Petty Things That Get On Your Nerves...

[tamthebam]

I once had an argument (I was shitstirring to be honest) with the wimminfolk at work who seemed to get doctor's appointments easily enough whereas I always tended to end up waiting weeks

"Aye, try being a man. I mean how many chaps do you actually see in the surgery waiting when you go, eh? We're just expected to snuff it quietly with the minimum of fuss.."

[Mark Connolly]

14 hours ago, AnderooMFC said:

Last time I needed an appointment for the child she got a callback half an hour later (which was kinda pointless imo but probably their protocols) and then an appointment made also for the same day. Last time I need an appointment for me? 4 weeks.

Receptionist asks me if it's an emergency. idk, kinda why I'm phoning to see someone tbh, half of google is telling me I've got a brain tumor or had a heart attack.

I did like the new screen sign in though. Enter DOB, select your name, done, no need to talk to the nosy cow.

This is a brilliant question on their part. If you say yes, they can tell you that you should be phoning 999 or 111 instead. If you say no, they can tell you to try again later.

Genius way to avoid work

[thomas]

People who don't understand two bookings being a sending off. Lots of times people moan the second booking didn't deserve a red, it doesn't have to it's an accumulation of two yellows that equal the red.

[Sergeant Wilson]

27 minutes ago, thomas said:

People who don't understand two bookings being a sending off. Lots of times people moan the second booking didn't deserve a red, it doesn't have to it's an accumulation of two yellows that equal the red.

I've never met anyone who didn't know that, and I know some really stupid people.

[Boo Khaki]

It's nearly as infuriating as the number of times a player who is already on a yellow hoofs an opponent up in the air, and the ref gives them a talking to because 'he doesn't want to send them off'. Refs wants shouldn't come in to it. 

Distinctly remember Bobo Balde scything a player down at Dens when he was the only Celtic player between the Dundee player and the Celtic Keeper. Result? yup, a 'warning'.

[thomas]

15 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

I've never met anyone who didn't know that, and I know some really stupid people.

I've probably not worded it right tbh. It's not them not knowing two yellows equal a red, more complaining the second foul shouldn't have been a red when it wasn't it was a yellow.

[GordonD]

2 minutes ago, thomas said:

I've probably not worded it right tbh. It's not them not knowing two yellows equal a red, more complaining the second foul shouldn't have been a red when it wasn't it was a yellow.

In a case like that, doesn't the ref show a yellow card first and then the red to show that it's for a second bookable offence?

[Cosmic Joe]

17 minutes ago, GordonD said:

In a case like that, doesn't the ref show a yellow card first and then the red to show that it's for a second bookable offence?

.. since 1978.. 

[TxRover]

3 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

I've never met anyone who didn't know that, and I know some really stupid people.

Would those be the ones having difficulties identifying a tank?

[Sergeant Wilson]

9 minutes ago, TxRover said:

Would those be the ones having difficulties identifying a tank?

There might be some cross over, yes.

[Brother Blades]

On 04/08/2023 at 14:01, virginton said:

The system still revolves solely around the handful of coffin dodgers who have nothing else to do with their time and would have a second coronary at the idea of using an online booking system. It's the archetype of why this country is such a fucking binfire.

You’re just raging as you failed to get a dentist appointment when you’re cemetery of a mouth could still have been sorted. Nae lucks. 

[thomas]

4 hours ago, GordonD said:

In a case like that, doesn't the ref show a yellow card first and then the red to show that it's for a second bookable offence?

Yes that's is exactly what happens but some people moan that the offence wasn't worth a red, they can't grasp that the red has come about due to the accumulation of two yellows and not just the last one.

[Boo Khaki]

2 hours ago, TxRover said:

Would those be the ones having difficulties identifying a tank?

In fairness, IIRC this was at some point pressed into the role of an ersatz tank, so I can almost understand the confusion.

[DA Baracus]

My GP is usually pretty good but can often be a pain to get an appointment since they too have moved to the pish model of having to phone at 08.00 to try and get an appointment for that day. If you aren't fortunate enough to get through then tough fucking luck, try again tomorrow.

There have been occasions where I've tried calling literally over 100 times and kept getting the engaged tone. There's times when I've finally gotten through only to be told there are no appointments left and phone back tomorrow. You can even book an appointment for any time in the future, it's either that day or nothing.

Last week though I had a really good experience. Called up and got through to the queue right away (I started at number 22 in the queue). By the time one of the receptionists spoke to me she told me they only had phone appointments available (basically the GP calls you back whenever they have time, which could be any time that day).

I got a call back later that morning but the GP had gotten one of the medical students on placement to do it. Thankfully she was quite good and relayed everything to the GP, after which I was told they'd call back in a bit. The student called me back a few minuted later to say I was to in that afternoon.

I went along thar afternoon and the practice nurse saw me within a couple of minutes. She did and ECG, took my blood pressure and took three vials of blood. Then the GP saw me. He read the ECG printout (it was fine thankfully, as was the blood pressure) then used the old stethoscope. He seemed fine with what he heard but recommended I get a chest x-ray just to be sure of things. He said I could fire up the road to King's Cross hospital as they do walk ins for x-rays now. So I fired up (10 minute walk) and had been sitting in the waiting room for about 30 seconds when they called me. Took about 60 seconds to do the x-ray and that was me done. All very efficient, save for the result which I have to wait about 10 days for they said.

[hk blues]

12 hours ago, thomas said:

Yes that's is exactly what happens but some people moan that the offence wasn't worth a red, they can't grasp that the red has come about due to the accumulation of two yellows and not just the last one.

I think everyone perfectly understands the system of yellow + yellow = red but at the same time surely most fans recognise that refs might be more circumspect when issuing a 2nd yellow if the 2nd offence is a little innocuous.  That's not to say a blatant offence shouldn't get a 2nd yellow and most of the time gets it. 

['WellDel]

49 minutes ago, hk blues said:

I think everyone perfectly understands the system of yellow + yellow = red but at the same time surely most fans recognise that refs might be more circumspect when issuing a 2nd yellow if the 2nd offence is a little innocuous.  That's not to say a blatant offence shouldn't get a 2nd yellow and most of the time gets it. 

Another instance where the stadium you're playing at and crowd influence sways ref's here too easily. If you're playing the Glasgow pair on their own patch and the title race is neck and neck (far fetched I know), and a player commits a soft yet bookable 2nd offence, there's a high probability he's going off if he's in the away team due to a huge baying mob in the stands and , well, rules being rules. Playing for the hosts? It's a big, potentially title affecting call and not one too many of our soft as shite officials will be keen to make. Far more likely to end in another, nothing to see here, play on scenario. 

If a player is daft enough to be on a yellow but still decides on a stupid shove or petulantly kicks the ball away to try and waste time or prevent a quick throw, then off they go. Apply the rules evenly and consistently then there can be no complaints. Simple. 

[hk blues]

5 minutes ago, 'WellDel said:

Another instance where the stadium you're playing at and crowd influence sways ref's here too easily. If you're playing the Glasgow pair on their own patch and the title race is neck and neck (far fetched I know), and a player commits a soft yet bookable 2nd offence, there's a high probability he's going off if he's in the away team due to a huge baying mob in the stands and , well, rules being rules. Playing for the hosts? It's a big, potentially title affecting call and not one too many of our soft as shite officials will be keen to make. Far more likely to end in another, nothing to see here, play on scenario. 

If a player is daft enough to be on a yellow but still decides on a stupid shove or petulantly kicks the ball away to try and waste time or prevent a quick throw, then off they go. Apply the rules evenly and consistently then there can be no complaints. Simple. 

I'll be honest, when I talk about such stuff I take it as read that none of it applies to the OF.

I'm not so much trying to make a case for leniency when a player is already on a yellow and then commits another bookable offence as much as saying the definition of bookable may be more flexible in some situations.  

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

18 hours ago, Boo Khaki said:

In fairness, IIRC this was at some point pressed into the role of an ersatz tank, so I can almost understand the confusion.

Oh how we laughed when they fitted a huge rubber Johnnie filled with town gas to the roof, to fuel the bugger.

[jimbaxters]

People eating on public transport. Long journeys I understand but today a lad got on the train at Glasgow Central, sat behind us whilst smashing two Greggs sausage rolls and slugging a can of Monster, before getting off at Pollokshaws one stop later. I know it's sitting down time for him but do we all need to see, hear and smell him eating in the three minutes he is on the train.

[Andy Dufresne]

Yeah St Vincent St was mobbed with bikes today.