Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

First.Aspect

kingstongraham said:

shirley_basso said:

Definitely pump in pocket, other tools in bottle cage holder. Keep the bike looking pro

Saddle bags are an abomination. Maybe it's an age thing?

Why would I want anything in my pockets that I don't need when I'm moving?

And what happens if you want two bottles of drink?

I don't see the issue with small saddle bags, I really don't. It was where the pros used to tape spare tubular back in the day.

Of course any saddle bag that is so large it sways should be banned.

shirley_basso

Why would you want to hang a load of ugly things on your bike? It's not a buckeroo...

pblakeney

shirley_basso said:

Why would you want to hang a load of ugly things on your bike? It's not a buckeroo...

Q. Why would you want to sit in a cafe with full pockets?

A. Personal preference.

Everyone is correct in their world.

shirley_basso

I tend not to stop - but it's not much worse than a phone.

pinno

shirley_basso said:

Definitely pump in pocket, other tools in bottle cage holder. Keep the bike looking pro

Saddle bags are an abomination. Maybe it's an age thing?

I agree.

Though no pump in jersey pockets - tools/spare tube/tyre levers in bottle cage holder with CO2 cartridge and CO2 dispenser for me. Simples.

webboo

I do most of my riding on my own. So 2 bottles, small saddle pack with 2 inner tubes, multi tool and other bits and bobs in case of a mechanical. In jersey pockets, food,phone,money, rain jacket, cafe lock and tyre glider.

Pross

Job adverts that list a company phone and laptop under benefits. How is providing equipment essential to do the job a 'benefit' to the potential employee?

pblakeney

Pross said:

Job adverts that list a company phone and laptop under benefits. How is providing equipment essential to do the job a 'benefit' to the potential employee?

I'd consider a company phone as a hindrance outside of business hours.
It would be put in a drawer and forgotten about.

First.Aspect

Pross said:

Job adverts that list a company phone and laptop under benefits. How is providing equipment essential to do the job a 'benefit' to the potential employee?

It facilitates all the extra hours at evenings and weekends?

Pross

pblakeney said:

Pross said:

Job adverts that list a company phone and laptop under benefits. How is providing equipment essential to do the job a 'benefit' to the potential employee?

I'd consider a company phone as a hindrance outside of business hours.
It would be put in a drawer and forgotten about.

Exactly. Mine gets switched off out of hours, a lesson I learned about 15 years ago when some Contractor staying in a hotel room all week would think nothing of trying to call with a question that popped into his head at 9pm. My Director had the cheek to ask me to take my work phone on holiday with me last week as he'd allowed another team member to take the same week off and had no-one to cover one of our bigger schemes, he got a short answer.

briantrumpet

The word 'yummy' used by adults. It probably shouldn't annoy me, but it does.

kingstongraham

shirley_basso said:

Why would you want to hang a load of ugly things on your bike? It's not a buckeroo...

I don't have to look at it while I'm riding it.

TheBigBean

briantrumpet said:

The word 'yummy' used by adults. It probably shouldn't annoy me, but it does.

How do you rate scrummy?

First.Aspect

Does this apply to any word ending "mmy"?

pblakeney

TheBigBean said:

briantrumpet said:

The word 'yummy' used by adults. It probably shouldn't annoy me, but it does.

How do you rate scrummy?

Prefer scrumpy.

briantrumpet

The word 'yummy' used by adults

TheBigBean said:

briantrumpet said:

The word 'yummy' used by adults. It probably shouldn't annoy me, but it does.

How do you rate scrummy?

Yes, similar. I think it reminds me of baby talk, and that's fine with babies, but not adults talking to adults (unless in an ironic way).

I'll have to think about the -mmy thing @First.Aspect - that might be a predominantly babyish construction.

veronese68

briantrumpet said:

I'll have to think about the -mmy thing @First.Aspect - that might be a predominantly babyish construction.

Nigella Lawson has quite a plummy accent

mrb123

veronese68 said:

briantrumpet said:

I'll have to think about the -mmy thing @First.Aspect - that might be a predominantly babyish construction.

Nigella Lawson has quite a plummy accent

Is she a yummy mummy?

First.Aspect

mrb123 said:

veronese68 said:

briantrumpet said:

I'll have to think about the -mmy thing @First.Aspect - that might be a predominantly babyish construction.

Nigella Lawson has quite a plummy accent

Is she a yummy mummy?

This illustrates the point perfectly.

Pross

I'll stick hollibobs in there as childish words adults shouldn't use

briantrumpet

'Tummy' too. It's baby talk. Stomach, scrumptious, etc. Unless you're speaking to babies, in which case, do carry on.

Incidentally, it seems that breasts might be involved... read on...

https://theweek.com/articles/464678/why-babies-every-country-earth-say-mama

First.Aspect

The researcher might just have a tit fixation. Mmm is the simplest closed mouth sound? Duh requires coordinating tongue to roof of mouth, puh requires a more complex lip movement.

briantrumpet

First.Aspect said:

The researcher might just have a censored fixation. Mmm is the simplest closed mouth sound? Duh requires coordinating tongue to roof of mouth, puh requires a more complex lip movement.

It's always a source of amusement to me that any practical discussion of phonetics inevitably ends up with the reader of the discussion trying out what's on the page, as sure as night follows day.

Wheelspinner

Pross said:

pblakeney said:

Pross said:

Job adverts that list a company phone and laptop under benefits. How is providing equipment essential to do the job a 'benefit' to the potential employee?

I'd consider a company phone as a hindrance outside of business hours.
It would be put in a drawer and forgotten about.

Exactly. Mine gets switched off out of hours, a lesson I learned about 15 years ago when some Contractor staying in a hotel room all week would think nothing of trying to call with a question that popped into his head at 9pm. My Director had the cheek to ask me to take my work phone on holiday with me last week as he'd allowed another team member to take the same week off and had no-one to cover one of our bigger schemes, he got a short answer.

One mob I worked at issued all sales staff with pagers (ok, this was the 80s/90s), with instructions they must have them with them at all times from 7am to 6pm. Senior rep - who was very good at his job - turned his in on day 2. “So sorry, this got wet. Do you have a spare?”

Two days later he brought in the spare, also waterlogged. Explained to the boss with a commendably straight face that he did swim training three mornings a week from 6.45 - 7.30am and he was just following the instructions to keep the pager on him at all times.

The rule was dropped. 😀

rick_chasey

The state of this:

https://twitter.com/barackobama/status/1551923232327991298?s=21&t=2auYQx0z8e6IPD54BHMWFA

I mean, the big headedness to create a graphic for twitter to share your own personal book reading list.

Bad enough he’s even created one for the summer off his own bat - is there anything more virtue signalling than a personally curated summer reading list - but the graphic, eugh.

TheBigBean

People who have brains, but instead of using them for something productive use them to avoid work. It's the often the case they put more effort into the work avoidance.

rick_chasey

TheBigBean said:

People who have brains, but instead of using them for something productive use them to avoid work. It's the often the case they put more effort into the work avoidance.

In my limited management experience this is usually because they have anxiety about the work....

webboo

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

People who have brains, but instead of using them for something productive use them to avoid work. It's the often the case they put more effort into the work avoidance.

In my limited management experience this is usually because they have anxiety about the work....

Your limited experience must be very limited if you believe it’s about anxiety.

JimD666

TheBigBean said:

People who have brains, but instead of using them for something productive use them to avoid work. It's the often the case they put more effort into the work avoidance.

It's hard work doing nothing.

You never know when you've finished.

rick_chasey

Journalists who name drop fancy schools as if we’re all supposed to know. For about a week I thought Sunak lived in the outskirts of Winchester and I wondered what the hell that mattered - is the town really that posh? “Sunak went to Winchester” wtf