Post by: goldencup on May 11, 2005, 12:41:23 am
Seen in Sainsbury's today over the 'reduced' section, in big letters:
TODAY'S BARGINS - WHEN ITS' GONE ITS' GONE
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 11, 2005, 09:34:42 am
That would annoy me too goldencup.
Post by: robbie on May 11, 2005, 11:26:03 am
Post by: smurfboy on May 11, 2005, 02:22:28 pm
Post by: loulou on May 11, 2005, 02:28:21 pm
Post by: goldencup on May 11, 2005, 03:01:54 pm
I've got a friend who says that all the time! It's, "I said so and so, so she turned round and said this, so I turned round and said that," etc etc etc. I get this picture in my head of all these people whirling round and round and I never actually listen to what she's saying!
Post by: smurfboy on May 11, 2005, 05:37:38 pm
Post by: loulou on May 11, 2005, 05:54:17 pm
Post by: loulou on May 11, 2005, 05:54:57 pm
Post by: goldencup on May 11, 2005, 05:55:41 pm
People who keep saying basically.
....and then give you a very complicated version!
Post by: loulou on May 11, 2005, 05:56:19 pm
Post by: goldencup on May 11, 2005, 05:57:46 pm
People who say 'end of'.
??? Example please!
Post by: loulou on May 11, 2005, 05:59:56 pm
Post by: goldencup on May 11, 2005, 06:00:43 pm
Haven't heard that one. But it's annoying me already!
Post by: loulou on May 11, 2005, 06:00:47 pm
Post by: goldencup on May 11, 2005, 06:03:00 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 11, 2005, 06:03:11 pm
! My boss does a similar thing - she always says 'no worries' when you didn't think you should have been worried anyway! So what happens then? Yes - you worry!
Post by: loulou on May 11, 2005, 06:03:20 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 11, 2005, 06:05:03 pm
Post by: loulou on May 11, 2005, 06:20:42 pm
Post by: goldencup on May 11, 2005, 06:28:16 pm
Post by: goldencup on May 11, 2005, 06:30:17 pm
Post by: oldspice on May 11, 2005, 07:00:54 pm
We have to "cascade" as well - and my boss is always saying "have you got a window?" when she means have I got time to speak to her.
On the bus yesterday, I heard a young girl say to her firend "Which ever way you look at it, at the end of the day, she's f*cked in it, know what I mean?"
The bus almost rocked with laughter.
Post by: goldencup on May 11, 2005, 08:08:07 pm
She really should have said "Basically" at the beginning though!
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 12, 2005, 09:03:57 am
Do you have 'joined up thinking' at work? People who talk about that generally have to draw a complex diagram when talking to you to make their task sound much more like hard work than it actually is.
Motorsport commentators use the term 'in the mix' several times per race and that bugs me too.
Post by: smurfboy on May 12, 2005, 01:55:56 pm
Football cliches annoy me. 'Saturday's game's a real six-pointer'. No it isn't! 'Bolton hadn't won in 17 away matches against Newcastle, but Diouf obviously hadn't read the script'. Because there wasn't one!!!
Post by: Bunny on May 14, 2005, 10:21:42 am
People who say "in it?" after a statement rather than a question - as in We only went there twice - in it
i believe they call it eastury English.
Post by: loulou on May 14, 2005, 03:08:15 pm
People who say "in it?" after a statement rather than a question - as in We only went there twice - in it
i believe they call it eastury English.
I am not familiar with this phrase.
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 16, 2005, 09:30:34 am
Post by: chocolate chick on May 16, 2005, 12:59:12 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 16, 2005, 01:10:34 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 18, 2005, 12:43:35 pm
Post by: goldencup on May 18, 2005, 01:17:31 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on May 18, 2005, 04:14:11 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 18, 2005, 04:53:47 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on May 18, 2005, 05:02:55 pm
Post by: sillyyank03 on May 18, 2005, 06:01:19 pm
Post by: loulou on May 19, 2005, 12:25:29 am
My boss chewing her hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This reminds me of my sister in law who twiddles her hair round her fingers all day long. She looks like she is permanently nervous.
Post by: smurfboy on May 19, 2005, 11:19:33 am
Post by: on May 19, 2005, 01:46:08 pm
My boss is always 'touching base'
Base should sue him for sexual harassment.
Post by: goldencup on May 19, 2005, 11:43:33 pm
Post by: on May 20, 2005, 09:49:29 am
Post by: loulou on May 20, 2005, 10:25:15 pm
Post by: on May 20, 2005, 10:41:35 pm
Food packaging which states " Try our exciting other flavours"
How the f*ck is a flavour remotely exciting?!
Post by: goldencup on May 20, 2005, 11:17:19 pm
Also those 'serving suggestions'. I once noticed on a packet of fishfingers, "Why not try serving with chips and peas," as though this was a really exotic idea that no-one would otherwise have thought of!
Post by: on May 22, 2005, 04:03:57 pm
Cosmetic products using psuedo science to sell the thing.
"Pro Derma"
Pro:Supporting; favouring
Derma:Skin
For f*cks sake!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: loulou on May 22, 2005, 10:36:59 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 23, 2005, 03:03:45 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on May 23, 2005, 03:23:54 pm
her mouth and when she blows her nose it sounds like a fog horn. She
must do this about 20 times a day
Post by: loulou on May 24, 2005, 09:05:49 am
Smurfboy I know someone who paid £10 for one of those yellow livestrong wristbands and a week later they were everywhere for £1. I see some t****r is selling ones on ebay that say livewrong. What annoys me is people making their own versions and claiming they are for charity when they are not.
On the subject of charities those people who shake a charity collection tin outside supermarkets annoy me. I always wonder how much money from the tin goes into the collectors pocket.
Post by: goldencup on May 24, 2005, 11:35:41 am
Post by: oldspice on May 25, 2005, 08:09:03 am
Post by: on May 25, 2005, 09:26:13 am
I hate men who wear socks with their sandals.(bounty is that you?)
I never wear socks and sandals.
Post by: loulou on May 25, 2005, 10:22:08 am
Quote from: loulouI hate men who wear socks with their sandals.(bounty is that you?)I never wear socks and sandals.
Maybe not for the last 5 days
Post by: on May 25, 2005, 08:35:07 pm
Post by: loulou on May 25, 2005, 10:05:51 pm
Post by: loulou on May 25, 2005, 10:38:22 pm
Charity wristbands annoy me - or to be more accurate, people who wear them without any idea of what they're supporting, but have seen loads of other people doing it so follow the herd. It's not just teenagers either. A bloke at my gym, who's about 30 and an accountant, paid about £10 for one off eBay!!! None of that will have actually gone to the charity; it's just some greedy sod getting rich out of other people's desperation to fit in with the latest trend
Today through my letterbox came a packet containing a purple wristband. It says it is to support meningitis research and 25p from the sale of it goes to the charity. Not sure why it came through my letterbox.... Also a pale blue one came which for some reason seemed to upset me a lot because it claims to support a charity for men with prostrate cancer. Is there now a charity wristband for everything? And why are they coming through letterboxes?
Post by: chocolate chick on May 26, 2005, 11:47:02 am
Post by: chocolate chick on May 26, 2005, 11:55:41 am
It doesn't look right. If your feet are too warm for
shoes and need sandals on then why wear socks ? It would be like
wearing a polo neck under a bikini.
My step dad wears socks with sandels. He says it's because wearing no socks does not feel. Makes me want to scream!
Post by: aveit101 on May 26, 2005, 12:17:43 pm
Someone needs to start a post which talks about how GREAT i am
i wud start it my welf but that would be big headed
DO IT
Coz i am great and you all know it!
Post by: loulou on May 27, 2005, 09:00:04 am
Post by: aveit101 on March 31, 2006, 12:27:13 pm
Post by: wjp666 on March 31, 2006, 12:41:13 pm
number one pet annoyance...
CANNED LAUGHTER!
Post by: minty on March 31, 2006, 12:42:52 pm
Post by: kermie on March 31, 2006, 01:50:39 pm
Post by: oldspice on March 31, 2006, 07:01:07 pm
EVERY TIME I need to replace paper in the photocopier at work I go into the resources room, only to find that a new box needs to be opened. That involves trekking to the office for a pair of scissors to cut the plastic band round the box (scissors have to be kept in a room with a lock!!!!!), removing the pastic bands, disposing of them safely, struggling to get the tightly fitted lid off the new box of paper and then trying to prise the top pack of paper out of the box.
EVERYONE else is able to stroll in the resources room and find a newly opened box of paper (BY ME!!) waiting for them. How do I manage it??
What i did recently was to cut and revoce every plastic strip from every box to speed the process up in the future!
Post by: loulou on March 31, 2006, 07:44:40 pm
Post by: oldspice on March 31, 2006, 10:00:39 pm
I hate to say it but old people do that a lot. It's because they're so busy they don't have time to queue at the supermarket and are always trying to hurry you along.
However, when YOU are behind THEM on an escalator they get to the top and then they STOP!!
Post by: loulou on March 31, 2006, 10:04:37 pm
Post by: kermie on March 31, 2006, 11:55:42 pm
LOu I'm with you!
Post by: smurfboy on April 01, 2006, 02:43:58 am
Post by: oldspice on April 01, 2006, 09:26:58 am
I TOTALLY agree with you Smurfy, I have this problem all the time and I object because i too do not drive and have to carry the stuff but also because it is a waste of precious resources. We have to stop using hundreds of plastic bags everytime we go shopping.
The other thing that's fashionable in this city is children bag packing in supermarkets to get money for projects, some of them charity projects (which I don't mind) and some of them not. For example, out local independent school got their students to bag pack to collect money to take the school jazz band on a trip to America. Well I'm sorry, but I cannot afford to send my kid to America and I'm not going to pay for some posh twat's kid to go there either!
Post by: goldencup on April 01, 2006, 04:39:04 pm
Post by: smurfboy on April 01, 2006, 04:40:22 pm
Post by: oldspice on April 01, 2006, 05:23:52 pm
Post by: on April 01, 2006, 05:51:22 pm
Post by: oldspice on April 01, 2006, 05:57:10 pm
Thanks
Post by: on April 01, 2006, 06:03:23 pm
Post by: loulou on April 01, 2006, 06:52:15 pm
I can't stand it when they try and 'help' you pack in the supermarket
Why do they put washing up liquid and shampoo in the same bag as fruit when I keep all cleaning stuff separate.
Post by: on April 02, 2006, 08:27:49 am
If their job is to help people pack bags how clever do you think they're going to be?
edited to insert apostrophe
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 03, 2006, 09:31:01 am
If their job is to help people pack bags how clever do you think they're going to be?
They don't need to be clever just appropriately trained.
Post by: loulou on April 03, 2006, 11:04:58 pm
If their job is to help people pack bags how clever do you think they're going to be?
edited to insert apostrophe
Some people only do this job to fill time not necessarily for the money so it's not right to assume they are stupid. The man who collect trolleys at our local Morrisons is an ex bank manager who lost his wife and does the job for company. Doesn't mean he is stupid.
Post by: smurfboy on April 04, 2006, 01:06:25 am
Post by: oldspice on April 04, 2006, 07:46:26 am
It's true, many of them are not stupid. However, they still put frozen chickens on top of bread!
Post by: Nikkers on April 04, 2006, 05:08:53 pm
That's a very judgmental thing to say Bounty. I work part time in Tescos to help me pay my way through my Masters degree! I don't want to work in Tescos (or any other shop) but I've really no choice!
Post by: oldspice on April 04, 2006, 07:04:47 pm
Post by: Nikkers on April 04, 2006, 07:30:31 pm
Post by: loulou on April 05, 2006, 12:13:58 am
Post by: oldspice on April 05, 2006, 07:55:18 am
Please don't say 'author' Bounty
Post by: on April 05, 2006, 09:52:27 am
Lou, I monitor systems and I'm an author.
Nikkers (nice name), I was being deliberately stereotypical. I like to create debate. Of course you can't necessarily infer intelligance from a particular role or job. What are you reading?
Post by: Nikkers on April 05, 2006, 01:27:04 pm
Human Rights Law.
My name is Nikki, hence Nikkers!
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 05, 2006, 03:31:16 pm
Human Rights Law.
My first degree is Maritime Law!
Post by: Nikkers on April 05, 2006, 03:41:21 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 05, 2006, 04:20:12 pm
I loved studying law. Maritime I preferred to Admiralty although my course covered both of these as well as some Sale and Carriage of Goods. One of my coursemates went on to do an LLM but I never wanted to be a lawyer.
Nikkers are you going to be a lawyer?
Post by: Nikkers on April 05, 2006, 04:37:57 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 05, 2006, 04:45:23 pm
Post by: smurfboy on April 05, 2006, 04:49:00 pm
yes I'm going to the Birmingham College of Law in September to do the LPC.
Come and visit me, I only live round the corner!
Post by: Nikkers on April 05, 2006, 04:54:09 pm
Cherryripe, I have to take out a £25k loan, eek! Might be able to get my fees paid back if I get a good training contract though.
Will do Smurfboy! Looking at houses at Selly Oak, what do you think of that area?
Post by: smurfboy on April 05, 2006, 04:56:33 pm
Post by: Nikkers on April 05, 2006, 05:13:13 pm