minor things that make you fume

[tommytowne]

Amir Khans Mrs on the telly the other night was eye opening for someone who makes money for doing very little and being one of these.

For reasons I can't really explain, I kind of get it that someone attached to someone famous might be able to get one of these gigs aimed presumably at adults.
What troubles me is the ones aimed at kids. My two granddaughters slavishly follow some clown family endorsing allsorts of cack you know for sure they themselves wouldn't touch if it weren't for the fact they're paid to do it.

 

[Tree13]

Exactly. Speeding is a justified reason to stop a vehicle, which subsequently allows further investigation if there is suspicion of other potential crimes.

However, I doubt they're sat there specifically waiting for speeders - it might be for someone specific.

Anyway back to my gripe... the kettle has bloody broke!

Except for the fact that every speeding ticket issued automatically gets classed as a detection, due the nature of speeding being a strict liability offence. Police forces use detections as a KPI, so police officers will always be tempted to pursue the simplest / quickest detections possible, in order to help them meet the quotas required by their superiors.

Your faith in the Police is admirable, but not something I share.

 

[PhilM]

Except for the fact that every speeding ticket issued automatically gets classed as a detection, due the nature of speeding being a strict liability offence. Police forces use detections as a KPI, so police officers will always be tempted to pursue the simplest / quickest detections possible, in order to help them meet the quotas required by their superiors.

Your faith in the Police is admirable, but not something I share.

Firstly, target driven policing is not the norm nor is it successful. Secondly, the majority of officers can't enforce speeding due to lack of calibrated devices.

So, you're now looking at Roads Policing and/or speed vans as the major unit for the detection of traffic offences, with the focus here being on speeding.

You're saying that said forces use speeding offences as a KPI? That's wrong. In fact, due to the failings in target driven polices there is a policy of no quotas.

There may be individual supervisors who do push it for their own egotistical reasons, but it is not a force policy and nor is it the key component for most.

But... if there is a problem with speeding in an area, it is right for the police to peruse speeders to achieve speeders to work with locals to deal with an issue.

There's been a recent example of Childwall Valley Road where speeding have been enforced systematically but that's not because of KPI or targets.

It's because an old gentleman and his dog were killed by a speeding BMW with the residents complaining - it was nothing to do with targets and quotas.

Roads policing have a much wider remit that speeders and a large proportion of their time will be helping to prevent crime using motor vehicles.

 

[Toast]

It's because an old gentleman and his dog were killed by a speeding BMW with the residents complaining - it was nothing to do with targets and quotas.

A speeding BMW ?

Well I never..

 

[Mr. White]

Microsoft Teams meetings... They are all the rage at the moment, arranged by bosses, working from home, who have nothing better to do and need to justify their role...

Typically, they are a monumental waste of everybody's time, and are counter-productive.

 

[Jimishorts]

Subordinates who think they’re better than their Microsoft team meeting overlords.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Except for the fact that every speeding ticket issued automatically gets classed as a detection, due the nature of speeding being a strict liability offence. Police forces use detections as a KPI, so police officers will always be tempted to pursue the simplest / quickest detections possible, in order to help them meet the quotas required by their superiors.

Your faith in the Police is admirable, but not something I share.

That suggests individual police officers are simply given a quota figure and then left to their own devices to fill it in any way they choose?

I think that might leave a police force considerably short on a number of KPIs.

 

[Methuselah]

Microsoft Teams meetings... They are all the rage at the moment, arranged by bosses, working from home, who have nothing better to do and need to justify their role...

Typically, they are a monumental waste of everybody's time, and are counter-productive.

That reminded me. Many years ago, I did some consultancy work for a company. The Managing Director of the company had this thing about meetings. He had a meeting, with all his managers' EVERY day, in the afternoon, for about 3 hours. He issued firm instructions that no meeting should be interrupted at any time, for any reason. As they had a couple of depot's around the country, it meant that the firm effectively shut down in respect of decisions for part of every day.
When I finished my consultancy work I told the MD that I knew what his major problem was. He wasn't a happy bunny when I told him it was his meetings. Never found out if he did anything.

 

[degsy]

That reminded me. Many years ago, I did some consultancy work for a company. The Managing Director of the company had this thing about meetings. He had a meeting, with all his managers' EVERY day, in the afternoon, for about 3 hours. He issued firm instructions that no meeting should be interrupted at any time, for any reason. As they had a couple of depot's around the country, it meant that the firm effectively shut down in respect of decisions for part of every day.
When I finished my consultancy work I told the MD that I knew what his major problem was. He wasn't a happy bunny when I told him it was his meetings. Never found out if he did anything.

Probably not

 

[degsy]

The other week I was fumin over low dialogue - loud music on my TV.
Now sorted to something I can live with, after much research, googling, trial and error.
It seems the dialogue comes out of the middle speakers and that the PCM setting...Pulse Code Modulation...is the key (who knew?)
All will be different obvs but I set mine up like this.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

On my TV, Poor dialogue volume, then when you turn it up you get a burst of booming bass heavy music...and background music for thst matter - even on something as mundane as The Chase

I hate that. Noticed a big change as soon as I came to live in Spain. It's horrendous how Loud the incidental music comes at me after struggling to hear the dialogue. Then when the adverts* come on it's even louder.

*Adverts over here is another thing that makes me fume. Literally half an hour of adverts before a film starts. Advert breaks of increasing length as the film draws to it's conclusion. Often culminating in 15, 20 or 25 minute advert break before the last 15 seconds of the film. Not exaggerating. I wish I was.

 

[degsy]

I hate that. Noticed a big change as soon as I came to live in Spain. It's horrendous how Loud the incidental music comes at me after struggling to hear the dialogue. Then when the adverts* come on it's even louder.

*Adverts over here is another thing that makes me fume. Literally half an hour of adverts before a film starts. Advert breaks of increasing length as the film draws to it's conclusion. Often culminating in 15, 20 or 25 minute advert break before the last 15 seconds of the film. Not exaggerating. I wish I was.

See if my post above helps...wont do much about the Ads though

 

[PITA]

So don't watch them!! There must be a fair number of people who do watch them otherwise TV companies wouldn't make them because the advertisers wouldn't give them the money!

Exactly. There is so much choice these days. Just find something that you find interesting and let other people be.

 

[verreauxi]

I have this really nice weeping cherry tree off my back deck that gets these lovely small white petals and keeps the bees very happy. It was starting to bloom but over this past night and especially tomorrow night it's supposed to freeze and a lot of the lovely petals are dropping (as you can see). It's a bit sad as it's bloom doesn't last very long as it is...

 

[Caolam]

Mrs C and I go for walks along a river near where we live, there is a pathway wide enough for 3/4 people to pass. It winds her up no end when the people don’t go into single file and leave a gap between them and us.