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Minor things that really piss you off !
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I think it was about 1990 that I tried using Abbey National, only to find that they took something like 10 days to process a cheque paid in. I was distinctly dischuffed to have them on the phone one morning threatening to bounce my mortgage payment when the money had already disappeared from my business account.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away. -
Being asked to do the impossible, and then having your deliverable promised for you with an imposed deadline.
Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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People who overtake on a dual carriageway at 1 inch per hour faster than the vehicle that they are over taking such that by the time it's your turn to overtake you've run out of dual carriageway
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Invented words bearing the prefix "pre" - like Pre-order, Pre-warn, Pre-book. In every case the "pre" is redundant and the product of feebleness.Originally posted by Wodewick View PostAny pre-grated cheese - particularly parmesanComment
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Monday afternoon hangovers
“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Pre-foreplay?Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostInvented words bearing the prefix "pre" - like Pre-order, Pre-warn, Pre-book. In every case the "pre" is redundant and the product of feebleness.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Five to be going on with . . .
Ebay sellers that put a link to an enlarged picture of their item, but when you click it the same sized picture opens up in a new window.
Supermarket assistants who, on seeing your entire conveyor belt of shopping, ask you if you'd like any carrier bags.
Users who, despite warnings and advice to backup/archive their data, don't, then blame you when the whole lot disappears.
Cyclists who don't obey traffic lights, overtake on the inside and/or ride on pavements.
Motorists who have their in-car music so loud that it drowns out my music, from the car in front.Comment
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Having a bad day, cheer-up it's only MondayOriginally posted by wobbegong View PostEbay sellers that put a link to an enlarged picture of their item, but when you click it the same sized picture opens up in a new window.
Supermarket assistants who, on seeing your entire conveyor belt of shopping, ask you if you'd like any carrier bags.
Users who, despite warnings and advice to backup/archive their data, don't, then blame you when the whole lot disappears.
Cyclists who don't obey traffic lights, overtake on the inside and/or ride on pavements.
Motorists who have their in-car music so loud that it drowns out my music, from the car in front.
Fiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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