babylonsinger
Active member
A few of the McDonalds down here have been altered to have a separate entrance for delivery drivers. The car park is a bit of a mess though as there is no room to expand
Random Irritations
- Thread starter Blue in Munich
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4LEX
Well-known member
What I find annoying is that the food places actually give them priority. In the old days if you ordered your food, you'd get it within 5 minutes max. Now you can be waiting for 10-15 minutes or longer at lunch.
I've got a lot of respect for the drivers for putting a shift in but they don't bother taking off their helmets, block the front door with bikes and crowd around the counter. The whole industry is a mess.
Sid Rixon IV
Head Pro
Companies that thank you for "reaching out to them".
I wasn't. I was bluddy complaining!
I wasn't. I was bluddy complaining!
nickjdavis
Head Pro
Hotel room washbasins where you can hardly fill them with enough water to be able to get your hands in and get a decent amount of hot water over your face to allow you to have a shave.
I reckon you can fill the basin in my current hotel room to about an inch and a half deep...and it is so high lipped that you need to be a contortionist to get your hands anywhere near what little water is in it.
I reckon you can fill the basin in my current hotel room to about an inch and a half deep...and it is so high lipped that you need to be a contortionist to get your hands anywhere near what little water is in it.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Read Receipt requests on email. Has anyone ever clicked to send it?
Or, have you ever issued one when sending an email
Or, have you ever issued one when sending an email
Once upon a time a signature sheet would be issued with a written memo that might have a legal requirement to read and acknowledge. Adding a read receipt to an email satisfies that requirement. However, Outlook had a bit of a glitch in that if someone had set up the inbox with a preview pane a read receipt would be sent even though the recipient hadn’t opened the email.
Short answer, yes I used it but only for emails that required me to keep a record of “receipt.”
Lucifer MorningStar
Well-known member
In a word Yes! In my job there are annual training currency’s that my lads have to legally be in date for. Adding read receipts to emails allows me to track they’ve read and acknowledged they’re being informed/chased to update their training. If they read it and then go out of date it adds to the disciplinary process for not being legally in date with their training. There only so much we can do to chase people and ensure they’re booked into training and they have to take accountability for their own career.
KenL
Tour Rookie
Truckers who feel the need to flash their lights at every other truck on the road. Even if it is at night and they have a lighting rig like a rock concert that blinds other road users.
Don Barzini
Assistant Pro
The sheer number of people I see online who type “ect” when they actually mean “etc”.
It happens so frequently, it can’t possibly be a typo. There must be a whole generation of people who, for some reason, believe it is spelled “ect”.
It happens so frequently, it can’t possibly be a typo. There must be a whole generation of people who, for some reason, believe it is spelled “ect”.
KenL
Tour Rookie
The term etc. should have a full stop after it, even in the middle of a sentence, as it is an abbreviation.
Don Barzini
Assistant Pro
You’re right and I’m a SPAG pedant. But I’d let them off the full stop if only they’d blimmin’ well spell it correctly!
KenL
Tour Rookie
I bet the knowledge and usage of there, their and they’re keeps you awake at night.You’re right and I’m a SPAG pedant. But I’d let them off the full stop if only they’d blimmin’ well spell it correctly!
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Deleted member 36742
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Surely it should be a semi colon rather than a full stop.You’re right and I’m a SPAG pedant. But I’d let them off the full stop if only they’d blimmin’ well spell it correctly!
KenL
Tour Rookie
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Deleted member 36742
Guest
You are accepting the Americanization of English grammar. The full stop is correct if the abbreviation is at the end of a sentence but not if it appears within the body of that sentence.
KenL
Tour Rookie
As are you with the z in Americanisation.
I have been told by people I consider grammar experts that etc. is correct.
I’ll dig deeper, it’s keeping me off doing the dishes.
I'm not going to dig out the Blakey grammar police picture, absolute classic, but enough's enough now. Please.............
D
Deleted member 36742
Guest
Predictive texting, another unwelcome American intrusion.As are you with the z in Americanisation.
I have been told by people I consider grammar experts that etc. is correct.
I’ll dig deeper, it’s keeping me off doing the dishes.
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I think I've always used etc. in my sentences.As are you with the z in Americanisation.
I have been told by people I consider grammar experts that etc. is correct.
I’ll dig deeper, it’s keeping me off doing the dishes.
