What Words Or Phrases Annoy The Hell Out Of You?
I have an utter hatrid of the phrase -
"It's all gravy - ya know what I'm sayin'" AAAAARRRGGGHHHH!!
(Usually uttered by some retard hip-hop berk in reference to anything when they can't think of anything else to say).
"It's all gravy - ya know what I'm sayin'" AAAAARRRGGGHHHH!!
(Usually uttered by some retard hip-hop berk in reference to anything when they can't think of anything else to say).
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Quote '"Plus VAT" - always annoys me '
Yes our local TV repairman who I've used a few times has that bloody annoying habit. You ask him the price to repair something and he says 28 plus VAT. Oh that'll be 58 pounds PLUS vat!! Arghhhhhhhh
FFS give me the price u retarded PC Gimp not PLUS VAT!!!!
Yes our local TV repairman who I've used a few times has that bloody annoying habit. You ask him the price to repair something and he says 28 plus VAT. Oh that'll be 58 pounds PLUS vat!! Arghhhhhhhh
FFS give me the price u retarded PC Gimp not PLUS VAT!!!!
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Mice,
Am with you on the Yank thing. Most of what they say, do, and think is total and utter drivel.
Only good thing is that they seem to have public holidays nearly every month
Kinda handy when you are working over there
Other phrases
"You know what?" - umm, no, I don't, but I guess you're about to tell me
"Are you asleep?" - well, if I am I won't answer, if I answer then I'm not!
"Do you have the time?" no, but I have some Morris Day
"Gee, I *love* you're accent!" - Actually love, it's you that have the accent, we spoke english in the first place, you just came along and raped our beautiful langauge.
"You're Austrailian, right?" Umm, no, I'm British, but you're pretty close, we just populated Oz with our criminals, who bred and seem to whinge more than you yanks do.
"Can you tell me how to launch Excel on my PC?" No, I can't, a) Our company does not do that, b) I work with Macs not PC's, c) If you can't launch an application you really should not be using a computer, or at least you should RTFI/M
"Apple Macintosh? you work with macs? You better look for a new job mate, they'll be out of business in a years time! hahahahah" Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - Have had many ********* say this to me over the past 12 years I've been working with macs, and suprise suprise, they are still going!
Am with you on the Yank thing. Most of what they say, do, and think is total and utter drivel.
Only good thing is that they seem to have public holidays nearly every month
Kinda handy when you are working over there Other phrases
"You know what?" - umm, no, I don't, but I guess you're about to tell me
"Are you asleep?" - well, if I am I won't answer, if I answer then I'm not!
"Do you have the time?" no, but I have some Morris Day
"Gee, I *love* you're accent!" - Actually love, it's you that have the accent, we spoke english in the first place, you just came along and raped our beautiful langauge.
"You're Austrailian, right?" Umm, no, I'm British, but you're pretty close, we just populated Oz with our criminals, who bred and seem to whinge more than you yanks do.
"Can you tell me how to launch Excel on my PC?" No, I can't, a) Our company does not do that, b) I work with Macs not PC's, c) If you can't launch an application you really should not be using a computer, or at least you should RTFI/M
"Apple Macintosh? you work with macs? You better look for a new job mate, they'll be out of business in a years time! hahahahah" Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - Have had many ********* say this to me over the past 12 years I've been working with macs, and suprise suprise, they are still going!
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Anything that comes out of the mouth of a consultant from :
PWC ( or monday or IBM or whatever they're called these days )
Deloitte Touche
KPMG
Accenture
Cap gemini
...but how does that "add value" ( eh ?! )
...let me blue sky for a minute ( only if you let me beat your head to a bloody pulp for a minute )
PWC ( or monday or IBM or whatever they're called these days )
Deloitte Touche
KPMG
Accenture
Cap gemini
...but how does that "add value" ( eh ?! )
...let me blue sky for a minute ( only if you let me beat your head to a bloody pulp for a minute )
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"Off of", as in jumping off a wall. What's wrong with just saying, jumping off, like we used to a few years back?
"Trained up" - trained up what? "We have trained up the employee..." NO!!! No need to add the "UP"!
"Trained up" - trained up what? "We have trained up the employee..." NO!!! No need to add the "UP"!
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Following on from Drumsterphil in the rap arena - Using the word 'flow' in a rap record. It's starting to really get on my ****!
In fact many rap lyrics annoy the pants off me. A good recent example: "I'm gonna hit the ground running, like a nosebleed.'
WTF![img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
the word "Synergize"
"Performance Management"
"Think outside the box"
"GUI" as in "gooey"
"Team Lead" - No! It's Team LeadER [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Can you tell that most of us with these hang-ups work closely with Americans?
Cheers
Joolz
PS. Wicked thread, innit!
In fact many rap lyrics annoy the pants off me. A good recent example: "I'm gonna hit the ground running, like a nosebleed.'
WTF![img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]the word "Synergize"
"Performance Management"
"Think outside the box"
"GUI" as in "gooey"
"Team Lead" - No! It's Team LeadER [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Can you tell that most of us with these hang-ups work closely with Americans?
Cheers
Joolz
PS. Wicked thread, innit!
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"Is this your vehicle Sir?"
- No, you uniformed knucklef*ck, it belongs to the f-in Pope, but as he's trying to convert me he's being nice and allowed me to borrow it for the weekend.
"Do you know what speed you were doing?"
- Well actually yes, because as soon as I got the blue strobes, I looked at my speedo and thought ****!
"Do you know why we've stopped you Sir?"
- Well let me think... Because I'm a motorist, and therefore a REAL criminal, and a complete menance to society because I'm behind the wheel of a performance motor vehicle
- No, you uniformed knucklef*ck, it belongs to the f-in Pope, but as he's trying to convert me he's being nice and allowed me to borrow it for the weekend.
"Do you know what speed you were doing?"
- Well actually yes, because as soon as I got the blue strobes, I looked at my speedo and thought ****!
"Do you know why we've stopped you Sir?"
- Well let me think... Because I'm a motorist, and therefore a REAL criminal, and a complete menance to society because I'm behind the wheel of a performance motor vehicle
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From: Cambridge
alcopop.
*** (ciggarete term).
vertical performance initiative,
I always wanted to say so how high do I have to jump.
is this your ride.
the way people say impresssssa. Jesus.
e- anything.
e-sphere
e-space
e-business
e-company.
just because 2 years ago anything with e- infront was worth more on the stock market.
cost reduction innitative. "youre fired"
*** (ciggarete term).
vertical performance initiative,
I always wanted to say so how high do I have to jump.
is this your ride.
the way people say impresssssa. Jesus.
e- anything.
e-sphere
e-space
e-business
e-company.
just because 2 years ago anything with e- infront was worth more on the stock market.
cost reduction innitative. "youre fired"
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consolidation (roughly translates to chuck all the different business groups on one server and lets see if the apps still work - flippin' admin nightmare)
out sourcing
and most of the other IT relate sayings people have put up here already...
Most of all I hate TLAs!
out sourcing
and most of the other IT relate sayings people have put up here already...
Most of all I hate TLAs!
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Mechanics who describe themselves as "technicians" (coz you're busy splitting the atom from 9-5 right?)
Admisitration staff that describe themselves as "Facilitators"
Red Day/Green day (Girlfriends Slimming WOrld Diet which indicated there will be **** all in the fridge)
Admisitration staff that describe themselves as "Facilitators"
Red Day/Green day (Girlfriends Slimming WOrld Diet which indicated there will be **** all in the fridge)
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People who say they're in 'IT' when all the do is bloody answer phones.
Tw@ts who come up to you when you're standing shivering with a blue nose and say 'What you gonna do when winter comes'?
Tw@ts who come up to you when you're standing shivering with a blue nose and say 'What you gonna do when winter comes'?
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I’m not racist, some of my best friends are […], but…
"Where's your wife from?"
"Harlow, actually, but her parents are from Pakistan"
"Oh really, I've got a mate who's Pakistani and he's great"
(Of course, if the person's Pakistani mate is OK that must mean that so are all Pakistani people -- FFS can you imagine someone saying "Hey, Carl, my mate wears glasses like you and he's really great", or "My mate's also a bald git and there's nothing wrong with him"
)Rant over, my least favourite and not-yet-mentioned work one is "upskill".
I'm also concerned about the number of people who say they "work in IT" but I can't think of a simple way of saying what I do: "I design and test network infrastructure, you know the stuff that makes the Internet work", "Oh, you mean you design websites". Er, no....
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People who are justifying their reasoning with a couple of weak arguments and then add...
"etcetera etcetera"
as though there are loads more reasons and you of course know them but they can't be bothered to say.
B*st*rds
"etcetera etcetera"
as though there are loads more reasons and you of course know them but they can't be bothered to say.
B*st*rds