GRIPES

[onetrack]

The world is full of entitled idiots who think they can do what they like, without any consideration for anyone else. You could spend a lot of time trying to ensure they get fined.

[facthunter]

IF you get rid of one Idiot and Inconsiderate person there are Plenty more out there to replace Him. You will get all worked up and achieve Nowt.  Keep your efforts directed to something more Likely to have some more beneficial effect in some other area.. and a feeling of Calmness . Nev 

[pmccarthy]

I am having a run of crap products. First, a packet of 24 Eveready Super Heavy Duty AA batteries. After a spate of problems using them, I found three that tested at 0.4 Volts. Don't know how many more were bad as I had thrown them out in groups of four. Even the ones that tested at 1.6 Volts only showed 40% remaining when put into a device. I noticed that the branding is on the batteries, but nothing on the blister pack says Eveready.

 

Second, I am on my third new garden wave sprinkler in the last month. They just jam at one end of the wave. Cost $30-40 each.

 

Third, I have two new tap timers that do not turn off after the set time. They do not turn off at all. I forget what they cost.

 

I think Australia must have been put at the end of the third-world destinations for crap products. Probably serves us right. It can be annoying, for example when batteries don't work in a NR headset when flying.

[facthunter]

I've had no luck with Eveready for years . I use Duracell and they make a better one again it you need it. I use a BT-168 Tester to take the Guesswork out of being close. Some gadgets require the Voltage to Be in the green Band  . Nev 

[red750]

Here's the most ridiculous thing I've heard for a while. I received a phone call this morning from the council in reply to my report of the nutcase who parked his motor scooter in the entrance of our local Woolies. In this shopping centre, there are two carparks, separated by the entry road. One is controlled by the council, the one in front of Woolies is controlled by Woolies.

 

The council can't fine the guy because it was in the Woolies carpark. Woolies don't have the ability to issue a fine. The police say they don't have authority as it is private land. So the dickhead gets away with it. 

 

The demolished service station was pulled down about 5 years ago and has remained vacant land ever since.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Corporate buzzwords and phrases. 

 

It was things like "bringing them along for the journey"..

 

The latest is aligned.. as in "lets all get aligned".. 

 

These things are repeat ad nauseum... I am not sure people even know what they mean.

 

P155es me off.

 

 

[rgmwa]

in this space..

on the same page...

circle back...

low-hanging fruit...

bring to the table...

brain dump...

get buy-in...

game changer...

take it off-line...

reinvent the wheel...

onboarding...

in my wheelhouse...

top down...

putting out fires...

 

There are heaps of them and they're all irritating.

 

[old man emu]

Apparently these buzzwords are used to express power in interpersonal relationships. If a person is on a lower rung in the ladder than the person using the buzzwords, then the one on the higher rung is exerting power over the other. These words are also used to exclude outsiders from inner circles. These words are the trade jargon of the administrative classes.

 

The one I hate is "on my watch". I could see it being used by John F Kennedy and the elder George Bush who both served in the Navy in WWII, but its use by people with no navy service grates on my nerves.