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  • 3 weeks later...
1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

I've been invited to a social event over the Crimbo hols. Lovely... except that the invite says: "6:45pm for 7pm".

What's that all about?

Do I turn up at 7, or at 6:45?

I'm confused.

 

 

 

Would make more sense if the invite said "6:45 to 7:00 PM" 

 

I'd present myself at exactly "18:52:30" just to be pedantic.

 

Lemme guess, this is a Scottish invite?

 

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2 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

I've been invited to a social event over the Crimbo hols. Lovely... except that the invite says: "6:45pm for 7pm".

What's that all about?

Do I turn up at 7, or at 6:45?

I'm confused.


My guess'd be they want you to arrive earlier at 6:45 so to be ready for the 7:00 start time.

 

Something big's going down at 7:00 sharp and they want you all there and prepared! lol

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3 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Now I know why it said: "6:45pm for 7:00pm".

I got there just before 7, and all the fucking mince pies had been scoffed!

That'll learn me.


All gone in 15 minutes? That's either not enough pies, or too many greedy guests. 

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3 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

A Fart is never late, nor is he early. A Fart arrives precisely when he means to.


Hold it in until the prescribed time. :lol:

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16 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said:


Hold it in until the prescribed time. :lol:


Indeed. The eventual release of the lengthy and loud post Christmas lunch one yesterday (once I'd gotten out of the family's way to watch Doctor Who) I'd been holding in brought considerable relief, I must say.   

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On 27/12/2024 at 12:16 PM, Naïve Old Fart said:

It is still hilarious. It's very rude, and it's very funny.

Have you ever watched the Pakistani Daleks sketch, by Spike Milligan?


I have. It's ... of its time, shall we say. 

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  • 5 weeks later...

Does anyone remember a time when you went to something, or you didn't; that you said either "yes" to something, or "no" to something?

Not anymore. Now you "register an expression of interest".

I mean WTF, right?

Last November, the staff team was sent a group e-mail asking if they would be interested in going on a staff night out. I reacted with the (Y) icon. My reaction was to say that I had read the e-mail.

I thought nothing more about it, untill two weeks later, I got a visit from the author of the e-mail asking where my deposit is, for my staff night out meal? Huh?! :o

Next time, I won't bother replying.

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7 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

I reacted with the (Y) icon. My reaction was to say that I had read the e-mail.

 

Obviously an incorrect thing to send. I can't blame then for thinking you were onboard.

 

7 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Next time, I won't bother replying

 

Just reply you're not going.

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7 hours ago, Jamie Dutton said:

You guys go out with your coworkers? I don't take my work home with me.

I once fell in love with my colleague. Alas my feelings for her weren’t reciprocated. I quit my job because being close to her every day hurt too much. Later she got married and had children. I’m happy for her, now I realize that it couldn’t have worked out between us, and not just because she was five years older than me, but because we are very different people. In hindsight I’m happy for all the feelings I had for her, it made me a better artist, I wrote several books that were fuelled by the love I felt. So hopelessly loving her wasn’t in vein. 

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You should never get involved at work. First of all, it's lazy. Second, you never know when they'll suddenly become a lunatic and conspire to have you fired.

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7 minutes ago, Jamie Dutton said:

You should never get involved at work. First of all, it's lazy. Second, you never know when they'll suddenly become a lunatic and conspire to have you fired.

 

Over here you usually get 2-3 months notice before you have to leave.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Packages that take 2.5 fucking weeks to ship over the atlantic and then arrive on a Friday to add 2 more days to ship time when they just fucking sit on their hands and whistle while it could already be moving.

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Overused internet phrases, some of which people think are clever but really makes them seem unoriginal. The first person who did it was clever; everyone else who followed is an idiot.

 

A far from comprehensive list of examples:

 

“That’s it. That’s the Tweet" (especially when followed by more words)

“Tell me you don’t (insert thing) without telling me you don’t (insert thing).”
“I can’t even”
“All the feels”
“Sorry, not sorry”

"I don't get all the hate"

"Haters gonna hate"
“Living my best life”
“I did a thing”
“We stan”
“Asking for a friend”

"Do better"

"Do the work"

”Serious question”

”Genuinely curious” 

"It's my truth"

”Unpopular opinion”

”Am I the ONLY one who…”*

”Does anyone else…”*

"Is it just me..."*

”What’s your HONEST opinion on…”

”I know I’m going to get downvoted but…”

"That moment when..."

"I was today years old when..."

"I need you to..."
“Literally” anything.

 

*No. Yes. No.

 

Oh, and mockingly “WrITing LIkE thIs wHen you’Re trYing tO mAke sOmeoNe sEeM sTuPid” only makes you look stupid.

 

Finally, if you have to say you're "adulting", you're probably not as much of an adult as you suppose.

 

BONUS: 

Worst meme: “Corporate wants you to spot the difference between these two pictures”.  Ugh.

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