Grumpy Old Man
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@JC said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Nepia I can PM you my NZ mobile number and you can put it onto your account for a bit. I could ping you the code. I’d even promise not to steal much of your money.
Your fateforly,
Abedala Eze (Prince)Cheers, all this time I thought the Fern was jut Polish hotties but we have Nigerians as well. Such a diverse place.
I got one of the nieces to get the gifts for the others as she'd rather money anyway.
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Grumpy at myself at what could be considered a "how I failed today" event. Didn't bother charging phone and buds overnight as I decided to take my 27,000 MAh battery pack to work, only to find it's dead flat too...
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@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
Reporters on the scene.
Sky News' Kay has gone to Turkey to do her breakfast show from there. What the fucking fuck is the point in that?
Hone her ability to appear empathetic when asking "gotcha" questions?
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@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
Reporters on the scene.
Sky News' Kay has gone to Turkey to do her breakfast show from there. What the fucking fuck is the point in that?
Türkiye you mean? ABC going full on with Türkiye, even pronunciation on radio reports.
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Actually one thing that's annoyed me recently is when people say they have "no regrets" about their life, often accompanied by the I've made mistakes, done or experienced bad things but it's made me who I am today blah, blah...
To my way of thinking you could only say you have "no regrets if you"...
- Lived a padded, zero risk or adventure existence, which in itself would make a case for regret right there or
- Your so narcissistically oblivious as to your own behavior you lack any sort of self awareness
It's the patronizing slew I guess in a pitiful attempt to not come across as a complete twat the "my mistakes have made me who I am" that annoys me.
So it's like, ok provided you got something out of it for yourself you couldn't care less about how much misery of suffering you bestowed upon humanity to get there you got to develop yourself - bravo!!
Sure we learn from our mistakes, that's a sign of character and development undoubtedly, but FFS after it became apparent you'd made a mistake were you you expect me to believe you were filled with pride and enjoyment?? Didn't once think "gee I wish I hadn't had done that"?? Yeah sure you lying asshat...
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@Windows97 regrets are for people with time machines
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@antipodean Or for people who have a brain that can recall memories, which thankfully is 99.9% of us
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@Windows97 It seems to me your argument is based on a faulty premise; that people that don't dwell on events they can't change pretend they didn't happen. You can acknowledge them, learn from them, but wishing they didn't happen is wasted emotional energy. Adjust accordingly, and invest in the future is my suggestion.
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@antipodean also wishing something didn't happen is subtly different to regretting it.
I wish I hadn't gone for the big 6 and got bowled when we needed 60 off the last 8 overs but, on balance I don't regret it, as it meant Jim, who is a much cleaner striker of the ball than me, came in and saw us home. Something I was never going to be able to do.
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And to add another one to this topic - what really grinds my gears is people offering unsolicited life coaching advice in a thread entitled grumpy old man.
Is nothing sacred anymore
It's not so much that they "pretend it didn't happen" (though I would argue that saying it happened in the past, there's noting I can do to change it, I'm not going to think about it is literally wishing it didn't happen anyway) more so that they absolve themselves from any wrongdoing in the process.
In short - it's the people that use that line as an excuse for acting like a complete asshat that annoys me.
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when did supermarkets start doing their shelf stacking during the day? i had friends that did shelf stacking whilst at highschool and it was always at night...doing the shop yesterday and every isle had 2-3 people either stacking shelves or fulfilling online orders...blocking the isles just makes things even more unenjoyable
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@Kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
when did supermarkets start doing their shelf stacking during the day? i had friends that did shelf stacking whilst at highschool and it was always at night...doing the shop yesterday and every isle had 2-3 people either stacking shelves or fulfilling online orders...blocking the isles just makes things even more unenjoyable
Agree with this one. It's bad enough having to deal with middle aged women who think it's the 1980s and therefore it's their god given right, and only theirs, to shop during the day and everyone else needs to make way for them. Now we have to contend with boxes in the aisles as well.
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@Kiwiwomble Amen, had same shit this morning, seems to be all the time now!
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Supermarkets are the fucking worst now. Covid enabled these fluffybunnies, and they have run with it. No fucking stock on the shelves. Profit gouging of the highest order. No fucking checkout staff. No refill on the weekend because penalty rates.
A pox on their fucking houses.
(as a separate rant, i curse the houses of fluffybunnies with terrible supermarket etiquette, you know who you are you fucking assholes)
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@mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:
No fucking checkout staff.
I'm a strictly self checkout guy so this doesn't effect me thankfully. My local Aldi recently got self checkout too so I can shop there now as well.
On the no stock they seem to cycle the brands of toilet paper. They'll have a few types (24 packs, triple ply, double length etc) but only of a few brands, go back a few days later and they'll have the same types but in different brands.
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@Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
I'm a strictly self checkout guy so this doesn't effect me thankfully. My local Aldi recently got self checkout too so I can shop there now as well.
i hope you are only in there getting your shit for the day
fluffybunnies in the self checkout with a trolley full of groceries deserve to burn in hell.
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@mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
I'm a strictly self checkout guy so this doesn't effect me thankfully. My local Aldi recently got self checkout too so I can shop there now as well.
i hope you are only in there getting your shit for the day
fluffybunnies in the self checkout with a trolley full of groceries deserve to burn in hell.
My supermarket is within walking distance of home so I only ever grab what I can carry, so no full trolleys, not even full baskets. Agree with you on what should happen to those fluffybunnies.
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@mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
I'm a strictly self checkout guy so this doesn't effect me thankfully. My local Aldi recently got self checkout too so I can shop there now as well.
i hope you are only in there getting your shit for the day
fluffybunnies in the self checkout with a trolley full of groceries deserve to burn in hell.
my local coles has two different self check outs, the normal ones and then 4 large ones, no weight sensors and room for each to have own trolly...so good
and what is your local supermarket? mine are always restocking during the weekend...when everyone else is trying to do their shop, hence the original gripe