General Things That Annoy You thread - part 2

Gribbo

cantersaddick said:

Gribbo said:

cantersaddick said:

Gribbo said:

A couple of the young lads who worked with me on site were claiming PIP for ADHD+ (one also had depression). They generally managed their day-to-day work fine, apart from the usual age-related slip-ups — turning up late, blowing the odd Monday out, and so on.

One of them claimed he saved up his monthly PIP payments to get his tattoos done. 🤷‍♂️

My 2 summers as a labourer were enough to teach me not to believe anything said by lads on site. Particularly when it comes to money. I'm sure someone as long in the tooth as you knows that 

Facts mate - I've sat in the same living room in digs with him when he’s spoken to his mum about emails he’s received regarding his payments. This was followed by a discussion about how you apply for it, and how the other lad - who was also present and also receives PIP - joined in. They both seemed pretty knowledgeable about it all, which, for two blokes who barely look up from their phones, was quite unusual. Unless, of course, they both got together to research PIP in order to concoct a cunning story to tell me and one other?

Just because you don’t like it mate, doesn’t mean it ain’t true.

Nb. I’m not criticising them, just contributing to the convo on here.

I'm not arguing they're getting PIP but I expect it's very likely they aren't telling you the full story in terms of the conditions and contributory factors they have that lead to that decision.

Its a couple years out of date but I was somewhat of an expert in PIP, in fact through my job I was in court for more than one hearing of a judicial review into various detailed parts of the acceptance criteria. 

And to go back to the original point they won't be getting motability for just ADHD. 

They're not receiving Mobility, and I’m not commenting on their medical conditions - although I do know that one of them has been diagnosed with ADHD and depression. As his supervisor for over two years (most of that time living in digs, under the same roof), I’ve come to understand this through contact with his parents and others.

Anyway, regardless of the reason he receives it - which ultimately has nothing to do with me - my original point was that he gets PIP and uses it to pay for his tattoos. Your response was that I’m being a bit naive to believe what some bloke told me on site, and that’s the part I’m disputing.

cantersaddick

Gribbo said:

cantersaddick said:

Gribbo said:

cantersaddick said:

Gribbo said:

A couple of the young lads who worked with me on site were claiming PIP for ADHD+ (one also had depression). They generally managed their day-to-day work fine, apart from the usual age-related slip-ups — turning up late, blowing the odd Monday out, and so on.

One of them claimed he saved up his monthly PIP payments to get his tattoos done. 🤷‍♂️

My 2 summers as a labourer were enough to teach me not to believe anything said by lads on site. Particularly when it comes to money. I'm sure someone as long in the tooth as you knows that 

Facts mate - I've sat in the same living room in digs with him when he’s spoken to his mum about emails he’s received regarding his payments. This was followed by a discussion about how you apply for it, and how the other lad - who was also present and also receives PIP - joined in. They both seemed pretty knowledgeable about it all, which, for two blokes who barely look up from their phones, was quite unusual. Unless, of course, they both got together to research PIP in order to concoct a cunning story to tell me and one other?

Just because you don’t like it mate, doesn’t mean it ain’t true.

Nb. I’m not criticising them, just contributing to the convo on here.

I'm not arguing they're getting PIP but I expect it's very likely they aren't telling you the full story in terms of the conditions and contributory factors they have that lead to that decision.

Its a couple years out of date but I was somewhat of an expert in PIP, in fact through my job I was in court for more than one hearing of a judicial review into various detailed parts of the acceptance criteria. 

And to go back to the original point they won't be getting motability for just ADHD. 

They're not receiving Mobility, and I’m not commenting on their medical conditions - although I do know that one of them has been diagnosed with ADHD and depression. As his supervisor for over two years (most of that time living in digs, under the same roof), I’ve come to understand this through contact with his parents and others.

Anyway, regardless of the reason he receives it - which ultimately has nothing to do with me - my original point was that he gets PIP and uses it to pay for his tattoos. Your response was that I’m being a bit naive to believe what some bloke told me on site, and that’s the part I’m disputing.

Fair enough if that's your point but your post was in response to a whole conversation around mobility element so forgive me if that's the point I thought you were making.

charltonkeston

I am trying to train someone who has very real problems. Its quite an eye opener, when you see the celebrity diagnosis and compare it to this unfortunate person.  

Chunes

Every time I deal with estate agents, it feels like walking into a saloon full of card sharks, and being forced to play blindfolded. The whole process is lawless. It's a mess that serves nobody but the agent - they make things up as they go along, sit on offers, ignore emails, play people off each other and then pocket their commissions. 

Everyone I speak to has their own stories about their shady practices, yet there's no accountability or structure to fix it. Your home is such a major part of life, and yet it's run by a collective group of unregulated cowboys with no sheriff in town. 

SporadicAddick

cantersaddick said:

SporadicAddick said:

Ohh look stalkers back. 

Play the ball not the man. Feel free to dispute the point I'm making on acceptance criteria if you know better. As usual you can't and you just go for personal digs. Really really odd behaviour from a supposed adult. 

There are 2 things I have claimed to be an expert in and that's due to multiple qualifications up to postgraduate level and being fully immersed in them for multiple years of my career.

Edit. Last bit removed to follow my own advice

Stalking? Don't flatter yourself. I'd have posted the same for anyone that said, without any sense of irony, "I was somewhat of an expert".

However, you do come across as an insufferable tool.

Chizz

cantersaddick said:

SporadicAddick said:

Ohh look stalkers back. 

Play the ball not the man. Feel free to dispute the point I'm making on acceptance criteria if you know better. As usual you can't and you just go for personal digs. Really really odd behaviour from a supposed adult. 

There are 2 things I have claimed to be an expert in and that's due to multiple qualifications up to postgraduate level and being fully immersed in them for multiple years of my career.

Edit. Last bit removed to follow my own advice

DFTT

cantersaddick

SporadicAddick said:

cantersaddick said:

SporadicAddick said:

Ohh look stalkers back. 

Play the ball not the man. Feel free to dispute the point I'm making on acceptance criteria if you know better. As usual you can't and you just go for personal digs. Really really odd behaviour from a supposed adult. 

There are 2 things I have claimed to be an expert in and that's due to multiple qualifications up to postgraduate level and being fully immersed in them for multiple years of my career.

Edit. Last bit removed to follow my own advice

Stalking? Don't flatter yourself. I'd have posted the same for anyone that said, without any sense of irony, "I was somewhat of an expert".

However, you do come across as an insufferable tool.

Edit. Removed so as not to feed the troll or sink to his level.

Once again feel free to argue any of the points I have made rather than coming for me.

cantersaddick

Chizz said:

cantersaddick said:

SporadicAddick said:

Ohh look stalkers back. 

Play the ball not the man. Feel free to dispute the point I'm making on acceptance criteria if you know better. As usual you can't and you just go for personal digs. Really really odd behaviour from a supposed adult. 

There are 2 things I have claimed to be an expert in and that's due to multiple qualifications up to postgraduate level and being fully immersed in them for multiple years of my career.

Edit. Last bit removed to follow my own advice

DFTT

Good point have edited.

SporadicAddick

Chizz said:

cantersaddick said:

SporadicAddick said:

Ohh look stalkers back. 

Play the ball not the man. Feel free to dispute the point I'm making on acceptance criteria if you know better. As usual you can't and you just go for personal digs. Really really odd behaviour from a supposed adult. 

There are 2 things I have claimed to be an expert in and that's due to multiple qualifications up to postgraduate level and being fully immersed in them for multiple years of my career.

Edit. Last bit removed to follow my own advice

DFTT

Funnily enough I'm somewhat of an expert in this field.

In the context of online communication and trolling, DFTT is an acronym for "Don't Feed The Troll". It is a widely used piece of internet slang that advises users to ignore individuals who are deliberately posting inflammatory, provocative, or malicious comments solely to elicit an emotional reaction or start an argument. The idea is that without an audience or response (the "food"), the troll will lose interest and stop their disruptive behaviour. 

My thoughts on the context of trolling:- 

• Purpose of Trolling: Trolls seek attention and enjoyment (often a form of "everyday sadism") from causing distress and disruption.
• The Advice: The phrase and acronym serve as a warning to the general online community that engaging with the troll, even to argue or express annoyance, gives them the reward they seek and encourages further trolling.
• Effective Strategy: Ignoring a troll is often considered the most effective way to minimize the impact of their behaviour and maintain a constructive online environment. 

I've also considered the historical context of trolling:-

• Origins in Early Internet Forums: The concept and phrase emerged in the early days of the internet, likely in the 1990s, with the proliferation of online chat rooms, Usenet groups, and web forums.
• Metaphorical Roots: The term "troll" itself is widely believed to have originated from the fishing technique of trolling (dragging a baited hook to see what bites), a metaphor for posting bait comments online to see who will respond. The alternative, popular etymology links it to the Scandinavian folklore creature, which is disruptive and irritating.
• Establishment of the Rule: As online communities grew, the need for rules and strategies to manage disruptive users became apparent. The maxim "Don't Feed The Troll" became an established part of internet etiquette and folklore, a common reminder for users on how to handle provocateurs.
• Modern Usage: The phrase and the acronym DFTT remain common across modern social media platforms, messaging apps, and online games as a succinct way to share this piece of conventional internet wisdom.

ross1

Chunes said:

Every time I deal with estate agents, it feels like walking into a saloon full of card sharks, and being forced to play blindfolded. The whole process is lawless. It's a mess that serves nobody but the agent - they make things up as they go along, sit on offers, ignore emails, play people off each other and then pocket their commissions. 

Everyone I speak to has their own stories about their shady practices, yet there's no accountability or structure to fix it. Your home is such a major part of life, and yet it's run by a collective group of unregulated cowboys with no sheriff in town. 

I were looking to buy a property that had been on the market for about 2 years. It was a Saturday late morning when we viewed it and told the agent rep we liked it and wanted to put in an offer. He said the agent was closed until Monday.
We phoned the agent at 9am on Monday and was told the seller had already agreed a deal with someone else.
How, if they were closed, in my opinion, someone had put in a low bid and were warned about us so quickly put in a higher bid.
The agent although closed must have warned them on the weekend.
Proberbly did not warn the seller of new interest in case we offered more and proberly a friend was buying.
We noticed a year later the sale had not gone through.
Leave you to make up your own mind what went on. We did not bother to show interest again

charltonkeston

Chunes said:

Every time I deal with estate agents, it feels like walking into a saloon full of card sharks, and being forced to play blindfolded. The whole process is lawless. It's a mess that serves nobody but the agent - they make things up as they go along, sit on offers, ignore emails, play people off each other and then pocket their commissions. 

Everyone I speak to has their own stories about their shady practices, yet there's no accountability or structure to fix it. Your home is such a major part of life, and yet it's run by a collective group of unregulated cowboys with no sheriff in town. 

I'm sure there are good ones and bad ones and I have experienced both. Its a very stressful, frustrating and expensive part of life buying and selling properties. When they want information or money from you they can always make time for that but when you want something clarified or a commitment made its a different story. 
I suppose its just another day and just another property to them but its probably the biggest financial commitment you will ever make involving £000s of what you have already got and £000s of your future income, that never seems to come across from them.
Last house I bought, ( the one I'm in now), the old fella had past away, no chain onwards, (obviously), no chain my end. 6 weeks from start to finish. Easiest property I've ever bought but at the time it wasn't enjoyable.

Carter

I've dirtied this forum before with my thoughts on estate agents. There is an ombudsman that is absolutely on the side of the quango of estate agents. 

They are atrocious people, I'm sure one or two good people slip through however my lived experience of them is appalling. 

There is a judgement day coming for them I reconcile myself with the thought of that

Arsenetatters

charltonkeston said:

I am trying to train someone who has very real problems. It’s quite an eye opener, when you see the celebrity diagnosis and compare it to this unfortunate person.  

Exactly. ADHD seems to be the ‘fashionable’ thing to have and joke about on Facebook. It completely minimises the difficulties that people with an actual diagnosis have. 

Billy_Mix

When the former chairman of Hammersmith & Fulham Conservatives and council election candidate is sacked from his job by the £400k tory donor and aide to Bojo's £800k loan arrangement and the director of BBC News is still the former Editorial Director of GB News, the rest of MSM is relentlessly vilifying the BBC's "left wing bias"

AFKABartram

Keep it light lads 

Gribbo

Those LED's on modern cars.

iainment

AFKABartram said:

Keep it light lads 

But they’re annoyed…

IdleHans

The a-hole on Pointless. He's no more than mid twenties and comes from Surrey. Described himself as a "long-suffering Manchester United fan". F**K off, you prick, you don't know what suffering is.

I'd suggest he support his local team, but to be fair who'd want to do that?

Shag

People not guessing on the chase 

JohnBoyUK

The scum that broke into my ex-wife's house this week via my daughters bedroom window and took every last piece of jewellery we had ever bought her.  Thankfully, when they tried the door to get onto the landing, the alarm went off and they made a run for it.  My daughter is gutted.  Thankfully we have most of the receipts for the stuff we've bought her but the sentimental stuff given you her by great grandmothers has gone.

AFKABartram

Sorry to hear @JohnBoyUK hope she is ok 

LargeAddick

JohnBoyUK said:

The scum that broke into my ex-wife's house this week via my daughters bedroom window and took every last piece of jewellery we had ever bought her.  Thankfully, when they tried the door to get onto the landing, the alarm went off and they made a run for it.  My daughter is gutted.  Thankfully we have most of the receipts for the stuff we've bought her but the sentimental stuff given you her by great grandmothers has gone.

As you say, complete scumbags. Thankfully no-one was harmed but it boils my piss why people think they can steal off others. It’s not just the loss of the items themselves, which can be replaced, but not if they are of sentimental value of course, but the trauma it can cause to the victims as well. Hope your daughter is ok.

cantersaddick

JohnBoyUK said:

The scum that broke into my ex-wife's house this week via my daughters bedroom window and took every last piece of jewellery we had ever bought her.  Thankfully, when they tried the door to get onto the landing, the alarm went off and they made a run for it.  My daughter is gutted.  Thankfully we have most of the receipts for the stuff we've bought her but the sentimental stuff given you her by great grandmothers has gone.

Shit sorry to hear that man. Hope she's okay. Look after her as the feeling of having your space violated is horrible and takes some time to get past.

Karim_myBagheri

Fuckers. Like you and others have said those sentimental items are irreplaceable and the damage of losing them can really hurt. Also the thought of some dirty strangers in your house and room going through your personal possessions takes such a long time to get past. 

When I was younger my old family home was burgled and they took jewelry from both my mum and my sisters room. Some of which were from my mum's mum who only recently departed at that point and from her grandma. very distressing. 

JohnBoyUK

Thanks all.  Yeah, she said the thought of losing the jewellery wasnt as bad as knowing some scumbag has been in her room but leaving a trail of mud and destruction behind them.  I guess its a bit like PTSD in a way.

Next job is to help her Mum to get some cameras installed and a PIR on the back bedroom over the flat roof extension.

Apparently the Police have been brilliant, already got CCTV from neighbours, a car reg number and are investigating.  

Carter

JohnBoyUK said:

Thanks all.  Yeah, she said the thought of losing the jewellery wasnt as bad as knowing some scumbag has been in her room but leaving a trail of mud and destruction behind them.  I guess its a bit like PTSD in a way.

Next job is to help her Mum to get some cameras installed and a PIR on the back bedroom over the flat roof extension.

Apparently the Police have been brilliant, already got CCTV from neighbours, a car reg number and are investigating.  

I mean none of this as an exaggeration or joke 

I hope the burglars die in the worst way imaginable. For me that's by being gang-fucked by a pack of silverback gorillas using battery acid as lube 

Burglary is among the worst, most invasive and a crime that ruins lives. I accept it is not comparable and is the reason people hate sex offenders and people who sexually abuse children so much as its not just the crime that personally sickens me, it is the lasting long-term effects on the victim no sentence can remedy. 

We have such a generally safe and tolerant society, sometimes to the detrimental of a greater good but there are things, specifically things like this I would have absolutely no problem being really hardline on. 

guinnessaddick

Being stuck on a Stena Line ferry since 10 this morning, going up & down the coast of Anglesey for the last 5 hours and still no sign of Holyhead being open & when it does I think there’s 4 or 5 ships before us.

Karim_myBagheri

guinnessaddick said:

Being stuck on a Stena Line ferry since 10 this morning, going up & down the coast of Anglesey for the last 5 hours and still no sign of Holyhead being open & when it does I think there’s 4 or 5 ships before us.

cos of weather? or something else, like shite planning? 

guinnessaddick

Karim_myBagheri said:

guinnessaddick said:

Being stuck on a Stena Line ferry since 10 this morning, going up & down the coast of Anglesey for the last 5 hours and still no sign of Holyhead being open & when it does I think there’s 4 or 5 ships before us.

cos of weather? or something else, like shite planning? 

Believe it’s the weather, Holyhead closed due to it. However we were originally on the 4pm this afternoon, only to find out at 11 last night that this was cancelled (after being in the pub watching the Ireland game) and if we wanted to travel today, it had to be on the 10am this morning. Meant getting up at 5 to get to Dublin for it.

Rough enough crossing, but we shouldn’t have set sail if they’ve a possibility of Holyhead closing. Waiting for the Capt to tell us he’s heading back to Dublin.

Karim_myBagheri

they should of said it wouldn't make it instead of getting you to get an earlier ferry and then being stuck on it. Wouldn't surprise me if the ferry company said yeah it can do it so it gets those on board buying stuff/food/drink. 

Is Holyhead bit of a problem then if its slightly rough seas?