Things Cat Trialvilly Annoy You (part whatever) *MOD WARNING IN OP*

My supervisor constantly misinterprets my tone of voice and my accent as sarcastic, cheeky and aggressive. She has, on two occasions, asked me what my problem is with her, with genuine offence taken.

What triggered her to ask me was when she handed me a new set of keys I asked for, and I asked, for clarification, "and I get to keep these yeah? I can bring them home and have them attached to my own keyring?" and she said "ah yeah sure you just hand them in whenever you decide to finish up here"

And I said, "well might as well claim ownership of these so, you won't be getting rid of me any time soon! *laugh*"........ She was offended by this, and asked me what my problem was, and said "you're very sarcastic, what have I done to you? What is your problem with me? I don't understand"

..... So trying my best to reassure her that it's just the way I talk, my accent does come across as very BOOMING and LOUD and BRASH! But like everyone else who I've had the pleasure of befriending and already know, this is just the way I am - it's how I sound. I'm from outside the East end of Glasgow, and we all talk like this....

I'm the friendliest person in the world (despite my crankiness on here) and I have the best interests of everyone at heart. My fiancée's mother took her time to get used to me as well, constantly thinking that I was shouting at her daughter and talking down to her, when I wasn't.

Having a Scottish accent in another country has never been exactly easy, as people have always taken me up wrong when I talk. Someone in work even said to me "do you always have to be so angry when you talk to people?? you're very irritable"

I'M NOT ANGRY! I PROMISE!

But I fear that this accent of mine is gonna end up going against me. My supervisor has been constantly getting frustrated at me for "arguing" with her when it is not what I'm doing, and I don't like the idea of her reporting me for being aggressive, sarcastic and cheeky, when I am not doing that at all.

TA that my accent offends people.

just back from a drive from the shops. A motorist managed to simultaneously change lanes right in front of me while not using their indicator, and throw an empty crisp bag out the window. Ignorance level 10

Driving to my GF's house this evening, I got held up behind an amateur bike race. Now I tried my best to respect their space and not get annoyed at them, but all that went out the window when a few rogue pedalists, thinking they were in the Tour de France or something, veered onto the road without warning when making a break from the peloton. Literally a few feet out of their designated cycle lane and hard shoulder.

Had to take evasive action a couple of times and edged past the central white line in doing so, where oncoming cars were driving towards me. It was either that or knock down one of the cyclists, and we all know who'd be blamed if that occurred.

Ridiculous carry on. No other 'sport' interferes with people getting on with their everyday lives more than cycling. And the enthusiasts are often very sensitive if they are accused of being in the wrong.

And it brings to mind how I have noticed a surge in new cyclists on the roads, many of whom wouldn't have the greatest control of their bike (zig-zagging along). Its got to the stage where a bicycle license should be required on our roads.

People wearing 'chin' masks instead of 'nose and mouth' masks somehow TAs me

I'll be the first to admit that porridge is just that bit nicer from a hob than a microwave, but also has to have the oats steeped in water overnight. Same with anything really. Also, recent pizza pockets saying 2 mins in the microwave and 15-20 in the oven means somethings just not right with microwaves (even though I still use them, but mainly to reheat meals).

Put on a wash to make the most of the good drying. I had a whole hour to make breakfast before it finished.
Sat down to my porridge (sorry Antares I make it on the hob too) and the beeps from the washing machine go off

And they don’t stop until you turn them off :mad:

Had a mid week break planned, my family of origin took us all over Ireland on hols when I was a kid, so it was hard to find somewhere new, eventually we found a new venue for us starting next week.

2 lovely nights in portlaoise.

I wrote here before about adjusting to my new polarised sunglasses.
We'll today was my first day wearing them at the filling station.
Noone warned me that the petrol guage screen looks blank with them