little things that annoy the shit out of you

[Mudface]

1 minute ago, Reckoner said:

Why do people put eggs in the fridge? Some fridges even have little egg shaped compartments for them. Mega Paedo indicater. 

American thing, and their horrible food standards.

 

I've tried explaining it to fuck knows how many people- if the supermarket isn't keeping eggs in a fridge, you don't have to either. Just doesn't seem to get through.

[Bjornebye]

38 minutes ago, Mudface said:

If only there was some way of warming some of it up before you eat it and not letting the rest of the bottle go rancid.

 

33 minutes ago, Mudface said:

Cold sauce, not full of teeming bacteria because some dickhead put it in a warm cupboard instead of the fridge is even better.

 

6 minutes ago, Mudface said:

American thing, and their horrible food standards.

 

I've tried explaining it to fuck knows how many people- if the supermarket isn't keeping eggs in a fridge, you don't have to either. Just doesn't seem to get through.

 

 

 

 

[Mudface]

26 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sauce- keep it in the fridge, it doesn't have preservatives in it these days, so it'll go off if you don't.

 

If you don't want it it be cold, squeeze some out on a spare plate while you're cooking and use that, it'll be room temperature by the time you've finished.

 

Eggs- https://www.businessinsider.com/why-europeans-dont-refrigerate-eggs-2014-12?r=US&IR=T

 

i.e. stick them in the fridge if you want to.

 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Mudface said:

Sauce- keep it in the fridge, it doesn't have preservatives in it these days, so it'll go off if you don't.

 

If you don't want it it be cold, squeeze some out on a spare plate while you're cooking and use that, it'll be room temperature by the time you've finished.

 

Eggs- https://www.businessinsider.com/why-europeans-dont-refrigerate-eggs-2014-12?r=US&IR=T

 

i.e. stick them in the fridge if you want to.

 

I'll do what I want with my sauce mate. I keep Salad Cream in the fridge. Anything else goes in the cupboard. 

[Mudface]

Just now, Bjornebye said:

I'll do what I want with my sauce mate. I keep Salad Cream in the fridge. Anything else goes in the cupboard. 

OK. That's the spirit.

[Gnasher]

1 hour ago, Mudface said:

American thing, and their horrible food standards.

 

I've tried explaining it to fuck knows how many people- if the supermarket isn't keeping eggs in a fridge, you don't have to either. Just doesn't seem to get through.

Wrong again Mugface. Eggs should be kept at a consistent temperature so the perfect place is in their carton in the fridge. Keeping eggs in the fridge will also keep them fresher for longer. 

 

https://www.egginfo.co.uk/ways-to-cook/general-tips/how-store-eggs

[Megadrive Man]

Everywhere I look people are spelling mum the American way, mom.

 

No Idea why this has started and why it's annoying me but it's really annoying the shit out of me.

[YorkshireRed]

I’m having a few days in Wales. So far I’ve spent the time livid that it appears to be less shit than England.

Hopefully at some point today it’s mask of decency, beauty, and good humour, will slip.

[Anubis]

In a hotel/conference centre in Swindon. I’m just staying the night but there are some conference goers here. The hotel rooms have a desk and WiFi so working in private shouldn’t be an issue. But no, just walking through the lobby and there is one of them, sat on her laptop, headset on, conducting business so all her contemporaries can see her working before 8am. Just fuck off. Go to your fucking room and do it in private.

[Preston Red]

Crisps in a fridge is a new one on me.

[Preston Red]

8 minutes ago, Anubis said:

In a hotel/conference centre in Swindon. I’m just staying the night but there are some conference goers here. The hotel rooms have a desk and WiFi so working in private shouldn’t be an issue. But no, just walking through the lobby and there is one of them, sat on her laptop, headset on, conducting business so all her contemporaries can see her working before 8am. Just fuck off. Go to your fucking room and do it in private.

We have the same at my works. Bellends who "work" until 11pm on a Saturday night...or appear to be online until 11pm on a Saturday. She doesn't do it anymore after the company fucked her flexi application off.

[manwiththestick]

4 minutes ago, Anubis said:

In a hotel/conference centre in Swindon. I’m just staying the night but there are some conference goers here. The hotel rooms have a desk and WiFi so working in private shouldn’t be an issue. But no, just walking through the lobby and there is one of them, sat on her laptop, headset on, conducting business so all her contemporaries can see her working before 8am. Just fuck off. Go to your fucking room and do it in private.

We had this a few years ago pre Covid.

 

Our company every year would have an annual conference held on a Friday and it would be based somewhere nice and you'd be put up in a nice hotel and everything is paid for so you can imagine Friday night would be quite messy.

 

This one middle manager guy who was a bit of a brown nose would be constantly on his phone during breaks in the Friday conference and when that wrapped up at 5pm and it becomes everyone's time to hit the bar and relax he parks himself in the bar area for about an hour with his laptop right in view of all the executive board. He then did the same at breakfast I believe (I wasn't there as it was a late one the night before), apparently he was down in the foyer that everyone has to pass through to get to the breakfast area, tapping away ferociously on his laptop. 

 

Every company has one.

[Remmie]

8 hours ago, MegadriveMan said:

Everywhere I look people are spelling mum the American way, mom.

 

No Idea why this has started and why it's annoying me but it's really annoying the shit out of me.

Yep, I hate that, especially British people saying soccer moms. The Americanism prevailing over here way too much for my liking is the dating method, loads of people on this forum saying July 6th instead of 6th July. 

[Remmie]

9 hours ago, Gnasher said:

Wrong again Mugface. Eggs should be kept at a consistent temperature so the perfect place is in their carton in the fridge. Keeping eggs in the fridge will also keep them fresher for longer. 

 

https://www.egginfo.co.uk/ways-to-cook/general-tips/how-store-eggs

This is one theory I have heard before but I still choose out of the fridge. Eggs taste better when they aren't chilled and in my house a carton gets destroyed weeks before any of the eggs would go off. Saves on fridge space too. 

[YorkshireRed]

23 minutes ago, Anubis said:

In a hotel/conference centre in Swindon. I’m just staying the night but there are some conference goers here. The hotel rooms have a desk and WiFi so working in private shouldn’t be an issue. But no, just walking through the lobby and there is one of them, sat on her laptop, headset on, conducting business so all her contemporaries can see her working before 8am. Just fuck off. Go to your fucking room and do it in private.

I like reading posts like this. Reminds me that, although I earn significantly less money these days, my life is much the richer for not being surrounded by these fuckers. 
 

It was rife where I used to work. A global business that had an unwritten expectation for 24/7 working to accommodate time zones.

 

People working on planes, trains, in taxis on the way to hotels. Not daring to leave the office for fear of being judged, even if they were heading into their sixtieth hour of the week and more. 
 

A culture where a few who lived to work flourished, but many others became victims of the inevitable illnesses that working this way create. 
 

This shit needs to change. We need to stop celebrating it and get better at rewarding different types of role models. Those who make an effective contribution to business success but also demonstrate a work/life balance that provides sustainable success.

 

To be fair, many businesses are getting better at this but there’s still a way to go in some industries. 

[Remmie]

24 minutes ago, Preston Red said:

Crisps in a fridge is a new one on me.

If Stouffer recommends it, I'm intrigued. I reckon it will make them crisper. For the final word I am waiting on Tony though

[Gnasher]

1 minute ago, Remmie said:

This is one theory I have heard before but I still choose out of the fridge. Eggs taste better when they aren't chilled and in my house a carton gets destroyed weeks before any of the eggs would go off. Saves on fridge space too. 

Yeah. Fair enough. 

[A Red]

4 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

I like reading posts like this. Reminds me that, although I earn significantly less money these days, my life is much the richer for not being surrounded by these fuckers. 
 

It was rife where I used to work. A global business that had an unwritten expectation for 24/7 working to accommodate time zones.

 

People working on planes, trains, in taxis on the way to hotels. Not daring to leave the office for fear of being judged, even if they were heading into their sixtieth hour of the week and more. 
 

A culture where a few who lived to work flourished, but many others became victims of the inevitable illnesses that working this way create. 
 

This shit needs to change. We need to stop celebrating it and get better at rewarding different types of role models. Those who make an effective contribution to business success but also demonstrate a work/life balance that provides sustainable success.

 

To be fair, many businesses are getting better at this but there’s still a way to go in some industries. 

I've worked in this environment too. Its a fucking sad world, where everyone is trying to impress the person above them and seem to think that looking like they are working long hours is the way to do it. It isn't, its just the way to misery.

 

The only way is to exceed what your role targets are. When redundancy hits and staff evaluation is taking place, looking like you work hard is not one of the measurables

[Preston Red]

11 minutes ago, Remmie said:

If Stouffer recommends it, I'm intrigued. I reckon it will make them crisper. For the final word I am waiting on Tony though

I'm with you on that. Tony is our food connoisseur.

[Preston Red]

4 minutes ago, A Red said:

I've worked in this environment too. Its a fucking sad world, where everyone is trying to impress the person above them and seem to think that looking like they are working long hours is the way to do it. It isn't, its just the way to misery.

 

The only way is to exceed what your role targets are. When redundancy hits and staff evaluation is taking place, looking like you work hard is not one of the measurables

My dad told me a story about a brown nose at BAE back in the 1980's. Always running round after managers and execs, opening doors for them, buying them butties and the suchlike along with hammering the overtime.

 

In '89 the workforce went on strike to try and get better working conditions (more money and 35 hour week from 39 hours). 18 weeks they were out for. I remember it went through into '90. In the midst of this my grandad died so it was a thoroughly shit time all round. Guess who was a fucking scab? Mr Brown Nose. One of the cunts who happily waved his pay packet at striking works on the picket.

 

When redundancy hit in '92 because they shut the Preston site, those unfortunate enough to be chosen were given brown envelopes. My dad said one of the best days he had working there was seeing Brown Nose cunt get his brown envelope. A lot of scabs got theirs too as, in my dad's words, a lot of scores were settled that day.

[Bjornebye]

2 hours ago, Anubis said:

In a hotel/conference centre in Swindon. I’m just staying the night but there are some conference goers here. The hotel rooms have a desk and WiFi so working in private shouldn’t be an issue. But no, just walking through the lobby and there is one of them, sat on her laptop, headset on, conducting business so all her contemporaries can see her working before 8am. Just fuck off. Go to your fucking room and do it in private.

 

1 hour ago, manwiththestick said:

We had this a few years ago pre Covid.

 

Our company every year would have an annual conference held on a Friday and it would be based somewhere nice and you'd be put up in a nice hotel and everything is paid for so you can imagine Friday night would be quite messy.

 

This one middle manager guy who was a bit of a brown nose would be constantly on his phone during breaks in the Friday conference and when that wrapped up at 5pm and it becomes everyone's time to hit the bar and relax he parks himself in the bar area for about an hour with his laptop right in view of all the executive board. He then did the same at breakfast I believe (I wasn't there as it was a late one the night before), apparently he was down in the foyer that everyone has to pass through to get to the breakfast area, tapping away ferociously on his laptop. 

 

Every company has one.

God I fucking hate these cunts. Completely unaware of how much of a cunt they look even to those they're trying to impress.

 

As A Red has just rightly said, just get your job done that's how you stand out. I've spent years surrounded by those type of cunts and I have nothing but pity and disgust for them. So false it's unbelievable. Every comment or question is met with a huge sigh as if it's been the hardest day they've ever had in their miserable 'look at me' existences. 

 

Working from home has it's downfalls but one absolute positive is the only cunt I have to look at is my own reflection in the mirror. 

[YorkshireRed]

2 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Working from home has it's downfalls but one absolute positive is the only cunt I have to look at is my own reflection in the mirror. 

You should clean up at the ‘Employee of the Month’ awards for this alone. 

[manwiththestick]

38 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

 

God I fucking hate these cunts. Completely unaware of how much of a cunt they look even to those they're trying to impress.

 

As A Red has just rightly said, just get your job done that's how you stand out. I've spent years surrounded by those type of cunts and I have nothing but pity and disgust for them. So false it's unbelievable. Every comment or question is met with a huge sigh as if it's been the hardest day they've ever had in their miserable 'look at me' existences. 

 

Working from home has it's downfalls but one absolute positive is the only cunt I have to look at is my own reflection in the mirror. 

It make me laugh as this guy has a similar role to me, been with the company about a year or two less than my but we are both over 10 years in and I think I'm on slightly more pay or if not we are on the same. 

 

I work my agreed hours unless something out of the ordinary pops up which I'm happy to do if it requires it, he's sending unimportant emails in early hours of the morning (copies in all and sundry as a 'look at me') and working weekends etc when it doesn't warrant it.

 

Even with all his 'effort' if senior members of the business have questions or require data or have an urgent project that needs looking at they usually come to me first.

[Preston Red]

19 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

It make me laugh as this guy has a similar role to me, been with the company about a year or two less than my but we are both over 10 years in and I think I'm on slightly more pay or if not we are on the same. 

 

I work my agreed hours unless something out of the ordinary pops up which I'm happy to do if it requires it, he's sending unimportant emails in early hours of the morning (copies in all and sundry as a 'look at me') and working weekends etc when it doesn't warrant it.

 

Even with all his 'effort' if senior members of the business have questions or require data or have an urgent project that needs looking at they usually come to me first.

Work smarter, not harder. Maybe someone should tell that chump.

[VladimirIlyich]

2 hours ago, Remmie said:

Yep, I hate that, especially British people saying soccer moms. The Americanism prevailing over here way too much for my liking is the dating method, loads of people on this forum saying July 6th instead of 6th July. 

You cant get to the correct section of pornub if you spell it 'Mum.'