Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[SV650rules]

Originally Posted by ophic

My mrs and lad disagree. He's late for school almost everyday and it's never his fault. Traffic/roadworks/bus was late etc. But this happens almost every day so take it into account... I get nowhere

Some people are always late, and its always the traffic etc (something 'outside their control). We taught one bloke to be early by starting golf without him a few times (its really rude to be late and golf tee times are pretty prompt). Some people will always be late and some early, and its always the same people - I have worked with people who always turned up late at airport and expected plane to wait for them WTF!!!

[ophic]

Same thing with keeping batteries charged... some people never recharge phones, tablet, laptops, torches etc and just expect them to work. And when zooming off somewhere on their own where they might really need their phone... they run it flat playing with it, cos boredom is clearly worse than being lost or stuck somewhere without any way of contacting anyone.

Wot? this is a gripe thread! I've saved them all up...

[punyXpress]

So they'll be well furqued when they get a 'leccy car

[ophic]

Fuel tank is always empty anyway.

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by SV650rules

Some people are always late, and its always the traffic etc (something 'outside their control).

This sort of behaviour can badly backfire on a person. My mate Nick was hopeless at getting out of bed and frequently missed the bus to college. I used to knock on his door with five minutes before the pickup time, he was still in bed so I'd arrive ten minutes earlier the next day and so on. Seemed I was his alarm clock. I would head off with or without him and get the bus and frequently he'd be seen running down the road as the bus pulled away. On Mondays of my second year I started off at a different site and I'd take my bike instead of the bus to avoid walking back to the main building - I'd still stop and knock on the door in a vain hope to get him to the bus... One Monday lunchtime I arrived back at the main building to find he'd managed to get his scooter going and had ridden in. He died that night when he crashed it on the way home. If he was better at getting out of bed, and he had no excuses as it WAS in his control, he may still be alive today.

[timwilky]

We used to have a chief draughtman who had a reputation for being something of a swine to work for. I never did, so he was always alright with me.

One day, a draughty burst into his office holding his annual pay award notification and said something like. "I have just worked this out and its about £8.50 a year, what use is that!"

Gringo looked up from his desk and said "It is enough to buy an alarm clock"

I think the point was made.

[ophic]

But like the battery charging or the fuel tank or the being early, you have to remember to set an alarm clock. I bought my lad a "Sonic Bomb". It wakes up most of the street - mostly on weekends, or when he's not there...

[timwilky]

Well the end is in sight. Their flight departed an hour ago. Slight panic as they had to pay €150 for some reason. But his mate/Employer moved the cash as he has the SILs bank details. But even then, the useless SIL gave him the wrong flight details for him to collect them.

Talking with him, we both agree. It would have been far easier and less stressful to have returned the car early, check in and have a few beers waiting for the flight, rather than to do it all last minute.

[maviczap]

I wait to see an update to see if they are magnanimous enough to say a big thank you to you and your Mrs Tim.

My eldest rarely says thank you for the things we buy her, almost as if she thinks she deserves it? I do know that she does appreciate it, but doesn't express it.

My youngest always says thank even for the small things I do.

[SV650rules]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

This sort of behaviour can badly backfire on a person. My mate Nick was hopeless at getting out of bed and frequently missed the bus to college. I used to knock on his door with five minutes before the pickup time, he was still in bed so I'd arrive ten minutes earlier the next day and so on.

Used to work with a guy who got a lift into work with people and everyone got fed up of him as he was usually late (especially on 6am till 2pm shift), after a couple of days people would tell him - I'll be outside your house at 5-30, if the downstairs light is on I'll give you another 5 minutes but then I will go without you, if no light on I will drive right past, ungrateful bu&&er thought everyone was being unfair. The worst was though he never offered any petrol money and when someone asked him to chip in he said "but you have to go to work anyway" to which the bloke replied "yes but I don't have to take you, get a lift off somebody else" - (but truth is, if he had offered money the driver would have probably have refused it anyway, but he never offered). Also at going home time he would always be the first to be changed and ready to go home bang on time and every day would continually moan at the person giving him a lift to hurry up because 'I have to be home ASAP' - could not understand why everyone got fed up and in the end he had to get a taxi to and from work - served him right.