Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

RoboRat

We need to take a helicopter view of this and with some blue sky thinking we can hammer it out, get all our ducks in a row and pick the low hanging fruit going forward.

Ah bull**** bingo, used to play this in one of my previous jobs. Our director used to just spout out random phrases like that so before any meeting, we would all pick 3 phrases and whoever was first to get their 3 in any given meeting would interrupt him and say, bingo, you hit the nail of the head. We even used to make up ones and say them in his presence, only to hear him repeat them to the board. 'Better check the armour on the tank' was one such phrase that was later regurgitated.

OldNotWIse

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I'd prefer to avoid a captive lunch situation, so let's touch base in the PM.

Lets have a conversation around our objectives for next quarter. Or we could reach out to someone in Accounts for those figures.

czechlin

Saying "touch base" to a sales rep on the phone after reading those posts.
Thanks everyone :pac:

LynnGrace

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Lets have a conversation around our objectives for next quarter. Or we could reach out to someone in Accounts for those figures.

Oh yes, the 'reaching out', heard that at a recent meeting. Reaching out was the last thing I wanted to do.

SpaceCowb0y

When someone rings your phone and you just miss the call but when you call them back straight away they don't fúcking answer!!! URRRGGGGHHH!!!! :mad::mad::mad:

OldNotWIse

Someone beside me just got a text. It's the standard Nokia message alert from 1996. Beepbeepbeep beeeeeep bepbepep. Beepbeepbeep beeeeeep bepbepbep!

czechlin

When my workmate points out to me what kind of a day it is today, cheeky fecker. I am not going for a steak today :eek: :pac:

SpaceCowb0y

Not getting steak for the day that's in it!

also when colleagues don't fill the poxy kettle after they use the last of the water! it's just plain lazy and inconsiderate, the kettle is right at the sink ffs!

Fred Swanson

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shruikan2553

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Im not getting steak

SpaceCowb0y

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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shruikan2553 wrote: »

Im not getting steak

I was just politely trying to imply i wouldn't be getting either

"Chicken nugget and handjob day" sounds more appropriate!

yeppydeppy

I'm getting neither!

sunnysoutheast

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Someone beside me just got a text. It's the standard Nokia message alert from 1996. Beepbeepbeep beeeeeep bepbepep. Beepbeepbeep beeeeeep bepbepbep!

You know that spells S-M-S in Morse Code, right?

di-di-dit dah-dah di-di-dit

czechlin

Haha poor fellas! not :P

I was completely unaware of 14th March, which he presumed knowing me so well and used it as one of his jokes :rolleyes:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I might go into town and make a big show of getting a steak so everyone thinks I'll be getting a blowjob later

yes

that is certainly a sensible course of action

Czarcasm

I don't mind people at all using their phones in my company when we'd meet up for coffee or a drink, whatever, I'm the worst culprit for it myself.

Now, with that out of the way, what I DO mind, is people telling me come off the phone, and then when I do, they launch into a rant about someone or something that I've constantly had to remind them previously that I don't want to talk about! :mad:

People who are so wrapped up in themselves that they expect the world has to revolve around them, and when they say stop, the world has to stop what they're doing and cater to them and their needs while they feel no obligation to give anything back for what they've taken.

The bang of entitlement off some people is truly breathtaking at times, drives me fcuking spare!

eisenberg1

czechlin wrote: »

Haha poor fellas! not :P

I was completely unaware of 14th March, which he presumed knowing me so well and used it as one of his jokes :rolleyes:

What am I missing here? Mar 14th...Holy Day/Fast day,

Chicken Nuggets and Hand jobs? is there a special in McDonalds?:D

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

I might go into town and make a big show of getting a steak so everyone thinks I'll be getting a blowjob later

yes

that is certainly a sensible course of action

Don't forget to wink at everyone

Sadderday

Hate convos that start like this..........

Me: hey, you look great - love your miniskirt
Friend: I look like crap - I've terrible legs

or

'Does my bum look good in this cos your bf says it does'

or

'you can give her my chips, i'll just have salad'

Fred Swanson

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czechlin

Sadderday wrote: »

Hate convos that start like this..........

Me: hey, you look great - love your miniskirt
Friend: I look like crap - I've terrible legs

or

'Does my bum look good in this cos your bf says it does'

or

'you can give her my chips, i'll just have salad'

:eek:

Some people are just impossible to please...
And no way anyone's getting MY chips, pheeew

czechlin

Czarcasm wrote: »

The bang of entitlement off some people is truly breathtaking at times, drives me fcuking spare!

THIS. I've come across such behaviour lately a lot and it still baffles me

Muise...

People telling you what you "need" when it's what they need and you're actually grand. E.g.

"you need to stop saying that."

Instead of

"Stop saying that."

It's the sort of passive aggressive thing that makes me go from passive to aggressive in less than 3.7 seconds. :mad::D

Wotsername

Sadderday wrote: »

Hate convos that start like this..........

Me: hey, you look great - love your miniskirt
Friend: I look like crap - I've terrible legs

or

'Does my bum look good in this cos your bf says it does'

or

'you can give her my chips, i'll just have salad'

Yeah> He can be such a hypocrite at times. :rolleyes:

Czarcasm

Muise... wrote: »

People telling you what you "need" when it's what they need and you're actually grand. E.g.

"you need to stop saying that."

Instead of

"Stop saying that."

It's the sort of passive aggressive thing that makes me go from passive to aggressive in less than 3.7 seconds. :mad::D

Ohh now I'm all confused, what way do you say it if you need to tell somebody that they need to think of other people besides themselves?

Muise...

Czarcasm wrote: »

Ohh now I'm all confused, what way do you say it if you need to tell somebody that they need to think of other people besides themselves?

You say "should", silly!

eisenberg1

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

I might go into town and make a big show of getting a steak so everyone thinks I'll be getting a blowjob later

yes

that is certainly a sensible course of action

:eek::eek:well holy god!!

I can't remember the last time I had a decent...................steak.

Muise...

eisenberg1 wrote: »

:eek::eek:well holy god!!

I can't remember the last time I had a decent...................steak.

Have a steak and kidney π instead. In the US dating system, it's 3.14.

Wotsername

czechlin wrote: »

When my workmate points out to me what kind of a day it is today, cheeky fecker. I am not going for a steak today :eek: :pac:

Tell your workmate there's a queue waiting for him/her in the toilets, and they've all had the steak

eisenberg1

bluewolf wrote: »

Don't forget to wink at everyone

I nearly misread that as well.:D Where are my glasses.