what gets your goat....????

[SafeGasInstall]

that I am keep loosing jobs

 

[villa_tom]

People coming on the forum, posting a problem and never logging on again and checking whats been said and never posting again :-(

 

[REDSAW]

People coming on the forum, posting a problem and never logging on again and checking whats been said and never posting again :-(

thats the world for ya, givers, takers or sharer's.

 

[REDSAW]

oh yea, i forgot.

members swearing on the forums and taking me 3 hours reading, reporting and tidying up the threads before i get around to having some fun myself.
:bigcry::53::2guns::dita::dita::19::furious3::ban::rant::winkiss:

 

[WaterTight]

i don't understand who the non-swearing rule is meant to protect. children do not come on here - and why would they? teenagers might ocassion the place - when sniffing about for an apprenticeship - but teenagers all swear more than we do and are far more proficient and inventive with it - ever travelled on a bus? and i would say it's absolutely and utterly not true that swearing is evidence of abusive or intimidating behaviour. and even if it might be, it is perfectly possible to be intimidating and abusive without it. most swearing, where it does still occur, is done as a form of exclamation and almost always in an attempt to be amusing. which of course it is. i suspect the real reason is under the false belief that swearing is offensive to many and that this would worry sponsors. which of course i understand is the only reason we're here afterall thank you very much etc. but it is amusing to watch a bunch of plumbers being told off for swearing. is there a dockers forum? that might make for the most amusing prohibition.

i hope, in a thread about things getting your goat, i am allowed to express this opnion without reprisal. but if not, my sincerest apologies, please remove and chastise at will.

 

[dontknowitall]

oh yea, i forgot.

members swearing on the forums and taking me 3 hours reading, reporting and tidying up the threads before i get around to having some fun myself.
:bigcry::53::2guns::dita::dita::19::furious3::ban::rant::winkiss:

That's the world for you ... hehe

 

[kay-jay]

oh yea, i forgot.

members swearing on the forums and taking me 3 hours reading, reporting and tidying up the threads before i get around to having some fun myself.
:bigcry::53::2guns::dita::dita::19::furious3::ban::rant::winkiss:

tut tut redsaw. i thought the swearing smilies where only for use in the plumbers arms. you will have to edit yourself lol

 

[kay-jay]

also not just swearing but disguising it with letters out of synch or using asterisks is frowned upon
yet its perfectly acceptable for brands like french connection uk to make an amusing play on initials and also other products such as 'sticks like s...' these things are on the shop shelves for everyone to see and we can't even write ho****er or s****horpe

 

[kay-jay]

ironic really as the swear filter uses the asterisks to disguise the words, but we can't disguise similar words with asterisks of our own. seems a bit silly!

 

[mickie]

professionals shouldnt swear apparently

 

[kay-jay]

professionals shouldnt swear apparently

that only works until you hit your thumb with the hammer, get a massive splinter off a fibreglass bath, get up in a loft only to realise you need something else from the van, fall off a ladder, get flux in a cut, get stuck in traffic or leave your butties at home. :tongue3:

 

[mickie]

that only works until you hit your thumb with the hammer, get a massive splinter off a fibreglass bath, get up in a loft only to realise you need something else from the van, fall off a ladder, get flux in a cut, get stuck in traffic or leave your butties at home. :tongue3:

lets face it, swearing is part of everyday life..

swearing in someones face though, isnt..

 

[diamondgas]

The misses complaining that I'm on this computer far too long!!!

Anyone who uses the "newborn baby in the house" guilt trip!!

Young children who only seem to want the toilet when you're working in the bathroom!!!

 

[WaterTight]

Almost all of the things that annoy me in my professional life are totally my own fault. Which I suppose makes it doubly annoying. Whose side am I on anyway?

 

[villa_tom]

The misses complaining that I'm on this computer far too long!!!

Anyone who uses the "newborn baby in the house" guilt trip!!

Young children who only seem to want the toilet when you're working in the bathroom!!!

When I worked in social housing I got the new born baby guilt trip all the time, then when you get there its a pack of lies. Also used to get "my husband/wife is disabled" used to really do my nut in, one time I had a call out late at night for a "disabled tenant" when I got there the bloke had just broken his arm. I went mad when I got back to the van, I reported them when I was in work the next day and they got charged for the call.

needless to say I am massivley happier now I don't work in social/council housing as people take the mickey when they are not paying for call outs etc

 

[pobsdad]

Agree with that Villa Tom,a lot of our work is housing association,and the tennants often play it up.One told me that his son had to have heating on because he had a heart condition,and went on to give me a lecture on his symptoms.After a couple of minutes,I asked him if it was TOF.This stopped him in his tracks so I told him I wasn't a specialist,but BOTH my sons had the condition,and no,I wasn't coming out till morning!

 

[pobsdad]

And I never swear.In fact I don't even know what swearing is!

 

[Dotty]

if i can't think of anything plausible i just make sure my body obscures exactly what it is i am doing from his line of sight! then he can't do it himself next time!!

KJ

I stopped doing that. I just stop what I'm doing and stare at them til they wither and die or tell them that what i'm about to do is potentally fatal and they should stand back a wee bit.

 

[Dotty]

The Big Sheds crippling the little guys just trying to make a living. My local plumbers merchants is struggling to compete as they can't afford to be open late and 7 days a week. I'll always go to them first as they offer a personal service and take time to get me the right fittings etc, which sadly isn't a part of the service of the sheds.

My other major is diy programmes on TV telling custards that if they do it themselves they will save a fortune. They forget to tell them that they will also put more plumbers on the dole while doing so. If people would rather "save" money by doing it themselves, then why should I bother buying from their shops, using their services etc, coz I could do it cheaper and better.
One guy on one of these diy programmes was taking down a supporting wall, and I doubt if any non skilled people would know a supporting wall if it was marked in big red crayons. Some of these programmes are dangerous!

Rant over (not a grumpy old man, honest!)

I especially love custards who, seeing you in B&Q because you're at a tight end, ask your advise on a plumbiing issue.

I know tell them to ge a plumber in or stare at them till they wither and die.

 

[GQuigley67]

custards using the toilet while your away to the merchants even though you haven't finished installing it