Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

shruikan2553

Programming jobs for non programmers.
Them: "Can you make us something that counts to ten when you press a botton?"
Me: "yeah sure. Ill have it done by next week. Click a button and it counts to ten right?"
Them: "thats it"
*1 Week Later*
Them: "Wow, that looks great, also we didnt mention it last time but it has to summon unicorns that **** rainbows as well"
Me:"ummmm"

Ted_YNWA

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Programming jobs for non programmers.
Them: "Can you make us something that counts to ten when you press a botton?"
Me: "yeah sure. Ill have it done by next week. Click a button and it counts to ten right?"
Them: "thats it"
*1 Week Later*
Them: "Wow, that looks great, also we didnt mention it last time but it has to summon unicorns that **** rainbows as well"
Me:"ummmm"

And they think, sure that's only a five minute fix.

I'm currently in a house with two bathrooms and a loo, with a sibling or cousin in each playing Quizup with each other on their respective thrones, while I sit here with my bladder on the verge of exploding.

SureYWouldntYa

Pat Custard wrote: »

When you go to have a nice glass of ice cold milk and some dope has left it out of the fridge and it's warm I can feel my blood boiling thinking about it :mad:

are you sure you're not really Pat Mustard ?

Charlie19

Quoting long posts.:mad:

Using the smartphone on the boards.ie and having to scroll down through repeats of long posts... Head-wreck.

LizzieJones

People who complain waaaaay too much. :mad:

Charlie19

LizzieJones wrote: »

People who complain waaaaay too much. :mad:

I don't think that classes as triviaaaaaal:pac:

LynnGrace

LizzieJones wrote: »

People who complain waaaaay too much. :mad:

Tell them to join us on this thread .

Sadderday

People that take off 'the bank holiday friday' and have a long weekend....

wish I thought of that

OldNotWIse

Not getting paid when you supposed to.

OldNotWIse

Sadderday wrote: »

People that take off 'the bank holiday friday' and have a long weekend....

wish I thought of that

I never got this. They're happy enough with the 5/2 set up the rest of the time, but give them a 4/3 and then are suddenly gagging for a 3/4 -

LynnGrace

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Not getting paid when you supposed to.

That's not trivial, that is a rotten thing to happen

yeppydeppy

Modern art - what's that about? The kings new clothes I reckon.

Graces7

disposable nappies and all who use them. worst polluters on the planet

OldNotWIse

LynnGrace wrote: »

That's not trivial, that is a rotten thing to happen

I think its because of the Eurpean bank holiday yesterday. Thats what they're saying anyway.

Graces7

migraines, facial neuralgia, nausea.... a wreck here :mad:

Sadderday

OldNotWIse wrote: »

I never got this. They're happy enough with the 5/2 set up the rest of the time, but give them a 4/3 and then are suddenly gagging for a 3/4 -

give an inch, they take a mile

BertieBerlin

People who wear their work passes before they get to work, when they're dropping the kids at nursery or school. Grr!

Graces7

people who cash cheques immediately when you have written, do not cash until eg friday. do they think we are rich!

eisenberg1

People who say "Yeah, but no"

Opening a conversation with "Here is what it is, right"

OldNotWIse

eisenberg1 wrote: »

People who say "Yeah, but no"

Opening a conversation with "Here is what it is, right"

So many unnecessary words creeping in these days. "Well, the thing is right"/ "in any event" etc - feck off.

Also, people who say "yeeeeellow" when they answer the phone

Parents trying to be all model parenty in public when they're not reallly like that all the time. We've a neighbour who goes through phases of being all hands on parenting - easter egg hunts and hide and seek in the communal area, yet I've seen him leave his alcoholic wife sitting out in the car park as punishment for coming home late, and overheard him telling his kid to "stop being weird, people will think you're a freak" if he sings or tells a joke The other day he came running up behind me with a plastic gun and I held the door for him (best to treat people with guns with the upmost respect!) and he said, "thats ok thanks, we're doing cops and robbers right now!" - like, could he not have just said "thats ok thanks" - and left it at that?

Elmo

I emailed a company last week looking for some information. They didn't reply straight away, so on the 7th day I email to see if I can get the information. The girl (and I am calling her a girl on purpose girls) replies to say that she can find out that information on a monthly basis and that she only provided the information to me the last time as a Favour. Why would you give someone you don't know a favour and shouldn't you tell them that it is a favour rather than something that is normally done. (It took her 2 months to get that information, so technically I wasn't asking on a monthly basis)

1. She should have reply straight away to tell me she was not going to provide me with the information, how long would that take to do.
2. Why do some girls have an attitude?

Finally this was a person in the PR industry, PR people seem to know nothing. FFS.

Czarcasm

Elmo wrote: »

I emailed a company last week looking for some information. They didn't reply straight away, so on the 7th day I email to see if I can get the information. The girl (and I am calling her a girl on purpose girls) replies to say that she can find out that information on a monthly basis and that she only provided the information to me the last time as a Favour. Why would you give someone you don't know a favour and shouldn't you tell them that it is a favour rather than something that is normally done. (It took her 2 months to get that information, so technically I wasn't asking on a monthly basis)

1. She should have reply straight away to tell me she was not going to provide me with the information, how long would that take to do.
2. Why do some girls have an attitude?

Finally this was a person in the PR industry, PR people seem to know nothing. FFS.

Ohh come on Elmo!

Elmo

Czarcasm wrote: »

Ohh come on Elmo!

Why? If it is in relation to the word girl, perhaps child would be better because that is what the person was being.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Graces7 wrote: »

disposable nappies and all who use them. worst polluters on the planet

Research has shown that overall terry/cotton nappies are less environmentally friendly when you take into account the growing process (fertilisers etc), the manufacture of the cloth, and the water & detergents used in washing the soiled nappies. So relax. One less trivial thing to worry about.

LynnGrace

People who say byebyebyebyebyebye on the phone.

CrowdedHouse

BertieBerlin wrote: »

People who wear their work passes before they get to work

Forgetting to take it off after work - I'd never be guilty of before

Sadderday

when you enter a competition or stick your email address on a form without realising your signing up for daily newsletter subscriptions... so every morning your inbox is full of absolute nonsense that you always intend to unsubscribe to but never get around to .....

SpaceCowb0y

LizzieJones wrote: »

People who complain waaaaay too much. :mad:

That must be some form of inception on this thread! A complaint, about complaining in a thread about complaining!!

Oh the irony!

jimgoose

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

That must be some form of inception on this thread! Oh the irony!

What the actual furk is "inception" in this context? Is it the new "strawman", "whataboutery", or saints preserve us, "delicious ironing"??

gramar

I heard about 30 seconds of Ozzy Osbourne and his daughter (can't remember her name) doing a duet of his song Changes.
A week on I can still here them in my head croaking out the chorus...'we're goin' thru chan-gesssss...'
Somebody shoot me.

Sadderday

Door Etiquette.

Your in work, walking towards the exit at 5pm.. your bus is at 5.05pm.

In general, you hold the door for the person that's walking behind you

There's always one thats strolling and is a good few feet behind you when you reach the door... you want to hold the door for them but they are a good bit away so you hold it for a second while you consider doing a burner... then you realise you look like a di'ck if you let the door swing at that stage.. the person walking towards you shouts ...'ah your grand go ahead' but they are too close now... by the time the door swings closed it'll be closing in their face so you just hold it for them......

And when they reach the door they say thank you... and continue to walk through the exit while you stand there holding the door. They dont put their arm out to retrieve the door from your grip they just stroll through like your the doorman and you get paid to do it.

Then you miss your bus.

PRI'CKS

Pumpkinseeds

Bad service. So Mr P and I went to Limerick this morning. All going fine until the bus driver sat chatting for ages at the 2nd to last stop. A young tourist and his girlfriend were confused and the lad went up to ask him if it was the last stop. That would have been the time for the driver to cut short his chat and move on to the bus station, he didn't, he just carried on. I left it for a few minutes and then had enough:mad:

I was looking at my watch and this chat had been going on for 10 minutes at that point. Given that the tourist had asked politely and gotten nowhere, I decided to skip polite. We got up and I told him that it was bloody disgraceful, it's a form of transport not a cafe. I fcuking hate the attitude of a LOT of Irish bus drivers.

We went to the usual cafe and ordered 2 coffees a toasted sandwich and a tuna melt at about11.20. That's what we usually order for the last couple of years that we've frequented the place. Well today they no longer serve those until after 12 as they aren't on the breakfast menu:mad:

What is wrong with these businesses? As well as losing the 15 euro we would have spent this morning they have also lost our custom, permanently. We never particularly liked the place, it was just conveniently central. No shortage of other places to go from now on.

Mr.Prodston

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Bad service. So Mr P and I went to Limerick this morning.

I had to take a double take of what thread I was in and what was going on :pac:

Pumpkinseeds

BertieBerlin wrote: »

People who wear their work passes before they get to work, when they're dropping the kids at nursery or school. Grr!

I never got that either. It's like they think it makes them special. It's not some sort of VIP pass to somewhere exciting.

deise08

People who bring their dog in around the supermarket with them, and actually think it's an ok thing to do? I don't mean just just inside the door, I mean up and down the aisles.
Wtf?
They look at you like you're an alien when you ask them to take the dog outside.
Surprisingly I'm seeing more and more people doing it.

LizzieJones

deise08 wrote: »

People who bring their dog in around the supermarket with them, and actually think it's an ok thing to do? I don't mean just just inside the door, I mean up and down the aisles.
Wtf?
They look at you like you're an alien when you ask them to take the dog outside.
Surprisingly I'm seeing more and more people doing it.

My son does this with his Boston Terrier. He puts her right in the shopping cart and walks up and down the aisles getting his groceries.

deise08

LizzieJones wrote: »

My son does this with his Boston Terrier. He puts her right in the shopping cart and walks up and down the aisles getting his groceries.

* Bites her tongue

jimgoose

LizzieJones wrote: »

My son does this with his Boston Terrier. He puts her right in the shopping cart and walks up and down the aisles getting his groceries.

Is his name Al, by any chance?

LizzieJones

jimgoose wrote: »

Is his name Al, by any chance?

Alex.

BearBanjer

Anyone else find UPC remotes are boxes to be slow, unresponsive and generally rubbish!!?

If goes back to 'Channel' 100 when I'm trying to press 408 for Sky Sports News!...

Snake

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I never got that either. It's like they think it makes them special. It's not some sort of VIP pass to somewhere exciting.

Or maybe they put it on before they leave so they don't forget it in the car...

Snake

Boy racers who speed up and down past houses at 3 in the morning and worse when they start tyre screeching and whatever else. Drives me mad. Just because you can waste your day asleep and waste your night driving like a total spa doesn't mean you need to do it outside houses when there's people trying to sleep.

And cutlery in the wrong part of the cutlery tray.

SpaceCowb0y

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I had to take a double take of what thread I was in and what was going on :pac:

Hahaha Mr P you're a long way from Kansas right here!

On another note taking a 12 point hit has quite annoyed me this week :rolleyes:

gammygils

Dog shiite on the streets! I pick up after my dog. Am I the only one who bothers?
That seems to be the case in my area!

LynnGrace

Being wide awake at 6 a.m. on one of the few days I don't have to be up early.

Graces7

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I never got that either. It's like they think it makes them special. It's not some sort of VIP pass to somewhere exciting.

if that were me it would be because else i would lose, mislay or forget it. they are sensible simply. you are too picky!

Graces7

deise08 wrote: »

People who bring their dog in around the supermarket with them, and actually think it's an ok thing to do? I don't mean just just inside the door, I mean up and down the aisles.
Wtf?
They look at you like you're an alien when you ask them to take the dog outside.
Surprisingly I'm seeing more and more people doing it.

even worse when they leave it tied up outside, or not tied up.

knew someone who did that and forgot the dog

better too than leaving it locked in the car in sun.

no worse surely than small kids

LynnGrace

eisenberg1 wrote: »

People who say "Yeah, but no"

Opening a conversation with "Here is what it is, right"

Another trivial annoyance, people who say/ write 'this is what happened, no?' (translates as 'I'm right').
Just say or write what you have to say, without the 'no, ?' bit at the end.

deise08

Graces7 wrote: »

even worse when they leave it tied up outside, or not tied up.

knew someone who did that and forgot the dog

better too than leaving it locked in the car in sun.

no worse surely than small kids

Dear God don't get me started on that! If you're going to bring the dog for a walk, bring the dog for a walk. If you need to get stuff in the shop, go get stuff in the shop.
Don't incorporate the two!!!
I've actually stopped people from stealing dogs that were tied up outside our shop!!!!