Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

briantrumpet

Stevo_666 said:

mully79 said:

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Stevo_666 said:

pinno said:

lesfirth said:

Stevo_666 said:

Often having to brake to join the main carriageway at the end of a slip road annoys me.

You need to learn how to drive. read Highway code 259...check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane.

But that's boring.

Anyway, if I saw Stevo in my wing mirror hammering down the slip road ('cos accelerating downhill is great fun), i'd slow the f.ucker down.

I find that slower cars often try to do that

It's a bit like an Electric car driver who drives around too slowly holding up lots of others but then tries to accelerate when you overtake him. Room 101 awaits for those types of drivers...

It's usually codgers in my experience. Mind you, that generally means they're driving a shyte far that's easy to overtake even when they're trying to stop you. If my window is open I give them a friendly wave after I've passed

I suppose one good thing about Austin Allegros was that you knew that they were only driven by old codgers.

pblakeney

pblakeney said:

shirley_basso said:

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As for the takeaway every night - how the fark do people afford it!?

Speculating but they bought the house off inheritance.
Given the amount they must have spent* doing the place up and their lifestyle I guess chickens will come home to roost at some point.

*Hot tub installed at the start of 1st lockdown, new decking etc, etc. Used 3 times (that we know of) and currently in a state of disrepair as but one example.

Latest update on this as it has not been used since that post.
The hot tub is currently in the drive ready for the tip. That is one hell of a waste of money.

Oh, a wedding next month, and a child due the same month. I think that chicken will be home soon.

Stevo_666

briantrumpet said:

Stevo_666 said:

mully79 said:

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Stevo_666 said:

pinno said:

lesfirth said:

Stevo_666 said:

Often having to brake to join the main carriageway at the end of a slip road annoys me.

You need to learn how to drive. read Highway code 259...check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane.

But that's boring.

Anyway, if I saw Stevo in my wing mirror hammering down the slip road ('cos accelerating downhill is great fun), i'd slow the f.ucker down.

I find that slower cars often try to do that

It's a bit like an Electric car driver who drives around too slowly holding up lots of others but then tries to accelerate when you overtake him. Room 101 awaits for those types of drivers...

It's usually codgers in my experience. Mind you, that generally means they're driving a shyte far that's easy to overtake even when they're trying to stop you. If my window is open I give them a friendly wave after I've passed

I suppose one good thing about Austin Allegros was that you knew that they were only driven by old codgers.

True, although the Honda Jazz seems to be taking its place as the mobility scooter of choice for the current generation of codgers and biddies.

pblakeney

Stevo_666 said:

briantrumpet said:

Stevo_666 said:

mully79 said:

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Stevo_666 said:

pinno said:

lesfirth said:

Stevo_666 said:

Often having to brake to join the main carriageway at the end of a slip road annoys me.

You need to learn how to drive. read Highway code 259...check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane.

But that's boring.

Anyway, if I saw Stevo in my wing mirror hammering down the slip road ('cos accelerating downhill is great fun), i'd slow the f.ucker down.

I find that slower cars often try to do that

It's a bit like an Electric car driver who drives around too slowly holding up lots of others but then tries to accelerate when you overtake him. Room 101 awaits for those types of drivers...

It's usually codgers in my experience. Mind you, that generally means they're driving a shyte far that's easy to overtake even when they're trying to stop you. If my window is open I give them a friendly wave after I've passed

I suppose one good thing about Austin Allegros was that you knew that they were only driven by old codgers.

True, although the Honda Jazz seems to be taking its place as the mobility scooter of choice for the current generation of codgers and biddies.

Has that taken the mantle from the Nissan Micra?

First.Aspect

pblakeney said:

Stevo_666 said:

briantrumpet said:

Stevo_666 said:

mully79 said:

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Stevo_666 said:

pinno said:

lesfirth said:

Stevo_666 said:

Often having to brake to join the main carriageway at the end of a slip road annoys me.

You need to learn how to drive. read Highway code 259...check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane.

But that's boring.

Anyway, if I saw Stevo in my wing mirror hammering down the slip road ('cos accelerating downhill is great fun), i'd slow the f.ucker down.

I find that slower cars often try to do that

It's a bit like an Electric car driver who drives around too slowly holding up lots of others but then tries to accelerate when you overtake him. Room 101 awaits for those types of drivers...

It's usually codgers in my experience. Mind you, that generally means they're driving a shyte far that's easy to overtake even when they're trying to stop you. If my window is open I give them a friendly wave after I've passed

I suppose one good thing about Austin Allegros was that you knew that they were only driven by old codgers.

True, although the Honda Jazz seems to be taking its place as the mobility scooter of choice for the current generation of codgers and biddies.

Has that taken the mantle from the Nissan Micra?

Have Volvo shaken off that reputation now?

pblakeney

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

Stevo_666 said:

briantrumpet said:

Stevo_666 said:

mully79 said:

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Stevo_666 said:

pinno said:

lesfirth said:

Stevo_666 said:

Often having to brake to join the main carriageway at the end of a slip road annoys me.

You need to learn how to drive. read Highway code 259...check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane.

But that's boring.

Anyway, if I saw Stevo in my wing mirror hammering down the slip road ('cos accelerating downhill is great fun), i'd slow the f.ucker down.

I find that slower cars often try to do that

It's a bit like an Electric car driver who drives around too slowly holding up lots of others but then tries to accelerate when you overtake him. Room 101 awaits for those types of drivers...

It's usually codgers in my experience. Mind you, that generally means they're driving a shyte far that's easy to overtake even when they're trying to stop you. If my window is open I give them a friendly wave after I've passed

I suppose one good thing about Austin Allegros was that you knew that they were only driven by old codgers.

True, although the Honda Jazz seems to be taking its place as the mobility scooter of choice for the current generation of codgers and biddies.

Has that taken the mantle from the Nissan Micra?

Have Volvo shaken off that reputation now?

I thought Volvos were the sensible option for the 50s-60s.
The Micra is the choice of the 70+. Or was....

First.Aspect

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

Stevo_666 said:

briantrumpet said:

Stevo_666 said:

mully79 said:

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Stevo_666 said:

pinno said:

lesfirth said:

Stevo_666 said:

Often having to brake to join the main carriageway at the end of a slip road annoys me.

You need to learn how to drive. read Highway code 259...check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane.

But that's boring.

Anyway, if I saw Stevo in my wing mirror hammering down the slip road ('cos accelerating downhill is great fun), i'd slow the f.ucker down.

I find that slower cars often try to do that

It's a bit like an Electric car driver who drives around too slowly holding up lots of others but then tries to accelerate when you overtake him. Room 101 awaits for those types of drivers...

It's usually codgers in my experience. Mind you, that generally means they're driving a shyte far that's easy to overtake even when they're trying to stop you. If my window is open I give them a friendly wave after I've passed

I suppose one good thing about Austin Allegros was that you knew that they were only driven by old codgers.

True, although the Honda Jazz seems to be taking its place as the mobility scooter of choice for the current generation of codgers and biddies.

Has that taken the mantle from the Nissan Micra?

Have Volvo shaken off that reputation now?

I thought Volvos were the sensible option for the 50s-60s.
The Micra is the choice of the 70+. Or was....

What about Skoda? The choice of people who think VW is too flamboyant.

pblakeney

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

Stevo_666 said:

briantrumpet said:

Stevo_666 said:

mully79 said:

…

Stevo_666 said:

pinno said:

lesfirth said:

Stevo_666 said:

Often having to brake to join the main carriageway at the end of a slip road annoys me.

You need to learn how to drive. read Highway code 259...check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane.

But that's boring.

Anyway, if I saw Stevo in my wing mirror hammering down the slip road ('cos accelerating downhill is great fun), i'd slow the f.ucker down.

I find that slower cars often try to do that

It's a bit like an Electric car driver who drives around too slowly holding up lots of others but then tries to accelerate when you overtake him. Room 101 awaits for those types of drivers...

It's usually codgers in my experience. Mind you, that generally means they're driving a shyte far that's easy to overtake even when they're trying to stop you. If my window is open I give them a friendly wave after I've passed

I suppose one good thing about Austin Allegros was that you knew that they were only driven by old codgers.

True, although the Honda Jazz seems to be taking its place as the mobility scooter of choice for the current generation of codgers and biddies.

Has that taken the mantle from the Nissan Micra?

Have Volvo shaken off that reputation now?

I thought Volvos were the sensible option for the 50s-60s.
The Micra is the choice of the 70+. Or was....

What about Skoda? The choice of people who think VW is too flamboyant.

I don't think that is an age related choice though. 😉

focuszing723

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1559179458329956354?cxt=HHwWhMC-rZvdqKMrAAAA

The fact that somebody sat down and thought at some point, "Ohhh, I know, what if we put and RPG on a robotic dog?".

Pross

BBC sports reporter referring to winning a European championships as a global title.

katani

focuszing723 said:

Boomer haters should only be able to have a grievance if they were hatched. If not, then you were created by them so you should be silent by complicity.

I was created by my parents exclusively and not every single elderly person who lives in the country who individually I don't consider myself owning anything. Why should I remain silent when anyone regardless their age is being disrespectful to others regardless their age?

pblakeney

katani said:

focuszing723 said:

Boomer haters should only be able to have a grievance if they were hatched. If not, then you were created by them so you should be silent by complicity.

I was created by my parents exclusively and not every single elderly person who lives in the country who individually I don't consider myself owning anything. Why should I remain silent when anyone regardless their age is being disrespectful to others regardless their age?

You should call out the individuals, not an entire sub section of society.

veronese68

pblakeney said:

katani said:

focuszing723 said:

Boomer haters should only be able to have a grievance if they were hatched. If not, then you were created by them so you should be silent by complicity.

I was created by my parents exclusively and not every single elderly person who lives in the country who individually I don't consider myself owning anything. Why should I remain silent when anyone regardless their age is being disrespectful to others regardless their age?

You should call out the individuals, not an entire sub section of society.

This should be obvious, unfortunately it goes over the heads of many.

rick_chasey

So we're at the point now where every single phone line to a corporate says, at any time of the day, they're "unusually busy" or are "taking longer than usual" to answer the calls.

Guys, we know the deal. You don't have enough people to answer the calls in a timely manner. No firm does. They're rubbish jobs that don't pay enough. Stop lying.

First.Aspect

rick_chasey said:

So we're at the point now where every single phone line to a corporate says, at any time of the day, they're "unusually busy" or are "taking longer than usual" to answer the calls.

Guys, we know the deal. You don't have enough people to answer the calls in a timely manner. No firm does. They're rubbish jobs that don't pay enough. Stop lying.

Your message is important to us and we will reply as soon as possible.

First.Aspect

I was given a choice of hold music by Sky the other day. Unfortunately "none" wasn't an option.

TheBigBean

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

So we're at the point now where every single phone line to a corporate says, at any time of the day, they're "unusually busy" or are "taking longer than usual" to answer the calls.

Guys, we know the deal. You don't have enough people to answer the calls in a timely manner. No firm does. They're rubbish jobs that don't pay enough. Stop lying.

Your message is important to us and we will reply as soon as possible.

Have you checked their website?

rick_chasey

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

So we're at the point now where every single phone line to a corporate says, at any time of the day, they're "unusually busy" or are "taking longer than usual" to answer the calls.

Guys, we know the deal. You don't have enough people to answer the calls in a timely manner. No firm does. They're rubbish jobs that don't pay enough. Stop lying.

Your message is important to us and we will reply as soon as possible.

Have you checked their website?

Right?

Also, it may be the job, it may be the way my brain is wired but I find things so much easier to understand when I talk to someone than trying to parse stuff off the website which is inevitably designed to be flashy rather than present the information as I need to understand it.

Questions like "is this all that is available?" you can't ask online.

rick_chasey

Also, most people seem to hate phone calls, but I get really annoyed when back and forth email conversations happen - it is such a waste of time. You can cover off a lot in 3 minutes.

rick_chasey

Turns out my former employer gave the pension company *the wrong birth date* for me so I can't do anything without literally writing a letter to them, explaining they screwed up.

They need:

Your name
Your date of birth
Your national insurance number
Please tell us the company who set your pension up (if you know it)
If you believe we hold out of date contact details please give us your new details and we can update them
Please request a pension statement
Please sign the document
It is also useful if you could also send in a copy of identification enclosed with the letter

What a faff.

capt_slog

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

So we're at the point now where every single phone line to a corporate says, at any time of the day, they're "unusually busy" or are "taking longer than usual" to answer the calls.

Guys, we know the deal. You don't have enough people to answer the calls in a timely manner. No firm does. They're rubbish jobs that don't pay enough. Stop lying.

Your message is important to us and we will reply as soon as possible.

Have you checked their website?

Right?

Also, it may be the job, it may be the way my brain is wired but I find things so much easier to understand when I talk to someone than trying to parse stuff off the website which is inevitably designed to be flashy rather than present the information as I need to understand it.

Questions like "is this all that is available?" you can't ask online.

Slight tangent to the topic..

I find it annoying that a company can't/won't answer three emails asking "what went wrong with this booking?" (Secret Escapes in this case).

But are all over it like a rash the moment you ask the same question on their facebook page.

First.Aspect

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

So we're at the point now where every single phone line to a corporate says, at any time of the day, they're "unusually busy" or are "taking longer than usual" to answer the calls.

Guys, we know the deal. You don't have enough people to answer the calls in a timely manner. No firm does. They're rubbish jobs that don't pay enough. Stop lying.

Your message is important to us and we will reply as soon as possible.

Have you checked their website?

Your message is important to us and we will reply as soon as possible.

pblakeney

capt_slog said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

So we're at the point now where every single phone line to a corporate says, at any time of the day, they're "unusually busy" or are "taking longer than usual" to answer the calls.

Guys, we know the deal. You don't have enough people to answer the calls in a timely manner. No firm does. They're rubbish jobs that don't pay enough. Stop lying.

Your message is important to us and we will reply as soon as possible.

Have you checked their website?

Right?

Also, it may be the job, it may be the way my brain is wired but I find things so much easier to understand when I talk to someone than trying to parse stuff off the website which is inevitably designed to be flashy rather than present the information as I need to understand it.

Questions like "is this all that is available?" you can't ask online.

Slight tangent to the topic..

I find it annoying that a company can't/won't answer three emails asking "what went wrong with this booking?" (Secret Escapes in this case).

But are all over it like a rash the moment you ask the same question on their facebook page.

FB is public and therefore damaging to their reputation.
Your emails are invisible to the public. I go public if polite queries get ignored*.

*Actually most times a credit card refund claim is effective.

briantrumpet

capt_slog said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

So we're at the point now where every single phone line to a corporate says, at any time of the day, they're "unusually busy" or are "taking longer than usual" to answer the calls.

Guys, we know the deal. You don't have enough people to answer the calls in a timely manner. No firm does. They're rubbish jobs that don't pay enough. Stop lying.

Your message is important to us and we will reply as soon as possible.

Have you checked their website?

Right?

Also, it may be the job, it may be the way my brain is wired but I find things so much easier to understand when I talk to someone than trying to parse stuff off the website which is inevitably designed to be flashy rather than present the information as I need to understand it.

Questions like "is this all that is available?" you can't ask online.

Slight tangent to the topic..

I find it annoying that a company can't/won't answer three emails asking "what went wrong with this booking?" (Secret Escapes in this case).

But are all over it like a rash the moment you ask the same question on their facebook page.

Twitter can work quite well too for non-responders. It's actually why I joined Twitter in the first place. I'll always give them a les public chance first though, via email or Twitter messaging

capt_slog

pblakeney said:

capt_slog said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

So we're at the point now where every single phone line to a corporate says, at any time of the day, they're "unusually busy" or are "taking longer than usual" to answer the calls.

Guys, we know the deal. You don't have enough people to answer the calls in a timely manner. No firm does. They're rubbish jobs that don't pay enough. Stop lying.

Your message is important to us and we will reply as soon as possible.

Have you checked their website?

Right?

Also, it may be the job, it may be the way my brain is wired but I find things so much easier to understand when I talk to someone than trying to parse stuff off the website which is inevitably designed to be flashy rather than present the information as I need to understand it.

Questions like "is this all that is available?" you can't ask online.

Slight tangent to the topic..

I find it annoying that a company can't/won't answer three emails asking "what went wrong with this booking?" (Secret Escapes in this case).

But are all over it like a rash the moment you ask the same question on their facebook page.

FB is public and therefore damaging to their reputation.
Your emails are invisible to the public. I go public if polite queries get ignored*.

*Actually most times a credit card refund claim is effective.

I understand the 'why' of it, but it's still bloody annoying, especially when you see how many operatives are manning that page.

The 'community forum' of a telecommunications company is another example. If you try to go through their online chat or calling, it takes an age and nothing gets done, but the forum page is way to go apparently.

pblakeney

I am of the opinion that Covid broke the resilience of all systems not only in this country but the entire western world. It's almost as if those who were being shafted realised just how much they were being shafted.

rick_chasey

pblakeney said:

I am of the opinion that Covid broke the resilience of all systems not only in this country but the entire western world. It's almost as if those who were being shafted realised just how much they were being shafted.

Will be good long-term, I suspect. I am optimistic about that.

Speaking to my colleagues in China, for all my West-bashing during the pandemic, the chinese haven't half got 2021 and 2022 wrong. Total disaster.

pblakeney

rick_chasey said:

pblakeney said:

I am of the opinion that Covid broke the resilience of all systems not only in this country but the entire western world. It's almost as if those who were being shafted realised just how much they were being shafted.

Will be good long-term, I suspect. I am optimistic about that.

Speaking to my colleagues in China, for all my West-bashing during the pandemic, the chinese haven't half got 2021 and 2022 wrong. Total disaster.

Probably. Eventually.
I wonder what is going to change in order to make people do shitty jobs for shitty wages. Wage increases? Inflation?

masjer

The backward thinking anti-cycling propaganda grows. Another great way to tackle the climate change 'emergency'.
I'm so against this, I'd consider either not following any new laws, just drive, or move to China for some freedom.

pblakeney

Just had some thoughts.
How are they going to report you for not having plates if you don't have plates to get the details from? 🤔
Has number plates stopped drivers from breaking laws? 🤔
All cars are insured, right? 🤔

The story is stupid at all levels.