What Pisses You Off?

[Gwynd]

Originally Posted by The Old Goat

Faux reality TV. When I was growing up in the UK we had 3 Channels ( yes I am that old ). After 12 midnight there was nothing, literally nothing to watch. You just got a blue screen or a primitive ident card. I think it was the wonderful Bill Hicks who described TV as chewing gum for the eyes. Well we've got a whole lot of chewing gum.

Here is an example of the programing for today on a few channels


BBC 1- Countryfile winter diaries ( Best winter Beauty spots on Anglesey)
- Homes under the hammer ( Properties about to be auctioned )
- Wanted down under ( looking for properties abroad )
- Caught Red handed ( Chasing criminals about )
- Bargain Hunt ( Trawling antique shops )
- Escape to the Country ( Loads of rich people looking for a second home )
- Money for nothing (Antique restoration show )
- Celebrity Antiques Road trip ( Celebrities trawl antique shops )
That's BBC 1 for Today. One channel and 8 hrs of utter balls.

BBC one is nowhere near the worst offender on this front. Channel 5 has 12 hrs of this, at least, every day. Kardashians!!!! WTF? Dysfunctional rich people pretending to deal with life issues. Makes me want to take my brain out and give it a good wash.

This is pretty much why I have Amazon Prime, it really is heading towards 57 channels (and nothin' on) in the UK nowadays - at least with Prime I can pick something I'd actually like to watch.

Of course, you could always try watching "Challenge," and remind yourself just how bad things were in "the good old days" with a selection of old game shows non-stop, "look at what you could have won" - normally a blooming speedboat you had no way of getting home after the show.

[The Old Goat]

Originally Posted by Gwynd

This is pretty much why I have Amazon Prime, it really is heading towards 57 channels (and nothin' on) in the UK nowadays - at least with Prime I can pick something I'd actually like to watch.

Of course, you could always try watching "Challenge," and remind yourself just how bad things were in "the good old days" with a selection of old game shows non-stop, "look at what you could have won" - normally a blooming speedboat you had no way of getting home after the show.

I remember those Days Sale of the Century was a big offender on the speedboat front.

[Reclaimed_A1]

That HBO shows a little bit of a trailer for Game Of Thrones instead of a full trailer.

[Namcot]

Dumbshit lady dragging her dog behind her electric scooter - down a public street and then smiles at people who take pictures of her holding the poor dog with all paws bloody!!

You Tube

You Tube

Makes me want to grab the woman in the video and ask her:

What the Fuck is wrong with you?

What is your Major Malfunction, Numbnuts?

Then people wonder why in almost every sci-fi movie involving Aliens (Extra-Terrestrial - not the Aliens from South of the U.S. borders), they want to exterminate the entire human race.

Maybe we deserve to be destroyed Independence Day War Of The World style:

after all, compared to any beings that have mastered the technology to travel through the universe, we must look uncivilized and primitive to them.

UPDATE:

Looks like they've found her but they won't release her name due to the numerous death threats she has received.

http://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/dog-that-was-dragged-is-not-with-the-woman-who-drove-the-scooter

Where does the line to kill her begins at?

Let's start forming a line:

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[carlisecar]

Angry people who complains about everything


kik: carlisecarol

[BungyBang]

Bad people in general.

[lotus33]

Work emails, especially customer/client queries, you end up spending half a day sending emails back and forth, when the whole thing can be sorted out in a 2-3 minute telephone call, makes no sense.

Sometimes I get the feeling that some peoples jobs are just sitting at their desk trying to think of stuff to do while making themselves look busy without doing any real work, so they love their emails.

[Gwynd]

Originally Posted by lotus33

Work emails, especially customer/client queries, you end up spending half a day sending emails back and forth, when the whole thing can be sorted out in a 2-3 minute telephone call, makes no sense.

Sometimes I get the feeling that some peoples jobs are just sitting at their desk trying to think of stuff to do while making themselves look busy without doing any real work, so they love their emails.

I had a two line managers, one loved to receive everything by email because they had an electronic paper trail, the other loved to receive everything by email so that they could put off dealing with it for as long as possible.

The really annoying thing was:

One was sat to my immediate left, the other two seats to the right of me, we could quite easily have talked face to face.

[alexora]

Originally Posted by lotus33

Work emails, especially customer/client queries, you end up spending half a day sending emails back and forth, when the whole thing can be sorted out in a 2-3 minute telephone call, makes no sense.

Sometimes I get the feeling that some peoples jobs are just sitting at their desk trying to think of stuff to do while making themselves look busy without doing any real work, so they love their emails.

I agree: most times a quick chat on the blower (or even better in person face to face) is far better than an e-mail.

[perubu]

Originally Posted by alexora

I agree: most times a quick chat on the blower (or even better in person face to face) is far better than an e-mail.

I stopped using e-mail on a daily basis 3-4 years ago. I still have it for work but the deal with people I work with is that they call or text me on the phone - "check your in-box". I'm working with texts so at some point they have to send me their stuff.


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