Topic: The small things in life that really hannoy

[Crosby Nick]

disgraceful

people can be so uncompassionate

ive never forgotten one teacher going to me once
"youre always off on a tuesday"

this was 6 months into the school year
1. apart from the tuesday im on about i didnt miss one
2. it was for my grannys funeral

to this day i wish i had hit the teacher for it. bloody deserved. When she read the note she went red. all apologies, doesnt change the fact she was a c*nt

Yeah, but you are Stephen Ireland.

[paulrazor]

Yeah, but you are Stephen Ireland.

wrong granny

[CraigDS]

same year my mates dad died. I wont go into specifics as he might read the board and its kinda private anyway. He has never forgiven the school for the way they didnt care. Church was 5 minutes from school and not one member of staff attended the funeral.

his mother actually wrote in a complaint

Genuine question, but why would a member of staff attend? Did the dad work at the school?

[I've been a good boy]

Companies are insensitive c*nts when it comes to bereavements. Someone's mother could pass away suddenly and they'd ask them to come back in the afternoon.

[paulrazor]

Genuine question, but why would a member of staff attend? Did the dad work at the school?

my wifes a teacher and some staff would in such an instance

in this case i think they should have for a few reasons

1. I dont see why the principal or vice principal couldnt have gone. They didnt take any classes or teach any subjects
2. There was a liaison officer working at the school, I'm sure he could have made an effort, he was actually sent out to the house when the mother complained
3. school as i said was only 5 mins away
4. He actually buried his dad the day before he got his gcse results

The dad didnt work at the school no, but the school was informed yet when he came back half his teachers didnt even know about it (a few of them were actually very pissed off at not being told)

[CraigDS]

my wifes a teacher and some staff would in such an instance

in this case i think they should have for a few reasons

1. I dont see why the principal or vice principal couldnt have gone. They didnt take any classes or teach any subjects
2. There was a liaison officer working at the school, I'm sure he could have made an effort, he was actually sent out to the house when the mother complained
3. school as i said was only 5 mins away
4. He actually buried his dad the day before he got his gcse results

The dad didnt work at the school no, but the school was informed yet when he came back half his teachers didnt even know about it (a few of them were actually very pissed off at not being told)

My missus is a teacher too, and if I’m honest with the workload they have on, and with teaching time limited to fit the curriculum in as it is, I’m not sure it’s entirely sensible for them to take further time out to go to funerals.

I know that sounds harsh, and in an ideal world with an adequately funded education system where staff aren’t expected to perform miracles on a daily basis (as I’m sure you’re aware) this would be doable, but I’m just not sure it’s possible.

Now a liaison officer not being sent out is a bit different, as is the teaching staff not being informed. Neither of them are excusable but sounds like as he’d left by then it fell through the gaps.

[paulrazor]

My missus is a teacher too, and if I’m honest with the workload they have on, and with teaching time limited to fit the curriculum in as it is, I’m not sure it’s entirely sensible for them to take further time out to go to funerals.

I know that sounds harsh, and in an ideal world with an adequately funded education system where staff aren’t expected to perform miracles on a daily basis (as I’m sure you’re aware) this would be doable, but I’m just not sure it’s possible.

Now a liaison officer not being sent out is a bit different, as is the teaching staff not being informed. Neither of them are excusable but sounds like as he’d left by then it fell through the gaps.

sounds like who'd left?

[CraigDS]

sounds like who'd left?

As in he’d finished his final year, taken his GCSE’s and was waiting for his results given you said the funeral was around mid-August the day before his results.

[paulrazor]

As in he’d finished his final year, taken his GCSE’s and was waiting for his results given you said the funeral was around mid-August the day before his results.

ok mislead you

is the gcse's not in the middle of secondary school? I was using the equivalent in Ireland (the junior cert) so he was still in the school for two years. Results came out in mid september when he was just back in school

I thought GCSEs were in the middle of secondary school and A levels at the end

Over here its Junior cert and leaving cert. should have been clearer

[CraigDS]

ok mislead you

is the gcse's not in the middle of secondary school? I was using the equivalent in Ireland (the junior cert) so he was still in the school for two years. Results came out in mid september when he was just back in school

I thought GCSEs were in the middle of secondary school and A levels at the end

Over here its Junior cert and leaving cert. should have been clearer

GCSE’s are taken in May/June at the end of your time at secondary school but you tend to stop taking classes and go on study leave a few weeks earlier. After the last exam you’ve effectively left school other than to get your results which is around mid-August.

There is no compulsory reason to continue on after GCSE’s, and not all schools offer that either (some have sixth forms which offer A-levels, otherwise you’re off elsewhere to a college).

[paulrazor]

right i get ya now

with us we did 3 years secondary then the junior

you could leave school then but not very many did. you could do transition year for a year if  you wanted or just go straight to 5th year then 6th year. so after 2 or 3 years you did the leaving cert.

junior cert results were usually september a few weeks after the year started. you did get about a week off to study for them prior to exams.

leaving cert results usually came out in august after youd left the school. again you got another week off prior to exams

[Son of Spion]

Sorry, but drivers of black Audi's. Again! 

Dickhead pulls right out in front of me from a side street. Terrible road conditions due to the weather, yet he pulls that stunt. 

[I've been a good boy]

Sorry, but drivers of black Audi's. Again! 

Dickhead pulls right out in front of me from a side street. Terrible road conditions due to the weather, yet he pulls that stunt. 

Just feel like the driving standards are getting worse by the day. People just pull out even though they can see you approaching, forcing you to suddenly brake. No wonder people develop road rage

[Tesco tearaway]

Just got cut up by an X5 on Switch Island.
It was in the inside lane and wanted to get right across to the m58 turn off.
No indicator to let me know, just started to drift into my lane, I beeped my horn, but it just carried on into my lane forcing me to brake to avoid it.
Fucking wanker   

[Tesco tearaway]

Just been back across Switch Island and there's been another crash.
A car has gone through the red lights at the end of the M57 towards the Formby bypass, and smashed into a car coming along from Copy lane police station.
Police and ambulance crews are there now sorting it out.
We were at that set of lights this morning, and a wagon just about made it onto the bypass before our lights changed.
I said to my wife that it wouldn't be long before another crash happened.

[Son of Spion]

Just feel like the driving standards are getting worse by the day. People just pull out even though they can see you approaching, forcing you to suddenly brake. No wonder people develop road rage

Yep, standards are appallingly low these days. I won't pretend my driving is perfect because we all have faults and sometimes make a poor judgement, but a lot of people are absolutely reckless.

I was looking out of the window the other day. We have a great view of the roads in front of us. A car is going to turn right and is at the central reservation but has his nose sticking out into the lane causing an oncoming car to swerve him. That car goes past.. then with absolutely clear vision and good daylight and weather conditions to aid decision making ... the clown pulls right out in front of the next car and almost gets T-boned. I winced as I thought it was a nailed-on crash.

Because of the view we have, we see loads of near misses outside. We even see people going the wrong way on the roundabout, and that defies belief. It happens fairly regular too. 

[Son of Spion]

Just got cut up by an X5 on Switch Island.
It was in the inside lane and wanted to get right across to the m58 turn off.
No indicator to let me know, just started to drift into my lane, I beeped my horn, but it just carried on into my lane forcing me to brake to avoid it.
Fucking wanker   

Sorry mate, I didn't see you. 


Seriously though. I use Switch Island all the time and absolutely hate it, especially at rush hour. Some poor driver broke down in a lane approaching it yesterday. It was pissing down, dark and gridlocked. A horrible situation for the driver. Same happened a bit later on the flyover in Litherland. Poor sod stuck in a lane with hazards on whilst everyone was trying to get around them in wall-to-wall traffic.

[Agent99]

I think we'd all like to do this sometimes!

[Tesco tearaway]

Sorry mate, I didn't see you. 


Seriously though. I use Switch Island all the time and absolutely hate it, especially at rush hour. Some poor driver broke down in a lane approaching it yesterday. It was pissing down, dark and gridlocked. A horrible situation for the driver. Same happened a bit later on the flyover in Litherland. Poor sod stuck in a lane with hazards on whilst everyone was trying to get around them in wall-to-wall traffic.

I always make allowances in case it's a driver who hasn't encountered the nightmare of Switch Island before.
But basic commonsense like using indicators is a must when in this sort of situation.
A flyover from the end of the M57 onto the Formby bypass would help; less congestion, less crashes, less use of the Emergency services.

[Barneylfc∗]

The friday before christmas.

It should just be renamed 'I Don't Go Out Any Other Night Of The Year, So I'm Going To Go Out This Night And Get On Like A Complete Wanker Day'

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

Just feel like the driving standards are getting worse by the day.

Not just driving standards, but all standards.

[So… Howard Philips]

The friday before christmas.

It should just be renamed 'I Don't Go Out Any Other Night Of The Year, So I'm Going To Go Out This Night And Get On Like A Complete Wanker Day'

And spew up in the bogs making it difficult for sensible drinkers to have a piss without smearing vomit on their best shoes.

[rob1966]

I think we'd all like to do this sometimes!

I have considered getting an old Range Rover, bull bars and rather than swerving, just go straight through them

[The Bournemouth Red]

People with no bar sense.

Waiting for a drink in my local, an older couple walk in, literally (and not in the J Redknapp meaning) push in front of me and get served first.

It's a small ale house, the bar is 2m long tops, I was clearly waiting.

Pig ignorant tw@ts.

The owner did pop over and apologise afterwards, which was a nice gesture but not her fault.

[rob1966]

Knobheads taking Star Wars films seriously

[So… Howard Philips]

Knobheads taking Star Wars films seriously

Like the Marvel films. Enjoy them as an action/science fiction film but not something to base your life philosophy on.

[The Bournemouth Red]

Wasn't Jedi confirmed as an official religion because of the last census?

[BlackandWhitePaul]

Wasn't Jedi confirmed as an official religion because of the last census?

I am indeed a member of the Jedi Church   

[rob1966]

Wasn't Jedi confirmed as an official religion because of the last census?

Yep, I'm a Jedi too. Felt a change from the theft of Pagan beliefs stuff they tried to force on me as a kid was needed

[BlackandWhitePaul]

Yep, I'm a Jedi too. Felt a change from the theft of Pagan beliefs stuff they tried to force on me as a kid was needed

No ordinary dudes, Kings no less     

[rob1966]

No ordinary dudes, Kings no less     

"Honest, I am a king, would I lie to you just to get you in bed?"

[Barneylfc∗]

Wasn't Jedi confirmed as an official religion because of the last census?

No

[BlackandWhitePaul]

In England and Wales 390,127 people (almost 0.8%) stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms, surpassing Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism, and making it the fourth largest reported religion in the country.[34] In the 2001 Census, 2.6% of the population of Brighton claimed to be Jedi. The percentages of religious affiliations were:

    Christian: 70%
    No religion: 16%
    Chose not to respond: 7.8%
    Muslim: 3.1%
    Hindu: 2.1%
    Jedi: 0.7%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomenon

[Crosby Nick]

390,000 wacky people in the UK.

[Barneylfc∗]

In England and Wales 390,127 people (almost 0.8%) stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms, surpassing Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism, and making it the fourth largest reported religion in the country.[34] In the 2001 Census, 2.6% of the population of Brighton claimed to be Jedi. The percentages of religious affiliations were:

    Christian: 70%
    No religion: 16%
    Chose not to respond: 7.8%
    Muslim: 3.1%
    Hindu: 2.1%
    Jedi: 0.7%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomenon

I could put my religion on the census as Scarlett Johansson's Knicker Drawer. That doesn't make it an official religion. 

[Crosby Nick]

I could put my religion on the census as Scarlett Johansson's Knicker Drawer. That doesn't make it an official religion. 

Makes you incredibly devote though. Worship there three times a day I heard.

[Barneylfc∗]

Makes you incredibly devote though. Worship there three times a day I heard.

It's my favourite place to worship in fairness.

[kellan]

390,000 wacky people in the UK.

How many of them genuinely mean it and how many did for the laugh? I remember that census, loads of people I know said they were going to put all sorts down for the religion bit.

[rob1966]

How many of them genuinely mean it and how many did for the laugh? I remember that census, loads of people I know said they were going to put all sorts down for the religion bit.

I did it for a laugh. I hate the fact that I was christened/baptised/whatever it was without my permission and then they tried to force me to believe in imaginary things that make no sense.

[BlackandWhitePaul]

I did it for a laugh. I hate the fact that I was christened/baptised/whatever it was without my permission and then they tried to force me to believe in imaginary things that make no sense.

Same here, absolutely.