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What really grinds your gears?

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Velociraptor Jun 2017 10:08am, 7 Jun 2017 36,306 posts	Quote 1 pin Velociraptor People in hospital clinics creating work for me by giving patients opinions on areas of medicine that they have no business making pronouncements on, like, "You should be better by now, maybe you've got Something Underlying/cancer/hyporhubarbaemia, go and ask your GP."
Helegant Jun 2017 12:48pm, 7 Jun 2017 4,930 posts	Quote Pin Helegant [Vrap scores a Googlewhack]
Diogenes Jun 2017 1:17pm, 7 Jun 2017 23,458 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Vodafone and their crap website. How is the email address you send my bills to not my registered email address? And, why is it not, is it not one of the only two other personal email addresses I've ever used.
Red Squirrel Jun 2017 12:11pm, 8 Jun 2017 19,961 posts	Quote Pin Red Squirrel Management at work bending over backwards to accommodate people's holiday requests at ring-fenced times but turning down 4 of mine at non-ring-fenced times.
Wobbling Jun 2017 2:33pm, 8 Jun 2017 5,024 posts	Quote Pin Wobbling 'Have you had a chance to look at that email I sent?' 'Sorry no, we're flat out at the moment but I will get to it' 'If you could look at it before Friday...' 'I'm sorry but I'm really tied up in Saturday's event and everything else has been put on the back burner' (yesterday 'everything else' included going to the loo, today it was eating, Tuesday it was 'going home') 'Yeah but if you could just look at it...'
cackleberry Jun 2017 7:50pm, 10 Jun 2017 1,403 posts	Quote Pin cackleberry Responsibilities are grinding my gears. Getting itchy feet. People keep inviting me to things I can't do. And I can't do them for really boring reasons, like work, step children etc.
Valyrian Plastic Jun 2017 12:47pm, 12 Jun 2017 5,457 posts	Quote Pin Valyrian Plastic When you leave batteries in devices for too long and the leakage crystallises in the battery chamber. Such a pain in the arse to clean!
alpenrose Jun 2017 1:18pm, 12 Jun 2017 26,557 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose VP, my experience when that's happened is that the device is deemed terminal.
Red Squirrel Jun 2017 2:10pm, 14 Jun 2017 19,971 posts	Quote Pin Red Squirrel People who ask you to find documentations at work and when you've searched everywhere for missing ones tell you "Ah yes, those won't be in the cabinets as they've been archived and are not needed." Not even a sorry. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
CharlieP Jun 2017 9:28am, 15 Jun 2017 805 posts	Quote Pin CharlieP People typing "Did you used to...?" instead of "Did you use to...?". It's the equivalent of asking "Did you went to...?" or "Did you spoke to...?"