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Really minor annoyances


Captain Slackbladder said:
I take the bairn on Saturday mornings now and again for a splash about and it's a mare with chatties.....the slow swim lane can be empty at times and they still don't f***ing use it.
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Captain Slackbladder said:
I take the bairn on Saturday mornings now and again for a splash about and it's a mare with chatties.....the slow swim lane can be empty at times and they still don't f***ing use it.
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There needs to be a public information film about it.
 
Tex said:
When you get a work email along the likes of

“Congratulations to Arthur Fuckwitt who has just been promoted to Senior Project Manager …”

… after which your ‘In’ box is flooded with competitive brown-nosers sending emails along the likes of “Well done Arthur”, “Way to go Arthur” etc because they replied ‘all users’.

I mean how friggin thick do you have to be? Or do they think they’re getting some kind of loyalty points for publically congratulating the lad rather than sending him an IM or personal email whatever?
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We've got a system at work which is meant to be used to communicate with staff in other branches for useful stuff like updates, new products, discontinuation of products etc.

Last week's software update now has the interface layed out like Facebook/Twitter and it's led to utter gimps posting the kind of drivel you see on FB.

"Happy 50th birthday to Carolyn at the Milton Keynes branch" with a picture of her blowing out candles on a Smartprice birthday cake.

"Taking Bailey on his first walk since his operation" Picture of one of those wanky little dogs everyone seems to have now.

"Best of luck to Peter who's trained really hard to walk one mile for male lactation awareness"
 
Floodolski said:
We've got a system at work which is meant to be used to communicate with staff in other branches for useful stuff like updates, new products, discontinuation of products etc.

Last week's software update now has the interface layed out like Facebook/Twitter and it's led to utter gimps posting the kind of drivel you see on FB.

"Happy 50th birthday to Carolyn at the Milton Keynes branch" with a picture of her blowing out candles on a Smartprice birthday cake.

"Taking Bailey on his first walk since his operation" Picture of one of those wanky little dogs everyone seems to have now.

"Best of luck to Peter who's trained really hard to walk one mile for male lactation awareness"
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It’s friggin grim like eh?
I used to work for a company when they changed the company home page to be a Facebook clone and people were encouraged to post those sort of twee updates. I had nowt to do with it me, and a few mo the later I left. I couldn’t say whether the two were in any way linked!
 
Kevj said:
Dimwitted feckers who are incapable of turning around a corner in their car at a reasonable pace. Head into the corner marginally fast, break heavily then creep around the bend.
Slow of thinking.
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Remember a few years ago being behind a car on a country lane (near Middleton One Row) and the driver showed right down at every left hand bend, and STILL managed to take each bend on the wrong side of the road.
We got passed him first chance we could
 
People who slow to look at accidents, even just a minor dent. Sometimes it is just someone broken down with a police car present. I sat n a few long tailbacks on Sunday, all just people gawping at the hard shoulder.

Worse when you have been in crawling traffic for 20 minutes and find it so people can have a good look at the other side of the road.

I know people have doubts about autonomous cars, but at least they will not block a motorway while they slow down to look at a parked car. If you like that sort of thing, go to the car park at ASDA, it is full of them. Leave the motorways for people who want to get somewhere.
 
Buying food like a takeaway. Turn up, order, pay, wait. I know its completely dependant on what youve ordered but it still a "minor irritation" when someone who turns up 3 or 4 people later than you gets their food first :lol:. Same goes for sitty downs at a restaurant / cafe etc
 
DaveH said:
People who slow to look at accidents, even just a minor dent. Sometimes it is just someone broken down with a police car present. I sat n a few long tailbacks on Sunday, all just people gawping at the hard shoulder.

Worse when you have been in crawling traffic for 20 minutes and find it so people can have a good look at the other side of the road.

I know people have doubts about autonomous cars, but at least they will not block a motorway while they slow down to look at a parked car. If you like that sort of thing, go to the car park at ASDA, it is full of them. Leave the motorways for people who want to get somewhere.
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I crossed a field to take photos of the poppies on the pyramids at the side of the M8. A cop car stopped with his blues on to see what I was up to. Within minutes the m8 was at a standstill with rubbernecking.
Amnorrageordie said:
I crossed a field to take photos of the poppies on the pyramids at the side of the M8. A cop car stopped with his blues on to see what I was up to. Within minutes the m8 was at a standstill with rubbernecking.
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Fucks sake, click the pic to get the in focus one.
 

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chunkyshanhawk53 said:
April fools. Utter shit for spenks

And stories about driving.
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And the way the BBC remind us of their spaghetti April fools trick back in the 1950s. There is a picture of it on their front page again. It was about three quarters of a century ago and the number of people who fell for it is rapidly dwindling. Well done BBC you fooled some people all those years ago. Now let it go will you?
 
Georgewhitt said:
Internet providers that tell you to visit their website for advice..........when your fuckin internet isn't fuckin working.
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Had this when an ATM swallowed my bank card.

"Did you know you can do this through the app?"

a) It gave two options, lost or stolen; I wanted to inform you an atm was either on the blink or rigged to scam people.
b) I want a human to assure me my card is cancelled.

"You can message us through the app"

When I'm in a panic, I don't want to be tippy tapping paragraphs on a phone, waiting like a dick for a reply.

Do they ever consider older people, those with bad eyesight or maybe dexterity problems might not want to rely on being able to type 100-word essays on a f***ing tiny keypad to solve crisis situations?

The kicker was during the call they wanted to arrange a webcam meeting to discuss different accounts I could possibly get. Obviously MY time isn't as valuable as their precious time.

Aye, and the bank would have been a hundred yards from where it happened - had they not closed it.
 
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