Things you hate IV

Yes, sorry about that.

 

Jesus. Complete neanderthals. I bet their mothers are proud of them.

You would think that after she didn't respond the first time that they would get the message. Apparently not.

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You could find out the company these builders work for/are contracted to and complain. Every company should have an anti-bullying and equality & diversity policy and that obviously shouldn't be limited to those who work for the company.

Awful, I thought that kind of thing had gone away a long time ago in this country.

 

That's a d*mn good idea. I'm going to do exactly that.

 

I’ve got my younger sister working with me now and I’ve got to say that most days she gets leered at by visitors and delivery drivers. You can tell that blokes aren’t expecting to see a 20 year old woman in a workshop full of timber and machinery and I think it emboldens them to letch. On one occasion a particularly creepy individual, a melting blob of a rep visiting on behalf of a customer, was asking after her to me while, how to put this delicately....... visibly ******* with his hand in his pocket. Yeah, took me a while to get over that one.

Obviously any man or woman would have to admit to occasionally checking someone out. Do it discreetly though. Sunglasses on in the car, pretending to read packaging in the supermarket while subtly peering over the top. We’ve all got our techniques.

I’d love to know what goes through a man’s mind when he decides to dish out an unsolicited cat call.

 

Do this. DO NOT CONFRONT THEM.

 

Yeah I know this is the common sense method but when I see bullying of any kind I always step in, luckily it's a long way away!

 

At least they admit it's focussed on American, not English.

 

The number of times an attacker is penalised for making contact with a defender who is "shepherding" the ball over the line for a goal kick....when the ball is about 3 yards away from him. Refs have totally forgotten the ball has to be within playing distance otherwise it should be viewed as obstruction by the defender.

 

The real frustration is how often refs seem to interpret practically identical incidents differently in the SAME match!

 

Have you seen the mugshots of him? How'd he get past the first interview?

 

Some people stand in the darkness...

 

Does nobody write down anything in meetings?
Doesn't anyone make notes?
I spent two hours on a Zoom meeting with my racket company,discussing what racket,shoes,string,clothing etc to have this year.
The wrong string colour arrived and therefore the wrong stencil pen.
Now I see the wrong colour shoes are on their way.
Definitely a first world problem and piffling in the grand scheme of things but honestly,how difficult is it?!
Normally my rep is very reliable and it's certainly not the fault of the office as they've only taken his order and placed it with the parent company in France to ship the goods.
What has happened to people?
Have they all forgotten the basics?
More ruddy cardboard incoming and outgoing to pollute the world.
What a waste of time!

 

I'm sorry to hear about the mishap.

No need to take notes though. Just use Otter!

Get your video calls transcribed whilst you talk

https://get.otter.ai/zoom/?utm_cont...bWAj_SsUoPToHFELML7uhr1iBlAOm9SIaAtBgEALw_wcB

 

How kind,thank you El!
However it's a delicate balance.
Babolat give me these goods FOC and I've been with them for 16 years now so I don't want to call them out over it,especially as they will have lost a fortune,as many sporting goods companies have.
If it were the federation or one of the coaches I would be in full moan mode,but on this occasion I have to try and solve the puzzle by asking "what can we do?" to my rep and the office.
I will in future use otter,thank you.

 

The world of WOAKE

 

My thoughts are with you. It must be tough living with recurrent sinonasal polyposis, with a consequent nasal pyramid deformity.

Woake syndrome isn’t well known, and frankly, that’s just not fair on people like you.

 

Politicians reporting a pothole fixed, alarm going off or a street light installed, taking a selfie at the venue and posting on their own social media.

 

Not quite sure where to post this, but the complete oxymoron that ‘smart’ motorways necessitate a cheesy and annoying Radio advert telling people to ‘go left’ if they breakdown.

 

Motorways = smart
Drivers = not smart

Hence they don't work.

 

Ask a number of them to walk past, record everything covertly on their phones, and report it to the University and the building company, and if they don't do anything, the police. They'll be incredibly sensitive to this horrible stuff right now.

 

I got a flat tyre on the A1 many years ago. Changing it on the hard shoulder was bl**dy scary, a feeling I remember clearly years later. I can only imagine breaking down in a live lane is 100 times worse, especially if the camera operators don't pick you up for a while. An idea dreamed up by people who've never experienced the hard shoulder.

 

I imagine your horse was getting restless?

 

I bet it wasn't as impressive as the "puncture" I got on the motorway in Cuba at 80mph ? See if you can spot the hole.

 

Neigh need for that.

 

Have you been speeding, HH?

 

The motorway police patrols hate them. We had a blow-out on the northbound M1 section just south of J14 soon after it had become a 'smart' section. I managed to get the car into one of the refuges before it became undriveable & the coppers in the patrol car that got to us gave chapter & verse on how dangerous they considered them. And the AA patrolman took his life (or at least his legs) in his hands when he changed the wheel over.
Compared to being on the hard shoulder on a traditional motorway, it is quite terrifying.

 

Idiots who go on a speed awareness course and act as if they know more than the tutor, act up, blame the police for putting speed cameras in and say things like "my car is safe going 100mph because it has carbon brakes" or "speed isnt the problem its the potholes". Credit to happyhornet.

 

I enjoyed both of my speed awareness courses!
I won't do a third,I've promised myself that.

 

What is it about female members of this forum?