Things That Trivially Annoy You.

Dial Hard · 30-01-2019 1:04pm

I sometimes feel like the only person in the country who doesn't get the "Turn off the immersion!" thing. We never used ours, the central heating heated the water and that was on a timer.

Today's TA: the fact that my brain is immovably convinced that it's Thursday.

Rosie Rant · 30-01-2019 1:40pm

FishOnABike wrote: »

Something like this?

Haha that's brilliant, I wonder if it worked!

TA - I went to the shop to get lunch. This lady cut in front of me at the fruit cup fridge thingy and proceeded to spend an age looking from one pot of pomegranate to another. As there were only two left, I went around to the side of the fridge and took one of them to make it easier for her.

mikemac2 · 30-01-2019 2:11pm

If interested please reply to confirm. (Do not reply all)

That is what the email stated. You know what happens next. The illerate members of our company reply all and spam hundreds of people

Most of them are senior VPs n’ such earning vastly more than me

Sephiroth_dude · 30-01-2019 2:20pm

mikemac2 wrote: »

:eek:

Bankruptcy beckons

Christmas 2019 cancelled 😥

Kitty6277 · 30-01-2019 2:30pm

Still no word on the car and I don’t know if I should call and see if there’s any news, or if I should just assume he’s not done and wait till he calls me. I don’t wanna be annoying him, but at the same time I wanna know what’s going on.

Also worried about getting a bus home from college later, if the weather gets bad this evening I’m worried they might start cancelling buses and then I’ll be stuck.

Badly Drunk Boy · 30-01-2019 2:31pm

Foweva Awone wrote: »

Ggaaaahhhh the repetitive "It's so cold/will it snow?" conversation I've had with every single colleague and client today.

And then the inevitable "It's too cold to snow..." comments.

Dial Hard wrote: »

Today's TA: the fact that my brain is immovably convinced that it's Thursday.

I've been like that all week, either thinking it's a day later than it is, or a day earlier.

One thing that's annoying me lately is the relatively new thing of not using 'ed' at the end of certain words. People come back from holidays and say that they're 'tan' rather than 'tanned', or say "That is cliché" instead "clichéd." In a thread today, there was a quote from somebody who was using 'skim milk' rather than 'skimmed milk'. What's that all about?

CrowdedHouse · 30-01-2019 2:34pm

Kitty6277 wrote: »

Still no word on the car and I don’t know if I should call and see if there’s any news, or if I should just assume he’s not done and wait till he calls me. I don’t wanna be annoying him, but at the same time I wanna know what’s going on.

Same here if it's any consolation, annoyed now, I don't feel I should have to chase updates.

RMAOK · 30-01-2019 2:38pm

TA for today (although it count for the next few days as well) is bad driving conditions.

lbc2019 · 30-01-2019 2:38pm

IT Helpdesks

Kitty6277 · 30-01-2019 2:43pm

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Same here if it's any consolation, annoyed now, I don't feel I should have to chase updates.

I feel exactly the same. He said he’d ring me yesterday evening but didn’t, and like I said, I don’t want to be ringing and annoying him

30-01-2019 2:45pm

RMAOK wrote: »

TA for today (although it count for the next few days as well) is bad driving conditions.

Im totally stressed about tomorrow morning already, even the thought of icy roads brings me out in a sweat.

D3V!L · 30-01-2019 2:47pm

"Bidding" on a house. I hate the process. Here's my money can I please have the house. Ooohh no its not that simply sir !!

CrowdedHouse · 30-01-2019 2:47pm

Kitty6277 wrote: »

I feel exactly the same. He said he’d ring me yesterday evening but didn’t, and like I said, I don’t want to be ringing and annoying him

Indeed, mine is in one of those shiny places, the car is less than a year old and was quite expensive.

30-01-2019 2:49pm

Kitty6277 wrote: »

I feel exactly the same. He said he’d ring me yesterday evening but didn’t, and like I said, I don’t want to be ringing and annoying him

Just ring him Kitty, you're paying for it and deserve to know one way or another if you'll get it back today.. Don't apologise for ringing, it's either a yes or an no.

abff · 30-01-2019 2:50pm

Seeing several posts with sentences starting with or containing TA and not being able to figure out what TA stands for.

abff · 30-01-2019 2:51pm

abff wrote: »

Seeing several posts with sentences starting with or containing TA and not being able to figure out what TA stands for.

Trivial annoyance?

Boom_Bap · 30-01-2019 2:51pm

abff wrote: »

Seeing several posts with sentences starting with or containing TA and not being able to figure out what TA stands for.

Trusted Acquaintance

RMAOK · 30-01-2019 2:52pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Just ring him Kitty, you're paying for it and deserve to know one way or another if you'll get it back today.. Don't apologise for ringing, it's either a yes or an no.

Damn right - more often than not "annoying them" usually gets it done quicker. If the mechanic thinks you'll accept being without the car for a few days, he'll leave it to one side so he can work on others.

New Home · 30-01-2019 2:53pm

Totally Awesome

RMAOK · 30-01-2019 2:53pm

abff wrote: »

Seeing several posts with sentences starting with or containing TA and not being able to figure out what TA stands for.

The Abyss

Boom_Bap · 30-01-2019 2:53pm

Tremendously Accurate!

New Home · 30-01-2019 2:53pm

Troll Alert

Kitty6277 · 30-01-2019 2:54pm

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Indeed, mine is in one of those shiny places, the car is less than a year old and was quite expensive.

That’s where our cases differ, mine’s fairly old, but I only have it less than a year. Bought off the brother of the mechanic, they do a few sales as well as fixing cars. I suppose my situation could be a thing of “you get what you pay for”, but if yours is that new there shouldn’t be any problems you would think.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just ring him Kitty, you're paying for it and deserve to know one way or another if you'll get it back today.. Don't apologise for ringing, it's either a yes or an no.

Yeah, I think you’re right. As you said, I am paying for it, it’s not like he’s doing me a favour out of the goodness of his heart.

30-01-2019 2:54pm

RMAOK wrote: »

Damn right - more often than not "annoying them" usually gets it done quicker. If the mechanic thinks you'll accept being without the car for a few days, he'll leave it to one side so he can work on others.

Exactly and I'm thinking they're probably busy due to the weather so will definitely leave the "quieter" customers wait imo.

Mollyb60 · 30-01-2019 2:55pm

TA'd for my sister today. She was called into the office this morning and fired on the say so of a boss who claimed she was incompetent. Now of course I'm biased because she's my sister but I'm well aware of her capabilities and she did not deserve to lose her job. She's very clever and has worked in high pressure environments before so I get the feeling that this was a personal issue that the boss just didn't like her.

So she's now found herself without a job a month after Christmas, just after booking a trip away and adopting 2 kittens with her bf. She's very upset and it's made me upset.

RMAOK · 30-01-2019 2:57pm

Kitty6277 wrote: »

That’s where our cases differ, mine’s fairly old, but I only have it less than a year. Bought off the brother of the mechanic, they do a few sales as well as fixing cars. I suppose my situation could be a thing of “you get what you pay for”, but if yours is that new there shouldn’t be any problems you would think.

Tbh, the price/value of the car is irrelevant. To you, it's priceless ATM - think how awkward things are when you don't have it. Ring the mechanic

Boom_Bap · 30-01-2019 2:58pm

abff wrote: »

Trivial annoyance?

Yes

Mollyb60 wrote: »

TA'd for my sister today. She was called into the office this morning and fired on the say so of a boss who claimed she was incompetent. Now of course I'm biased because she's my sister but I'm well aware of her capabilities and she did not deserve to lose her job. She's very clever and has worked in high pressure environments before so I get the feeling that this was a personal issue that the boss just didn't like her.

So she's now found herself without a job a month after Christmas, just after booking a trip away and adopting 2 kittens with her bf. She's very upset and it's made me upset.

That's sh*te, is there HR involved, is it a fair dismissal?

abff · 30-01-2019 3:02pm

Mollyb60 wrote: »

TA'd for my sister today. She was called into the office this morning and fired on the say so of a boss who claimed she was incompetent. Now of course I'm biased because she's my sister but I'm well aware of her capabilities and she did not deserve to lose her job. She's very clever and has worked in high pressure environments before so I get the feeling that this was a personal issue that the boss just didn't like her.

That's anything but trivial.

Sounds totally unfair and it sounds like they didn't follow any disciplinary procedures prior to termination. Definitely worth looking into whether she has a case for unfair dismissal.

Ilovethe bonesofyou · 30-01-2019 3:14pm

I'm so disappointed I'm not having a snow day at home with the wee one and enjoying her first experience of snow with her. Especially since she loves Frozen. I even said to her, when I put her in her high chair this morning, that line from it "do you want to build a snowman?" and her face lit up. I'm actually devastated I'm not at home making a snowman with the wee one

Sephiroth_dude · 30-01-2019 3:16pm

abff wrote: »

Trivial annoyance?

It stands for Tight ass

Things That Trivially Annoy You.

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