I can't stand homophones. Y'know. Those people what sound like other ones.
Also them what have somehow been granted a license to drive (or haven't, but go out anyway) despite obviously not really giving a crap about what they do on the road and how it affects others, or having any inkling that their actions affect that of their vehicle and the other ones around them. Ditto people who walk around in some kind of strange daze in busy areas, also causing disruption.
Useless insurance drones, right now. They need a f***ing kicking.
People who want a bit of help or reassurance with a piece of technology or a task using such, and think that acting really dumb and overly ingratiating will somehow oil the wheels and get them "in". No, it's my job to help, just tell me what the problem is and I'm compelled by my job description to do something about it. Also stop trying to make like it's all really complicated, you're too dumb/non-techie minded to understand it, and you'll never be able to do it on your own. Bullsh*t. I can guarantee that most of the things I "have" to help people with are more or less the simplest thing they'll do all day, short of possibly pushing a doorbell. There's a button to turn a thing on. A clicky knob to adjust volume on a speaker. A keyboard to log in and a mouse to hit icons, but if you can't operate those you've got no business trying to teach a class using powerpoint, and most of the issues are "upstream" of that. IE getting the blessed thing turned on. Or off. Or putting a USB drive in the socket the right freakin' way up so it doesn't break the port, crash windows and short out the device. Honestly. Not difficult. If you take a second or six to take a break from the endless cycle of thinking "it uses microchips, therefore it can't possibly be simple enough for a dunce like me to understand", you may find that the microchips are utilised to *MAKE* it simple, and someone with a mere shred of your intellect could manage it. These things are used in primary schools, with kids who don't know Rule One about anything at all. They have no problem with it - because they don't have that bizarre entrenched thought pattern that Electronics Are Teh Hardz, and can be more easily taught that "press this, it turns on" and accept it as A Fact Of Life.
NNNNGH!
(though despite that, I reserve a place in the Special Hell for people who think that turning off equipment/lights/heaters/AC units, closing windows/doors, etc are tasks performed by little pixies, or possibly an energy-saving butler who comes around and does all the hard work of flicking the switch on the wall by the exit door. We're supposedly a certified eco-friendly institute... all the hard work is presumably done by a tiny handful of people, muggins included)
Also them what have somehow been granted a license to drive (or haven't, but go out anyway) despite obviously not really giving a crap about what they do on the road and how it affects others, or having any inkling that their actions affect that of their vehicle and the other ones around them. Ditto people who walk around in some kind of strange daze in busy areas, also causing disruption.
Useless insurance drones, right now. They need a f***ing kicking.
People who want a bit of help or reassurance with a piece of technology or a task using such, and think that acting really dumb and overly ingratiating will somehow oil the wheels and get them "in". No, it's my job to help, just tell me what the problem is and I'm compelled by my job description to do something about it. Also stop trying to make like it's all really complicated, you're too dumb/non-techie minded to understand it, and you'll never be able to do it on your own. Bullsh*t. I can guarantee that most of the things I "have" to help people with are more or less the simplest thing they'll do all day, short of possibly pushing a doorbell. There's a button to turn a thing on. A clicky knob to adjust volume on a speaker. A keyboard to log in and a mouse to hit icons, but if you can't operate those you've got no business trying to teach a class using powerpoint, and most of the issues are "upstream" of that. IE getting the blessed thing turned on. Or off. Or putting a USB drive in the socket the right freakin' way up so it doesn't break the port, crash windows and short out the device. Honestly. Not difficult. If you take a second or six to take a break from the endless cycle of thinking "it uses microchips, therefore it can't possibly be simple enough for a dunce like me to understand", you may find that the microchips are utilised to *MAKE* it simple, and someone with a mere shred of your intellect could manage it. These things are used in primary schools, with kids who don't know Rule One about anything at all. They have no problem with it - because they don't have that bizarre entrenched thought pattern that Electronics Are Teh Hardz, and can be more easily taught that "press this, it turns on" and accept it as A Fact Of Life.
NNNNGH!
(though despite that, I reserve a place in the Special Hell for people who think that turning off equipment/lights/heaters/AC units, closing windows/doors, etc are tasks performed by little pixies, or possibly an energy-saving butler who comes around and does all the hard work of flicking the switch on the wall by the exit door. We're supposedly a certified eco-friendly institute... all the hard work is presumably done by a tiny handful of people, muggins included)
