Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

whirlpool

Getting a bit sick of seeing photos of Ian McKellen with Patrick Stewart all over the internet.

deise08

whirlpool wrote: »

Getting a bit sick of seeing photos of Ian McKellen with Patrick Stewart all over the internet.

why? is there something happening wit them?

wazky

deise08 wrote: »

why? is there something happening wit them?

They both just died.

Fred Swanson

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Daveysil15

Silly questions during job interviews like, "where do you see yourself in five years time?" I'm not fecking Mystic Meg.

Small print on forms and contracts. It's bad enough that its small, but does it have to be so fecking long? :mad:

deise08

People who get thick or aggressive wit me because I ask them for I.D for alcohol. They think it's their God given right to buy it!

deise08

wazky wrote: »

They both just died.

That's not nice

Czarcasm

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Silly questions during job interviews like, "where do you see yourself in five years time?" I'm not fecking Mystic Meg.

You'd be surprised Davey, they may sound routine on the surface, but they can tell the interviewer a lot about the candidate-

Sample answer (tailor to your own specifics)


Unprepared candidates though are the worst, inexcusable really. I was holding interviews the other day and I'd left company brochures out in the main reception. The first candidate didn't notice them, clearly they didn't because they got noticeably uncomfortable when I asked them what they knew about the company. They hadn't done their homework. The candidates thereafter I made sure to let them know I'd left out some company brochures they could read while they were waiting.

Another obvious interview question a lot of people seem unable to grasp is "Tell me about yourself?", and they rattle off their employment history and educational qualifications, etc. The interviewer wants to know about you, you're there because they've already seen your employment history and educational qualifications on your resume!

Small print on forms and contracts. It's bad enough that its small, but does it have to be so fecking long? :mad:

Have to agree with you there, but some companies if you ask them will print your contract in large print as a courtesy if you have accessibility issues such as poor visual acuity.

It's one of those things that I was always conscious of when I used work in web development was Web accessibility for people with accessibility issues. Boards itself actually is an excellent example of a site that caters for people with a range of accessibility issues such as visual impairments.



Christ that was an awfully sensible post, I'd want to watch that doesn't become a habit!

Paddy Cow

deise08 wrote: »

People who get thick or aggressive wit me because I ask them for I.D for alcohol. They think it's their God given right to buy it!

I can understand your pain. It's your job to ask. Not your fault if they don't have ID. Some cashiers can be d!cks though. They get a kick out of asking people for ID and love being able to say "Sorry, I can't serve you".

There was one time I was buying some beer in Dunnes. The woman serving me just looked at me (I was 31 at the time) and said "I'm going to need to see some ID". "No problem" I said. I was going through the cards in my wallet for ID and the first one that came up was my university one. I swear to God, she looked at me with the smuggest face and happily told me that she couldn't accept a college ID. "We can only accept Garda ID or passports", she said.

"Not a problem", said I and after a bit more shuffling I produced a Garda Age Card which meant she had to serve me. I swear to God, her face could've turned milk sour.

Most cashiers are sound but some of them are so bored they deliberately cause drama to liven up their shifts.

Czarcasm

Keith Duffy in a pair of ill fitting budgie smugglers that leave absolutely nothing to the imagination!

So little in fact, that they slipped off his ass when he hit the water, TWICE!!

Ted_YNWA

Czarcasm wrote: »

Keith Duffy in a pair of ill fitting budgie smugglers that leave absolutely nothing to the imagination!

So little in fact, that they slipped off his ass when he hit the water, TWICE!!

Morbid curiousity, but why were you looking at his ass??

shruikan2553

Was walking around tesco and found "Sports Candy". If your child is old enough to think fruit can be sports candy then they will tell you were to **** off with your candy and get some sweets. No idea why it annoys me.

Czarcasm wrote: »

Another obvious interview question a lot of people seem unable to grasp is "Tell me about yourself?", and they rattle off their employment history and educational qualifications, etc. The interviewer wants to know about you, you're there because they've already seen your employment history and educational qualifications on your resume!

This has to be one of the worst questions HR can come up with. Anything I believe relevant is on my CV. Even looking it up comes up with they dont care about the answer its how you answer.

Fred Swanson

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Czarcasm

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Morbid curiousity, but why were you looking at his ass??

Underwater cameras Ted, he was a competitor on that "Splash" programme on ITV, celebrities doing a diving contest coached by Tom Daly.

shruikan2553 wrote: »

This has to be one of the worst questions HR can come up with. Anything I believe relevant is on my CV. Even looking it up comes up with they dont care about the answer its how you answer.

And therein lies the error. With 20 people applying for the same position as you, all with more or less the same qualifications or experience as you, I would want to hear how you sell yourself, your accomplishments, how confidently you answer the question, something interesting. Employers will look for different things like examples of teamwork or how assertive you are and will you fit in with the company ethos, things like that, but here's a pretty good sample answer -

How to Answer the ‘Tell Me About Yourself’ Interview Question

Mariasofia

That I love red wine but it makes me sneeze

dyeti

"This machine can only dispense notes in multiples of 50"

Oh fúck off

mud

The hot water bottle that will not open.

The tin-opener with the big hole in the handle that usually coaxes the hot water bottle to open.

The annoyed woman with the sore hand, broken tin-opener and cold feet.

Irish Steve

KKkitty wrote: »

The whole camping outside ticket stores and getting up at the crack of dawn to stare at a screen to get tickets to any event or camping outside a games store to get a new release of a game annoys me. Have to wonder about the sanity of some people sometimes.

You may wonder, but when Aldi had a 7" tablet on special offer in December, we were outside an Aldi at 0830 on a Sunday morning to make sure we had a chance of getting one for our grand daughter. Good job we did, when they opened at 10, we discovered very rapidly that they only had 5 of them to sell, and that included the staff. We got one OK, and the price/spec was a lot more attractive than a similar device from just about any other supplier.

KKkitty

Irish Steve wrote: »

You may wonder, but when Aldi had a 7" tablet on special offer in December, we were outside an Aldi at 0830 on a Sunday morning to make sure we had a chance of getting one for our grand daughter. Good job we did, when they opened at 10, we discovered very rapidly that they only had 5 of them to sell, and that included the staff. We got one OK, and the price/spec was a lot more attractive than a similar device from just about any other supplier.

At least that was a reasonable hour to be queuing. What I meant was especially with our changeable weather people setting up camp throughout the night for tickets, games and gadgets outside a store or waking at an ungodly hour to book tickets.

Daveysil15

Czarcasm wrote: »

Another obvious interview question a lot of people seem unable to grasp is "Tell me about yourself?", and they rattle off their employment history and educational qualifications, etc. The interviewer wants to know about you, you're there because they've already seen your employment history and educational qualifications on your resume!

Reminds me of that scene from Anger Management.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-GV46SUcWs

Oops69

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Was walking around tesco and found "Sports Candy". If your child is old enough to think fruit can be sports candy then they will tell you were to **** off with your candy and get some sweets. No idea why it annoys me.



This has to be one of the worst questions HR can come up with. Anything I believe relevant is on my CV. Even looking it up comes up with they dont care about the answer its how you answer.

This is usually a way to fish for info they can't ask for legally , eg kids , getting married , prospect of maternity leave etc. etc , etc , I would answer in a round about way which would ultimately mean " my private life is my own business , all the relevant info is on the cv" , Can actually get more respect that way from an interviewer.

I hate when people make the heart shaped thing with their hands when posing for pictures etc.

Just irritates me. Including the Mo Farrah celebration. Puke!

dyeti

Also, accidentally jizzing on your clothes. Cumstains are impossible to get off, they're also really noticeable.

MJ23

dyeti wrote: »

Also, accidentally jizzing on your clothes. Cumstains are impossible to get off, they're also really noticeable.

You need a bit of self control lad.

NegativeCreep

dyeti wrote: »

Also, accidentally jizzing on your clothes. Cumstains are impossible to get off, they're also really noticeable.

Or when you think you're done but then you put it in your trousers but more comes out

deise08

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Or when you think you're done but then you put it in your trousers but more comes out

do you not get a warm satisfactional feeling of accomplishment?

wazky

deise08 wrote: »

do you not get a warm satisfactional feeling of accomplishment?

That you can't clean your knob properly before you put it back into your pants?

Daveysil15

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Or when you think you're done but then you put it in your trousers but more comes out

Ohh I hate when that happens. You have to shake it an awful lot to prevent that, yet if you shake it more than once you're playing with it apparently. You can't win.

McChubbin

Why is it that in most movies I've seen, the Americans never say please or thank you when ordering food or drink in a bar/restrauant?
Drives me mental.

Pumpkinseeds

Fake American accents. I was watching an English news programme the other night and they had the lead male actor from the Bridge or whatever it's called on, the guy had the weirdest fake American accent I've ever heard, combined with his Scandinavian accent it was bizarre.

Also the stupid news anchor who was asking him if there's something in the English psyche makes the bleak dreariness of Scandinavian drama so popular in the UK. FFS, he's an actor not a psychiatrist.