Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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That seemed to start in Euro 2016, I assume the first time it was people genuinely getting excited and after that all the copycat morons decided to do it for the fun of it. If you did that in a pub normally you’d get filled in.0
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Quite right toPross said:That seemed to start in Euro 2016, I assume the first time it was people genuinely getting excited and after that all the copycat morons decided to do it for the fun of it. If you did that in a pub normally you’d get filled in.
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At a time when people are getting payments from the Government towards their fuel bills and there are risks of power cuts, people who completely cover their houses in lights and naff illuminated decorations.0
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Gets what?rick_chasey said:1 -
Is he really equating people suggesting moving to work somewhere cheaper in order to get a foot on the housing ladder would be the same as forcing someone to sell the property they’ve already bought?rick_chasey said:0 -
More that it’s an annoying riposte to complaints about how expensive living in London is especially when you’re young, and the equivalent riposte for oldies would be unpalatable
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Seems fair in that context.Pross said:
Is he really equating people suggesting moving to work somewhere cheaper in order to get a foot on the housing ladder would be the same as forcing someone to sell the property they’ve already bought?rick_chasey said:
(The context being the suggestion that someone with an asset worth a million pounds maybe shouldn't get a state pension.)0 -
So it turns out this loophole is also being used up north.rick_chasey said:
Ideally I want them to lose the franchise, but I'd like compensation for the disruption.pangolin said:What outcome are you hoping for?
They cancelled the trains for 2 weeks which was bad enough but at least I could claim compensation for it.
Now, rather than cancelling the trains they're removed them from the timetable, so no compensation claims are possible.
I've obviously complained to them but what use does that do.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/27/revealed-north-of-england-train-line-vastly-under-reports-cancellations?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
You heard it here first, dear reader.0 -
Tbf, if I were the 65 year old then selling up is exactly what I would do.rick_chasey said:This guy gets it:
...The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
But probably not moving to Hull.0
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That is true. Other downsizing locations are available.monkimark said:But probably not moving to Hull.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Trying to use a 50p-off coupon one day after it expired.
Now, if that's not trivial *and* annoying, I don't know what is.1 -
I don't watch much football, but co-commentators/pundits get on my nerves by asking a question of the very thing they’ve just stated. A qualified statement.
“What a great pass, wasn’t it?”
“The keeper’s made a real hash of that, hasn’t he?”
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Or "n'est-ce pas?!"masjer said:I don't watch much football, but co-commentators/pundits get on my nerves by asking a question of the very thing they’ve just stated. A qualified statement.
“What a great pass, wasn’t it?”
“The keeper’s made a real hash of that, hasn’t he?”
It's not really a question though, it's a reinforcement of the statement... in the French case it's really a challenge to the other person... "You can't disagree, can you?"0 -
I'm not sure I can agree with that, or can I ?0
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masjer said:
I'm not sure I can agree with that, or can I ?
Are you saying I might be wrong?0 -
Yeah, yeah. I can se where you want this to go.briantrumpet said:
What really pixxes me off is the football commentators (turned football experts) who starts their questions with the manager like this:
"Last week, you started with a 4-4-2 which was successful and this week you went with a 4-3-3, do you think that was cause of your loss?"
[Manager looks nonplussed before a long umm and then you can see in his eyes that he may as well agree with expert commentator because contradicting him might result in a bun fight and 'I told him so'].
Contrast this with the Eurosport translator who turned commentator and he asks straight questions (almost naïve at times) but he lets the person he is interviewing do the talking and the responses often speak volumes.
It's actually far better journalism.
Funniest football quote:
Joseph-Désiré Job comes off the bench for Middlesbrough FC in an FA cup game, gets 2 goals and they go through.
Interviewer: "I bet your happy with coming off the bench and scoring 2 goals"
FSP; "I no like to watch, I like to play... and when I play, I play my fcuking balls off"
BBC cuts to Gary Lineker quickly (it's live): Gary says: He must have some physio.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Royal Mail strikes today, tomorrow, 9, 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24 December.
Didn't realise how many there were. Wife's birthday this weekend which is unfortunate timing.- Genesis Croix de Fer
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I have, but slight role change too so hard to compare apples to apples.rick_chasey said:Who here has managed an inflation related pay rise?
I've got more sympathy with posties than train drivers, looking at salaries.- Genesis Croix de Fer
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No rise in 2 years.rick_chasey said:Who here has managed an inflation related pay rise?
That may come to a head in February.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Good year for me.rick_chasey said:Who here has managed an inflation related pay rise?
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Raises in our place were higher than normal which was largely due to inflation. That said they were still someway below inflation."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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I took a cut (works out around £200 per month take home) to change jobs. Prior to moving I'd had about a £1k increase in the 5 years I'd been in that job and no rise in the 18 months I was in my previous job. I'm earning £9k less now (actual money not real-terms) than I was in 2015 and I also had more benefits then (car, healthcare etc.). Money is no longer the first priority for me on the work front - still important obviously but as long as I'm earning enough to pay the bills and tuck away a little bit in the savings account each month I'd rather something with less stress.
If I'd stayed in my previous job I would have been pushing for a decent rise as the company had become well-established and was bringing people in at higher salaries but I wouldn't have been expecting a pay rise to match inflation. It just isn't realistic at the moment with the inflation rate not reflecting growth. I think Unions asking for inflation beating rises are deliberately looking for confrontation, they'd be better looking at getting longer term deals e.g. 5% now and then 1 or 2% above inflation when it is below a certain level. That said, I appreciate that if you are just scraping by on your current salary and your costs are going up by 11% that isn't a great help.
Structured pay increases are also the way to go with the lowest paid getting a higher percentage of the overall pot, it's what used to happen when I was in a Union 30 years ago and may still be the way it is still done with the media just reporting the average.0 -
The Royal Mail strike isn’t to do with pay. The headline ‘9% offer over 18 months’ actually equates to a pay cut for the majority as they are doing away with different allowances. This also involves the unions agreeing to redundancies, at a lower rate than agreed, of 25,000 staff, while they keep 11,500 agency workers.Pross said:I took a cut (works out around £200 per month take home) to change jobs. Prior to moving I'd had about a £1k increase in the 5 years I'd been in that job and no rise in the 18 months I was in my previous job. I'm earning £9k less now (actual money not real-terms) than I was in 2015 and I also had more benefits then (car, healthcare etc.). Money is no longer the first priority for me on the work front - still important obviously but as long as I'm earning enough to pay the bills and tuck away a little bit in the savings account each month I'd rather something with less stress.
If I'd stayed in my previous job I would have been pushing for a decent rise as the company had become well-established and was bringing people in at higher salaries but I wouldn't have been expecting a pay rise to match inflation. It just isn't realistic at the moment with the inflation rate not reflecting growth. I think Unions asking for inflation beating rises are deliberately looking for confrontation, they'd be better looking at getting longer term deals e.g. 5% now and then 1 or 2% above inflation when it is below a certain level. That said, I appreciate that if you are just scraping by on your current salary and your costs are going up by 11% that isn't a great help.
Structured pay increases are also the way to go with the lowest paid getting a higher percentage of the overall pot, it's what used to happen when I was in a Union 30 years ago and may still be the way it is still done with the media just reporting the average.
Royal Mail are trying to replace their staff with agency workers, on less money and become Evri.
We use Royal Mail and Parcel Force because of the quality of service. That is in main due to having regular staff who know our business and times of collection etc.
Whenever we’ve tried using a courier with subbies we sack them off after a few months due to the issues we have with them.
This is another race to the bottom.0 -
There is also the small issue of being able to compete properly with the competition and updating some of the restrictive practices that are preventing Royal Mail from doing so. Their last set of financial results suggest that change is needed.skyblueamateur said:
The Royal Mail strike isn’t to do with pay. The headline ‘9% offer over 18 months’ actually equates to a pay cut for the majority as they are doing away with different allowances. This also involves the unions agreeing to redundancies, at a lower rate than agreed, of 25,000 staff, while they keep 11,500 agency workers.Pross said:I took a cut (works out around £200 per month take home) to change jobs. Prior to moving I'd had about a £1k increase in the 5 years I'd been in that job and no rise in the 18 months I was in my previous job. I'm earning £9k less now (actual money not real-terms) than I was in 2015 and I also had more benefits then (car, healthcare etc.). Money is no longer the first priority for me on the work front - still important obviously but as long as I'm earning enough to pay the bills and tuck away a little bit in the savings account each month I'd rather something with less stress.
If I'd stayed in my previous job I would have been pushing for a decent rise as the company had become well-established and was bringing people in at higher salaries but I wouldn't have been expecting a pay rise to match inflation. It just isn't realistic at the moment with the inflation rate not reflecting growth. I think Unions asking for inflation beating rises are deliberately looking for confrontation, they'd be better looking at getting longer term deals e.g. 5% now and then 1 or 2% above inflation when it is below a certain level. That said, I appreciate that if you are just scraping by on your current salary and your costs are going up by 11% that isn't a great help.
Structured pay increases are also the way to go with the lowest paid getting a higher percentage of the overall pot, it's what used to happen when I was in a Union 30 years ago and may still be the way it is still done with the media just reporting the average.
Royal Mail are trying to replace their staff with agency workers, on less money and become Evri.
We use Royal Mail and Parcel Force because of the quality of service. That is in main due to having regular staff who know our business and times of collection etc.
Whenever we’ve tried using a courier with subbies we sack them off after a few months due to the issues we have with them.
This is another race to the bottom.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Not necessarily thinking of the mail strike just the various pay 'demands' that are being reported. Nurses are asking for 5% over inflation, I get that you go into negotiations asking for more than you are actually looking to get but that is just ridiculous. I'm not suggesting they aren't worth that rise and that their pay has been allowed to drop below where it should be but they must have known there was no way they were going to get anything close to that. Other Unions like to dress things up as not being about pay and mention a load of other reasons for their strike action, e.g. safety with rail workers, but there is nearly always a large pay increase amongst what they are asking for.0
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There are no winners in the race to the bottom.skyblueamateur said:
The Royal Mail strike isn’t to do with pay.Pross said:I took a cut (works out around £200 per month take home) to change jobs. Prior to moving I'd had about a £1k increase in the 5 years I'd been in that job and no rise in the 18 months I was in my previous job. I'm earning £9k less now (actual money not real-terms) than I was in 2015 and I also had more benefits then (car, healthcare etc.). Money is no longer the first priority for me on the work front - still important obviously but as long as I'm earning enough to pay the bills and tuck away a little bit in the savings account each month I'd rather something with less stress.
If I'd stayed in my previous job I would have been pushing for a decent rise as the company had become well-established and was bringing people in at higher salaries but I wouldn't have been expecting a pay rise to match inflation. It just isn't realistic at the moment with the inflation rate not reflecting growth. I think Unions asking for inflation beating rises are deliberately looking for confrontation, they'd be better looking at getting longer term deals e.g. 5% now and then 1 or 2% above inflation when it is below a certain level. That said, I appreciate that if you are just scraping by on your current salary and your costs are going up by 11% that isn't a great help.
Structured pay increases are also the way to go with the lowest paid getting a higher percentage of the overall pot, it's what used to happen when I was in a Union 30 years ago and may still be the way it is still done with the media just reporting the average.
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This is another race to the bottom.
The UK is in a race to the bottom.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0
