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

And inability to handle basic grammar?

I am a Miss, I am happy to be a Miss, I have little or no time for Ms. they sound the same onthe phone. My question is why do the idiots that phone you up out of the blue always ask for Mrs. Zantic? Does having a phone and bing the registered person at an address automatically mean that you are married? Although it does let me know right off that this ia a cold call. I usually say that Mrs. Zantic (my grandmother)passed away X years ago. Usually confuses them enough that you can get rid of them without shouting. My mum (Mrs. Zantic also) has started using this one too!

My petty hate for this post - lovely people who like to go along a road and snap off peoples wing mirrors.

Zantic

Something on telly that gives me the creeps and I can barely watch is the 'bitty' sketch on Little Britain.

*shudders*

Guys who shave their hair off when they could grow it long!

I agree, what's with that?
I have tried to watch Little Britain but frankly the whole show makes my skin crawl. Same with the Office and the Royle family. These sort of shows have a bit of the emporers new clothes about them. People get all carried away like some kind of mass hysteria when really they aint all that!
In my opinion.

I enjoy all those shows. Although to get a balanced view of their merit you have to view them alongsides the likes of Fawlty Towers. I think it's a case of the public wanting want the public gets. They are told that something is 'brilliant' so many times that eventually they swallow it whole. I think a similar thing happens in the music industry.

The person on the other end of the phone when I called for a application pack for the job they were advertising. NO, the Job Center didn't tell ne that it was apply in writing only. NO, the people on the job center didn't tell me to send in a CV. In fact all they said was phone this person for an application pack.


So, praytell how should I know? Does the job require you to be telepathic? Get lost you snotty little civil servant (I'm applying for a short contract post, but is it worth the mental aggravation of working with someone like that?)


Then there was the attitude of another person at the end of the phone when I called to apply for a job. Oh, no, that post was filled last week. Why are you phoning us? I'm sorry. I was at the JC on Friday. The post was still up on the web-site this morning. Again, does the post require a psychic? Glad you got one.

Petty Hate - Job-hunting.

Zantic

Seconded. I'm having problems in that department as well. Honestly, noone in this town uses bogroll any more, they use the CVs I've given them.

You should stop using such good papr!

Actually, on the upside, I've gotten an interview for a temp agency in town. Lets hope it's not just for more humiliation opportunities.

Petty Hate - those adverts for ambulance chaser lawyers 'if you've had an accident that wasn't your fault' Definition of ACCIDENT please?

Zantic

That's a bit like one of mine - when those irritating "better insurance offer" advertisements comes on during a programme I'm trying to watch. Invariably at the bottom of the screen it says "Offer not applicable in Northern Ireland" - but I still have to wait through the b--tard ad to see the show which was so rudely interrupted! Grrrrrrr.

I've got a jobI've got a jobI've got a job
Sorry, it's taken me three months of really depressing slog and I'm very happy.

Erm, petty hates. People who say spitting feathers to mean angry.
Spitting feathers means thirsty, spitting nails means angry.

I've got a job...........sorry.

lol i hate that too very irritating

i got a job i hate it i need a new one

petty hate: working here

Forgetting to bring both a and clean pants to work. I am now feeling very and out of sorts.

I had my shower after my lunchtime gym workout then discovered the lack of so had to attempt to dry myself on the non-sweaty bits of my gym clothing Then started to dress only to discover the lack of clean pants

People who can't appreciate silence. Was on a break in work last night, enjoying the quiet when this little newbie moron comes down says "I hate the silence" and turns some awful music on. Same little newbie moron goes on to call me retarded despite the fact we've never met but then objects when I call him thick as pig-sh*t (I'm sorry Tyson, you're right, you're not as thick as pig-sh*t, pig-sh*t has an IQ in double figures)
Newbies

Well it's often said that "every rose has its thorn". Translation - try as you might, there's no escape from pricks!

I have an issue with people who will *not take a hint*! At an orchestra rehearsal I was in last night, even after the conductor asked us all not to talk while not playing, the two horn players were talking almost every time they weren't playing: even when the conductor wanted to rehearse another part of the orchestra, all we could hear was this nattering going on from the back! I really did want to either shout at them or even hit them at times ... unfortunately, they *were* talking about the music, so they did have a legitimate reason (of sorts) ...

But - they could have shown some consideration for everyone else, couldn't they? E.g. Sign-language, write notes to each other or whisper so quietly no one else noticed.

A banjo round the head often does the trick, it's called killing two birds with one stone!

One not at all petty hate here. The s who broke into my car sometime in the last 24 hours. And the who took off my wing mirror last week.

Why do these things happen when you are on the jobseekers? Sorry, I'm currently in shock and need to rant.

Zantic

Rant all you want, that sucks. Having no consideration for the feelings of others or even understanding that they might have emotions or feelings of their own are actually symptoms of various medical and mental health conditions. I'm not saying that the gits who did these things to you need understanding, I'm saying they need medicating - possibly terminally.

And possibly with a baseball bat - terminally with extreme predjudice And ain't it wonderful how conservative we become when we are the ones being rotated with?

At least the window is fixed now (even though it is 2 in the morning)

Petty hate - people who throw up in front of cash machines (I had to go get cash to pay the man who fixed the window)

Zantic , I really should go to bed now.