The little things in life that fuck you off

[Benny]

Just burnt my tongue on my coffee and thought of this thread.

[Jeet]

Changing forums....

[Ian]

Oh Christ, I came in here to post only to learn I was in agreement with that Jeet.

THAT fucks me off more than change does.

[Pepe]

Ian. :cool:

[Magic]

People that say 'Caph' instead of 'Caphay'.

Infinite cuntery.

[Lee]

I've got the shits.

[Boydy]

Why spell it like that?

[Magic]

'Caf' doesn't look right. 'Cafay'? Mmm. It was easier to convey, perhaps.

[Boydy]

'Caf' doesn't look right. 'Cafay'? Mmm. It was easier to convey, perhaps.
Caff and café, surely?

[Magic]

Caff and café, surely?

Oh lookee here boys, a sneering cunt right among us.

[Boydy]

Oh lookee here boys, a sneering cunt right among us.
Missed you. :wub:

[Waffdon]

Accidentally cashed out for £30 and missed out on around £80. Seething

[Toby]

Wafted on.

[Waffdon]

think of all the voddies and red bull tomorrow i could have got from that......................

[Spoonsky]

Thread titles being different. It's "The little things in life that fuck you off" and it always will be, heathen.

[Shindig]

Forgetting one thing when going for a weekly shop.

[Raoul Duke]

Thread titles being different. It's "The little things in life that fuck you off" and it always will be, heathen.

Yep, this is balls. Mods - please correct these.

[Toby]

Reinstating shit titles from before is far worse. This thread doesn't count there, but the food and music threads can fuck off.

[Yevrah]

I never understood what the fuck 'spoiler, 10 songs' was all about.

[Adamski]

I'm not sure if is is a Glasgow thing but here goes. People who post things on social media like:

"Oh a Chinese takeaway and a few beers? Don't mind if I do!"

Who the fuck are you asking that question to? Just fuck off.

[Giggles]

It's not just a Glasgow thing unfortunately.

[Disco]

It's an insufferable twat thing, they get everywhere.

[Byron]

Another reason to not bother with social media.

[Giggles]

I use Twitter and G+ more these days, but they operate more as a news feed than social media. Facebook really is a complete dose but worth keeping for its few uses.

[Kikó]

Don't you hate people who ask themselves questions first? I know I do.

[Jeet]

This 'and chill' crap. Piss off!

[Giggles]

Just stopped at one of the service stations having a sambo for my breakfast. Some dirtbag beside me stepped out of his van for a fag and must have spit 20 times in the past 2 minutes the utter cunt.

[Benny]

Having sore eyes, blinking like a maniac today.

http://replygif.net/i/302.gif

[Lee]

There are some right miserable arseholes about. Last night I parked up in the city centre while I watched the football. Got back after the game, stick all my change in and the machine won't take one of my £2 coins. I manage to find enough change to get within 20p of having my ticket back. I didn't want to pay by card for the sake of 20p so asked the people in the queue behind me if any of them could give me 20p.

It was quite obvious I wasn't a tramp looking for change - although I'd give that to a tramp anyway if they asked. Not one of the bastards said a word. Luckily I did manage to find a 20p coin in my coat pocket. But just how tight and miserable do you have to be to not help someone out with twenty fucking pence? I was properly mardy all the way home.

[Giggles]

These days if you acknowledge a stranger and put you're hand in your pocket you're probably getting your wallet and phone robbed, so it's probably for the best to keep going as quickly as possible.

[Magic]

I need a really massive shit but I've had a lob on for about 5 minutes for no apparent reason. Annoying.

[Toby]

Those of you who bought MVMT watches, how are you finding them after a few months? Mine seems to be struggling to keep time recently which is becoming annoying. There's no good reason for it to be broken as I haven't bashed it or anything - the worst that's happened to it is occasionally knocking it off my bedside table (onto a very thick carpet). Pretty crap compared to my old cheap Timex.

[igor_balis]

Mate why bother having a watch? You should have a holiday instead.

[Toby]

Are you paying, or... ?

[Magic]

I've heard Gorgie is nice this time of year...

:harold:

[Toby]

Well it is but can we talk about my watch please.

[Josh]

Mine is running perfectly but then I've only had it a month. I'm not sure why I even bothered to post this.

[Boydy]

I'd have given you 20p, Lee.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Those of you who bought MVMT watches, how are you finding them after a few months? Mine seems to be struggling to keep time recently which is becoming annoying. There's no good reason for it to be broken as I haven't bashed it or anything - the worst that's happened to it is occasionally knocking it off my bedside table (onto a very thick carpet). Pretty crap compared to my old cheap Timex.

Not a single problem with mine.

[Toby]

Went to check their website to see if there's anything about repairs, and spotted this:

http://i.imgur.com/tfmGI6Y.png

Full tagline is "...don't break the bank" but the fuckers know exactly what they're doing there and they've trolled me hard with it.

[Pepe]

Look at all the forum ponces wearing the same watch. :gay:

[Boydy]

Maybe the gravitational field of your massive head is throwing it off.

[Toby]

Hey remember when you thought about getting one but you couldn't because you're so short you would have looked like Flavor Flav?

[Boydy]

I don't think you should be smug about your height when your head makes up half of it.

[Toby]

Top banter.

Anyway, they have a 24 month warranty that'll hopefully cover it. The broken watch, not my head lol.

[Boydy]

http://www.corinthianseller.co.uk/prostars/prostars-PRO1251.jpg

[Magic]

You can't out-bant Tobes. :D

[igor_balis]

I used to get called a powerpod at school because of my big head. Cus I need room for all the brains lol.

[Magic]

We used to call a boy that had an enlarged cranium 'Foetus'. :cool:

[Benny]

Hey remember when you thought about getting one but you couldn't because you're so short you would have looked like Flavor Flav?

Oh snap.

[Multi]

Fat people, old people, people with children and people with backpacks on the bus. Invent a separate bus for them please.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Parcel was handed to resident The parcel was delivered to MICHALIS.

It wasn't...

I was the only one home at the time, I didn't hear them, no notice was left, it's not in any spots they usually put it either.

It's probably at a neighbour, although I'm not sure which one and seeing as they are all old or have young kids I don't feel like knocking on doors right now.

[Magic]

I'm watching a documentary on George Washington but it's being narrated like a fucking Hollywood blockbuster trailer. The Yanks are so shit at this sort of thing. Wish it was on BBC4 and narrated by David Reynolds or someone equally astonishing.

[Boydy]

Battery on my beard trimmer ran out whilst I was using it and now I've got a right dodgy looking goatee.

[Benny]

Is there a goatee that doesn't look dodgy?

[Boydy]

No but this one looks especially bad.

[Boydy]

What's this friend request shite?

Fuck off Benny, this isn't Facebook.

[Pepe]

http://static2.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/5468386+_3973c89b972c2bf387065fc702643270.gif

[Benny]

It was an elaborate plan for me to have everyone as a friend except a certain someone, which could onset some forum-based paranoia, you fucking gimp. Should have known you'd have moaned about it though.

[Boydy]

Was it Scousepig?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I thought it was going to be me but sadly not.

[Shindig]

Parcel was handed to resident The parcel was delivered to MICHALIS.

It wasn't...

I was the only one home at the time, I didn't hear them, no notice was left, it's not in any spots they usually put it either.

It's probably at a neighbour, although I'm not sure which one and seeing as they are all old or have young kids I don't feel like knocking on doors right now.

The fella that had my copy of PES dropped some Iceland junk through the letterbox and then the "Didn't catch you" note. Didn't knock or owt. Scarpered out there quick to grab him. Phil Brown-looking cunt.

[Giggles]

Could the certain person even see who else you have as 'friends'?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The fella that had my copy of PES dropped some Iceland junk through the letterbox and then the "Didn't catch you" note. Didn't knock or owt. Scarpered out there quick to grab him. Phil Brown-looking cunt.
It was left with the neighbours and he had also given them my 'Didn't catch you' note.

Only the best people for Amazon Logistics...

[Benny]

Could the certain person even see who else you have as 'friends'?

Yeah they can, it was going to be ScousePig but that's been ruined.

[Giggles]

Are you two not friends?

[Boydy]

How did this beef even start anyway?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

When Benny realised that Scouse was harder than him IIRC.

[Baz]

Where's the summer arachnid thread, or whatever gay name it got given?

Anyway, I've just launched a book at a whopping great big spider and legged it upstairs. Don't even know if I hit it. :doh:

[ScousePig]

Benny's taken an horrendous beating on this page.

:console:

[Giggles]

One of these days one of the cunts who won't indicate on a roundabout is getting followed and slapped in the neck.

[Adamski]

Seen someone turning right at a roundabout the other day. Like actually a straight right rather than the third exit.

[Boydy]

A couple of the people I work with were moaning on Saturday night about sore throats and colds starting. Now I can feel my throat getting scratchy and sore and my nose is starting to run. Fuck's sake.

[Magic]

I've had a weird sore throat thing for over a week now, but it only starts at night, gets really bad until morning then fucks off for the entire day. Strange.

[Magic]

Benny why aren't we friends on FB? We were great friends circa 2010. :(

And Stevie, what about our MSN chats? God damnit. We've all grown apart.

[Toby]

One of these days one of the cunts who won't indicate on a roundabout is getting followed and slapped in the neck.

I've not seen too much of that since I started driving, but the amount of people who tear around in blanket fog with nothing but their sidelights on (if even that) has amazed me.

[Magic]

Roundabouts are 50/50 in claims so watch out, regardless of who is in the right lane. In Scottish law anyway.

[Giggles]

Roundabouts are 50/50 in claims so watch out, regardless of who is in the right lane. In Scottish law anyway.

I just mean the cunts to your left that are just turning left, but force you to stop because they're too lazy to hit the stalk. Maybe it's not as big a thing elsewhere but it's rife here.

[Magic]

Not indicating? It's rife everywhere. Also 'not indicating' doesn't equal 100% at fault either.

[Giggles]

Not indicating? It's rife everywhere. Also 'not indicating' doesn't equal 100% at fault either.

I know it doesn't, but it's still deserving of a box in the throat and a hammer through the windscreen.

[Toby]

Roundabouts are 50/50 in claims so watch out, regardless of who is in the right lane. In Scottish law anyway.


Not indicating? It's rife everywhere. Also 'not indicating' doesn't equal 100% at fault either.

I doubt that is going to temper Giggles' frustration.

[Magic]

This is what Lee is going to become.

[Giggles]

Going to?

[Davgooner]

Not indicating at roundabouts fucks up the entire flow and as such is worse than not indicating in other situations. The fucking seethe when you're at a busy one and you wait as a car pulls out only to turn left is off the scale.

[CJay]

There's nothing better than coming up to what is normally a busy roundabout, but timing it so well that you can just sail right onto it. Agreed about non-indicating, it's seriously bad form.

[Magic]

Hitting the apex on the roundabout when it's empty. :drool:

[Giggles]

I've decided that the best way to ease my seething is to stop indicating too.

Already has two cunts boiling on my way for lunch :cool:

[Magic]

:D

You're a cunt.

[Giggles]

I felt bad first time but it was coming naturally by the 2nd.

[Magic]

The werewolf game. I don't get how the theme fits the game. :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Uni deciding to bump the price of the Park and Ride up to £1 from the 20p a day it cost last year.

Oh and first week lectures/seminars, driving in for 10 minutes of 'this is what will happen this year, now fuck off until next week'. Brilliant.

[Mellberg]

Nearly took some prat out earlier as he cut across a roundabout without indicating. He turned to give me a bit of lip, only to witness a maelstrom of seethe and was quickly on his way.

[Toby]

http://i.imgur.com/H5ZCxRz.png

:sick:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:cool:

What scenes.

[Lewis]

I like reading those to see teams referred to as 'we'.

[John]

Does anyone else do that?

The threads I've seen seem to largely be Mahow talking to himself, so the 'we' could be something a bit more sinister. Maybe he's seen Samoth talking about 'our girlfriend' and thinks a wonky split personality is the way to get one.

[randomlegend]

Bloody hell that's a strained attempt at a dig.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Does anyone else do that?

The threads I've seen seem to largely be Mahow talking to himself, so the 'we' could be something a bit more sinister. Maybe he's seen Samoth talking about 'our girlfriend' and thinks a wonky split personality is the way to get one.

I just talk to myself during the late games, not many others stay up until around 5am.

[Pen]

I forgot to post it in here yesterday, but forgetting my keys home and needing to spend an extra hour getting them had me properly seething yesterday. There aren't many as annoying things as arriving to your door and realising you left your keys inside.

[Giggles]

http://i.imgur.com/H5ZCxRz.png

:sick:

No you know how I feel when I log on and see politics shit as the only things posted in.

[Shindig]

Guys, my power's going down for 7 hours on Wednesday. Is the all the food in my fridge freezer likely to be done for?

[Disco]

Just don't open it and the freezer stuff should be fine, probably best to empty the fridge of as much as possible.

[Shindig]

Alright. I'm thinking of alternatives for the frozen chips and veg. I'm hoping the fridge at work has a freezer drawer otherwise it's going to my mam and dad's.

[Boydy]

I just typed out a long post on my phone in the question time thread and got a fucking server error as I submitted it.

[Pen]

Guys, my power's going down for 7 hours on Wednesday. Is the all the food in my fridge freezer likely to be done for?

Don't open the door(s) and you should be fine.

[Andy]

Won't be a problem at all, you can leave it way longer than that without it starting to thaw out.

[Shindig]

Thanks for the advice, lads.

http://foodsafety.wisc.edu/consumer/fact_sheets/poweroff.pdf

And now I'm scared again. Thanks, internet.

[Magic]

No no no. Get rid of it all. Completely defrost your freezer then let it build up again.

[Baz]

12 of us going away for new year (6 couples blerrrrghhh!!!) and the house they've picked only has one bathroom and 3 ensuites. F that.

EDIT: Also this..

http://i.imgur.com/o3BM5Z3.png

:wall:

[Boydy]

Some cunt neighbour is using some sort of nosiy power tool outside. It's fucking half eight on a sunday evening. Fuck off inside and watch TV you wanker.

[Lewis]

Then he'll have to get up and use them at eight in the morning.

[Giggles]

Some fucker has just slapped my car with her door while getting out while I was sitting in mine. I've counted to 10 twice but it's not making it any less likely that I'm going to kick her wong mirror off as soon as she heads into Tesco.

[Pepe]

Too afraid to say something to her face?

[Benny]

He was busy typing that post.

[Giggles]

I was busy finishing my phone call and wedges. She got called a cunt to her face.

[Benny]

I bet you had your windows up.

[Magic]

Some fucker has just slapped my car with her door while getting out while I was sitting in mine. I've counted to 10 twice but it's not making it any less likely that I'm going to kick her wong mirror off as soon as she heads into Tesco.

Hi Henry. Why don't you take her space when she leaves? That'll show her.

[Giggles]

Hi Henry. Why don't you take her space when she leaves? That'll show her.

What now? I was in the parking space beside her so didn't require another one.

[Spammer]

Absolutely knackered today, am working until 7pm and am then off to see Doug Stanhope later. Looking forward to it but think I might be destroyed tomorrow, where i'll be doing another 10 hour day.

[John]

A ten hour day? Fucking hell, you nutter.

[Disco]

I wouldn't mind some 10 hour days, it would make a nice change.

[Boydy]

When you're conversing with someone via email and you put 'kind regards' and they only put 'regards'. Cunt.

[Josh]

Kind regards is for nonces

[Josh]

And women

[Boydy]

The person replying is a woman.

[Magic]

I've just spent the past hour and a half on Tesco.com looking up recipes and going around the house checking stuff we need. Also looking for deals etc. I got to my basket, spent over the £60 great, went to confirm my order and SHITE. Forgot to put in the £12 off if you spend over £60 code. So I backed up, put in the code, hit submit and it crashed. Had to close down, so went back and now my basket is empty. :drool:

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

[Magic]

Oh NO it's actually went through, that's why its empty. :mad:

EDIT: Oh thank fuck I can retrospectively add it. Panic over.

:cool:

[Byron]

The person replying is a woman.

I usually just put 'Thanks' unless I'm talking to a client, when its 'Kind Regards'

I know people who go with 'Best', 'Krgds' and annoyingly enough 'KR'

[Spammer]

A ten hour day? Fucking hell, you nutter.

Alright there's no need to be a snarky cunt about it. I've had a mate staying last few days and I've had fuck all sleep too, if that's any help in avoiding your stream of sarcastic rubbish that adds fuck all to anything whatsoever.

[igor_balis]

oof!

[Benny]

He's fucking done you there, John.

[phonics]

http://i.giphy.com/4BB8y6rRCf5bW.gif

edit: Holy FPS Mr. Animated Gif.

[Magic]

http://i.imgur.com/J69JAhR.gif

[John Arne]

The fact that single flights tickets are so much more expensive than returns (comparatively).

Fucking sick.

[simon]

'Krgds'

:sick:

[John]

Alright there's no need to be a snarky cunt about it. I've had a mate staying last few days and I've had fuck all sleep too, if that's any help in avoiding your stream of sarcastic rubbish that adds fuck all to anything whatsoever.

:D

It's produced that gloriously precious bit of seethe, so it isn't adding nothing.

[Toby]

I'm away for work and they've put me up in a needlessly swish hotel, but it's a bit away from anything else and only serves food in the fully booked restaurant rather than anything at the bar, so I've just had a £22 room service burger and chips.

I always railed against this sort of expenses wanker and yet here I am. :(

[Yevrah]

The fact that single flights tickets are so much more expensive than returns (comparatively).

Fucking sick.

Why do you need a single?

[Giggles]

I'm away for work and they've put me up in a needlessly swish hotel, but it's a bit away from anything else and only serves food in the fully booked restaurant rather than anything at the bar, so I've just had a £22 room service burger and chips.

I always railed against this sort of expenses wanker and yet here I am. :(

If that's where they put you then what can you do? I normally try not to go overboard myself if I don't need to, but sometimes there's no other option that's not needlessly awkward.

[Magic]

:drool:

Welcome.

[Disco]

I think we need a picture of Toby miserably eating the chips of decadence. Get it up on Twitter.

[Toby]

It was served on a massive wooden tray and came with one of those metal bowl lids over the plate, just to cement the feeling of "Oh God, I'm such a twat, what have I become".

[Yevrah]

Room service on expenses. :drool:

The novelty soon wears off, but those first couple of times.

[Giggles]

I used to buy loads of groceries and cook most days. Used to get so many snide remarks from colleagues for not hitting the money limit every day. Some of them cunts were buying pizzas before bed and binning them just to use the money ffs :face:

[Magic]

Get a grip Toby you fucking melt. Take as much as you can get away with.

[John]

Some of them cunts were buying pizzas before bed and binning them just to use the money ffs :face:

That's fucking perverse. Cold, twelve hour old pizza is shit hot.

[Giggles]

That's fucking perverse. Cold, twelve hour old pizza is shit hot.

That too. Cold pizza and a bottle of salad cream :drool:

[Toby]

Get a grip Toby you fucking melt. Take as much as you can get away with.

It's not the money itself I have issue with, I'd readily claim £20 for a decent meal. Agreeing to spend that on a burger is awful though, and I hate that I am playing a part in allowing them to charge that.

[Magic]

I often buy cakes and stuff for dessert for the fam as well as lunch but pay with card so they don't know what I've bought. They don't ask for VAT reciepts but prefer them.

[Magic]

It's not the money itself I have issue with, I'd readily claim £20 for a decent meal. Agreeing to spend that on a burger is awful though, and I hate that I am playing a part in allowing them to charge that.

Oh right I agree. I never get the allowance, just B&B. I prefer spending the company's money at small businesses.

[John Arne]

Why do you need a single?

I didn't have a definitive return date so I had to buy two singles. I really should have just bought a flexible return.

[Yevrah]

It's not the money itself I have issue with, I'd readily claim £20 for a decent meal. Agreeing to spend that on a burger is awful though, and I hate that I am playing a part in allowing them to charge that.

I wouldn't worry. The whole pricing structure of the UK hotel industry was ruined (thanks to BUSINESS) long before you rocked up and stuck an overpriced burger on your claim form.

[Yevrah]

I didn't have a definitive return date so I had to buy two singles. I really should have just bought a flexible return.

You should have. They're what, £80 more?

[Toby]

I wouldn't worry. The whole pricing structure of the UK hotel industry was ruined (thanks to BUSINESS) long before you rocked up and stuck an overpriced burger on your claim form.

I know, my initial post was because I've slagged off 'expenses wankers' for precisely this reason.

[Boydy]

Where are you that their restaurant is fully booked on a Tuesday evening?

[Toby]

Inverness, but hotel restaurants being booked up is hardly unusual is it? They did have something at 8.30pm but I'd barely eaten all day and didn't fancy waiting.

[Magic]

What hotel?

[Toby]

The Drumossie.

And yes I'm sure there's fancier even here but had I chosen it would have been a cheap B&B in the city centre.

[Boydy]

Outside of fancy places in big cities, I wouldn't have imagined it was all that regular an occurrence on a Tuesday.

[Magic]

The Drumossie.

And yes I'm sure there's fancier even here but had I chosen it would have been a cheap B&B in the city centre.

That's where we're having our Christmas do. The breakfast was shite. The polish staff didn't know what toast was.

Also fucking lol I'd cry if work put me up somewhere of that standard. Lucky cunt.

[Toby]

They're hosting the conference I'm attending, which explains both why I'm staying here and possibly sheds light on why they're particularly busy.

[Lewis]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7kgl4AycARw/TNruj33qaKI/AAAAAAAAARc/dWB7teDqeGo/s1600/elephant-man-cinematography.png

[Toby]

Should have posted in the Jobs thread and been clear of you.

[Magic]

Artillery fired there. Ooft.

[Lewis]

I'm an engineer.

[Magic]

:moop:

See you in the Jobs thread, Tobes.

[Toby]

Before you go Magic recommend a decent pub to watch the Scotland game in on Thursday. I'm assuming you know Inverness pretty well by now.

[Magic]

Before you go Magic recommend a decent pub to watch the Scotland game in on Thursday. I'm assuming you know Inverness pretty well by now.

We normally watch it in The Exchange. Gellions has it on too but that's a pretty shambolic pub.

[Toby]

That looks like it'll do. Glad you say that about Gellions as I was just looking at pictures and praying that wasn't the best available.

[Magic]

Its about a tenner from the hotel in to town IIRC. Do you have to eat at the hotel? There's a lovely bistro called the Fig & Thistle that's opened which is pretty good.

[Toby]

Yeah I got a taxi from the train station earlier and it was about that. Eating here tomorrow but will look somewhere else on Thursday night.

[Baz]

The clip that keeps the lid on my black recycling box has broken on one side so the lid doesn't full close. I put the food recycling bin on top of it to keep it from blowing off. The black box is to put in cardboard and glass - a weird combination, I'd say. Anyway, just spent about two minutes squashing a massive bastard of a cardboard box into a small enough size to fit in the recycling box for tomorrow. Opened the half-broke lid to reveal about nine giant slugs in there, obviously all enamoured with the smell of beer from the glass bottles in there. :sick: Serves me right for not rinsing them, I suppose. Annoying, though. I just put the cardboard on them, put the lid on best I could and ran back inside. Gonna take a real feat of bravery tomorrow to get it from the backgarden to the pavement at the front of the house, ready for the binmen.

[7om]

I was waiting for the interesting bit and then the post ended. You boring bastard.

[Baz]

That's my weekday for you. Every weekday.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Lee]

I always mean to look.

[Pepe]

I don't care if I am caught.

[phonics]

Why does the client never want the good logo? Always the crap one. You try to display them in a way to make sure they don't choose that one and then it ends up in a unanimous vote for the one you shit out in 5 minutes so you came in with more than a couple of half baked ideas.

[Disco]

Clearly the moral here is that you shouldn't try, just churn out shite in 5 minutes.

[phonics]

Clearly the moral here is that you shouldn't try, just churn out shite in 5 minutes.

Yeah but now I have to base a whole A2 poster around this shite making it even more work.

[SvN]

How many concepts do you provide?

[phonics]

How many concepts do you provide?

It's a half day job so 5. Normally I do 10-12.

[SvN]

Fucking mental. We do 3 absolute tops, but usually do one with a bunch of subtle variations.

[phonics]

My logo design work is so garbage that I have to do loads or I worry that they'll say they're terrible and never pay me again.

I want to design magazines :(

[Benny]

I've always worked on three for presentation, give them too many and they'll find it harder to make their mind up.

[phonics]

This is the issue with never having worked with other designers. I've just freestyled my whole career. Less logos from now on. Yay.

[SvN]

Another tip - never present stuff and say "So what do you think?". Always show them the work and talk them through it, and why decisions were made on fonts, colours, placement, whatever. If you can genuinely justify your decisions, then it almost becomes a logical decision rather than a question of taste. Doesn't always work, but I've found that since doing it, pointless and ridiculous revision requests have almost disappeared completely.

[phonics]

Got everything in by deadline but it's all a bit second rate and crap. I really should give myself longer deadlines but the way my contractor contract works means I can't charge under 46 CHF (30 quid) an hour (that's how much they would pay me if I was a full time employee and they're not allowed to pay under that legally or something) and people won't pay that much for an extended period of time leaving me always submitting 3 minutes before deadline.

[Adamski]

Fucking mental. We do 3 absolute tops, but usually do one with a bunch of subtle variations.

We tend to do 2-3 as well and without fail, they pick the worst one every time.

[Luke Emia]

Getting up for work when it's dark especially when I haven't set the heating to come on automatically either.

[Magic]

The heating already? :harold:

[Benny]

Getting to the gym only to realise you left your work shoes at home, meaning I have to spend the next hour driving home and back again. Seething on a Friday, horrible.

[Giggles]

Getting to the gym only to realise you left your work shoes at home, meaning I have to spend the next hour driving home and back again. Seething on a Friday, horrible.

You'd probably be better with trainers in the gym.

[Magic]

Can you not just wear trainers for a day and write it off as a mistake? Surely they'd rather have you working for the hour you were driving home? Or was that the intention? Ben. :cool:

[Benny]

I could but I'd feel a tit walking round in my gym shoes, subconsciously I probably left them at home to avoid doing any exercise. My subconscious :cool:

[Magic]

So you've binned the gym? How bad are your trainers like?

http://images.asos-media.com/inv/media/4/5/4/3/3123454/pink/image1xl.jpg

[Benny]

I don't have time to go to the gym, because I had to go home, you tit.

My trainers aren't bad, it's just a smart office so if I'm wearing smart clothes and then some fucking gym trainers, it'll look stupid.

[Magic]

Yeah I'm sure nobody gives a fuck you precious twat.

#Boyd

[SvN]

I've got slippers to wear when I'm at my office, fuck wearing shoes all day.

[Magic]

I go barefoot when it's warm enough but slippers most of the time. I normally don't shower until mid-day so no socks either. :cool:

[Benny]

Some of us like looking smart, or smelling clean at least.

[Magic]

It's our turn for the wretched wife's family to 'have us' for Christmas dinner, so, like last time, they won't cook for shit and made everyone pay £46 each for a shit Christmas Dinner at a revolting 2 for £10 chain. That's not including the drinks.

Brilliant, however I've refused to go to somewhere as awful as that again, I'd rather pay more for quality (lol) like a Best Western or a Hilton (£50 and £65 respectively). Not sure how that'll go down with the savages.

[randomlegend]

"Ooooh they do a lovely carvery"

Die.

[Davgooner]

I assume the slippers gimp works from home?

[Magic]

"Ooooh they do a lovely carvery"

Die.

Yeah one of those. They have 'special nights' where they serve up various cuisine versions of absolute dogshit for a fiver a head.

The BW is actually £60 a head. That's verging in to why the fuck are we bothering with this shit territory. £120 for a hotel chain tea? Fucking hell.

[SvN]

I wear slippers when I'm at home and in the office.

[Davgooner]

For fuck sake.

[SvN]

What's wrong with wearing slippers?

[Giggles]

What's wrong with wearing slippers?

In the office it's just plain awful, unless you're alone there.

Though I spend 75% of my working day in my socks.

[SvN]

Socks without shoes are as bad as slippers.

There's about 3 or 4 people that wear slippers. Why wouldn't you if your feet are stuck under a desk for 90% of the working day?

[Giggles]

Socks without shoes are as bad as slippers.

There's about 3 or 4 people that wear slippers. Why wouldn't you if your feet are stuck under a desk for 90% of the working day?

It just seems filthy.

[John]

Socks are worse than slippers. If you're going about in socks all day then putting your shoes back on you're just getting the inside of your shoes dirty.

[Giggles]

Socks are worse than slippers. If you're going about in socks all day then putting your shoes back on you're just getting the inside of your shoes dirty.

I'm only in the socks driving which is around 6 hours of each day, and the car is kept immaculate because of this.

[Benny]

Has anyone ever tried breaking with their left foot? Surprisingly difficult to do it smoothly.

[Magic]

Yeah when I was practicing for karting.

Right Hemisphere: Engage left foot braking
Right Hemisphere: Ok that's maybe a bit too much pressure
Right Hemisphere: I know, we'll press it harder now, going to go through the windscreen
Right Hemisphere: Press it fully, come to a complete stop
Left Hemisphere: Nice work

[Magic]

FUCK. I'm not convincing the brother in law, he's a pseudo-snob as well (lives on da finance bro) but he's just been sacked. I reckon that's his true reasoning for favouring the cheap shit place but he's using the 'soft play' line instead (it has a kids play area :sick:). I'm screwed gents, £46 a head for another absolutely wank, banterless Christmas dinner. Fucking hell.

[Magic]

Some girl on Facebook has just posted a Timehop or FB Memory from a few years back saying 'Waaa I look sooo good here! Need to get my arse in gear!!'. And yes, she probably was bang on BMI wise but there's little she can do about her face, which looks both then and now, like an equine afterbirth.

[Giggles]

I wouldn't give a fuck who invited me or what obligation I was under, like hell would would I eat any hotel dinner on Christmas Day.

[Magic]

Once again I was put on the spot in front of them all, and feeling the pressure of being publicly outed as thinking they are a bunch of absolute philistines after rejecting the idea of going on holiday with them because we have 'no money' then spending loads of it on the house (lol), I bottled it. Pure and simple.

[randomlegend]

Offer to cook it :henn0rz:

[Magic]

I did, but then it turned out the brother-in-law's sister and mum and dad are now coming as well. That would make 11 people. Fuck that.

[Boydy]

Yeah one of those. They have 'special nights' where they serve up various cuisine versions of absolute dogshit for a fiver a head.

The BW is actually £60 a head. That's verging in to why the fuck are we bothering with this shit territory. £120 for a hotel chain tea? Fucking hell.

If you're going to keep trying pretending to be posh, you need to stop this 'tea' nonsense.

[Gray Fox]

Ordered something from the US last Sunday. It hit Middlesex on Friday morning, last scanned about 10am. Annoyingly it's been handed over to Yodel. They haven't even bothered to collect it yet. Expected due date was yesterday too. For fucks sake.

[Magic]

Almost got ticketed there by an attendant not even in the city centre! Unreal we can afford to pay these cunts Sunday rates yet have to close libraries etc. Another good SNP job well done. Arseholes.

[Toby]

We should really start adapting those "Thanks Obama!" gifs for you.

[Toby]

Fire alarm has started beeping in the office, presumably because it needs a new back up battery. I tried switching it off at the mains before doing anything with it, only to discover that the only switches I can get to apparently do nothing...

I can barely reach the thing anyway as there's no ladder in the building, so I'm not all that keen to start fucking around with arms outstretched, but the noise is becoming insufferable already.

[Lewis]

If you were an engineer you could sort that.

[Toby]

I'm an officer and I can't even office.

[Disco]

I don't think you're supposed to be able to just turn off a fire alarm, that would be something of a design loophole.

[igor_balis]

Yeah I can understand your frustration, Magic. People who get tight about food are weird. I understand not wanting to splurge every time you fancy going for a meal, but going for a £45 Wetherspoons or similar Christmas dinner instead of a £60 decent place...I don't get it.

I have a friend from home who has a very decent job and a cheap rent so is hoarding money. He's always going for city breaks and spends about £50-100 on nights out every week. But when we're all back home and us ladz arrange to go for a curry or something and I suggest going to an actually decent place that costs about £15, he gets really funny, says 'I don't want to spend that much', and insists on us going to the shite curry house that does £8 for starter, curry and rice, and it is always a bit rubbish. If he was just really tight in general, or was consistently saving money I'd be cool with it, but because it is such a specific anomaly I can't help but get really irritated by it.

[Toby]

I don't think you're supposed to be able to just turn off a fire alarm, that would be something of a design loophole.

That's what the back up battery is for, but the general guidance is to switch it off at the mains before opening it up. It's probably okay to change the battery without doing that but I'm not sure enough to risk it.

[Magic]

Yeah I can understand your frustration, Magic. People who get tight about food are weird. I understand not wanting to splurge every time you fancy going for a meal, but going for a £45 Wetherspoons or similar Christmas dinner instead of a £60 decent place...I don't get it.

I have a friend from home who has a very decent job and a cheap rent so is hoarding money. He's always going for city breaks and spends about £50-100 on nights out every week. But when we're all back home and us ladz arrange to go for a curry or something and I suggest going to an actually decent place that costs about £15, he gets really funny, says 'I don't want to spend that much', and insists on us going to the shite curry house that does £8 for starter, curry and rice, and it is always a bit rubbish. If he was just really tight in general, or was consistently saving money I'd be cool with it, but because it is such a specific anomaly I can't help but get really irritated by it.

Generally I've found these are the sort of arseholes that'll have nice cars, latest phone, nice clothes, finance to the Max etc.

[Benny]

Scouse getting the first neg in on the new board. Seething.

[igor_balis]

Someone on my fb news feed just posted this:

http://viralwomen.com/post/reasons_why_selfie_shaming_is_antifeminist

Possibly one of the worst things I've ever read.

[7om]

It's awful but isn't that pretty much a standard article these days? There's always someone waiting to become outraged at the next opportunity.

[Pepe]

That's a very offensive thing to say.

[Magic]

Someone's just tried to buy £830 worth of clothes from mrporter.com using my credit card. Thankfully Tesco blocked it.

[Yevrah]

That whole selfie thing. Fucking hell.

Horrible vacuous people taking photos of themselves at every opportunity, people with little better to do online mocking them for it and the outrage brigade ready to pounce, slipping into their offended outfit to explain why it all REALLY MATTERS.

What a world we live in.

[Baz]

Someone's just tried to buy £830 worth of clothes from mrporter.com using my credit card. Thankfully Tesco blocked it.I bet he was gutted, must have taken a long time to choose £830 worth of clothes. Surely he'd have had to put his address in for delivery?

[Toby]

I imagine £830 is about four items on Mr Porter.

[Magic]

Yes, I had a look. £335 for a pair of trousers. :harold:

I'm glad Tesco Bank can see I'm a viciously tight cunt from my transaction history to call buying some expensive clothes 'fraud'.

:D

[Yevrah]

My bank does it with me all the time.

Any deviation from my normal spending patterns results in a call from their fraud department and at best the card being suspended and at worst outright cancelled.

They did the latter when I took £300's worth of Baht out when I was in Thailand and it cost me the best part of a tenner calling the buggers to explain that doing so wasn't necessary and they needed to reinstate it or I'd be fucked if I needed any more cash.

[GS]

They blocked my credit card when I tried to pay for my hotel in Jamaica too. After 24 hours travelling to get there, I was far from impressed.

[Magic]

I've got to expect a call at some point tomorrow, but I've no idea whether I can still use my card or not.

[Yevrah]

Indeed.

I wouldn't mind it so much if there was a way to give them a heads up before you travel abroad so that they at least subject the transaction to some scrutiny before deciding it must be bogus, but they stopped asking for details of future foreign trips in advance over a decade ago and whenever I've phoned up since to tell them I'm leaving Blighty for a bit they think I'm fucking mental and then proceed to cancel my card when I get there anyway. :mad:

[SvN]

We were 3 weeks into our USA trip when they decided to block our card because we used it in Vegas (on our 3rd day there). Made no sense at all.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Online banking, at least with Halifax, has a little section for you to tell them when and where you're travelling too.

I've never had a problem with my cards.

[Giggles]

Did you notify the bank you were travelling? We always have to do it here. I never use my card abroad, but I always notify in case something happens my prepay one.

[GS]

Online banking, at least with Halifax, has a little section for you to tell them when and where you're travelling too.

I've never had a problem with my cards.

Have you notified them that you'll be going to Ukraine?

[simon]

Are you still going to Ukraine, Mahow?