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Post 4921

Malabarista - now with added pony

And those even work on my keyboard, which is QWERTZ!


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Post 4922

Bright Blue Shorts

Ok ... I think this is a truly, legitimate, petty hate because it just feels very small-minded of me but ... those damn charity sacks that get left on your doorstep.

Almost never do I have anything to put in them. I'm one of nature's hoarders and I don't conform to life's 'planned obscelence' strategy.

If I have any clothes to get rid of it's because they're worn out. You can't sell them in a charity shop. They have holes or stains or a combination of the two. My "T'Pau 1988" tour T-shirt is never going to look good on a child living in the middle of the Sahara desert ...

If I should ever have a clearout then it's guaranteed that there's never a sack collection due. Worse still is the fact that all the charities seem to leave their sacks in the same week ...


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Post 4923

Deb

The one time I left one of those bags out with stuff in, it wasn't collected.

Deb smiley - cheerup


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Post 4924

Moonhogg - Captain Coffee Break

That's because they never expect anyone to have left anything for them! It's like Jehova's Witnesses. If you invite one in, they'd probably faint with shock!


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Post 4925

Bright Blue Shorts

Recruitment agencies referring to SQL (ESS-CUE-ELL) as Sequel. (Although much debate goes on about which is correct, I'm pretty sure the f-wits in recruitment are not the ones to be setting the standard).


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Post 4926

Yvonne aka india

I know that at work we have hardware referred to as "sequel servers", but that might just be accepted pronunciation for that situation.


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Post 4927

Bright Blue Shorts

Microsoft make "SQL Server" and they do pronounce it Sequel which would fit in with what your company has. But not every bit of SQL in the world is Microsoft's SQL Server ...

Like I say, it is a bit debatable ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL


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Post 4928

toybox

'Principle' when people mean 'principal'.


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Post 4929

Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!"

"Compliment" when people mean "complement."

smiley - pirate


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Post 4930

psychocandy-moderation team leader

"Breath" when people mean "breathe".

"Your" when people mean "you're".

"Their" when people mean "there". (Or vice versa)

And I'll second the two mentioned above. I work in accounting for a real estate company and want to rip people's throats out when they ask for something to be applied to the borrower's "principle". smiley - grr

Seems like another good time to moan about apostrophe abuse as well.

I also have a petty hate that makes me feel a tad guilty... my office building has a number of security guards who take turns covering various shifts. One of the guards on the graveyard shift apparently has Alzheimers and can't recognize the regular tenants. I start work by 6am and leave by 3:30, so I carry a 24-hour-access ID badge with my photo, name and company name on it. And any time this guy is working when I arrive, he shouts at me, physically pulls me off the elevator, and makes me sign the guest list, even though I (a)have the damned photo ID and (b) have worked here for nearly four years. I almost feel bad for being annoyed about it, because he's not entirely well, but on the other hand I think that a security guard with Alzheimers should start thinking about long-term disability or retirement. smiley - loveblush


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Post 4931

psychocandy-moderation team leader

Where the hell did that smiley - loveblush smiley come from? I didn't type any smileys!!

Another petty hate- spontaneous smileys. smiley - laugh


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Post 4932

Yvonne aka india

Boxes and paper with perforated seams, supposed to make them easier to get into and separate.


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Post 4933

Rod

I know someone who's busy inventing bullet-proof clothing, lightweight almost to the point of non-existence, made exclusively of paper perforations.


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Post 4934

Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!"

Why? Is he utterly paranoid that someone's going to shoot him?

smiley - pirate


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Post 4935

Malabarista - now with added pony

smiley - laugh PC, do you read "Skin Horse"? It's a comic about a secret government agency, and their security guard never recognises anyone because they wipe his memory daily!


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Post 4936

KB

smiley - laugh Mal, I was just about to look for that episode to post the link for PC.


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Post 4937

Malabarista - now with added pony

smiley - laugh Maybe you should!

Though from what I saw of the Security guards in PC's building, they aren't drawn by Shaennon Garrity smiley - winkeye


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Post 4938

psychocandy-moderation team leader

Mala, I'm trying to remember which security guard was on duty when you were there. I think I know which one, and she's a real doll. Though maybe I shouldn't say too much- someone from work might ID me on here and then they'll know how much time I spend hootooing from the office. smiley - winkeye

I must check out this comic, however. That sounds hilarious, more so because I can relate to it... smiley - laugh


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Post 4939

Malabarista - now with added pony

smiley - laughsmiley - shhh I think there was a man at the desk, though.

And yes, you must read Skin Horse smiley - bigeyes

http://www.skin-horse.com/

(The double arrow at the bottom will take you to the start...)


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Post 4940

psychocandy-moderation team leader

Fantastic! smiley - biggrin Thanks.

Now I have to wonder which guard was on duty. The regular daytime guy is wonderful. The heavyset balding guy is the one who gives me the random troubles.


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