What grinds my gears...

[Zear0]

1 hour ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

People who call sandwiches "sando's". 

 

We have sarnies already.

Sanger

[Bordersfox]

1 hour ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

People who call sandwiches "sando's". 

 

We have sarnies already.

Someone has already posted this grind. 

 

I know because ever since I have relentlessly referred to them as sandos when talking to my wife as it really annoys her.  And that's what marriage is all about.

[Zear0]

9 minutes ago, Bordersfox said:

Someone has already posted this grind. 

 

I know because ever since I have relentlessly referred to them as sandos when talking to my wife as it really annoys her.  And that's what marriage is all about.

Wife once said she loathed people saying "arvo" instead of "afternoon". Absolutely idiotic thing to let slip. 

[bovril]

1 minute ago, Zear0 said:

Wife once said she loathed people saying "arvo" instead of "afternoon". Absolutely idiotic thing to let slip. 

Arvie noons

[Bordersfox]

26 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Wife once said she loathed people saying "arvo" instead of "afternoon". Absolutely idiotic thing to let slip. 

Amateur hour.  When will they learn?

[Free Falling Foxes]

2 hours ago, Zear0 said:

Wife once said she loathed people saying "arvo" instead of "afternoon". Absolutely idiotic thing to let slip. 

'round our way, we used to say 'safto' Short for This afternoon.

Edited 18 January by Free Falling Foxes

[HighPeakFox]

My dear Mum used to (and still does occasionally) love to shorten words because she thought it made her sound like she knew what she was talking about. Thus, thousand became 'thou', and I cannot now decide if it grinds my gears more that she said it, or that she now denies that she said such 'nonsense'.

[The Bear]

2 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

or that she now denies that she said such 'nonsense'.

Or Nonse as she probably calls it 

[StanSP]

15 hours ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

People who call sandwiches "sando's". 

 

We have sarnies already.

People say this?!

[Tuna]

The AA. Renewal quote unacceptable, and if you don't want to renew "ring or chat to us to cancel". It could be a ****ing button on the website. But no. Cvnts.

[jgtuk]

1 minute ago, Tuna said:

The AA. Renewal quote unacceptable, and if you don't want to renew "ring or chat to us to cancel". It could be a ****ing button on the website. But no. Cvnts.

Another example of an ombudsman not fit for purpose. 

[Tuna]

5 minutes ago, jgtuk said:

Another example of an ombudsman not fit for purpose. 

So it turns out there is a form to fill in to take you off "auto-renewal" (my fault for agreeing to this/not noticing), but still it's wasting my time

[jgtuk]

56 minutes ago, Tuna said:

So it turns out there is a form to fill in to take you off "auto-renewal" (my fault for agreeing to this/not noticing), but still it's wasting my time

It should be so much easier to navigate though, I remember a while ago trying to change phone contracts and going round in circles. Now it’s done by sending a simple text. 

[SeCrEt FoX]

13 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

'round our way, we used to say 'safto' Short for This afternoon.

My fvcking boss says this all the time and now his young assistant (whatever he is) also says it too. Annoying tw@s

[Daggers]

3 hours ago, The Bear said:

Or Nonse as she probably calls it 

 

[Blarmy]

Standard slabs being 5mm wider than the track of a standard wheelie bin. 

[String fellow]

My GP's surgery. To make an appointment by phone, you have to ring between 8am and 9am. So this morning I rang at exactly 8am and the automated message said I could press '1' for the dial-back service, and they'd ring back when I got to the top of the queue. So I did.

Big mistake! 50 minutes later and still no call back, I rang again and the message said that all today's appointments were now taken and I'd have to ring again tomorrow.

What a crap system! Luckily it wasn't anything too urgent, but even so, it really doesn't reflect well on their overall level of service.  

[BKLFox]

2 hours ago, String fellow said:

My GP's surgery. To make an appointment by phone, you have to ring between 8am and 9am. So this morning I rang at exactly 8am and the automated message said I could press '1' for the dial-back service, and they'd ring back when I got to the top of the queue. So I did.

Big mistake! 50 minutes later and still no call back, I rang again and the message said that all today's appointments were now taken and I'd have to ring again tomorrow.

What a crap system! Luckily it wasn't anything too urgent, but even so, it really doesn't reflect well on their overall level of service.  

I think that's pretty much the process for all GP surgery's now, they only have a limited number of slots & you could be on the phone from 7:45 & still be 52nd in the Q meaning your probably going to miss out anyway...then if you did get through & received a slot its usually a phone back appointment by the GP to discuss your issue & then if they deem it urgent enough to warrant a face to face they will arrange.

The infrastructure & facilities are not keeping pace with the number of new chimneys that are going up, huge 500-1000+ home estates going up & all then allocated to an already over crowded GP surgery.

 

 

 

 

Edited 20 January by BKLFox

[String fellow]

The tree surgeon who this morning came to remove some large shrubs from my neighbour's front garden. Not only did he park his van directly across my driveway, but then finished off by using a leaf-blower to blow large amounts of sawdust and other debris all over the road and onto my driveway. Being too polite to go out to complain, I waited until he'd gone then swept up all the mess he'd made everywhere. What is the point of leaf-blowers?

[Izzy]

46 minutes ago, String fellow said:

The tree surgeon who this morning came to remove some large shrubs from my neighbour's front garden. Not only did he park his van directly across my driveway, but then finished off by using a leaf-blower to blow large amounts of sawdust and other debris all over the road and onto my driveway. Being too polite to go out to complain, I waited until he'd gone then swept up all the mess he'd made everywhere. What is the point of leaf-blowers?

This is such a typical British post. I love it 

[Daggers]

48 minutes ago, String fellow said:

Not only did he park his van directly across my driveway, but then finished off 

Can't say I'd be impressed with a tradesman cracking one off in his van outside my house either.

[Free Falling Foxes]

Linking my BBC account to Alexa so I can play BBC radio ect.

If she and/or the BBC website tells me its quick and easy and I'll only need to do it once, one more time, I may well lose my presence of mind.

I've linked it yet again.

I have confirmation YET AGAIN!

Still, it refuses to play anything until I link my account.

 

I know, I have an old transistor radio in a cupboard somewhere, I'll use that.

Feck new technology, retrograde step for me and peace of mind.

[Beliall]

1 hour ago, String fellow said:

The tree surgeon who this morning came to remove some large shrubs from my neighbour's front garden. Not only did he park his van directly across my driveway, but then finished off by using a leaf-blower to blow large amounts of sawdust and other debris all over the road and onto my driveway. Being too polite to go out to complain, I waited until he'd gone then swept up all the mess he'd made everywhere. What is the point of leaf-blowers?

you can do mine next 

[Izzy]

51 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Linking my BBC account to Alexa so I can play BBC radio ect.

If she and/or the BBC website tells me it’s quick and easy and I'll only need to do it once, one more time, I may well lose my presence of mind.

 

I’m afraid you can’t call Alexa ‘she’, it’s non binary 

[Parafox]

55 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Linking my BBC account to Alexa so I can play BBC radio ect.

If she and/or the BBC website tells me its quick and easy and I'll only need to do it once, one more time, I may well lose my presence of mind.

I've linked it yet again.

I have confirmation YET AGAIN!

Still, it refuses to play anything until I link my account.

 

I know, I have an old transistor radio in a cupboard somewhere, I'll use that.

Feck new technology, retrograde step for me and peace of mind.

 

Can't you just ask Alexa to open BBC Sounds?

 

That's what I do.