Grumpy old men

[MortyParticipant @morty]

Things being 'improved ' when they don't need to be.

Surveys were '21% of people think that…….' That's means 79% disagree!

Scan codes used assuming everyone has a smart phone…..I've just converted my phone from clockwork to butane gas!

Getting 10% extra free when the items have shrunk in size (mars bars, sausages etc…)

8 finger rolls, 6 hot dog sausages

And finally, hands free soap dispensers – why? (I always wash My hands after dispensing said soap!!!

Rant over! (But I may be back……….)

Cheers, Pete

[Paul LousickParticipant @paullousick59116]

In Australia a ball point pen was originaly made by "Biro" and their trade name was what we called a pen. The new generation just calls it a pen.

The common expression that I see in a lot of GB posts is "Hoovering" the floor. Not vacuum that is used here. How many people actually use a Hoover made vacuum cleaner?

Bah humbug, I say !

Edited By Paul Lousick on 11/10/2020 01:08:59

[DanielParticipant @daniel]

When people say "I got something for free".

AAAaaaarrggh…………

 

Or worse: "I won it for free off of …."

Edited By Daniel on 11/10/2020 08:54:33

[Brian GParticipant @briang]

"Enormity" as a synonym for vastness or immensity. I have even heard this on the BBC!

Brian G

[Geoff GParticipant @geoffg]

The letter H is called aitch, not haitch, as so many seem to believe. it really annoys me!

Geoff

[Oven ManParticipant @ovenman]

Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 10/10/2020 22:27:18:

Stuff that's so poorly designed it is horrible to use: eg electronic devices with multiple functions that are operated by just four buttons. So you have to learn sequences like press #3&4 together, whilst simultaneously rubbing your head, patting your stomach and singing the Elbonian national anthem backwards in a falsetto, just to turn on the record function.

There's no excuse for this now that small touch screens are cheap, but all the effort is then put into constantly 'improved' icons that are the visual equivalents of cryptic crossword clues.

The local Morrisons petrol station has just installed new petrol pumps. They include a pay at the pump facility. The small display says "Press the key to pay at the kiosk". Unfortunately there is nothing to tell you which key to press, so now each pump now has a pieice of tape on it with an arrow in felt marker pen pointing to the correct button.

Peter

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

The misuse by journalists of a technical word that they don't understand.

E.g. Epicentre – the point on the earth above the origin of an earthquake. Not " Liverpool has become the epicentre of the outbreak in the NorthWest". Is there some deep seated hotspot below Liverpool, the Cavern Club perhaps?

Bah!

Rod

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Paul Lousick on 11/10/2020 01:08:26:

In Australia a ball point pen was originaly made by "Biro" and their trade name was what we called a pen. The new generation just calls it a pen.

The common expression that I see in a lot of GB posts is "Hoovering" the floor. Not vacuum that is used here. How many people actually use a Hoover made vacuum cleaner?

Bah humbug, I say !

Do Australians still think Sellotape (transparent adhesive tape) is called Durex? In the UK, a Durex is a Condom. Optimistic young Brits out for the night in Canberra are disappointed, whilst Australian Grannies visiting London have difficulty explaining their purchase to traumatised grand-children.

[CirclipParticipant @circlip]

And the inability for those who can cause Armageddon to start (American Presidents going back to the forties) by pressing the NEW QUE LAR button rather than the NEW CLEAR one. Many Brit presenters are falling into the trap. Americanism I've heard was sodder, as in sod off.

Regards Ian.

[Bob StevensonParticipant @bobstevenson13909]

I get infuriated by lots of modern 'stuff'……The constant apparent need to upgrade everything is partiularly annoying when it actually hides regression…thus; "officer" for a not too bright constable……"engineer" for an inferior mechanic,…and worst of all "journalist" for,..well…..?

[larry phelan 1Participant @larryphelan1]

1 Grumpy old women

2 Grumpy old men [like me ]

3 the use of the word "So" and "Like" all over the place and also "You-know" [My answer is, "No I dont know" ]

4 The stupid way people get excited over things they can do nothing about.

5 Bad grammar by people who should know better [Do they still teach grammar ? ]

6 " At this point in time " Not one second before or after, just right now !!

I could go on and on !!

[Nick WheelerParticipant @nickwheeler]

Posted by Bob Stevenson on 11/10/2020 10:00:12:

I get infuriated by lots of modern 'stuff'……The constant apparent need to upgrade everything is partiularly annoying when it actually hides regression…thus; "officer" for a not too bright constable……"engineer" for an inferior mechanic,…and worst of all "journalist" for,..well…..?

Which has led to the proliferation of "technician" to describe anyone who might have to do something at some point during their day.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Posted by Geoff G on 11/10/2020 09:25:53:

The letter H is called aitch, not haitch, as so many seem to believe. it really annoys me!

Geoff

Hi Geoff G, +1 for that.

Regards Nick.

[CirclipParticipant @circlip]

Have you noticed the differentiation between "Ingineers" and "Workers" on "How do they do it"?

Regards Ian.

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

"At this moment in time" when they mean NOW.

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

People who use acronyms on forums why can't they type exactly what the mean or are they just plain lazy?

[Kiwi BlokeParticipant @kiwibloke62605]

Stupidity.

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

People that are incapable of typing "Ebay" and "Paypal"!

JIm

[ronan walshParticipant @ronanwalsh98054]

Posted by Brian G on 11/10/2020 09:14:58:

"Enormity" as a synonym for vastness or immensity. I have even heard this on the BBC!

Brian G

What annoys me ? The BBC, which i refuse to watch anymore, with most other channels. They became a lecturing, preachy, pc, pain in the fundament !

[BOB BLACKSHAW 1Participant @bobblackshaw1]

I to will not watch the BBC. Also being preached at about things that happened two hundred years ago. And it should be all lives matter .

Bob

[Nick WheelerParticipant @nickwheeler]

Posted by Derek Lane on 11/10/2020 11:32:42:

People who use acronyms on forums why can't they type exactly what the mean or are they just plain lazy?

It's best practice to define the acronym the first time you use it. I don't want to repeatedly read 'Quick Change Tool Post' multiple times in a paragraph when QCTP does the same job.

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

"on a journey, life chances,going forward etc, and all the people on tv interviews by zoom etc who park themselves in front of bookcases with a million books they have probably never read, is this to show that they must be much wiser than the peasantry?

Mick 🇫🇴

[BOB BLACKSHAW 1Participant @bobblackshaw1]

Basically its use your loaf

Bob

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Oh, and lessons will be learn't !! and to ensure this will never happen again

Mick 🇫🇴

[Perko7Participant @perko7]

Like many others, one thing that annoys me is the progressive corruption of the English language by those too lazy to use it correctly, usually news presenters and tv journalists.

My top hates are: 'compared to' and 'different to' (Aarrrrgh) which should be 'compared with' and 'different from', vunnerable instead of vulnerable, 'coop' instead of 'coupe' (pronounced 'coopay&#39 when describing a 2-door car, and beginning every sentence with 'So' as others have previously mentioned.

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