Pet Peeves

[Bürggermeister]

Thanks, man. It's part of the deal when working for Americans but there's fuck all I can do about it so, fuck it, move on... just a few days after everyone else 😂

[ochoill]

Looks like my job is getting out-sourced to where the labour is cheaper. That's the way the world is, I suppose. The peeve is that I've been away so my month's notice will only start on Monday, when they notify me officially, whereas the rest of the lads were told on Thursday, so I'll have a few days of hanging around by myself at the end, like a fucken lonely ghost 😂

Downer to hear but the market for jobs if you have any kind of skill set seems decent at the minute so hopefully you pick up something quick (and are there long enough to get a few quid redundancy out of it).

Had something similar happen to meself lately that I can't quite go into but the place I worked for before went completely sideways within the space of a week, no real foresight on it happening (I knew it was going badly but didn't think they would pull the plug on it for another 6-12 months).
 Small place, we all ended up laid off.  I picked something else up quickly at least and had plenty of spots looking to interview.  New job is decent, hectic getting to grips with new backend systems but the work is the same so all grand.  Unfortunately I don't get to tell anyone I sell lasers to Russians for a living anymore but this job is a bit more stable in the current climate

[astfgyl]

Yeah the old James bond has sort of gone out of it for you

[ochoill]

Yeah the old James bond has sort of gone out of it for you

yeah scalded

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Bureaucracy, administration, forms, paperwork... not so much a pet peeve as a full-blown irrational phobia.

[91/30]

Thanks, man. It's part of the deal when working for Americans but there's fuck all I can do about it so, fuck it, move on... just a few days after everyone else 😂

That'll be an odd feeling.  Had a job I was in working for a US company for 7 or 8 years outsourced to Sorocaba in Brazil.  They paired a few Brazilians with us for a while to see what and how we went about things, then packed specialist gear into containers and off it went.  One door closes another opens, luckily all the jobs since have been better.

[Carnage]

Another dog brought to the vet today, gutted. He was 14½ and his health had taken a downward turn so it was time, but fucking hell it was tough.

[The Heretic]

Another dog brought to the vet today, gutted. He was 14½ and his health had taken a downward turn so it was time, but fucking hell it was tough.

Sorry to hear that man, I really am, I'm still not over losing my dog in January, its really rally tough...

[Carnage]

Cheers lad. This is the third one now in less than a year, heartbreaking every time. One left now, that'll be a killer.

[Maggot Colony]

Another dog brought to the vet today, gutted. He was 14½ and his health had taken a downward turn so it was time, but fucking hell it was tough.

Sorry for your loss. It's fucking soul-destroying having to say goodbye.

I've no dogs myself, but have had loads of cats over the years, a mix of stray and indoor - we're soft gobshites who feed anything that comes to the door.

We've had to put down 2 in the last few years. Not ashamed to admit that I spent a few days in bed drinking myself silly and weeping like a widow after putting our only male cat to sleep.

[The Heretic]

I'm not a cat person atall but I had 2 strays that landed at the door about 10 years ago and fuck it you would be hard hearted to turn them away..both passed away about 2 years ago and I won't be getting anymore cats, but I loved those 2 cats, cats are like children perhaps, you can't stand others but different when they're you're own...

[Caomhaoin]

One of our cats pisses all over the house (he's neutered), the wife gets angry at me for getting angry with him.

[mickO)))]

Speaking of cats does anyone know how to keep cats out of your garden? Recently bought a house and 2 - 3 cats keep coming in and shitting in the back garden which is annoying enough but then one of the dogs will try to eat the shit. I am fed up having to clean up after other people's cats before I can even let the dogs out the back.

I know people do things like leave bottles of water around the garden etc. but what actually works?

[Eoin McLove]

A rifle.

[Caomhaoin]

They don't like lemons apparently. The wife actually paid a lad who was essentially a pet psychologist to come over and try and get the cunt to stop pissing on the sofa and pillows (I banned him from the bedrooms, but she let him back in). The 'diagnosis' was stress, have to be nicer to him etc. and leave lemon in places ye don't want him to piss. Incredible. And she actually started cutting up lemons until I told her to grab a hold of herself. So I can't tell you if it really works.

150 quid for the consultation. Value for money I think you'll agree.