Comments that left you fuming! (And maths debate)

chocksaway

Just home from working in the local supermarket. I've been working there part-time for the past 8 years while I was in school and college.
Anywho some auld middle-aged bint same in today and told me I should do the decent thing and quit so that other more needy people can have my job! :mad:
I normally wouldn't advocate violence but seriously wasnted to hit her in the face with a shovel!

So has anyone ever said something to you that left ya raging??

MrStuffins

Why did she say that?

chocksaway

Think she just had nothing else to complain about.. she's a regular in the store who's always causing grief!

Chuck Stone

Tell her she should die so that people don't have to pay her pension.

MrStuffins

chocksaway wrote: »

Think she just had nothing else to complain about.. she's a regular in the store who's always causing grief!

A simple "You're old and nobody cares what you think" would suffice in that situation OP!

senorwipesalot

Do you work in a shovel supermarket?

John Doe1

To live well is the best revenge.......and a kick to the face

chocksaway

haha.. one of numerous household and everyday items we have in stock:P

woodoo

Have you more than one job OP?

amacca

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Tell her she should die so that people don't have to pay her pension.

indeed...and in addition so that other more deserving people can live in her house, drink her tea and eat her precious precious Frys Chocolate Cream...nom nom nom :pac::pac:

FinnLizzy

"Who's that? One of your grunger heros?"
.....said by a guy in my class commenting on another classmate's Ché Guevara hoodie.

Fromthetrees

I'm going to share.
I got asked for ID in the offie today. I'm 25, have an 'unemployment beard', have grey hair and I'm balding. I also have a 3 year old.
My friends think I look early 40s.
I DO NOT LOOK 17!
It took me a minute and a half to persuade the dozy bitch. :mad:

amacca

woodoo wrote: »

Have you more than one job OP?

if so how dare he...the hard working money grubbing backstard!

MrStuffins

Fromthetrees wrote: »

I'm going to share.
I got asked for ID in the offie today. I'm 25, have an 'unemployment beard', have grey hair and I'm balding. I also have a 3 year old.
My friends think I look early 40s.
I DO NOT LOOK 17!
It took me a minute and a half to persuade the dozy bitch. :mad:

So she served you without you producing ID?

It's HER who should be given the heeve-ho!

chocksaway

Fromthetrees wrote: »

I'm going to share.
I got asked for ID in the offie today. I'm 25, have an 'unemployment beard', have grey hair and I'm balding. I also have a 3 year old.
My friends think I look early 40s.
I DO NOT LOOK 17!
It took me a minute and a half to persuade the dozy bitch. :mad:

I almost wasnt allowed into Oxegen cause I didnt have ID.. Oxegen is an over 17s event and I'm 23! Stupid babyface!

amacca

Fromthetrees wrote: »

I'm going to share.
I got asked for ID in the offie today. I'm 25, have an 'unemployment beard', have grey hair and I'm balding. I also have a 3 year old.
My friends think I look early 40s.
I DO NOT LOOK 17!
It took me a minute and a half to persuade the dozy bitch. :mad:

wow...every second is minus an IQ point......thats minus 90 for her


she would have had to start at a fairly high level to be superior to that weird lobsided wood pigeon that hangs around my back garden!

chocksaway

woodoo wrote: »

Have you more than one job OP?

Nah just the one! In college studying for a masters! Gotta pay the bills somehow!

whydoibother?

It's called jealousy OP. When someone makes a bitchy dig like that, they are usually jealous of something and it doesn't have to be jealousy of the immediate thing such as your job in this case, could be any aspect of your life - your freedom, your prospects, whatever.

FinnLizzy

"If X Factor is so shít, why do so many people watch it?"

-"I'm glad Jedward didn't win, I'm already sick of hearing about them."
-"What would you rather talk about? The recession?"

"Why would there be a Spanish embassy in Dublin" (didn't leave me fuming, but it was a moment of sheer ignorance on my ex's part)

steddyeddy

A maths teacher in my old school referred to ordinary level maths as "maths for retards" in a conversation with another teacher in the hall. Always bugged me.

BEASTERLY

steddyeddy wrote: »

A maths teacher in my old school referred to ordinary level maths as "maths for retards" in a conversation with another teacher in the hall. Always bugged me.

In fairness he had a point. Anyway ordinary level is not real maths and people who do it will never get anywhere where they may need real maths, so who cares.

chocksaway

BEASTERLY wrote: »

In fairness he had a point. Anyway ordinary level is not real maths and people who do it will never get anywhere where they may need real maths, so who cares.

Bit over the top don't ya think.. there's ways and means around everything....

steddyeddy

BEASTERLY wrote: »

In fairness he had a point. Anyway ordinary level is not real maths and people who do it will never get anywhere where they may need real maths, so who cares.

Ordinary maths is not aimed at mentally retarded people so she doesnt have a point.

ICANN

I worked in a shop a few years ago. I went in one morning on two hours sleep for various reasons and the first customer of the day told me it was fairly obvious I hadn't had much sleep because I 'looked a state'. Cheeky b........

BEASTERLY

chocksaway wrote: »

Bit over the top don't ya think.. there's ways and means around everything....

Not really, how will somebody who did ordinary maths for the LC manage in a science or engineering degree. If they couldn't be arsed putting in enough extra work to keep up higher level in school they sure wont after.

MrStuffins

BEASTERLY wrote: »

In fairness he had a point. Anyway ordinary level is not real maths and people who do it will never get anywhere where they may need real maths, so who cares.

I think you'll find Ordinary Maths to be much more REAL and exist more in the real world than Higher Maths

chocksaway

ICANN wrote: »

I worked in a shop a few years ago. I went in one morning on two hours sleep for various reasons and the first customer of the day told me it was fairly obvious I hadn't had much sleep because I 'looked a state'. Cheeky b........

That was so inconsiderate of him! Did he not appreciate the effort it took for you to come in!

woodoo

chocksaway wrote: »

Nah just the one! In college studying for a masters! Gotta pay the bills somehow!

Who did she want the job for? Does she think you are minted or something. Strange woman. I'd bar her.

MrStuffins

ICANN wrote: »

I worked in a shop a few years ago. I went in one morning on two hours sleep for various reasons and the first customer of the day told me it was fairly obvious I hadn't had much sleep because I 'looked a state'. Cheeky b........

You had the perfect situation for a comeback here.

"It's obvious you haven't had much sleep, you look a state"

- "Well you'll know all about that soon when your baby comes"

"But i'm not pregnant"

-".........Oh!"


Checkmate!

BEASTERLY

MrStuffins wrote: »

I think you'll find Ordinary Maths to be much more REAL and exist more in the real world than Higher Maths

You obviously don't grasp the concept of real maths. I'm sure working out 'real world situation' such as the chances of winning a chance game is great. plus everything done in ordinary level is covered in higher in the introductions to each topic!

Yahew

amacca wrote: »

wow...every second is minus an IQ point......thats minus 90 for her


she would have had to start at a fairly high level to be superior to that weird lobsided wood pigeon that hangs around my back garden!

galwayrush

steddyeddy wrote: »

Ordinary maths is not aimed at mentally retarded people so he doesnt have a point.

Is mentally retarded the new PC way of saying that.?:pac:

chocksaway

woodoo wrote: »

Who did she want the job for? Does she think you are minted or something. Strange woman. I'd bar her.

Was just one of those statements- like the 'lucky you have a job' ones we get regularly. People were too important to be seen stacking shelves ot too long ago and now they're giving out saying college students have 'taken them all'. :mad:

MrStuffins

BEASTERLY wrote: »

You obviously don't grasp the concept of real maths. I'm sure working out 'real world situation' such as the chances of winning a chance game is great. plus everything done in ordinary level is covered in higher in the introductions to each topic!

Oh I do, i've been to school, i've done my Leaving Cert, i've done college level Maths. I know what i'm talking about.

It's quite obvious that you are in denial about what "real" maths are. Maths gets to a point where it stops becoming something that is useful in real life and starts to become a specified medium.

"Real" maths are the maths that you can "really" use in the "real" world.

steddyeddy

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Not really, how will somebody who did ordinary maths for the LC manage in a science or engineering degree. If they couldn't be arsed putting in enough extra work to keep up higher level in school they sure wont after.

Are you joking? Plenty of people who did ordinary maths for the leaving cert and went onto study science. I studied biology and started out studying ordinary maths. I know biology is not maths heavy but we had to cover linear algebra and calculus in first year.

charlemont

MrStuffins wrote: »

So she served you without you producing ID?

It's HER who should be given the heeve-ho!

This leaves me fuming.:D

Lord Ned Stark

BEASTERLY wrote: »

chocksaway wrote: »

Bit over the top don't ya think.. there's ways and means around everything....

Not really, how will somebody who did ordinary maths for the LC manage in a science or engineering degree. If they couldn't be arsed putting in enough extra work to keep up higher level in school they sure wont after.

Are you actually serious ?! Like really serious ?! Or have you been repeatedly banging your head off a wall all day ?! One honours maths is extremely hard two the standard of teachers is very poor three it takes way more time than any other subject four it isn't really applicable in real life and just for your information my brother got a B in ordinary maths and went on to top his class in Engineering in university so take your huge unfounded generalisations and hide them deep inside before you make an idiot of yourself

Thanks

Yahew

chocksaway wrote: »

Was just one of those statements- like the 'lucky you have a job' ones we get regularly. People were too important to be seen stacking shelves ot too long ago and now they're giving out saying college students have 'taken them all'. :mad:

Nobody is lucky to have a job - unless they are a CEO or banker or something. In general lucky people don't need jobs because they inherit wealth.

BEASTERLY

steddyeddy wrote: »

Ordinary maths is not aimed at mentally retarded people so he doesnt have a point.

retards...manual laboureres....no hopers....ordinary maths students.

Just a case of wording...

chocksaway

MrStuffins wrote: »

Oh I do, i've been to school, i've done my Leaving Cert, i've done college level Maths. I know what i'm talking about.

It's quite obvious that you are in denial about what "real" maths are. Maths gets to a point where it stops becoming something that is useful in real life and starts to become a specified medium.

"Real" maths are the maths that you can "really" use in the "real" world.

+1
There's only so many place imaginary numbers will bring you! The standards of maths required for most science engineering degrees is quite low. Once you pass the modules you rarely have to use half the stuff again

Namlub

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Not really, how will somebody who did ordinary maths for the LC manage in a science or engineering degree. If they couldn't be arsed putting in enough extra work to keep up higher level in school they sure wont after.

Probably not very well. They're still not retards though.

Yahew

Lord Ned Stark wrote: »

Are you actually serious ?! Like really serious ?! Or have you been repeatedly banging your head off a wall all day ?! One honours maths is extremely hard two the standard of teachers is very poor three it takes way more time than any other subject four it isn't really applicable in real life and just for your information my brother got a B in ordinary maths and went on to top his class in Engineering in university so take your huge unfounded generalisations and hide them deep inside before you make an idiot of yourself

Thanks

Really, what type of engineering? Because I am not walking on a bridge he builds, or designs.

woodoo

chocksaway wrote: »

Was just one of those statements- like the 'lucky you have a job' ones we get regularly. People were too important to be seen stacking shelves ot too long ago and now they're giving out saying college students have 'taken them all'. :mad:

I'd bet her children are living of the state and wouldn't even want the job anyway.

MrStuffins

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Not really, how will somebody who did ordinary maths for the LC manage in a science or engineering degree. If they couldn't be arsed putting in enough extra work to keep up higher level in school they sure wont after.

Lol!

Funny how you're telling people they don't know what they're talking about and then come out with a statement like this!

Turns out Common Sense isn't on the Real Maths curriculum :pac:

Yahew

chocksaway wrote: »

+1
There's only so many place imaginary numbers will bring you! The standards of maths required for most science engineering degrees is quite low. Once you pass the modules you rarely have to use half the stuff again

Gosh I must have done a different kinda engineering to most other people. Anybody with a B-Eng should have had to to get an A, or B in leaving cert maths.

MrStuffins

BEASTERLY wrote: »

retards...manual laboureres....no hopers....ordinary maths students.

Just a case of wording...

Wow.

I'd give you a slide and think you weren't trolling but your spelling shows you up.

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chocksaway

Turns out most of he comments that wind people up are in this thread.....:eek:

Lollipops23

BEASTERLY wrote: »

retards...manual laboureres....no hopers....ordinary maths students.

Just a case of wording...

Clearly your life has worked so well...to be slagging off perfectly normal people on an internet forum.

I did ord in the end, and my life has worked out pretty darn sweet. Have a job, nice standard of living etc.

Clearly I'm a happier person than you so I feel sorry for you.

steddyeddy

BEASTERLY wrote: »

retards...manual laboureres....no hopers....ordinary maths students.

Just a case of wording...

Ha ha you must be joking man. Half the top biologists I worked with have done ordinary level maths. Some have modified genes in crops adding nutirents that prevented blindness, some have synthesised enzymes that restore function to tissues and others are working on tissue regeneration in salamanders and trying to apply their findings to mammals. These people are all no hopers?

Namlub

Yahew wrote: »

Really, what type of engineering? Because I am not walking on a bridge he builds, or designs.

Do you check the qualifications of all the engineers involved before setting foot on every bridge then?

Wicklowrider

BEASTERLY wrote: »

In fairness he had a point. Anyway ordinary level is not real maths and people who do it will never get anywhere where they may need real maths, so who cares.

No he didn't have a point. He had an elitist pompous attitude. He said that anyone not doing higher maths was retarded.Maths teacher? How does a maths teacher look down on anyone?