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Trivial things that annoy you part 8191.1

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  • #1232
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    wattlebird wrote: »
    TA that I saw a nice pair of memory-foam Skechers...

    And they're another shower of bastards. The way they treat their own, decent hard-working truck-drivers and warehouse operatives is criminal. Oi, Skechers! The Goose sez - cool it, or I'll cool you! :mad::mad::mad:


  • #1233
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    Posts remind me of another TA which is my family's (and seemingly everyone's) need to try to challenge my decision to go meat free...

    Go easy on the old giffer, chief. He probably remembers a time when getting enough to eat was something of an achievement, and to get some meat to eat a moral victory of it's time. :D


  • #1234
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    That puts me in a right righteous temper, actually. I believe the next time some knobjockey shows me his iPhone 6 I'll pull out my old Petersen Vise-Grip, lock it on and make flitters of it. Oooooh yeah! As the fella said, they don't make that in the god-dam Yabba Dabba. :cool:


  • #1235
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    jimgoose wrote: »
    That puts me in a right righteous temper, actually. I believe the next time some knobjockey shows me his iPhone 6 I'll pull out my old Petersen Vise-Grip, lock it on and make flitters of it. Oooooh yeah! As the fella said, they don't make that in the god-dam Yabba Dabba. :cool:

    Want a good argument? Put on a courirs outfit and head up to Oldnotwise's house!


  • #1236
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Menas wrote: »
    Want a good argument? Put on a courirs outfit and head up to Oldnotwise's house!

    I'm afeared a' the lady, Paw!! :pac:


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  • #1237
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Menas wrote: »
    And this is the consequence of the US, and us, wanting cheap crap. Boils my blood.

    It's amazed me that more people aren't a bit more curious as to how the fcuk some clothes are so cheap.:mad:
    So the next time someone asks how Penny's etc sell tshirt said at €2 a pop, now you can tell them.

    For a bit of perspective, I bought my first TV before some of you guys were born (yes, hard to believe, I know:D) and it was in excess of £700, for a pretty much standard tv. I bought a pretty good 42in flat screen thing with HD blah blah last year for less than €500. Someone, somewhere is getting shafted.


  • #1238
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    ...For a bit of perspective, I bought my first TV before some of you guys were born (yes, hard to believe, I know:D) and it was in excess of £700, for a pretty much standard tv. I bought a pretty good 42in flat screen thing with HD blah blah last year for less than €500. Someone, somewhere is getting shafted.

    Like that. I remember when you'd get a good used Mk II Escort for the price of a big-ish Nordmende or Telefunken. Not so long back I got a 22'' Samsung 1080p LED with all the trimmings for €170. For nothing.


  • #1239
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Can't believe I am onto these bástards again.


  • #1240
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    http://news.sky.com/story/1597266/police-probe-as-fat-cards-dished-out-on-tube

    The fact that this is news...


  • #1241
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    It's amazed me that more people aren't a bit more curious as to how the fcuk some clothes are so cheap.:mad:
    So the next time someone asks how Penny's etc sell tshirt said at €2 a pop, now you can tell them.

    For a bit of perspective, I bought my first TV before some of you guys were born (yes, hard to believe, I know:D) and it was in excess of £700, for a pretty much standard tv. I bought a pretty good 42in flat screen thing with HD blah blah last year for less than €500. Someone, somewhere is getting shafted.

    Is it unique to cheap clothes though?


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  • #1242
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    Is it unique to cheap clothes though?

    No.


  • #1243
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    I was in a 25 minute meeting today.

    1. The only word I spoke was 'Cheers'
    2. There was no need for the meeting.
    3. The guy sitting accross from me was smelling his left hand for 23 minutes
    4. The guy sitting accross from me was smelling his right hand for 2 minutes


  • #1244
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,951 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    Only Salt n Vinegar or Cheese n Onion crisps left in the vending machine in the canteen.
    I was going to mention a vending machine-related trivial annoyance. If you put in a €1 or €2 coin, it'll give the impression that you haven't put in enough money. The refund comes back in 50c coins, so that's sorted. Just use that.

    Another way around it is to put any coin in with your €1 or €2 coin and it will accept it. Except...when I was thinking about posting this as I was using the machine. I put in €2 and 10c for a €1.10 item. It gave me the correct change...but no bar! It didn't even budge!

    "BOO-URNS!!!" sez I.


  • #1245
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,787 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    I was going to mention a vending machine-related trivial annoyance. If you put in a €1 or €2 coin, it'll give the impression that you haven't put in enough money. The refund comes back in 50c coins, so that's sorted. Just use that.

    Another way around it is to put any coin in with your €1 or €2 coin and it will accept it. Except...when I was thinking about posting this as I was using the machine. I put in €2 and 10c for a €1.10 item. It gave me the correct change...but no bar! It didn't even budge!

    "BOO-URNS!!!" sez I.
    I complained to the vending machine company when that happened to me. And a couple of weeks later when the guy came round to restock, I got two free bars :)


  • #1246
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Manager at DPD assured me the parcel would arrive today. About ten minutes after our phone call I received an email saying it would be today "or maybe tomorrow depending on volume" - blows gaaaaaaaskeeeeeeet!!!!!!!

    Call him back and ask wtf is going on and he assures me that yes, it will be today.

    Why the conflicting information.

    Plus I'm nervously checking the tracker which says it is still in the depot.

    And to add to the annoyance of the whole thing is every time I get through (usually on the 26th attempt), I am asked the same questions - what is your consignment number (which I now know off by heart) and who were you last speaking to? How in the name of all that's good and holy am I supposed to remember everyone I speak to?

    Twitching here at my desk with anticipation and annoyance...


  • #1247
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    My chop sticks snapped apart. Now they're almost unusable!


  • #1248
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    I've to pick up a book at the library. I just KNOW the courier will call while I am in there and I wont be able to answer. I would bet my life on it.


  • #1249
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Small talk at the work kitchen sink and general getting in each other's way and awkward side shuffling and standing with one arm as long as the other.


  • #1250
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    It's obvious that people don't actually read updates on LinkedIn properly. I updated my job title to essentially say yada yada job title at Currently seeking new opportunities, so that I can connect with recruiters easier.

    I've now had around 10 people "liking" my new job update, despite my not actually having a new job.


  • #1251
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    I've to pick up a book at the library. I just KNOW the courier will call while I am in there and I wont be able to answer. I would bet my life on it.

    I'm noticing a lot of your day-to-day irritations stem ultimately from transport issues. Buy that comfy old Mercedes off yer oul' lad. ;)


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  • #1252
    KatW4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭KatW4


    I need a microphone to teach my class haha but my TA is that I can hear myself in the speakers. Horrible!


  • #1253
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    I do then crossword in the paper most days, sometimes I can complete it, but more times I don't. Yesterday was a good day all done bar one. Seven down, I have a couple of letter, but didn't really understand the clue. I went thru words in my head until I found one that fit, that I kind of knew what it meant It seemed a reasonable guess. Checked the answers today and it was correct, but now I forget the clue so I am still not 100% on the definition!


  • #1254
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    I do then crossword in the paper most days, sometimes I can complete it, but more times I don't. Yesterday was a good day all done bar one. Seven down, I have a couple of letter, but didn't really understand the clue. I went thru words in my head until I found one that fit, that I kind of knew what it meant It seemed a reasonable guess. Checked the answers today and it was correct, but now I forget the clue so I am still not 100% on the definition!

    Which crossword? I can do the IT Simplex one. But not the crossaire one. :mad:


  • #1255
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Menas wrote: »
    Which crossword? I can do the IT Simplex one. But not the crossaire one. :mad:

    I wouldn't even dream of doing the crossaire (seven down was a Makey uppey)


  • #1256
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    jimgoose wrote: »
    I'm noticing a lot of your day-to-day irritations stem ultimately from transport issues. Buy that comfy old Mercedes off yer oul' lad. ;)

    what mercedes


  • #1257
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    what mercedes

    Didn't you say a while back you loved driving your Dad's big flobbery old Mercedes?? :confused:


  • #1258
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Didn't you say a while back you loved driving your Dad's big flobbery old Mercedes?? :confused:
    Maybe it was a euphemism?

    Sounds like one...


  • #1259
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    smash wrote: »
    Maybe it was a euphemism?

    Sounds like one...

    Nope, reads like an actual car to me:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92698266&postcount=6910


  • #1260
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    I hate when people say "For all intensive purposes" instead of "For all intents and purposes". I'm expecting him to say "pacifically" next...


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  • #1261
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    smash wrote: »
    Maybe it was a euphemism?

    Sounds like one...

    there's help for people like you


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