Things that frustrate us all

[Discofan]

When you get a huge run in your (brand new ) nylons early in the day (caused by stupid office furniture ) and you have to go through the rest of the day like that, hoping no one notices (but it's so obvious that you know that they do... ).

What kind of furniture does that? Do you have a bed of nails there or something?

If furniture can do that to your pantyhose, can't it do the same to your skin? Maybe a tetanus shot is in order.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

When you get a huge run in your (brand new ) nylons early in the day (caused by stupid office furniture ) and you have to go through the rest of the day like that, hoping no one notices (but it's so obvious that you know that they do... ).

You couldn't just take them off?

 

[PSGarak]

Speaking as a supermarket cashier, I have no problem with pointing out to someone that they have too many items for the express -- but if they choose to come through anyhow, I can't stop them. My bosses won't back me up.

Some people should never be left to work without supervision.

That's a shame. I've worked retail in a few different situations, and it was always frustrating when you had bosses or store owners who refused to enforce their own policies or back you when you tried. It's something I really love about my job at the moment. Our branch manager has our backs 100%, and our policies have teeth.

The biggest irony about the people now slacking and not doing over half of their daily routine (like picking up trash, pushing in chairs, simple things like that) is that they're the ones salivating for the supervisory position. I know the higher managers pretty well. They will never give that position to anybody who constantly has to be told what to do. They'll sooner bring in people from outside than deal with that. I'm new enough to the staff that I don't think I'm in the running at all, but I also don't need someone breathing down my back telling me what to do every second of the day. I just hope whoever we get will get them back on track. I'm tired of coming in on the afternoon/night shift to a huge mess.

 

[Discofan]

Speaking as a supermarket cashier, I have no problem with pointing out to someone that they have too many items for the express -- but if they choose to come through anyhow, I can't stop them. My bosses won't back me up.
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In that case, you shouldn't bother overly about that. If your boss is not concerned about customers not following the rules then why should you be?

We have a say here: "Il ne faut pas être plus royaliste que le roi."

Which translates to: "Don't be more royalist than the king."

That dates back to a time when we still had kings, I guess.

Your boss is the one who's supposed to worry about that, not you.

 

[PSGarak]

What kind of furniture does that? Do you have a bed of nails there or something?

If furniture can do that to your pantyhose, can't it do the same to your skin? Maybe a tetanus shot is in order.

Haha, it is ridiculously easy to get a snag in nylons. Something that will rip your nylons won't necessarily be anything that could hurt your skin. All it needs to be is a tiny rough spot where the finish is coming off or something. Or even a tiny jag in your fingernails that you can barely feel.

 

[Discofan]

Haha, it is ridiculously easy to get a snag in nylons. Something that will rip your nylons won't necessarily be anything that could hurt your skin. All it needs to be is a tiny rough spot where the finish is coming off or something. Or even a tiny jag in your fingernails that you can barely feel.

I see. I think the person who would invent the tearproof nylon would make a fortune, on the other hand, it would kill the golden goose, so maybe that has already happened and the "pantyhose" consortium or cartel or whatever suppressed it.

 

[PSGarak]

I see. I think the person who would invent the tearproof nylon would make a fortune, on the other hand, it would kill the golden goose, so maybe that has already happened and the "pantyhose" consortium or cartel or whatever suppressed it.

One pair to rule them all, if you can find them...

 

[Discofan]

One pair to rule them all, if you can find them...

That's from "Lord Of The Nylons"?

 

[PSGarak]

That's from "Lord Of The Nylons"?

Yes. Saggy stockings were the origin of the family name "Baggins" after all. And we won't even discuss the shamelessness of the bare-legged Tooks.

 

[Kor]

Mysterious spam calls with area codes from places I visited recently, making me wonder if somebody I met is trying to get in touch with me.

Kor

 

[Discofan]

Not knowing if someone is really stupid or just playing so. Playing it safe requires me to assume that they're not really stupid in which case there's an ulterior motive somewhere. What a puzzler!

 

[Avro Arrow]

What kind of furniture does that? Do you have a bed of nails there or something?

If furniture can do that to your pantyhose, can't it do the same to your skin? Maybe a tetanus shot is in order.

Like @PSGarak said, nylons are *way* more fragile than skin.

Haha, it is ridiculously easy to get a snag in nylons. Something that will rip your nylons won't necessarily be anything that could hurt your skin. All it needs to be is a tiny rough spot where the finish is coming off or something. Or even a tiny jag in your fingernails that you can barely feel.

In this case, it was apparently a really tiny sliver of metal poking up from the head of a screw. Which of course I had no idea was even there until it was too late.

You couldn't just take them off?

Technically, sure. But I wear them because I'm kinda self-conscious about not. So, six of one....

 

[rhubarbodendron]

couldn't you wear trousers? That'd eliminate the risk for the nylons.

Today's argh!-moment: I slightly underrated the depth of a creek. It was in fact 1 inch above the upper rim of my waders, not below... And of course today of all days I forgot to bring spare jeans. Fortunately, it's a warm day and I'll be dry again in no time

 

[PSGarak]

Dust. Dust frustrates the ever living daylights out of me. I hate dusting, but I also hate dust, so dust I must.

 

[Discofan]

couldn't you wear trousers? That'd eliminate the risk for the nylons.

Today's argh!-moment: I slightly underrated the depth of a creek. It was in fact 1 inch above the upper rim of my waders, not below... And of course today of all days I forgot to bring spare jeans. Fortunately, it's a warm day and I'll be dry again in no time

They should just make nylons with the same material as trousers.

 

[Discofan]

Hey, Star Trek has transparent aluminum, why can't they also have semi-transparent trousers?

 

[John Clark]

couldn't you wear trousers? That'd eliminate the risk for the nylons.

Today's argh!-moment: I slightly underrated the depth of a creek. It was in fact 1 inch above the upper rim of my waders, not below... And of course today of all days I forgot to bring spare jeans. Fortunately, it's a warm day and I'll be dry again in no time

You might be surprised. I've had trousers pull on some of the furniture in our office and start to separate along the seams

 

[Discofan]

You might be surprised. I've had trousers pull on some of the furniture in our office and start to separate along the seams

Even Jeans?

 

[John Clark]

Even Jeans?

No, they're ok, but for our office, that's a friday only thing

 

[Discofan]

No, they're ok, but for our office, that's a friday only thing

Yeah, that's one of the perks of being your own boss, you can wear whatever you want.