I hate

Attempt 3 I walked through the exact same steps to show my partner how I was approaching it so she couldn't say I wasn't doing it properly. The only difference being I sized up to a 7mm rawlplug. When the screws jammed in the plug once more whilst tightening down the bracket I walked away.

She tightened them using the same impact driver I'd have used, they behaved for her so the job is done.

I am happy for my partner to assume responsibility for all DIY tasks.

I'm sure this has been covered before but cunts putting bags on seats on busy trains.

Trying to make a coffee before I've had a coffee.

Just dumped a scoop of grinds straight into the cup like it was last century

I've never done that but why does my espresso machine only run out of water when I haven't had a coffee yet and really want one?

(spoiler: because I only drink one cup a day. Still annoying though)

Going to bed and remembering there's washing in the machine

Ground coffee in to the pour over without the paper filter.

I am happy for my partner to assume responsibility for all DIY tasks.

Genuinely happy for you, if you are really lucky no DIY for you again.

I hate DIY . Absolutely hate it. I'm shit at it too.
Wife sent me a pic of a shelf cube thingy asking if I could put these up in the kids bedroom. It looks like one unit.
Replied yes, probably.

Next thing I know, 14 of these little feckers have turned up that all need to be lined up and mounted separately.

I promise you, some of them won't line up properly.

People unable to figure out how time works. Guy at work calls in to say that his train was cancelled. Bus will be there in 10 minutes and take 50 minutes to get to work. He decided to wait an hour and get the 20 minute train as "it will be faster". Yes you idiot, the train is faster, but you got to work 20 minutes later.

That said, he's the same guy who wrote off his car by chancing a turn across traffic where there was no gap and demanded that HR figure out how he should get to work as he just moved and there was no public transport in his village so perhaps he's just a fuckwit.

Perhaps?

^^I hate people who love out in the sticks and think that's a valid excuse to be late for work, miss work when the weather is bad, can't make early or late meetings etc.. But think it's OK to expect people who live in town to pick up their slack.

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Not just out in the sticks, but just really far from work. "I can't come into the office for that thing, it's too expensive on the train/petrol/parking and it takes 2 hours to get there.
You knew that when you took the job!

I remember a really snowy day, back in 2010 or so.

I was working at BBC Worldwide over in White City, an 8 mile ride from home.

I had a fun if slightly cold and slippery journey in.

The only other guy who made it in had travelled down from Sheffield!

When all of the locals who started making travel excuses realised this, they looked a bit sheepish.

During rail/tube/bus strike days I was expected (told) to get into work because I cycle to to work.

Yesterday I put the paper and the coffee in the dripper, then poured in water, having forgotten to put the dripper on top of the mug.

A few of my wife’s colleagues moved during lockdown and then were surprised that they were still expected to come into the office when it reopened.

I have a bad habit of putting water in the kettle but not turning it on, then a few minutes later pouring cold water onto tea or coffee.

I once applied for a job selling building chemicals in West London.
Met up with the Sales Director at the services at the M4/A34 junction.
He started with all the expected 'best products/best service/best propspects' spiel.
I enquired about the volume of continuing business, and the number of customers/clients.
He revealed that the patch was underworked, and that the role would have a pioneering aspect to it.
When prompted he willingly revealed that the previous salesman, who had been in role for 18 months, had, shorly after assuming the role, relocated to Herefordshire, and consequently had not spent much time in West London.
We shook hands and went on our own separate ways.

I have colleagues that live some distance away, and then balk at the prospect of a sizeable train fare to get into the central London offices for meetings.

As if they’re not saving money by not living in London.

… the fella on this train, noisily fanning himself with a copy of the Metro.

It’s not even warm, mate!

What's their normal place of work? If its not those offices, they can claim on expenses.

I'm in a good place now, as my contract has been changed to be permanently based at home.

Boom!

Counter point, sometimes people don't expect to have quite so many issues.

I know someone who lives up near Leeds and has office days in Canary Wharf. It should be a straightforward short bus to the station + 2hrs ish train + 30m tube. Obviously a long journey, but should theoretically be 3hrs door to door, which is fine for the 2 days they originally started on as they'd stay overnight. However, for a long time they had a massive road works project on the first leg, which turned their 15m bus into some undeterminable amount of time and then the trains kept fucking up. Then 2 days switched to 3.

Obviously they are saving a lot of money / getting amazing vfm living in the Leeds burbs v. the South East or London. But it's still shit comminiting for 5hrs each way just so you can be late anyway.

Central London is their normal place of work.