Does it happen much on this site?
I know on Big Footy when I used to post there, it happened all the time.
Still, it doesn't piss me off, so I have no concern really
What pisses you off?
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inept service from a bank. thought they had organised an atm card for me only to find nothing is on its way.
also, anitquated CRM technologies that don't provide service staff with an integrated single view of customer account details thus needing to explain my situation on numerous occasions.
also, anitquated CRM technologies that don't provide service staff with an integrated single view of customer account details thus needing to explain my situation on numerous occasions.
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OK, doing some driving over the last few days made me revisit my original post on this thread and realise I may have unfairy targetted Women and older drivers as being incompetent. What I've come to realise is, it's not just them. There is a whole sub-class of human beings who have somehow gained authorisation to pilot a motor vehicle when they should not be allowed to pilot a skateboard in a confined space.
There is no real racial or gender or age specific identifier for this sub-class, they seem to cross the spectrum. yes, there are more older people and females in it, but not by any means exclusively.
Some of the characteristics of this particular group of people are:
1. The profound belief that the only purpose the rearview mirror serves is to enable them to look at themselves or back seat passengers.
2. Wing mirrors are style features and serve no functional purpose
3. Indicators/Blinkers.....see point 2
4. The Brake pedal is a place to rest their left foot while driving and frequently, to tap their left foot on while driving in time to the music in the car or the voices in their head or their biorhythms or &*( knows what.
5. They are the only car on the road that is actually going anywhere. Those other vehicles that occasionaly register on their conscious mind as being on the same road are mere annoyances like traffic signs, speedhumps and pedestrians. Therefore, they are to be ignored with disdain.
6. The profound belief that the force is with them (either that or they think they've got a naked jessica Alba in the passenger seat projecting a protective forcefield, but that's a different thread) and that no matter how fast; slow or erratically they drive, it is impossible for any harm to come to them or their vehicle.
7. Parking bay lines...............see points 2 and 3.
The only real physical characteristic is a selectively seized neck. The head appears stuck looking straight forward and is completely unable to move to look sideways or any direction except frontwards when changing lanes; turning; stopping unexpectedly or driving thru pedestrian crossings. It is selectively seized however, because as soon as any other person in the car with them speaks to them, their head is suddenly capable of swivelling in all directions in a manner that would put Linda blair to shame. The other potential physical characteristic is assumed from this selectively seized neck that they either DO have eyes in the back of their head or can see out of their ears. This is yet to be clinically established and it may just be that they ARE using the force to drive while holding eye contact with the person beside them and talking.
I am considering writing to the CSIRO or someone and requesting a grant to undertake biological research into whether this particular sub class has a shared defective gene or some other genetic marker that would enable them to be identified PRIOR to the potential issuing of a liceence that would enable them to wreak havoc on public roads. If granted, my idea is to collect blood samples from as many of these people as I can by applying a tyre iron to the back of their skull when I encounter them in traffic then taking the tyre iron in for the residual blood on it to be analysed.
Hopefully, as a result of this research, we may be able to exclude these people from holding a drivers licence to pilot any motor vehicle. Next steps would include prevention of them piloting a Push Bike, Shopping Trolley, Pram etc.
Maybe one day, a cure may be found. Either that or the method of collecting blood will knock enough out of the gene pool to reduce their population to no more than nuisance value.
Until then, I urge caution when driving on public roads. Be alert but not alarmed, and if you see me coming toward you brandishing a tyre iron, do your bit for research, wind down the window and stick your head out.
There is no real racial or gender or age specific identifier for this sub-class, they seem to cross the spectrum. yes, there are more older people and females in it, but not by any means exclusively.
Some of the characteristics of this particular group of people are:
1. The profound belief that the only purpose the rearview mirror serves is to enable them to look at themselves or back seat passengers.
2. Wing mirrors are style features and serve no functional purpose
3. Indicators/Blinkers.....see point 2
4. The Brake pedal is a place to rest their left foot while driving and frequently, to tap their left foot on while driving in time to the music in the car or the voices in their head or their biorhythms or &*( knows what.
5. They are the only car on the road that is actually going anywhere. Those other vehicles that occasionaly register on their conscious mind as being on the same road are mere annoyances like traffic signs, speedhumps and pedestrians. Therefore, they are to be ignored with disdain.
6. The profound belief that the force is with them (either that or they think they've got a naked jessica Alba in the passenger seat projecting a protective forcefield, but that's a different thread) and that no matter how fast; slow or erratically they drive, it is impossible for any harm to come to them or their vehicle.
7. Parking bay lines...............see points 2 and 3.
The only real physical characteristic is a selectively seized neck. The head appears stuck looking straight forward and is completely unable to move to look sideways or any direction except frontwards when changing lanes; turning; stopping unexpectedly or driving thru pedestrian crossings. It is selectively seized however, because as soon as any other person in the car with them speaks to them, their head is suddenly capable of swivelling in all directions in a manner that would put Linda blair to shame. The other potential physical characteristic is assumed from this selectively seized neck that they either DO have eyes in the back of their head or can see out of their ears. This is yet to be clinically established and it may just be that they ARE using the force to drive while holding eye contact with the person beside them and talking.
I am considering writing to the CSIRO or someone and requesting a grant to undertake biological research into whether this particular sub class has a shared defective gene or some other genetic marker that would enable them to be identified PRIOR to the potential issuing of a liceence that would enable them to wreak havoc on public roads. If granted, my idea is to collect blood samples from as many of these people as I can by applying a tyre iron to the back of their skull when I encounter them in traffic then taking the tyre iron in for the residual blood on it to be analysed.
Hopefully, as a result of this research, we may be able to exclude these people from holding a drivers licence to pilot any motor vehicle. Next steps would include prevention of them piloting a Push Bike, Shopping Trolley, Pram etc.
Maybe one day, a cure may be found. Either that or the method of collecting blood will knock enough out of the gene pool to reduce their population to no more than nuisance value.
Until then, I urge caution when driving on public roads. Be alert but not alarmed, and if you see me coming toward you brandishing a tyre iron, do your bit for research, wind down the window and stick your head out.
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.
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medders#7
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what pisses me off? hmmm
gf breaking up with me and me feeling shit cos i havent seen alot of my school mates in 2 years and put on like 10-15kg so im too embarrsed to see them im at a gym but the weight jus doesnt seem to go.
not having a proper job @ 20 and dont know what to study or where to get a full time job.
thats what pisses me off
gf breaking up with me and me feeling shit cos i havent seen alot of my school mates in 2 years and put on like 10-15kg so im too embarrsed to see them im at a gym but the weight jus doesnt seem to go.
not having a proper job @ 20 and dont know what to study or where to get a full time job.
thats what pisses me off
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John Wren
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the cretin who stole my bike yesterday. tough enough being unemployed but having your major mode of transport taken from you is more than a little incovenient.
obviously there is someone out there who has a greater need for my bike than i do.
what goes around .........
obviously there is someone out there who has a greater need for my bike than i do.
what goes around .........
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