Today I'm angry about.....

[TANGODANCER]

greasy cockfarts who do this to their houses...



and any other fukker who puts their decs up before december!

Used to be a week before Christmas before you saw any decorations. Now it's a one-upmanship thing. A house not too far from us had all the parafinalia up a week ago. Similar to your photo. Now, it's spreading like an oil spill. The word 'tasteful' has no place in the dictionary of Christmas decorations. Any time now Rudolph the annual life size illuminated reindeer will appear in a neighbours garden and that'll be the start gun for a drain on the National Grid.

[General Mannerheim]

i drive through ancoats on my way out of manc and there is a row of council houses there where 7 or 8 out of 10 are totally boarded up - the other two, look like the photo above!? and have done for a week.

[Cheese]

Perhaps its the user that is at fault?

Maybe it is, but that doesn't detract from the fact that I hate the stupid things. And I'm definitely not alone.

[Bruce Rioja]

Another reason why self service works for me!

You've got to be joking man!?!

"Place item in baggage area."
"Unexpected item in baggage area."
"Place item in baggage area."
"Remove item from baggage area."
"Place item in baggage area."
"Unexpected item in baggage area."
"Place item in baggage area."
"Please wait for assistance."

It drives me bloody mad. Once it got to the point were I just left my shopping and went to the pub because I was on the verge of smashing the thing up. It's basically a set of over-sensitive, highly-pedantic weighing scales with a bad attitude. I'll stick to the miserable buggers behind the check-outs. But then... "Do you - an obviously able-bodied young man - need someone to assist you in putting some things in a plastic bag?" Oh FFS.

+1

+ 1 more, too.

I had this out with this harridan in Tesco the other week that was trying to get me to leave the queue for the till with a human on it and use Robo-till instead.

After my refusal to acquiesce it ended with her saying "It's not difficult, you know?" and me replying "Clearly, as even you can use it".
My 'setting a new low in customer service levels' point being completely lost on her.

And another thing. Morrison's. I'm 43 years of age, and some say look even older. Of course I'm old enough to buy booze, you patronising bastards!.

[keveh]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8391523.stm

[Bruce Rioja]

And another thing. People in shops asking the person behind the counter "Can I get a (latte, book on bee-keeping, whack in the chops etc) rather than asking "Please may I have....? or saying "I'd like....". No, you can't 'get' anything. Where the feck do you think you are?

[TANGODANCER]

greasy cockfarts who do this to their houses...



and any other fukker who puts their decs up before december!

There's a plus here: The footstep level light across the doorstep. Trip over that and the lot go bang. I love common sense.

[Worthy4England]

today i am angry about people who use ridiculously stupid and wrong words instead of the obvious one for no-fecking-apparent-reason..

todays 1000-time repeated example on the radio...

an UPLIFT of troops

feck off!!!!!

You mean like "does it "engage" you" rather than "do you like it"?

[Always hopeful]

And another thing. People in shops asking the person behind the counter "Can I get a (latte, book on bee-keeping, whack in the chops etc) rather than asking "Please may I have....? or saying "I'd like....". No, you can't 'get' anything. Where the feck do you think you are?

On the same theme, hearing the response "I'm good", to the question "How are you?".

"How are you?" should be answered with "I'm allright/not so bad/fine/OK/bored/tired/knackered/happy/sad etc etc

But NOT "I'm good!"

[General Mannerheim]

And another thing. People in shops asking the person behind the counter "Can I get a (latte, book on bee-keeping, whack in the chops etc) rather than asking "Please may I have....? or saying "I'd like....". No, you can't 'get' anything. Where the feck do you think you are?

On the same theme, hearing the response "I'm good", to the question "How are you?".

"How are you?" should be answered with "I'm allright/not so bad/fine/OK/bored/tired/knackered/happy/sad etc etc

But NOT "I'm good!"

even worse than that, 'All good, all good'

[William the White]

today i am angry about people who use ridiculously stupid and wrong words instead of the obvious one for no-fecking-apparent-reason..

todays 1000-time repeated example on the radio...

an UPLIFT of troops

feck off!!!!!

You mean like "does it "engage" you" rather than "do you like it"?

It's pretty common for a work of art to 'engage' you without you liking it. It's possible to admire something you don't like. I think Dali produces hollow, sour, self-satisfied smirks, but there's no doubt that if you walk into a gallery with a Dali, that piece will demand your attention. Isn't that the same as 'engaging'?

[Always hopeful]

And another thing. People in shops asking the person behind the counter "Can I get a (latte, book on bee-keeping, whack in the chops etc) rather than asking "Please may I have....? or saying "I'd like....". No, you can't 'get' anything. Where the feck do you think you are?

On the same theme, hearing the response "I'm good", to the question "How are you?".

"How are you?" should be answered with "I'm allright/not so bad/fine/OK/bored/tired/knackered/happy/sad etc etc

But NOT "I'm good!"

One of the great things about the English language is having the option to use a variety of different words to describe the same thing. This is what makes it so rich and interesting. I think we're already on the slippery slope of allowing it to be eroded into some sort of American hybrid. Take French for example, it's a very limited language. Ask someone in french "How's the water temperature in the 'pool?", they'll respond "It's good". Compare this to English, where the response could be "It's fine/hot/cold/tepid/luke warm/just right/mild/bracing/fresh" etc. There's no comparison. We need to protect the English language from extinction.

[Wandering Willy]

And another thing. People in shops asking the person behind the counter "Can I get a (latte, book on bee-keeping, whack in the chops etc) rather than asking "Please may I have....? or saying "I'd like....". No, you can't 'get' anything. Where the feck do you think you are?

On the same theme, hearing the response "I'm good", to the question "How are you?".

"How are you?" should be answered with "I'm allright/not so bad/fine/OK/bored/tired/knackered/happy/sad etc etc

But NOT "I'm good!"

One of the great things about the English language is having the option to use a variety of different words to describe the same thing. This is what makes it so rich and interesting. I think we're already on the slippery slope of allowing it to be eroded into some sort of American hybrid. Take French for example, it's a very limited language. Ask someone in french "How's the water temperature in the 'pool?", they'll respond "It's good". Compare this to English, where the response could be "It's fine/hot/cold/tepid/luke warm/just right/mild/bracing/fresh" etc. There's no comparison. We need to protect the English language from extinction.

Oooh - you beat me to it with that edit

[Always hopeful]

And another thing. People in shops asking the person behind the counter "Can I get a (latte, book on bee-keeping, whack in the chops etc) rather than asking "Please may I have....? or saying "I'd like....". No, you can't 'get' anything. Where the feck do you think you are?

On the same theme, hearing the response "I'm good", to the question "How are you?".

"How are you?" should be answered with "I'm allright/not so bad/fine/OK/bored/tired/knackered/happy/sad etc etc

But NOT "I'm good!"

One of the great things about the English language is having the option to use a variety of different words to describe the same thing. This is what makes it so rich and interesting. I think we're already on the slippery slope of allowing it to be eroded into some sort of American hybrid. Take French for example, it's a very limited language. Ask someone in french "How's the water temperature in the 'pool?", they'll respond "It's good". Compare this to English, where the response could be "It's fine/hot/cold/tepid/luke warm/just right/mild/bracing/fresh" etc. There's no comparison. We need to protect the English language from extinction.

Oooh - you beat me to it with that edit

[Little Green Man]

Take French for example, it's a very limited language. Ask someone in french "How's the water temperature in the 'pool?", they'll respond "It's good".

I used to think that was the case but from what I've read recently the French seem to becoming quite a bit more creative with their use of language no matter how much their conservative-minded official academy wishes to strangle it. The chances are it's not likely to be appearing in a Larousse or Harraps near you any time soon.

Now if we could only get them to stop using that quatre-vingt-dix-neuf nonsense for 99.

[Always hopeful]

Take French for example, it's a very limited language. Ask someone in french "How's the water temperature in the 'pool?", they'll respond "It's good".

I used to think that was the case but from what I've read recently the French seem to becoming quite a bit more creative with their use of language no matter how much their conservative-minded official academy wishes to strangle it. The chances are it's not likely to be appearing in a Larousse or Harraps near you any time soon.

Now if we could only get them to stop using that quatre-vingt-dix-neuf nonsense for 99.

In their defense, when it comes to numbers, at least they don't use the weird nonsense of the German/Dutch system of "five plus twenty" for twenty five. Why don't they simply read the numbers in the order they appear?

[General Mannerheim]

And another thing. People in shops asking the person behind the counter "Can I get a (latte, book on bee-keeping, whack in the chops etc) rather than asking "Please may I have....? or saying "I'd like....". No, you can't 'get' anything. Where the feck do you think you are?

On the same theme, hearing the response "I'm good", to the question "How are you?".

"How are you?" should be answered with "I'm allright/not so bad/fine/OK/bored/tired/knackered/happy/sad etc etc

But NOT "I'm good!"

One of the great things about the English language is having the option to use a variety of different words to describe the same thing. This is what makes it so rich and interesting. I think we're already on the slippery slope of allowing it to be eroded into some sort of American hybrid. Take French for example, it's a very limited language. Ask someone in french "How's the water temperature in the 'pool?", they'll respond "It's good". Compare this to English, where the response could be "f uck off ya french t wat" etc. There's no comparison. We need to protect the English language from extinction.

[Hoboh]

greasy cockfarts who do this to their houses...



and any other fukker who puts their decs up before december!

There's a plus here: The footstep level light across the doorstep. Trip over that and the lot go bang. I love common sense.

Errr I'm doing my bit for global warming this weekend

[InsaneApache]

Errr I'm doing my bit for global warming this weekend

Me too. I've got the central heating on full bore, my patio heaters going to be left on overnight and I'm going to eat 10 tins of beans and 10 of peas, so I can fart all day long.

[Worthy4England]

today i am angry about people who use ridiculously stupid and wrong words instead of the obvious one for no-fecking-apparent-reason..

todays 1000-time repeated example on the radio...

an UPLIFT of troops

feck off!!!!!

You mean like "does it "engage" you" rather than "do you like it"?

It's pretty common for a work of art to 'engage' you without you liking it. It's possible to admire something you don't like. I think Dali produces hollow, sour, self-satisfied smirks, but there's no doubt that if you walk into a gallery with a Dali, that piece will demand your attention. Isn't that the same as 'engaging'?

"Do you like it?" doesn't necessarily get the response "Yes" (or for that matter - "No").