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What really grinds your gears?

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um Sep 2021 10:32am, 22 Sep 2021 5,195 posts	Quote Pin um How is it that companies can process card payments in milliseconds, but a credit for a deposit return takes 5 working days? After being approved and notified.
Salty Dog Sep 2021 1:04pm, 22 Sep 2021 1,577 posts	Quote Pin Salty Dog The 'Look how busy I am' performance walk. Usually combined with the 'Can't you hear how busy I am?' slam of the filing cabinet drawer and then the 'Come on folks, acknowledge that I'm really busy!" performance sigh.
LazyDaisy Sep 2021 1:04pm, 22 Sep 2021 34,254 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy +1 to that!
LazyDaisy Sep 2021 1:04pm, 22 Sep 2021 34,255 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy (Argh. To Um's post!)
JK chameleon Sep 2021 1:14pm, 22 Sep 2021 15,177 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon I'll +1 Salty's comment. Performative busyness winds me up. We're all busy, it's not just you. Crack on and quit the theatrics and you'd likely be less behind...
Velociraptor Sep 2021 1:15pm, 22 Sep 2021 54,184 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor [Oh, yes. I've worked alongside bustlers. They generate a lot of noise and wasted energy relative to their productivity.
Velociraptor Sep 2021 1:16pm, 22 Sep 2021 54,185 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor ]
Wine Legs Sep 2021 4:17pm, 23 Sep 2021 5,789 posts	Quote Pin Wine Legs People who play their music out loud or have their phone on speaker phone when in public. Wear headphones, you inconsiderate dick.
cackleberry Sep 2021 4:26pm, 23 Sep 2021 2,175 posts	Quote Pin cackleberry +1 Wine Legs. Camping a couple of days ago and some woman rocked up to her tent after her day out and proceeded to blast out Ed Sheeran on repeat until dark.
Sigh Sep 2021 5:04pm, 23 Sep 2021 10,239 posts	Quote Pin Sigh We had someone doing that at the start of parkrun last week. Thankfully he went quiet before we actually started.