Trivial Things that annoy you - Mod Note in OP

Christ I’ve said it before, but fooking quit starting every email on the same thread with hi, or even worse “hi, I hope this email finds you well.” One hi to start is enough. After this it’s easy.. their name and get on with it. It looks so sillyand juvenile sending hi hi hi hi hi to the same person all bleedin day.

I don’t even give a single hi. I just start with a good morning, or just their name, and communicate in a clear and respectful manner.. I don’t need silly hi’s

I wrote a post at 15:34 on this thread that shows as last post on this thread, but it's not on this thread

Edit….now it shows after 5 mins…

My YT algorithm has lost the plot. All suggestions of things I usually watch have instantly vanished, replaced with a load of influencer drek that I have never watched.

Solicitors and their legalese.

Third email in a same day exchange:

Dear Mr Dan Steely,

We refer to your email of "today's date" which rests with you.

…

Yours sincerely,

Company name. (No named person)

What, is your email tired?

Are you worried I might not understand that your email relates to the conversation we are engaged in.

Are you scared I'll stalk you or something if i know the name of the person I'm talking to?

I suppose big fancy fees need big fancy language.

Sorry, but that's not a trivial matter.

There is something fundamentally wrong with an organisation when its managers can't manage themselves and dump their problems delegate issues when a deadline approaches. You might hope this problem will go away if you get promoted but it won't - the problem is much higher up and may be systemic.

The fook is going on here?! Has Boards been handed over to the any and all random spam bots, now? Vanilla is clearly not capable of monitoring itself, and the volunteer mods have better things to do than fill in for an inept security system.

Here I thought the temu bots were bad enough, now all this other nonsense appearing. Entire front page of spam AGAIN. C'mon Boards, abandon the Vanilla, it's not bloody working!

Oh for the days of the occasional glitch of vBulletin… (sigh)

Entire site is gone to the dogs.

I'd love to see the visitor figures. Back in the day you could see how many users were online at any given time. There's be, literally, thousands online for things like the toy show or a big Ireland match.

Bugs and glitches everywhere, months to get anything addressed, very little acknowledgement from on high……..I haven't seen a reboot go this badly since Hailo changed their name.

The mother gets good news from latest scan on fractured arm. Full recovery expected, healing well. There had been doubts at the start…given her age.

Just 24 hours after latest scan, this morning and the happiness and relief, some stupid fückin prick carrying around tools, not watching where they are going, just brushes against the injured arm. She’s in immediate pain…

If a person is injured, has a health problem, has had a medical / physical trauma…consciously give them an extra metre of space for christ sake. It’s common sense, courtesy. Person knows about their problem and big cast visible …. And even if not, no person at that age or any of us at any age needs some moron knocking into them with armfuls of gear.

You have every right to be annoyed by this non-trivial messing. And getting criticised afterwards must really sting.

Everyone has a boss - even the CEO - but you may not have to access to that level.

If you are not ready to jump ship, be sure to protect yourself by logging all interactions e.g. send your boss a one-line email confirming you will follow-up on oral instructions. If your boss is consistently singling you out for this mistreatment, you may have a claim for constructive dismissal.

In any case, try to stay positive.

TA that my favourite underpants have lost their elastic. Worst of all I'd been keeping an eye on Dunnes for the last 6 months to see if they'd ever get the same type back in again. Alas no. I've now got the trauma of having to buy underpants of a different style.

Ditto socks. Dunnes used to stock thick socks that I really like. I've warn through about a dozen pairs and I'm down to my last pair and they aren't long for this world. Dunnes haven't had those particular socks in stock for a couple of years.

Yes I do have other pairs of underpants and socks but I can't get the ones I like.

Can't beat M+ S for smalls. Aldi socks are great too when they have them.

my older reliable electric shaver looks like it’s for the scrap heap. One of the better ones which I have about 14/15 years, still charging fast, holds a charge, works more then perfectly but they’ve stopped making the blades for them, can’t be got in boots, any other chemist or Philips own website either…

Bought a different brand of cat food. Sachets are awful. I’m getting more cat food on me than in the bowl

Read the first sentence and assumed the next one was going to be that the cat wouldn't eat it. Thats a much more common TA than the sachets.