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Minor things that really piss you off !
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Being repeatedly roped into helping with elderly relatives' issues with a 15 year old PC printer, advising them it is hopelessly out of date and _please_ buy a new one, as they're only about £10 these days, to which the reply is that the printer still seems to work perfectly well.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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PC illiterates who assume that "working in IT" means you know everything about every program ever written, or certainly all the ones they use.
Like assuming that passing your driving test means you know every road on Earth, and on every other habitable planet in the local galaxy clusterWork in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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The fact that the 'thin client' machines at clientco don't have a retractable coffee cup holder any more.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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getting told by your child that they have split nail varnish removed over the keyboard of her friend laptop and can you fix it.Comment
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Getting a phone call from your son to tell you that he has pissed away his student loan, his grant, his overdraft and the money you gave him in the space of 6 weeks and can he please have some more."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostGetting a phone call from your son to tell you that he has pissed away his student loan, his grant, his overdraft and the money you gave him in the space of 6 weeks and can he please have some more.Last edited by Mich the Tester; 25 February 2011, 12:04.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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This mixed metaphor, just in my inbox:
My client based in Bedfordshire is looking for experienced developers who can come on board and hit the ground running.Comment
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostThis mixed metaphor, just in my inbox:
I may use that in my next team meetingI'm sorry, but I'll make no apologies for this
Pogle is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostYouth of today; shandy drinkers, the lot of them.
(It's the only way he must have blown that much dosh)Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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