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

mikemac2 · 23-03-2021 6:01pm

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

TA at people on Twitter who tweet something, get a lot of likes and comments, and then write "wow this blew up quickly!" before swelling their head up even more by saying "look at how great i am! I raise funds!"

Look, doing charity is a nice thing, but do not announce that you do it. It shows you don't give a shít and just do it for the attention.

I just reminded myself of another TA from about 5 or 6 years ago - the ice bucket challenge: people who never donated but done it to "fit in" with the fad anyway.

I know workplace bullies who reduced people to tears and created a toxic environment proudly putting on their social media about them doing the Pieta House night walk :rolleyes:

Sgt Hartman · 23-03-2021 6:29pm

oneweb wrote: »

Prepack sandwiches which might as well have sliced pieces of sliotar in them as tomatoes for the texture and taste they represent.

Those awful "Scribbles" pre packed sandwiches with the fancy hipster packaging and containing the bare minimum filling.

TA'd at being too tired too cook this eve after another hectic Tuesday in work. I would love to abolish Tuesdays from the week. Also TA'd at not being able to shop in Penneys for new jocks and socks. My current undies either keep slipping halfways down my arse or keep disappearing up my crack thanks to the worn elastic. I don't fancy paying a fortune for pricey Calvin Klein undies online.

whisky_galore · 23-03-2021 7:19pm

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Those awful "Scribbles" pre packed sandwiches with the fancy hipster packaging and containing the bare minimum filling.

Unfamiliar with the brand, so looked them up..

Sales and marketing manager for Around Noon, Gareth Chambers, describes the brand as “fine food with attitude.” Speaking to ShelfLife he said: “We are a fun and progressive company and we wanted to reflect that with our packaging so the branding is conversational and quirky. The products are handmade and the fillings are high quality. Scribbles is a brand that we feel will inject a bit of fun into lunch-time with great packaging and an energetic social media campaign.”

Such utter bollocks.

I don't know any good reason why you should eat prepackaged sarnies regularly unless in extremis like army rations.

Princess Calla · 23-03-2021 7:52pm

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Those awful "Scribbles" pre packed sandwiches with the fancy hipster packaging and containing the bare minimum filling.

TA'd at being too tired too cook this eve after another hectic Tuesday in work. I would love to abolish Tuesdays from the week. Also TA'd at not being able to shop in Penneys for new jocks and socks. My current undies either keep slipping halfways down my arse or keep disappearing up my crack thanks to the worn elastic. I don't fancy paying a fortune for pricey Calvin Klein undies online.

Dunnes.....my supermarket has a small section of socks and jocks, always did....in my dunnes it's on the cosmetics aisle I think....should tie you over.

Strumms · 23-03-2021 8:11pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

The non stop news story about Ireland being a racist hellhole.

Show me this perfect non racist country we should benchmark ourselves against.

Racisim is a form of prejudice and discrimination based on a persons race or ethnicity ...

Being critical regarding people arriving here for economic reasons and using and abusing the asylum system for to further their own successes in life... at the expense of the irish taxpayer isnt racist...

We are financing money away from hospitals, rehabilitive health treatments for our citizens and taxpayers to provide a better quality of life to people from other locations....

Disagreeing with that isnt racist... its common sense.. ...

If after a serious car accident a tax payer and irish citizen needs to learn to walk again but their funding for a spell in the NRH is denied.... 'no funds available'... yet there IS funds available to clothe, house, feed, fund thousands of arrivals from thousands of kilometeres away...?

Hmmm id rather we focused on that kind of injustice as opposed to anything else..

spookwoman · 23-03-2021 8:50pm

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Those awful "Scribbles" pre packed sandwiches with the fancy hipster packaging and containing the bare minimum filling.

TA'd at being too tired too cook this eve after another hectic Tuesday in work. I would love to abolish Tuesdays from the week. Also TA'd at not being able to shop in Penneys for new jocks and socks. My current undies either keep slipping halfways down my arse or keep disappearing up my crack thanks to the worn elastic. I don't fancy paying a fortune for pricey Calvin Klein undies online.

Looked them up looks like that Wicked sh*te from Tesco.

Sgt Hartman · 23-03-2021 8:51pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Unfamiliar with the brand, so looked them up..

Sales and marketing manager for Around Noon, Gareth Chambers, describes the brand as “fine food with attitude.” Speaking to ShelfLife he said: “We are a fun and progressive company and we wanted to reflect that with our packaging so the branding is conversational and quirky. The products are handmade and the fillings are high quality. Scribbles is a brand that we feel will inject a bit of fun into lunch-time with great packaging and an energetic social media campaign.”

Such utter bollocks.

I don't know any good reason why you should eat prepackaged sarnies regularly unless in extremis like army rations.

Utter bollocks is right! I can imagine their production kitchen staffed by minimum wage foreign agency workers with a fat, barely literate Lunchlady Doris lookalike supervisor berating the workers if they dare to add more than the allotted filling portion to each sandwich. It's basically strictly portion controlled mass produced crap with fancy packaging and marketing.

oneweb · 23-03-2021 8:52pm

Any of those videos with talking lips and eyes superimposed on objects. Ugh, it wasn't amusing the first time.

EmmetSpiceland · 23-03-2021 9:07pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

“fine food with attitude.”

Kinda groovy, laid back mood...

Pawwed Rig · 23-03-2021 9:17pm

mikemac2 wrote: »

I know workplace bullies who reduced people to tears and created a toxic environment proudly putting on their social media about them doing the Pieta House night walk :rolleyes:

I had a manager once who single handedly landed one of his subs in therapy who then decided he was doing a cycle to Galway in aid of AWARE. Absolute tool of a man child.

Strumms · 23-03-2021 9:38pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I had a manager once who single handedly landed one of his subs in therapy who then decided he was doing a cycle to Galway in aid of AWARE. Absolute tool of a man child.

As regards employment, in 2021 anybody either genuinely or disingenuously claiming mental health issues is practically untouchable.... we had one guy claiming he had agoraphobia and then spotted in the audience of the Late Late show ffs... he was shopped to management but... ‘ nope, not touching that, he’ll be back when he’s ready... ‘ :cool:

badabing106 · 23-03-2021 9:43pm

Low battery notification on phone

Archeron · 23-03-2021 10:20pm

Boards pages bouncing around like a ping pong ball in a bouncy castle. You click, the link goes blue, but no, somewhere in that sequence a gigantic luminous purple ad for Eir has shoved itself in somewhere and now I've clicked the profile page of some random user who might think I'm stalking them.

the purple tin · 23-03-2021 10:33pm

Matt Lucas is a bit crap on GBBO.
If he did it in the character of Marjorie Dawes that would be entertaining.
At least get him a co-host, he can't carry it by himself.

whisky_galore · 23-03-2021 10:39pm

Strumms wrote: »

Racisim is a form of prejudice and discrimination based on a persons race or ethnicity ...

Heard someone Korean being interviewed on radio about racist experiences here.

Being mocked by Dublin youths, well they're dickheads to just about everyone anyway.

Being constantly asked where you are from, annoying maybe, not necessarily racist.
Being asked where the best Korean restaurant is, again maybe well-meaning but clueless conversation making.
Being asked are you from the north or the south, well, duh, what do you think? Again sounds more clueless than malicious.

If I had a euro for every mention of alcohol, st paddy's day, accent, The Brits, potatoes, are you from north or south etc I'd have a lot of euros...none of which, unless the same person kept cracking the same unfunny joke multiple times, I take much notice of.
Besides I like potatoes and drink anyway.

I've been in Asia and probing personal questions from people you've just met is pretty normal there and have never taken offence at those.

PsychoPete · 23-03-2021 10:59pm

"accept all cookies"

New Home · 23-03-2021 11:00pm

PsychoPete wrote: »

"accept all cookies"

Computer cookies? Hell, no, PFO.

Actual cookies? GIMME!!

spookwoman · 23-03-2021 11:10pm

Large adverts every few lines down on a news article seem to be the thing now and bloody annoying as hell

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 23-03-2021 11:19pm

My TA on a daily basis...

Seriously, fúck people who do this.

the purple tin · 23-03-2021 11:20pm

Tailgaters. Sometimes I see two vehicles so close together I assume that the car behind is being towed.
If the first car has to brake suddenly for any reason the twerp behind would not even get a chanceto touch the brakes before they crash into the back of them.
Forgot to mention those absolute arseholes who tailgate you at night with the full beams on and blind you in the mirror. Grrrr!

Pawwed Rig · 23-03-2021 11:21pm

Strumms wrote: »

As regards employment, in 2021 anybody either genuinely or disingenuously claiming mental health issues is practically untouchable.... we had one guy claiming he had agoraphobia and then spotted in the audience of the Late Late show ffs... he was shopped to management but... ‘ nope, not touching that, he’ll be back when he’s ready... ‘ :cool:

Depends where you work. My place would give you the heave ho as quick as they could

Purple Mountain · 23-03-2021 11:22pm

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

My TA on a daily basis...

Seriously, fúck people who do this.

It's even more gross to be sharing a sugar bag with others during the time we're in

spookwoman · 23-03-2021 11:43pm

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

My TA on a daily basis...

Seriously, fúck people who do this.

Bits of butter left in the jam. :mad:

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 23-03-2021 11:49pm

spookwoman wrote: »

Bits of butter left in the jam. :mad:

Oh you don't wanna see the tub of butter in that place. It's nightmare/anger fuel. I opted to eat a dry scone as a result of what I saw.

NewbridgeIR · 24-03-2021 12:15am

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

My TA on a daily basis...

Seriously, fúck people who do this.

Used to happen in my office for ages until the cleaning lady decided to buy sugar lumps instead.

gormdubhgorm · 24-03-2021 12:26am

the purple tin wrote: »

Tailgaters. Sometimes I see two vehicles so close together I assume that the car behind is being towed.
If the first car has to brake suddenly for any reason the twerp behind would not even get a chanceto touch the brakes before they crash into the back of them.
Forgot to mention those absolute arseholes who tailgate you at night with the full beams on and blind you in the mirror. Grrrr!

I was just going to mention the M50 and tailgating. Then I did a search for 'tailgating, law Ireland'. And what appeared? Only an article about a judge giving out about the common occurrence of tailgating on the m50 feb 2019.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/judge-critical-of-all-too-common-tailgating-on-irish-roads-1.3787069

Some feckers can really put your heart in your mouth. It is madness. I think some must do it for the craic or a buzz or something.
(I said this, not the judge

)

EmmetSpiceland · 24-03-2021 12:59am

Standing on a slug while wearing socks after going outside, briefly, without shoes to save time.

Kitty6277 · 24-03-2021 2:23am

TA that I can’t find my favourite hoodie and I have no idea where it could be. Makes it even worse that I haven’t gone anywhere so there’s nowhere I could’ve left it, it has to be in the house somewhere

whisky_galore · 24-03-2021 9:22am

Straining to hear a podcast over a speaker at full volume, then an ad comes on and blasts my ears off.

oneweb · 24-03-2021 10:00am

"From [PTSB/PayPal etc.]: Your security code is 895...

[Tap to read message]"

Pleeeeease don't make me tap into messages only to have to tap back out again. Put the code first, I'm expecting it after all!!

Gregor Samsa · 24-03-2021 10:08am

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Standing on a slug while wearing socks after going outside, briefly, without shoes to save time.

I heard the worst, most soul-chilling scream from my hallway one night. It didn't sound human. I ran out to see what was happening - half assuming I'd find one of the kids lying in a pool of blood with one of the others standing over them with a kitchen knife.

I find my wife standing there on the tiled floor, white as a sheet, frozen, trembling, with her hands held up beside her face rigid. She was just wearing a dressing gown and barefoot. I look down at her feet. They're covered in sticky green ooze.

Turns out a slug had got in. A very large slug. She had stood on it, barefoot, and it had exploded all over her legs. She just could not move. I had to go an get wipes and a towel and clean her foot and leg and the floor and throw it them away before I could gently lead her by the arm to the sofa in the living room. Utter trauma.

oneweb · 24-03-2021 10:14am

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

half assuming I'd find one of the kids lying in a pool of blood with one of the others standing over them with a kitchen knife.

[Snip]

She had stood on it, barefoot, and it had exploded all over her legs.

Amputation's the only way to get over that trauma. And shure you've got a kid in mind to do it already!!

Mundo7976 · 24-03-2021 10:44am

oneweb wrote: »

"From [PTSB/PayPal etc.]: Your security code is 895...

[Tap to read message]"

Pleeeeease don't make me tap into messages only to have to tap back out again. Put the code first, I'm expecting it after all!!

Allow notifications in your info bar at the top of phone, you just need to pull down to expose more of the message without exiting the app.

TA with the weather when i cant get out in it.

Badly Drunk Boy · 24-03-2021 11:00am

whisky_galore wrote: »

Straining to hear a podcast over a speaker at full volume, then an ad comes on and blasts my ears off.

The same with programmes on the telly (especially at night). You have the volume up high enough to hear it it, but the ads come on at twice the volume!

(Cue people smugly commenting "I haven't seen an ad in 20 years because I don't watch traditional television.". :rolleyes: Another trivial annoyance... )

Aglomerado · 24-03-2021 11:37am

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I heard the worst, most soul-chilling scream from my hallway one night. It didn't sound human. I ran out to see what was happening - half assuming I'd find one of the kids lying in a pool of blood with one of the others standing over them with a kitchen knife.

I find my wife standing there on the tiled floor, white as a sheet, frozen, trembling, with her hands held up beside her face rigid. She was just wearing a dressing gown and barefoot. I look down at her feet. They're covered in sticky green ooze.

Turns out a slug had got in. A very large slug. She had stood on it, barefoot, and it had exploded all over her legs. She just could not move. I had to go an get wipes and a towel and clean her foot and leg and the floor and throw it them away before I could gently lead her by the arm to the sofa in the living room. Utter trauma.

Bleeeee!!!! :eek:
My TA today: I laid a wood floor in my bedroom at the weekend (fcek all to do at the weekend except jobs in the house.) Now when the cat comes in and prowls around during the night, I hear her claws clicking on the floor and the sound wakes me/ keeps me awake. Need to get a rug now or persuade the cat to let me clip her claws!

:D Have wood floors downstairs but never noticed the sound until now!

Porklife · 24-03-2021 12:22pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Straining to hear a podcast over a speaker at full volume, then an ad comes on and blasts my ears off.

"We're all still at risk from Covid 19, so keep washing those hands and coughing into those elbows..."
That same ad blasts my head of every morning when im listening to my favourite podcast at a gentle level. I run over and hit mute on the speaker and almost start crying it drives me so crazy! The volume...his voice...the way he says those hands...Covid 19...aahhhhhh!!!

Mollyb60 · 24-03-2021 12:26pm

I play a stupid little Harry Potter match 3 game on my phone. It's something to do while I'm making dinner or otherwise bored. It started randomly crashing yesterday and wouldn't open at all. I googled it and there didn't seem to be other problems with it in general so I assumed it had just got corrupted somehow. So I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it worked fine. I knew I'd lose all my progress but sure, what harm.

Realised late last night that there had actually been some bigger issue with Android phones yesterday which was causing random apps to crash. A small update fixed the problem. So I lost my progress on the game for nothing.

whisky_galore · 24-03-2021 12:26pm

Porklife wrote: »

"We're all still at risk from Covid 19, so keep washing those hands and coughing into those elbows..."
That same ad blasts my head of every morning when im listening to my favourite podcast at a gentle level. I run over and hit mute on the speaker and almost start crying it drives me so crazy! The volume...his voice...the way he says those hands...Covid 19...aahhhhhh!!!

That one and slightly husky Covidgirl ad.

Autosport · 24-03-2021 12:38pm

Mollyb60 wrote: »

I play a stupid little Harry Potter match 3 game on my phone. It's something to do while I'm making dinner or otherwise bored. It started randomly crashing yesterday and wouldn't open at all. I googled it and there didn't seem to be other problems with it in general so I assumed it had just got corrupted somehow. So I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it worked fine. I knew I'd lose all my progress but sure, what harm.

Realised late last night that there had actually been some bigger issue with Android phones yesterday which was causing random apps to crash. A small update fixed the problem. So I lost my progress on the game for nothing.

Your progress might be on their systems server and if you send them an email they can let you know or sort it for you

My TA too many dogs on our morning walk

blade1 · 24-03-2021 12:40pm

Pre-ordered a new phone yesterday and paid a deposit.
Have to wait a week before they ship it.
How am I going to last that long at all?
Just gimme the phone :pac:

Porklife · 24-03-2021 12:51pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

That one and slightly husky Covidgirl ad.

Oh god..I hate her!! It's like someone said oh you've a nice dulcet tone to your voice and she dialled it up to 11 with the faux huskiness.
If I smash my speakers in frustration she owes me a new one!

whisky_galore · 24-03-2021 12:53pm

Porklife wrote: »

Oh god..I hate her!! It's like someone said oh you've a nice dulcet tone to your voice and she dialled it up to 11 with the faux huskiness.
If I smash my speakers in frustration she owes me a new one!

The way she pronounces "or" as "oaaar".

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 24-03-2021 12:54pm

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Realised late last night that there had actually been some bigger issue with Android phones yesterday which was causing random apps to crash. A small update fixed the problem. So I lost my progress on the game for nothing.

Wait, is that why my Spotify kept closing on me out of nowhere after 5 minutes? My last couple of hours in work last night were completely fcking ruined by this!

Bredabe · 24-03-2021 12:57pm

When life has taught me in situations like these, the powers that be are just running down the clock, to avoid breaking the law and their lackeys tell me to keep my spirits up*!

* inevitable followed by 'you don't cant know what his decision will be'/'keep plugging away'

Bredabe · 24-03-2021 1:02pm

Awake half the night worrying about deadlines and not having a scoobies of how to tackle a new project,
still like this am, but can't find the motivation to start today's work.

ohnonotgmail · 24-03-2021 1:15pm

Woke up with a migraine that just wont go away.

Pawwed Rig · 24-03-2021 2:14pm

The newstalk presenter that does the afternoon show. Really annoying accent.

Also the amount of ads on newstalk is unreal

Mollyb60 · 24-03-2021 2:48pm

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

Wait, is that why my Spotify kept closing on me out of nowhere after 5 minutes? My last couple of hours in work last night were completely fcking ruined by this!

Maybe? There was some issue with a google update yesterday that apparently was causing a load of problems with random apps for people. I couldn't open Viber, outlook, my HP game and maybe others I hadn't noticed. I had to go to the play store and update the google chrome app and it fixed it.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/22/22345696/google-android-apps-crashing-fix-system-webview

New Home · 24-03-2021 3:08pm

I've been having awful problems with Android and various Google apps a few weeks ago. It autoinstalled an update (some version of Android 10 despite my settings which said not to install anything) that completely fecked up my settings and corrupted my memory card. Now I can't disable stuff and it's doing my head in - how is it a "privacy improvement" to have the pre-installed calendar (which I can't remove) have access to my phone, be able to make phone calls and connect to the web without my knowing and have access to body sensors a "privacy improvement"? Why would the calendar need access to body sensors anyway? No thank you, I do NOT want to set a fingerprint control. The worst part is that these options are now greyed out and I can't disable them. If I try to disable/block the app (like the one for feedback, for instance - which, by the way, has some T&Cs attached to it, so if I want to open it to see what it is I have to agree to said T&C without being able to see what they are), it goes "dormant" for, like, 30 seconds, then reset itself. Ditto with various Google apps linked to the last update.

It even changed my access point name settings, so I wasn't able to connect to the internet until I realised what had happened.

The corruption of the MicroSD card is the really the pits, I used it as a backup and it had lots of very important, irreplaceable medical files and photos. I'm now scouring the internet trying to find a way to retrieve them. Apparently it's a known bug, the update looks for your SIM in slot A, and if it's not there it messes up whatever IS in slot A. What's worse, the next upgrade to Android 11 is likely going to brick my phone (also a known bug).

To say that I'm fuming would be an understatement.

Purple Mountain · 24-03-2021 5:59pm

When I hear asthma pronounced as "azma".

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