What grinds your gears? - Page 113

ChaosWulf · 21st July 2008, 11:09

Baal is being tolerant. Hell has officially frozen over

BloodDonor · 21st July 2008, 17:52

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Originally Posted by JAYJAY

People who don't keep left on the footpath. Walking to work yesterday on an otherwise empty sidewalk and the two bitches push past me as I'm keeping to the left. Fuck, if it's a good enough rule for the road, it's good enough for the footpath.

people who do that in the supermarket piss me off too... stand in the middle of the bloody isle, with their trolley and look confused

or... if theres 1 trolley in the whole isle, up to the side so people can get past... the people who stop their trolley BESIDE it and then look at what they want...

argh...

BaM · 21st July 2008, 18:03

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Originally Posted by BloodDonor

people who do that in the supermarket piss me off too... stand in the middle of the bloody isle, with their trolley and look confused

or... if theres 1 trolley in the whole isle, up to the side so people can get past... the people who stop their trolley BESIDE it and then look at what they want...

argh...

This, in Pak n Save yesterday. Except the trolleys were parked two abreast, which was made possible by their Wide Aisle Policy.

Stalk3r · 21st July 2008, 18:05

need double parking tickets to be issued

MadMax · 21st July 2008, 18:33

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Originally Posted by BaM

This, in Pak n Save yesterday. Except the trolleys were parked two abreast, which was made possible by their Wide Aisle Policy.

i used to be patient when getting the groceries. then i had a flatmate that pointed out to me she does not like mucking around at the supermarket. "just grab n go". i ended up taking this on, combined with having a quick eye for specials. now grocery shopping pisses me off as i'm no longer taking my time and suddenly everyone else is slow.

Torka · 21st July 2008, 18:53

Getting your groceries delivered = win.

Biff · 21st July 2008, 19:19

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Originally Posted by Baal

Who gives a fuck? They're happy in their beliefs and they're not hurting you any.

Really? last I looked religion is destroying our entire civilization. Everything from pedo priests to drooling for rapture to racism, wars.. this could go on for pages. Yeah doesn't affect me at all. I apologise.

SpaceCowboy · 21st July 2008, 19:57

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Originally Posted by JAYJAY

People who don't keep left on the footpath. Walking to work yesterday on an otherwise empty sidewalk and the two bitches push past me as I'm keeping to the left. Fuck, if it's a good enough rule for the road, it's good enough for the footpath.

^^^ this, but on the road.

i seem to attract trouble at T-intersections. im indicating to turn right, into the T, again, and some guy approaching me turning left into the T indicates late, so i pull in. its pitch black, so i dont notice the black car PARKED IN THE LANE (a no parking area btw) a couple meters into the road, and as i attempt to avoid it, a jackass pulls out of the parking lot ahead of me, almost clipping me. yea, i made some assumptions, like assuming there wouldnt be a car blocking my way n shit, but hells bells... comedy of errors on all sides.

after getting my yummy burger fuel, i cross the road to said parking lot, noting that the road is clear. as i pull out of said parking lot, the douchebag has come back, and parked on the other side of the same road, which im about to go down! this time noone is in it. for fucks sake.

BloodDonor · 21st July 2008, 22:13

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Originally Posted by BaM

This, in Pak n Save yesterday. Except the trolleys were parked two abreast, which was made possible by their Wide Aisle Policy.

We only have 1 supermarket in Wanaka, its not as big as a pak n save or countdown, but its big enough most of the time... 'cept now we have 1000's of people running around with pants around their knees, beanies, ski/boarding jackets on

i dont mind them in general... but a few of them have no consideration to anyone else

Baal · 21st July 2008, 22:16

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Originally Posted by Biff

Really? last I looked religion is destroying our entire civilization. Everything from pedo priests to drooling for rapture to racism, wars.. this could go on for pages. Yeah doesn't affect me at all. I apologise.

I reckon it's jackasses who make broad sweeping generalisations that are destroying our entire civilisation.

[WanG] Wandarah · 21st July 2008, 23:46

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Originally Posted by Biff

Really? last I looked religion is destroying our entire civilization. Everything from pedo priests to drooling for rapture to racism, wars.. this could go on for pages. Yeah doesn't affect me at all. I apologise.

you're absolutely obsessed.

Haydos · 21st July 2008, 23:52

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Originally Posted by Baal

I reckon it's jackasses who make broad sweeping generalisations that are destroying our entire civilisation.

Well said.

CCS · 22nd July 2008, 10:01

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Originally Posted by Biff

Really? last I looked religion is destroying our entire civilization. Everything from pedo priests to drooling for rapture to racism, wars.. this could go on for pages. Yeah doesn't affect me at all. I apologise.

Wow, yeah, that actually is pretty serious. I mean, that's our entire civilization you're talking about, so I guess it counts as more than a peeve.

So what are you doing about it?

?>Superman · 22nd July 2008, 10:02

POSTING ABOUT IT ON AN INTERNET FORUM

ph33r my conspiratorial posts

BadNova · 22nd July 2008, 12:06

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Originally Posted by Baal

I reckon it's jackasses who make broad sweeping generalisations that are destroying our entire civilisation.

hey, don't lump all generalising jackasses together!

Juju · 22nd July 2008, 17:18

Retiring a switch that has an uptime of 1598 days makes me sad.

Genesis · 22nd July 2008, 22:37

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4626169a10.html

Stupid shit like this gets me raged.

Saladin · 22nd July 2008, 23:54

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Originally Posted by Genesis

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4626169a10.html

Stupid shit like this gets me raged.

That oldest son reminds me on tmasky for some reason.

BloodDonor · 23rd July 2008, 12:40

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Originally Posted by Genesis

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4626169a10.html

Stupid shit like this gets me raged.

Saw that on Campbell Live

while the airline may have rules, the rules get grey when they charge a 14 year old as an adult, and dont explain that hes only an adult in fair paying, and doesnt have the ability to escort a child on a flight

Qantas need to fix their site

Rince · 23rd July 2008, 13:22

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Originally Posted by BloodDonor

while the airline may have rules, the rules get grey when they charge a 14 year old as an adult, and dont explain that hes only an adult in fair paying, and doesnt have the ability to escort a child on a flight

we have to deal with UMs (ANZ mostly) about 5-6 times a year... and this was teh conclusion we came to, too.

/ninj edit: ANZ lets you book UMs thru their website.

ZengE · 23rd July 2008, 20:38

Guys who are so seriously dehydrated (or sick) that the smell of their urine almost burns your eyes out, who stand at the urinal and stare and the flush button (individual non-automatic stalls), finish what they're doing and leave a pool of their stinking eye-burning infested bodily fluids at the bottom of the urinal for somebody else to flush for them (once we've regained out sight).

dylan · 23rd July 2008, 20:55

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Originally Posted by Genesis

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4626169a10.html

Stupid shit like this gets me raged.

Yeah. It's pretty dumb.

Still, not as dumb as the mother who assumed a baby could travel just fine with a 14 year old looking after them, imo. She really didn't think to check with anyone?

Skanks · 24th July 2008, 08:46

Both me and my younger brother never had a problem travelling as UM's together when we were young. Mostly on Cathay Pacific though. They just had someone escort all the UM's together to the plane, then again on the other side.

Based on that I would never of thought it was an issue with a major airline.

dylan · 24th July 2008, 10:30

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Originally Posted by Skanks

Both me and my younger brother never had a problem travelling as UM's together when we were young. Mostly on Cathay Pacific though. They just had someone escort all the UM's together to the plane, then again on the other side.

Based on that I would never of thought it was an issue with a major airline.

Were you or your brother a baby at the time?

Skanks · 24th July 2008, 11:32

No, not quite as young as the child in the article. I didn't realise quite how young the other child was. (I scanned the article)

Rince · 24th July 2008, 13:07

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Originally Posted by dylan

Yeah. It's pretty dumb.

Still, not as dumb as the mother who assumed a baby could travel just fine with a 14 year old looking after them, imo. She really didn't think to check with anyone?

the issue (if you RTFA) is that teh older brother had to pay a full adult fare, so it was assumed that he could escort his baby sister...
So basically qantas are saying "11-14y.o.? You're aying as an adult, but you have no other adult rights"

it was for a 40 minute (if that) flight too... it's not like it's to the other side of the world

Ritalin · 24th July 2008, 13:37

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Originally Posted by Rince

the issue (if you RTFA) is that teh older brother had to pay a full adult fare, so it was assumed that he could escort his baby sister...
So basically qantas are saying "11-14y.o.? You're aying as an adult, but you have no other adult rights"

it was for a 40 minute (if that) flight too... it's not like it's to the other side of the world

My understanding was that the 14 year old was allowed to fly, as an 'unaccompanied minor' because he had paid an adult fare.
The 3 year old wasn't allowed to fly as an unaccompanied minor, because she had paid a child fare.

As I understand it, unaccompanied minors have to pay the higher fare because they have to have a stewardess to look after them. However, calling it an 'Adult' fare, for a child does make things pretty confusing.

The mother is probably a bit stupid for letting her 14 year old take sole charge of a 3 year old on a flight - but it's pretty raw of QANTAS to refuse to carry the 3 year old and leave her stranded just because there had been a fare mix up. I mean, if there was going to be a stewardess sitting with the 14 year old anyway, what's the problem with her looking after 2 kids?

Anyone who has worked in customer service knows that sometimes you have to bend the rules with a little common sense to get the best outcome. :/

Markh · 24th July 2008, 13:39

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Originally Posted by Rince

the issue (if you RTFA) is that teh older brother had to pay a full adult fare, so it was assumed that he could escort his baby sister...
So basically qantas are saying "11-14y.o.? You're aying as an adult, but you have no other adult rights"

I just don't get that argument at all! OK so he had to pay an adult fair - does that mean they have to serve him alcohol? We have so many different ages for different things - you can be old enough to leave school, have sex, get a job and drive a car, but not drink a beer or vote in the elections.

To me the real point is that a 14 year old is old enough to babysit and if they are not old enough to accompany a younger sibling then the airline should make that clear. From what I understand the website was confusing and the family didn't realise that the 2 children couldn't travel together unaccompanied.

ChaosWulf · 24th July 2008, 16:51

Ok, so the weather conditions are shit. Surely this isn't helped by you driving your car up the ass of the car in front of you, and then slowing down to 15km every time you go around a corner?
...No?

*sigh*

Fitz · 24th July 2008, 17:28

Can a 14 year old manage to carry a child to safety through the smoking wreckage, hunt and trap wild animals for food, build a fire with no lighter, know which plants are safe to eat, manage to keep warm and apply first aid, then find their way to civilisation after walking hundreds of kilometers through bush to find their way home? I don't think so.
Quite clearly you need to be 15 and over to perform these feats as stated by Quantas.

It's not about the ride it's about what happens when shit hits the fan blades of the jet engine.

Reformed_Quint · 24th July 2008, 17:32

New rule, No fucking kids on planes. No confusion.

Ahhhh no more crying, bliss.

Oh and Fitz, if i crash landed with a baby, i'd eat it.
There, i said it.

I hate kids. They really GMG

Vaelenu · 24th July 2008, 18:20

GMG: People who don't change their kids' nappies on planes after they shit themselves, forcing other passengers to inhale the ungodly odour.

GMG: People who change their kids' nappies in the middle of the aisle or on nearby empty seats, instead of taking them to the toilets, forcing other passengers to inhale the ungodly odour and nearly die from it. I know it's probably really cramped in there, but ffs

ZengE · 24th July 2008, 19:01

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Originally Posted by Fitz

Can a 14 year old manage to carry a child to safety through the smoking wreckage, hunt and trap wild animals for food, build a fire with no lighter, know which plants are safe to eat, manage to keep warm and apply first aid, then find their way to civilisation after walking hundreds of kilometers through bush to find their way home? I don't think so.
Quite clearly you need to be 15 and over to perform these feats as stated by Quantas.

It's not about the ride it's about what happens when shit hits the fan blades of the jet engine.

I think you'd struggle to find adults who could do 1/2 if not most of all that.

Yoda · 24th July 2008, 22:22

BNZ giving "balance unavailable" and "no transactions to display" at 9pm at night with no "we're doing maintenance" anywhere to be seen.

crocos · 24th July 2008, 22:45

Iiinteresting. What channel is this through? Internet Banking / ATM / Phone Banking?

zeekiorage · 24th July 2008, 22:52

I have seen that many times on BNZ's Internet banking site. No maintenance notice. It usually affects the credit card balances. I also find it interesting that they updated their main site about a year ago but forgot to update the inner pages of the banking sites leaving them with in old colors and a horizontal scroll.

dylan · 24th July 2008, 23:21

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Originally Posted by Reformed_Quint

New rule, No fucking kids on planes. No confusion.

Ahhhh no more crying, bliss.

Oh and Fitz, if i crash landed with a baby, i'd eat it.
There, i said it.

I lol'd

Reformed_Quint · 25th July 2008, 12:58

Failing my final calc paper by a few % and having to re-sit it next year.

Basically, can't get my title changed from Engineering Tech, to Engineering Grad, wont get a substantial payrise, have to pay to resit, have to spend hours doing it.

Fuck fuckidy fuck, working and studying full time, doesn't work :'(

Asriel · 25th July 2008, 13:17

Maybe more holidays would have helped :P
BL though.

Reformed_Quint · 25th July 2008, 13:20

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Originally Posted by Asriel

Maybe more holidays would have helped :P
BL though.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Cunt!!!!!

21st July 2008, 11:09	#4481
ChaosWulf Don't worry, be harpy	Baal is being tolerant. Hell has officially frozen over

21st July 2008, 18:05	#4484
Stalk3r	need double parking tickets to be issued

21st July 2008, 18:53	#4486
Torka	Getting your groceries delivered = win.

22nd July 2008, 10:02	#4494
?>Superman	POSTING ABOUT IT ON AN INTERNET FORUM ph33r my conspiratorial posts

22nd July 2008, 17:18	#4496
Juju get to da choppa	Retiring a switch that has an uptime of 1598 days makes me sad.

22nd July 2008, 22:37	#4497
Genesis	http://www.stuff.co.nz/4626169a10.html Stupid shit like this gets me raged.

23rd July 2008, 20:38	#4501
ZengE	Guys who are so seriously dehydrated (or sick) that the smell of their urine almost burns your eyes out, who stand at the urinal and stare and the flush button (individual non-automatic stalls), finish what they're doing and leave a pool of their stinking eye-burning infested bodily fluids at the bottom of the urinal for somebody else to flush for them (once we've regained out sight).

24th July 2008, 08:46	#4503
Skanks User Awaiting Email Confirmation	Both me and my younger brother never had a problem travelling as UM's together when we were young. Mostly on Cathay Pacific though. They just had someone escort all the UM's together to the plane, then again on the other side. Based on that I would never of thought it was an issue with a major airline.

24th July 2008, 11:32	#4505
Skanks User Awaiting Email Confirmation	No, not quite as young as the child in the article. I didn't realise quite how young the other child was. (I scanned the article)

24th July 2008, 16:51	#4509
ChaosWulf Don't worry, be harpy	Ok, so the weather conditions are shit. Surely this isn't helped by you driving your car up the ass of the car in front of you, and then slowing down to 15km every time you go around a corner? ...No? sigh

24th July 2008, 17:28	#4510
Fitz	Can a 14 year old manage to carry a child to safety through the smoking wreckage, hunt and trap wild animals for food, build a fire with no lighter, know which plants are safe to eat, manage to keep warm and apply first aid, then find their way to civilisation after walking hundreds of kilometers through bush to find their way home? I don't think so. Quite clearly you need to be 15 and over to perform these feats as stated by Quantas. It's not about the ride it's about what happens when shit hits the fan blades of the jet engine.

24th July 2008, 17:32	#4511
Reformed_Quint	New rule, No fucking kids on planes. No confusion. Ahhhh no more crying, bliss. Oh and Fitz, if i crash landed with a baby, i'd eat it. There, i said it. I hate kids. They really GMG

24th July 2008, 18:20	#4512
Vaelenu	GMG: People who don't change their kids' nappies on planes after they shit themselves, forcing other passengers to inhale the ungodly odour. GMG: People who change their kids' nappies in the middle of the aisle or on nearby empty seats, instead of taking them to the toilets, forcing other passengers to inhale the ungodly odour and nearly die from it. I know it's probably really cramped in there, but ffs

24th July 2008, 22:22	#4514
Yoda	BNZ giving "balance unavailable" and "no transactions to display" at 9pm at night with no "we're doing maintenance" anywhere to be seen.

24th July 2008, 22:45	#4515
crocos	Iiinteresting. What channel is this through? Internet Banking / ATM / Phone Banking? __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

24th July 2008, 22:52	#4516
zeekiorage	I have seen that many times on BNZ's Internet banking site. No maintenance notice. It usually affects the credit card balances. I also find it interesting that they updated their main site about a year ago but forgot to update the inner pages of the banking sites leaving them with in old colors and a horizontal scroll. __________________ The surest sign that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. -- Bill Watterson

25th July 2008, 12:58	#4518
Reformed_Quint	Failing my final calc paper by a few % and having to re-sit it next year. Basically, can't get my title changed from Engineering Tech, to Engineering Grad, wont get a substantial payrise, have to pay to resit, have to spend hours doing it. Fuck fuckidy fuck, working and studying full time, doesn't work :'(

25th July 2008, 13:17	#4519
Asriel	Maybe more holidays would have helped :P BL though.