Shit that annoys you... - Page 8

wolf · 02-13-2007, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Kingswood

What annoys me about that is how several news sites say that she was "found dead" in the hotel room, and then in the first paragraph or two the story reveals that he was really found unconscious in the hotel room and later died.

It bugs me when reputable news organizations screw up like this.

With her, it was probably really hard to tell the difference.

As for my own list ... I don't think that the entire internet has sufficient server space.

MonkeyPaw · 02-08-2007, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Madman

Cold weather... with NO relief in site.

People that spell "ALOT" as one word.

McDonalds... yuk

Mike Tyson

Michael Jackson

you

Madman · 02-08-2007, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MonkeyPaw

you

You too! <finger>

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-09-2007, 02:21 AM

Hey! Rotate that finger!

I have not yet summoned up the nerve to offer the adults accompanying trick-or-treaters either disposable razors or candy in a razor blade box.

monster · 02-09-2007, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Hey! Rotate that finger!

I have not yet summoned up the nerve to offer the adults accompanying trick-or-treaters either disposable razors or candy in a razor blade box.

I'm thinking about handing out cards for my dentist this year

Sundae · 02-09-2007, 11:48 AM

Warning - this is very detailed and very petty

REALLY annoying me today is some people's attitude toward admin staff. They seem to think "and other other duties that may be required blahblahblah" on our contracts mean we can be dicked around in a way they would never think of with staff on the same grade as themselves.

Case in point.

When our new CEO decided to move into the office with the best view in the building (previously occupied by my Manager) he decreed that the furniture in the lobby on this floor should also go.

My department had a long, low cabinet which was in the lobby because there was no room for it in the open plan office. There is another grumble about moving the team into a space which will only fit the people and not the paperwork but I'll leave it out. This was a smart piece of furniture in exactly the same bland design as the round table and chairs that were allowed to remain. It also gave people somewhere to sort the printing/ photocopying from the machine opposite.

So, a very useful piece of furniture, and one that I only heard would be moved on the Friday because I was working late. I stuck my nose in, put my case and actually thought I'd won.

Nope.

Came in Monday, cabinet gone.

After about an hour I tracked down the person responsible for the move, who grumpily informed me that he'd been just about to call me (yeah right). My cabinet was on the 2nd floor (I work on the 6th). Broken. Dropped by the movers and now the sliding door was jammed shut. All my material had been stacked in the storage area behind Reception.

I was pretty mad at this, but decided in the bigger scheme of things I'd probably best just let it go. He was supposed to be contacting the movers for damages and in the mean time would look at it himself to see if it was something he could remedy. Two emails from me regarding the cabinet went unanswered.

FFward to today - I get a phone call from Reception. The office manager wants the storage area to be used only for stationery and not to be a dumping ground for various departments' miscellany. I am now tasked with finding somewhere to store my material - it has been suggested to me that if I clear out the cupboard on this floor (which was already full when we moved here because we were the last department to move) I might be able to fit it all in.

Why am I expected to waste my time on this problem caused solely by other people?
Why should I have to find space? I had a perfectly good space before.
Why should I have to load up 2 trolleys worth of material and haul it round the building?

Exacerbating this is the fact I've already moved the boxes of leaflets we brought with us from the other building 3 times. Once because they were stacked around our desks and a member of another team wanted to hot-desk in our space (we are currently understaffed so have more space than people). They were then stacked against the wall but apprently the new CEO didn't want any boxes on the floor when he moved up. Then the storage area I co-opted was turned into a "quiet/ prayer room" (which is never used).

Just because I'm not a pharmacist or a technician doesn't mean I'm a bloody serf. I may work with paper but that doesn't mean I need to be the one to move it around.

I'm also sick & tired of having people come to me and say in a blase fashion, "Oh the copier has run out of paper..." or "I think the printer is jammed...." What? Oh sorry I forgot that I graduated from the Hewlett Packard Academy and are therefore more qualified than you to get toner down my top or fill up the paper drawer.

Stuck up, short sighted, grade-ist arseholes.
I will feast on their egg heads the day the revolution comes.

Cloud · 02-09-2007, 08:08 PM

People who play music in their vehicles VERY VERY LOUD waiting in line at the bank or drive in.

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-10-2007, 03:54 AM

Very very loud and through rattly speakers. Always makes that expensive, powerful sound system sound cheap'n'cheesy, whether you're playing that dumbass hip hop "music" or not.

Cloud · 02-11-2007, 01:20 PM

Bookstores who make a big display of the latest book in a series . . . but fail to restock the earlier books you haven't read

Spexxvet · 02-12-2007, 09:26 AM

People who refuse to answer a question posted on a forum because their answer would weaken their position.

Perry Winkle · 02-12-2007, 10:37 AM

Knowing what I need to do to be content but not being able to make myself do it.

Laundry-list job postings.

SteveDallas · 02-12-2007, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by grant

Laundry-list job postings.

"Managerial" jobs that "require" a specific list of techie skills five miles long.

Trilby · 02-12-2007, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

People who refuse to answer a question posted on a forum because their answer would weaken their position.

Hark! The muse speaks of Hippikos and all his ilk! Beware! Beware!

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-20-2007, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Hark! The muse speaks of Hippikos and all his ilk! Beware! Beware!

...His flashing eyes?
His floating hair?
[Did he fall in the sacred river again?]
Weave a circle 'round him thrice
[You'd better. You need three skeins for a braid.]
And close your eyes with holy dread
[Batman!]
For he on honeydew hath fed,
[Melons! Melons!]
And drunk the milk of Paradise.

Shawnee123 · 02-12-2007, 01:19 PM

This job. This job. And..this job.

But mostly this job.

02-09-2007, 11:48 AM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Warning - this is very detailed and very petty REALLY annoying me today is some people's attitude toward admin staff. They seem to think "and other other duties that may be required blahblahblah" on our contracts mean we can be dicked around in a way they would never think of with staff on the same grade as themselves. Case in point. When our new CEO decided to move into the office with the best view in the building (previously occupied by my Manager) he decreed that the furniture in the lobby on this floor should also go. My department had a long, low cabinet which was in the lobby because there was no room for it in the open plan office. There is another grumble about moving the team into a space which will only fit the people and not the paperwork but I'll leave it out. This was a smart piece of furniture in exactly the same bland design as the round table and chairs that were allowed to remain. It also gave people somewhere to sort the printing/ photocopying from the machine opposite. So, a very useful piece of furniture, and one that I only heard would be moved on the Friday because I was working late. I stuck my nose in, put my case and actually thought I'd won. Nope. Came in Monday, cabinet gone. After about an hour I tracked down the person responsible for the move, who grumpily informed me that he'd been just about to call me (yeah right). My cabinet was on the 2nd floor (I work on the 6th). Broken. Dropped by the movers and now the sliding door was jammed shut. All my material had been stacked in the storage area behind Reception. I was pretty mad at this, but decided in the bigger scheme of things I'd probably best just let it go. He was supposed to be contacting the movers for damages and in the mean time would look at it himself to see if it was something he could remedy. Two emails from me regarding the cabinet went unanswered. FFward to today - I get a phone call from Reception. The office manager wants the storage area to be used only for stationery and not to be a dumping ground for various departments' miscellany. I am now tasked with finding somewhere to store my material - it has been suggested to me that if I clear out the cupboard on this floor (which was already full when we moved here because we were the last department to move) I might be able to fit it all in. Why am I expected to waste my time on this problem caused solely by other people? Why should I have to find space? I had a perfectly good space before. Why should I have to load up 2 trolleys worth of material and haul it round the building? Exacerbating this is the fact I've already moved the boxes of leaflets we brought with us from the other building 3 times. Once because they were stacked around our desks and a member of another team wanted to hot-desk in our space (we are currently understaffed so have more space than people). They were then stacked against the wall but apprently the new CEO didn't want any boxes on the floor when he moved up. Then the storage area I co-opted was turned into a "quiet/ prayer room" (which is never used). Just because I'm not a pharmacist or a technician doesn't mean I'm a bloody serf. I may work with paper but that doesn't mean I need to be the one to move it around. I'm also sick & tired of having people come to me and say in a blase fashion, "Oh the copier has run out of paper..." or "I think the printer is jammed...." What? Oh sorry I forgot that I graduated from the Hewlett Packard Academy and are therefore more qualified than you to get toner down my top or fill up the paper drawer. Stuck up, short sighted, grade-ist arseholes. I will feast on their egg heads the day the revolution comes. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

02-09-2007, 08:08 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	People who play music in their vehicles VERY VERY LOUD waiting in line at the bank or drive in. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-10-2007, 03:54 AM	#8
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Very very loud and through rattly speakers. Always makes that expensive, powerful sound system sound cheap'n'cheesy, whether you're playing that dumbass hip hop "music" or not. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

02-11-2007, 01:20 PM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Bookstores who make a big display of the latest book in a series . . . but fail to restock the earlier books you haven't read __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-12-2007, 09:26 AM	#10
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	People who refuse to answer a question posted on a forum because their answer would weaken their position. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

02-09-2007, 02:21 AM	#4
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Hey! Rotate that finger! I have not yet summoned up the nerve to offer the adults accompanying trick-or-treaters either disposable razors or candy in a razor blade box.

02-12-2007, 10:37 AM	#11
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Knowing what I need to do to be content but not being able to make myself do it. Laundry-list job postings.

02-12-2007, 01:19 PM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	This job. This job. And..this job. But mostly this job. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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