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

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by Pebs

And yes I have got handcuffs. And no I don't take them home. *sigh*

Liar.

[Tak]

Thats why I just say I'm admin - if I dare mention nursing home then I get every single daily fail/panorama news story thrown back at me

[Will]

Being aggressive. I know that "aggressive is good" However, I do have a a tough streak sometimes and I always regret it - especially at work.

[leowyatt]

Originally Posted by Pebs

And yes I have got handcuffs. And no I don't take them home. *sigh*

I seem to remember a new years eve party where that isn't exactly true

[Knipples]

People who enter 50mph roadworks speed cameras into their sat navs - they're temporary! I don't need to know about every last one so it practically plays me a tune as I drive up the M6! Nor do I like then pushing the screen again and again to report them as incorrect. Grrr!

[Pebs]

Originally Posted by leowyatt

I seem to remember a new years eve party where that isn't exactly true

It was a vital part of a very lazy costume!

[Creature]

Originally Posted by vix

Probably not all that irrational, but when people insult or take the pee out of your occupation. Wonder if they realise that some of us put our hearts and souls into your work!

I had someone think my job involved standing on a runway with two paddles and making funny arm movements. She couldn't understand why i'd need a radio, two screens, a massive board full of strips of paper and slight sense of insanity. When i mentioned the pay she just went of on one saying that I was lying as 'waving paddles around' isn't that difficult.

The fun this was, there was another guy there whos dad worked as an ATCO at Luton airport, and she didn't believe him either =/

Her job? Primary School teacher so you'd think she'd be slightly knowledgeable.

[semi-pro waster]

Originally Posted by Knipples

People who enter 50mph roadworks speed cameras into their sat navs - they're temporary! I don't need to know about every last one so it practically plays me a tune as I drive up the M6! Nor do I like then pushing the screen again and again to report them as incorrect. Grrr!

It depends where you are though I suppose, the ones on the A1 might as well be permanent as they've been there since I moved down to London or it seems like it - maybe they've moved a few hundred yards up the road in that time and I haven't noticed.

Originally Posted by Creature

Her job? Primary School teacher so you'd think she'd be slightly knowledgeable.

Maybe you should have told her that she's the reason why our education system is going downhill... I'm not convinced one way or the other about it but it makes for a better retort to be definitive.

My irrational annoyance of the day was going to be auditors but the ones we've got are quite nice in the main so the annoyance is people who don't have adequate backing documentation to support their accruals and then I've got to try and work out why they've done whatever silly thing they've done - I find myself instantly much more favourably disposed to people who comment their work now and put in formulas correctly. That makes me feel a little bit weird and sad.

[Creature]

Originally Posted by semi-pro waster

Maybe you should have told her that she's the reason why our education system is going downhill... I'm not convinced one way or the other about it but it makes for a better retort to be definitive

I told her something along the line of "I can see why you became a primary school teacher, middle and upper schools require a degree of knowledge."

[Flibster]

Take away delivery people.
A more miserable bunch you will not find, but that's not my gripe.

You order a meal, comes to £14 - they deliver it and you hand over a £20. They then start to walk away...

Ummm. No!

Had you been nice then you may well have gotten a small tip, but not £6!