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That really annoys me. I'm the one doing the admin.Admin fees for print-at-home tickets.
That really annoys me. I'm the one doing the admin.Admin fees for print-at-home tickets.
Another linguistic one I've noticed recently:
People using the word 'backlog' as short-hand for the 'back catalogue' of an artist or writer. That's not what that word means! A 'backlog' is caused by work building up faster than you can complete it, it isn't your record of work done.
So far I've only seen it used in a couple of YouTube videos and in comments... but the fact that I've seen it in completely unrelated places, and only noticed it in the last week or so, has me worrying that it's the next "should of"!I've genuinely never heard that usage of 'backlog' and Google doesn't bring up anything either.
Have you heard the word used in that context from a few different sources or just the one? If the latter I suspect it's just someone misunderstanding the true definition of the word.
Possibly crossed over from the card game 'Blackjack'?Using the term "doubling down". It's crept in the news/politics recently, no idea where it's come from (USA??)
The title should be "Am I a celebrity?, don't let them out"!Self-defeating headlines. My news feed had a headline ‘I’m A Celebrity: Who is Danielle Harold?’ (I have never heard of her.) If you have to tell us why they are a celebrity, they aren’t a celebrity and so shouldn’t be on the show.
I'm in total agreement with you here, especially as it has been rumoured that our beloved Nigel "man of the people" Farage is to make an appearance.The title should be "Am I a celebrity?, don't let them out"!
Nigel Farage is a confirmed contestant on I’m a Celebrity.I'm in total agreement with you here, especially as it has been rumoured that our beloved Nigel "man of the people" Farage is to make an appearance.
Can I vote for him to be left there permanently please?Nigel Farage is a confirmed contestant on I’m a Celebrity.
A variation on that is the person who steers it with their elbows. I'm not referring to people with some sort of disability in their hands. because the ones I'm talking about show no difficulty in getting things from the shelves, unlike myself. It's laziness, like people who refuse to use a car steering wheel in the correct way.People who wander around supermarkets guiding their trolley from one side, rather than from the handles as they are designed to be. Not only do they take up more width in the aisles, but they can’t control the trolley properly and it wanders off in all directions. (Yes, I know that all trolleys wander about at random, but if you are at the handles behind you can stop it before it has gone far. If you are to one side you can’t stop it before it has taken out two pensioners, a pushchair and half a shelf of bottled sauces.)
I'm usually happy so long as the service runs as per the timetable. The rest of it isn't as important as that.Probably minor and inconsequential stuff, but I find myself hugely irritated by today's travel experiences. Seatfrog, an app that works until it suddenly really doesn't. Then yet another Avanti experience where the wifi isn't working, none of the plug & USB sockets or wireless charging are working and where 4g and 5g signals make only fleeting appearances during most of the trip. All my plans to be productive on the journey gone out of the window.
This follows a week wandering around Germany where stuff did generally work as expected if not better.
I'n not normally one for trading 'country x works while the UK feels broken' stories as it's really not always like this, but today was certainly a bit crap.
Lots of shops I go into, Asda and B&M etc playing irritating Christmas songs. It's November.The music piped over the sound system in the supermarkets. Usually it is pitched at the most irritating level: too quiet to hear clearly and too loud to ignore.
I also dislike those announcements that they put out (loudly) extolling how wonderful they are, ‘Last year Smileymarket was voted ‘most environmentally responsible supermarket by the EGVSA’. If you bother to look it up, you will find that EGVSA stands for the East Grinstead Vole Stapling Association.
I know that in the following, I'm "a rare and strange bird"; but I would extend this to all piped "background music", in all environments and situations. If I want to listen to music (which I rarely do -- have been, accurately enough, described as "musically dead"), I'll damned well take steps to seek it out: I emphatically do not want to have it forced on me, consent-less. And I seem to lack the talent of mentally "tuning it out". Although I'm admittedly unusual in this, I believe I'm not unique: recall there having been for a while, a good many years ago, an organisation calling itself "Pipedown": which campaigned for an end, overall, to piped music in the public domain -- perceiving it, rightly or wrongly, as something which annoyed more of those subjected to it, than it pleased.The music piped over the sound system in the supermarkets. Usually it is pitched at the most irritating level: too quiet to hear clearly and too loud to ignore.
Do store managers have any choice as to what's played in their stores (other than maybe turn it off), or is the playlist effectively imposed upon them by some 'Smashie' or 'Nicey' type at Asda or B&M HQ?Lots of shops I go into, Asda and B&M etc playing irritating Christmas songs. It's November.
Lots of shops I go into, Asda and B&M etc playing irritating Christmas songs. It's November.
I know that in the following, I'm "a rare and strange bird"; but I would extend this to all piped "background music", in all environments and situations. If I want to listen to music (which I rarely do -- have been, accurately enough, described as "musically dead"), I'll damned well take steps to seek it out: I emphatically do not want to have it forced on me, consent-less. And I seem to lack the talent of mentally "tuning it out". Although I'm admittedly unusual in this, I believe I'm not unique: recall there having been for a while, a good many years ago, an organisation calling itself "Pipedown": which campaigned for an end, overall, to piped music in the public domain -- perceiving it, rightly or wrongly, as something which annoyed more of those subjected to it, than it pleased.
Yes they must be really p****d off with it by now, it’s been playing since SeptemberLots of shops I go into, Asda and B&M etc playing irritating Christmas songs. It's November.
Ah, yes -- I'm not against buskers in general; they annoy me, but they have a right to try to make a living. However: if I were Supreme Overlord, I would ban buskers -- preferably on pain of death -- from playing Streets of London, and Where do you go to, My Lovely? -- both hideously over-used and done to death, by that fraternity.In contrast, when you pass a tube station busker he's always playing a hook line. That's because you're passing; if you hang around you find he's only playing the hook line (usually of Streets of London )
When I was at Wilko’s it came direct from Head Office.Do store managers have any choice as to what's played in their stores (other than maybe turn it off), or is the playlist effectively imposed upon them by some 'Smashie' or 'Nicey' type at Asda or B&M HQ?
Tesco and Sainsbury's (and I presume other major supermarkets) use media players such as Mood Media's MP7xxx where music and announcements are either automatically uploaded to the unit or a CD is sent out from Head Office, who can also see if a device is not playing music or the volume has been turned down. Non-compliance was treated very seriously by the bigwigs.Do store managers have any choice as to what's played in their stores (other than maybe turn it off), or is the playlist effectively imposed upon them by some 'Smashie' or 'Nicey' type at Asda or B&M HQ?
Tesco and Sainsbury's (and I presume other major supermarkets) use media players such as Mood Media's MP7xxx where music and announcements are either automatically uploaded to the unit or a CD is sent out from Head Office, who can also see if a device is not playing music or the volume has been turned down. Non-compliance was treated very seriously by the bigwigs.