People with tent sized golf brollies who walk side by side and block the pavement
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Minor things that really piss you off !
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Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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Blokes (it's always blokes, usually in horrible pin stripe suits) blocking access to the coffee bar, having loud work conversations to show how important and senior they are.
Get out of my effing way and have your STRATEGY meeting somewhere else, arseholes.Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
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Short arsed women that rudely barge past you when you are queing up in the rain out of the door at Starbucks. Especially when fielding an important business call that could cost me my job.
An excuse me wouldn't go amiss miss.
Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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when out for a meal with a large number of people, those that decide to pay via card or those that only give the required amount and dont want to tip for good serviceComment
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Bedwetting types that insist you tip the waiter because they had good service, irrespective of what service you actually got.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Getting the year wrong all the way through January, every year.Originally posted by suityou01 View Post"And to have to listen to some self regarding, bed wetting , small brained, parochial turd, whinge about some experiment that happened yonks ago is just irritating" - EO on MF 07/01/2010My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Oh yeah, I do that as well sometimes.Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostGetting the year wrong all the way through January, every year.
Smartarses.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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The same blokes who drink standing up at the bar of a pub after work.Originally posted by MaryPoppins View PostBlokes (it's always blokes, usually in horrible pin stripe suits) blocking access to the coffee bar, having loud work conversations to show how important and senior they are.
Get out of my effing way and have your STRATEGY meeting somewhere else, arseholes.
Let me get to the bar, get my pint, and retreat to a comfy chair in a quiet corner please!Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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The power of the elbow isn't to be underestimated.Originally posted by Sysman View PostThe same blokes who drink standing up at the bar of a pub after work.
Let me get to the bar, get my pint, and retreat to a comfy chair in a quiet corner please!Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
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