Things you hate III

People who look out of their window and think the weather is not too bad, despite my cold I'll go to work. And then regret it when they're halfway there and the weather worsens.

 

You’ll upset the workforce with talk like that that

 

The obvious solution is to turn them into mountain bike only trails. People can then carry on wandering aimlessly along cycle paths, like they do.

Or wellies.

 

His fault if it was. I've heard of people driving around with their indicators permanently indicating left to lure someone to pull out in front of them for exactly the above reason.

 

The cowboys who installed a new boiler and central heating system in my house in April and then don't answer phonecalls or texts when the thing falls over this morning. A nice cushy day working from home has turned into a battle for survival. I may need to put a jumper on.

 

That's why I recently put a dashcam in. I'll be sorted but it's just the hassle.

 

Although I've not heard of that, when I'm driving and waiting to come out of a junction, if someone is indicating to come in to the side road I wait until they start to do so; despite my impatient wife* shouting "They're indicating, move!".


* My wife is from Peru where the only two manoeuvres are "Go" and "Lean on horn".

 

Try Heronsgate.
Peter Farrelll was very good and looks like a cross between Gomes,the Emperor Ming and Alexei Sayle,which was nice!

 

I'm convinced they are all the same person anyway.

 

Sorry. It’s just me getting my false transfer rumours

 

"job's a goodun."

 

If it's outside, check that the condsor outlet isn't frozen. Give it a tap if it sounds hollow then you're ok if it doesn't a couple of kettles of hot but not boiling water should free it up. Just had to do that to the office one.

 

Good point. That how ‘theyre’ saving energy, stop boilers working when you need them most

 

It's a friends facebook post from a few years ago that gave me that tip.
The clue is in the phrase "new boiler" Likely the previous one wasn't a condensor and the lazy plumbers have just stuck the pipe out the wall a bit of pipe lagging will help but ultimately the perfect solution is to re plumb it inside if possible.

 

That’s what they do. My parents one runs out of the loft and alone an outside wall for 3m!!!

A client of mine had BG install one with an outside condense pipe which would freeze up, they wanted to charge to fit trace heating to the pipe to cure it! Do it properly in the first place! It’s not fit for purpose...

 

Are you watching me ? I eventually got hold of the subcontract boiler man (part of a big kitchen diner project) and he said exactly that. I put hairdryer (wife's !) and a few kettles of hot water on it and hey presto. Boiler back from the dead.......and lovely heat. Bloody freezing outside for 15 mins though !

 

Companies who don't even bother to let you know you haven't got a job. Had a telephone interview at a very well known company and a week later still not heard anything. Why is it so difficult to send a simple email? Must have only interviewed about 7/8 people and as it's a worldwide reputable company I would have thought i'd get something.

 

You may have the job. Several times I've given up on a job only to be told about a week later, 'oh yes we decided on the day, didn't anyone tell you', or 'we were waiting on HR'. Call them and ask and get some feedback if you weren't successful.

 

Overuse of the word '****' as in the 'Shitbox is open' and 'x player is dogshit'. '****' should be used in the way of Steve McQueen during a rough day's firefighting.

 

Is very annoying and disrespectful

Happened to me awhile back. Had to perform a personality test. Interviewer said I was perfect for the job and promised to back with feedback the following day. Needless to say never heard back . Think wasn't taken on as better qualified and more experienced than the interviewer.

 

Pure bravery,Hero in my book!

 

You are probably their #2 or #3 choice. They don't want to cut you down until they know they can hire their #1 choice ie package,terms etc. Has happened to me before that I have got the job having been #2. However if it was for a role at the local McD, I'd write it off

 

Try telling Mrs TUT. In her eyes, it's my fault it didn't come on in the first place and then my fault I couldn't fix it quick enough so she could have a shower before she went to work . Had to do the same thing again this morning. What a stupid idea to put these pipes outside !

 

People able to get a degree research done by flinging a poorly constructed questionnaire at every on-line forum they can find.

It's no wonder graduates can't get jobs.

 

I’m sure that any football fan related assignment they hand in must be boring as hell unless it’s based on this forums responses in which case it’ll be mind bendingly funny.

If I was marking one I’d fail it.

If @Relegation Certs was reading it I’m sure he’d respond with ‘ cr@p, only read the first line’

Thing is many people get on in jobs by gettin others to do their work, so maybe it’s these types who post questionairs.

 

Have I mentioned Simon Reeve before? Even if I have, I'm mentioning him again.

The self-appointed sex symbol of travel shows. He's doing for world travel what Brian Cox did for science. Soft northern burr of a voice, hip Palestinian-style scarf worn in all weathers and those dreamy, dreamy stares into the camera - just for the laydeez.

I just saw part of his 'Caribbean' show, but had to turn it off after about 15 mins in disgust. What a complete and utter tosser of the very worst type. Childish, idiotic and the same camera devices used over and over again.

Here's Si suddenly emerging from behind a parked car or a tree. Look how he walks towards the camera, talking nonsense, waving his arms around and of course, giving the camera those long dreamy stares. Here's Si on the back of a motorbike or moped going through the busy streets. Here's Si watching some ritual or ceremony or parade. Wow! It's great here isn't it!

Stand still for a moment Simon and give us some information. I want to be informed about the country you've been sent to at licence payers' expense - not entertained or wooed. I don't want to have a holiday by proxy I want to know about the country.

In the program I saw, he was in poor battered Haiti.

We learnt nothing about the country's politics, economics, future or past.

We did however find out it has some nice beaches and that cruise ships sometimes visit and that the Haitian people do voudou ceremonies. All things that I, and I suppose most other people with a rudimentary knowledge of world geography will already have known very well indeed. The statements of supposed fact he made about the country were so facile they were embarrassing. Example: "Haiti is poor because it doesn't have many roads."

Unambitious, complacent and an absolute insult.




Reeve - All da single laydeez, all da single laydeez...

 

You have.

 

Have you just re watched this? I’m sure you’ve mentioned this exact story. Still a good read though Clive. I still have never seen mr reeve in action though. Will continue to give him a miss

 

Any bloke who wears a scarf like that is usually a pretentious ****, avoid.

 

I don't find Conan O'Brian's "normal shows" very funny (I've managed about 4 mins of about 6 of them I just don't get them). His country specials are very good - the one in Haiti* was extremely funny (laughing with the Haitians not at them) and informative.

*Conan without borders S08E29, also his Mexican one from a while ago is very good.

 

Ah yes. Now there's a genuinely funny man. Have you seen the Cuban ones?

I'd recommend the one where he tours the Havana Club rum museum and the one where he goes to the Malecon seafront drive and ends up drinking rum-ina-box and smoking Cuban fags with a few of the locals whilst noting he's probably lost most of his sponsors...

 

Yes. The Israeli one is pretty good too - his haggling in the souk had me crying with laughter.

 

James Corden - unfunny, useless fat tosser. How he's made a success of his career, I'll never understand.

 

BBC News programmes. Plenty that gets me irritated of a morning. eg...

Fake scenes taking place in the background of news reports, eg. kids at school at 6 o'clock in the morning pretending they are in lessons whilst some reporter gives us a piece about education, or factory workers in a piece about business.

Reporters walking towards the camera whilst talking. It doesn't look natural. Just stay still ffs!

Bloody Mike Bushell! The BBC sports reporter who tries (and fails) all sorts of new sports. It's not about you, I don't want to watch you!

Morning news reporters who have pally little chats with each other on the sofa. Shut up and read the news!

 

The bbc had a recent sports presenter who seemingly knew very little about sport (but she was female and ethnic). She went viral for not knowing the "big bouncer fella" was the boxing promoter and ive not seen her since. She was a laugh.