Topic: The small things in life that really hannoy

[Preabee crarrotsbee spoutsbee trurkeybee]

Just been rejected following a job interview, as although my experience is "exactly what they're looking for" (it's a fairly specialised role too) the other candidate just had "more energy".

Cracking hit to the self-esteem. What kind of reason is that? Rejected for not showing enough faux corporate enthusiasm. Imagine if I had some sort of underlying health condition?

Well, hopefully it will backfire when the other candidate is bouncing around with their "energy" instead of just getting the work done. I hate all that corporate bollocks expecting employees to give a shit about the company.

[BlackandWhitePaul]

damnit.

Picking your nose may introduce infection-causing germs that, over time, may make someone more likely to develop the progressive dementia, a report says

Picking one's nose may introduce pathogens that cause repeated inflammation in the brain, eventually leading to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, a new report says.

A protein called beta-amyloid is widely believed to cause the progressive dementia, and may be produced in response to pathogens.

The report's authors urge people to stop picking their nose, in spite of the "temporary relief" it may provide.

A report says . . . .

Fuck their report.  There's always some report or other by some weird knacker with nothing else better to do with their time.   

[BlackandWhitePaul]

Just been rejected following a job interview, as although my experience is "exactly what they're looking for" (it's a fairly specialised role too) the other candidate just had "more energy".

Cracking hit to the self-esteem. What kind of reason is that? Rejected for not showing enough faux corporate enthusiasm. Imagine if I had some sort of underlying health condition?

So, you thought you could go head to head with David Goggins huh.   

[Jingle wils 21 thrills]

Well, hopefully it will backfire when the other candidate is bouncing around with their "energy" instead of just getting the work done. I hate all that corporate bollocks expecting employees to give a shit about the company.

Working with people like that now is the reason I’m looking elsewhere. The company has a broken roof, I’m trying to fix it but instead the management are chucking all of their time and money into building a brand new conservatory. The builders working on the conservatory are getting promotion after promotion whilst I have to wait a year before I’m allowed to buy a ladder. Trying to get out before the whole roof caves in.

That’s an analogy btw, the broken roof is our payroll and the conservatory is “company TED talks” and pizza Fridays.

[A weatherfield winter wonderland]

Working with people like that now is the reason I’m looking elsewhere. The company has a broken roof, I’m trying to fix it but instead the management are chucking all of their time and money into building a brand new conservatory. The builders working on the conservatory are getting promotion after promotion whilst I have to wait a year before I’m allowed to buy a ladder. Trying to get out before the whole roof caves in.

That’s an analogy btw, the broken roof is our payroll and the conservatory is “company TED talks” and pizza Fridays.

Nice analogy but could you jazz it up a bit for next time? Make it a bit snappier?

Sorry to hear your woes mate. Always shit to get knocked back for a role, especially when the feedback isn’t overly helpful. Half the time they know who they want in advance and it’s all a box ticking exercise I find (assuming you were both internal candidates).

[Slippers]

Just been rejected following a job interview, as although my experience is "exactly what they're looking for" (it's a fairly specialised role too) the other candidate just had "more energy".

Cracking hit to the self-esteem. What kind of reason is that? Rejected for not showing enough faux corporate enthusiasm. Imagine if I had some sort of underlying health condition?

I remember this happening to me in my early twenties,the woman who interviewed me actually told me how much I'd 'just LOVE' the successful applicant because 'she's such a nice girl'.

[I've been a good boy]

Boxers (or any other sportsperson) bragging that they missed the birth of their child due to being in preparation for a fight or match. Nothing to be proud of!

[BlackandWhitePaul]

Boxers (or any other sportsperson) bragging that they missed the birth of their child due to being in preparation for a fight or match. Nothing to be proud of!

If they wanted to be there then they would be there. 1 day away from their schedule is nothing.

[BlackandWhitePaul]

Loading video's up onto Youtube.  I'm currently putting one up and it says "Uploading 47% ..... 1 hour 22 minutes left.

It's just under 9 minutes long ffs.

[BlackandWhitePaul]

Smack bang in the middle of Newcastle city centre is a shopping mall called Eldon Gardens, not to be confused with the much larger Eldon Square, anyway I hadn't set foot inside Eldon Gardens for a number of years until yesterday and all shops / units except one a little nail bar place are empty, abandoned. I suspect there's places like this all over the UK.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKWo9AMujlQ

[Jingle wils 21 thrills]

Nice analogy but could you jazz it up a bit for next time? Make it a bit snappier?

Sorry to hear your woes mate. Always shit to get knocked back for a role, especially when the feedback isn’t overly helpful. Half the time they know who they want in advance and it’s all a box ticking exercise I find (assuming you were both internal candidates).

Neither of us were internal, meaning they literally based this “energy” assumption off a one hour interview. Must have been the #vibes.

[A weatherfield winter wonderland]

Neither of us were internal, meaning they literally based this “energy” assumption off a one hour interview. Must have been the #vibes.

Who was interviewing you, Ben White?

[Santas robbed me shorts]

Just been rejected following a job interview, as although my experience is "exactly what they're looking for" (it's a fairly specialised role too) the other candidate just had "more energy".

Cracking hit to the self-esteem. What kind of reason is that? Rejected for not showing enough faux corporate enthusiasm. Imagine if I had some sort of underlying health condition?

When I moved departments into IT as a trainee programmer in 01, I got the job over another candidate, as I made the boss laugh in the interview. One of the developers, who let me into the building I got told later, said to the boss "give it to him, he'll fit in better".

Best bit was, when my new boss rang my Regional Manager to inform him, he went "what? no Martin R has got that job", Boss goes "No, its Rob I've given it to". This fella had only gone and told everyone he had the job, cocky fucker .  A few years later, he was working in our American company with the IT dept, ran a script to get data out, had fucked it up so it brought back a huge amount of data and crashed the production server.

[Nitramdorf]

Im glad im over having to go to interviews, sounds way more complicated than it could be.

One of my old bosses used to ask people if they could use a drill and they were in if they said yes.

If someone asked me that, id be wondering, "Is he asking me if I can bend my fingers and squeeze the trigger?"

Then again everyone he took on was a twat.

[Preabee crarrotsbee spoutsbee trurkeybee]

Im glad im over having to go to interviews, sounds way more complicated than it could be.

One of my old bosses used to ask people if they could use a drill and they were in if they said yes.

If someone asked me that, id be wondering, "Is he asking me if I can bend my fingers and squeeze the trigger?"

Then again everyone he took on was a twat.

I swear I got a job years ago just because I saw a wine bottle with a metal coating on the desk and I started talking about the process involved to do that. I thought I wouldn’t get it as I’d gone off on a tangent.

But I also took my phone out of my pocket and looked at it during an interview once, then complained about the lighting and kept finding myself swinging side to side on the swivel chair. I should have just left at that point.  These days you can give them a heads up about adhd.

[I've been a good boy]

Interviews are a load of shit, they just want to hear some made-up stories rather than seeing how well qualified you are and what you've achieved in previous jobs. It's not about what you know, it's about how much rubbish you can talk in a coherent manner.

[Saltashscouse]

Smack bang in the middle of Newcastle city centre is a shopping mall called Eldon Gardens, not to be confused with the much larger Eldon Square, anyway I hadn't set foot inside Eldon Gardens for a number of years until yesterday and all shops / units except one a little nail bar place are empty, abandoned. I suspect there's places like this all over the UK.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKWo9AMujlQ

I remember going back to Liverpool several years ago and the shopping mall at Cavern Walks was in a similar state.

It was buzzing when I left Liverpool in 1999 and it was sad to see it so run down

Not sure if it has picked up again in recent years

No doubt someone on here can enlighten me

[PaulF]

When I moved departments into IT as a trainee programmer in 01, I got the job over another candidate, as I made the boss laugh in the interview. One of the developers, who let me into the building I got told later, said to the boss "give it to him, he'll fit in better".

Best bit was, when my new boss rang my Regional Manager to inform him, he went "what? no Martin R has got that job", Boss goes "No, its Rob I've given it to". This fella had only gone and told everyone he had the job, cocky fucker .  A few years later, he was working in our American company with the IT dept, ran a script to get data out, had fucked it up so it brought back a huge amount of data and crashed the production server.

I once got picked, over a better qualified guy. I was later told it was because he was a racist.  Quite how that came out in an interview I'll never know!

[I've been a good boy]

This Apple Vision thing. Imagine being so reliant on technology that you have to wear that monstrosity out in public. Not only that but you look like a complete dickhead scrolling and swiping stuff mid-air.

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

Smack bang in the middle of Newcastle city centre is a shopping mall called Eldon Gardens, not to be confused with the much larger Eldon Square, anyway I hadn't set foot inside Eldon Gardens for a number of years until yesterday and all shops / units except one a little nail bar place are empty, abandoned. I suspect there's places like this all over the UK.   

Every shop that shuts round here becomes one of the following: nail bar, barbers, hairdressers, cafe, restaurant, bar, coffee shop

Yet I keep getting told that nobody has any money! How do people afford such luxuries?

[bradders1011]

I once got picked, over a better qualified guy. I was later told it was because he was a racist.  Quite how that came out in an interview I'll never know!

"Who would you say inspires you most in your work?"

"Enoch Powell."

[StuffedAndTrussedByrdz]

Smack bang in the middle of Newcastle city centre is a shopping mall called Eldon Gardens, not to be confused with the much larger Eldon Square, anyway I hadn't set foot inside Eldon Gardens for a number of years until yesterday and all shops / units except one a little nail bar place are empty, abandoned. I suspect there's places like this all over the UK.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKWo9AMujlQ

Probably because nobody else has set foot into it either!

[BlackandWhitePaul]

I remember going back to Liverpool several years ago and the shopping mall at Cavern Walks was in a similar state.

It was buzzing when I left Liverpool in 1999 and it was sad to see it so run down

Not sure if it has picked up again in recent years

No doubt someone on here can enlighten me

Next time I go to Liverpool (in the Spring) i'm going to look for Cavern Walks and I'll record a video and show you what it's like.

[BlackandWhitePaul]

Probably because nobody else has set foot into it either!

A list of big name businesses closing this year. It's all very depressing.

Every shop that shuts round here becomes one of the following: nail bar, barbers, hairdressers, cafe, restaurant, bar, coffee shop

Yet I keep getting told that nobody has any money! How do people afford such luxuries?

I live in a village out in lovely countryside 8 mile south of Newcastle and when I moved here there were 2 Banks and now there's none. In the last 3 years 2 new Barbers shops have opened, one of them a Turkish Barbers is open 7 days a week till 8pm and honestly I have not once seen a customer in there. How he makes any money defies me.

[Elzars brussels sprouts farts]

I don’t use Amazon much anymore, but just gone on it as I need something and have a voucher. Everything is just sold by dodgy sellers now, it’s like wish. When did that happen?

[Preabee crarrotsbee spoutsbee trurkeybee]

Barbers, etc, are great places to launder money. I know of a pub in Chester that was brought back from the dead using dirty money. Those shops you see pop up then disappear, like the American candy places, are often owned via a series of shell companies (incl. overseas/offshore) to hide ownership. Feck knows who or where the money comes from. They disappear, though, after a few months to avoid their rates bills...

In conclusion, buy drugs to support your high street.   

[bradders1011]

I don’t use Amazon much anymore, but just gone on it as I need something and have a voucher. Everything is just sold by dodgy sellers now, it’s like wish. When did that happen?

It's so irritating. Unless you know exactly what you're after you're wading through pages of cheap Chinese-made rubbish with names created by random string generators. You can always tell, because their product descriptions use those big square brackets【Like This】

 There should be a toggle to get rid of it and just show brand-name/western-made stuff.

[RedDeadRejection]

Barbers, etc, are great places to launder money. I know of a pub in Chester that was brought back from the dead using dirty money. Those shops you see pop up then disappear, like the American candy places, are often owned via a series of shell companies (incl. overseas/offshore) to hide ownership. Feck knows who or where the money comes from. They disappear, though, after a few months to avoid their rates bills...

In conclusion, buy drugs to support your high street.   

Will do. Ta 😁

[PaulF]

Barbers, etc, are great places to launder money. I know of a pub in Chester that was brought back from the dead using dirty money. Those shops you see pop up then disappear, like the American candy places, are often owned via a series of shell companies (incl. overseas/offshore) to hide ownership. Feck knows who or where the money comes from. They disappear, though, after a few months to avoid their rates bills...

In conclusion, buy drugs to support your high street.   

Haha, that definitely answers my question about why there are so many. I assumed it was mainly because Gen whatever spend more on haircuts and that barbers are working cash in hand. I hadn't considered a bigger operation.

[PaulF]

Stepson is employed by a large energy company (Are there any small ones). Apparently they are promoting the government hardship fund, ie he's applying for it.  It irks me slightly as he pays a pretty small rent to live here, and no bills. But that's not really the point.  Why the fuck are they promoting it? Why not just pay staff more!  (rhetorical question!)

[A weatherfield winter wonderland]

In house Legal people. Making my working life an absolute ballache and using ridiculous language that normal people can’t understand.Talk in riddles most of the time.

[Elf MoFo]

In house Legal people. Making my working life an absolute ballache and using ridiculous language that normal people can’t understand.Talk in riddles most of the time.

In my work this is Supply Chain/Logistics people. Just trying to ship something to somewhere abroad and they come back with a million questions using all sorts of terminology they falsely assume anyone outside their department understands. Has got way worse since Brexit as well.

[Schmidt]

In house Legal people. Making my working life an absolute ballache and using ridiculous language that normal people can’t understand.Talk in riddles most of the time.

A task our build engineer was working on got blocked for about two weeks because IT refused to install a tiny piece of completely free, open source software that was used purely in the building process until legal had cleared it. Legal were too computer illiterate to understand what the engineer was saying and the engineer was too unsure what legal were asking to give a definitive answer. Even when I stepped in and explained everything it took a full day of back and forth to get permission.

That same engineer has about 10 build machines to manage but IT won't let him install anything on them at all, they have to do it for him but they often have no clue how to do it, so everything has to be an email exchange instead of just letting him do it. We've had half of the machines down for weeks at a time because they don't know what they're doing but won't allow anyone else to help.

[Saltashscouse]

Next time I go to Liverpool (in the Spring) i'm going to look for Cavern Walks and I'll record a video and show you what it's like.

Thanks mate 

[Santas robbed me shorts]

I remember going back to Liverpool several years ago and the shopping mall at Cavern Walks was in a similar state.

It was buzzing when I left Liverpool in 1999 and it was sad to see it so run down

Not sure if it has picked up again in recent years

No doubt someone on here can enlighten me

Not been in it, but walked past, from what I can gather, its all trendy little boutique shops now for WAGS and such like.

[PaulF]

Not been in it, but walked past, from what I can gather, its all trendy little boutique shops now for WAGS and such like.

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186337-d12173837-Reviews-Cavern_Walks_Boutique_Shopping_Centre-Liverpool_Merseyside_England.html

[BlackandWhitePaul]

Not been in it, but walked past, from what I can gather, its all trendy little boutique shops now for WAGS and such like.

That's what Eldon Gardens in Newcastle was like Rob.  Designer label clothes shops selling Jumpers for £400 and Jackets for £5,000 . . . . and art galleries selling paintings for £thousands.

[PaulF]

That's what Eldon Gardens in Newcastle was like Rob.  Designer label clothes shops selling Jumpers for £400 and Jackets for £5,000 . . . . and art galleries selling paintings for £thousands.

Cheap shit then? 🤣

[Sven can I open my pressie]

Went into the kitchen last night to check that taps off, doors locked etc when I saw that the freezer door was ajar. Wouldn't close properly because of ice stopping the drawers going in. So spent the next 45 minutes chipping away at ice with a bread knife and a wooden spatula. Annoying to say the least. Wish there was a better way to get rid of ice quickly. Defrosting won't work until you have everything out of it and that's unlikely to happen until you plan for it.

[SamLad]

Went into the kitchen last night to check that taps off, doors locked etc when I saw that the freezer door was ajar. Wouldn't close properly because of ice stopping the drawers going in. So spent the next 45 minutes chipping away at ice with a bread knife and a wooden spatula. Annoying to say the least. Wish there was a better way to get rid of ice quickly. Defrosting won't work until you have everything out of it and that's unlikely to happen until you plan for it.

use a cup of hot water - nothing bigger! - and apply it very carefully, in stages,  to remove/reduce the ice buildup.