Irrational things that annoy you (and non irrational things too come to think of it) - Page 74

BBx · 10-05-2010, 21:31

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Mark · 11-05-2010, 07:30

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Originally Posted by divine

Whether paid for accessories will take the same route is another matter I suspect.

Unlikely - unless of course they standardise on HTC's ExtUSB, but why would they do that? I forsee damaged equipment as a result of forcing one manufacturer's 'USB' into another.

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Originally Posted by Jingo

Waiting staff, postmen, supermarket employees and other people in general who don't actually know me but call me 'Mate' or more recently, 'Boss' ?

"I'm not your mate!"

- but I guess Boss is tolerable.

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Originally Posted by Fayshun

It's me age...

The less said about that, the better.

Stan_Lite · 11-05-2010, 07:48

My brother really struggled when he worked in Nigeria. All the local guys working under him called him 'Bwana'. It's a term of respect - basically the same as Mr or Sir but my brother's only experience with the word at that time was from TV programmes and movies about slavery and to him it had connotations of subservience. He was really uncomfortable with it and had to ask repeatedly for them to call him something else. The best he could manage was to get some of them to call him 'Mr Steve'.

In Egypt, I tend to get called Mr Stan which sounds a bit weird - I suppose it's better than being called ***t (at least to my face). Being a supervisor/manager, I suppose it goes with the job.

Tak · 11-05-2010, 08:28

Being called ma’am by people 20-30 years older than me is always odd (being called ma’am by anyone is odd actually)

Jingo · 11-05-2010, 09:22

Agreed Ma'am.

Goose · 11-05-2010, 09:55

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Originally Posted by Jingo

Agreed Ma'am.

Me too, boss.

Knipples · 11-05-2010, 11:17

Being referred to as Ms . . It's Miss damn you!

Del Lardo · 11-05-2010, 11:18

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Originally Posted by Knipples

Being referred to as Ms . . It's Miss damn you!

Blame PC bull**** for that. Unless you are 100% that someone is a Miss or Mrs it's not worth the verbal backlash that comes from getting it wrong

Tak · 11-05-2010, 11:37

People who think phobias are funny - one of the carers has a phobia of balloons and another carer thought it would be amusing to burst one behind her

Creature · 11-05-2010, 12:08

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Originally Posted by Takhisis

People who think phobias are funny - one of the carers has a phobia of balloons and another carer thought it would be amusing to burst one behind her

Ah

Brother has a fear of height, as does dad but to a lesser scale. We went up the CN tower in Toronto. I was walking around on the glass floor, and eventually persuaded my dad to step on and after a hell of a lot of persuasion, my brother as well. I then promtly jumped around on the glass floor. My dad joined in. My brother was not happy.

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Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	My brother really struggled when he worked in Nigeria. All the local guys working under him called him 'Bwana'. It's a term of respect - basically the same as Mr or Sir but my brother's only experience with the word at that time was from TV programmes and movies about slavery and to him it had connotations of subservience. He was really uncomfortable with it and had to ask repeatedly for them to call him something else. The best he could manage was to get some of them to call him 'Mr Steve'. In Egypt, I tend to get called Mr Stan which sounds a bit weird - I suppose it's better than being called **t (at least to my face). Being a supervisor/manager, I suppose it goes with the job. __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I... Last edited by Stan_Lite; 11-05-2010 at 07:55.*

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Tak L'Oréal Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 9,977	Being called ma’am by people 20-30 years older than me is always odd (being called ma’am by anyone is odd actually) __________________ The look on your face when a toddler rips out your heart and shows it to you? Priceless.... For everything else, there's FWOOSH!

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Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	Agreed Ma'am. __________________

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Tak L'Oréal Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 9,977	People who think phobias are funny - one of the carers has a phobia of balloons and another carer thought it would be amusing to burst one behind her __________________ The look on your face when a toddler rips out your heart and shows it to you? Priceless.... For everything else, there's FWOOSH!

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