Random Irritations

[Bazz]

Why is everyone SO precious these days?

My boy mentioned the flies and I told him that's what you get outside, and we carried on with our day. Simple.

I see the same parents at pick up talking to teachers like they haven't got enough on when dismissing the kids, just get your kids and go home, can't be something everyday surely?

The only time my mom went to school was for parents evening.

 

[Bazz]

The company has done some “restructuring” since a JV started last year and for the last 8 weeks many of us have been on notice for redundancy due to roles going and skill pools reducing

over 500 are leaving this week and it’s quite sad to see all the leaving cards and messages from people who imo have been critical over the years for the business

Going to be interesting to see the grand plan of which work we will need to pick up

We have had mention of restructuring again, the last time was 2023 and I survived then. I've used the redundancy calculator and the figures look excellent for my 20 years service but the thought of starting again somewhere new is horrible.

 

[nickjdavis]

In the past, parents didn’t complain that their kids got wet whilst on an outdoor adventure surely?

No. They were only too glad to have got rid of the little blighters for a few days.

 

[Bazz]

No. They were only too glad to have got rid of the little blighters for a few days.

That hasn't changed....

 

[Wilson]

Lawnmower was cutting out so took it for a service, picked it up this evening, it did one strip before it packed in again!

 

[Imurg]

WeBuyAnyCar.
About 6 months ago I used several similar sites to get a valuation for the FiL car as he's packed up driving and it was sitting on his drive gathering dust
My SiL was going to do the dealing as she lives close by...
Got the valuations and she decided which one was best/easiest and got rid of the car back in early December
The other 3 sites I used stopped sending emails within a month of the first enquiry
WeBuyAnyCar..?
Every week...without fail...even got one on Xmas day....
It's beco e an obsession...to see how long they'll keep chasing me to sell a car that was sold 6 weeks ago....
I wonder if they can keep it going for a whole year...

Still going strong......twice a week without fail..
They're persistent......

 

[patricks148]

heavy snow. j

 

[clubchamp98]

In the past, parents didn’t complain that their kids got wet whilst on an outdoor adventure surely?

Maybe because they didn’t have a mobile phone in their pocket getting wet !

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Still going strong......twice a week without fail..
They're persistent......

You know if you open the email and click unsubscribe at the bottom the emails will stop

I’m telling you this as valuable knowledge I learnt from my wife after me moaning I kept getting them

 

[Slime]

You know if you open the email and click unsubscribe at the bottom the emails will stop

I’m telling you this as valuable knowledge I learnt from my wife after me moaning I kept getting them

Ah, but thing is that he doesn't want them to stop.
He's conducting a public service experiment.

 

[Slime]

The love-in on Sky Sports just because a footballer is leaving the Premier League.

 

[Imurg]

Ah, but thing is that he doesn't want them to stop.
He's conducting a public service experiment.

Is the correct answer...and it brightens up my drab days a bit....

 

[sjw]

Son went on his first residential last week, just two nights, raft building, abseiling, zip wiring, that kind of thing. 6 to a room, bunk bed style.

Some of the complaints in the parents WhatsApp group:

Too many flies
Too many squirrels about (in a forest?!)
The room didn't have a fridge
Their clothes got wet from the raft building

The bit in bold has got me good

 

[IanM]

heavy snow. j

We've had strong north westerlies since last night which are weirdly cold. It's been clear skies all morning, until it just darkened over and we had a hefty sleet shower. Now it's clear again. I guess this has just blown off the Brecon Beacons which are above 40 mins drive in that direction!

Strange day.

 

[clubchamp98]

We had 15 seconds of very big hail stones then sunshine

 

[ExRabbit]

We had 15 seconds of very big hail stones then sunshine

That just happened here 15 minutes ago. Hail has melted already.

 

[PaulMdj]

We've had strong north westerlies since last night which are weirdly cold. It's been clear skies all morning, until it just darkened over and we had a hefty sleet shower. Now it's clear again. I guess this has just blown off the Brecon Beacons which are above 40 mins drive in that direction!

Strange day.

Gets stranger up here on the NE Coast, just had about 2 minutes of sleet, then a huge hail stones blizzard, which went back to sleet, now sun is cracking the flagstones again.

 

[The Squirrel]

Son went on his first residential last week, just two nights, raft building, abseiling, zip wiring, that kind of thing. 6 to a room, bunk bed style.

Some of the complaints in the parents WhatsApp group:

Too many flies
Too many squirrels about (in a forest?!)
The room didn't have a fridge
Their clothes got wet from the raft building

I am personally offended

I absolutely 100% refuse to be on any parent-type WhattsApp group for my kids' school, despite my wife's urgings. exactly because it is nothing but the most ridiculous moaning. Some of these people need to be given compulsiory jobs with longer hours or somrthing because they clearly have nothing to fill their life other than to complain that the most minor inconvenience or problem that little Tarquin and Guinevere faced today is some sort of massive issue.

 

[rulie]

I am personally offended

I absolutely 100% refuse to be on any parent-type WhattsApp group for my kids' school, despite my wife's urgings. exactly because it is nothing but the most ridiculous moaning. Some of these people need to be given compulsiory jobs with longer hours or somrthing because they clearly have nothing to fill their life other than to complain that the most minor inconvenience or problem that little Tarquin and Guinevere faced today is some sort of massive issue.

Sounds very similar to this thread!

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Sounds very similar to this thread!

But do we have vested interests in our moans,rants or complaints? Do we have someone we want sacked?