Not The Annoyingly Trivial Things-Bitches be cray cray week.

OldNotWIse · 16-08-2017 10:39AM

LynnGrace wrote: »

That must be so difficult.
I have only lately realised how difficult that condition must be to deal with.

People leaving freezers and fridges open in shops are a TA of mine also. And I find myself closing them.

I hate seeing refrigerated or frozen good left idly at the checkout or somewhere they shouldn't be. I always fear they will defrost and then be returned to the fridge or freezer and sold! :eek:

erica74 · 16-08-2017 10:39AM

73Cat wrote: »

There are always two receptionists behind the desk at the doctors and I never know which one to look at going in. They wear headsets and sometimes I don't know if they are talking to me or on the phone. Awkward:(

In the place I go to, one of the receptionists seems to think she is not there to greet and assist patients.
I go in and if she looks occupied (wearing earphones while typing/wearing a headset while talking/tapping at her keyboard) I just stand back from the desk a bit so she has privacy. She looks up and if you're not looking in her direction, you won't know she's looking at you, she literally says nothing. I say hello to EVERYONE because I am a civilised adult human. I say hello, no response, I explain why I'm there, no response, all she says is "take a seat".
WHY DO THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE HAVE JOBS??? If you are in a position that requires you to deal with the public every day, you need to plaster a smile on your face and speak to people in a polite civil manner.

erica74 · 16-08-2017 10:41AM

Another thing to be TA about - someone starting a conversation with me about motorbikes, just so they can spout on about how bikes are dangerous. How about you go fuck yourself.

retro:electro · 16-08-2017 11:02AM

Left my backseat window open yesterday and the seat is drenched wet. Also have another broken wing mirror. Why do people think it's gas to break wing mirrors from cars?! It's not!! It's annoying as fcuk!

Bitches Be Trypsin · 16-08-2017 11:18AM

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Not a personal TA but all the tv/radio interviews for the happy leaving cert kids, some people don't do well and have to listen to that can be very disheartening to them, I honestly feel sorry for them and wish I could tell them its not the end of the world.

So true! My brother got his results today and we were both thrilled, combined leaving of over 1000 points

Vel · 16-08-2017 11:22AM

Woman this morning knocks into me with her buggy, not once but twice, nearly tripping me up and all I get is a vacant, gormless look when I turn around. 'Eh, you nearly tripped me up there with your buggy' say I. 'Oh', says she. Not a sorry out of her.

Now with three kids I've done my fair share of schlepping around the place with a buggy and it was a pain in the cahoonas, but I chose to have kids and didn't expect to be given special treatment on the streets just because I had a buggy. And I most certainly would have apologised if I had accidentally hit someone with it.

Vel · 16-08-2017 11:24AM

When someone is holding a series of doors open for you, do you say thanks at each one, or wait until the last door for an overall thanks?!

Happened to me this morning. I said thanks at each door but it became cringey and awkward, yet I didn't want to wait until the last door in case they thought I was being a rude biatch.

Oh the trials and tribulations of life!

5rtytry56 · 16-08-2017 11:31AM

Someone starting a conversation saying they fly a drone. Not really about they fly it, or what they do with it: rather how this individual was able to show a certain licence to an official in a certain public premises when challenged about flying it there. He was allowed to continue to fly.
This was the whole point of the conversation, nothing else.

Yeah right. Jog on.

Vel · 16-08-2017 11:33AM

I was in Zara recently waiting to pay in the kid's section. Every single time I go into Zara there is a queue a mile long at the tills.

Anyway we are all waiting and next in line is a lady with two young girls. The girls are dancing around, singing, showing off and being pretentious brats and the mother is constantly looking down the line with a big proud grin on her face to see if we are all noticing her darling spawn and how darn lovely they are!

It comes to their turn to pay and what do you know, but she is going to allow each girl the opportunity to pay for their own item. So girl 1 hands over her runners and then turns to get her purse out of the mother's bag, proceeds to pay, returns the purse, the item is bagged, receipt handed over and then Girl 2 repeats the process. I am bulling inside watching it all unfold!!! We all have places to go, things to do, except her apparently, and we are being expected to accommodate this 'life lesson' for her kids.

And just when I think its all over, she then does her own transaction, which involves an EXCHANGE, which takes longer than a normal transaction. So 3 transactions when it could have been 1.

I ain't going to lie, by the end of it all, I wished her harm!!:D

5rtytry56 · 16-08-2017 11:35AM

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Not a personal TA but all the tv/radio interviews for the happy leaving cert kids, some people don't do well and have to listen to that can be very disheartening to them, I honestly feel sorry for them and wish I could tell them its not the end of the world.

Not the end of it: Look out for all the high scoring students pictures in the Irish Times pages tomorrow. And extensive coverage of where these luvvy-duvvies are heading off to college.

Aglomerado · 16-08-2017 11:43AM

5rtytry56 wrote: »

Not the end of it: Look out for all the high scoring students pictures in the Irish Times pages tomorrow. And extensive coverage of where these luvvy-duvvies are heading off to college.

I think I ranted about this last year, Clodagh and her 10 billion points, enabling her to study rocket medicine at the university of Yarvard because her parents enrolled her in a study borstal last year (she has not seen the light of day since September).

I like the stories about people who were barely literate five years ago who went back studying as an adult and can proudly boast a leaving cert today.

Vel · 16-08-2017 11:50AM

People who ask for directions and then don't accept them when you give them to them.

An oul biddy in the park last night stopped me to ask me how to get to a particular car park. I told her and then she turned to the two people she was with and said 'No, no that's not the way, its this way'. Eh, fook off then. I missed part of my podcast for you as I had to take my earphones out when you jumped in my path and started talking at me.

I hope they are still roaming the park looking for the exit!

OldNotWIse · 16-08-2017 11:52AM

Aglomerado wrote: »

I think I ranted about this last year, Clodagh and her 10 billion points, enabling her to study rocket medicine at the university of Yarvard because her parents enrolled her in a study borstal last year (she has not seen the light of day since September).

I like the stories about people who were barely literate five years ago who went back studying as an adult and can proudly boast a leaving cert today.

I want to read the stories about the kids who were thoroughly average and still became CEOs. The world is full of adults who got good leaving certs because they had no lives and good memories, who have zero social capabilities or business intelligence.

dub_skav · 16-08-2017 12:02PM

Sales assistants.
I don't like talking to people at the best of times, but I was browsing products in a health and beauty section the other day.
I had earphones in and a cap on, so my eyes were barely visible as I looked down at items. Was this enough of a hint that I didn't want to be bothered? Apparently not. Assistant approaches, saying something that I can't hear, I studiously ignore, but she moves around toward my eyeline still talking. I walked away and made a purchase elsewhere.

Leave me alone, if I want help I will ask, or I will stand there looking around with an air of stupefaction.
I realise that others will see my "rudeness" as a TA, but I have learned from years of experience not to give an inch

Bitches Be Trypsin · 16-08-2017 12:08PM

Aglomerado wrote: »

I think I ranted about this last year, Clodagh and her 10 billion points, enabling her to study rocket medicine at the university of Yarvard because her parents enrolled her in a study borstal last year (she has not seen the light of day since September).

I like the stories about people who were barely literate five years ago who went back studying as an adult and can proudly boast a leaving cert today.

We actually are an example of that! Both of us made the paper

I think the LC is what you make of it, both of us went to "community college" settings, no such thing as private school here! Low socio economic background too. I plan on becoming a GP after graduation, if my health eventually clears up, but both of us wouldn't have any money for grinds or private tuition and even paying for Uni is such a struggle.

TA at people who condescend over this!!:rolleyes:

Robsweezie · 16-08-2017 12:10PM

Vel wrote: »

I was in Zara recently waiting to pay in the kid's section. Every single time I go into Zara there is a queue a mile long at the tills.

Anyway we are all waiting and next in line is a lady with two young girls. The girls are dancing around, singing, showing off and being pretentious brats and the mother is constantly looking down the line with a big proud grin on her face to see if we are all noticing her darling spawn and how darn lovely they are!

It comes to their turn to pay and what do you know, but she is going to allow each girl the opportunity to pay for their own item. So girl 1 hands over her runners and then turns to get her purse out of the mother's bag, proceeds to pay, returns the purse, the item is bagged, receipt handed over and then Girl 2 repeats the process. I am bulling inside watching it all unfold!!! We all have places to go, things to do, except her apparently, and we are being expected to accommodate this 'life lesson' for her kids.

And just when I think its all over, she then does her own transaction, which involves an EXCHANGE, which takes longer than a normal transaction. So 3 transactions when it could have been 1.

I ain't going to lie, by the end of it all, I wished her harm!!:D

reminds me of the frequent sight of two women blocking an aisle, entrance or exit to stop and have a chat. ''our conversation is far more important than your time folks, suck it up''.

Dramatik · 16-08-2017 12:14PM

Customers with awkward transactions:

Customer:

''I'd like to return this item and exchange it for this item of a different price, I'd like to pay the difference with this €20 and can you give some of it back in change for the bus. Now I'd like the pay for the other items by card card if that's ok.''

Me:

''Sure no problem'' - totals everything up and charges customers card.

Customer:

''Wait! I just remembered I've some gift cards that I want to use, one of them has €40 on it, I want to keep that one but could you add the remaining cards together, minus that off what I paid by card and refund it to me?''

Widdershins · 16-08-2017 12:18PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

I want to read the stories about the kids who were thoroughly average and still became CEOs. The world is full of adults who got good leaving certs because they had no lives and good memories, who have zero social capabilities or business intelligence.

Richard Branson, dyslexic

Vel · 16-08-2017 12:22PM

Colleague: 'Oh are you on your lunch?'

It is lunchtime. I have earphones in. The Daily Mail is open on my pc. I am about to take a bite of my sandwich just as you approach. Short of wearing a massive fcuking sign which reads 'I AM ON MY LUNCH' I am not sure what other signals you might be looking for

Aglomerado · 16-08-2017 12:42PM

Bitches Be Trypsin wrote: »

We actually are an example of that! Both of us made the paper

I think the LC is what you make of it, both of us went to "community college" settings, no such thing as private school here! Low socio economic background too. I plan on becoming a GP after graduation, if my health eventually clears up, but both of us wouldn't have any money for grinds or private tuition and even paying for Uni is such a struggle.

TA at people who condescend over this!!:rolleyes:

Congratulations on your achievement! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to play down the successes of high achievers. I do laugh at their being used as adverts for the private grind schools though! As if money alone will buy success for students.

Wishing you both the very best of luck in college!

California Dreamer · 16-08-2017 01:06PM

Leaving Cert:

The amount of people jumping on the band wagon about it's ok if you don't get what you want and if you have mental health problems blah blah blah.

Simple. Don't study, don't get the results. Don't complain if your life goes nowhere!!!!

It's far too PC these days and seems to be ok to fail your leaving cert!!!!

Iseedeadpixels · 16-08-2017 01:13PM

California Dreamer wrote: »

Leaving Cert:

The amount of people jumping on the band wagon about it's ok if you don't get what you want and if you have mental health problems blah blah blah.

Simple. Don't study, don't get the results. Don't complain if your life goes nowhere!!!!

It's far too PC these days and seems to be ok to fail your leaving cert!!!!

It is ok to fail your leaving cert, not everyone is going to go to college, would a mechanic need maths or Irish? Would a Hairdresser need geography or german/french? Telling kids and do remember they are still kids that its not ok to fail a subject or 2 is putting way too much pressure on them at such a young age, and as for your "mental health problems blah blah blah" you really need to educate yourself on mental health.....ironic considering the topic.

Bredabe · 16-08-2017 01:26PM

castletownman wrote: »

LOL. Hilarious moment when an Irish student doesn't recognise the Taoiseach in busy US restaurant.

A) It's not that hilarious. At all

It's certainly not newsworthy.

Stuff like this happens to me all the time,
my colleagues call it stupid and not hilarious at all.

Tho I think the incident is actually a message from karma for leo.

erica74 · 16-08-2017 01:41PM

Robsweezie wrote: »

reminds me of the frequent sight of two women blocking an aisle, entrance or exit to stop and have a chat. ''our conversation is far more important than your time folks, suck it up''.

I was in Aldi yesterday. I walked down an aisle and this woman had her trolley sideways in the aisle, blocking 3/4 of it. She was taking up the other 1/4 supervising her special little boy, who probably has some nonsensical name, pick out a cereal. In the trolley is a toddler, so obviously I'm not moving the trolley in order to get by, lest she be offended by me jostling her other special snowflake.
So I come along and obviously can't get by, she looks at me and continues chatting to her special little boy. I said to her "excuse me, can I get by please?" and she said "can you not go down the next aisle?" WHAT?! I said "no" and she huffed and puffed and eventually moved. I'd say her children will be a joy to be around as they get older if that's their example.
GO DOWN THE NEXT AISLE??? WHAT!

Bredabe · 16-08-2017 01:42PM

California Dreamer wrote: »

Leaving Cert:

The amount of people jumping on the band wagon about it's ok if you don't get what you want and if you have mental health problems blah blah blah.

Simple. Don't study, don't get the results. Don't complain if your life goes nowhere!!!!

It's far too PC these days and seems to be ok to fail your leaving cert!!!!

Not everyone who fails their LC do so cause of a lack of academic smarts or lack of commitment to studies.

* My god son was refused a reader for his exams in the summer and unsurprisingly failed his exams. School had forecast him getting 500 points had he been granted a reader.

Widdershins · 16-08-2017 01:50PM

I just saw a woman to friend's child as ''Lentil''! Crunchy yogurt-knitting crusty names are TA.

Tell me how · 16-08-2017 01:50PM

TA'd that 3 out of 5 posts are discussions that make me want to weigh in and call BS but I can't because then I'd be guilty of doing the same thing and so instead I have to bite my tongue and now my tongue is sore.

erica74 · 16-08-2017 02:06PM

Widdershins wrote: »

I just saw a woman to friend's child as ''Lentil''! Crunchy yogurt-knitting crusty names are TA.

Maybe they meant "lentil" as a "pet" name - you know the way some people call their loved one "pumpkin"? Maybe "lentil" is the new "pumpkin"? :pac:

Iseedeadpixels · 16-08-2017 02:10PM

erica74 wrote: »

Maybe they meant "lentil" as a "pet" name - you know the way some people call their loved one "pumpkin"? Maybe "lentil" is the new "pumpkin"? :pac:

I really have to think of something cuter than tornado for my son

eisenberg1 · 16-08-2017 02:19PM

My mother used to call me Bubbles when I was a child, not because I had curly hair....

It was because I never had a tissue.

Not The Annoyingly Trivial Things-Bitches be cray cray week.

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