How would you write quarter past six in the evening?
6.15pm.
Not 06.15pm.
Or just read it from the context. "I'll see you at 6.15 for dinner", someone who shows up at 0615 will get a smack 😉
Gormless * ers out and about in public spaces playing life in half speed. Mainly to be found in supermarkets clogging up aisles or stood two abreast going DOWN an escalator slowing everyone behind down to their pace.
Had an absolute belta today mind picking up some stuff for my daughter in Hobbycraft. Lass in front of me in queue for checkout when asked her post code (not sure why this was needed) she said “eeeee I don’t know I’ve just moved house”
”well what’s your old post code?” Said the lady on the checkout.
”eeee I’ve forgotten it”
Well * off then you useless bastard. Presumably this person is actually employed to do a job and she doesn’t know her own postcode. **** me man.
Any **** that uses the phrase "bad boys" when referring to anything other than a naughty pack of dogs.
****wits.
I am pretty sure that I posted about this before but I need to vent again.
Packing.
A city mini-break requires only hand luggage. Not a 23kg bag, each. And, if you insist on booking hold luggage and I still pack like a normal person and bring only 5kg of stuff, it is not an invitation to then fill my bag up with even more of your stuff! You do not require five pairs of shoes for a four day break.
When the detergent "eye ball" doesn't fully dissolve in the washing machine and you get that residue on the back of your pants.
Farmer moving multiple trailers of manure into his completely sodden field and tracking vast amounts of mud onto the road on a 90 degree bend. I'm cross but not as cross as the person who crashed due to the mud, causing the road to be shut for half a day.
HR
Disproportionate or entirely justified?
ElShalimo
HR
+1 if only because it should be "Personel" not Human Resources - how Matrix is that?
The person(s) in our office who has not learned how to properly open a milk bottle - unpicking the bottle top and balancing a tiny frisby on top is not how it's done. Push it in gently with your thumb biasing it to one side and you have a sealable close fitting lid. It's not ****ing hard! How do these people not learn from all the good examples? Do they not spot that their pathetic and time consuming effort falls on the floor at every opportunity and that there might be a better way?
If a colleague asks me (specifically me, starting the sentence with ‘Tom…’) a question at work, invariably one of a couple of other colleagues will start answering that question before I’ve even started speaking. Often the answer will be 50-75% correct, before asking me for the final bit, at which point the asker thanks us both for our help.
Getting more and more pissed off the more it happens.
^This.
Although I'm not called Tom.
The person(s) in our office who has not learned how to properly open a milk bottle ... How do these people not learn from all the good examples?
Because almost nobody has milk delivered in bottles to the front door these days, so they never get exposed to proper foil tops as kids. It's a sad indictment on the state of the nation. I'm keeping the tradition alive in The Lawman household, but looking around the neighbours, this is a one-man-stand.
Car salespeople - how can they all be so useless? its been 10 years since I bought a car but now I need 2. I'm a cash buyer and ready to commit.
I've been to about 6 main dealers over the last couple of weeks to ask questions about EVs - cars that sell up to 50k!!!
So far EVERY question I've asked has been answered incorrectly by EVERY dealer. Now admittedly I'm not asking what colour is it or how many wheels does it have but questions like can it take roof bars, if so what's the roof loading, can it take a tow bar, if so what's the towing capacity, can I spec it with smaller wheels, can I spec it without a glass roof, Does a particular spec have a particular feature (V2L)......FFS these are questions a dealer should know or at least know where to get the answer.
And stand up Renault Southampton today who couldn't even give me the right price and told me a brand new vehicle price that was totally wrong, even when I queried it and asked were they sure and that was great because it would come in under the 40k luxury car tax........it wasn't and it wouldn't as I checked when back home.
And I mean 'sales people' ? Literally no salesman(woman)ship was seen at any point
If you work in car sales, I'm sorry but your industry is a joke.
When people call electric bikes “eeb”. What does the second “e” stand for?
It's vocative or onnematterpayic or something. I can't remember the bloody word..
Fonnetick perhaps.
Although I’m not called Tom
exactly - any ****er calls me "Tom" they can get stretched.
Yeah, eeb doesn’t stand for anything.
surely it's just the 1st "syllable"/bit of ebike, unless anyone pronounces that with a hard e
Huge que in screwfix, all tills maxed out, waited best part of 20 minutes, almost and till, guy in front ‘do you have anything for a leaky tap?’
JC!!
This! Bugger off to B&Q.
I ended up changing my membership so I can use the Electrifix counter, no diy bastards.
Yeah, eeb doesn’t stand for anything.
surely it’s just the 1st “syllable”/bit of ebike, unless anyone pronounces that with a hard e
Yeah, but it doesn't stand for anything as in it's not an acronym.
"Friendly reminder"
People , mostly women who try to enforce the joy of Christmas onto others.
All they seem to be able to talk about is "the big day" what the plan is , what they are cooking , who is coming to their house etc etc etc .
Then they get all deflated when I say I hate Christmas , wish it didn't exist and , if I was allowed to would have zero participation in the whole shit show.
Getting quoted $1000 to regas a 4 year old home AC split system that cost $1300 to buy and install.....
I hate this kind of shenanigan. Probs due to the fact it's Summer and it's 3 days before Christmas though.
Fortunately, I'm in no rush despite the 40c we had today. It's 9pm now and still 34c.
Being asked to enter my PIN Number. Watching people pay with contactless by putting the card on the machine. Watching people drive towards you at a roundabout but turning left without indicating. Noisy eaters...... I mean I can go on!!!
Restaurant noise. Now very much a thing
Power cuts
It's 2024!!!
Socks that are badly sewn/finished on the inside.
It should be enough,that a man of a certain age can stand (perfectly) balanced on one leg during a sock fitting.
However,this process can quickly turn into a very dangerous (and high risk) manoeuvre, when a toe catches mid pull.
People who can't walk in a straight line.* It's a 2m wide pavement and I can't get past from behind you because you're veering all over the place like a shopping trolley with three wheels.
(* - disabilities excepted of course, I'm talking about folk who are plainly just being crap.)
Being asked to enter my PIN Number.
I didn't realise until recently that card providers only allow a certain number of consecutive contactless purchases before you are asked to input a PIN. I think to stop a ne'er do well going on an extended shopping spree.
I think some of you really need to stay at home more 😉
- it works well for me.
I call it my personal identification PIN number.
RAS Syndrome.
I didn’t realise until recently that card providers only allow a certain number of consecutive contactless purchases before you are asked to input a PIN.
... which is weird because that used to be the case when contactless was first introduced but it hasn't been required in years.
Old one (Fair chance I've posted this before); but anyone who uses "nom" to describe something pleasant to eat should be fired into the sun.
Newer one; Use the phrase "..give your head a wobble"? Please don't breed.
Brown loaves from the bakery section at a supermarket; they're either made to the usual 'loaf' shape, but of a size that would only be useful in a doll's house, or they're made in some weird pseudo-artisanal shape that is basically useless if one wishes to, say, cut a couple of slices to make a sandwich.
Just make a normal sized, normal shaped, brown loaf you knobbers!
The card number. Been hit by that recently… brain fade and got the number stopped. Took a while to find out I could still use it, but I’m always asked for the number. Need to get to a GBNI hole in the wall. Which is a long way away.
Nothing makes me cross anymore, just dissapointed.
I am pretty sure that I posted about this before but I need to vent again.
Packing.
Brevity with clarity 🙂
Small handgun and a few spare rounds? Something more personal?
Getting back to the blinding headlights it the folk who don't dip until 3 seconds after they have completed getting around a corner and they've blinded you
Surely you see lights illuminating the countryside be prepared to dip these 24 plate tossers SUV probably electric cars lights
Washer dryers, specifically the one at my mother in law's. It's a solution to not having enough space for both but it doesn't dry well and only takes a tiny load for drying. It's not intuitive to use. I'd replace it with a dehumidifier and clothes horse for drying but her memory is going so we need to keep things the same as much as possible.
