Things Cat Trialvilly Annoy You (part whatever) *MOD WARNING IN OP*

madmaggie

I went to a local retail business today. Shocked by the change in the place. Lots of new young staff, zero customer interaction. The premises itself is looking scruffy. I worked there some years ago, and the then manager would eat you if there was a speck on the floor. Sad to see things gone this way.

lainey_d_123

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

My TA is people who think you're a hypochondriac when you mention ANYTHING to do with any form of injury, soreness, ailment etc.

I've had a bad headache lately and my head throbs whenever I get up and go downstairs. I know well if I was to bring that up at home, this is what I'll get: "ah shut up take a paracetamol you'll be fine". I personally think I've got high blood pressure

I'm making an appointment with the doctor anyway but the whole attitude towards people who bring up the fact they're not feeling well in anyway, it's always "shut up you're overreacting".

This actually happened about 14 years ago when I broke my collarbone. I brought up the pain to my mother and she instantly told me "you're fine, you've just pulled a muscle" I complained the whole night about the pain and she got annoyed at me, I even asked her "what if it's broke?" and she told me I was a hypochondriac. The following day, she saw the discolouration in that part of my arm and brought me to the doctor. Sure enough, duh, broke. We laugh about it nowadays and it's my go-to rib when the opportunity arises.

But what is this awkwardness and sudden denial whenever someone brings up they're in pain? Why do we get so annoyed about it when we hear it from someone?

Yeah, this is a cultural thing in Ireland and Britain. Never understood it. What's clever or cool about encouraging people to dismiss potentially serious symptoms?

Walking on the road, car goes by, stops about 200yds ahead of me on side of road/hard shoulder in the middle of nowhere (not in front of a house nor close to a boreen or a sideroad). I don't know what to make of it... Is it someone willing to give me a lift or perhaps a farmer looking into his field or someone stopping to answer a phone... I don't know...

The not knowing gets me.. Keep looking straight ahead pretending I'm oblivious (inside I'm stressing)... About 30secs to a minute later as I'm close to/alongside or past the car, well I know then... I'm still going to be walking :pac:

Class MayDresser

All those lads playing soccer with the same surname. Is there anywhere safe from this media preaching at us? That's me and soccer done.

the purple tin

strangers who gawk at you as you walk by. Someday I will blow a raspberry at one of them :mad:

EmmetSpiceland

Class MayDresser wrote: »

All those lads playing soccer with the same surname. Is there anywhere safe from this media preaching at us? That's me and soccer done.

United fan, C? Well, ex-United fan.

Class MayDresser

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

United fan, C? Well, ex-United fan.

No E, but I wouldn't hold it against them.

Deja Boo

social awkwardness bites

Tauriel

404s :rolleyes:

Porklife

the purple tin wrote: »

strangers who gawk at you as you walk by. Someday I will blow a raspberry at one of them :mad:

Have you been to Berlin PTin? Gawking takes on a whole new level of gawkiness...I had men literally stop their bikes and lift their sunglasses to unashamedly drool.
To be fair, I do resemble Lora Croft so perhaps they thought I was shooting a movie or something or...and it's a very unlikely or....I looked like a carcrash and they were simply absentmindedly staring because that's what Berliners do!
I lived there for years and found it astonishing... people just stare at you! In Dublin I find it's less frequent but when it happens I feel like slapping the gape of the gob****e!

Ta I get worked up so ta'allyðŸ˜႒

the purple tin

Porklife wrote: »

Have you been to Berlin PTin? Gawking takes on a whole new level of gawkiness...I had men literally stop their bikes and lift their sunglasses to unashamedly drool.
To be fair, I do resemble Lora Croft so perhaps they thought I was shooting a movie or something or...and it's a very unlikely or....I looked like a carcrash and they were simply absentmindedly staring because that's what Berliners do!
I lived there for years and found it astonishing... people just stare at you! In Dublin I find it's less frequent but when it happens I feel like slapping the gape of the gob****e!

Ta I get worked up so ta'allyðŸ˜႒

Nobody is drooling over me Porklife, trust me. The people who stare are mostly doing it from nosiness.

Auld wans usually give me evils like I'm about to snatch their bag or something.
I don't know why, I don't look like a criminal or anything.

the purple tin

mustang shelly wrote: »

404s :rolleyes:

503s for me :mad:

degsie

the purple tin wrote: »

Nobody is drooling over me Porklife, trust me. The people who stare are mostly doing it from nosiness.

Auld wans usually give me evils like I'm about to snatch their bag or something.
I don't know why, I don't look like a criminal or anything.

So you say.....

Tauriel

the purple tin wrote: »

503s for me :mad:

I'm getting those now too.

the purple tin

degsie wrote: »

So you say.....

Who gave you that picture :mad: It was just me and CMT trying something new, it was all her idea I swear



People could be staring at my hair, I am turning into Terry Nutkins lately.
They gawked at me before my mad hair though so it doesn't explain it.
I wish I had the gumption to stop one of them and say politely 'excuse me, I was wondering why you are staring at me?'.

Porklife

In Berlin it used to drive me crazy. I'd be sitting on the ubahn going to work and people literally just stare you down. Some mornings I'd be hungover as **** and I'd feel like screaming - BOO!! just to startle them.
It's definitely not because I look so amazing, often I'd look a right state, it's just what they do. It's invasive.

Btw...I think that 'tach really suits you PTin..you'd fit right in in Berlin 😀

Ta....I'm hungry but need to go to the shops...granted it's a two minute walk so no big deal but this weather is making me feel lazy too. Can't the shopkeeper come to me! Selfish Lidl staff.

New Home

the purple tin wrote: »

Who gave you that picture :mad: It was just me and CMT trying something new, it was all her idea I swear



People could be staring at my hair, I am turning into Terry Nutkins lately.
They gawked at me before my mad hair though so it doesn't explain it.
I wish I had the gumption to stop one of them and say politely 'excuse me, I was wondering why you are staring at me?'.

Are you by chance wearing a t-shirt that reads " ↑ My eyes are up there ↑ "?

Ryath

New Home wrote: »

Are you by chance wearing a t-shirt that reads " ↑ My eyes are up there ↑ "?

Be right back

Listening to the news on a Cork radio station and the death of a Garda is only the second news story.

the purple tin

Be right back wrote: »

Listening to the news on a Cork radio station and the death of a Garda is only the second news story.

What is the main story?

Be right back

the purple tin wrote: »

What is the main story?

That restaurants are allowed an extra 15 minutes for meal sittings.

the purple tin

Be right back wrote: »

That restaurants are allowed an extra 15 minutes for meal sittings.

That is stupid! Hard to believe that. Whoever writes their news needs their head checked.

Be right back

the purple tin wrote: »

That is stupid! Hard to believe that. Whoever writes their news needs their head checked.

My thoughts exactly.

New Home

When has saying to a depressed person "Cheer up, don't be so gloomy", or to a person who's furious about something "Calm down", or to a person who's really really worried about something "Don't worry", or "Trust me" to someone who has been let down innumerable times before by that very same person, EVER worked?

Unless you're given a valid cause, saying those things will only make things worse. :mad::mad::mad:

maudgonner

I think the people who made the 'Submit Reply' button on Boards, 'Send' button on emails, and 'Tweet' button on Twitter are incredibly nasty the way they insert errors into the text that weren't there before.


That's the only possible explanation for the fact that I'll have misspellings, words missing, and phrases that make absolutely no sense, but I only see them a millisecond after I post, no matter how carefully I proof it :mad:

Antares35

When people say "there but for the grace of God" go I. When in fact it's there but for (insert any reason why you are not going there for example your own hard work, reasonable choices and common sense) they go. Actually just generally people giving God any credit for things when it is f*ck all to do with anyone other than your own hard work and common sense. Oh thanks be to God my backside.
TA our cat is still missing. Not looking good for the shabby old boy. I feel like I should be looking but where??

Bredabe

New Home wrote: »

When has saying to a depressed person "Cheer up, don't be so gloomy", or to a person who's furious about something "Calm down", or to a person who's really really worried about something "Don't worry", or "Trust me" to someone who has been let down innumerable times before by that very same person, EVER worked?

Unless you're given a valid cause, saying those things will only make things worse. :mad::mad::mad:

This by millions of %, when I work with the psychs at my job I hear these comments regularly(usually to cover that they are clueless).

I told one that imho these types of comments contribute to suicides, as they undermine the persons right to their emotions and it can be a slippery slope from there.

Ta, that ppl who should know better still think its ok to say this type of thing.

the purple tin

New Home wrote: »

When has saying to a depressed person "Cheer up, don't be so gloomy", or to a person who's furious about something "Calm down", or to a person who's really really worried about something "Don't worry", or "Trust me" to someone who has been let down innumerable times before by that very same person, EVER worked?

Unless you're given a valid cause, saying those things will only make things worse. :mad::mad::mad:

You said it Homes. I wish I had the gumption of LD to tell those people where to get off...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_1FbjuJp4E

When you use ' or - in a PM it replaces them with a load of random symbols. You have to go back through the message and change all the 's and -s back again :mad:

New Home

the purple tin wrote: »

You said it Homes. I wish I had the gumption of LD to tell those people where to get off...
l_1FbjuJp4E

I remember one time I was walking with the sun glaring in my eyes, I was squinting and frowning (no sunglasses), some idiot walked by and said to me "Cheer up, it may never happen", so I looked at him dead in the eyes and said to him, "It already has." and I walked off. You don't know what's going on in someone else's life.

the purple tin

New Home wrote: »

I remember one time I was walking with the sun glaring in my eyes, I was squinting and frowning (no sunglasses), some idiot walked by and said to me "Cheer up, it may never happen", so I looked at him dead in the eyes and said to him, "It already has." and I walked off. You don't know what's going on in someone else's life.

Yeah it is very arrogant to walk up to somebody and basically say 'Hey you, I order you to feel x emotion, and wear y expression on your face, immediately' even more so if you don't even know them.