| Random irritations.. 09:32 - Jun 10 with 608522 views | Discodroid |
state funded schools in birmingham calling children to islamic prayer over the playground speakers, eschewing music lessons music, segregation... and the bbc doing a 'what are british values 'phone in this morning. cunnys.
evening standard , who seem to be phasing out their female genital mutilation wall to wall coverage , for a 'say no to rape in war' campaign. to be published in depth every night,, along with pictures of skinny london supermodels falling out of night clubson cocaine and articles on womens shoes and hanbags which cost £15,000 each.
and articles on 'suuuper property dahrling' that cost £25 million for a studio flat in barnes .tedious double page spreads on walthamstow village , sandwiches that are made by freegans for £50...and avante garde homosexual dance troops from slovienia .this paper says nothing at all to the average londoner.
musicals , and the cast's of musicals, especially amateur ones in church halls,romford, last saturday night.
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| Random irritations.. on 01:34 - Aug 20 with 4671 views | numptydumpty |
| Random irritations.. on 21:19 - Jun 14 by johann28 |
Well now. I wandered into the new Spoons in Waterloo today.
Got a pint, sat down contemplating my sad life. etc
Then, surrounded by heavies, asked to leave.
I asked to see the manager.
He says, 'you're drunk'.
I asked' where's the evidence that I'm drunk?' Abusive? |Disorderly?
He says 'you're slurring your words' Out.
I swear on my mother's grave this is true. I'm gobsmacked.
What's going on? |
Even if you weren't that inebriated, what a strange place to find someone slurring their words.
A pub that sells the cheapest alcohol !!
Also, slurring your words is not always because of drink.
People who have experienced a stroke often have trouble with vocal clarity and deaf people can speak in this way and someone who either has a stutter or a speech impediment.
Bouncers R Us perhaps need to up their recruitment game..... |  |
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| Random irritations.. on 08:56 - Sep 3 with 4316 views | Bluce_Ree |
Is it just me or does normal post (ie - envelopes, not packages) just basically not make it to its destination all that often?
I feel like the Royal Mail just sack off most letters/cards now. |  |
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| Random irritations.. on 09:41 - Sep 3 with 4227 views | loftboy |
| Random irritations.. on 08:56 - Sep 3 by Bluce_Ree |
Is it just me or does normal post (ie - envelopes, not packages) just basically not make it to its destination all that often?
I feel like the Royal Mail just sack off most letters/cards now. |
Yep, my grandsons 1st birthday card never arrived, posted 1st class a week before his birthday in July. |  |
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| Random irritations.. on 09:55 - Sep 3 with 4186 views | E17hoop |
| Random irritations.. on 09:41 - Sep 3 by loftboy |
Yep, my grandsons 1st birthday card never arrived, posted 1st class a week before his birthday in July. |
My Mum sends stuff via signed for & guaranteed delivery for birthdays, Christmas etc. and pays LOADS for the privilege of a basic service.
Can I just add society's requirement that everything needs to get feedback? Just had to make a call about changing something minor on an insurance policy - a 5 minute call. I had to listen to almost 3 minutes of preamble including why my comments are so important and that I'd get a follow up call to ask what I thought of the service. To change a direct debit? Why do I have to rate - and then explain - whether I thought the person was courteous, professional, and attentive? This was a big firm and the person probably does 6 calls an hour, 50 a day. What are they going to do with all that information? Sod all. [Post edited 3 Sep 9:59]
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| Random irritations.. on 10:03 - Sep 3 with 4169 views | ted_hendrix |
Our post Is great as Is our postman, he's forever got a smile on his face, the PO deliver my NHS repeat medicine and I'm formerly advised In advance by email when the delivery Is due and If there are any different delivery Instructions.
Can't fault them.
As for the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry (Jesus wept). |  |
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| Random irritations.. on 11:25 - Sep 3 with 4068 views | Boston |
| Random irritations.. on 21:19 - Jun 14 by johann28 |
Well now. I wandered into the new Spoons in Waterloo today.
Got a pint, sat down contemplating my sad life. etc
Then, surrounded by heavies, asked to leave.
I asked to see the manager.
He says, 'you're drunk'.
I asked' where's the evidence that I'm drunk?' Abusive? |Disorderly?
He says 'you're slurring your words' Out.
I swear on my mother's grave this is true. I'm gobsmacked.
What's going on? |
"Surrounded by heavies".
There's yer problem, try drinking one at a time and you may get a better reception. |  |
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| Random irritations.. on 11:58 - Sep 3 with 4019 views | Juzzie |
| Random irritations.. on 09:55 - Sep 3 by E17hoop |
My Mum sends stuff via signed for & guaranteed delivery for birthdays, Christmas etc. and pays LOADS for the privilege of a basic service.
Can I just add society's requirement that everything needs to get feedback? Just had to make a call about changing something minor on an insurance policy - a 5 minute call. I had to listen to almost 3 minutes of preamble including why my comments are so important and that I'd get a follow up call to ask what I thought of the service. To change a direct debit? Why do I have to rate - and then explain - whether I thought the person was courteous, professional, and attentive? This was a big firm and the person probably does 6 calls an hour, 50 a day. What are they going to do with all that information? Sod all. [Post edited 3 Sep 9:59]
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My missus used to work in retail for a high-end high street jewellers and sending out and following up with these sorts of questions did their head in. They hated doing it because they knew it was pointless and just got ignored.
They knew the customers weren't interested but they were virtually forced to get answers out of them. Yeah, great way to pi$$ off your customer base.
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| Random irritations.. on 22:55 - Sep 29 with 3324 views | stevec |
News piece about two new towns proposed to be built in London, citing Enfield golf club and talking to members about losing their course to the development.
My sympathies were initially with them after hearing some considerable moaning about the injustice of it all but the cameras then cut to two members on the green lining up to play their putts at the same time and as if that wasn’t bad enough, one of these bellends then walked straight across the other fellas line as he was putting.
They don’t deserve a golf course, hope they build all over it. |  | | |
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| Random irritations.. on 00:02 - Sep 30 with 3223 views | numptydumpty |
You can be in a pub buying a soft drink, in a forecourt garage shop paying for your petrol and a pint of milk, or in Poundland buying cheap deodorant and bog rolls and the chip and pin machine is offering you the opportunity to give a 25 pence tip, supposedly going to charity...
Has anyone ever pressed yes and offered 25 pence more for an already pricey milk carton !!
Progress !! | |
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| Random irritations.. on 09:16 - Sep 30 with 2994 views | TheChef |
| Random irritations.. on 00:02 - Sep 30 by numptydumpty |
You can be in a pub buying a soft drink, in a forecourt garage shop paying for your petrol and a pint of milk, or in Poundland buying cheap deodorant and bog rolls and the chip and pin machine is offering you the opportunity to give a 25 pence tip, supposedly going to charity...
Has anyone ever pressed yes and offered 25 pence more for an already pricey milk carton !!
Progress !! |
Tesco are great for this at their self check outs - would I like to give to charity? Er sure but maybe you could give on my behalf with all the gazillions that you have??
Sad to say as I get older I'm more cynical about what charities actually do with our money (not saying that there are some that do good work). Look at all the charity ads they run during daytime TV. Just feels like another method employed to deprive people of their hard-earned wages/pensions... |  |
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| Random irritations.. on 09:22 - Sep 30 with 2977 views | Bluce_Ree |
Yeah fk all that. You donate via Tesco, they give it to the charity, they claim back the tax. You're basically saving them tax.
Pick a charity you like and donate however you want to. Anything outside of that is a no. | |
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| Random irritations.. on 09:45 - Sep 30 with 2907 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
“We don’t do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments’ responsibilities”
Henning Wehn |  | | |
| Random irritations.. on 10:06 - Sep 30 with 2848 views | Juzzie |
| Random irritations.. on 09:22 - Sep 30 by Bluce_Ree |
Yeah fk all that. You donate via Tesco, they give it to the charity, they claim back the tax. You're basically saving them tax.
Pick a charity you like and donate however you want to. Anything outside of that is a no. |
I remember seeing a documentary (Ch 4 I think) years ago about a (reasonably high profile IIRC) charity that was basically a legitimate scam.
Very plush offices in Victoria, CEO and all the Exec''s on very high salaries + bonuses etc, lavish 'fund raising' events and so on.
Once all this had been accounted for, something like a couple of pence in the pound actually went to the cause they were 'supporting'. It was basically all done to fund their own lifestyle and the public were paying for it. | | | |
| Random irritations.. on 10:17 - Sep 30 with 2808 views | ted_hendrix |
Itches in Inaccessible places and Boy bands. | |
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| Random irritations.. on 11:12 - Sep 30 with 2723 views | Watford_Ranger |
This used to be just a London thing which was bad enough but increasingly seeing/hearing cyclists blaring out either crap rap or political stuff or conspiracy nonsense from massive speakers round here as they plod along.
Also the religious oddballs of various persuasions parked on the corner of the road opposite Shep Bush station on match days. Assume they’re there all the time. | | | |
| Random irritations.. on 11:25 - Sep 30 with 2671 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Random irritations.. on 11:12 - Sep 30 by Watford_Ranger |
This used to be just a London thing which was bad enough but increasingly seeing/hearing cyclists blaring out either crap rap or political stuff or conspiracy nonsense from massive speakers round here as they plod along.
Also the religious oddballs of various persuasions parked on the corner of the road opposite Shep Bush station on match days. Assume they’re there all the time. |
On the last bit, they have been there for decades. | | | |
| Random irritations.. on 12:59 - Sep 30 with 2531 views | Rsole |
| Random irritations.. on 11:12 - Sep 30 by Watford_Ranger |
This used to be just a London thing which was bad enough but increasingly seeing/hearing cyclists blaring out either crap rap or political stuff or conspiracy nonsense from massive speakers round here as they plod along.
Also the religious oddballs of various persuasions parked on the corner of the road opposite Shep Bush station on match days. Assume they’re there all the time. |
Surely all of the nutters are in the stadium when the match is on though ?!? |  |
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| Random irritations.. on 17:56 - Sep 30 with 2312 views | numptydumpty |
| Random irritations.. on 09:45 - Sep 30 by BazzaInTheLoft |
“We don’t do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments’ responsibilities”
Henning Wehn |
Very true.
Charities set up to help the vulnerable as statutory sevices are totally inept and many works that charities provide should be a given as a service provided free of charge and financed by government.
Have worked for charities for over 25 years now and all are needed because government support services.are 100% not fit for purpose. Most achieve diddly.squat and majority of the monies are spent on pointless.admin. Absolutely ridiculous tick boxes... [Post edited 30 Sep 17:58]
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| Random irritations.. on 20:42 - Sep 30 with 2192 views | Springle |
The way that ‘oldish’ films have been sanitised.
A case in point, watching Crocodile Dundee, the scene in the bar when he ‘gropes’ the man dressed as a woman and at the party when he gropes the woman.
The knife scene has also been cut. | | | |
| Random irritations.. on 09:04 - Oct 1 with 1922 views | TheChef |
| Random irritations.. on 17:56 - Sep 30 by numptydumpty |
Very true.
Charities set up to help the vulnerable as statutory sevices are totally inept and many works that charities provide should be a given as a service provided free of charge and financed by government.
Have worked for charities for over 25 years now and all are needed because government support services.are 100% not fit for purpose. Most achieve diddly.squat and majority of the monies are spent on pointless.admin. Absolutely ridiculous tick boxes... [Post edited 30 Sep 17:58]
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Pleased (and also very sorry) to hear you say this Numpty. | |
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| Random irritations.. on 23:23 - Oct 12 with 1398 views | Logman |
| Random irritations.. on 09:04 - Oct 1 by TheChef |
Pleased (and also very sorry) to hear you say this Numpty. |
Voice messages
So I'm engaged in a nice rally of text messages - an opening gambit from the baseline, a quick volley from the net, a deft statement over my head when Woah ! suddenly the action pauses and I have to mute everything to listen to a rambling message which takes twice as much of my time and 5 times as much data.
Can people's voices be disabled ? | | | |
| Random irritations.. on 23:37 - Oct 12 with 1369 views | wombat |
| Random irritations.. on 23:23 - Oct 12 by Logman |
Voice messages
So I'm engaged in a nice rally of text messages - an opening gambit from the baseline, a quick volley from the net, a deft statement over my head when Woah ! suddenly the action pauses and I have to mute everything to listen to a rambling message which takes twice as much of my time and 5 times as much data.
Can people's voices be disabled ? |
Socks in washing machines , u stick two pairs in with the wash , when u come to empty the washing machine , yep one missing , u check the wash bag you emptied of everything , nope not there where do they go ? |  |
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| Random irritations.. on 00:02 - Oct 13 with 1336 views | Metallica_Hoop |
| Random irritations.. on 23:37 - Oct 12 by wombat |
Socks in washing machines , u stick two pairs in with the wash , when u come to empty the washing machine , yep one missing , u check the wash bag you emptied of everything , nope not there where do they go ? |
There was an old kids book I read in the 80's as a kid; where they travelled to a strange land and the guide took them to a lost land full of lost stuff and one of the rooms was lost socks.
It was Illustrated too. Anyone else remember that one? It had buses in a row in another room all illustrated. |  |
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| Random irritations.. on 00:18 - Oct 13 with 1317 views | SydneyRs |
| Random irritations.. on 23:37 - Oct 12 by wombat |
Socks in washing machines , u stick two pairs in with the wash , when u come to empty the washing machine , yep one missing , u check the wash bag you emptied of everything , nope not there where do they go ? |
Even if the pair of socks survives the wash, when other family members throw them in the dryer while they're still folded inside out they never dry properly.
My wife and daughter also have this infuriating habit of taking any pair of trousers or leggings off and putting them in the wash with one of the legs inside out. Maybe its petty but it really triggers me.
And don't get me started on the ridiculously poor dishwasher stacking. | | | |
| Random irritations.. on 06:21 - Oct 13 with 1175 views | Mick_S |
| Random irritations.. on 23:37 - Oct 12 by wombat |
Socks in washing machines , u stick two pairs in with the wash , when u come to empty the washing machine , yep one missing , u check the wash bag you emptied of everything , nope not there where do they go ? |
We have a sock amnesty basket to solve this problem. Most of them eventually turn up, but it’s a mystery for sure. |  |
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