Things that annoy you (20 Viewers)

Sbarcher · Nov 11, 2024

Nick said:
Common sense, mine don't seem to want to speak to anybody unless it's 8AM.

Sack all of the receptionists who are usually pricks anyway and replace them with AI who can work 24/7 to do simple things like make appointments and call people through to doctors rooms.

Always use Econsult for our surgery. Fill in my details and symptoms and doc rings back within 48hrs. Last time was for my buggered knee. He rang back having arranged an X-ray then when he had the results I opted for a full replacement and chose my hospital. From results to the operating table was 10 weeks. Had a similar situation last year with my hip. That took only 9 weeks for the op. No issues here with the Oxfordshire hospital Trust. Not sure why it doesn’t work in some Trust areas and well in others.

Nick · Nov 11, 2024

Sbarcher said:
Always use Econsult for our surgery. Fill in my details and symptoms and doc rings back within 48hrs. Last time was for my buggered knee. He rang back having arranged an X-ray then when he had the results I opted for a full replacement and chose my hospital. From results to the operating table was 10 weeks. Had a similar situation last year with my hip. That took only 9 weeks for the op. No issues here with the Oxfordshire hospital Trust. Not sure why it doesn’t work in some Trust areas and well in others.

I found something on the NHS website for my surgery like that so I tried it, I put in the issue etc into the form.

All that happened was I got a text from them saying "please call reception at 8am to make an appointment" which kind of made the whole thing pointless.

If that went in and got a call back from a doctor I wouldn't have an issue.

ccfc922 · Nov 13, 2024

Working hard and giving 100% every day at work to be no further ahead at life/better off than if I gave zero fucks.

Marty · Nov 13, 2024

ccfc922 said:
Working hard and giving 100% every day at work to be no further ahead at life/better off than if I gave zero fucks.

Unless you work for yourself, just turn up and do the bare minimum.

shmmeee · Nov 13, 2024

Marty said:
Unless you work for yourself, just turn up and do the bare minimum.

Would like to thank everyone who does this to make it so easy to stand out and get promoted at work.

chiefdave · Nov 13, 2024

shmmeee said:
Would like to thank everyone who does this to make it so easy to stand out and get promoted at work.

That would be nice. I seem to be surrounded by people who do fuck all and the only thing that seems to happen is their work gets passed to me. They fuck off at 5:30 and I'm here for hours getting everything done

shmmeee · Nov 13, 2024

chiefdave said:
That would be nice. I seem to be surrounded by people who do fuck all and the only thing that seems to happen is their work gets passed to me. They fuck off at 5:30 and I'm here for hours getting everything done

Find a better employer man

Nick · Nov 13, 2024

chiefdave said:
That would be nice. I seem to be surrounded by people who do fuck all and the only thing that seems to happen is their work gets passed to me. They fuck off at 5:30 and I'm here for hours getting everything done

Was the same in my last job, the work got done so no issue was seen. Even when pointed out that some people did barely nothing for all of their shift and just left it for others to pick up. I even made a dashboard which showed a few metrics of what people did (ticket replies, ticket closures, average tickets per day assigned to each person) and there were some people doing 1 or 2 tickets and others doing 50-60. (I get that some might be trickier so take longer). When brought it up it was "oh they aren't as quick as you" so they were defended.....bye then.

Get a new job and they will soon realise.

chiefdave · Nov 13, 2024

Nick said:
Was the same in my last job, the work got done so no issue was seen. Even when pointed out that some people did barely nothing for all of their shift and just left it for others to pick up. I even made a dashboard which showed a few metrics of what people did (ticket replies, ticket closures, average tickets per day assigned to each person) and there were some people doing 1 or 2 tickets and others doing 50-60. (I get that some might be trickier so take longer). When brought it up it was "oh they aren't as quick as you" so they were defended.....bye then.

Get a new job and they will soon realise.

tbh I've changed jobs twice to try and get away from this and ended up with the same problem, if not worse.

as an example on Monday over 75% of the tickets logged were assigned to me and over 80% of tickets closed were me. I'm in a team of 8

Marty · Nov 13, 2024

chiefdave said:
tbh I've changed jobs twice to try and get away from this and ended up with the same problem, if not worse.

as an example on Monday over 75% of the tickets logged were assigned to me and over 80% of tickets closed were me. I'm in a team of 8

If you aren't getting any reward why bother? just work at the same pace as everyone else.

Nick · Nov 13, 2024

chiefdave said:
tbh I've changed jobs twice to try and get away from this and ended up with the same problem, if not worse.

as an example on Monday over 75% of the tickets logged were assigned to me and over 80% of tickets closed were me. I'm in a team of 8

Slow down a bit then and go at 5 when everybody else does.
Take a lunch break every day away from the desk.

If it's acceptable for everybody else to do 5% of tickets then you do 5% and see what happens.

Sick Boy · Nov 13, 2024

chiefdave said:
tbh I've changed jobs twice to try and get away from this and ended up with the same problem, if not worse.

as an example on Monday over 75% of the tickets logged were assigned to me and over 80% of tickets closed were me. I'm in a team of 8

They probably see you as a workhorse. At this point, they're taking advantage of your hard work and personality. I wouldn't bother and just start working at the same pace as others. It's not like they can single you out for slacking when everyone else is doing the same.

ProfessorbyGrace · Nov 13, 2024

Tip to avoid future annoyance, due to a lack of attentiveness:

Under no circumstances, place antibacterial surface wipes next to a packet of flushable toilet wipes…

…this has not been a pleasant last 5 minutes for my anus, I can assure you.

Sick Boy · Nov 13, 2024

ProfessorbyGrace said:
Tip to avoid future annoyance, due to a lack of attentiveness:

Under no circumstances, place antibacterial surface wipes next to a packet of flushable toilet wipes…

…this has not been a pleasant last 5 minutes for my anus, I can assure you.

Err thanks for that.

Nick · Nov 13, 2024

Sick Boy said:
They probably see you as a workhorse. At this point, they're taking advantage of your hard work and personality. I wouldn't bother and just start working at the same pace as others. It's not like they can single you out for slacking when everyone else is doing the same.

Exactly.

If everybody has the same job title, pay etc then just do whatever they are doing.

ProfessorbyGrace · Nov 13, 2024

Sick Boy said:
Err thanks for that.

I aim to inform, and raise awareness.

ccfc922 · Nov 13, 2024

shmmeee said:
Would like to thank everyone who does this to make it so easy to stand out and get promoted at work.

I've only had 1 "promotion" in my life despite always trying to work as hard as possible and 9/10 times excelling in my role.

ccfc922 · Nov 13, 2024

Sick Boy said:
They probably see you as a workhorse. At this point, they're taking advantage of your hard work and personality. I wouldn't bother and just start working at the same pace as others. It's not like they can single you out for slacking when everyone else is doing the same.

Exactly how I feel atm, I've effectively been manager of where I am for the last 6 months or more without the pay or a pay rise. Everyone around me and customers recognise it, but not the head office which is 40 miles away. Always doing the numbers though

Nick · Nov 13, 2024

ccfc922 said:
Exactly how I feel atm, I've effectively been manager of where I am for the last 6 months or more without the pay or a pay rise. Everyone around me and customers recognise it, but not the head office which is 40 miles away. Always doing the numbers though

If you aren't being paid for it or promoted then are you just the same level as everybody else? Just do the same as what they do.

Marty · Nov 13, 2024

ccfc922 said:
Exactly how I feel atm, I've effectively been manager of where I am for the last 6 months or more without the pay or a pay rise. Everyone around me and customers recognise it, but not the head office which is 40 miles away. Always doing the numbers though

Mugging yourself off here, if you aren't paid to do, don't do it.

ccfc922 · Nov 14, 2024

Nick said:
If you aren't being paid for it or promoted then are you just the same level as everybody else? Just do the same as what they do.

I'm assistant manager, but out of a team of 5 I've been there the longest. Everyone else is new to the business (as in 4 months the longest to 2 months) and I know the processes of everything My biggest gripe is I've not had a pay rise in 2 years, yet I'm training 4 people including the new manager

Nick · Nov 14, 2024

ccfc922 said:
I'm assistant manager, but out of a team of 5 I've been there the longest. Everyone else is new to the business (as in 4 months the longest to 2 months) and I know the processes of everything My biggest gripe is I've not had a pay rise in 2 years, yet I'm training 4 people including the new manager

Yeah I'd probably ask why you're training somebody getting paid more than you.

Nick · Nov 14, 2024

Traffic again.

Every major road has roadworks from Longford. Holbrook's, keresley, coundon. They must be on day rate as well because fuck all seems to be getting done.

Longford road is standstill from the M6 right up to the blue ribbon roundabout. Try to go the back way, shock there's roadworks there with nobody doing anything.

chiefdave · Nov 14, 2024

Nick said:
Traffic again.

Every major road has roadworks from Longford. Holbrook's, keresley, coundon. They must be on day rate as well because fuck all seems to be getting done.

Longford road is standstill from the M6 right up to the blue ribbon roundabout. Try to go the back way, shock there's roadworks there with nobody doing anything.

gone through 5 sets of temporary lights on the commute this morning. not seen a single worker or any sign of work being done.

its like they've just decided to cone off random roads but aren't actually doing anything. some of them have been there for days and theres nothing to indicate any work has taken place.

Nick · Nov 14, 2024

chiefdave said:
gone through 5 sets of temporary lights on the commute this morning. not seen a single worker or any sign of work being done.

its like they've just decided to cone off random roads but aren't actually doing anything. some of them have been there for days and theres nothing to indicate any work has taken place.

Same in Longford and Holbrooks. Been there for days, traffic lights and just left.

Longford road is bad because of ambulances that need to get through and can't.

chiefdave · Nov 14, 2024

MalcSB said:
Could be getting worse.

National insurance rise gives GPs 'no choice but to cut services and staff'

Analysis by the Liberal Democrats suggests the rise could cost GP surgeries the equivalent of over two million appointments a year

inews.co.uk

But at least you can get more services at pharmacies now

Pharmacies vote to reduce services in first protest action

Pharmacists in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to reduce opening hours and stop home deliveries.

www.bbc.co.uk

ccfc922 · Nov 14, 2024

Nick said:
Yeah I'd probably ask why you're training somebody getting paid more than you.

It's in motion, unfortunately the attitude atm seems to be the company is struggling.

Ironically, if I left tomorrow the turnover/sales would probably drop 50%, so enjoy saving the extra £5k or whatever they don't wanna pay

Skybluekyle · Nov 16, 2024

Don't know which annoy me more;

Shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content because people watch/listen and interact with them

Or

People who watch/listen and interact with shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content that incentivises shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content to continue to produce shite content

(or maybe even people who make comments on shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content because people watch/listen and interact with them AND people who watch/listen and interact with shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content that incentivises shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content to continue to produce shite content)

Brighton Sky Blue · Nov 16, 2024

Skybluekyle said:
Don't know which annoy me more;

Shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content because people watch/listen and interact with them

Or

People who watch/listen and interact with shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content that incentivises shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content to continue to produce shite content

(or maybe even people who make comments on shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content because people watch/listen and interact with them AND people who watch/listen and interact with shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content that incentivises shite podcasts that know they're producing shite content to continue to produce shite content)

Does interest me that people make money basically just chatting shit that you could hear at the pub or with your own mates. Where do we sign up?

wingy · Nov 16, 2024

Brighton Sky Blue said:
Does interest me that people make money basically just chatting shit that you could hear at the pub or with your own mates. Where do we sign up?

Yep, but not sexed up generally.
Don't they just occupy the space left free from Sky's coverage of the Prem?

Nick · Nov 16, 2024

ccfc922 said:
It's in motion, unfortunately the attitude atm seems to be the company is struggling.

Ironically, if I left tomorrow the turnover/sales would probably drop 50%, so enjoy saving the extra £5k or whatever they don't wanna pay

Not your problem.
I'd just leave

Terry_dactyl · Nov 16, 2024

Brighton Sky Blue said:
Does interest me that people make money basically just chatting shit that you could hear at the pub or with your own mates. Where do we sign up?

An SBT podcast! Great idea! Someone told me recently i’m my own podcast, the amount of wittering on I do. I was also recently described as garrulous. I think could definitely put myself in this thread, or at least others could…

Brighton Sky Blue · Nov 16, 2024

Terry_dactyl said:
An SBT podcast! Great idea! Someone told me recently i’m my own podcast, the amount of wittering on I do. I was ask recently described garrulous. I think could definitely put myself in this thread, or at least others could…

Would sure be interesting doing one with people from here to be fair.

Terry_dactyl · Nov 16, 2024

Brighton Sky Blue said:
Would sure be interesting doing one with people from here to be fair.

Yeah, although it might only be interesting to us right?

Brighton Sky Blue · Nov 16, 2024

Terry_dactyl said:
Yeah, although it might only be interesting to us right?

Depends on the quality of the ‘content’ or more likely just how the voices sound which is all that seems to matter.

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