Petty Annoyances

[Tony.London Suburbs]

indiepanda Wrote:

Better to say it's going to be a long wait and let people be pleasantly surprised if it turns out to be shorter.

Which is EXACTLY what any Male should say to his Partner when he goes out for the night with the Boys etc!:))

Arrive home later than the appointed hour with all its repercussions.:X:X

Arrive home earlier and its "Darlink U 'av left your friends early to come home to your loved one!)..let me reward you.:)-D:))B)

[Keef]

Irish people who think that because they're Irish they have some special gift for drinking. Total load of shite.

[SeanMacGabhann]

* shuffles awkwardly in seat *

[Tony.London Suburbs]

People who stereotype lazily like "all" Irishmen like to Gamble and Drink...

Totall Hogwash/Poppycock/BS etc...:X

I,once met one who,admittedly, did drink but did NOT gamble and another who gambled but never touched a drop of the hard stuff and furthermore I met ONE who did neither...it was in 1973 as I recall soooo stick yer stereotypes where the Liffe don't reach!(6)

[Brendan]

Irishmen, all they do is drnk and gamble.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

I've just remembered the name of the Guy who did not do either!

Step forward: Roy Buchanan-British Coal-Bouverie Street off Fleet Street...

Used to love The White City Greyhound Track in the early 1980's!!..you might have well have been in Shelbourne Park or Thurles...Great atmosphere every meeting with Thousands of Irish Punters,those were the days.

[Caron]

Radio presenters who sit too close to their microphone so you can hear their tongue sliming around inside their mouths. The worst is Sally Traffic on R2.

Kids that answer back when you're pointing out what was unacceptable about their behaviour.

Calling the Nationwide Building Society and having to choose an option that isn't what you want, over and over again until you have to throw the phone down in an unsatisfied rage

The trains at Peckham Rye always being a minute or two late.

People who lean on the poles in a busy tube so you can't hold onto it so you have to force your hand between the pole and their back and flex it so your knuckles dig into their back (maybe I should pluck up the courage just to say, "excuse me, can I hold onto this pole please?")

Never being able to park anywhere near my own flat near the Herne on Sundays.

People on the phone saying "bear with me".

Chavs.

People that drive too close up my rear.

The smell of the meat shops near Peckham Rye station so I have to hold my breath when walking past them.

The fact that the Co-op on FHR runs out of milk every Sunday night. Sort out your stock levels.

God I'm a grumpy old bat.

[buggie]

indiepanda Wrote:

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> Receptionists at A&E who get your hopes up by

> telling you that you can expect to be seeing a

> doctor in just over an hour, when it's actually

> nearly 5 hours.

>

> Giving false hope of being seen quickly to the

> injured is silly - better to say it's going to be

> a long wait and let people be pleasantly surprised

> if it turns out to be shorter.

>

> Also, when you query the length of wait, telling

> you that you will be called through to cubicles

> soon, and not mentioning you'll then be left in

> cubicles without being seen for over an hour. (I'm

> sure that's a statistics dodge - get you into

> cubicles in under 4 hours means targets met, but

> no measurement made of wait time in cubicle...)

>

> No prizes for guessing what I was doing last

> weekend!

>

> But seriously, I would get fired if I treated my

> clients the way they treated me. It's not the

> length of wait - it's the poor communication. I

> know Friday night is a bad time to have a minor

> injury in A&E, but honesty is more appreciated

> than false hope.

... if only the 4hrs target was time to cubicle - don't think anyone has had to wait 5hrs to be seen by a dr in A&E @ Kings in a very long time, if you have I dare say everyone was rushed off their feet - thus communication might have been poor.

The receptionist's can only look to see how long the longest wait a pt has had at your time of booking in - if you've been at the end of a long queue to book in then yes, it might be longer for you.

Ask any of the staff in A&E and they'll explain that they don't want anyone to have a long wait - if it happens its likely that there are more seriously ill pts (you know, the ones that really annoyingly stop breathing and things like that!)who the dr's have to see first off - this is why you'll very, very rarely hear any clincal staff giving you a "time" you'll be seen

If you feel the care you recieved was that bad, then contact the PALS office situated at the hospital - without constructive complaints how do you think services can be improved?

My petty annoyance is when its really busy at work, having to run round trying to get everything needed done despite not having full quota of staff/having really poorly patients, liasing with the medical teams to ensure we have the cover we need, and then still be talked to as if I've been sat hiding somewhere drinking tea - if only some of them could walk in my shoes for 1/2 hr!!! (that said I do love my job - mainly because on the whole things are more settled!).

[ruffers]

The recorded announcement recently on National Rail Enquiries enquiring if I would be happy to answer a few questions that they wanted "to arks about their service".

The train indicator being adjusted to show when a delayed train will arrive on an ongoing basis so it will always arrive in one minute's time. That one just makes me laugh actually.

BBC HD. If you're broadcasting a programme on BBC1 which you've got in HD why not show that on the HD channel instead of Antiques Roadshow?

People tagging photos of me on Facebook

[indiepanda]

buggie Wrote:

> ... if only the 4hrs target was time to cubicle -

> don't think anyone has had to wait 5hrs to be seen

> by a dr in A&E @ Kings in a very long time, if you

> have I dare say everyone was rushed off their feet

> - thus communication might have been poor.

> The receptionist's can only look to see how long

> the longest wait a pt has had at your time of

> booking in - if you've been at the end of a long

> queue to book in then yes, it might be longer for

> you.

>

> Ask any of the staff in A&E and they'll explain

> that they don't want anyone to have a long wait -

> if it happens its likely that there are more

> seriously ill pts (you know, the ones that really

> annoyingly stop breathing and things like

> that!)who the dr's have to see first off - this

> is why you'll very, very rarely hear any clincal

> staff giving you a "time" you'll be seen

Don't get me wrong, I totally understand other people's needs were greater (though it would have been nice to have been offered some painkillers while I was waiting to be seen). But if people can't give even a vague idea of how long it will be before you get seen with any confidence, then I just think they should be honest and say so. I wasn't exactly twisting people's arms to force times out of them.

I know it must be tough working in a hospital, but when one is exhausted and in pain & shock, getting one's hopes up unrealistically doesn't make things easier to bear. I guess I could complain, but I don't know if they would listen. I did say it was a petty annoyance after all. The doctor who saw me eventually was quite a sweetie and took good care of me.

[Caron]

Oh thank you Ruffers that has reminded me of another thing to be annoyed about. People who can't say "ask" and instead say "arks". What is it with that? Arse-kuh. How hard is it?

[Brendan]

Playing things in B.

It feels awkward and it hurts my fingers and I?m convinced people only do it to show off and/or annoy me.

[buggie]

> I guess I could complain, but I

> don't know if they would listen. I did say it was

> a petty annoyance after all.

Every complaint has to be answered and the managers/matron's have to review and answer them - complaints cannot be ignored- for further advice contact the Patient Advocacy & Liason service (every hospital has one).

[Keef]

Playing things in B.

It feels awkward and it hurts my fingers and I?m convinced people only do it to show of and/or annoy me.

You're not alone, always hurts my wrist by the end of a song! Even worse on bass!

[SimonM]

>>People on the phone saying "bear with me". <<

God yes! I want to scream back "Why?! Are you giving birth this very minute?!"

[PeckhamRose]

For the fifth time in one month, my work not arriving when my client sent it by Special Delivery which means he paid ?4 odd to make sure it gets here next day. And it hasn't. Again. And then when it does arrive and I sign my name and add "arrived a day late" postie tells me off then when I check the online thing he has also scribbled over what I wrote. I claim compensation each time but now even those are not being replied to.

Lovely regular postie today tells me he has 45 mins to deliver on the estate and won't get overtime when he doesn't reach that target. Tells me there was no special delivery for me. ALSO tells me Casuals get paid more than regular post officers.

This is not a petty annoyance I realise: it's a big major one.

[Al&Em]

My broken leg, which keeps me pretty much indoors for the time being. 3 weeks in and cabin fever has set in....

[Brendan]

Yeah ?targets? in public services are a swell idea. Just look at the wonders they have done for education and healthcare.

And as I understand it they are singularly responsible for our crime rates being about 10% lower for the last 10 years.

[KalamityKel]

Keef Wrote:

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> Playing things in B.

>

> It feels awkward and it hurts my fingers and I?m

> convinced people only do it to show of and/or

> annoy me.

>

> You're not alone, always hurts my wrist by the end

> of a song! Even worse on bass!

Oh come of it you 2 tis not like ur transposing! :p

[Keef]

Inconsiderate people with umbrellas!

[citizenED]

Dear Al&Em. For solace with your broken limb try mybrokenleg.com. My brother found it a relief when he had a nasty skiing accident and was holed up for a couple of months.

[Brendan]

The adjectives ?scrummy? and ?yummy? and the interjection ?yum? and all the other throw-cushions and crumpets phraseology people use to describe things that come in earthy toned, recycled paper wrapping.

Although used in different context they?re just as lazy as swearing. Unlike swearing they don?t have the benefit of being amusing and/or referring to people?s rude bits.

Another annoying thing is that I seem to be rapidly turning into a grumpy old man with a surprising capacity to be personally offended by broad social trends.

[Moos]

How do you feel about 'ooh'?

[Michael Palaeologus]

What, as in: "Ooh's that anibblin' on the organic falafel?"

[Moos]

(repressively) No, Michael, that's spelt "oo", or for those who care about grammar "'oo".

Honestly, some people.