Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,666
    rick_chasey said:

    I see the rail workers are intent on screwing up everyone's xmas paryt on that note.

    Blown up our team lunch which is the main event.

    four 48 hr strikes, 13-14th and 16th-17th December (so whole week more or less) and again 3-4th and 6-7th, of Jan so that weeek too.

    Ugh. Meant to be travelling for work on 12th and 13th.

    Third time now strikes have meant I can't get the train when I otherwise would have. One of those was a strike that got cancelled but the service was still f'kd.
    - Genesis Croix de Fer
    - Dolan Tuono
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,948
    briantrumpet said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    I see the rail workers are intent on screwing up everyone's xmas paryt on that note.

    Blown up our team lunch which is the main event.

    four 48 hr strikes, 13-14th and 16th-17th December (so whole week more or less) and again 3-4th and 6-7th, of Jan so that weeek too.

    They really are a cunch of bunts. I shall beat them by cycling in.

    Don't forget to use the winter bike.
    It's also my spring, summer and autumn bike. But I'll call it my '**** the strikers bike' for that week.

    Have you thought about entering a raffle for a nice new bike?
    Who's got that as a prize?

    One of my best friends won a £2.5k bike on a raffle, sold it via eBay to a cash buyer from London who travelled down the next day to pick it up, and my friend bought a mega lens for his fancy camera and went on a safari holiday with his wife on the proceeds. I suppose you could say it was as good as a 'cash prize'.
    As good as a cash prize, but not a cash prize. Some people really need to read posts properly before going for smartarse points :smile:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,619
    Pross said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Pross said:

    Why? It was an excuse to take an afternoon off and have a meal / get hammered with your colleagues. I don't remember anyone having an issue with paying for it themselves. Always a few talking points the next day as well considering it was the less PC days of the late 80s / early 90s. There'd be a few miserable ones who would rush their meal to get back to the office for the afternoon so they didn't have to take leave or lose any flexi time though.

    Sounds worse to me. You're slacking off work and being paid by the tax payer. I'm not completely serious, but I can't understand why the tax payer buying a few drinks is worse than paying employees not to work.

    No-one was paying us, we had to take it as annual leave or from accrued flexi time.
    Group run and stop at a café?

    That's 'jolly'.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,498
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rick_chasey said:

    If not the bosses should do smaller dos for their team and pay for them

    I really struggle with this prescriptive approach..

    I think people should do what they want.

    I will not be going to the fully funded company party but will be flinging myself into the self-funded dept all dayer.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited November 2022
    Do what you like but often the office Xmas party is various shades of compulsory so it seems a bit much to make the juniors pay.

    And as for public sector - i know people who work there, some in interesting jobs, some in menial and it sounds miserable. Let em have a couple drinks on the house at least.

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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,891
    rick_chasey said:

    Do what you like but often the office Xmas party is various shades of compulsory so it seems a bit much to make the juniors pay.

    And as for public sector - i know people who work there, some in interesting jobs, some in menial and it sounds miserable. Let em have a couple drinks on the house at least.

    You could even make the work environment nice enough that people actually want to attend the free party you are offering them. Just a thought.
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    Pinnacle Monzonite

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    rjsterry said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Do what you like but often the office Xmas party is various shades of compulsory so it seems a bit much to make the juniors pay.

    And as for public sector - i know people who work there, some in interesting jobs, some in menial and it sounds miserable. Let em have a couple drinks on the house at least.

    You could even make the work environment nice enough that people actually want to attend the free party you are offering them. Just a thought.
    Right. It's quite the illustration of the cultural problem however.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rjsterry said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Do what you like but often the office Xmas party is various shades of compulsory so it seems a bit much to make the juniors pay.

    And as for public sector - i know people who work there, some in interesting jobs, some in menial and it sounds miserable. Let em have a couple drinks on the house at least.

    You could even make the work environment nice enough that people actually want to attend the free party you are offering them. Just a thought.
    They are moving various grp finance functions to India and one of the people slated for redundancy was asked why she was not going to the funded Xmas lunch and she told them "I don't want to spend the afternoon with a bunch of cvnts"

    The world needs more honesty and papering over the cracks with a couple of free drinks is pointless.

    I also think borederline immoral when the moneycould be used to save somebody's job.
  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,666
    surrey_commuter said:

    rjsterry said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Do what you like but often the office Xmas party is various shades of compulsory so it seems a bit much to make the juniors pay.

    And as for public sector - i know people who work there, some in interesting jobs, some in menial and it sounds miserable. Let em have a couple drinks on the house at least.

    You could even make the work environment nice enough that people actually want to attend the free party you are offering them. Just a thought.
    They are moving various grp finance functions to India and one of the people slated for redundancy was asked why she was not going to the funded Xmas lunch and she told them "I don't want to spend the afternoon with a bunch of cvnts"

    The world needs more honesty and papering over the cracks with a couple of free drinks is pointless.

    I also think borederline immoral when the moneycould be used to save somebody's job.
    That is one hell of a christmas lunch if it would fund a FTE
    - Genesis Croix de Fer
    - Dolan Tuono
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited November 2022
    Even our outlandish xmas lunches with 3 course meals, unlimited wine, cocktails and spirits in Chelsea only got to £3k
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    rick_chasey said:

    Even our outlandish xmas lunches with 3 course meals, unlimited wine, cocktails and spirits in Chelsea only got to £3k

    Bunch of lightweights obviously
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    For 15 of us :)
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    Jeez, I'd originally assumed about 5 of you!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,948
    Only £200 each? You're not trying hard enough.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,287
    When I worked at a recruitment company this was the Christmas party each year.

    https://youtu.be/JxutZB8mPFs

    (Plus a department lunch.)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    JFC. That looks horrendous.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    Bet the sniffer dogs would have fun in that place! Wouldn't be going to that even if it was all free, chuck the equivalent in my Christmas bonus please.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    In the car today (having been for a bike ride) and ended up in an altercation with a cyclist, believe it or not.

    Pootling at about 10-15mph, and a cyclist pulls out, turning left, right out of a side street right under my bonnet - was *extremely* close to running him over.

    Honked the horn - he pulls in the middle and suddenly stops. I end up nudging his bike as even though i'm going slowly I can't stop that fast. Man unleashes. Properly mental.

    I kept calm for a change and explained that I almost ran him over because he pulled out when he shouldn't have and he just went through all the 4 letter words.
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,802
    rick_chasey said:

    In the car today (having been for a bike ride) and ended up in an altercation with a cyclist, believe it or not.

    Pootling at about 10-15mph, and a cyclist pulls out, turning left, right out of a side street right under my bonnet - was *extremely* close to running him over.

    Honked the horn - he pulls in the middle and suddenly stops. I end up nudging his bike as even though i'm going slowly I can't stop that fast. Man unleashes. Properly mental.

    I kept calm for a change and explained that I almost ran him over because he pulled out when he shouldn't have and he just went through all the 4 letter words.

    Bloody cyclists.
  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,666
    Was the car ok?
    - Genesis Croix de Fer
    - Dolan Tuono
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,891
    surrey_commuter said:

    rjsterry said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Do what you like but often the office Xmas party is various shades of compulsory so it seems a bit much to make the juniors pay.

    And as for public sector - i know people who work there, some in interesting jobs, some in menial and it sounds miserable. Let em have a couple drinks on the house at least.

    You could even make the work environment nice enough that people actually want to attend the free party you are offering them. Just a thought.
    They are moving various grp finance functions to India and one of the people slated for redundancy was asked why she was not going to the funded Xmas lunch and she told them "I don't want to spend the afternoon with a bunch of cvnts"

    The world needs more honesty and papering over the cracks with a couple of free drinks is pointless.

    I also think borederline immoral when the moneycould be used to save somebody's job.
    You can't 'save someone's job' with a few grand from the Christmas party budget. Either they have work to do or they don't.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    Kids being given a full day off school to watch football matches when only a few months ago we were being told of how badly they had fallen behind due to Covid.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    Working all-nighters.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,948
    rick_chasey said:

    In the car today (having been for a bike ride) and ended up in an altercation with a cyclist, believe it or not.

    Pootling at about 10-15mph, and a cyclist pulls out, turning left, right out of a side street right under my bonnet - was *extremely* close to running him over.

    Honked the horn - he pulls in the middle and suddenly stops. I end up nudging his bike as even though i'm going slowly I can't stop that fast. Man unleashes. Properly mental.

    I kept calm for a change and explained that I almost ran him over because he pulled out when he shouldn't have and he just went through all the 4 letter words.

    Too many of these types on the road :)

    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Pross said:

    Kids being given a full day off school to watch football matches when only a few months ago we were being told of how badly they had fallen behind due to Covid.

    as in the shools shut or turning a blind eye?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    surrey_commuter said:

    Pross said:

    Kids being given a full day off school to watch football matches when only a few months ago we were being told of how badly they had fallen behind due to Covid.

    as in the shools shut or turning a blind eye?
    The one on the TV this morning (with trivially annoying Jayne McCubbin reporting) had given the kids an option of an inset day or the chance to go in and watch the match with their mates. I’m sure if a parent decided to randomly take their kid out of school for a day to go on holiday early they’d have been given a stroppy letter or fine.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,619
    Well parents locally take their kids out of school to go on holiday and nothing ever happens. Apparently there is a form you have to fill in to legitimise it.
    But I can understand (to an extent) given that holidays taken during the off season period cost double.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    ‘Fan zones’ in England. Paying £15 to go and throw £8 pints when England score. Pure w@nker behaviour.

    Go the pub with your mates
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    ‘Absolute limbs’

    Makes me want to punch myself in the face.

    I am definitely getting more miserable and cynical…..

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