Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

gramar

OldNotWIse wrote: »

And now the latest, "um...things are bit tight since the downturn, we are gonna have to increase your rent by 150 a month, but keep paying your 900 each month and we'll call over and collect the 150 each month ourselves"

You'd want a neck like a jockey's bollix to pull that kind of stunt. Complete cuntology of the highest order.

OldNotWIse

gramar wrote: »

You'd want a neck like a jockey's bollix to pull that kind of stunt. Complete cuntology of the highest order.

Indeed. They've a clatter of dog boxes, renting them all to non EU nationals, no doubt so they can pull the wool over their eyes. I'm gonna put the sh1ts up them.

gramar

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Indeed. They've a clatter of dog boxes, renting them all to non EU nationals, no doubt so they can pull the wool over their eyes. I'm gonna put the sh1ts up them.

Do, tell them you have it all in writing and you're going to report them for extortion. How much is enough for some people?

whitewave

The stairs in our building are blocked off because of an extension being built, so now a couple of times a day, I've to do the awkward waiting for the lift/making awkward small talk in the lift with people I don't know and don't really care to know. I'm not sure if the awkward small talk or the awkward silence is worse.

OldNotWIse

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Dodgy landlords. Spent most of last evening looking through emails and letters to/from the OH's friend and his LL, who is attempting to bully them into a rent increase mid lease. You want to see some of the stuff in the emails.

"eh...there's a .....problem with our bank this week, my hubby will drop over on saturday morning to collect the rent in cash a week early ok?"

"oh there's still a problem with the bank, we'll drop over later for the cash"

And now the latest, "um...things are bit tight since the downturn, we are gonna have to increase your rent by 150 a month, but keep paying your 900 each month and we'll call over and collect the 150 each month ourselves"

- and this is midway through a lease. I could feel my hands itching reading the stuff. Some of the properties are reg'd, some are not and there are also o/s issues with the accomm. that have yet to be fixed. Reading the emails the tenants sent in their not so perfect English just makes me even more annoyed because I feel they are being totally taken advantage of

Also, when you put a spoon of coffee in a mug and then dont have time to actually add water and make coffee...but when you go back later, its a little bit wet anyway

The tenants situation is truly terrible and the landlord deserves to be strung up.

But the coffee thing is genuinely the end of the world. HATE that.:)

Pumpkinseeds

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Dodgy landlords. Spent most of last evening looking through emails and letters to/from the OH's friend and his LL, who is attempting to bully them into a rent increase mid lease. You want to see some of the stuff in the emails.

"eh...there's a .....problem with our bank this week, my hubby will drop over on saturday morning to collect the rent in cash a week early ok?"

"oh there's still a problem with the bank, we'll drop over later for the cash"

And now the latest, "um...things are bit tight since the downturn, we are gonna have to increase your rent by 150 a month, but keep paying your 900 each month and we'll call over and collect the 150 each month ourselves"

- and this is midway through a lease. I could feel my hands itching reading the stuff. Some of the properties are reg'd, some are not and there are also o/s issues with the accomm. that have yet to be fixed. Reading the emails the tenants sent in their not so perfect English just makes me even more annoyed because I feel they are being totally taken advantage of

Also, when you put a spoon of coffee in a mug and then dont have time to actually add water and make coffee...but when you go back later, its a little bit wet anyway

Landlord is taking the pi*s. All properties have to be registered with the PRTB, by law. There is good info on their site and it's totally out of order. Has the landlord redrawn the lease or put anything in writing about adding additional 150 euro cash in hand to the rent? I seriously doubt it.

Have a look at the PRTB website and call them if you need more info. I wouldn't give the landlord another cent and I'd be concerned about the fact that he doesn't want the bank to know he's getting the cash. The last thing your friends need is the property being repossessed by the bank and them losing their deposit. Might even be best to look for a new place to rent. Assuming they can even get their deposit back from the landlord if she's that strapped for cash.

eisenberg1

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

when your with somebody and they just look on their phone rather than talk to you

Worse than that....you know when you are in conversation with someone, their phone rings, and they do that palm up to your face thing, as if to say STFU, I now have someone important to talk to.......bastards!

czechlin wrote: »

:eek:
I think I might be related to father Jessup... :pac:

You, sarcastic? never...:D

LynnGrace

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Worse than that....you know when you are in conversation with someone, their phone rings, and they do that palm up to your face thing, as if to say STFU, I now have someone important to talk to.......bastards!

No, never happens to me.
A friend of mine has to answer calls, it doesn't matter if it's a night out, just the two of us out for a meal, or whatever. It's usually her husband, or a family member, I think they could probably wait .

czechlin

Hahaha, you wear a coat and sunglasses? Hahahaha...
Me, takes off the sunglasses and throws him THE look accompanied by a very hostile g'mornin'.

1)It's a light spring coat not a heavy duty winter coat.
2)They're not called sunglasses for no reason. SUNglasses, ya get it? It doesn't matter what is the temperature like it's when that big yellow ball high up in the sky called SUN shines, that's what they're for.

Also "Are you sure you need that jacket, it's sunny outside!". Yes, I am sure as unlike you I walk on daily basis, it's 10ºC which is still quite cold (for me anyway). You walk from the door to the car and you walk around with bare legs in November, so your opinion about ME feeling cold or warm is completely irrelevant.

I got sun burnt, would you believe that czechlin!?
You went on a sunny break and came back looking like a boiled lobster, no I am completely baffled.

Weather talk. Just don't even bother :pac:

OldNotWIse

Companies that have Fur Elise on speed as their hold music.

Slowly...goes...insane...

Ihatecuddles

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Companies that have Fur Elise on speed as their hold music.

Slowly...goes...insane...

I used to play that for hours on end, first thing I taught myself.

My family hated it so much ah well.

maguic24

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Companies that have Fur Elise on speed as their hold music.

Slowly...goes...insane...

Not very good on the music frontier, so can't say I know that song.

But, while on the subject of on-hold music, most of it drives me made but there's this one company that has the deadliest on hold music ever. I have been tempted to ring them a couple of times, just to listen to the on hold music. I had to remind myself on these occasions to get a grip and not be weird. :P :pac:

OldNotWIse

maguic24 wrote: »

Not very good on the music frontier, so can't say I know that song.

But, while on the subject of on-hold music, most of it drives me made but there's this one company that has the deadliest on hold music ever. I have been tempted to ring them a couple of times, just to listen to the on hold music. I had to remind myself on these occasions to get a grip and not be weird. :P :pac:

Fur elise??

maguic24

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Fur elise??

Arra, hold yer whisht, I just youtubed it. Yeah it's familar. :P

And no I don't like it!

czechlin

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Companies that have Fur Elise on speed as their hold music.

Slowly...goes...insane...

One company I used to call had a compilation that sounded like a wedding march as their hold music. I hated calling them.

Aglomerado

A haulage company I used to deal with had awful Glockenspiel music as their hold music. It sounded like one of those wind up toys to send babies to sleep.

eisenberg1

czechlin wrote: »

One company I used to call had a compilation that sounded like a wedding march as their hold music. I hated calling them.

Was the company in question "Weddings R Us" ?

OldNotWIse

maguic24 wrote: »

Arra, hold yer whisht, I just youtubed it. Yeah it's familar. :P

And no I don't like it!

I remember it being bet into me for junior cert music bleeding fingers and all

Pumpkinseeds

Painkillers. I'm trying to avoid Tramadol as it gives me a headache and makes me queasy, so I had some soluable solpadene instead, now I just feel sleepy and still sore, frigging abcesses. *wants to shake fist at abcess but arm too sore:mad::(

Graces7

maguic24 wrote: »

Arra, hold yer whisht, I just youtubed it. Yeah it's familar. :P

And no I don't like it!

what does arra mean please....often read it but never heard it used.

OldNotWIse

Graces7 wrote: »

what does arra mean please....often read it but never heard it used.

Never mind that, I'm not comfortable holding my whisht in public, prefer to to that in private.

OldNotWIse

Anyone who expresses surprise when it rains in Ireland. I dont want your running fuucking commentary. Die.

Graces7

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Painkillers. I'm trying to avoid Tramadol as it gives me a headache and makes me queasy, so I had some soluable solpadene instead, now I just feel sleepy and still sore, frigging abcesses. *wants to shake fist at abcess but arm too sore:mad::(

codeine does that....on tylex here, same formula as solpadeine...warding off migraine and dratted wrist pain.

simple aspirin might help more. or brufen.aspirin fights temperatures and infection.

suppose you have tried salt water,,,i mean on the abcesses...

OldNotWIse

Annoying relative has gestated and birthed another P1. Cue a nauseating two years of social networking feeds about mucus plugs, colostrum, baby yoga, baby sign language, la leche claptrap, photos of "the most amazing and beautiful and wonderful and did we mention amazing child ever" and updates about bowel movements and teeth and first smiles, first day in the animal prison zoo, first farts etc. Her first child will probably be sent to work in a factory in Bangledesh now - leave us oh large one, you are no longer a viable tool of annoyance. We have a new prune with an angry red face and greenish poop that we wish to replace you with.

Save us from the birthing boredom!

Graces7

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Annoying relative has gestated and birthed another P1. Cue a nauseating two years of social networking feeds about mucus plugs, colostrum, baby yoga, baby sign language, la leche claptrap, photos of "the most amazing and beautiful and wonderful and did we mention amazing child ever" and updates about bowel movements and teeth and first smiles, first day in the animal prison zoo, first farts etc. Her first child will probably be sent to work in a factory in Bangledesh now - leave us oh large one, you are no longer a viable tool of annoyance. We have a new prune with an angry red face and greenish poop that we wish to replace you with.

Save us from the birthing boredom!

get well soon....

eisenberg1

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Annoying relative has gestated and birthed another P1. Cue a nauseating two years of social networking feeds about mucus plugs, colostrum, baby yoga, baby sign language, la leche claptrap, photos of "the most amazing and beautiful and wonderful and did we mention amazing child ever" and updates about bowel movements and teeth and first smiles, first day in the animal prison zoo, first farts etc. Her first child will probably be sent to work in a factory in Bangledesh now - leave us oh large one, you are no longer a viable tool of annoyance. We have a new prune with an angry red face and greenish poop that we wish to replace you with.

Save us from the birthing boredom!

Any chance you could babysit for my lot on Saturday night:D

OldNotWIse

Graces7 wrote: »

get well soon....

What a good idea, I shall send them a card exactly to this effect

OldNotWIse

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Any chance you could babysit for my lot on Saturday night:D

nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!

I actually dont mind kids that much, I just hate the parents annoying, incessant networking feeds about their every move.

czechlin

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Was the company in question "Weddings R Us" ?

It was a courier company.

Maybe they had brides trafficking as a second business :eek:

eisenberg1

OldNotWIse wrote: »

nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!

I actually dont mind kids that much, I just hate the parents annoying, incessant networking feeds about their every move.

:DMine are all well beyond requiring a babysitter, I let the eldest (she is almost 9) mind the other two, unless it is a for longer than a weekend........

Seriously though, it seems these days (did I really say that) there is the "list" that is issued to the minder of said offspring.

Summer - only gets half a yogurt
Arapahoe - Banana (must be mashed)
Matt Talbot Bridge - No alcohol

And all to be in bed by 6.30