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minor things that make you fume

bluerobert said:
This is going to make me sound like a monster but there’s nothing more infuriating then being accused incorrectly of gaslighting somebody. Mrs Bluerob does it all the time in an argument. When a disagreement happens which is natural and people resort to those allegations it puts you in an impossible position. Accusing people of gas lighting them is a term that is so overused nowadays. People can have a different point of view, everyone will. We’ve all been shaped by completely different factors and life experiences. We all experience reality in our own way but to tell somebody that your side of something is gas lighting them is a complete misunderstanding of the term and it badly grinds my gears
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I was thnking just this the other day.
The other that gets on my nerves is what you said is offensive. No it's not. You make a choice to be offended, and even so, I'm entitled to my opinion, just as much as you are. If you choose to be offended by it, tough. (Obvs dosent count if your actually being an offensive prat)
 

House builders are stopping production. Nobody is buying houses due to the high interest rates.

I left the trade in 2009 because of the recession. 14 years later I’m back in the same boat. Very frustrating.
 
Baines' left foot said:
House builders are stopping production. Nobody is buying houses due to the high interest rates.

I left the trade in 2009 because of the recession. 14 years later I’m back in the same boat. Very frustrating.
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We are having our best earning years stolen from us and forced into survival mode, while boomers on full pensions tell us to work harder
 
Walken said:
We are having our best earning years stolen from us and forced into survival mode, while boomers on full pensions tell us to work harder
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Indeed. Jumping through hoops adapting to the ever changing economic landscape manipulated by the rich.

In 2009 I finished my apprenticeship and immediately went down to 2 days a week work. I decided to go to uni, got the London job with the white collar and worked to the point where it almost killed me. I dusted myself off, bought a van and loads of tools, and went back in the other direction. Less than 12 months later and we're on the brink of yet another once in a lifetime recession.

I'll never stop pushing but sometimes it feels extremely futile. It takes a heavy toll on your mental health.
 

Baines' left foot said:
Indeed. Jumping through hoops adapting to the ever changing economic landscape manipulated by the rich.

In 2009 I finished my apprenticeship and immediately went down to 2 days a week work. I decided to go to uni, got the London job with the white collar and worked to the point where it almost killed me. I dusted myself off, bought a van and loads of tools, and went back in the other direction. Less than 12 months later and we're on the brink of yet another once in a lifetime recession.

I'll never stop pushing but sometimes it feels extremely futile. It takes a heavy toll on your mental health.
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It horrifc, and even worse its been voted for by our fellows.

I've been at open uni the last 2 years doing a degree and working full time so I can change careers into something I'm more passionate about, to try and make the change more comfortable I've been working every contract I can. Normally this would put me well ahead of the curve, but as costs rise in some cases 4 fold and having to help family members out ect, I'm left with sheer financial anxiety about making a change.

I'd like to think our generation will feel a little bit more empathetic to those coming through and will actually strive to make things easier for future generations and not insist that they suffer.
 
Walken said:
It horrifc, and even worse its been voted for by our fellows.

I've been at open uni the last 2 years doing a degree and working full time so I can change careers into something I'm more passionate about, to try and make the change more comfortable I've been working every contract I can. Normally this would put me well ahead of the curve, but as costs rise in some cases 4 fold and having to help family members out ect, I'm left with sheer financial anxiety about making a change.

I'd like to think our generation will feel a little bit more empathetic to those coming through and will actually strive to make things easier for future generations and not insist that they suffer.
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I think so, too. I've seen plenty of evidence that supports this.

The age old trend of people becoming more conservative as they age is dying as people in their late 30s and 40s are still not where they expected to be despite doing as their elders instructed. Also, social media, for all its faults, has put a huge spotlight on inequality. It's not as easy to turn a blind eye now. People have become aware of what is a large scale operation to push more people in to poverty so that they can be controlled.

Once people of this age and lower start getting in to major positions of power hopefully we still start to see real change. Unfortunately, a lot of damage has already been done to the lives of the non rich, and with devastating climate change on the horizon it will make things harder. I'm just glad I have no dependents, as depressing as that sounds.
 
Wife just come back from a mornings shopping.
Asda, M&S, Home Bargains and Aldi.
At the checkout at each of those stores she queried the total of the stuff she'd purchased, all of them being far higher than what they were marked as. A rough estimate being some £25 overcharged in total. No wonder they do not print receipts as a matter of course.
 

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