Bit of venting...what irritates you?

[suewhistle]

Or even the parents begging you to let their offspring do a qual', be it Higher GCSE or A Level, despite all the evidence clearly saying that they are utterly incapable of it!

 

Good oh, teachers' moan corner. Parents and the students themselves blaming everything on dyslexia. I've taught a student privately who really struggled: I had infinite patience with him. That girl I taught English in a primary class was also lazy; I had a lot less patience with her.

[Colinjb]

1) Lotus Notes

2) Ineffective IT helplines

3) Lotus f##king NOTES!!!!

[badgerx16]

Also, motorcyclists riding up the middle of the road (the dotted line bit) inbetween traffic.

 

 

It's how they're taught to ride when they are learning - it's termed 'filtering'.

 

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2011/July/jul2911-mcn-iam-better-riding-guide-filtering/

[badgerx16]

People that mistakenly think cyclists should pay road fund licence just because they use the road and the tax pays for the roads. WRONG.

 

Most adult male cyclists DO pay RFL as they are also car drivers.

[badgerx16]

Impatient and inconsiderate car drivers who complain about cyclists, and even deliberately / dangerously block their progress.

 

Pointless cycle lanes - we have one in Blackpool that is just a strip of red paint running in the opposite direction to the traffic flow on a busy one-way street.

[trousers]

TV programmes that spend half the programme showing what's coming up and half the programme showing what you've already seen*

 

(*Yes, I own up to having watched Helicopter Rescue from time to time...)

[Sevvy]

TV programmes that spend half the programme showing what's coming up and half the programme showing what you've already seen*(*Yes, I own up to having watched Helicopter Rescue from time to time...)

 

This ^

[trousers]

1) Lotus Notes

2) Ineffective IT helplines

3) Lotus f##king NOTES!!!!

 

Have I slipped through a time portal and woken up in 1994 ?! Does Lotus Notes really still exist?!

[trousers]

Teachers that think they know better than parents

[trousers]

Teachers that say "Do you think we're here to look after your children?" when the school is forced to close after 3 flakes of snow. Yes you buffoons, of course that's one of the things you're paid to do. How else is the rest of the country supposed to function while you put your feet up at home because of 3 ****ing flakes of snow.

[View From The Top]

Teachers that think they know better than parents

 

I refer you to my early post regarding how parents view their offspring.

[trousers]

Inset days. How about learning how to teach stuff during the 14 weeks the school is closed?

[trousers]

i refer you to my early post regarding how parents view their offspring.

 

qed

[trousers]

Internet forums that automatically change consecutive capital letters into lower case...

[View From The Top]

Teachers that say "Do you think we're here to look after your children?" when the school is forced to close after 3 flakes of snow. Yes you buffoons, of course that's one of the things you're paid to do. How else is the rest of the country supposed to function while you put your feet up at home because of 3 ****ing flakes of snow.

 

I love snow days. Unless I'm in and my own kids are off.

Edited 22 August, 2013 by View From The Top

[View From The Top]

Inset days. How about learning how to teach stuff during the 14 weeks the school is closed?

 

Awarded by the government and nothing to do with teachers. We had all ours in a week after the students had finished so your argument is somewhat redundant but 10/10 for trying.

[swannymere]

Teachers that think they know better than parents

 

You are kidding? 99% of parents see their children see them through rose tinted glasses. I feel sorry for teachers, they have to deal with teens in 'real mode' rather than 'tone it down in front of the parents mode'.

[timayes]

People turning left from the right hand lane (Esp on A36 /M27 Ower roundabout heading from Salisbury)

Supermarket bread offers 80p for 1 or 2 for £1.00 - why should I not get a deal because I can keep my d!ck in my pants, only suits those with massive bread eating families

Those cyclists riding on the road next to a designated cycleway/Pathway - going past the Ford factory for example

 

Other than that, not a lot really.

[Colinjb]

Have I slipped through a time portal and woken up in 1994 ?! Does Lotus Notes really still exist?!

 

Yes, the German head office insists on using this buggy, badly laid out, not fit for purpose piece of **** for our e-mails, calendars and databases.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

People that do not understand that the top/bottom of a flight of stairs/escalator is not a great place to just suddenly stop walking.

 

Said people who do not understand that stairs/escalators generally have a flow of people moving along them.

 

Said people that then get arsey when they have suddenly stopped, and end up on the floor when someone (usually me) who is much taller and heavier (I'm a bit of a lump) goes crashing into the back of them, thinking it is no way their own doing, and is entirely my fault.

[Webby]

It's how they're taught to ride when they are learning - it's termed 'filtering'.

 

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2011/July/jul2911-mcn-iam-better-riding-guide-filtering/

really? The ones I've seen do it do not adhere to those guidelines. I've seen it done in traffic moving at 40 to 50 mph.

[Bath Saint]

For those of you complaining about cyclists not staying in cycle lanes, take a look at some of these gems:

 

http://blog.cycleinjury.co.uk/2011/12/photos-25-of-best-crap-cycle-lanes.html

[trousers]

Awarded by the government and nothing to do with teachers. We had all ours in a week after the students had finished so your argument is somewhat redundant but 10/10 for trying.

 

I'll take that. I only gave myself an 8

[Barry Sanchez]

Teachers that say "Do you think we're here to look after your children?" when the school is forced to close after 3 flakes of snow. Yes you buffoons, of course that's one of the things you're paid to do. How else is the rest of the country supposed to function while you put your feet up at home because of 3 ****ing flakes of snow.

 

Its not them to be fair, its the tramps who claim after little Johnny has slipped over and broke his little flimsy wrist.

[Panda]

All of the things stated above PLUS:

 

People who leave their cars in the road without parking them somewhere safe. They leave them on bends, opposite junctions, very close to junctions, opposite other cars so building a wall across the road, two feet from the kerb, on double yellow lines where parking is not allowed anyway, etc, etc.

 

Why do you get a parking fine if you stay 5 minutes over time in a car park and yet you can park on double yellows for nothing! Insane!!

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

Easy thread.

 

1 - Having to be me 24/7 - it's really not a much of a larf.

2 - So called work 'colleges' who instead of working with you, actually take every opportunity to screw you over.

3 - People who mess with your stuff - scumbags the lot of them.

4 - Managers who don't know their Arsenal from their Alloa Athletic.

5 - A certain five year old girl who had a panic attack just because she had a tiny bit of soot in her eye - yes I mean you Molly

6 - The motor insurance industry.

7 - Bicyclists and motorcyclists who don't consider that the Highway Code need apply to them.

8 - TV chefs - a bunch of bastards

9 - Spending £6bn to build two vast 65,000 ton aircraft carriers, but then not buying enough aircraft to go on them.

10 - France

[bug187]

This thread. o_0

[mcjwills]

 

People who cold call at your doorstep, despite there being a "no cold-calling, we do not buy goods or services at the door" sign clearly displayed on your front door

 

 

A simple **** off can't you read usually surfices.

[SuperMikey]

When the media talk about Rickie Lambert and mention the f*cking beetroot factory. Every time.

[Monk]

Horses on the roads.

Name dropping.

People that indicate all the time.

Parents that label their children as a defender/striker at the age of 7-8.

Nissan Micra's.

Adverts on YouTube/4od

Geordie Shore

& the fact a lad that stands for everything I hate is smashing in the 8/10 we all have a thing for.

Being MLG'd.

[Monk]

and the matey who stands in the way of the aisle when shopping as if they are trying to take in the entire contents of the shelves with one delayed imaginary photo.

[Glasgow_Saint]

People that use # before words

 

#idiots

[Bearsy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwrUkeYxUF0&sns=em

 

Not my opinion, I just like this cos is v.funny!

[pap]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwrUkeYxUF0&sns=em

 

Not my opinion, I just like this cos is v.funny!

 

One of the most engaging gags ever, precisely because 90% of white dudes are thinking along the same lines as Randy.

[angelman]

Currently [and every summer]....grockles who drive through the Forest (esp on the A35) at 35-40mph when the limit is 60mph and they have a damn big queue behind them.

[scotty]

Anybody who says "Can I get".

Or "Thats how we roll."

 

Grounds for summary execution, imo.

[Hockey_saint]

Nice to see most of you got into the swing of this thread!...I surprised myself at how many people also feel the same way.

 

One thing that does annoy me (you can tell I've spent too much time in front of the TV lately) soaps with plots that are just stupid...I mean "play the white man" might be an idiotic phrase from the dark ages, but it's not a line worth a 5 week storyline where someone loses their job and is made into a leper!!....and why do they make these other racists look like idiotic morons when in fact a lot are "normal" or indeed very smart and are usually never that easy to spot.

 

Also, data forensics Corrie!!!!! you took a picture of bruises from a beating but ohh you deleted it so it cant be used....of course it can arghhhhhhhh.

 

Also, people moaning about GCSE's being easier? I have 2 degrees but because I was ill a lot in childhood, I found it hard to catch up initially so the GCSE's were certainly not easy for me and they probably are not for lots of kids...it's ok saying they are easier for a fair percentage but to lots they're still impossible so why make them harder? why not tailor them like they do further on into vocational and academic versions? arghhhhhhhhhh.

 

And WHY do rotund men feel the need to wear tight t-shirts to show off their moobs arghhh.

Edited 22 August, 2013 by Hockey_saint

[Grey Crab]

In no particular order....

 

Young people who think the world owes them something (in fact anybody who thinks that, but it just seems more prevalent in 15-25 years old at the moment) and show no gratitude when something is done for them (unfortunately have one of these at home until she turns 18 in 4 months time. She's going to have a big shock when her bags get packed for her in January)

 

These sorts of people are the products of bad parenting.

[RonManager]

They still haven't commissioned the 3rd series of Twin Peaks.

 

[egg]

1. People on disabled scooters who then get off them to walk, usually to access food.

2. People who pile up plates in buffets and carvery's then leave loads.

3. People who think the world owes them a living.

 

In summary, greedy/lazy ba5tards.

[The9]

1) Lotus Notes

2) Ineffective IT helplines

3) Lotus f##king NOTES!!!!

 

You are just wrong. Says the former Lotus Notes System Administrator.

[The9]

Also, people moaning about GCSE's being easier? I have 2 degrees but because I was ill a lot in childhood, I found it hard to catch up initially so the GCSE's were certainly not easy for me and they probably are not for lots of kids...it's ok saying they are easier for a fair percentage but to lots they're still impossible so why make them harder? why not tailor them like they do further on into vocational and academic versions? arghhhhhhhhhh.

 

Who's asking for them to be harder ? I just want them to be "the same" and be marked in the same way, that's completely in line with what you would expect from a historical benchmarking system of ability. Just introducing A* made a mockery of the whole system, unless they go back and re-evaluate the grades of the people who took the same exams and were only given As for getting what are now A* marks.

 

And frankly, exams are meant to be a measure of ability, they're not meant to be bloody easy.

 

Completely agree with you regarding vocational training though, there's not enough of that for people who aren't academically gifted - in fact there's not enough of it for people who are, either.

[Cascadia Saint]

The fact that americans call Pet Hates 'Pet Peeves'.

[Hockey_saint]

Who's asking for them to be harder ? I just want them to be "the same" and be marked in the same way, that's completely in line with what you would expect from a historical benchmarking system of ability. Just introducing A* made a mockery of the whole system, unless they go back and re-evaluate the grades of the people who took the same exams and were only given As for getting what are now A* marks.

 

And frankly, exams are meant to be a measure of ability, they're not meant to be bloody easy.

 

Completely agree with you regarding vocational training though, there's not enough of that for people who aren't academically gifted - in fact there's not enough of it for people who are, either.

 

For sure. I agree with a headteacher they had on TV earlier, it's ok the politicians moaning about exams getting easier BUT what you don't do is at the last minute, at the examination authority level change the criteria and measurement system...that was a bit wrong.

 

I think the Germans agree with us too concerning vocational and academic tiers too....I know the Aussies do but like so many things in the UK we're afraid we'll offend people such as parents.

[BadgerBadger]

People that have a go cyclists for no paying road tax (or whatever the **** it's called) - 99.9% of these feckers have a car, pay the road tax and are doing a lot less damage in many ways by riding their bike instead. Have a think about how many minutes cyclists actually adds to your journey.

I hate riding on roads anyways, hideous place to enjoy a cycle, much prefer to offroad where poss......

[trousers]

Walking behind some cretin dragging a suitcase on wheels behind them and without warning they grind to a halt to push the handle in and pick it up. There's people behind you FFS. Don't just ****ing stop in your tracks as if you're the only person on the planet. Human evolution: going backwards since 1957.

Edited 23 August, 2013 by trousers

[trousers]

People that form queues at a cash machine perpendicular to the wall thus blocking the pavement. Queue along the wall you ignorant excuses for intelligent life-form.

Edited 23 August, 2013 by trousers

[Tokyo-Saint]

People.

[Spudders]

Bearsey.

[saint si]

Walking behind some cretin dragging a suitcase on wheels behind them and without warning they grind to a halt to push the handle it and pick it up. There's people behind you FFS. Don't just ****ing stop in your tracks as if you're the only person on the planet. Human evolution: going backwards since 1957.

 

Oh, i got one... the people that feel it necessary to ALWAYS use the wheels on their suitcase whenever they are walking more than about 6 inches, and spend their whole time pulling the handle out and pushing it back in again.

 

Wheels it up to ticket barrier... stops pushes handle in, picks up... goes through barrier... stops, pulls handle out, puts down... wheels to the train... stops pushes handle in, picks up... gets on train... stops, pulls handle out, puts down... wheels to seat.... AAAAAHHH!