What grinds my gears...

[TiffToff88]

3 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

The negativity in the Leicester City Forum. 

The negativity of one particular bloke on the clubs Facebook page every time we lose. I've never seen the bloke say anything positive. The guy has been around for years, but I barely remember seeing him on there at all the year we won the league. I think some people just enjoy being miserable gits

Edited 14 September 2021 by TiffToff88

[StanSP]

7 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

Also takes the right type of person - I'd get distracted way too easily at home to be of any benefit to anyone 

I thought this would be the case for me in that I'd constantly get distracted. Ultimately just takes a bit of discipline and common sense to actually work and not let those distractions get the better of you. 

 

It's also on the responsibility of the employer to make sure the employee is set up correctly and allows you the flexibility to work like so. It's not a one size fits all kind of thing so there has to be compromise and common sense on both sides. 

[TiffToff88]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

I thought this would be the case for me in that I'd constantly get distracted. Ultimately just takes a bit of discipline and common sense to actually work and not let those distractions get the better of you. 

You seem to be on here 24/7 as it is. how much more distracted could you get? 

[StanSP]

31 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said:

You seem to be on here 24/7 as it is. how much more distracted could you get? 

I have amazing time management. Don't worry about me

 

[RonnieTodger]

I work from home Monday and Friday and in the office midweek, which is great. Enjoying the balance, but **** me I haven't missed rush hour.

[FoxesDeb]

People who buy puppies rather than adopting from a rescue centre. 

 

[Guest Electric Yetis]

4 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

People who buy puppies rather than adopting from a rescue centre. 

 

I agree but the shelters make it almost impossible if you have kids. We wanted a dog a couple of years ago. We weren't fussy about type and were willing to take any age but they wouldn't let us as we had kids under 10. This was two separate rescue centres.

 

We ended up getting a cat from them and even then the amount of hoops to jump through was ridiculous.

 

You can see why parents with kids buy puppies.

[FoxesDeb]

10 minutes ago, Rain King said:

I agree but the shelters make it almost impossible if you have kids. We wanted a dog a couple of years ago. We weren't fussy about type and were willing to take any age but they wouldn't let us as we had kids under 10. This was two separate rescue centres.

 

We ended up getting a cat from them and even then the amount of hoops to jump through was ridiculous.

 

You can see why parents with kids buy puppies.

That's a real shame, maybe things have changed? We adopted our Staffie cross from the RSPCA in Leicester when we had small children, my youngest was 18 months at the time, the same age as the dog  

 

I know our choice was greatly restricted though, they would only allow us to adopt a dog with a proven history with children. 

[Corky]

3 hours ago, TiffToff88 said:

The negativity of one particular bloke on the clubs Facebook page every time we lose. I've never seen the bloke say anything positive. The guy has been around for years, but I barely remember seeing him on there at all the year we won the league. I think some people just enjoy being miserable gits

People get too wrapped up in it to actually enjoy it (I'm the same although i tend to huff and sigh rather than get angry). Football watching is much better as a neutral.

[Unabomber]

2 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

People who buy puppies rather than adopting from a rescue centre. 

 

What if you want a particular breed though? 

[murphy]

4 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

What if you want a particular breed though? 

There are often specific breed rescues.

 

There has been a clamour for dogs during lockdown which in turn has produced a huge hike in prices from breeders which has not gone unnoticed by scumbags and there has been a correspondingly huge rise in dog thefts.  Paying the price hikes means becoming part of the problem.  Meanwhile there are thousands of poor souls waiting for homes in rescue.

 

I think rescue dogs have a tainted reputation as being second hand or problematic because they have ended up in rescue when the truth is more likely that their previous owners lacked the time, patience and understanding to cope.  No dog, be it a puppy or a rescue comes 'ready made'.

 

All of my dogs have been rescues and all of my dogs have been fantastic.

[Unabomber]

Just now, murphy said:

There are often specific breed rescues.

 

There has been a clamour for dogs during lockdown which in turn has produced a huge hike in prices from breeders which has not gone unnoticed by scumbags and there has been a correspondingly huge rise in dog thefts.  Paying the price hikes means becoming part of the problem.  Meanwhile there are thousands of poor souls waiting for homes in rescue.

 

I think rescue dogs have a tainted reputation as being second hand or problematic because they have ended up in rescue when the truth is more likely that their previous owners lacked the time, patience and understanding to cope.  No dog, be it a puppy or a rescue comes 'ready made'.

 

All of my dogs have been rescues and all of my dogs have been fantastic.

I know but it’s hard to get a specific breed puppy. I got my dog 4 years ago before the crazy rise in prices and demand. Before him my other 2 dogs were rescue and were great with one still living with my dad. 

[Phil Bowman]

14 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

What if you want a particular breed though? 

Maybe people wanting specific breeds is part of the problem. I think the best thing most people could do is get down to a local rescue and just see if there’s a dog there that they really like. Spoiler alert - there probably is, most dogs are pretty great given a chance.

[FoxesDeb]

15 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

What if you want a particular breed though? 

You will find any breed of dog in rescue somewhere if you look hard enough. 

 

I can't think of any reason why anyone would choose to compound the puppy farming problem rather than rescue a dog, or puppy, that's been abandoned.

 

I'm also pretty sure that if people understood the conditions many of the breeding dogs were confined to, whatever show the sellers may make of 'oh look it's been lovingly raised in the family kitchen' they probably wouldn't want to be part of it either. 

[Unabomber]

4 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

You will find any breed of dog in rescue somewhere if you look hard enough. 

 

I can't think of any reason why anyone would choose to compound the puppy farming problem rather than rescue a dog, or puppy, that's been abandoned.

 

I'm also pretty sure that if people understood the conditions many of the breeding dogs were confined to, whatever show the sellers may make of 'oh look it's been lovingly raised in the family kitchen' they probably wouldn't want to be part of it either. 

I did my research with my puppy and he is KC registered. I understand the argument for rescuing dogs and like I mentioned I have had 2 rescues myself. I can also understand why some people may want a particular breed of dog and want them from a puppy so that they can train them. 

[FoxesDeb]

11 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

I did my research with my puppy and he is KC registered. I understand the argument for rescuing dogs and like I mentioned I have had 2 rescues myself. I can also understand why some people may want a particular breed of dog and want them from a puppy so that they can train them. 

Oh yes, I get the whole puppy and training argument too, but you can still rescue a puppy of a particular breed and train them, rather than buying one. Like @murphysays there are rescue centres for virtually every breed there is. 

 

A lot of people don't do much research either, other than looking at cute pictures (I don't mean you, btw, I'm thinking of people I know) 

 

 

 

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

16 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

People who buy puppies rather than adopting from a rescue centre. 

 

 

While it's important that people should rescue when possible, if you don't have experience of owning a dog it's not advised to rescue as they often have behavioural problems or trust issues. A friend recently adopted, the dog was attached to his missus but after a couple of weeks lashed out at him and they had to return him. He'd previously tried to bite a guest in the house too.

[The People's Hero]

19 hours ago, Livid said:

People working from home.

 

Apart from a few months at the beginning of the Coivd outbreak we've been back in the office full time. I don't think anyone here enjoyed the experience of WFH.

 

The amount of extra work and hand holding we are having to do because we're dealing with people who are working in their kitchen/spare room who don't seem to have access to information, their full systems or are waiting for a colleague to come off a zoom call to ask them a simple question, instead of just turning to them in the office is ridiculous.

 

All I seem to be hearing is the self justification of  "Oh we can work from home, there's no need to go back to commuting the office".......yes you may be working from home but you're not doing it very well !

 

Livid over and out! I feel better for venting!

Loads of people seem to be managing it perfectly well. I suggest you might need to look at the personnel.

[adam]

14 hours ago, Unabomber said:

I did my research with my puppy and he is KC registered. I understand the argument for rescuing dogs and like I mentioned I have had 2 rescues myself. I can also understand why some people may want a particular breed of dog and want them from a puppy so that they can train them. 

We've given up on trying to rescue a dog.  We have a 5 year old son and a one year old labrador. Impossible task at most rescue centres.  Kids need to he at least 8 or they may get knocked over by the dog was one response I had!  So I've given up and we're going to get another puppy.  There are plenty of good breaders about if you do your research and the prices seem to be dropping. 

[FoxyPV]

36 minutes ago, The People's Hero said:

Loads of people seem to be managing it perfectly well. I suggest you might need to look at the personnel.

💯

 

On this note, we've a new head of programme who wants people in the office on days that they are in. 

 

No reason for this bar they don't want to be in on their own.

[Saxondale]

On 14/09/2021 at 13:27, Livid said:

People working from home.

 

Apart from a few months at the beginning of the Coivd outbreak we've been back in the office full time. I don't think anyone here enjoyed the experience of WFH.

 

The amount of extra work and hand holding we are having to do because we're dealing with people who are working in their kitchen/spare room who don't seem to have access to information, their full systems or are waiting for a colleague to come off a zoom call to ask them a simple question, instead of just turning to them in the office is ridiculous.

 

All I seem to be hearing is the self justification of  "Oh we can work from home, there's no need to go back to commuting the office".......yes you may be working from home but you're not doing it very well !

 

Livid over and out! I feel better for venting!

It’s been flawless at my firm, and we’re not exactly Microsoft. Get better systems in place.

 

The anachronistic idea that people should sit in their cars in traffic everyday to arrive at an office for a set time needs to be confined to the dustbin of history for many reasons, not least environmental.

[kenny]

36 minutes ago, Saxondale said:

It’s been flawless at my firm, and we’re not exactly Microsoft. Get better systems in place.

 

The anachronistic idea that people should sit in their cars in traffic everyday to arrive at an office for a set time needs to be confined to the dustbin of history for many reasons, not least environmental.

Can you advise what these 'systems' are that make it work so well? We generally worked at 20% reduced productivity whilst at home and I frequently had to step in to deal with mental wellbeing issues. I was shocked at the considerably longer hours that people were putting in to achieve so much less at home.

[Saxondale]

1 hour ago, kenny said:

Can you advise what these 'systems' are that make it work so well? We generally worked at 20% reduced productivity whilst at home and I frequently had to step in to deal with mental wellbeing issues. I was shocked at the considerably longer hours that people were putting in to achieve so much less at home.

it’s impossible to say without looking at the root causes in your case. Everybody is different of course.
 

We use MS Teams for communication. Other than that, it depends what you’re doing. If staff have the right hardware and there is a decent VPN setup to enable network access, it should work well. 
 

Obviously some individuals prefer to work in the office (God only knows why), in which case, let them.

 

Pre-COVID, I always assumed I’d be at a disadvantage working from home, and that I’d require facilities in the office. It turns out I don’t at all. I’ve probably spend about 25 hours in the office in the past 18 months.

[kenny]

12 minutes ago, Saxondale said:

it’s impossible to say without looking at the root causes in your case. Everybody is different of course.
 

We use MS Teams for communication. Other than that, it depends what you’re doing. If staff have the right hardware and there is a decent VPN setup to enable network access, it should work well. 
 

Obviously some individuals prefer to work in the office (God only knows why), in which case, let them.

 

Pre-COVID, I always assumed I’d be at a disadvantage working from home, and that I’d require facilities in the office. It turns out I don’t at all. I’ve probably spend about 25 hours in the office in the past 18 months.

Thanks, we have been cloud based for the past 5 years or so to allow our staff to float around the offices and work remotely.

 

We like to push a people first approach and these unmeasurable interaction don't appear to be re-created by Teams.

 

I have also felt that we have learnt to use Teams better ie use it less. When it first came about I was doing 8 hours of teams a day which is a waste of time. I now decline a Teams meeting as readily as I would a real life one if there is no positive benefit to me attending.

 

The WFH revolution has taught us much and the big thing is understanding why our offices are so important towards the creative and social elements of our business. I want our staff to do their 8 hours then go home and forget about work. I find compartmentalising so much easier with a short commute to work and more importantly our staff are spending less time working.

[Saxondale]

9 minutes ago, kenny said:

Thanks, we have been cloud based for the past 5 years or so to allow our staff to float around the offices and work remotely.

 

We like to push a people first approach and these unmeasurable interaction don't appear to be re-created by Teams.

 

I have also felt that we have learnt to use Teams better ie use it less. When it first came about I was doing 8 hours of teams a day which is a waste of time. I now decline a Teams meeting as readily as I would a real life one if there is no positive benefit to me attending.

 

The WFH revolution has taught us much and the big thing is understanding why our offices are so important towards the creative and social elements of our business. I want our staff to do their 8 hours then go home and forget about work. I find compartmentalising so much easier with a short commute to work and more importantly our staff are spending less time working.

Definitely get the bit about the work/life balance. This hasn’t been a problem for me, as I just treat my back bedroom like an office, I.e. I leave at 5.30 after shutting down my computer.

 

Re. communication, I’ve actually found it has improved since working remotely. Using teams to communicate with people means you can get their proper attention and be more efficient and concise with interactions.

 

Everybody and every organisation is different.