Trivial things that annoy you part 479

grundie · 19-05-2015 10:29AM

I'm with a new company and I seem to have attracted a shadow. A co-worker who desperately wants to be my friend to the point that he stands up when I do and follows me everywhere.

I'm even winding him up by standing up and sitting down a few seconds later, he copies me exactly. He asked what I was doing for lunch and I said I was meeting my wife for lunch date, he said "Ok, I'll come too".

He's bloody creepy.

eisenberg1 · 19-05-2015 10:42AM

grundie wrote: »

I'm with a new company and I seem to have attracted a shadow. A co-worker who desperately wants to be my friend to the point that he stands up when I do and follows me everywhere.

I'm even winding him up by standing up and sitting down a few seconds later, he copies me exactly. He asked what I was doing for lunch and I said I was meeting my wife for lunch date, he said "Ok, I'll come too".

He's bloody creepy.

Ask your wife if you can keep. You will probably have to promise to walk it and feed it every day....and clean up after it.:D

razorblunt · 19-05-2015 10:54AM

PandaPoo wrote: »

Asked our next door neighbour to consider lowering the wall between our houses, because we used to have a lovely view and now we don't. She was a complete c*nt about it, now we have one 4ft wall and one 6ft wall and no lovely view they're landlords so it doesn't even affect them. Dicks.

Did you offer to pay for it?
I'd have to be honest, if it was my wall and there were no objections to it being built in the first place, I wouldn't reach into my pocket to knock two feet off so the crowd next door can have something to look at.

19-05-2015 11:02AM

grundie wrote: »

I'm with a new company and I seem to have attracted a shadow. A co-worker who desperately wants to be my friend to the point that he stands up when I do and follows me everywhere.

I'm even winding him up by standing up and sitting down a few seconds later, he copies me exactly. He asked what I was doing for lunch and I said I was meeting my wife for lunch date, he said "Ok, I'll come too".

He's bloody creepy.

He's been hired to spy on you by your managers.

whiskeyman · 19-05-2015 11:04AM

bags of crisps that just don't have enough crisps in them to go with lunch.
Nothing worse than being left short when you still have some sandwich left and need some crisps to go with it!

Vel · 19-05-2015 11:06AM

That moment when you send a bitchy text about someone to someone else and for a split second think that you have sent it to the person you were bitching about.

AndyBoBandy · 19-05-2015 11:27AM

Vel wrote: »

That moment when you send a bitchy text about someone to someone else and for a split second think that you have sent it to the person you were bitching about.

I've actually done it, although not by text, but rather our Webex messenger service!!

redbel05 · 19-05-2015 11:52AM

Zanablue wrote: »

One of my neighbours is really pushy and thinks she can get in my face and ask me any personal question she wants. I try and avoid her as much as I can but sometimes I get hijacked and find myself answering things that are none of her business and it really annoys me. I feel like saying just mind your own business and feck off, but I cant because other then the pushiness she is a nice woman.

Know how you feel. Try living in a rural town land surrounded by 4 families of these type of people, all of who are related to one another. I swear I can't even walk the dog but one of them has to drive up to me and stop to ask me 40 questions. And sure don't you know you'd be the worst in the world if you told poor wee Mary to shove off and keep her nose to herself.

Rosie Rant · 19-05-2015 11:54AM

I hate waiting for something important to happen. I just run through a bunch of worst case scenarios in my head.

Menas · 19-05-2015 12:54PM

Tiredness. I seem to be perma tired this week. But have had 8 hours sleep this past two nights.

kfallon · 19-05-2015 01:01PM

Getting pins & needles in me foot :rolleyes:

Aglomerado · 19-05-2015 01:02PM

The wind. :mad:

eisenberg1 · 19-05-2015 01:04PM

Aglomerado wrote: »

The wind. :mad:

Were you eating beans again?

Aglomerado · 19-05-2015 01:15PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Were you eating beans again?

Those giant Greek butter beans in Lidl are irresistible....

*PHARRRP*

Pumpkinseeds · 19-05-2015 01:34PM

kfallon wrote: »

Getting pins & needles in me foot :rolleyes:

I hate that. I got them once when I'd been sitting on the sofa with one leg tucked under me. When I stood up my leg had gone numb and I slumped as soon as I took a step and tore a ligament. I'll never forget the sound of that crunch. My husband came running down the stairs when he heard my screams.

Menas · 19-05-2015 01:43PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

My husband came running down the stairs when he heard my screams.

When I read that I thought there was a punchline coming!

Pumpkinseeds · 19-05-2015 02:11PM

I just had some primary school kid knocking at the front door selling tickets for something. I didn't answer the door, I never do. I don't know how people can let kids go knocking on strangers doors on their own. It had stopped for ages and is a pain in the ass to see them back again. It's Communion/Confirmation season here and I've seen parents spending ridiculous amounts of money on their kids for the day. How about not sending your kid to my door begging for money for the school and instead putting some of the money you would have spent on the Communion/Confirmation towards whatever the school is collecting for.:mad:

whatismyname · 19-05-2015 02:13PM

Printer cartridges. So many things about printer cartridges do my fecking head in.

Pumpkinseeds · 19-05-2015 02:20PM

whatismyname wrote: »

Printer cartridges. So many things about printer cartridges do my fecking head in.

The cost is what bugs me the most. I need a new black ink cartridge to print one sheet and it'll set me back over 20 euro.:mad:

Zanablue · 19-05-2015 02:23PM

I probably sound really mean but a big trivial annoyance is my feckin mother coming over whenever she likes with no thought about weather or not we are rushing to go somewhere. If I rush her back out I'm the worst in the world. Then if I do invite her over she never comes at the proper time and is always at least an hour late. rant over:(

messrs · 19-05-2015 02:25PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

The cost is what bugs me the most. I need a new black ink cartridge to print one sheet and it'll set me back over 20 euro.:mad:

can you go to an internet café and print it? only be like 50c per sheet or something like that

Pumpkinseeds · 19-05-2015 02:27PM

messrs wrote: »

can you go to an internet café and print it? only be like 50c per sheet or something like that

No, we don't have any locally. I'll just have to buy the cartridge.

whatismyname · 19-05-2015 02:43PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

The cost is what bugs me the most. I need a new black ink cartridge to print one sheet and it'll set me back over 20 euro.:mad:

I get compatiable cartridges on ebay.

4 genuine cartridges cost me £28, but can buy 20 on ebay for £10. will be a little more postage if you're in Ireland, but still a bargain. only ever buy compatiable now, and usually on ebay.

whatismyname · 19-05-2015 03:25PM

Seriously, why do I keep falling for this? Yet again, I've plodded along thinking I've loads of ink cartridges, then needed to replace the cyan one, and discovered the pile of cartridges I have are all yellow, pink and black.

Just placed an ebay order for 8 cyan cartridges, and only £4.70, but that's not a lot of use now when I need to print and I need cyan. Seriously wouldn't be so annoyed if I hadn't done the same thing several times. The fecking printer needs to start using equal amounts from each cartridge!

miezekatze · 19-05-2015 03:26PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote:

I just had some primary school kid knocking at the front door selling tickets for something. I didn't answer the door, I never do. I don't know how people can let kids go knocking on strangers doors on their own. It had stopped for ages and is a pain in the ass to see them back again. It's Communion/Confirmation season here and I've seen parents spending ridiculous amounts of money on their kids for the day. How about not sending your kid to my door begging for money for the school and instead putting some of the money you would have spent on the Communion/Confirmation towards whatever the school is collecting for.

I got some kids calling to my door the other day telling me they're organizing a raffle and do I want to buy tickets! Yeah right!! I always tell them I have no cash in the house, it's often the truth anyway.

Pumpkinseeds · 19-05-2015 04:21PM

miezekatze wrote: »

I got some kids calling to my door the other day telling me they're organizing a raffle and do I want to buy tickets! Yeah right!! I always tell them I have no cash in the house, it's often the truth anyway.

I can't understand people letting kids call to strangers houses. I didn't recognise the child so the parents don't know me. How can parents warn kids about Stranger Danger but let them call to strangers houses alone. The same parents will be panicking at Chinese Whispers of a man in a van talking to a child but see nothing wrong with letting their kids go to the houses of strangers and risking an encounter with a predator.

whatismyname · 19-05-2015 04:53PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I can't understand people letting kids call to strangers houses. I didn't recognise the child so the parents don't know me. How can parents warn kids about Stranger Danger but let them call to strangers houses alone. The same parents will be panicking at Chinese Whispers of a man in a van talking to a child but see nothing wrong with letting their kids go to the houses of strangers and risking an encounter with a predator.

I agree. I hoped that this type of sh1te (sending kids knocking on doors collecting) had ended in the 90s. Seems not.

fiachr_a · 19-05-2015 05:10PM

Irish Water - their website says I paid the bill but when I phoned their help desk and type in my account number the computer voice says the bill is still unpaid.

DareGod · 19-05-2015 05:59PM

The "Things that inexplicably turn you against someone" thread, where almost everyone has decided to completely ignore the word "inexplicably." I'd say about 90% of the posts in that thread are completely irrelevant to the thread title.

DareGod · 19-05-2015 07:13PM

The Journal.ie's incessant use of the word "lad." They're really trying to shove it down our throats. Almost everything about that clickbait site is truly the pits.

(Yes I'm having a bad day, hence all the posts :-)

Trivial things that annoy you part 479

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