Rant thread

[Mumby Magic]

Chewing Gum

Tastes goes in a minute.

Makes People look like Camels

Is a barsteward to get off things.

[ckn]

32 minutes ago, Mumby Magic said:

Chewing Gum

Tastes goes in a minute.

Makes People look like Camels

Is a barsteward to get off things.

Couple of years ago I was wearing a brand new suit. First day with it on. Train into London and my knee touched the underside of the table in front. Chewing gum stuck to my trousers. Took bloody ages to get the stain out properly. 

[Mark S]

21 hours ago, ckn said:

Maajid Nawaz covering for James O'Brien on LBC this morning.  Covering the same ground as yesterday's show, but with more preaching and less tolerance for listening to both sides.

I'll have some silence instead.

That reminds me of something that really annoys me. People on the radio who obviously need to wet their beak, the sound of something talking with a dry mouth is infuriating. 

Also Nick Ferrari’s whistling nose annoys the hell out of me. 

 

Edited February 14, 2018 by Mark S

[ckn]

So, funeral yesterday.  Lovely ceremony, well done all around, even the family resisted being openly idiotic.  But... my brother-in-law turned up in grey (faded black) jeans, hoodie and Adidas shoes.  He's a proper snob normally, thinks that because daddy was a doctor that makes him better than us council estate trash.

He even wouldn't get up from a seat to give it up to older folk.

Decent crowd at the funeral from the very rough mining village, every one from those just there offering passing condolences to old friends were better dressed than that.

For me, that was a shameful show of disrespect and he's bloody lucky it was a funeral where everyone was doing their best to be on their best behaviour despite some pretty ingrained feuds.

[Phil]

36 minutes ago, ckn said:

So, funeral yesterday.  Lovely ceremony, well done all around, even the family resisted being openly idiotic.  But... my brother-in-law turned up in grey (faded black) jeans, hoodie and Adidas shoes.  He's a proper snob normally, thinks that because daddy was a doctor that makes him better than us council estate trash.

He even wouldn't get up from a seat to give it up to older folk.

Decent crowd at the funeral from the very rough mining village, every one from those just there offering passing condolences to old friends were better dressed than that.

For me, that was a shameful show of disrespect and he's bloody lucky it was a funeral where everyone was doing their best to be on their best behaviour despite some pretty ingrained feuds.

I dare say there’ll come a day when you can remind him as forcefully as you wish of his behaviour on that day, but moral high ground is a real thing too. 

[ckn]

53 minutes ago, Phil said:

I dare say there’ll come a day when you can remind him as forcefully as you wish of his behaviour on that day, but moral high ground is a real thing too. 

There is that. My uncle said one of his mates asked if he could “chib” him, he wanted to but didn’t want to cause a problem at the funeral without permission. Ahhh, the brutal openness of a mining community. 

[Spidey]

Met my departments senior manager this week. 

Shes very keen for me to travel to HQ every week (170ish Miles away)

I went on Wednesday. I now hate the A34

Also I’m trying now to catch up on the 6 hours work I didn’t do while driving.

Im all for face to face stuff. But is that really the best use of my time?

[Spidey]

Just now, Saint 1 said:

What's wrong with phone calls?! Crazy to unnecessarily do that journey every week 

I’m not going to divulge my company name as the irony levels would be astonishing ?

[Bleep1673]

Seems a very 1990's way of doing things. I need a meeting can you come from Luton to Stevenage, so we can go to Hertford for a meeting with the head of Bedford?

Surely there is a better way of doing it?

Edited February 22, 2018 by Bleep1673

[Bleep1673]

Sounds very much like The Office

 

[Bleep1673]

A modern company needs to be able to do a conference call through Skype, or someone else without having to trail the management, or workforce 100's of miles for a one hour discussion on the Senior Managers shoe size, like a company I was volunteering for recently. The Manager had to go from Hastings to Liverpool, to decide whether the Deputy senior manager, could go to Torquay in brown, or black shoes. Expenses paid. I volunteered for the next gig. 

[ckn]

1 hour ago, Bleep1673 said:

Seems a very 1990's way of doing things. I need a meeting can you come from Luton to Stevenage, so we can go to Hertford for a meeting with the head of Bedford?

Surely there is a better way of doing it?

When I worked in an international law firm, we regularly had multinational tele/video-conferences.  I ran an entire project in Brazil while never leaving my London office.  Now, working in the NHS, they get very twitchy if I don't show up at HQ for a couple of days.

It's managerial inadequacy matched to a lack of trust in their employees.

[Futtocks]

I'm currently between jobs, so am doing a few hours per week at a charity shop. It is partly to keep mybrain in work mode, partly because it looks favourable on my CV and also because they've just introduced a new computerised register/stock control system, which is a useful skill to acquire.

But the thing that makes me rant is the amount of thievery from a charity shop, in a well-to-do neighbourhood. Not exactly "fighting The Man" or "striking back against global capitalism" when all they do is steal money from a cause that helps the most needy in society.

[Phil]

Went to the doc yesterday to get  a sick note for being off with the flu and he starts getting shirty ?

“I don’t see why you can’t go back to work, your lungs are clear and you’ve not got a temperature”

“ Because I don’t feel well enough to that’s why!!” 

Bloody hell if he’d looked at my records the last time I needed a sick note was in 2004, that’s hardly hard core malingering. Got a good mind to take this further, his attitude stank.

[henage]

Probably spent most of the day writing out sick notes for his regular customers , the ones that have a private entrance in the chemist .

 

Edited February 22, 2018 by henage

[Phil]

On reflection I think this should be in the rant thread. Could a mod move it please? 

[Phil]

Just now, henage said:

Probably spent most of the day writing out sick notes for his regular customers , the one that have a private entrance in the chemist .

 

I got a sick note over the phone from the triage nurse the week before, all I wanted was another week, there’s some at work been off for 4/5 weeks with this flu.

[Bearman]

3 hours ago, Futtocks said:

I'm currently between jobs, so am doing a few hours per week at a charity shop. It is partly to keep mybrain in work mode, partly because it looks favourable on my CV and also because they've just introduced a new computerised register/stock control system, which is a useful skill to acquire.

But the thing that makes me rant is the amount of thievery from a charity shop, in a well-to-do neighbourhood. Not exactly "fighting The Man" or "striking back against global capitalism" when all they do is steal money from a cause that helps the most needy in society.

Hangings too good....

[ckn]

26 minutes ago, Phil said:

On reflection I think this should be in the rant thread. Could a mod move it please? 

Done.

[henage]

13 hours ago, Phil said:

I got a sick note over the phone from the triage nurse the week before, all I wanted was another week, there’s some at work been off for 4/5 weeks with this flu.

Seems to be a sick merry go round at my place of work , makes me a little mad as its the same folk in the same order that go on sick . Hope you're over the worst . 

[Phil]

3 minutes ago, henage said:

Seems to be a sick merry go round at my place of work , makes me a little mad as its the same folk in the same order that go on sick . Hope you're over the worst . 

I felt I was till last night when I started feeling pretty crook again ? but apparently that’s what this bug does, it comes back for a second or even third go. It will be a real pain if I have to go back to the doc, at least it’s a group practice I may get a different one. 

Edited February 23, 2018 by Phil

[henage]

I have just emailed my Doc with my knee problem , wont get back until Monday as I ve missed the cut of time for a reply today .

Works well , used it before saves a lot of messing around .

Only good for certain stuff but seems to work for me  

[Mark S]

I am just about feeling 100% after starting with this flu in early Jan. I didn’t take anytime off which has caused it to last much longer. 

[graveyard johnny]

why can't youngsters say THINK  anymore instead of FINK?

Edited March 1, 2018 by graveyard johnny

[Futtocks]

26 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

why cant youngsters say THINK  anymore instead of FINK?

Why can't old gimmers say CAN'T any more, instead of CANT?