Random Irritations

[MegaSteve]

The term 'ex-hurricane '...

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Idiots who think that just because it’s raining and dark they have to stick their rear fog lights on.

 

[Imurg]

Idiots who think that just because it’s raining and dark they have to stick their rear fog lights on.

Honest to God, if visibility is so poor that you need your fog lights on then there's a reasonable case that you, maybe, shouldn't be on the road.
100 metres isn't very far when you're driving.
Try it next to each you're out.
If you can't see ordinary lights at 100 yards..........
I think I've driven in visibility poor enough to need fog lights about 5-6 times in nearly 40 years...

 

[Wolf]

Dart Charge Penalty notices...

Made a crossing for work 3 months ago which was paid for using my card in advance for 2 crossings (there and back)... only to receive a penalty notice today claiming no payment received. Ring the unhelpful line explain situation and that I can prove payment to be met with a helpful well you'll have to prove it or pay fine...

Appeal logged on website because they can't do over phone with proof of payment uploaded..

Robbing ba..........

 

[Deleted member 25172]

To come into the office and just sitting through the days as I'll be leaving in next week and have handed over everything that is usually on my plate. I could be out playing golf instead of just sitting here posting stuff for no reason what so ever.

 

[Wolf]

To come into the office and just sitting through the days as I'll be leaving in next week and have handed over everything that is usually on my plate. I could be out playing golf instead of just sitting here posting stuff for no reason what so ever.

I'm in the same boat, moving at end of month literally turning up to work for the sake of being there.. no real interest in being there, nothing left to do as all handed over, literally end up trawling the internet, looking for people to talk to in order to avoid boredom or end up inevitably bored.. could easily spend next couple weeks playing and being happy..

 

[Deleted member 25172]

I'm in the same boat, moving at end of month literally turning up to work for the sake of being there.. no real interest in being there, nothing left to do as all handed over, literally end up trawling the internet, looking for people to talk to in order to avoid boredom or end up inevitably bored.. could easily spend next couple weeks playing and being happy..

Yeah, it's so stupid. I'm basically only here to be "on call" should something happen, which it won't. I haven't been drinking coffee for years, and the last couple of weeks I've started to have like 5-6 cups a day again for the simple reason of getting up and going to the machine to kill time.

 

[Slime]

It's that time of year when weather forecasters put up graphics relating to 'Wintry Showers'.
IT'S WINTERY, as in PERTAINING TO WINTER!
We don't get summry sunshine and I don't find octopus rubbry to eat!

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Dart Charge Penalty notices...

Made a crossing for work 3 months ago which was paid for using my card in advance for 2 crossings (there and back)... only to receive a penalty notice today claiming no payment received. Ring the unhelpful line explain situation and that I can prove payment to be met with a helpful well you'll have to prove it or pay fine...

Appeal logged on website because they can't do over phone with proof of payment uploaded..

Robbing ba..........

To be fair though, my daughter got a penalty notice from the Dartford crossing (she thought her car was on my account....I did ask why I would want to pay hers), in with the penalty notice was a warning letter telling her that as it was a first time offence if she paid the normal charge within 1 month the penalty notice would be cancelled.
Can’t be fairer than that I would say.

 

[Wolf]

To be fair though, my daughter got a penalty notice from the Dartford crossing (she thought her car was on my account....I did ask why I would want to pay hers), in with the penalty notice was a warning letter telling her that as it was a first time offence if she paid the normal charge within 1 month the penalty notice would be cancelled.
Can’t be fairer than that I would say.

No that's fair treatment I'm getting though. If that was the case is accept it. In this case I have confirmation of payment from them the day I paid which was the day before my journey, yet they're saying I have to prove I've paid it no first offence let off or anything

 

[Crazyface]

Yeah, it's so stupid. I'm basically only here to be "on call" should something happen, which it won't. I haven't been drinking coffee for years, and the last couple of weeks I've started to have like 5-6 cups a day again for the simple reason of getting up and going to the machine to kill time.

Hmmm, I'd have a cold coming on if I were either of you two.....good grief, what they gonna do...sack you?

 

[Slab]

Hmmm, I'd have a cold coming on if I were either of you two.....good grief, what they gonna do...sack you?

I assume both the lads are still being paid though (maybe its an option to offer to take no pay for the remainder of notice period)

Otherwise it could still impact any reference (& you never know if you might need to return one day)

 

[Deleted member 25172]

Hmmm, I'd have a cold coming on if I were either of you two.....good grief, what they gonna do...sack you?

The thought has crossed my mind, believe me. However, my current boss is a good friend with my boss to be at the new job. To have the standard "last days cold" I think could start me off in the wrong way at my new place. Overthinking it? Probably. But yeah, I'll just ride it out. Only a few days left!

 

[Imurg]

The thought has crossed my mind, believe me. However, my current boss is a good friend with my boss to be at the new job. To have the standard "last days cold" I think could start me off in the wrong way at my new place. Overthinking it? Probably. But yeah, I'll just ride it out. Only a few days left!

Just don't get on eBay - could get expensive

 

[Deleted member 25172]

Just don't get on eBay - could get expensive

I've actually never bought anything from eBay (please don't get "upset" now like my colleagues got when I told them that I had never been to Nando's, 2 years after moving to the UK), so not to worried about it.

 

[Orikoru]

Waking up at 6am on my only day off to find the half got cold in the night and turned the heating on! Far to hot, stuffy and now feel as rough as toast.. yet she's happily sleeping away

We've just had a new boiler installed so we now have heating. Already she's blasting the temperature stat up to 30° and the radiator on full, so that when I come to bed it's like trying to sleep in a bloody sauna. Was better off when we didn't have any heating!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I've actually never bought anything from eBay (please don't get "upset" now like my colleagues got when I told them that I had never been to Nando's, 2 years after moving to the UK), so not to worried about it.

I went to Nando's for the first time this year. I wont be going back. I don't get the hype around it, don't bother even for the sake of ticking it off a list. Below average food at best.

Ebay, there is a fabulous world out there. Up to you whether you want to delve into it but it is a load of fun, particularly for golfers

 

[Orikoru]

I went to Nando's for the first time this year. I wont be going back. I don't get the hype around it, don't bother even for the sake of ticking it off a list. Below average food at best.

Ebay, there is a fabulous world out there. Up to you whether you want to delve into it but it is a load of fun, particularly for golfers

Nando's is excellent, how dare you. Not posh but nice food that's inexpensive, ideal for meeting with friends for a quick bite.

 

[Deleted member 25172]

I went to Nando's for the first time this year. I wont be going back. I don't get the hype around it, don't bother even for the sake of ticking it off a list. Below average food at best.

Ebay, there is a fabulous world out there. Up to you whether you want to delve into it but it is a load of fun, particularly for golfers

I have actually been to Nando's since then a few times. I don't get the hype either really, even though I think it's a half decent place to get some grub. I saw an one hour ad disguised as a "documentary" about Nando's a few months ago, and it's fascinating how a place like that can rise to such heights. There's even a website with 2 guys who have dedicated themselves to go to every Nando's in the UK and review it.

That eBay is a good place for golfers to delve into is probably the argument I need NOT to go there...

 

[Hobbit]

I went to Nando's for the first time this year. I wont be going back. I don't get the hype around it, don't bother even for the sake of ticking it off a list. Below average food at best.

Ebay, there is a fabulous world out there. Up to you whether you want to delve into it but it is a load of fun, particularly for golfers

Nando's; I wasn't taken with it when we lived in the UK. Very poor at best. I like it even less compared with proper Spanish food. Overpriced rubbish.