Things that just downright baffle you?



1)People at work who don't feel they should have to graft for their wage, while others put in excellent shifts.
Same people who are then suprised when they are let go after numerous absences from work.

2) My wife hacking up a lung, then lighting a cigarette .... to calm her chest.
 
Fishpie said:
Not sure if it has been mentioned but

It always baffles me when you watch two/three people that go to the gym together and watch each other doing a set on the weights when there is plenty of equipment available to do your own thing.

They may be there an hour but probably do 20 minutes worth of exercise.
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Two women (It's always women) going swimming. One very slow length. 10 minutes gossiping at the end of the pool. Another slow length followed by another 10 minutes gossip. Repeat until an hour is up. A hours 'swimming' done. Go for coffee and a massive cake because they've 'earned it'.
 
Fishpie said:
Not sure if it has been mentioned but

It always baffles me when you watch two/three people that go to the gym together and watch each other doing a set on the weights when there is plenty of equipment available to do your own thing.

They may be there an hour but probably do 20 minutes worth of exercise.
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Folk leaving the gym that look like they've done absolutely fuck all. You should appear miserable and look like someone's chucked a load of water over you. If you're leaving the place fresh as a daisy, what on earth was the point of going?
 
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Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
Two women (It's always women) going swimming. One very slow length. 10 minutes gossiping at the end of the pool. Another slow length followed by another 10 minutes gossip. Repeat until an hour is up. A hours 'swimming' done. Go for coffee and a massive cake because they've 'earned it'.
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What’s wrong with that ? They’re not training for the olympics so why should they just go hell for leather for an hour ? They’re out having a bit swim and a catch up, nothing at all wrong with it, don’t judge people.
 
Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
Two women (It's always women) going swimming. One very slow length. 10 minutes gossiping at the end of the pool. Another slow length followed by another 10 minutes gossip. Repeat until an hour is up. A hours 'swimming' done. Go for coffee and a massive cake because they've 'earned it'.
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One of the reasons I stopped going swimming in the local pool. Add into the gossiping women, you get those who think they are in Olympic training and go so fast that everyone has to get out of their way, plus kids messing around. I like a nice leisurely swim but hate sharing the pool with other people.
 
Darlo1973 said:
One of the reasons I stopped going swimming in the local pool. Add into the gossiping women, you get those who think they are in Olympic training and go so fast that everyone has to get out of their way, plus kids messing around. I like a nice leisurely swim but hate sharing the pool with other people.
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I was later than usual for my swimming session this morning. So it was a different group of people to the regulars I usually encounter.

when I arrive the pool (which normally accommodates about 6 people, 7 at a push, with a separate ‘swimming only’ lane) was virtually empty.

But I’d forgotten that 9am is the time that the cheaper membership sessions start. And I was reminded why I go a little earlier and pay the premium for it

I’m not a human torpedo or anything but I was swimming up and down and varying my strokes (oo er). By the time 9 o’clock came, the pool was full. The bloke at the edge of the pool I was swimming alongside was walking. Then people started arriving.

Their appears to be an unwritten rule. The older you are (and I’m 66) the more likely you are to be oblivious to the fact that the pool is already full and the more likely it is that you’ll just get right in there and walk, chatting to whoever regardless of whose already there trying to swim.

Pretty soon there were two women walking alongside the bloke I was swimming alongside. They basically just barged me out of the way. At the other side of the pool there were four old blokes walking and chatting. Two walking backwards, two walking forwards - taking up loads of space. My wife - who swims with me - was in their own side of the pool, but when another couple of chatting, walking women strolled in. She felt the need to get out.

By the time I got out there were 10 people, in three groups, walking up and down the pool, just talking. Nobody was swimming.

I’ll be making a point of arriving earlier next time.

Baffled.
 
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People who say "Are you gonna have some chips with your ketchup/brown sauce?"

Feck off, it's nowt to do with you!


Golf bores who stop in the middle of a car park and practice their golf swing, why???
 
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