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

Opposite the local shopping center there's double yellow lines, but to get people to stop parking there 'only for a few minutes', the council put in bollards. Twice in the last week I've seen people parked outside the bollards causing a traffic jam because only one car can get by at a time. What do they have to do for people to get the message that you shouldn't ****ing park there!

It's bad enough that people park in the 'drop off only' spaces - park in the car park and walk you lazy swine!



TBH, the design of the place doesn't help. The parking at the back is a bit of a 'mare. There's a single row and a double row but the spaces are so narrow that even if you're right in the middle of the space, you're very close to the car next to you. The single lane between the two rows is fairly narrow too, so all in all it's not easy to park there. If it wasn't designed with one row less, then there should at least one less space in each row - cars are only getting bigger.

The side car park is better - there's loads of room. The trouble is it's uphill from there to the rear entrance to the shops, so lazy people don't want to use it, and there's no footpath on the ramp. There's also no footpath to the front, so you have to step onto the road to get there, and there's kind of a dark, unappealing corner there. Also ****ers tend to park on the end of the 'drop off only' spaces, then park behind those ****ers until half the entrance is blocked, creating another hazard.

A little bit of planning might have avoided a lot of those problems....

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Cancelled my bus card seeing as how I've been home since March with no signs of ever going back into the office. I paid it every month by DD, but to refund me the unused journeys they're sending me a cheque.
a) it's 2020, we shouldn't be using cheques anymore
b) it's 2020 and there's a massive global pandemic. What do they expect me to do with their poxy cheque?

I have a €30 cheque from my car insurers that is staring at me for weeks.

Zurich gave a €40 One4All voucher.

Got a €30 one 4all from boi/rsa..... Renewal in the door now, premium increase on last year of €40.

Seriously they refunded us for lack of use*, now they are recouping the refund with interest.

*we're still in a lockdown, still can't go very far, majority are still wfh.

Ah I think I'm more than trivially annoyed.

Antares35 wrote: »

I'm surrounded by people who constantly moan about work. I've a friend I'm seriously considering distancing from because he literally never stops talking about work. He lives vicariously through his job, deriving all sense of self and validation from how "needed" he is - when in fact he's just working hard not smart, and essentially allowing the company to shít on his work life balance all the time. Last time we met there'd be a pandemic and I'd had a baby - and he could still only talk about how busy he was. Practically running the place, doing fifty hours overtime and training up new entrants who then pass him out, while he's left on 35k after something like eight years there. I just don't get it. I've tried so many times to help him with his CV, job search etc but I think he just wants to stay there and moan about it.

Now OH has started complaining too. Working late, through lunch hour etc. and our baby and I get the dregs of his emotional and mental energy.

And in the midst of it all, a message from another friend who is sick of work and very busy.

Everyone is convinced that their companies would fold without them when in reality, most of us can be replaced very easily.

Spot on Ant.

Best thing is to tell them to fuhherke off and get another job if they are that pissed off.

But...nothing new about that.....par for the course.

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

I've said it in here recently, but one of my Da's sayings is 'There are plenty of people in the graveyard who thought they were indispensable'

And they didn't take it with them either

between all the years of education that GPs and Pharmacists get you would think that somewhere along the line they would learn how to count and do basic admin tasks. Gob****es the lot of them.

Onshuh wrote: »

The way they're pronouncing nphet nefet. I don't know why but it bugs the sh!te of me.

Dats why you are here big man.....tap the bile pipe.

Parents giving their kids bags of “treats” to give to every pupil in their class because it’s their birthday.

Last thing I need is one of them “buzzing” from Skittles, along with other crap, while the others whinge over not having any.

the purple tin wrote: »

She could probably make more money from the YTing :pac:
That reminds me of some Irish girl I read about. She trained to become, it was either a nurse or a teacher and after working for a year or two she decided to give it up and become a full time social-media influencer instead.
The writer of the article thought it was great, she is a great role model for young girls etc. :rolleyes:

It honestly made me feel very sad.
This qualified girl leaves a job where she can help people and make a positive difference so she can spend her life making videos about shoes and lipstick.

She is helping people albeit in a different way.

Shes right to give it a go,she can always go back to her "proper job"later.

dubstarr wrote: »

She is helping people albeit in a different way.

Shes right to give it a go,she can always go back to her "proper job"later.

I not convinced Dubstarr. She wasn't going to go back from the sound of it.

It was the tone of the article that got to me. Trying to put young girls off the idea of seeking good jobs where they can really help people.

What does the world need more atm, teachers and nurses or glorified shopping-channel presenters?


That is another major TA. Have you ever actually watched the vids of twats on YT that young children are following? It is blatant hard-sell advertising for toys, Amazon etc. thinly veiled as entertainment. They are bombarded with it and wouldn't even realise it.

Rang a lad today, did he get back to me ? Same lad had no problem calling when the pubs were closed and he wanted to get out of his house...why did I even bother ?? Shud know at this stage...

I think I might have moaned about this before but it just happened and I need to vent.

I am NOT a fan of car noises in housing estates. It's irrational, I know. Cars need to make noise to go, I get it.

But I'm on about those people who start their car and DO! NOT! F'CKING! MOVE! for minutes!! If you weren't ready to go, why did you start the car?! I also hate the sound of a car arriving into my street, stopping, and staying on.

It's even more infuriating when I'm in bed.

I also hate the sound of people getting out of their car, closing the door, then another door closing, then another door closing....... then another door closing - basically they keep forgetting to bring things in from the car... or they're going out to the car and keep forgetting to bring things out from the house - either way: STOP OPENING AND CLOSING YOUR F'CKING DOORS SO MANY TIMES!

Or people who get dropped off at night, get out of the car and proceed to continue talking LOUDLY before saying bye. You had the whole car journey to have your boring conversation and if you were friends you'd continue said conversation on the phone if you were that desperate.

I can't reiterate the neutral engine sound enough, though.

Like, stop bringing your car into the street and sitting there for a further 10 minutes without turning off the engine. It makes me get up to check out the window repeatedly to see wtf is going on.

Also. Don't beep your f'cking horn you impatient pig.

And speaking of impatient.

I have another TA non-car-related.

If you're coming to my house, either knock on the door or use the door bell.... DO NOT DO BOTH! DO NOT RING THE BELL AND THEN START KNOCKING. I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME YOU IGNORAMUS.


*long sigh* that felt good.