Stuff that makes you disproportionately cross

Ink loss from my fountain pen. I don’t know why it affects the Parker more than other fountain pens, but without fail, I have to refill the Parker more than I use it. Thinking it’s evaporation, I’ve tried keeping the pen sealed in Tupperware, but the ink still vanishes. At this point, I assume it’s aliens.

I’ve got a Parker cartridge pen that did this.

‘Parrently there’s an ‘ole under the metal tang clip bit

If you wrap some (insulating) tape around the end of the cap (under the metal tang thing), it slows the evaporation AND makes your nice pen look “industrial”, or “shit”, if you prefer.

Innit. I’ve no idea (neither does the HR Partner know) how to resolve it really.

Simple. You’ve called him on his timekeeping with, I presume, evidence that his timekeeping is poor. He’s played the victim card which is BS, and called your bluff.  It’s now up to you to continue with whatever course of action comes next, be it written warning or whatever. He’s taking the piss, you’ve called him on it and now he’s taking the piss again. It’s HR’s job to support you, not roll over and let him dictate how you handle him .

Yeah, I know my organisation was extremely hierarchical and disciplined, but what the hell is the point of a) a process and b) an HR dept/person if the colleague can defeat the process simply by pretending to be upset?

In all of that you’ll need a paper trail of your offers to support him throughout whatever is causing him to be late, plus a record of any verbal warnings you’ve given.  If you haven’t already been through that process, bite the bullet and start again.

Requests for a donation when buying something / anything.

Paying for my 4 pints of milk, “would you like to donate 35p to save the pandas?”

“Fancy” metal-fronted wall light switches.

Error message:
“Speech Recognition Error Speech Recognition could not start because the language configuration is not supported.

The recogniser language must match the language the user interface. Please change the recogniser language in the Speech Recognition control panel under Advanced Options. “

It’s never going to be fixed if you try and “…change the recogniser language in the Speech Recognition control panel under Advanced Options.”

Because it’s caused by the “Touch keyboard and handwriting panel service” not starting.

So. Much. RAGE.

Paying for my 4 pints of milk, “would you like to donate 35p to save the pandas?”

No Tesco, I don’t have the spare cash, but as you posted profits last year [checks] of nearly £2.3 billion, why don’t you make a donation on my behalf?

people who bag their dogs poo and hang it from a tree

people who use the single portaloos that have a urinal and a regular toilet but still p1ss on seat of toilet

Dealing with a **** narcissist

people who bag their dogs poo and hang it from a tree

Genuine responses I’ve had in challenging this:

1) “I’ll collect it on my way back.”  Liar.

2) “The council employ someone to collect them.”

still p1ss on seat of toilet

I genuinely don’t understand this.  I have, over the years when I was young and (more) foolish, found myself absolutely ratted to the point of barely being able to stand up.  Yet I’ve still always had the presence of mind to lift the seat out of the way before doing my best impression of a carthorse in a pub toilet.  Meanwhile, go to the bogs in a supermarket at noon on Tuesday and you have to run the gauntlet across the traps to find the one which is least piss-soaked.  WTF is wrong with people?  “I don’t want to touch the toilet seat because it might be dirty, so I’ll cropdust it instead”?

Throbbers who turn their car fog lights on in the rain, thereby creating a blinding glare.
Utter tossers.

Throbbers who turn their car fog lights on in the rain, thereby creating a blinding glare.

So much this. It’s even worse if you’re on a motorbike with rain all over your visor. Utter ****. And it’s illegal, but I very much doubt that anyone has ever been done for it.

I thought “Baby On Board” stickers on cars were tossy but the flowery “Twins On Board” I spotted yesterday really made me question humankind.

Was it also powered by fairy dust?

Throbbers who turn their car fog lights on in the rain, thereby creating a blinding glare.
So much this. It’s even worse if you’re on a motorbike with rain all over your visor. Utter ****. And it’s illegal, but I very much doubt that anyone has ever been done for it.

I had this out with someone only yesterday. They cut in front of me and would not switch of the stupid light, despite there being no fog. They happened to to turn into exactly where I was going so we parked up together. The guy stared back blankly as if he he had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. And Highway Code 114 went straight over his head.

Was it also powered by fairy dust?

At least be honest.. A ‘powered by Prosecco and Starbucks’ sticker would be fair enough.

At least be honest.. A ‘powered by Prosecco and Starbucks’ sticker would be fair enough.

I’ve yet to see a “powered by fairy dust” vehicle driven by someone who didn’t look like she’s eaten them all.

Sound on film/tv/adverts…

The the sound of a phone vibration notification in the background…

JUST STOP It!

When you drop your campervan off to get serviced at the main dealer and they leave oily marks on the seat bases.

When you point it out to them and they tell you how to remove it with brake cleaning fluid as they’re not doing it. FFS

I think I may have posted this before, people who cut corners at junctions. It’s just happened again and I’m typing this whilst freshly seething!

Approaching a give way at a suburban t-junction. All 30 mph roads. Me on the minor road intending to turn right, so near the centre line 10 ft from the junction and just about to pull up to the give way lines. Car approaches from my left on the major road and swerves right in front of me, into the side road I’m on. Cuts the corner so he’s broadside on, right in front of me on my side of the road causing me to brake hard to avoid t-boning him.

Gormless, slack jawed, gum chewing, mouth breather at the wheel looks at me as if to say “what’s the problem” when I give him the death stare. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest his rusty Sheriff’s badge. And anyone else who does that. How hard is it to stay on your side of the white lines?

While we’re doing road junctions. Folk that don’t come to the very mouth of the junction when pulling out of side roads but sit back about a car length.

Kin dangerous!

Saw a bloke last night on the right waiting to turn onto the fast and busy road I was on. There are hedges both sides of the junction and I see him there craning his neck forward to look up the road.

He cannot possibly see what’s coming properly from there!

Why? Really, really dangerous.

I think I may have posted this before, people who cut corners at junctions.

I go out of my way to position myself (without risking a collision) so that it’s as awkward as possible for them to complete the manoeuvre.  Like I’m going to go out of my way to give way to you when you’re driving like a Jeremy Hunt.  It falls into the Bullying bucket for me, “coming through, out of the way, I’m more important!” and I’m fu- damned if I’m giving the bastards an inch.

Yeah I do that too if I get to the junction first. They always seem to be indignant that you have obeyed the rules of the road and expect them to do so too. Throbbers!

Yeah I do that too if I get to the junction first. They always seem to be indignant that you have obeyed the rules of the road and expect them to do so too. Throbbers!

Supermarket car parks are the worst for this… people take the apex racing line going round corners…despite going at 2 miles an hour….use your fricking steering wheel and stay on the correct side of the road!!!!!

Corner cutting is not so funny when they do it at speed. Had a very close one today.

Corner cutting is not so funny when they do it at speed. Had a very close one today.

Until they get T-Boned and act all shocked and say “someone just crashed into me!”

I had a Mrs. Cutcorner on a very busy street in Southampton this week. So busy in fact she caused a complete log jam when the lights changed behind me. So she’s stuck diagonally across the road in front of me trying really hard to keep a straight and serious face as I was clearly laughing at her. A little highlight I’d forgotten about, thanks for reminding me.

Probably gets mentioned at this time of year in the past but the greedy farmers who bring out so much mud onto the roads and get away with a wee mud splattered un readable hand scrolled mud on road

I’m expecting the “they bring our food to our table” supporting the farmers lot on here but I’m not talking tenant farmers this is the massive tractors, hedgerow/stone dyke demolishing farmers building getting to build big brand new houses on greenbelt for their own selves not employees

Re: cutting corners, if I pull up to a junction to turn right on my bike ,cars wanting to turn right off the main road seem really pissed off that I’m at a junction stopping them from cutting the corner. It rarely occurs to them to let me go first then I’ll be out of the way.

Companies that can’t really be arsed.

Looking at a stairlift installed for my parents. Called a local company on Tuesday and they said they’d call me back and confirm a date and time. Saturday morning had been mentioned but no time. Just called them to see where we were and they said ‘oh yeah, we’ve got you booked in tomorrow for some time between 10am and 1pm. The director has got to take his kid to football practice and doesn’t know what time it will finish’.

So I put the most of my Saturday on stand-by then? Err, don’t think so.

This morning: Fog lights. (that old chestnut). When it’s a light mist or visibility is fine, but there’s fog in the distance… what the **** do these morons think the purpose of fog lights is?!!?

tried washing the inside of these b@st@rds??

It rarely occurs to them to let me go first then I’ll be out of the way.

I would hope they don’t. What boils my urine is folk inventing new rules of the road and risking causing an accident in the resuting confusion.

I’m totally with you on the “cutting corners” thing though. Even in a car I’m frequently obliged to brake well before the stop line by some numpty cutting the corner in front of me.

On motorway inside lane, people who wait until they are around 1m behind a lorry (or any slow moving vehicle) before trying to overtake. This often leads to them getting annoyed at other drivers who were behind them but are now overtaking them as they pulled out to overtake at a safer distance.

tried washing the inside of these b@st@rds??

:shudders:

Corner cutters. The streets round where I live are all narrow with cars parked either side, so just one lane really, the amount of people who turn in without looking if the road is clear is astounding, so often I’m approaching a junction only to be faced by someone who has cut across the corner and driven in to the road who looks totally astonished that a car could possibly be there, then looks at you hoping you might just disappear, I just sit there till they back up.

How hard is it to just check the street you want to drive in to is empty ffs, I manage it every time.

I just sit there till they back up.

When I was younger and a bigger git than I am now (imagine that!) I used to carry a book in the glovebox for this reason.  You want to wait it out to see who buckles first pal, fill your boots, I’ve got a thermos and a packed lunch.  (I haven’t, but that’s less amusing.)

I’ve seen somebody get out of their car and nonchalantly start picking blackberries from a hedge in that situation. Huge respect!

I used to carry a book in the glovebox for this reason.

I knew someone who carried a copy of the highway code just for this purpose.

Work colleagues with whom you share a tiny office and who have the capacity to work from home when it suits them coming in with full cold/flu/covid symptoms because they have a personal appointment later in the day which is easier to get to from work……arggggh 2 days later and I’m covered in cold….

I used to carry a book in the glovebox for this reason.
I knew someone who carried a copy of the highway code just for this purpose.

I love that idea!