Things dat Trivyully Annoy You (part whatever) *MOD WARNING IN OP* NEW

NIMAN

Can someone tell me why this country is so obsessed with the Leaving Cert?

As someone who grew up and was educated in NI, the A Levels only got a fraction of the media attention up there.

We are now in the annual LC Madness on the media. It's covered on every news, website, radio program. We have experts and counsellors on Radio and tv telling us how much stress the kids are under, how they can get through it, the mental anguish they are suffering. Blah blah blah. And don't give me Covid, it was exactly the same before we ever heard of covid.

You'd nearly think this was the first generation of school kids who had to sit exams.

whisky_galore

NIMAN wrote: »

Can someone tell me why this country is so obsessed with the Leaving Cert?

As someone who grew up and was educated in NI, the A Levels only got a fraction of the media attention up there.

We are now in the annual LC Madness on the media. It's covered on every news, website, radio program. We have experts and counsellors on Radio and tv telling us how much stress the kids are under, how they can get through it, the mental anguish they are suffering. Blah blah blah. And don't give me Covid, it was exactly the same before we ever heard of covid.

You'd nearly think this was the first generation of school kids who had to sit exams.

Plus media never mentions if you balls up the LC you can always return and apply as a mature student.

I think it's the Irish media obsession for misery stories and a general inability to seek out any really original content...not just a copy/paste job of what was in the news 12 months ago.

Princess Calla

NIMAN wrote: »

Can someone tell me why this country is so obsessed with the Leaving Cert?

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It's to remind all the granny's to light candles and say a few novenas!

madmaggie

Got my second vaccination yesterday. Awake now with achy muscles.

NewRed2

Waking up at 3am frequently lately and it's driving me nuts. The lack of sleep makes you do funny things.
I had my car keys in my hand and went to get a bottle of water out of the fridge for the journey and then discovered I had swapped the 2 items so now my car keys are chilling nicely in the fridge.
Then I had 2 house viewings and of course I got them arse about and turned up for the 1st meeting at the 2nd house.
I felt bad then so I just bought it

But yeah the next time (tonight no doubt!) I see the clock at 3am it's going sailing out the bedroom window

Sgt Hartman

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I had a freak-out with black stools a couple of years ago.

Black (or white) stools are supposed to be the two you should really worry about. Internal bleeding shows up as black stools.

Turned out to be a stupid charcoal-infused black burger bun I ate at a restaurant that was trying too hard to be cool.

Same here. It freaked me out but I realized it was just from adding a lot of spinach to both a curry and a pasta dish I had in the previous two days.

Today's TA though is, for the past two weeks I've had someone working right beside me in the area where I work in the afternoon. Granted he was told by the boss to go there but he pokes and potters around me and jumps into the computer as soon as I leave the area for a minute or two. As soon as I go back into the computer to do what I need to do I can literally feel the indignance from him. I tried to be patient and to make it work but it's just not happening.
I'm planning on going to the boss this morning to tell him that having this colleague there is a distraction and that it's making me uncomfortable, but I'm just anxious as hell that the boss will just laugh and be indifferent ,or that I'll come across sounding like an asshole. The work I do in the afternoon involves a lot of niggly steps that I have to get right so having a guy like this poking around me and getting cranky when I need to use the computer is really starting to play on my mind and stress me out

SpitfireIV

I'm seriously f#$king fed up of the amount of betting and online casino adverts I have to endure online and on the radio!!! Now that I've typed those words I'll probably get more now.

I'm late 30's, I've zero interest in sport and even less interest in betting or gambling yet I've to listen to and watch this crap relentlessly, or so it seems.

I can't understand how it's allowed. Whatever about a 'real' casino where, I don't know, there might be some skill involved (I'd imagine) you'd want to be a real mug to get involved with this online stuff! Even the bloody sports bulletins on RTE are sponsored by betting companies!

Always gamble responsibly

EmmetSpiceland

Accidentally buying strawberry jam instead of raspberry. It’s like getting original Pringles instead of salt and vinegar, it’s a nothing jam for people who don’t really like jam.

TA that Spiceland and I can never agree on anything!!!!

sporina

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Accidentally buying strawberry jam instead of raspberry. It’s like getting original Pringles instead of salt and vinegar, it’s a nothing jam for people who don’t really like jam.

you have my full empathy on that! and have done this on occasion.

sporina

NewRed2 wrote: »

Waking up at 3am frequently lately and it's driving me nuts. The lack of sleep makes you do funny things.
I had my car keys in my hand and went to get a bottle of water out of the fridge for the journey and then discovered I had swapped the 2 items so now my car keys are chilling nicely in the fridge.

But yeah the next time (tonight no doubt!) I see the clock at 3am it's going sailing out the bedroom window

sorry about the broken sleep - really annoying.. possibly too much on your mind..

but just curious, how did you make the journey if your car keys wer left in the fridge?

NewRed2

sporina wrote: »

sorry about the broken sleep - really annoying.. possibly too much on your mind..

but just curious, how did you make the journey if your car keys wer left in the fridge?

Ah no I copped it as soon as I walked away from the fridge. I'm not that bad... yet
Some expletives were uttered and I was just glad nobody was there to witness my stupidity. So I thought I'd go online and tell the nation about it instead :pac:

Yeah you're right about the cause no doubt, too much going on / stress. It's not my first bout of insomnia either, never fun!

sporina

NewRed2 wrote: »

Ah no I copped it as soon as I walked away from the fridge. I'm not that bad... yet
Some expletives were uttered and I was just glad nobody was there to witness my stupidity. So I thought I'd go online and tell the nation about it instead :pac:

Yeah you're right about the cause no doubt, too much going on / stress. It's not my first bout of insomnia either, never fun!

oh ok I thought they wer still in the fridge lol..

well mayb when you are settled into your new hse (congrats btw), your sleep will improve..

NewRed2

sporina wrote: »

oh ok I thought they wer still in the fridge lol..

well mayb when you are settled into your new hse (congrats btw), your sleep will improve..

Ah cheers Sporina! Yeah that's exactly what I'm hoping for, a fresh start and things will settle down.
Thank you!

The keys will be relieved too coz let's just say this isn't their first time on a strange adventure, they've been left in all sorts of places.

sporina

NewRed2 wrote: »

Ah cheers Sporina! Yeah that's exactly what I'm hoping for, a fresh start and things will settle down.
Thank you!

The keys will be relieved too coz let's just say this isn't their first time on a strange adventure, they've been left in all sorts of places.

your welcome - exciting time for you..

lol.. oh I have often mixed things up like that before - can't think of an eg: off hand but has happened when hungover... brain on a go slow due to poor sleep no doubt - just like your insomnia..

Surreptitious

Bought a sandwich and coffee cost me 9 euro and the sambo is pure manky

castletownman

Tradesmen in and out of our toilet in work as construction begins on an extension this week. One of the feckers clogged up the toilet at some stage this morning though. Vile.

cj maxx

Sofology ads. They do my head in .

Gamer Bhoy 89

I went from doing ~40 hrs per week between January and September 2020, to 36 hrs per week between September 2020 and January 2021, to 26 hrs a week between March and June, to "we've no work for you over the summer you'll have to sign on the dole" between July and September.

Covid has ****ing ruined everything. Now I'm on the desperate hunt for a job to cover the summer months.

I have bills to pay and a wedding to pay for, I should not be doing this at this stage of my life.

Antares35

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

I went from doing ~40 hrs per week between January and September 2020, to 36 hrs per week between September 2020 and January 2021, to 26 hrs a week between March and June, to "we've no work for you over the summer you'll have to sign on the dole" between July and September.

Covid has ****ing ruined everything. Now I'm on the desperate hunt for a job to cover the summer months.

I have bills to pay and a wedding to pay for, I should not be doing this at this stage of my life.

That's awful. If the lack of work is due to covid could you at least get PUP rather than dole over the summer?

EmmetSpiceland

Shoelaces on small kids’ shoes. Especially when there’s a zip up the side and they are purely “aesthetic”.

Antares35

Trying to order a men's hoodie on amazon.de and the chest sizes are in cm by width so large for example is 55cm. What large man has a 55cm chest??

New Home

Ken?

ShatterAlan

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

I went from doing ~40 hrs per week between January and September 2020, to 36 hrs per week between September 2020 and January 2021, to 26 hrs a week between March and June, to "we've no work for you over the summer you'll have to sign on the dole" between July and September.

Covid has ****ing ruined everything. Now I'm on the desperate hunt for a job to cover the summer months.

I have bills to pay and a wedding to pay for, I should not be doing this at this stage of my life.

No you shouldn't.

Mimon

Surreptitious wrote: »

Bought a sandwich and coffee cost me 9 euro and the sambo is pure manky

I remember during the Celtic tiger I ordered a breakfast roll and it came to 9 euro, I handed it back to the deli person, madness. Not a chance with this Cavan man

Mimon

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

I went from doing ~40 hrs per week between January and September 2020, to 36 hrs per week between September 2020 and January 2021, to 26 hrs a week between March and June, to "we've no work for you over the summer you'll have to sign on the dole" between July and September.

Covid has ****ing ruined everything. Now I'm on the desperate hunt for a job to cover the summer months.

I have bills to pay and a wedding to pay for, I should not be doing this at this stage of my life.

Just have a small wedding and take that stress away at least.

Mimon

castletownman wrote: »

Tradesmen in and out of our toilet in work as construction begins on an extension this week. One of the feckers clogged up the toilet at some stage this morning though. Vile.

Sorry but I actually LOL'd at this

Bredabe

Local busybodies going door to door yesterday to collect the "Residents Association" fees(several hours later than stated), as warned in a flyer before the bank holiday.
This money only ever seems to be spent on flowers/shrubs, I don't know anyone who has been asked for money and their opinion on the types of plants to buy.

So much I could say about this but my ta currently is...….they rang the door bell twice!!!

Arrive late to collect money to support YOUR hobby, while ignoring the real needs of the area, call door to door(which may or may not be intended to be intimidating) and disturb the very ppl who are happily ignoring you, TWICE!

Gregor Samsa

Had an Egencia sales person call at my door yesterday.

Opening line "Sorry for disturbing you..."

Eh, no you're not! The whole purpose of your presence at my door, and the action of ringing my doorbell, is to divert me from what I was doing and give you my attention instead, for a matter that is entirely for your benefit. So you couldn't be sorry that you disturbed me. In fact, you must be at least satisfied that you disturbed me, if not outright happy, otherwise your entire endeavour would have bee in vain.

Although I suppose when I firmly but politely said "Sorry, I don't do business at the door", I didn't really mean it either.

oneweb

Dunnes and their "Portuguese Mince Pies". What next - "French Moon-Shaped Pastries", "American Rings of Dough"? :facepalm: