Random Irritations

[Deleted member 29109]

My poor wife, getting off the bus on her way to work there was a man holding a gun threatening to kill himself

shes a bit shaken

not a way to start a tuesday

Wow that’s not nice. Hope she’s ok

 

[fundy]

Replacement shower tray arriving with a corner chipped, one side dented and not straight and at least 4 scratches to the top.

No shower, no bathroom floor, no toilet continues for several weeks longer now it seems

 

[Imurg]

Replacement shower tray arriving with a corner chipped, one side dented and not straight and at least 4 scratches to the top.

No shower, no bathroom floor, no toilet continues for several weeks longer now it seems

Well, you never seem to have any water so........

 

[fundy]

Well, you never seem to have any water so........

We have the cloudy, several days post no water version currently!

All the fire brigades fault of course, not Anglian Waters though!!!!!

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Wow that’s not nice. Hope she’s ok

Thanks, she's ok I believe just shaken

I'm working all day and won't be home until 9 so will catch up fully then

She can't use her phone at work much so getting drip fed when she is on a break or lunch

 

[Dando]

Lost 2 sky channels, phoned sky to moan about it, and they said something has knocked the dish slightly, engineer will be with me 5th October.


Cue me getting out my ladder and some iphone app that knows better!!





I now have zero channels.

Well done! ?

 

[Bazz]

Wife started a new job earlier this month, 2 days a week in the office max was agreed.
They're calling everyone back in now for 5 days and there isn't enough space on the car park.
So the job search starts again, what archaic nonsense, companies insisting on 5 days a week arses on seats will have no decent staff left soon.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Wife started a new job earlier this month, 2 days a week in the office max was agreed.
They're calling everyone back in now for 5 days and there isn't enough space on the car park.
So the job search starts again, what archaic nonsense, companies insisting on 5 days a week arses on seats will have no decent staff left soon.

this country is brilliant at flogging a dead horse and just doing the same thing over and over because "it works"

I was hoping covid would address this and bring a bit of change

in london the tube ran in the peak at 120% full, what would have been wrong with hybrid working and running at 80% full? then a lot of the expansion projects wouldnt be needed could just improve whats there

then you have offices trying to call people back? why?

im now hoping the energy crisis will level mindset a bit.. change the way we think about energy but alas i dont think it will

 

[jim8flog]

Flicking through the music channels on Sky and noticed there is one playing Christmas songs ????

But they are showing Christmas movies and have been doing so since about July

 

[Slime]

The amount of acronyms used, especially in the footy thread, because I can't be bothered to look them all up.

 

[Deleted member 23270]

Does anyone pay attention to the quiet zone signs on trains anymore?

 

[jim8flog]

Lost 2 sky channels, phoned sky to moan about it, and they said something has knocked the dish slightly, engineer will be with me 5th October.


Cue me getting out my ladder and some iphone app that knows better!!





I now have zero channels.

you need to do this one these ways

(just like an aerial) get some one to watch the TV whist you move the dish
Have the tv outside where you can see it
By a dish alignment meter e.g

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tatoonly-G...694712&sprefix=satellite+meter,aps,437&sr=8-2

they are easy to use. Just remember the power comes from the Sky box but is low voltage.

 

[Golfmmad]

Wife started a new job earlier this month, 2 days a week in the office max was agreed.
They're calling everyone back in now for 5 days and there isn't enough space on the car park.
So the job search starts again, what archaic nonsense, companies insisting on 5 days a week arses on seats will have no decent staff left soon.

Well at least she has a job.

 

[Bazz]

Well at least she has a job.

Yeah, shut up and be grateful worker scum.

 

[Bazz]

this country is brilliant at flogging a dead horse and just doing the same thing over and over because "it works"

I was hoping covid would address this and bring a bit of change

in london the tube ran in the peak at 120% full, what would have been wrong with hybrid working and running at 80% full? then a lot of the expansion projects wouldnt be needed could just improve whats there

then you have offices trying to call people back? why?

im now hoping the energy crisis will level mindset a bit.. change the way we think about energy but alas i dont think it will

My company hasn't put anything in place for my team but I know others have. Just common sense really, absolutely nobody needs to commute upwards of an hour for a job they've been trusted to do from home for 2 years.

 

[Orikoru]

We're into that time of year where it's lovely and warm in the day time and then freezing cold as soon as the sun's down. Wife touted the possibility of sticking the heating on for an hour, but we've agreed to try and get out of the habit what with the impending energy bill armageddon. Evening jumpers at the ready.

 

[Blue in Munich]

My company hasn't put anything in place for my team but I know others have. Just common sense really, absolutely nobody needs to commute upwards of an hour for a job they've been trusted to do from home for 2 years.

Unless that job relies on shared knowledge and as a consequence the standard of everyone’s output has gone down.

It also might provide some employment for those in child care who have been sacked as some of those working from home seem to consider that they can do a full time job and provide full time child care…

 

[Deleted member 21784]

We're into that time of year where it's lovely and warm in the day time and then freezing cold as soon as the sun's down. Wife touted the possibility of sticking the heating on for an hour, but we've agreed to try and get out of the habit what with the impending energy bill armageddon. Evening jumpers at the ready.

this exactly for me is a positive of the current situation

gas was so cheap (and efficient) for years that people just got used to shoving the heating on..

im not talking lets go back to ice on the windows inside but pushing back as much as possible helps the pain in the bill

we have hoddies hanging up downstairs that we put on in the evening if its cold (we dont get as cold so havent yet)

always try to not put the heating on until after october half term (first week nov) and off again by easter

however having kids has changed that a bit, the wife and I walk round in shorts much more times of the year than we should if we put it on for them. but since the AC that doubles as a heat pump I put them on for the girls so they keep toasty

 

[Golfmmad]

Yeah, shut up and be grateful worker scum.

Wow, I wouldn't go that far!

Looking at it from a company point of view, they must have good reason for doing so.

 

[Bazz]

Unless that job relies on shared knowledge and as a consequence the standard of everyone’s output has gone down.

It also might provide some employment for those in child care who have been sacked as some of those working from home seem to consider that they can do a full time job and provide full time child care…

I had one when I had line management responsibilities that told me in her 121 that her wfh day would always need to be a Thursday as she was cancelling childcare....