Room 101

[Gray]

**** is the most used word on the motorway.

How often can you complete a trip without needing to (justifiably) mutter it under your breath?

(I'm not saying that we all haven't probably earned it ourselves at least once....though I can honestly say that I've never done the risky cut in / hazards stunt).

 

[Corpus_Chain]

Mine would be people who use one word so much it starts to grate. I listen to a podcaster who talks about football, and he uses the word "just" all the time, even where the context implies the opposite of "just." It's as if he is hedging everything he says, which would be understandable if he were talking about something sensitive, but he's talking about things were he could proudly state what he's saying, or things that are absolutely objective. At this point, it's like a tick and he probably has no idea how much he uses it.

 

[Jasonovich]

How often can you complete a trip without needing to (justifiably) mutter it under your breath?

(I'm not saying that we all haven't probably earned it ourselves at least once....though I can honestly say that I've never done the risky cut in / hazards stunt).

The diagonal cut ins over three lanes really bring tears to my eyes, they only have to get it wrong once and that's it!
Youngsters on high testosterone mostly.

 

[Friesiansam]

Mine would be people who use one word so much it starts to grate. I listen to a podcaster who talks about football, and he uses the word "just" all the time, even where the context implies the opposite of "just." It's as if he is hedging everything he says, which would be understandable if he were talking about something sensitive, but he's talking about things were he could proudly state what he's saying, or things that are absolutely objective. At this point, it's like a tick and he probably has no idea how much he uses it.

Have to add to that: basically, erm, like, you know. Must be others that escape me right now.

 

[Jasonovich]

Have to add to that: basically, erm, like, you know. Must be others that escape me right now.

I work for local government and I hate being drummed with 'diversity' and 'inclusion'.
No capacity to think freely. Honestly, real equality and fairness means we don't have to talk about diversity and inclusion, it's just woke talk nonsense. 🙂

 

[Cricketbat70]

Drivers who barge into gaps and then flash the hazards to say 'thanks' - I always mutter something about not having had any choice in the matter. Saw a bloke in a BMW do this yesterday on a motorway slip road - cutting across six or seven metres of road marked very clearly as 'do not use' space. It's a pity there's no real traffic police presence anymore.

Winds me up something stupid. Highway code used to say you had to be on the inside lane and signalling your intentions to leave the motorway no later than 300yd marker.

Now it just says be on the inside lane and signalling in good time. So to some people it would seem - in good time - is still being in the outside lane at about 100yds or less from the exit.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Interestingly the RoSPA website still says, no later than the 300yd marker.

 

[Friesiansam]

I work for local government and I hate being drummed with 'diversity' and 'inclusion'.
No capacity to think freely. Honestly, real equality and fairness means we don't have to talk about diversity and inclusion, it's just woke talk nonsense. 🙂

I agree, real equality is everyone just being treated the same. Then there is no need to worry about diversity and inclusion.

 

[Gray]

I work for local government and I hate being drummed with 'diversity' and 'inclusion'.

Both of my brothers worked for Customs (at VAT HQ).
They always said that it was a good job that I didn't (In several jobs I couldn't hold my tongue in the face of any BS).
The diversity 'training' drove them to despair....everybody involved knew it was just a tickboxing exercise.
(But you will know all about it Jason - more than any other, government departments have to be SEEN to be doing the 'right' things).

 

[Jasonovich]

Both of my brothers worked for Customs (at VAT HQ).
They always said that it was a good job that I didn't (In several jobs I couldn't hold my tongue in the face of any BS).
The diversity 'training' drove them to despair....everybody involved knew it was just a tickboxing exercise.
(But you will know all about it Jason - more than any other, government departments have to be SEEN to be doing the 'right' things).

I remember when I first started 2 April 1990, like the Eagles Hotel California you can check in but you can't check out.
The presence of the 'Loony Left' was still there. We had positive discrimination, giving preference to one's ethnicity and gender (Oh gosh back in the day, we only had XX and XY) anyway, if you were indigenuous to these lands you were likely to be overlooked, just so the Council can meet it's quota.

Honestly, colour and your gender should be invisible, it isn't important. I don't want to celebrate Menstrual Cycle Day Or xxxxxx History Day or be party to virtual signalling and wokism.
What matters, is your skill set, your basic attitude, experience and the ability to do the job.

You can be immersed in it but as long as you don't lose your essence that's what really matters.

 

[Gray]

I don't want to celebrate Menstrual Cycle Day Or xxxxxx History Day

My brother asked them when he was going to be celebrated 🤔

 

[Friesiansam]

I don't want to celebrate Menstrual Cycle Day

A long time ago, around 40 years, an old friend of mine said he wanted to open a bike shop one day and, if he did, he was going to call it Menstrual Cycles...

 

[Jasonovich]

A long time ago, around 40 years, an old friend of mine said he wanted to open a bike shop one day and, if he did, he was going to call it Menstrual Cycles...