minor things that make you fume

[Baines' left foot]

87% humidity.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Corporate-speak in work. Hour long meetings of buzzwords with absolutely zero substance

some middle managers make a living out of talking gibberish.

 

[ChesterBlue]

some middle managers make a living out of talking gibberish.

Technically the guy who headed up the meeting is an executive, but chats absolute wham and comes up with the most horrifically cringe “team bonding” ideas - his current one is to have a band made up of people from the office play in our next quarterly meeting - think I’d cringe less if I licked a spider than watched some colleagues belt out a mangled version of “Hey Jude” or something

 

[Rita_Poon]

Technically the guy who headed up the meeting is an executive, but chats absolute wham and comes up with the most horrifically cringe “team bonding” ideas - his current one is to have a band made up of people from the office play in our next quarterly meeting - think I’d cringe less if I licked a spider than watched some colleagues belt out a mangled version of “Hey Jude” or something

The triangle, please the triangle...

 

[ChesterBlue]

The triangle, please the triangle...

I used to be in a crap punk band when I was in uni, terrified that some corporate ghoul is going to discover this and put me forwards for it

 

[chrismpw]

I used to be in a crap punk band when I was in uni, terrified that some corporate ghoul is going to discover this and put me forwards for it

Where do you work mate? Not that I'd try to contact them or anything obvs.

 

[ChesterBlue]

Where do you work mate? Not that I'd try to contact them or anything obvs.

 

[chrismpw]

Been in the car for 4 hours driving from Grimdon to Cornwall to visit inlaws, with the 18 month old granddaughter in the back seat. The wee thing did great on such a long journey. Until, that is, 200 yards from our destination, now there's puke everywhere. The car will never smell the same.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Went to the pub on Friday night and there’s screaming kids inside. Went to Tesco on Saturday and there’s screaming kids sprinting down the aisles.

I went to what I anticipated to be a nice quiet countryside pub yesterday. There was a group of about 12 kids doing laps of the beer garden screaming and shouting as loud as possible, coming right up to everyone’s tables. Parents nowhere to be seen. It triggered a fat migraine.

Anyone else getting utterly fed up of this? It must be bad enough without hearing conditions. Just makes going anywhere a lottery whether you’re going to be able to hear yourself think or not.

 

[woomy]

Went to the pub on Friday night and there’s screaming kids inside. Went to Tesco on Saturday and there’s screaming kids sprinting down the aisles.

I went to what I anticipated to be a nice quiet countryside pub yesterday. There was a group of about 12 kids doing laps of the beer garden screaming and shouting as loud as possible, coming right up to everyone’s tables. Parents nowhere to be seen. It triggered a fat migraine.

Anyone else getting utterly fed up of this? It must be bad enough without hearing conditions. Just makes going anywhere a lottery whether you’re going to be able to hear yourself think or not.

You clearly have spd to go with that adhd.
Same here.
But yeah, when did parents stop instilling respect into kids. Run around make noise, yes you're kids. Crack on. But when it gets to interfering with others, reign your little darlings in.
I honestly blame mobiles. Too many in there 20's, just dont know how to put their phone down and actually take notice. See it all the time, meals, beer garden's etc. Couple of words to whom they are with, pick up the phone. Repeat
Kids getting no attention or guidance. I worry about the kids of today. Maybe being a mental health nurse and seeing what happens to kids who are emotionally neglected and left to their own devices, had skewed my thinking a bit. But in a few years, I think we might be in for a world of pain for a lot of these kids, when they grow up and realise they need to follow rules and boundaries.

Well that went into a rant.

 

[Baines' left foot]

You clearly have spd to go with that adhd.
Same here.
But yeah, when did parents stop instilling respect into kids. Run around make noise, yes you're kids. Crack on. But when it gets to interfering with others, reign your little darlings in.
I honestly blame mobiles. Too many in there 20's, just dont know how to put their phone down and actually take notice. See it all the time, meals, beer garden's etc. Couple of words to whom they are with, pick up the phone. Repeat
Kids getting no attention or guidance. I worry about the kids of today. Maybe being a mental health nurse and seeing what happens to kids who are emotionally neglected and left to their own devices, had skewed my thinking a bit. But in a few years, I think we might be in for a world of pain for a lot of these kids, when they grow up and realise they need to follow rules and boundaries.

Well that went into a rant.

Yeah I'm almost certain I have that. Since my hearing issues came about it's magnified the effect it has on me.

You've touched on something else here. Every time I go in to the gym it's full of lads around 16-22 glued to their phones. They sit on equipment scrolling or stand in big groups talking and blocking aisles. Absolutely no plan or any idea what they're supposed to be doing. I've also noticed an increased level of petulance and obnoxiousness from lads around this age. People doing really inconsiderate and/or dangerous things who get aggressive and defensive when you pull them up. I would have got filled in if I'd behaved like that when I first started at the gym. It's weird because girls of the same age generally train quite well. There's a stark contrast in desire and the way they conduct themselves.

 

[scratchnsurf]

There's something particularly perverted about traditional working class areas getting gentrified. The new upmarket businesses such as cafes residential schemes having designs influenced by the industrial heritage.

"OMG Lucinda it's such industrial vibes!"

Exposed concrete, scaffold boards, pallets. i.e. the materials 'poor' people that got forced out work with day to day. Makes me feel a bit ill.

Not everyone wanted New Brighton to remain a ghetto you know.

 

[Connor mcloud]

Went to the pub on Friday night and there’s screaming kids inside. Went to Tesco on Saturday and there’s screaming kids sprinting down the aisles.

I went to what I anticipated to be a nice quiet countryside pub yesterday. There was a group of about 12 kids doing laps of the beer garden screaming and shouting as loud as possible, coming right up to everyone’s tables. Parents nowhere to be seen. It triggered a fat migraine.

Anyone else getting utterly fed up of this? It must be bad enough without hearing conditions. Just makes going anywhere a lottery whether you’re going to be able to hear yourself think or not.

If this happens when I'm out with the "Lads" some of the more uncouth members of our little gathering tend to swear loudly and talk about sexual conquests (imaginary or otherwise)
This usually results in the little darlings being ushered away by the troutpouts that brought them.

 

[Caso01]

Went to the pub on Friday night and there’s screaming kids inside. Went to Tesco on Saturday and there’s screaming kids sprinting down the aisles.

I went to what I anticipated to be a nice quiet countryside pub yesterday. There was a group of about 12 kids doing laps of the beer garden screaming and shouting as loud as possible, coming right up to everyone’s tables. Parents nowhere to be seen. It triggered a fat migraine.

Anyone else getting utterly fed up of this? It must be bad enough without hearing conditions. Just makes going anywhere a lottery whether you’re going to be able to hear yourself think or not.

Unfortunately the standard of parenting in general is at an all time low.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Mobile phones have changed the world.