Things That Annoy You

[TequilaMB]

I never knew that.

[Treading Water]

Cool.  I feel like the person who rings the bell on The Price is Right.

Except, I'm not flinging any feces.   

[McPhallus]

Don't forget this incredible talent.  Apart from those energizer commercials, he had an American TV series at one point.

1987 - Eveready Energizer - Jacko

Most Americans have only been exposed to the lovable larrikin ie: Crocodile Dundee or the heartthrob Aussie ie: Hugh Jackman.
Nobody likes a Bogan

[BobGrau]

...So today I discovered that an anonymous colleague (there's about 400 of them) has made a complaint about my body odour. 

Let's get this straight, Gabbers: I shower every day, I wear a fresh uniform every day, and uhhh what was the other thing again? Oh yes: I do a day's fucking work when I'm there. So yes I might be a bit sweaty. Maybe more people should try it.

Anyway, the punchline is, I sprayed literally a whole can of deodorant on myself and my clothes... and a customer commented that she could hardly breathe near me. Christ.

[Jocko Johnson]

I remember him!

Don't forget this incredible talent.  Apart from those energizer commercials, he had an American TV series at one point.


1987 - Eveready Energizer - Jacko

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I remember him!
Was that our boy Jaz ah... mu...you know who I mean...the guy that made art quit?

[onan]

...So today I discovered that an anonymous colleague (there's about 400 of them) has made a complaint about my body odour. 

Let's get this straight, Gabbers: I shower every day, I wear a fresh uniform every day, and uhhh what was the other thing again? Oh yes: I do a day's fucking work when I'm there. So yes I might be a bit sweaty. Maybe more people should try it.

Anyway, the punchline is, I sprayed literally a whole can of deodorant on myself and my clothes... and a customer commented that she could hardly breathe near me. Christ.

You mean to say, someone from HR approached you about body odor? WTF? If as you say, you bathe regularly, body odor would not be much of a factor. And I take you at your word. I can only imagine how annoyed, angered and possibly embarrassed you must feel. I do think a whole can of deodorant probably worked against you. Man, good luck, I think I would make a counter claim regarding emotional suffering and anxiety in the work place due to malicious and unwarranted complaints.

[b_dubb]

trying to make people happy will only make you miserable.  next time someone bitches about your body odor start weeping uncontrollably and then describe how miserable you are because you have bowel cancer and as a result have uncontrollable flatulence.  then begin farting/sharting as hard as possible

no one will have approach you again

[BobGrau]

You mean to say, someone from HR approached you about body odor? WTF? If as you say, you bathe regularly, body odor would not be much of a factor. And I take you at your word. I can only imagine how annoyed, angered and possibly embarrassed you must feel. I do think a whole can of deodorant probably worked against you. Man, good luck, I think I would make a counter claim regarding emotional suffering and anxiety in the work place due to malicious and unwarranted complaints.

It's the anonymous bit that offends me... and yes I do understand that sometimes people stink and genuinely aren't aware of it, an awkward situation all round. But it feels like a straightforward attack on my character. I'm working in a supermarket to avoid all that office politics shite. Thank the lord for BellGab to rant on, rather than taking a flamethrower to the place!

[BobGrau]

trying to make people happy will only make you miserable.  next time someone bitches about your body odor start weeping uncontrollably and then describe how miserable you are because you have bowel cancer and as a result have uncontrollable flatulence.  then begin farting/sharting as hard as possible

no one will have approach you again

Haha my very first reaction was 'well if people wouldn't stand so fuking close they might not get so upset'

[BobGrau]

PS I have no objection to anyone here calling me Stinky Bob.

Except Gnoory.

[Jocko Johnson]

It's the anonymous bit that offends me... and yes I do understand that sometimes people stink and genuinely aren't aware of it, an awkward situation all round. But it feels like a straightforward attack on my character. I'm working in a supermarket to avoid all that office politics shite. Thank the lord for BellGab to rant on, rather than taking a flamethrower to the place!

I bet you work at Frazier Foods...is the store mgr Bob Green?

[Jocko Johnson]

You mean to say, someone from HR approached you about body odor? WTF? If as you say, you bathe regularly, body odor would not be much of a factor. And I take you at your word. I can only imagine how annoyed, angered and possibly embarrassed you must feel. I do think a whole can of deodorant probably worked against you. Man, good luck, I think I would make a counter claim regarding emotional suffering and anxiety in the work place due to malicious and unwarranted complaints.

Yes...yes...that's right. ..sue everybody. ..for all the damages you're getting there...ok...ok...thank...thank you very much!!

[BobGrau]

I bet you work at Frazier Foods...is the store mgr Bob Green?

I work for a well known European supermarket chain, whose name I'm literally not allowed to mention online. I'm basically a shelf-stacker, yet I actually have a non-compete clause in my contract  :

[McPhallus]

The worst thing about these sort of complaints is that there's no real accountability for the complainer.  You can't find out who it was.  Does this person have a grudge against you?  Just doesn't like you for some random reason?  Who knows.  Many times, these types of complaints are used as a form of bullying over trivial matters.  I know because I once accused of something much worse by someone who never revealed her identity (although I have an idea who it might have been).

...So today I discovered that an anonymous colleague (there's about 400 of them) has made a complaint about my body odour. 

Let's get this straight, Gabbers: I shower every day, I wear a fresh uniform every day, and uhhh what was the other thing again? Oh yes: I do a day's fucking work when I'm there. So yes I might be a bit sweaty. Maybe more people should try it.

Anyway, the punchline is, I sprayed literally a whole can of deodorant on myself and my clothes... and a customer commented that she could hardly breathe near me. Christ.

[Yorkshire pud]

I work for a well known European supermarket chain, whose name I'm literally not allowed to mention online. I'm basically a shelf-stacker, yet I actually have a non-compete clause in my contract  :

That'll be Tescos then?

[Juan]

When someone made a complaint about me, I'd always figure a way to attack the HR person who raised the complaint with me.  Generally, I could count on photographs in employee manuals which always depicted men doing something women considered harassment.  I pointed out how these manuals created a hostile work environment.  In other words, I used Alinsky's fifth rule - make them live up to their own standards.  With the HR person on the defensive, I was in the clear.

[Heather Wade]

...So today I discovered that an anonymous colleague (there's about 400 of them) has made a complaint about my body odour. 

Let's get this straight, Gabbers: I shower every day, I wear a fresh uniform every day, and uhhh what was the other thing again? Oh yes: I do a day's fucking work when I'm there. So yes I might be a bit sweaty. Maybe more people should try it.

Anyway, the punchline is, I sprayed literally a whole can of deodorant on myself and my clothes... and a customer commented that she could hardly breathe near me. Christ.

I hate trying to fix something, only to make it worse. 

[West of the Rockies]

Do any of you have any words or phrases that annoy you?  I get a bit irked when a word suddenly catches on and is used relentlessly; I feel like I'm somehow out of the loop.  For instance, I heard "meme" starting a few years ago.  I finally looked it up, but refuse to use it for fear of sounding like a would-be hipster.  I have been hearing "meta" for a while now and don't quite get the meaning from just the way I'm hearing it used.  Guess I'm not an early adapter.

I am not fond of "chillax" (as in "chill out"/"relax"). 

[starrmtn001]

The use of "prolly" instead of probably.  It's not a big deal, abbreviations usually don't bother me.  But for some reason this one irks the hell out of me. 

[zeebo]

The use of "prolly" instead of probably.  It's not a big deal, abbreviations usually don't bother me.  But for some reason this one irks the hell out of me. 

That's up there with "spozely" instead of supposedly.

[Jocko Johnson]

This nut case on jbw tonite...I can't stand how he (and mostly newscasters who try to pronounce spanish words with a fakd spanish accent) pronounces words and phrases in the...I guess language of whatever he's spewing on and on about. I want to puke...turned off bye bye.
Did he just say FDR commented war crimes leading an invasion of Haiti?  Holy shit! And jbw didn't even blink. What's the point of having these morons on...the shit this mook spits out is ludicrous!  The wildest unsubstantiated bullshit that pops into his crazy head. And c2c just lets it go...

[Treading Water]

The use of "prolly" instead of probably.  It's not a big deal, abbreviations usually don't bother me.  But for some reason this one irks the hell out of me. 

Yeah, that one.  And "impordand". 

[West of the Rockies]

Locally, there's a guy on the radio who talks about some station underwriter having "one hunert and twenty-five years of service..."  Slow down, dude and pronounce "hundred" correctly.

[BobGrau]

iv no probs wiv stoopid tok in an informal setting sucks ass the intrnt or texas, grammer also dozen matter asswell.

But if you're getting paid to talk or write I expect a higher standard.

[ItsOver]

College football on prime time Saturday night.  Or I should say over 3 hours of commercials interspersed with a little college football on Saturday night.  I swear there's a slew of commercials every freaking 5 minutes.  Now I know why I'm ready to cancel Direct TV, give up my college football addiction, and devote myself to watching "Columbo" on Me TV.  :

[BobGrau]

iv no probs wiv stoopid tok in an informal setting sucks ass the intrnt or texas, grammer also dozen matter asswell.

...Except for that "could care less" thing -  the phrase is "COULDN'T care less", dickheads!

[jazmunda]

...Except for that "could care less" thing -  the phrase is "COULDN'T care less", dickheads!

In Australia people often say "could of cared less". Shits me to tears.

[Heather Wade]

Funny you bring that up.  I just argued with someone over that.  I had said, "I couldn't care less..." and got a full-on lecture on why it is actually, "I could care less".

Freakin' idiot.  I knew I was right.  Thanks BobGrau.  The day is young, and yet I smile. 

[jazmunda]

Funny you bring that up.  I just argued with someone over that.  I had said, "I couldn't care less..." and got a full-on lecture on why it is actually, "I could care less".

Freakin' idiot.  I knew I was right.  Thanks BobGrau.  The day is young, and yet I smile.

I guess it's a matter of which one actually has you caring less.

Could care less means that you could care less but you're not so there is room to care less.

Couldn't care less means that you can't care any less.

[Heather Wade]

Heh!  Then the latter is still correct.  I couldn't possibly care less.  There's not a micron of care available in my daily care allowance.