minor things that make you fume

[Baines' left foot]

I always thought I was ok, intelligence wise.

But I cannot begin to fathom why Uber, who lose circa $4 Billion a year, and have never ever made an actual profit, floated today, and is now valued at just north of $84 Billion.

Amazon are similar in that they have huge turnover but make little profit/a loss. At least that was the case a year or two ago.

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

Amazon are similar in that they have huge turnover but make little profit/a loss. At least that was the case a year or two ago.

They post minimal profits so as to minimise the tax payable. So any money they make is re-invested in the company or paid as bonuses to employees.

 

[Tipp blue]

It goes toward the generally poor standard of driving... we get lots of people over here who brake whenever they see anything coming the other way, on the other side of the road - it's like they involuntarily flinch, or panic.

That drives me mad too, they are more likely to cause an accident.

 

[Tipp blue]

I always thought I was ok, intelligence wise.

But I cannot begin to fathom why Uber, who lose circa $4 Billion a year, and have never ever made an actual profit, floated today, and is now valued at just north of $84 Billion.

Losing money because they have been buying licences to operate in lots of countries 85 at the moment, not cheap, investment in the company is what's causing the losses, it will be an absolute beast of a company once the major investment is done.

 

[roydo]

Losing money because they have been buying licences to operate in lots of countries 85 at the moment, not cheap, investment in the company is what's causing the losses, it will be an absolute beast of a company once the major investment is done.

Maybe. It just reminds me of the last Dot Com stock market thing. At some point, companies have to make a profit. So an $80 Billion valuation of a company that loses $3 Billion a year will take some serious return on capital.

Like, how much does an operating licence cost?

 

[Armaghtoffee]

I broke my toe last night.

I stubbed it on the door saddle at 2.50am when going for a slash.

Why oh why couldn’t it have been a more manly way

 

[WA Toffee]

Shops that forget the aisles are meant for customers to walk down, not to store piles of stock.
and shopping centres which have temporary stalls down all the aisles.

 

[Eggs]

I broke my toe last night.

I stubbed it on the door saddle at 2.50am when going for a slash.

Why oh why couldn’t it have been a more manly way

...a broken toe is very painful.

 

[davids]

I always thought I was ok, intelligence wise.

But I cannot begin to fathom why Uber, who lose circa $4 Billion a year, and have never ever made an actual profit, floated today, and is now valued at just north of $84 Billion.

Been going on for hundreds of years in one form or another,proof that there really is one born every minute.
"Large stock market trends often begin and end with periods of frenzied buying (bubbles) or selling (crashes). Many observers cite these episodes as clear examples of herding behavior that is irrational and driven by emotion—greed in the bubbles, fear in the crashes. Individual investors join the crowd of others in a rush to get in or out of the market"

 

[davids]

I broke my toe last night.

I stubbed it on the door saddle at 2.50am when going for a slash.

Why oh why couldn’t it have been a more manly way

But that is the most manly way to do it.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

...a broken toe is very painful.

It has certainly curtailed my dancing.

 

[EvertonCJ]

Shops that forget the aisles are meant for customers to walk down, not to store piles of stock.
and shopping centres which have temporary stalls down all the aisles.

At our local Tesco's, you get Tesco staff pushing boxes around to collect shopping for home delivery. There are normally more of the staff than there are customers. Last week, one of them pinched the last pack of pork scratching before I could get to them. I was not happy.

 

[Eggs]

It has certainly curtailed my dancing.

...but fortunately not the Guinness. I’ll be on it myself in half an hour.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

...but fortunately not the Guinness. I’ll be on it myself in half an hour.

Guinness and the play offs on TV will be the perfect rehabilitation for me

Enjoy your pints @Eggs

 

[Methuselah]

I broke my toe last night.

I stubbed it on the door saddle at 2.50am when going for a slash.

Why oh why couldn’t it have been a more manly way

Sorry to hear that. I broke my little toe when I was 14. Doesn't half make your eyes water.