What grinds my gears...

[Parafox]

10 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

How one wonders are MPs taking thousands in hand outs, while in the corporate world anything over about 100 quid is not allowed.  

 

We can't even help ourselves to a few rolls of corporate toilet paper, either.

[Parafox]

Maria Carey. Just hearing voice her sets my teeth on edge. 

[leicsmac]

39 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Maria Carey. Just hearing voice her sets my teeth on edge. 

And to add to this, that she gets ridiculous money in royalties every year from a song that, even as a Christmas pop effort, is mediocre at best.

 

Underneath The Tree by Kelly Clarkson, to say but one, is a much better effort in that genre.

[Tommy G]

6 hours ago, Trumpet said:

Kids that are taken out to restaurants and are instantly given a tablet or phone to watch or play something. Not entirely against tablets, but it seems some parents are quick to give them to their kids for an easy life.

We have an iPad for our son, we use it simply because he would struggle to sit still and eat with us - it’s allows us to have family time now and again in a restaurant.
 

He has varying complex learning difficulties and is non verbal - this didn’t happen because we gave him an iPad. I know your post didn’t come from a bad place, but reserve judgement of others sometimes. I’d love him to sit there, engage with us, play with toys or colour but he can barely hold a pen at 6 years old - this isn’t for want of trying.
 

We aren’t lazy parents and do everything we can to support him, having a pizza together without disturbing other people in the restaurant is the aim, they are out for food too. 

[Jon the Hat]

10 hours ago, Daggers said:

It isn't though, is it.

 

Corporate boxes with all the booze and grub you can cram in your fat face, for example.

Most companies are very strict on this stuff these days.  

[Dr The Singh]

Lcfc womens on the same site as lcfc mens.  Its fooking confusing.

 

Also BBC sports they do the same thing.  I love that women footy is evolving but give them there own site please.

[grobyfox1990]

16 hours ago, Daggers said:

It isn't though, is it.

 

Corporate boxes with all the booze and grub you can cram in your fat face, for example.

You have to tick 1000000 compliance boxes before you get near the damn box. Because some compliance drone in an M&S suit and an overinflated sense of worth wants to stop you being there. HR and compliance really have ruined everything 

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, grobyfox1990 said:

You have to tick 1000000 compliance boxes before you get near the damn box. Because some compliance drone in an M&S suit and an overinflated sense of worth wants to stop you being there. HR and compliance really have ruined everything 

Genuinely curious: does it have the desired effect of reducing corruption, though?

[Daggers]

51 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

You have to tick 1000000 compliance boxes before you get near the damn box. Because some compliance drone in an M&S suit and an overinflated sense of worth wants to stop you being there. HR and compliance really have ruined everything 

I've been gifted 5* hotel stays, business class flights, oceans of alcohol, gift baskets, exotic items (use your imagination) ((no, no idea, maybe they just know me very well)), and a plethora of events. To date, I'm pretty sure no one has got any value out of it...except me 😁

 

Freelance, so zero form filling. 

[Jon the Hat]

26 minutes ago, Daggers said:

I've been gifted 5* hotel stays, business class flights, oceans of alcohol, gift baskets, exotic items (use your imagination) ((no, no idea, maybe they just know me very well)), and a plethora of events. To date, I'm pretty sure no one has got any value out of it...except me 😁

 

Freelance, so zero form filling. 

Have you considered standing as a Labour MP?  I think you have almost all the required attributes.

[grobyfox1990]

2 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Genuinely curious: does it have the desired effect of reducing corruption, though?

Lol compliance grind my gears so I’m in no position to fairly answer that.

Doesn't stack up to me though. No one has or will ever get rich doing a compliance job, it’s wholly unglamorous, no real career progression, so what calibre of people you gonna attract. Prob not the type who are able to stop serious fraud 

[leicsmac]

23 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Lol compliance grind my gears so I’m in no position to fairly answer that.

Doesn't stack up to me though. No one has or will ever get rich doing a compliance job, it’s wholly unglamorous, no real career progression, so what calibre of people you gonna attract. Prob not the type who are able to stop serious fraud 

Think that would depend on whether you get the occasional Elliot Ness or Tommy Butler type in there who aren't interested in career progression but are fanatically devoted to the job they're doing even though it's unglamorous, I reckon.

[Nalis]

53 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Lol compliance grind my gears so I’m in no position to fairly answer that.

Doesn't stack up to me though. No one has or will ever get rich doing a compliance job, it’s wholly unglamorous, no real career progression, so what calibre of people you gonna attract. Prob not the type who are able to stop serious fraud 

Depends on your definiton of rich. Plenty of 6 figure salary senior compliance related roles in law or financial services.

 

Also your beef is probably more directed towards the legal and regulatory red tape that exists, some of which is ridiculous in certain scenarios like you originally mentioned, especially when legal and financial regulators seems to punish people disproportionately for the smallest of errors. Or it is against specific compliance people who say no to everything without taking a pragmatic approach, if it's that then yeah you probably have a point on that group.

[grobyfox1990]

21 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Depends on your definiton of rich. Plenty of 6 figure salary senior compliance related roles in law or financial services.

 

Also your beef is probably more directed towards the legal and regulatory red tape that exists, some of which is ridiculous in certain scenarios like you originally mentioned, especially when legal and financial regulators seems to punish people disproportionately for the smallest of errors. Or it is against specific compliance people who say no to everything without taking a pragmatic approach, if it's that then yeah you probably have a point on that group.

Yeh middle class rich for sure but upside in salary is always gonna be limited in a back office role.

Second point, spot on. Biased beef which I’m strangely taking out on a football forum 

[Corky]

Football pundits who do little research. According to Chris Sutton, our fans don't like Cooper because of his Nottingham Forest connections. 

 

I know this place isn't the be all and end all of the fan base but we have a 100 page thread on the manager and I can't recall a post claiming that is the reason. At games I haven't heard anyone say "I dunt like Cooper cos eez Forrist!" . 

 

Stealing a living. Other journalists, usually non-players, actually put the effort in.

[Tommy G]

14 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

You have to tick 1000000 compliance boxes before you get near the damn box. Because some compliance drone in an M&S suit and an overinflated sense of worth wants to stop you being there. HR and compliance really have ruined everything 

What’s wrong with an M&S suit Keir ?

[UniFox21]

5 hours ago, Corky said:

Football pundits who do little research. According to Chris Sutton, our fans don't like Cooper because of his Nottingham Forest connections. 

 

I know this place isn't the be all and end all of the fan base but we have a 100 page thread on the manager and I can't recall a post claiming that is the reason. At games I haven't heard anyone say "I dunt like Cooper cos eez Forrist!" . 

 

Stealing a living. Other journalists, usually non-players, actually put the effort in.

I really dislike how being a footballer at a decent level now basically just elevates you into roles post career over those who have actual genuine ability 

[Royston.]

Days after octopus debiting my account to pay back over £2000 they thought I owed them and promising it wouldnt happen again, they have now charged me £320 from July-September.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[UniFox21]

6 hours ago, Royston. said:

Days after octopus debiting my account to pay back over £2000 they thought I owed them and promising it wouldnt happen again, they have now charged me £320 from July-September.

 

 

 

 

 

 

They chased after me for 6 months for a debt for a house I didn't live at, nor had ever lived at, and they didn't supply my actual house

Edited 5 October 2024 by UniFox21

[Parafox]

On 04/10/2024 at 17:02, Corky said:

Football pundits who do little research. According to Chris Sutton, our fans don't like Cooper because of his Nottingham Forest connections. 

 

I know this place isn't the be all and end all of the fan base but we have a 100 page thread on the manager and I can't recall a post claiming that is the reason. At games I haven't heard anyone say "I dunt like Cooper cos eez Forrist!" . 

 

Stealing a living. Other journalists, usually non-players, actually put the effort in.

 

Chris Sutton has an overinflated opinion of himself and is one of the most irritating "pundits" even surpassing Robbie "look at me" Savage.

 

606 was so much better before these two fools took over.

Edited 5 October 2024 by Parafox

[FoyleFox]

People with unbelievably inappropriate selfishness and entitlement. We can all be selfish and entitled, I'm sure. Today my ship had to make a 16 hour return trip to Hawaii for a double medivac. We couldn't go to port, they had to send the US Coast Guard helicopter due to the seriously ill passengers needing hospital asap. So, yes, we were evacuated from our cabins in the early hours, lots of the ship was closed for a few hours and staff redeployed to emergency jobs (bar staff double as firefighters etc).

Some passengers have whinged about the inconvenience. Really?! Your incabin breakfast being cancelled is irrelevant love 

No thought for the poor people now in hospital in Hawaii. Or their spouse/family, who are still on the ship and can't leave until the next port, in 5 days. And with a minimum $25k helicopter medivac bill! 

 

It was the first time I've seen helicopter medivac, it's quite a remarkable thing to see. And we've had two this morning. It did look a bit precarious and I'll hope to give that a miss. 

[Izzy]

When bacon in a packet is cut too thick.

 

Like the slicing machine is faulty and you get 5 double thick slices instead of 10 normal ones.

 

I want a bacon with my full English, not gammon.

 

Edited 6 October 2024 by Izzy

[LiberalFox]

I'm sad that my interpretation of Dawn Butler's poem that was in no way offensive or confrontational was deleted. Apparently I've been banned from the general news topic. So just a heads up to any of the decent posters here that you might want to avoid engaging because this nonsense is starting up again. 

[bovril]

11 minutes ago, LiberalFox said:

I'm sad that my interpretation of Dawn Butler's poem that was in no way offensive or confrontational was deleted. Apparently I've been banned from the general news topic. So just a heads up to any of the decent posters here that you might want to avoid engaging because this nonsense is starting up again. 

Commiserations. Looks like you spent hours analyzing the poem and writing out the post, so must be annoying to have it deleted.

[LiberalFox]

36 minutes ago, bovril said:

Commiserations. Looks like you spent hours analyzing the poem and writing out the post, so must be annoying to have it deleted.

It's annoying after people liked a post having a pop at me for not reading the poem. Having a bit of time on a Sunday morning and seeing as I like Dawn Butler and it's black history month I thought I'd put some effort in. 

 

This is exactly why I don't usually bother doing that here. I tried to be respectful and not imply other people couldn't be offended by it.