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Moos

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"And me. Unfortunately my OCD means I have to read them to make the red numbers disappear. Can't we have an "ignore thread" button to make them go away for ever?"


DavidMc, get a grip, or you'll be turning light switches on 100 times before you can go to bed. Read the good threads, then resolutely go to the home page and hit 'Mark as Read'. That's how I control my OCD, anyway...


*carefully wipes drips off the table*

Strawbs

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Coming up to the ticket barriers at any given station and the person in front of me only then decides to faff around in his / her pocket / wallet for their ticket which they then have to feed through the machine.. Did they not have the preceeding travel time to get their ticket or oyster out?? I am sure it doesnt bug anyone else really but it bugs the hell out of me...
Jah Lush

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That's really annoying and it has been mentioned before on here I think. Either that or they faff around for their change/pass/ticket when they get on the bus and hold the damned thing up while rummaging around in their handbag. I hate to say it but it always seems to be women.
mockney piers

mockney piers

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Apparently that's the number 2 (tee hee) gripe among londoners, number one (snigger) being standing on the left on escalators.


I would add people who lug those ridiculous trolley things up stairs then stop at the top, regardless of how narrow and/or busy the stairs are, and proceed to pull out the little handle and place it down carefully before tottering off.


I can juuuuust about see the need for the larger ones when travelling proper, but do people really need to commute with the crappy little ones, REALLY?

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Strawbs Wrote:

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> Coming up to the ticket barriers at any given

> station and the person in front of me only then

> decides to faff around in his / her pocket /

> wallet for their ticket which they then have to

> feed through the machine.. Did they not have the

> preceeding travel time to get their ticket or

> oyster out?? I am sure it doesnt bug anyone else

> really but it bugs the hell out of me...


and me


same's true for me at the cash point when there's a queue and people wait til they reach the front before looking for their wallet/purse/card

Bellenden Belle

Bellenden Belle

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I am stamping my foot!

Days for this, days for that.... grandparents day; sausage day; days for Pandas, Lions and Bears.... you name it and there's a day for it.


And I have tolerated them all until now....


Today, standing in the post office (an annoyance in itself) watching that darn screen that feeds you information you don't want, it announces that October 1st is the International day of Older Persons.


My birthday.


It's as if the entire world intends to remind me that I am getting older. That's just rude.

giggirl

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BB - I'm sorry honey - that would wind me up too.


Someone sent me this today, I hope it's not a hint, otherwise I'll need to phone in sick on 14th Oct.


Slap Your Co-Worker Day is coming October 14th !!



October 14th is the official Slap Your Irritating Co-workers Holiday:

Do you have a co-worker who talks nonstop about nothing, working your last nerve with tedious and boring details that you don't care about?

Do you have a co-worker who ALWAYS screws up stuff creating MORE work for you? Do you have a co-worker who kisses so much booty; you can look in their mouth and see what your boss had for lunch? Do you have a co-worker who is SOOO obnoxious, when he/she enters a room, everyone else clears it? Well, on behalf of Ike Turner, I am so very very glad to officially announce SLAP YOUR IRRITATING CO-WORKER DAY!


There are the rules you must follow:


* You can only slap one person per hour - no more.

* You can slap the same person again if they irritate you again in the

same day.

* You are allowed to hold someone down as other co-workers take their

turns slapping the irritant.

* No weapons are allowed...other than going upside somebody's head with

a stapler or a hole-puncher.

* If questioned by a supervisor [or police, if the supervisor is the

irritant], you are allowed to LIE, LIE, LIE!


Now, study the rules, break out your list of folks that you want to slap the living day lights out of and get to slapping ?on October 14th.....and have a great slapping day!

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