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Minor Annoyances (Vol 2)


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19 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said:

Also on work-related things, on our daily morning Teams meeting there's one guy who is on mute every morning without realising it when it's his turn and starts talking.

He's the head of I.T.

"You're on mute"

"You're on mute"

"Dunno if you're talking but you're on mute"

"Bloody hell, I was talking away to myself there. Ha ha."

Just add Teams as a minor major annoyance.

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Ok couldn’t decide the correct thread to pick and it’s become more than a minor annoyance but the ads for YouTube have started exiting full screen. Can anybody please advise what I need to download to stop the increasing inconvenience that has become watching 20 minute Taskmaster highlights when I’ve had a drink?

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I noticed this a while back but it's been really getting on my tits lately. The vast majority of people I work with use the word "fine" in a way that comes across so passive aggressively. They aren't actually being passive aggressive, but the way they use the word is proper grating.

An example conversation might go like this:

Person - "How long is left on that job you're doing?"

Me - "About 10 minutes"

Person - "Fine."

Me - "Yeah I'll let you know when it's done"

Person - "Fine."

Not "OK fine thank you" or "OK that's fine" or similar, just "Fine."

The worst part is that I work with my wife and she does it too. I've asked her who started this annoying trend but she doesn't know, and it's so ingrained in her work vocabulary that she didn't even really notice she was doing it. She doesn't do it at home or in her personal life.

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It's funny, as if someone replied "fine" I'd see that as passive aggressive (and I've done it myself) but changing it to "OK, that's fine" would make me feel so much better.

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I've taken to ignoring any passive aggression I detect at work entirely, and just assume there's none intended. I just assume good intent whatever. It's genuinely made interactions much better. 

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6 minutes ago, gmoney said:

I've taken to ignoring any passive aggression I detect at work entirely, and just assume there's none intended. I just assume good intent whatever. It's genuinely made interactions much better. 

Absolutely. To be honest, I only interact with my team, and wider team, know them all fairly well, and get on with them all, so I know their intentions are true.

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Silica gel. Does anyone actually use this for anything? It always seems to come in shoeboxes, and now I've found a sachet in my new suitcase. What's it for?

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20 minutes ago, Tamura said:

Silica gel. Does anyone actually use this for anything? It always seems to come in shoeboxes, and now I've found a sachet in my new suitcase. What's it for?

Absorbing moisture to prevent mould. 

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27 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said:

Fun fact about silica gel. It's not actually harmful to ingest. Everyone assumes it would be as it's always plastered with a warning not to eat it..

I think I'll still give it a miss thanks.

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