Thread: What I hate about the <insert country>

^ Pretty much sums it up.
The trigger was being ordered to do some numpty's job this week. A job he has been on for over 2 years and has failed to do anything. I mean nothing, diddly squat, the square root of fook all...and can I finish it by the end of the week!

It's the end of the week. I have had some tremendous help from a couple of engineers and we have all but completed the work.

Now the original dick for brains is looking to take credit for it.

^That's good you have extra help and got it done. Feel good about your part, that original dick will get what's coming either in this life or the next. Take a load off, relax!
It is hard to control other people and what they do.. be proud of what you did and the help you received.

Meh, funk that.

Truth will out.

Meantime, knock off.

TFIF

^^ I don't need feel good factor.
I'm a mercenary! I work for money, the more you throw at me, the harder I work.
Been doing it that way for over 30 years.
When I say temp employee, l mean legalised freelancer.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

We've been seeing a new side to Troy since he went to England for Christmas.

I can't decide whether it's a result of the expensive wine he picked up or a lingering resentment from doing circles around those roundabouts in Swindon.

He's certainly taking no prisoners at the moment though.

Ever since he went out for the night with Chitty!

Originally Posted by Neverna

Ever since he went out for the night with Chitty!

That Margaux wine purchase was just a cover, wasn't it?

Troy pre-Chitty:



Troy post-Chitty:



Chitty has got him on pints of wife beater and and rotgut chasers!

Originally Posted by Troy

I'm a mercenary! I work for money, the more you throw at me, the harder I work.

You certainly convinced BSnoob in his fantasy of you being a Putin ....something... Guzzler.

Work Harder

Originally Posted by hallelujah

That Margaux wine purchase was just a cover, wasn't it?

Troy pre-Chitty:



Troy post-Chitty:



Chitty has got him on pints of wife beater and and rotgut chasers!

With ginger , rosemary and lavender rotgut chasers tbf.

So many Nationalities to have a dig at on my list, and so much more to add to the ones I've already mentioned.

Gosh, who's next. I guess it has to be the Mafiosa Italians, fooking clique bunch of misfits, can't even go to bloody lunch on their own, always have to be in their little group. Never met such a bunch of work shy twats in all my life, except maybe the Spic fookers. We normally just group both as Meds (as in Mediterranean).

Anyway, we had one guy who was always flattered because we called him "The Magician". He was under the impression that he'd been doing a good job for years with that nickname. Unfortunately for him, when we finally managed to get rid of the lazy barsteward, we explained that his nickname was because the only thing he could do effectively was turn coffee into piss.

...hang on! Can't say more about the Dagos, I've just received another couple of bottles or red wine, some lovely olives, and my favourite 'crumbly' Gorgonzola. You see, they do have something going for them, just as long as they are not ruining your day by coming into work.


As for driving cars, the Italian discipline, or lack thereof, really shines. They can't even stay between the fooking white lines on the road. Traffic lights can be any colour they like, they just beep if they want to ignore the red one. Overtaking is also an art in Italy, never quite know which side they are going to pass you on, even when you're in the nearside lane they can find a way to undertake.

French Canadians are incompetent twats

Originally Posted by baldrick

French Canadians are incompetent twats

they should all have been trapped and skinned by the Hudson Company, sadly those days are past

^^ I return to LOS in 3 weeks. Why I don't retire and stay there is beyond me.

Another silly little gripe about the squareheads. Silly but really annoying. The toilet doors are closed when they are vacant instead of left open. The engaged symbol can rarely be seen so people are forever trying the doors to see if they are free.

Originally Posted by Troy

Why I don't retire and stay there is beyond me.

the cost of healthcare or fear of turning into Sausages

Most likely reason for not retiring is that you can tolerate your job and it pays you well.

At the risk of stating the obvious.

^ In other words, greed, probably right.

^^ Agreed, worked not far from the Red Bull F1 Circuit a few years back and thoroughly enjoyed working with the Austrians...

Now back to the Squareheads...never known for their patience the supermarkets are quite legendary. No chance of packing your items neatly as they pass through the checkout, everything is done at light speed and the next customers are pressing as you throw everything in the trolley. Packing is done later. It was so bad to start with that we used to go round with two trolleys, one wih just an item or two in, just so we could use it to keep a distance from the next person in the queue.

As for their shop assistants, it's a wonder anything is sold! Yesterday, I ended up putting back my potential purchases in 3 different shops. First the till didn't work and there was no other and could I come back in half an hour. Second, there was no-one at the counter, big queue with no-one serving. Lastly, I got some grumpy old bitch who couldn't use the credit card machine. At least they still have staff in the shops, back in the UK I could hardly find one, all being done by those automatic crappy things that never seem to work properly for me. Must be great for the shoplifters...

It was quite a joy to go shopping in the UK and the French supermarkets after suffering the German way for so long.

The Squareheads simply lack patience and manners.
Manners! When I hold the door open for people in Germany, they always say, "Thank-you", not "Danke", "Grazie", "Gracias", or even "Mercie". Why? Because it seems only Englishmen seem to have enough manners to check before letting go of a fooking door!

Originally Posted by Troy

Because it seems only Englishmen seem to have enough manners to check before letting go of a fooking door!

Cough

Norm here to hold doors for others.

Even the sliding ones

Originally Posted by Troy

the Squareheads

U need a break a weekend in Prague, Palermo,athes, Adam, Barca Ibiza or an action holiday Tel afib, Giza. Gaza or Kyiv if you are a thrill seeker

Originally Posted by helge

Cough

Norm here to hold doors for others.

Good, nice to hear. Perhaps you could teach the Germans some manners.

Originally Posted by Troy

Perhaps you could teach the Germans some manners.

We're polite

Not magicians

^

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^^ green owed.