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General Things That Annoy You thread - part 2
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What reason do teachers, train drivers, and others sometimes give when they go on strike? It's not necessarily that they're underpaid or struggling financially — it's that they’re not getting the deal they signed up for. I think the same could be said for a lot of pensioners, though unlike workers, they don’t have a union (or the political left) actively pushing their cause.2
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The bosses do have the politically right pushing theirs though Rob, so you know mate, swings and roundabouts...Gribbo said:What reason do teachers, train drivers, and others sometimes give when they go on strike? It's not necessarily that they're underpaid or struggling financially — it's that they’re not getting the deal they signed up for. I think the same could be said for a lot of pensioners, though unlike workers, they don’t have a union (or the political left) actively pushing their cause.
They also do have this - which is supported by Unite: https://www.npcuk.org/0 -
While many senior citizens are property rich they are cash poor.
The "Real" test of wealth is how much can you write a cheque for and not have it bounce.
Having paid higher rate tax for most of my working life (and NI) and never drawn the dole I do feel an entitled to my pension.
Oh and I do smell, mainly of Paco Rabanne.6 -
Media coverage of the Indian plane crash. I watched a bit of it on the BBC, but I imagine other outlets were similar. Two minutes covering the event, then hours of pure speculation followed by microphones being pushed into the faces of relatives of the missing. One reporter on the BBC asking banal questions of some poor guy whose brother was on the flight would have taken a hard right hander from me with his intrusive questions.6
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Agree.IdleHans said:Media coverage of the Indian plane crash. I watched a bit of it on the BBC, but I imagine other outlets were similar. Two minutes covering the event, then hours of pure speculation followed by microphones being pushed into the faces of relatives of the missing. One reporter on the BBC asking banal questions of some poor guy whose brother was on the flight would have taken a hard right hander from me with his intrusive questions.
Added to that the BBC were 'live' from Gatwick to present the bulletin at 6pm yesterday - why ? Absolutely no need for that.1 -
Isn’t there every need for it? It’s the major news story and journalists exist to inform. You can’t do that without asking questions. The good news is in a free society (underpinned by journalistic freedom) anyone is entitled not to be interviewed.
The circumstances are tragic but it is news, and therefore newsworthy.
Mainstream media (in its broadest sense) also prevents internet conspiracy nonsense (of which there would have been plenty) from becoming the narrative.3 -
I was confused by a reporter being at Gatwick, was it just to say, they would be here if not for the crash ... that is sick2
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The BBC 6pm news had Sophie Raworth at Gatwick and newsreader in the studio. BBC South East had another reporter at Gatwick, for the local news that followed the main news.ross1 said:I was confused by a reporter being at Gatwick, was it just to say, they would be here if not for the crash ... that is sick0 -
For some of it yes, but repeatedly asking a guy who's just lost his brother in a sudden and tragic way, and who clearly has no more knowledge of the incident than anyone else, 'how do you feel?' is intrusive, uninformative and prurient.SporadicAddick said:Isn’t there every need for it? It’s the major news story and journalists exist to inform. You can’t do that without asking questions. The good news is in a free society (underpinned by journalistic freedom) anyone is entitled not to be interviewed.
The circumstances are tragic but it is news, and therefore newsworthy.
Mainstream media (in its broadest sense) also prevents internet conspiracy nonsense (of which there would have been plenty) from becoming the narrative.1 -
I’ve just watched the BBC interviews with two relatives on the BBC website and on YouTube. The questions were inquisitive but respectful, trying to understand more about those affected. That’s what good journalists do. I didn’t hear the interviewer ask “how do you feel”? There may be other interviews I haven’t seen where that question was posed.IdleHans said:
For some of it yes, but repeatedly asking a guy who's just lost his brother in a sudden and tragic way, and who clearly has no more knowledge of the incident than anyone else, 'how do you feel?' is intrusive, uninformative and prurient.SporadicAddick said:Isn’t there every need for it? It’s the major news story and journalists exist to inform. You can’t do that without asking questions. The good news is in a free society (underpinned by journalistic freedom) anyone is entitled not to be interviewed.
The circumstances are tragic but it is news, and therefore newsworthy.
Mainstream media (in its broadest sense) also prevents internet conspiracy nonsense (of which there would have been plenty) from becoming the narrative.0 - Sponsored links:
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Pricks who have have bonfires or lit their shitty pizza ovens on days like today. Everyone has their windows open, its a day you can actually dry washing outside so these rectal worms decide to make the whole place stink.
Barbecues, bring them on, the smell of summer. If you are one of the above mentioned people. Everyone who lives near you has visualised your painful demise.
Like playing a video or music through your phone makes you a wanker and someone who has definitely not been punched enough. In fact I haven't punched anyone for ages. In my head I've gone round there, knocked on the door, put my weight on my back foot, twisted at the knees and hips and punched straight through the target, the target being one of my dickhead neighbours. Either the point of the jaw or just under the rib cage11 -
The popification of music festivals. I saw McFly were playing Download this weekend, the fact they didn’t get piss bottled off is making me lose my faith in rock fans.
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These places sold out years ago, I knocked them on the head after v in 2009. First time I went I saw green day set fire to a drum kit, last time I was there fucking Bjorn again were prancing about and telling the crowd to sing along to the take a chance on me, and the crowd did whilst I vomited blood. Fuckibg beer tokens being actual tokens. Lily Allen, Snow Patrol ended up headlining as Liam Gallagher couldn't be arsed to turn up, I'd had enough. It also cost more than a week long boys holiday somewhere that had showers with more pressure than a leaking hosepipe, toilets with slightly less human shit on the walls and beer for 1 euro a pintbuckshee said:The popification of music festivals. I saw McFly were playing Download this weekend, the fact they didn’t get piss bottled off is making me lose my faith in rock fans.
Commercialism is everywhere and I get that, dont like it but I get it. Just fucks me off after charging not an inconsiderable sum to camp there they didn't put a lot of effort into the bands performing. Hop Farm that year genuinely had a better line up, incredible in fact.
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Don't look at The Glastonbury line up then.buckshee said:The popification of music festivals. I saw McFly were playing Download this weekend, the fact they didn’t get piss bottled off is making me lose my faith in rock fans.0 -
Idiots who get a dog and then cant bloody train it. I dont expect everyone to be Barbara Woodhouse, but constantly saying the bloody dogs name over and over is pointless. Bloody mutt can't understand. Before a dog is sold there should be a fit and proper owners test. Then mandatory dog behaviour and training lessons just incase they lucked the above test.5
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Division 3 and Roland Duchelet.3
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Fiat 500’s and similar noddy cars.
Whenever there is a long queue of traffic, there will be one of these in front!
I was in a 50 mph limit area the other day with one of this plague in front doing 20. I saw my opportunity to overtake the long queue and she saw me coming and pulled out in front of me to block me!0 -
We are currently tarting up our house to sell - it's been a bit neglected but is of modern construction (made of cardboard, balsa wood and cream cheese) and just needs new paint everywhere and new flooring, the old stuff shows a history of cats, dogs, vomiting toddlers and general threadbareness. Then it'll look like nearly new again.
All we need is a roughly white coat of paint and woodwork in white gloss. But suddenly Mrs idle is fussing over colours and buying endless tester pots of things that should properly be called korma vomit, dirty protest, toxic mushroom etc. Every one of them utterly effing vile. Three rooms have been done in our initial choice which was 'chalk' or similar, and looks bright, clean and appealing, if a little bland. It's supposed to be a blank canvas for the next people.
I don't get the agonising - I've sworn to have nothing to do with colours as it's not my forte, but the muddy shit she's experimenting with is doing my head in. What's worse is the decorators are a week in, and this dithering is holding up the work, all for something that doesn't need to be thought about. It's not for us, it's for the estate agency pictures and the next people. Let them paint over it - they will anyway.
And breathe
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Bloody hell fenlandaddick, Barbara Woodhouse, you are showing your age 😆fenlandaddick said:Idiots who get a dog and then cant bloody train it. I dont expect everyone to be Barbara Woodhouse, but constantly saying the bloody dogs name over and over is pointless. Bloody mutt can't understand. Before a dog is sold there should be a fit and proper owners test. Then mandatory dog behaviour and training lessons just incase they lucked the above test.1 -
Don't do anything over and above making it look presentable. New owners, invariably want to make their own mark on a house, if they can't do that immediately they are likely to prefer something that's more neutral than something that screams, this is someone else's home. Not only could you end up wasting time and money on something that you are selling, but you could actually be making it more difficult to sell (unless that's her planIdleHans said:We are currently tarting up our house to sell - it's been a bit neglected but is of modern construction (made of cardboard, balsa wood and cream cheese) and just needs new paint everywhere and new flooring, the old stuff shows a history of cats, dogs, vomiting toddlers and general threadbareness. Then it'll look like nearly new again.
All we need is a roughly white coat of paint and woodwork in white gloss. But suddenly Mrs idle is fussing over colours and buying endless tester pots of things that should properly be called korma vomit, dirty protest, toxic mushroom etc. Every one of them utterly effing vile. Three rooms have been done in our initial choice which was 'chalk' or similar, and looks bright, clean and appealing, if a little bland. It's supposed to be a blank canvas for the next people.
I don't get the agonising - I've sworn to have nothing to do with colours as it's not my forte, but the muddy shit she's experimenting with is doing my head in. What's worse is the decorators are a week in, and this dithering is holding up the work, all for something that doesn't need to be thought about. It's not for us, it's for the estate agency pictures and the next people. Let them paint over it - they will anyway.
And breathe
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I'd add dont do a high gloss if you want to sell, use a eggshell. Its much more the style at the moment and if someone wants a gloss finish its easy to gloss on top. Much harder and more labour to take a gloss down to an eggshellStig said:
Don't do anything over and above making it look presentable. New owners, invariably want to make their own mark on a house, if they can't do that immediately they are likely to prefer something that's more neutral than something that screams, this is someone else's home. Not only could you end up wasting time and money on something that you are selling, but you could actually be making it more difficult to sell (unless that's her planIdleHans said:We are currently tarting up our house to sell - it's been a bit neglected but is of modern construction (made of cardboard, balsa wood and cream cheese) and just needs new paint everywhere and new flooring, the old stuff shows a history of cats, dogs, vomiting toddlers and general threadbareness. Then it'll look like nearly new again.
All we need is a roughly white coat of paint and woodwork in white gloss. But suddenly Mrs idle is fussing over colours and buying endless tester pots of things that should properly be called korma vomit, dirty protest, toxic mushroom etc. Every one of them utterly effing vile. Three rooms have been done in our initial choice which was 'chalk' or similar, and looks bright, clean and appealing, if a little bland. It's supposed to be a blank canvas for the next people.
I don't get the agonising - I've sworn to have nothing to do with colours as it's not my forte, but the muddy shit she's experimenting with is doing my head in. What's worse is the decorators are a week in, and this dithering is holding up the work, all for something that doesn't need to be thought about. It's not for us, it's for the estate agency pictures and the next people. Let them paint over it - they will anyway.
And breathe).3 -
@stig , you're preaching to the choir here.
And cheers, @cantersaddick , that makes sense.
We've found a house we both really like (plan is for her to retire and we move to North Devon), she can't wait to go.5 -
It's what women do (sorry if you're not supposed to say that in 2025).IdleHans said:We are currently tarting up our house to sell - it's been a bit neglected but is of modern construction (made of cardboard, balsa wood and cream cheese) and just needs new paint everywhere and new flooring, the old stuff shows a history of cats, dogs, vomiting toddlers and general threadbareness. Then it'll look like nearly new again.
All we need is a roughly white coat of paint and woodwork in white gloss. But suddenly Mrs idle is fussing over colours and buying endless tester pots of things that should properly be called korma vomit, dirty protest, toxic mushroom etc. Every one of them utterly effing vile. Three rooms have been done in our initial choice which was 'chalk' or similar, and looks bright, clean and appealing, if a little bland. It's supposed to be a blank canvas for the next people.
I don't get the agonising - I've sworn to have nothing to do with colours as it's not my forte, but the muddy shit she's experimenting with is doing my head in. What's worse is the decorators are a week in, and this dithering is holding up the work, all for something that doesn't need to be thought about. It's not for us, it's for the estate agency pictures and the next people. Let them paint over it - they will anyway.
And breathe
My wife has to clean the house before we go on holiday leaving the house unoccupied, but rarely wants to do it when we're there (wtf is that about?).3 -
The amount of people, specifically females going to see Chris Brown after what he did. Same goes for those still supporting the likes of Dizzee Rascal and him out of Kasabian.5
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I wasn't aware that Chris Brown had ever made a song worth paying to hear livebuckshee said:The amount of people, specifically females going to see Chris Brown after what he did. Same goes for those still supporting the likes of Dizzee Rascal and him out of Kasabian.1 -
I don’t even know who Chris Brown is 😬4
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Me neither. Here I go again back to the 'things that make you feel old' thread.Arsenetatters said:I don’t even know who Chris Brown is 😬4 -
I went to a wedding a few years ago where the happy couple had a Chris Brown song as their first dance. I was stunned.cafcnick1992 said:
I wasn't aware that Chris Brown had ever made a song worth paying to hear livebuckshee said:The amount of people, specifically females going to see Chris Brown after what he did. Same goes for those still supporting the likes of Dizzee Rascal and him out of Kasabian.0 -
It’s just the way it is, being popular seems to excuse being an absolute scum bag.buckshee said:The amount of people, specifically females going to see Chris Brown after what he did. Same goes for those still supporting the likes of Dizzee Rascal and him out of Kasabian.
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Like playing a video or music through your phone makes you a wanker and someone who has definitely not been punchedCarter said:Pricks who have have bonfires or lit their shitty pizza ovens on days like today. Everyone has their windows open, its a day you can actually dry washing outside so these rectal worms decide to make the whole place stink.
Barbecues, bring them on, the smell of summer. If you are one of the above mentioned people. Everyone who lives near you has visualised your painful demise.
Like playing a video or music through your phone makes you a wanker and someone who has definitely not been punched enough. In fact I haven't punched anyone for ages. In my head I've gone round there, knocked on the door, put my weight on my back foot, twisted at the knees and hips and punched straight through the target, the target being one of my dickhead neighbours. Either the point of the jaw or just under the rib cage
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