Originally Posted by Tiggywink:
“Just shows respect isn't what it used to be.”
“Just shows respect isn't what it used to be.”
I would say common sense, basic manners, consideration and, human decency is not what it used to be.
Trivial things that annoy you intensely. (Part 3)
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I would say common sense, basic manners, consideration and, human decency is not what it used to be.
Originally Posted by LakieLady:
“I hate come over a bit Jennifer Aldridge, but a couple of years ago I cooked a full Christmas dinner for 18 while wearing my party frock.
Just took my pinny off when I sat down to eat.”
“I hate come over a bit Jennifer Aldridge, but a couple of years ago I cooked a full Christmas dinner for 18 while wearing my party frock.
Just took my pinny off when I sat down to eat.”
Pics or it didn't happen
Euphemisms used in weather reports: "unsettled" means "It's going to pour with rain", "wintry showers" means "snow." We know this, so why don't they just say it?
Originally Posted by seventhwave:
“Euphemisms used in weather reports: "unsettled" means "It's going to pour with rain", "wintry showers" means "snow." We know this, so why don't they just say it?”
“Euphemisms used in weather reports: "unsettled" means "It's going to pour with rain", "wintry showers" means "snow." We know this, so why don't they just say it?”
We live in an era where language is needlessly tarted up in all aspects of society. So many businesses have been completely swallowed by an obession with "synergistic solutions" and "organic thinking". It's this weird thing we have in society at the moment where we intellectualise everything. Even job titles suffer from overthinking, like cleaners now being known as hygiene supervisors or whatever it is.
Originally Posted by Dr. Linus:
“We live in an era where language is needlessly tarted up in all aspects of society. So many businesses have been completely swallowed by an obession with "synergistic solutions" and "organic thinking". It's this weird thing we have in society at the moment where we intellectualise everything. Even job titles suffer from overthinking, like cleaners now being known as hygiene supervisors or whatever it is.”
“We live in an era where language is needlessly tarted up in all aspects of society. So many businesses have been completely swallowed by an obession with "synergistic solutions" and "organic thinking". It's this weird thing we have in society at the moment where we intellectualise everything. Even job titles suffer from overthinking, like cleaners now being known as hygiene supervisors or whatever it is.”
Totally agree. George Orwell new speak comes to mind. Mind you nothing new in Tarting up your job title to make your job look flash. A friend of mine when working as a barmen, always joked he was a purchasing, pricing, marketing and distribution executive for weatherspoons plc.
Originally Posted by Daniel_Gleeball:
“Totally agree. George Orwell new speak comes to mind. Mind you nothing new in Tarting up your job title to make your job look flash. A friend of mine when working as a barmen, always joked he was a purchasing, pricing, marketing and distribution executive for weatherspoons plc.”
“Totally agree. George Orwell new speak comes to mind. Mind you nothing new in Tarting up your job title to make your job look flash. A friend of mine when working as a barmen, always joked he was a purchasing, pricing, marketing and distribution executive for weatherspoons plc.”
A mate who had a window cleaning job when he was a student called himself a Transparent Wall Visual Integrity Engineer
Originally Posted by Eddie Badger:
“A mate who had a window cleaning job when he was a student called himself a Transparent Wall Visual Integrity Engineer”
“A mate who had a window cleaning job when he was a student called himself a Transparent Wall Visual Integrity Engineer
”
Haha like that very much. It's incredible isn't it? If people applied themselves to actually doing their job to the best of their ability, with one ounce the flair, energy and creativity they use in coming up with flash job titles, they would be commercial billionaires over night.
Barbers are now hair design consultants Aren't they? You only have to watch Gareth Keenan in the office, to realise that people do anything to appear to have a really important job.
And of course cocktail makers are mixologists and coffee makers are baristas. There's nothing wrong with it, I just find it weird. Why do we have to sugarcoat things?
I think with job titles, it's probably some sort of stigma/embarassment about being in a low-level job, but it's not like there's anything to be embarrassed about.
In business/media though I think it's an attempt to appear smarter than you are. You can go on about "we are streamlining our holistic strategising process" as much as you like, but it doesn't mean anything beyond "we are trying to work better".
I think with job titles, it's probably some sort of stigma/embarassment about being in a low-level job, but it's not like there's anything to be embarrassed about.
In business/media though I think it's an attempt to appear smarter than you are. You can go on about "we are streamlining our holistic strategising process" as much as you like, but it doesn't mean anything beyond "we are trying to work better".
Originally Posted by Dr. Linus:
“And of course cocktail makers are mixologists and coffee makers are baristas. There's nothing wrong with it, I just find it weird. Why do we have to sugarcoat things?
I think with job titles, it's probably some sort of stigma/embarassment about being in a low-level job, but it's not like there's anything to be embarrassed about.
In business/media though I think it's an attempt to appear smarter than you are. You can go on about "we are streamlining our holistic strategising process" as much as you like, but it doesn't mean anything beyond "we are trying to work better".”
“And of course cocktail makers are mixologists and coffee makers are baristas. There's nothing wrong with it, I just find it weird. Why do we have to sugarcoat things?
I think with job titles, it's probably some sort of stigma/embarassment about being in a low-level job, but it's not like there's anything to be embarrassed about.
In business/media though I think it's an attempt to appear smarter than you are. You can go on about "we are streamlining our holistic strategising process" as much as you like, but it doesn't mean anything beyond "we are trying to work better".”
I agree totally. I remember the time when secretary's became PA's
My dads secretary was totally his right hand man as it were. She screened callers, made sure he remembered our birthdays especially my mums.she would remind him of important appointments, She was my Dads equivalent of Jeeves!!!!
As a result always had a high regard for secretary's. A very noble unsung position. Now when someone tells me they are a PA just think ok than..
Pinhead morons who drive up my exhaust pipe and gesticulate that I'm not going anywhere near the speed they would prefer me to drive at.
A 50 mph sign indicates the maximum speed NOT the minmum speed.
A 50 mph sign indicates the maximum speed NOT the minmum speed.
Originally Posted by Centaurion:
“Pinhead morons who drive up my exhaust pipe and gesticulate that I'm not going anywhere near the speed they would prefer me to drive at.
A 50 mph sign indicates the maximum speed NOT the minmum speed.”
“Pinhead morons who drive up my exhaust pipe and gesticulate that I'm not going anywhere near the speed they would prefer me to drive at.
A 50 mph sign indicates the maximum speed NOT the minmum speed.”
Although I've heard of people failing tests for going too slow
Originally Posted by Will_Bennetts:
“Pics or it didn't happen”
“Pics or it didn't happen
”
Well, the "I" was a bit of a fib. Mr Lakie and I did it together.
His sister and her family had an enormous house that they'd just done up, so the whole extended family were there. They wanted everyone together for Christmas, but they don't cook, so we offered.
Their kitchen alone was bigger than my whole house, with a swanky Rangemaster cooker, so it was quite a breeze. The two grannies were our kitchen porters, and cleared up as we cooked.
I should have got pics though. I'll see if his sis has got some.
Receiving a Secret Santa gift at work (which I had been looking forward to) only to find that I have been given a copy of a book which I bought months ago when it first arrived in the shops.
Originally Posted by LakieLady:
“What a cheek!
He'd get a polite note from me, asking him to please eff off and mind his own bloody business.”
“What a cheek!
He'd get a polite note from me, asking him to please eff off and mind his own bloody business.”
The interfering busybody would get a not so polite note from me telling him exactly where to shove his lights! Who is HE to dictate how people decorate their houses?
Originally Posted by Daniel_Gleeball:
“Seems like a lot of road rage on here.
Recently I went to a restaurant whose car park was twinned with an other restaurant. This women parked askew and as result she unwittingly took up two car parking spaces. I very politely asked her to straighten up so I could park there to. She just rolled her eyes and walked off. I than said 'excuse me' and her colleague said just park in the disabled section no one is likely to come now anyway.
Just unbelievable. These people are totally in the wrong, inconvenience you in the process and act as if you are in the wrong for asking them to do what they should do in the first place.”
“Seems like a lot of road rage on here.
Recently I went to a restaurant whose car park was twinned with an other restaurant. This women parked askew and as result she unwittingly took up two car parking spaces. I very politely asked her to straighten up so I could park there to. She just rolled her eyes and walked off. I than said 'excuse me' and her colleague said just park in the disabled section no one is likely to come now anyway.
Just unbelievable. These people are totally in the wrong, inconvenience you in the process and act as if you are in the wrong for asking them to do what they should do in the first place.”
Visitors at the nursing home where my mum lives have a regular habit of doing this. I agree, it is really annoying. Some people can be so inconsiderate, especially when the car park is only small. When I visit with my brother he usually ends up having to drop me off by the front door so that he can find somewhere to park.
Originally Posted by silversox:
“The expression, "suck it up". WTF? Sounds disgusting.”
“The expression, "suck it up". WTF? Sounds disgusting.”
'Suck it and see' is another annoying one. Someone said it in work the other day!
Receiving the Tardis diary your daughter wanted in her stocking only to discover it's 2014. 
If the BBC shop had any gumption they would have realised my stupidity and corrected it.
Who wants a diary for 12 days?! Is it too much to ask that they know what I really meant. I mean, I can't keep track of all the stupid things I do.
If the BBC shop had any gumption they would have realised my stupidity and corrected it.
Who wants a diary for 12 days?! Is it too much to ask that they know what I really meant. I mean, I can't keep track of all the stupid things I do.
Originally Posted by Sylvia:
“'Suck it and see' is another annoying one. Someone said it in work the other day!”
“'Suck it and see' is another annoying one. Someone said it in work the other day!”
Depending on the context, that said in the workplace might considered MUCH more than trivial. 
In reality shows where when voting fellow contestants off face to face always say 'still luv ya it's just....... ' have lot more respect if said 'you and I are never going to get on'
Or 'you are just not the sort of person I feel comfortable being around'
Hate that false bonhomie.
Or 'you are just not the sort of person I feel comfortable being around'
Hate that false bonhomie.
Originally Posted by Eddie Badger:
“He thinks because he's lived there the longest he owns the street. He got into major row with one neighbour last year because the guy's hedge was six inches higher than his. He kept demanding that he should trim it. When the neighbour came back from his holiday he found it had been trimmed to the same height as the nutters. All he did was trim it more so it was now six inches lower than the nutter's hedge
I've lost count of the parking disputes he's caused. There are no designated parking areas but he is constantly telling people where they should and shouldn't park.”
“He thinks because he's lived there the longest he owns the street. He got into major row with one neighbour last year because the guy's hedge was six inches higher than his. He kept demanding that he should trim it. When the neighbour came back from his holiday he found it had been trimmed to the same height as the nutters. All he did was trim it more so it was now six inches lower than the nutter's hedge
I've lost count of the parking disputes he's caused. There are no designated parking areas but he is constantly telling people where they should and shouldn't park.”
Cutting his neighbour's hedge was really cheeky. He sounds like he needs an ASBO.
Originally Posted by sam_gee:
“Cutting his neighbour's hedge was really cheeky. He sounds like he needs an ASBO.”
“Cutting his neighbour's hedge was really cheeky. He sounds like he needs an ASBO.”
They were rumours that Unity Mitford had a baby with Adolf Hitler. With that loony neighbour from hell behaviour. That rumour could well be founded.
Originally Posted by Wee Tinkers:
“Receiving the Tardis diary your daughter wanted in her stocking only to discover it's 2014.
If the BBC shop had any gumption they would have realised my stupidity and corrected it.
Who wants a diary for 12 days?! Is it too much to ask that they know what I really meant. I mean, I can't keep track of all the stupid things I do.”
“Receiving the Tardis diary your daughter wanted in her stocking only to discover it's 2014.
If the BBC shop had any gumption they would have realised my stupidity and corrected it.
Who wants a diary for 12 days?! Is it too much to ask that they know what I really meant. I mean, I can't keep track of all the stupid things I do.
”
If it's a Tardis diary surely you could just set it for 2015.
Or 2009, or 1981...it'd all work out.
Originally Posted by Finny Skeleta:
“If it's a Tardis diary surely you could just set it for 2015.
Or 2009, or 1981...it'd all work out.”
“If it's a Tardis diary surely you could just set it for 2015.
Or 2009, or 1981...it'd all work out.”
Ha ha. I thought it was too soon to laugh but, no, that's very good.
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