h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I have a not so petty hate of people who schlepp themselves to work, with a rather nasty stomach bug, and infect you so that your hard-won week of holiday is going to begin with you not knowing which end to stick in the bucket

Bizarrely enough I have a petty hate of the sickness absence policies some companies have which force people to schlepp themselves to work with a rather nasty bug so they don't risk disciplinary action *cough*RoyalMail*cough*.

My petty hate is when all the rail way workers are tested for drug use but what about all the doctors and nurses,why are they not teasted when they are the ones who have our lives at stake.
I mean over here in Australia i know of many medical staff that go out all night and take pills and smoke weed and then they go into work the next day not having any sleep looking after sick patients.And im sure it happens in a lot of other countries aswell.
but yet when you work for the railway you are randomly tested all the time and i know this because my brother inlaw works for the railway,and he has been tested on many occasions.
Does it bother anyone else i wonder nad are there any stories anyone would like to share?

People who won't accept that they are wrong, even when you can prove it. The person who annoyed me over this today was hubby. I told him I'd made some tea and got little response. I told him two words would be appreciated. He asked "What two words?" and I said "Thank you". He was adamant that 'Thank you' is one word, that he'd been taught to write it that way and he was going to stick with it. Now, when I was young I was taught that 'Thank you' could be hyphenated, e.g. without so much as a thank-you. I was never taught it as just one word, and hubby's not so much older than me. He won't accept anything a spell checker tells him (sensible!), but he won't accept what the OED says, either.

Hubby accuses me of not admitting when I'm wrong, but he can be just as stubborn.

Men. More specifically, being confused over two of them and not knowing which one I want [if either]
English comedians. The only comedians that are funny are Irish ones! (That’s cos we know how to raise a laugh- the exception to this being the bald dude on Mock The Week, who’s hilarious).
The X Factor- the auditions are always funny, though
Mariah Carey
Madonna
Leon Jackson
Britney Spears…

… and the rest of the shit pop infiltrating the world.

On the petty hate of company policies encouraging people to work when sick (yes, I work there too), take a union rep in for every sick absence meeting. Managers hate it. i'm really susceptible to throat and chest infections and so on, as I work with men who are in their mid to late 50s on, when i think i'm coming down with something, i refuse to go in on the grounds that what's uncomfortable for me could be fatal for them as have had heart troubles etc... I've explained to my manager several times that i'll not come in if I'm ill, full stop, if they want to sack me for that, they'll have a fight on their hands!

And dont go in if you're sick, i've had the bug that's going around, it's awful, dont pass it on!

I work for a company that pretty much assumes that anyone off sick is "throwing a sickie". People have been off with serious illness (the only time they've ever been sick in many years) and when they return have been called into the office to explain their amount of sickness.

Sorry Robyn, but this has made my policy regarding sickness crystal clear:

Go in and infect as many people as you possibly can.

As discussed on another Fred, it grates me when people use stock phrases and get to a stage where they're almost a reflex response that gets used when they're not even appropriate or in the wrong context.

eg:

Get a life
Seeya wouldn't wanna be ya (ugh)
Would you like some cheese with that wine?

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Sounds like where I used to work. Bloke was put up on disciplinary for unsatisfactory attendance after being off work for a kidney transplant.

Jesus, that sucks.

Here, they use the excuse that, 'They understand and accept that the majority of illness absences are necessary but they have to maintain a good level of attendance and closely monitor where people are having problems so they can provide appropriate support'. Myy manager also pulls out the old 'end of the day, if you're never here, why should we pay you?' line.

It's a pile of dung but there we go, it's an accepted norm...

American Idol.
Commercials, ads, companies, and politicians of any kind that use the tactic of dissing on their opponent.
And /especially/ when people seem to think I even /want/ to hear them analyze my behavior and tell me how I should change!

The high wind N. Ireland's getting at the minute. Be careful on the road!

For as long as I can remember we've always said ON the premises.
Now they've decided to ban smoking just about everywhere except in the middle of a field, they've also decided to butcher the language by sticking up thousands of signs saying "No smoking allowed *IN* these premises"

Not being able to download Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1 opus 107, first movement. It's fantastic.

ETA: I got the Shostakovich in the end!

Trying to complete a Risk Assessment for the trip my T&T group are going on in April and also trying to come up with songs that might suit me… I want to sing them, only I know my vocal teacher mightn’t like them, and I am not sure if I can sing in foreign languages yet… having a few days to learn a Finnish song is not good.

People assuming that all staffordshire bull terriers are vicious/dangerous because of the actions of some 'youths/thugs' who use them as weapons and teach them to be that way.
And before anyone goes off on one, look at the types of people who have a staff thats made you uncomfortable.... I'll put money on it being a hoodie wearing (and by this I mean the ones who wear it like a balaclava so you cant see their face, not those of us who wear one to keep our ears warm), mouthy of between about 14 and 20. Thank you!


Cold feet... not the tv show, the things at the end of my legs.

I have a hate about work sickness too.... I broke my back and the place I used to work kept asking me when I was coing back.... terribly sorry, bit busy being crippled right now, maybe tomorrow! IDIOTS!

When people assume that it's only ever teenagers (a.k.a. 14-20) who do "bad" things.

Word. That is all.

At the moment I have hatred of sore throats.
It reeeeeaaaaaally hurts.