What grinds my gears...

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

29 minutes ago, The Bear said:

They're better off not working for him tbh. And those that continue to work for such an arsehole of a boss are either desperate or have no morals. 

 

Or they can't find anything else and have mouths to feed and a roof to keep over their heads?

[StanSP]

32 minutes ago, The Bear said:

They're better off not working for him tbh. And those that continue to work for such an arsehole of a boss are either desperate or have no morals. 

Bit simplistic, this? Especially in this current environment where jobs are being lost left, right and centre. I wouldn't even call it 'desperation'. A job is a job and it's better than people scrounging or feeling sorry for themselves, even if it is just temporary?

[Fox92]

15 hours ago, The Bear said:

Anyone who goes in a Wetherspoons after the way that **** Tim Martin treated his staff during lockdown, deserves free shit sent to their table not free food. 

Wetherspoons offers me cheap beer, before a game or before a nightout, so why would I go to another pub for the double the price when it's exactly the same pint.

 

No chance I'm staying away from Spoons just because of their owner.

 

If I went with the mentality of "I'm not using them because their owner is a bastard" then there'd be loads of companies I would stop using. I don't particular like Branson, and the way he runs some of his business, but that wouldn't stop me taking up a transatlantic flight with Virgin Atlantic if it was cheaper than another airline.

 

 

Edited 19 July 2020 by Fox92

[StanSP]

2 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Wetherspoons offers me cheap beer, before a game or before a nightout, so why would I go to another pub for the double the price when it's exactly the same pint.

 

No chance I'm staying away from Spoons just because of their owner.

 

If I went with the mentality of "I'm not using them because their owner is a bastard" then there'd be loads of companies I would stop using. I don't particular like Branson, and the way he runs some of his business, but that wouldn't stop me taking up a transatlantic flight with Virgin Atlantic if it was cheaper than another airline.

 

 

Best example is probably Amazon. 

But where do people draw the line. Pretty sure most owners of popular companies in the world have some cvnti-ness about them.

[Wymsey]

When someone mentions the work 'cancer' in a topic that has no links at all with the horrible disease. Have noticed it a few times.

[FoxesDeb]

46 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

When someone mentions the work 'cancer' in a topic that has no links at all with the horrible disease. Have noticed it a few times.

The word doesn't just mean the disease though, so there's nothing wrong with that 

[The Bear]

3 hours ago, StanSP said:

Best example is probably Amazon. 

But where do people draw the line. Pretty sure most owners of popular companies in the world have some cvnti-ness about them.

Yeah that's fair enough. But when an owner deliberately comes out in public and tells his staff to get fvcked, I draw the line. 

Edited 19 July 2020 by The Bear

[The Bear]

3 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Or they can't find anything else and have mouths to feed and a roof to keep over their heads?

Maybe for the managers etc, but for the rest it's just a bar job. Maybe there isn't loads of them about at the minute but there's definitely plenty of supermarket work around if you have nothing else. 

Edited 19 July 2020 by The Bear

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

12 minutes ago, The Bear said:

Maybe for the managers etc, but for the rest it's just a bar job. Maybe there isn't loads of them about at the minute but there's definitely plenty of supermarket work around if you have nothing else. 

 

Perhaps their jobs are secure, though? Perhaps Supermarkets won't stay as busy as they have been forever, or won't offer as many hours? It really isn't that easy just to hop around jobs for some people. As Stan has said, I think you're massively over simplifying tbh.

Edited 19 July 2020 by Miquel The Work Geordie

[Jimothy]

Network Rail deciding Sunday night at 10:30pm is the perfect time to clear overgrown trees from the railway line near my flat.

[Izzy]

11 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

Network Rail deciding Sunday night at 10:30pm is the perfect time to clear overgrown trees from the railway line near my flat.

That's your penance for being dismissive about religion on the other thread mate. That's why they're clearing the trees at this 'ungodly hour' 

[Jimothy]

2 minutes ago, Izzy said:

That's your penance for being dismissive about religion on the other thread mate. That's why they're clearing the trees at this 'ungodly hour' 

They've stopped now 

[StanSP]

23 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

Network Rail deciding Sunday night at 10:30pm is the perfect time to clear overgrown trees from the railway line near my flat.

Probably best to do it then as opposed to during the day affecting the timetable and more trains...

[Jimothy]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

Probably best to do it then as opposed to during the day affecting the timetable and more trains...

I'm sure we've just had 4 months with a reduced timetable, but what do I know 

[StanSP]

5 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

I'm sure we've just had 4 months with a reduced timetable, but what do I know 

I meant that there's gonna be more trains during the day regardless  

 

Might as well do it on an empty track below them as well, no?

[Jimothy]

Just now, StanSP said:

I meant that there's gonna be more trains during the day regardless  

 

Might as well do it on an empty track below them as well, no?

Not if it disturbs my sleep 

[Innovindil]

1 hour ago, Facecloth said:

They've stopped now 

Thank God eh. 

[RonnieTodger]

I've always found certain beers don't taste as good as Wetherspoons anyway

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

People who press the pedestrian crossing button when there is literally nobody on the road but me.

[Free Falling Foxes]

1 hour ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

People who press the pedestrian crossing button when there is literally nobody on the road but me.

Certainly agree with this one.

 

On the other hand though: I walked towards the crossing near Bow Bridge and there were about 10 people waiting to cross as I joined them.

 

I waited..... and waited..... and waited some more. These lights are taking an age to change I thought when I noticed, no one had even pressed the button.

 

[Webbo]

12 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Certainly agree with this one.

 

On the other hand though: I walked towards the crossing near Bow Bridge and there were about 10 people waiting to cross as I joined them.

 

I waited..... and waited..... and waited some more. These lights are taking an age to change I thought when I noticed, no one had even pressed the button.

 

It worse when you have pressed the button but somebody comes up from behind you and presses it again, because they think you might not have pressed it right. 

[RonnieTodger]

Why has Edward Scissorhands got shit hair? Just cut it yourself mate.

[Innovindil]

7 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

Why has Edward Scissorhands got shit hair? Just cut it yourself mate.

Anyone that has tried to cut their own hair during lockdown will tell you it's not as easy as it sounds. 

[Jimothy]

5 minutes ago, Innovindil said:

Anyone that has tried to cut their own hair during lockdown will tell you it's not as easy as it sounds. 

Did they have scissors for hands though?

[Innovindil]

Just now, Facecloth said:

Did they have scissors for hands though?

Felt like it at times.