Originally Posted by Rich_L:
“When are you going to realise that its a womans world now?”
“When are you going to realise that its a womans world now?”
It was as far as baby-changing is concerned, but I think that's gradually changing.
Trivial things that annoy you intensely. (Part 3)
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Originally Posted by Rich_L:
“When are you going to realise that its a womans world now?”
“When are you going to realise that its a womans world now?”
Yes, step 1 to world domination is to make sure we are in charge of shitty nappies. This is one of the lesser known secrets of global enslavement of the male species.
Management who speak almost exclusively in abbreviations, acronyms and initials.
This really bugs me as it's supposed to save time but it's pointless as nobody understands it.
We had a team breif followed by refresher health & safety training on various machines at work today. It should have taken about 20 - 30 minutes but because it was spoken in management gibberish it took nearly an hour as they had to explain what a "tpp(slash)sop" was. If they had simply used the words as written xxxx xxxx packing standard operating procedure. That example was one of the more obvious ones but even though I've been there 3 years struggled with the more cryptic stuff.
How they expected the 20 new starters to understand I don't know.
The annoying thing is the training files and team breifs have the correct words written in them, it's just management trying to sound knowledge.
This really bugs me as it's supposed to save time but it's pointless as nobody understands it.
We had a team breif followed by refresher health & safety training on various machines at work today. It should have taken about 20 - 30 minutes but because it was spoken in management gibberish it took nearly an hour as they had to explain what a "tpp(slash)sop" was. If they had simply used the words as written xxxx xxxx packing standard operating procedure. That example was one of the more obvious ones but even though I've been there 3 years struggled with the more cryptic stuff.
How they expected the 20 new starters to understand I don't know.
The annoying thing is the training files and team breifs have the correct words written in them, it's just management trying to sound knowledge.
Originally Posted by Black Box:
“Self-serve checkouts.
Well, they don't annoy me. People who scan, pay and then bag annoy me. How hard is it to bag as you scan?”
“Self-serve checkouts.
Well, they don't annoy me. People who scan, pay and then bag annoy me. How hard is it to bag as you scan?”
I have another one regarding self-serve checkouts: How are some people able to shoplift using them, by putting things in the bagging area without scanning them, but they have a go at me if I forget to tell them I'm using my own bag?
Originally Posted by EStaffs90:
“I have another one regarding self-serve checkouts: How are some people able to shoplift using them, by putting things in the bagging area without scanning them, but they have a go at me if I forget to tell them I'm using my own bag?”
“I have another one regarding self-serve checkouts: How are some people able to shoplift using them, by putting things in the bagging area without scanning them, but they have a go at me if I forget to tell them I'm using my own bag?”
Good question.
I bought some cheese and onion pasties at Tesco the other day. After scanning, the checkout said "we just need to authorise this". Now that must have been an error. Staff authorisation for food...really?! Maybe it's an anti-obesity thing.
Originally Posted by davads:
“Lordy, yes, that and "done" for "did". (You see it so much on DS too, I'm sorry to say.) There really is no excuse for it
”
“Lordy, yes, that and "done" for "did". (You see it so much on DS too, I'm sorry to say.) There really is no excuse for it
”
I can understand why they think it's 'done' but still...'I done a degree' makes me laugh.
Originally Posted by BlueEyedMrsP:
“Yes, step 1 to world domination is to make sure we are in charge of shitty nappies. This is one of the lesser known secrets of global enslavement of the male species.”
“Yes, step 1 to world domination is to make sure we are in charge of shitty nappies. This is one of the lesser known secrets of global enslavement of the male species.”
When you accidentally shave off more of your facial hair than you wanted to. I look like a right twerp.
Originally Posted by The Amazing:
“When you accidentally shave off more of your facial hair than you wanted to. I look like a right twerp.”
“When you accidentally shave off more of your facial hair than you wanted to. I look like a right twerp.”
Facial hair ought be either shaved off or left on.....I thought only George Michael or Craig David trimmed their beards....
When shaving it is tricky to get any hair in front of ears level......
This annoyed me last night.
I set an alarm for 2am so I could watch Jade Jones in the Taekwondo followed by Usain Bolt in the 200m. By 2:30 there is still no sign of the Taekwondo even starting and I'm shattered and struggling to stay awake.
Eventually it all gets going but by the time the race finishes it is well past 3am and I have to be up a 7.
That's when I notice the display on my Sky+ box spinning around. I had paused the box earlier in the evening and I was watching the whole thing on a 35 minute delay.
Idiot!
I set an alarm for 2am so I could watch Jade Jones in the Taekwondo followed by Usain Bolt in the 200m. By 2:30 there is still no sign of the Taekwondo even starting and I'm shattered and struggling to stay awake.
Eventually it all gets going but by the time the race finishes it is well past 3am and I have to be up a 7.
That's when I notice the display on my Sky+ box spinning around. I had paused the box earlier in the evening and I was watching the whole thing on a 35 minute delay.
Idiot!
One of the most visited websites on my laptop is the BBC News site. So why does the thumbnail on Firefox have (a) the House of Commons' memorial service for Jo Cox, (b) something about the Orlando shooting, (c) Euro 2016 and (d) the EU referendum?
At work, when someone standing in front of you has nothing to say, but as soon as you walk round the corner and turn on a noisy piece of machinery, THAT'S when they want to have a conversation.
When you go shoe shopping and want to try on shoes but the sofas which you sit on are filled with obese men taking up 3 spaces and kids flinging themselves over 4 seats.
Originally Posted by Sambda:
“Do you hold your little finger out when you drink from a china tea-cup?
Anyhow, people who do that upside-down thing with their fork should be executed. Use it like a shovel or be damned.”
“Do you hold your little finger out when you drink from a china tea-cup?
Anyhow, people who do that upside-down thing with their fork should be executed. Use it like a shovel or be damned.”
You only use it like a shovel if you hold it in your right hand and don'tuse a knife.
People who eat with their mouths open and make a terrible chomping noise.
I was at Cambridge services the other day and there was a guy sitting there with his 3 kids, one of them was eating and his gob looked like a tumble drier with everything being dried on display.
Made me feel physically sick.
I was at Cambridge services the other day and there was a guy sitting there with his 3 kids, one of them was eating and his gob looked like a tumble drier with everything being dried on display.
Made me feel physically sick.
People that wash their dishes with one of those oversized tooth brushes rather than a good old sponge.
People who use their forks like a shovel
People who use their forks like a shovel
Originally Posted by Smufter:
“People who eat with their mouths open and make a terrible chomping noise.
I was at Cambridge services the other day and there was a guy sitting there with his 3 kids, one of them was eating and his gob looked like a tumble drier with everything being dried on display.
Made me feel physically sick.”
“People who eat with their mouths open and make a terrible chomping noise.
I was at Cambridge services the other day and there was a guy sitting there with his 3 kids, one of them was eating and his gob looked like a tumble drier with everything being dried on display.
Made me feel physically sick.”
Lol
. That is a lovely description.
Originally Posted by BlueEyedMrsP:
“Lol. That is a lovely description.”
“Lol
. That is a lovely description.”
But absolutely awful to look at.
Originally Posted by EStaffs90:
“I have another one regarding self-serve checkouts: How are some people able to shoplift using them, by putting things in the bagging area without scanning them, but they have a go at me if I forget to tell them I'm using my own bag?”
“I have another one regarding self-serve checkouts: How are some people able to shoplift using them, by putting things in the bagging area without scanning them, but they have a go at me if I forget to tell them I'm using my own bag?”
At my city centre Tesco the majority of self-service checkouts are the normal ones and very sensitive to any weight discrepancies. However two of them are signed as "click & collect". They're self-service checkouts mounted to a wall over a shelve. I don't know if they're meant to be used any differently but people just use them as any other of the self-service checkouts. Because you're just scanning and bagging on a shelve there's nothing stopping you putting half the contents of your basket in yout bag without scanning.
Originally Posted by dreadnought:
“People who cannot comprehend the fact that I just don't like wine.”
“People who cannot comprehend the fact that I just don't like wine.”
When I was at uni, some people found it weird that I didn't drink. I don't like wine eithe. Happy with something like alcohol free beer or fruit juice.
Originally Posted by EStaffs90:
“One of the most visited websites on my laptop is the BBC News site. So why does the thumbnail on Firefox have (a) the House of Commons' memorial service for Jo Cox, (b) something about the Orlando shooting, (c) Euro 2016 and (d) the EU referendum?”
“One of the most visited websites on my laptop is the BBC News site. So why does the thumbnail on Firefox have (a) the House of Commons' memorial service for Jo Cox, (b) something about the Orlando shooting, (c) Euro 2016 and (d) the EU referendum?”
Speaking of the BBC site, why do all the updates for the football seem to be an hour behind? So they say xxxx happened an hour earlier than what the time actually is
Originally Posted by grimtales1:
“Speaking of the BBC site, why do all the updates for the football seem to be an hour behind? So they say xxxx happened an hour earlier than what the time actually is”
“Speaking of the BBC site, why do all the updates for the football seem to be an hour behind? So they say xxxx happened an hour earlier than what the time actually is
”
They must be using GMT or whatever they call it these days (UCT?)
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