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

This type of thing happens when I transfer payments on our banking system. It pops up another screen where you need to type your pass code, and once you've typed it and looked back at the screen you realise it doesn't put the cursor in the box so you have to click then type it again.

I understand your rage.

Deb

Finnegan's Wake. Just... why?And who was the poor fecker tasked with translating the beast into Polish?

PH: sitting with a dictionary when I'm reading the paper. It'll come in time, I just need to be patient...

That you've done so much reading you don't really want to do more but have to for an exam. And that mood where you don't really want to do anything at all...

Filling in the basics about your education and work experience *again*, every bleedin' time you apply for a job in an organisation that doesn't hold your details. . It takes *ages* and every site specifies a different format, so often copy and paste isn't even an option
I'm serious when I say, that in these hard times, it should be the *law* that organisations must accept CV's for all the basic stuff. Applying for jobs all day is difficult and soul-destroying enough without the added brain-rotting waste of time, exercise of ploughing through 20-year-old qualifications *again*

The only original material that should be required for any job application is the covering letter and/or the personal statement.

OK, that was waaaay more than a petty hate . If I was prime minister, the first new legislation I would enact would be the creation of a central job-search database that all recruiters must consult. You would only ever need to upload your basic info to once in your whole life, which you add to as you gain more work experience and education.

Hear, hear! I'm currently filling out a job application form myself.

What really annoys me about this one is that they only want details of your most recent job, and for the others, you just list your job title. But my most recent job has little bearing on this application, the others are much more relevant...

That's the thing. They have their own narrow view of what's important. Obviously reading a CV, which you've honed and optimised to highlight all that's important to the role, is far to much like hard work

That's a good one. Drives me bonkers, too!

Especially in the case of things like my Computers GCSE. Firstly, in those days the curriculum was full of punched cards, paper tape and Kimball tags, with anything used in a modern work environment absent from it. Secondly, regardless of he grade I got, do you honestly think I remember a damn bit of it?

Oh yeah . I still feel the need to add my standard grade computer studies grade, circa 1989 to job applications in 2012 Well if I didn't add these qualifications I would look less clever, innit?

can I add to this; Jobs your "over qualified" for

yes i know I've got a degree but surely if i didn't want this job then I wouldn't be applying for it....

winnoch, I like that idea. When I was applying for my Journalism HND, I had to put down ALL school qualifications. What, y'think I remember a thing? Er... no.

PH: I don't know if I have an exam or not soon. Dammit. See PH on reading and too much of.

When I was matriculating for my journalism degree course they wanted *everything", so to spite them I took in my first aid and army cadet certificates

NO EXAM WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Oh, not only did they want everything I had ever done when I was registering for journalism college, they and the local Education Board also wanted 50 copies of proof I'm disabled and need a b c and x y z.

PH: More people than should knowing your disability, medical history, whatever. It's unfair and should be private. And then rejecting what you give them as not good enough. AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH.

PH 2: 100 pound deposit for a flat in UUC. Bugger off, we pay 400 anyways!

PH: When having to park to visit a hospital, without knowing how long the appointment might take, and having to pay the authorities for several hours of parking just in case it takes a long time. They run the parking, and they delay you at the appointment, so at the very least, we shouldn't be penalised every time for their potential failings.

Or in short, I hate paying for 2 hours parking when 15 minutes would have done.

Luckily most hospitals in Scotland are now free to park at, apart from the PFI ones

My PH is the Edinburgh City Council parking department and the Blue Meanies, aka the traffic wardens. I swear they learn their trade from the Ankh Morpork City Watch as they will ticket *anything*.

All the hospitals I've visited in the West Midlands area are pay on exit, which is much more sensible. I think all car parks should be like that. If I ruled the country for a day...

Deb

Charging to park at hospitals is immoral imho. It is a tax on being ill / visiting someone who is ill.

(but then so is charging for parking at the side of the road too. We've paid for the road already.)

PP

1. How do you expect the hospitals to pay for the upkeep of the carpark without charging?
2. No, you haven't paid for the road, that's not how vehicle excise duty works.

1. The Estates department's budget covers the upkeep of the hospital and its grounds, including car parks and roads.
2. Agreed. Parking restrictions are a totally different kettle of fish and aren't covered by road tax.

1. Out of funding the way they pay for the upkeep of all of the rest of the fabric of the hospital and grounds as it used to be. I'm old enough to remember the introduction of car parking charges.

2. Of course I pay for the roads. We all do out of other taxation.

PP