiday situation is no different for any other employees.

Christmas Day falls on a non-working day, you get a Monday bank holiday.

Work Tuesday to Friday, you get 0.8 days off on a bank holiday week.

Schools do plenty of stuff to suit themselves but on this one they are no different to any other organisation.

I just don’t agree that 13 weeks is too little holiday

pblakeney

surrey_commuter said:

morstar said:

In all fairness, the bank holiday situation is no different for any other employees.

Christmas Day falls on a non-working day, you get a Monday bank holiday.

Work Tuesday to Friday, you get 0.8 days off on a bank holiday week.

Schools do plenty of stuff to suit themselves but on this one they are no different to any other organisation.

I just don’t agree that 13 weeks is too little holiday

Not another rehash of this debate, please.

Ben6899

In the interests of balance, I've just paid £39.98 for return flights to Palma Majorca... which is the cheapest flight I have ever booked.

kingstongraham

I booked return Eurostar to Paris for £100, and that was before they announced a 20% off sale.

I guess booking just before they announce a sale is trivially annoying in itself.

pinno

Ben6899 said:

In the interests of balance, I've just paid £39.98 for return flights to Palma Majorca... which is the cheapest flight I have ever booked.

In this:

Ben6899

kingstongraham said:

I booked return Eurostar to Paris for £100, and that was before they announced a 20% off sale.

I guess booking just before they announce a sale is trivially annoying in itself.

Ah, I get discounted Eurostar travel anyway. Just a shame it doesn't extend to the Eurotunnel...

Ben6899

pinno said:

Ben6899 said:

In the interests of balance, I've just paid £39.98 for return flights to Palma Majorca... which is the cheapest flight I have ever booked.

In this:

Yes. From London City!

kingstongraham

Also, I'd booked the trip to Paris to go to a concert because the (rearranged) London dates had been completely sold out since before the pandemic. Then a week later they released a few new tickets for London.

Only trivially annoying because I still get a trip to Paris.

pinno

kingstongraham said:

Also, I'd booked the trip to Paris to go to a concert because the (rearranged) London dates had been completely sold out since before the pandemic. Then a week later they released a few new tickets for London.

Only trivially annoying because I still get a trip to Paris.

Rod Stewart concert?

kingstongraham

pinno said:

kingstongraham said:

Also, I'd booked the trip to Paris to go to a concert because the (rearranged) London dates had been completely sold out since before the pandemic. Then a week later they released a few new tickets for London.

Only trivially annoying because I still get a trip to Paris.

Rod Stewart concert?

I don't want to talk about it.

pblakeney

pinno said:

kingstongraham said:

Also, I'd booked the trip to Paris to go to a concert because the (rearranged) London dates had been completely sold out since before the pandemic. Then a week later they released a few new tickets for London.

Only trivially annoying because I still get a trip to Paris.

Rod Stewart concert?

I saw him a couple of years ago. I'd save your time, if not money.
His voice is shot and not going to get better with age.

pinno

Rewind Blakey...

You went to a Rod Stewart concert?1

pblakeney

pinno said:

Rewind Blakey...

You went to a Rod Stewart concert?1

Twice. Once in the 80s, and once with the wife in 2016.
2016 was the bad one. I thought it was only a couple of years. Wowza!

morstar

pblakeney said:

pinno said:

Rewind Blakey...

You went to a Rod Stewart concert?1

Twice. Once in the 80s, and once with the wife in 2016.
2016 was the bad one. I thought it was only a couple of years. Wowza!

Ahhh, the joys of ageing!

How long ago?

At the start line of a triathlon a while back, I kept wondering why they’d put me in the wrong age group.
Turns out it was me in the wrong. Only saving grace was I hadn’t bothered enquiring as it really didn’t matter. Might have been embarrassing when they had to explain to me how old I was based on my date of birth.

pblakeney

😂😂😂

briantrumpet

Having to come back to Devon just five days before the Dauphiné was on my home turf, here at Col de Cabre today, after doing most of the stage on roads I know extremely well. Oh well.

rick_chasey

People who don’t understand that there isn’t a linear price relationship between crude prices and gasoline prices, and there are inputs beyond the price of crude that go into gasoline prices.

mully79

rick_chasey said:

People who don’t understand that there isn’t a linear price relationship between crude prices and gasoline prices, and there are inputs beyond the price of crude that go into gasoline prices.

I assume a buyer buys so many barrels of crude at a price then we pay through the nose if the price was high until all of those barrels have been processed. If the price of crude goes up after the buyers bought the barrels they charge us more to cover their costs. If the government taxes them more they pass the costs on to us. If the government taxes them less they invest more so they can screw us more later

pinno

This ^.

verylonglegs

I may be late to the party on this as hadn't bought much clothing recently but cycling shorts that nearly go to the knee and short sleeve jerseys that go closer to the elbow than the shoulder. We are not all chasing aero gains/looking like a pro and it would be nice to have decent kit that still has a traditional cut.

briantrumpet

verylonglegs said:

I may be late to the party on this as hadn't bought much clothing recently but cycling shorts that nearly go to the knee and short sleeve jerseys that go closer to the elbow than the shoulder. We are not all chasing aero gains/looking like a pro and it would be nice to have decent kit that still has a traditional cut.

Changing fashions are very bemusing sometimes. It seems the mullet is back for (some) teenage boys - I can only assume it's a way of signalling their rebellious streak, but someone ought to tell them it looked really stupid the first time, and still does.

rick_chasey

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/06/09/refiners-are-providing-a-fresh-source-of-drama-for-oil-markets

For example.