This Could Be Rotterdam Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 People calling their parents by their first names. Radio presenter this morning kept talking about her mom and calling her Linda. You could tell she was adding emphasis to it almost trying to make the story sound funnier or sound cooler than what she/it was. Perfect fit for something that shouldn't wind me up but does. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Using the photocopier at work when someone stands directly behind me and waits for me to finish. You can see from where you sit it is occupied. Now I feel pressurised to scan a whole lot of shit quickly.I just scan half of it as I feel like I am against the clock. Sit the **** down and wait, you word removed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 It pisses me off when people stand at the photocopier and scan a whole load of shit really slowly. Don't they realise that my stuff is more important, and i'm standing closely behind them in the hope they get the hint and go sit back down without finishing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 On 18/04/2017 at 15:09, mottaloo said: When my phone updates a few apps in one go but one of the icons goes missing afterwards and i cant remember which one it is. (Ok, i know that i should cross check "recently updated apps" on the playstore, but I'm more peed off at my ever failing memory than anything else ) ohhh, i never thought of that way of finding out what app has gone missing! i just hunt around my phone in vain, and eventually give up and slot something new in the gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 On 4/18/2017 at 06:11, mjmooney said: Nurse! He's out of bed again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 15 minutes ago, ender4 said: ohhh, i never thought of that way of finding out what app has gone missing! i just hunt around my phone in vain, and eventually give up and slot something new in the gap. That's what she said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 3 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Using the photocopier at work when someone stands directly behind me and waits for me to finish. You can see from where you sit it is occupied. Now I feel pressurised to scan a whole lot of shit quickly.I just scan half of it as I feel like I am against the clock. Sit the **** down and wait, you word removed. I've reached the point now where I just scan and photocopy even slower just to annoy the person waiting. Sign of becoming a miserable old git! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 The amount of politics threads on here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Day off today whilst I get a new washing machine delivered. Fancied a crafty shuffle in bed during my lie-in, try to get onto a couple of websites and Sky has blocked them for me. Checked my settings... all fine, but still won't let me on. **** useless jeb-ends. Can't even spank it in my own home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 20, 2017 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2017 6 minutes ago, Ginko said: Day off today whilst I get a new washing machine delivered. Fancied a crafty shuffle in bed during my lie-in, try to get onto a couple of websites and Sky has blocked them for me. Checked my settings... all fine, but still won't let me on. **** useless jeb-ends. Can't even spank it in my own home. Opt in. On the list. Check. It's all for your safety dontcha know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Is an annoying laugh grounds to kill somebody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 1 hour ago, StefanAVFC said: Is an annoying laugh grounds to kill somebody? Yes. I have done many murders because of this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 20, 2017 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2017 16 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: Yes. I have done many murders because of this. I've only the one. But it has given me a taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) There are some right weirdos who come to the Contemporary gallery every week to watch films. Me and my mates have been to every one in the current season of classic movies and there are three stand out characters who are always there too: - An old guy who falls asleep and snores through every film (Snoozey McSnoreyton) - Some thirty-something chubby bearded guy who gasps way too loud when something shocking happens (Gaspy McShock) - and the worst by far is this nerdy guy in his forties perhaps who has the most ridiculous high-pitched hyena laugh who not only has that ridiculous piercing guffaw, but also finds unfunny things hilarious so he giggles like a clearing in the woods when no one else is. He doesn't have a name really, I just refer to him as the Giggling clearing in the woods. Not sure I'd kill him but I've certainly wanted to throw my shoe at his head a few times. Edited April 20, 2017 by Ginko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 20, 2017 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2017 38 minutes ago, Ginko said: - and the worst by far is this nerdy guy in his forties perhaps who has the most ridiculous high-pitched hyena laugh who not only has that ridiculous piercing guffaw, but also finds unfunny things hilarious so he giggles like a clearing in the woods when no one else is. He doesn't have a name really, I just refer to him as the Giggling clearing in the woods. Not sure I'd kill him but I've certainly wanted to throw my shoe at his head a few times. Squealy McDeadington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Extra time in football. 22 footballers dead on their arse and United probably end up winning. Just go to penalties FFS, at least it's a test of technique and bottle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Could Be Rotterdam Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Theres been some sort of phishing email sent to someone in my company which they have opened and its sent something to everyone, and all replies to that are being sent round to everyone aswell. But not only are people sending replies, people are replying to tell people to stop replying. Theres now more emails from people replying to tell people to stop replying than there was just people emailing to say it wasnt for them. We only had an internet security briefing last month. That obviously worked well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Somewhere, there's an Exchange admin pulling his hair out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted April 21, 2017 Administrator Share Posted April 21, 2017 53 minutes ago, This Could Be Rotterdam said: Theres been some sort of phishing email sent to someone in my company which they have opened and its sent something to everyone, and all replies to that are being sent round to everyone aswell. But not only are people sending replies, people are replying to tell people to stop replying. Theres now more emails from people replying to tell people to stop replying than there was just people emailing to say it wasnt for them. We only had an internet security briefing last month. That obviously worked well! If only there were professionals who could assist with all of this The right help can be expensive though, but I'd love to see the RoI statement for your "security briefing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted April 21, 2017 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2017 "Don't be selling tickets to your mates over face value. It's touting don't you know." Hell we even have it as a very serious guideline on this very forum. Quote Established members (>500 posts) may occasionally post that they have a personally held ticket for sale where they cannot attend a game. Only individual tickets can be offered or requested. Tickets must be offered or requested for no more than face value. But our glorious club and its partners can sell tickets at £600. And profit from the percentage mark-up. How the **** is that acceptable? How can they justify that kind of behaviour whilst tying everyone else's hands under the laughable guise of fairness? It's disgusting and they should be taken to task. It's making a mockery of the fans whilst robbing them in the process. Supply and demand? What's good for the goose... Excellent article over on MOMS Quote Aston Villa vs Blues Derby Tickets listed for £600 on Official Ticket Exchange Loyalty Supporters often say there is no loyalty left in football when it comes to players, but with some Villa fans appearing to sell tickets for the upcoming Second City derby to fellow Villans for up to £600, is there any loyalty actually left amongst each other? The issue of secondary sales ticket agencies has never been much of an issue at Aston Villa, mainly because it’s not often Villa Park is sold out. Normally, the club’s ticket exchange allows season ticket holders to offer their unwanted tickets for face value or less prices to give other Villa fans a potential bargain. Yet seeing tickets for the Blues game up for sale on the club’s official ticket exchange – ran by Seatwave – for up to £600, raises serious question marks. The Big Profit Factor in the £109.99 booking fee and the supporter ends up paying in excess of £700, with the club and Seatwave making more each on just the booking fee than the original ticket price. The resale of football tickets is illegal under section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 unless authorised by the organiser of the match. That’s why the likes of Seatwave, StubHub and Viagogo were originally fast to strike deals with football clubs. The irony is if you sell a spare ticket to your friend for face value, you are breaking the law. But if Seatwave sell your spare ticket for a massive mark-up, that’s perfectly legal and ok. Hypocrisy There’s obviously a degree of hypocrisy from football clubs who strived to extinguish touts from the game under the pretext of protecting supporters from being ripped off. Also, the reality is, instead of being motivated by improving ‘customer service’ providing fans with a service to help them sell unused tickets, greed for commission was the prime motivating force. How They Get You With most of the population conditioned to think in capitalist terms, the argument of ‘demand and supply’ is often thrown up in such matters. If someone is willing to pay it, then what’s the issue? Well, apart from the fabric of society disintegrating through selfishness (or in this case, Villa supporter kinship waning), it’s essentially legalised touting. The whole business model is built on the agencies’ commission (aka booking fee). It’s in the interest of the agency for the prices to be as high as possible. If Villa Park was sold out, week in and week out, the exploitation of fans through agencies would only grow. In the music world, such agencies (some run by ticket sellers) often block book tickets for concerts to drive up demand and prices, and then they sell these tickets on for maximum profit. Likewise, it’s not necessarily season ticket owners that are asking for these prices on ticket exchanges, but professional ticket touts or the agencies themselves. For example, there’s normally whole blocks of match tickets listed for each Villa game on Seatwave, meaning the agency has obviously been given them to sell by the club. Would this arrangement continue, if Villa Park started to fill up? If it did, the ticket exchange agency would then obviously boost up the price of it’s given allocation. It’s a mirky subject that has seen German supporters chase such agencies away from their clubs and in England the likes of Spurs, Manchester City and Everton fans challenging their clubs over the role of such ticketing agencies in recent years. Once success returns to Villa Park and the stadium fill rate grows, the issue may become a growing concern. UTV 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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