minor things that make you fume

Naisy'sCharitableLeanings · February 16, 2019

Parker NSNO said:
Buskers and street "performers" these days are getting worse. Walking down Church Street last night and there were 2 people within about 50 yards of each other both playing the saxophone (poorly). Which was bad but got much worse as I walked towards Primark.

I walk further up and there was a man who was essentially in a tent with just his face poking out, with a headless baby doll strapped to his chin and white make up on, squeaking at people. And yes it is as mad as it sounds. How does he expect to make a living off that?

I yearn for the days I'd walk past the poor homeless bloke busking with a guitar hero guitar outside Schuh.

Sounds like something from the classic Reeves and Mortimer era.

larbert toffee · February 16, 2019

Armaghtoffee said:
I challenged a parent today for his torrent of foul language at an under 9 game. Personal abuse of 9 year old boys, calling them f’ing s..te.

His response was to offer me out there and then, all while holding the hand of a child I guess to be about 5.

Sad and depressing stuff indeed.

So who won AT.

chrissyjack · February 16, 2019

Armaghtoffee said:
I challenged a parent today for his torrent of foul language at an under 9 game. Personal abuse of 9 year old boys, calling them f’ing s..te.

His response was to offer me out there and then, all while holding the hand of a child I guess to be about 5.

Sad and depressing stuff indeed.

The grandson plays for an under 10 team . Some right whoppers at games . Chatting to a ref once. He said give him the two teams and the coaches , keep all parents away , and there'll be a good game of footie

Armaghtoffee · February 16, 2019

larbert toffee said:
So who won AT.

He was a parent of our own team!!

3-3, we got awarded a penalty injury time. The kid clipped the bar and the other side scored the winner in a breakaway.

As an Evertonian I felt this somewhat inevitable yet reassuring.

My lad didn’t even want a bar of chocolate on the way home. Get used to it Son, you’re a Toffee.

Armaghtoffee · February 16, 2019

chrissyjack said:
The grandson plays for an under 10 team . Some right whoppers at games . Chatting to a ref once. He said give him the two teams and the coaches , keep all parents away , and there'll be a good game of footie

Kids football is about fitness and friendship. Parents seriously lose the run of themselves.

chrissyjack · February 16, 2019

Armaghtoffee said:
Kids football is about fitness and friendship. Parents seriously lose the run of themselves.

Especially the ones who are only there for their " Little Star " . Sod the rest of the team .

" Why's he not starting ? " , " Why's he being subbed ?" etc . Every player gets time on the pitch in every game . Subs as often as required .
The face on the dad of of one of our team players when I told him his little Ronaldo was being taken off for being cr@p and a sulky little get

Tree13 · February 16, 2019

chrismpw said:
At Christmas my missus was given a 'gift' of one if those photo shoot / makeover things from a friend (who probably got it free). She's absolutely not the kind if person to do this kind if thing, and we both snigger at the vanities shown by people who have pictures of themselves plastered all over their house.

So today, for this 'gift' she's had to take half a day's leave to go their with her adult daughter. She'll probably have to pay forty quid in fuel going to the city where its done. For all of this effort and time she gets 1 photo free from the 'gift'. Any of the other 300 or so cost £75 notes EACH. A DVD of the pics costs a grand.

She really doesn't want to go. This is the definition of an obligation gift which is what Christmas has become. Her daughter, up to her eyes in mortgage, will want at least 1 picture, so that's a start of the avelanche.

She's a sucker to the hard sell and I'm terrified. Her friend knows full well that both I and especially her stepfather have decent cameras and are fully capable of doing the same thing for a pittance.

Fuming at this 'friend'.

Why on Earth is she going ahead with this? She didn't spend anything on it to start with, so what would she lose by not going?

chrismpw · February 17, 2019

Tree13 said:
Why on Earth is she going ahead with this? She didn't spend anything on it to start with, so what would she lose by not going?

I have no idea. She didn't want to seem ungrateful as it was a good mate of hers. She didn't want to go, but did. Ended up spending £500 for which she got a memory stick with 6 photos on. They didn't even print out the pics she chose. One of the photos is badly over exposed, another the photographer should have noticed a few stray hairs that ruin the shot. I seriously could have, and have done better without all the clever lighting. I felt ill when I saw all shed got.

Utter ripoff. The epitome of uk entrepreneurship.

longers · February 17, 2019

kebab shops who water down the ketchup

efcforever · February 18, 2019

chrismpw said:
I have no idea. She didn't want to seem ungrateful as it was a good mate of hers. She didn't want to go, but did. Ended up spending £500 for which she got a memory stick with 6 photos on. They didn't even print out the pics she chose. One of the photos is badly over exposed, another the photographer should have noticed a few stray hairs that ruin the shot. I seriously could have, and have done better without all the clever lighting. I felt ill when I saw all shed got.

Utter ripoff. The epitome of uk entrepreneurship.

Once got invited to bring my daughter to one of these shoots. It was put to us as a modelling shoot. My daughter was 1 at the time. It came about because my wife had posted some pics on a parenting group on Facebook.

We didn't go. I'm sure once we got there they'd have started the hard sell and wanted us to pay alot of money for pictures.

Zartan · February 18, 2019

chrismpw said:
I have no idea. She didn't want to seem ungrateful as it was a good mate of hers. She didn't want to go, but did. Ended up spending £500 for which she got a memory stick with 6 photos on. They didn't even print out the pics she chose. One of the photos is badly over exposed, another the photographer should have noticed a few stray hairs that ruin the shot. I seriously could have, and have done better without all the clever lighting. I felt ill when I saw all shed got.

Utter ripoff. The epitome of uk entrepreneurship.

Is your missus happy with the photographs?

Frang · February 18, 2019

Zartan said:
Is your missus happy with the photographs?

Why have you got some he could have??!!

chrismpw · February 18, 2019

Zartan said:
Is your missus happy with the photographs?

I think she feels she has to be happy with them as the alternative is a void of buyer remorse. I dare not open that box.

COYBL25 · February 18, 2019

Armaghtoffee said:
Kids football is about fitness and friendship. Parents seriously lose the run of themselves.

Take him to rugby mate, you and he won’t regret.

Completely different mindset on the sidelines.

COYBL25 · February 18, 2019

chrismpw said:
I think she feels she has to be happy with them as the alternative is a void of buyer remorse. I dare not open that box.

We got one of these “ free “ photo shoots years ago c/o of a photo company called Venture.

Ended up costing the best part of 500 quid.

The “ free” photo is the size of a stamp and is merely a sales technique to get you into the showroom and apply sales tactics on you - as you’ve found out.