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Post by DI Alex Drake on Apr 27, 2020 14:43:07 GMT
Just imagining the lunchtime that has lead to this rant! Slight staggering around a kitchen, arguing with a packet of ham! I have just done our weekly shop; something I might actually stick to once this is all over, it's so much less of a pain only going once a week! But I've just had to try and calculate what will be consumed with him indoors here all week, too. I feel it will be a lot more than the previous weeks!
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Post by Steve Austin on Apr 27, 2020 15:15:11 GMT
Just imagining the lunchtime that has lead to this rant! Slight staggering around a kitchen, arguing with a packet of ham! I have just done our weekly shop; something I might actually stick to once this is all over, it's so much less of a pain only going once a week! But I've just had to try and calculate what will be consumed with him indoors here all week, too. I feel it will be a lot more than the previous weeks! I have had so many arguments with inanimate objects over the years it's just not funny, if you tried to do half of the things that happen to make you rage (extension cords tying themselves in knots for example) you wouldn't be able to no matter how hard you tried. I must be the only person who does not laugh at this, I truly share his pain and is very reminiscent of today's lunchtime:
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Apr 27, 2020 15:32:16 GMT
My dad has an awful temper which I used to find funny until I partially inherited it but my favourite story is, in brief, he works in a very old shop colouring prints of the local area. They sell books, DVDs etc about Plymouth. Dad is on his own a fair amount of time and out the back is office furniture that's been there longer than my brother and I have been alive ( and probably considerably longer again). One particular set of drawers has one of the handles completely mangled - the reason being that it used to catch on his trouser pocket when he walked past and, unfortunately for the handle, there was once a hammer on top of the unit when this happened. It no longer gets caught on his trouser pocket . My brother and I occasionally erupt into seemingly spontaneous laughter when we are reminded of said handle; it's very dad. (I stress this rage is uniquely for inanimate objects (and road rage - he could give Gene a good race) and he's otherwise a lovely person!).
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Post by Steve Austin on Apr 27, 2020 16:20:12 GMT
That’s exactly what I mean; if you tried to catch your trouser pocket on the handle as you walked past, you’d never be able to do it. You walk post an innocent handle and boom, no pocket
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Post by Cartman on Apr 27, 2020 17:20:47 GMT
Bloke I used to work with years ago in the insurance office in the late 70s was a bit of a temper snapper. Once, this other bloke sat on the corner if he had s desk, causing it to collapse, another time I got put on post collection at a busy time of the year, leaving him a bit short handed (he was my line manager) so he shouted "I'm going to see Smith about this" (Smith was the managing director) he tanked the door open so hard in temper that it came off its hinges.
Good bloke though, despite these outbursts
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Apr 27, 2020 17:21:40 GMT
Things like drawers not fitting or doors catching on the ground as you open/close them are annoying because you know you could remedy it by fixing them but somehow you never do. Things you habitually use or see, for instance in our kitchen there's a bit of skirting board that the kitchen fitters ( who were idiots ) didn't bother to measure properly, it's too short & leaves a gap. Ideally you'd remove it & replace it with a piece that fits properly but you never bother doing it & for years & years you'll see this ill fitting bit of skirting board & think it's all because of those those lazy stupid gits who fitted the kitchen.
The toilet door is the same, it's never fitted quite properly, nor has the lock. 'Take the door off & replace the lock' you might say, but what if you're just no good at doing those jobs? You're forced to live every day with a door that doesn't work properly & you have to inform any visitor to spare embarrassments.
I hate botch jobs of any description because you pay in years for minutes of other people's neglect or laziness. I also hate it when you spend hours, days or weeks decorating & someone points out a fault
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 27, 2020 19:57:45 GMT
I hate botch jobs of any description because you pay in years for minutes of other people's neglect or laziness. I also hate it when you spend hours, days or weeks decorating & someone points out a fault I do all of our home improvements and never bodge a job with the result that I take far too long because it has to be perfect. It is then Annie that gets annoyed with me when I find fault with my own work. On the rare occasion that we've had someone in to do some work I've gone over it afterwards finding fault, this winds her up even more but I can't help it when I want things done properly. Sam.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Apr 27, 2020 20:33:01 GMT
Sounds like you're a bit OMD, Sam
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 27, 2020 20:44:56 GMT
OMD? Or do you mean OCD? Yes I'm guilty of being OCD about so many things. Sam.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Apr 27, 2020 20:48:18 GMT
I stick by my original statement
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