Things that annoy you ?

[feral chile]

a dog being the best new talent in the country.

Britain's Got Issues.

[Gre]

Britain's Got Issues.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

The annoying amount of fireworks been set off in my part of Manchester. Fuckwits.

[eFestivals]

The annoying amount of fireworks been set off in my part of Manchester. Fuckwits.

the firework shops in Surrey are well pissed off.

[rexclark]

The annoying amount of fireworks been set off in my part of Manchester. Fuckwits.

[rachbon]

The fact that the way people are treated where I work is all down to how far you stick your nose up someone's ringpiece.

I get paid less and get less recognition for the work I do than people who complete a much lower volume of work and don't have a clue what they're doing. Because I just get on with my work, and don't embarrass myself by climbing right up the managers arses. This somehow means that I deserve to get treated like shite while other people not only get away with doing a disgracefully bad job, they actually get praised for it.

The idiots always get treated better by employers, because their work isnt up to standard so they need to suck up to the management to take attention away from the fact that they are fucking stupid.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

The fact that the way people are treated where I work is all down to how far you stick your nose up someone's ringpiece.

I get paid less and get less recognition for the work I do than people who complete a much lower volume of work and don't have a clue what they're doing. Because I just get on with my work, and don't embarrass myself by climbing right up the managers arses. This somehow means that I deserve to get treated like shite while other people not only get away with doing a disgracefully bad job, they actually get praised for it.

The idiots always get treated better by employers, because their work isnt up to standard so they need to suck up to the management to take attention away from the fact that they are fucking stupid.

[The Nal]

Windows updates in work that don't install properly, prompt you to "find a fix (recommended)" which automatically enable the anti theft security software which erases the contents of the hard drive.

4 years of stuff wiped away. All personaly folders, email addresses, pictures, account plans, customer details, contact points, order histories etc.

Literally starting again from a blank screen here.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Windows updates in work that don't install properly, prompt you to "find a fix (recommended)" which automatically enable the anti theft security software which erases the contents of the hard drive.

4 years of stuff wiped away. All personaly folders, email addresses, pictures, account plans, customer details, contact points, order histories etc.

Literally starting again from a blank screen here.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

The fact that the way people are treated where I work is all down to how far you stick your nose up someone's ringpiece.

I get paid less and get less recognition for the work I do than people who complete a much lower volume of work and don't have a clue what they're doing. Because I just get on with my work, and don't embarrass myself by climbing right up the managers arses. This somehow means that I deserve to get treated like shite while other people not only get away with doing a disgracefully bad job, they actually get praised for it.

The idiots always get treated better by employers, because their work isnt up to standard so they need to suck up to the management to take attention away from the fact that they are fucking stupid.

[lost]

I can cope quite well with suck ups, it some graduate trainees that grind my gears. Some of them have an arrogance that can only be treated by a smack in the face.

[feral chile]

Its the universities that do that, If graduates start to realize they aren't special they might also start to question if £9k a year with a loan rate set at 3% above inflation is a good idea.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

It's a shame for students nowadays. They don't get the grants etc that people in power now got when they were studying. Where's the f*cking money gone? Don't answer that as I already think I know. It's backwards we're going not forwards.

[kaosmark2]

It's a shame for students nowadays. They don't get the grants etc that people in power now got when they were studying. Where's the f*cking money gone? Don't answer that as I already think I know. It's backwards we're going not forwards.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Still feel like I'm getting cracking value out of my degree though. It costs nearly £40k/year per student to maintain the labs and facilities I've got access to. Of course, English students with 5 lectures and 1 discussion group a week must be gutted, but there are other places you can read, discuss and write about literature.....

[eFestivals]

It's not just universities it's government propaganda. I'm prepared to believe that it's partly a socialist ideal to give everyone a chance of a university eductaion, Ken Livingstone was banging on about it years ago. But they've had to sell it to prospective students as an investment in their future.

I'm much more cynical about it.

Taking 16-21 year olds out of the workforce means there's a much lower unemployment rate.

This has passed the tories by. The numbers going to uni is going to fall quite dramatically because it's no investment in their future for very many, which gets to mean they become a part of the workforce - so then need jobs, and social support. The costs of that are going to out-strip what might be saved with the costs of Unis.

[t8yman]

I'm much more cynical about it.

Taking 16-21 year olds out of the workforce means there's a much lower unemployment rate.

This has passed the tories by. The numbers going to uni is going to fall quite dramatically because it's no investment in their future for very many, which gets to mean they become a part of the workforce - so then need jobs, and social support. The costs of that are going to out-strip what might be saved with the costs of Unis.

[worm]

thats the way I always thought it was - they aren't on the dole queue if they are at uni. hence the explosion of fairly useless degree courses, or oversubscription of glamorous degree courses.

Edited May 15, 2012 by worm

[The Nal]

Is the word backup foreign to you ?

[kaosmark2]

Where the fuck are you studying?? The Large Hadron Collider?? 40k per student per year is a bit large from most Uni's, I have studied in Biology and Chemistry labs at Hull and Manchester (I am at a uni at the moment doing Psychology), and I have worked in industry labs. Given that most science departments will take on between 80 to 120 students a year, times by 3 thats nearly 9 and a half million to keep a lab running (not including post grads)

What you may be confusing is keeping teaching going and the revenue generated through research and money spent at the uni. But most money spent on research is on people not equipment and lab stuff. Also some uni's concentrate on research and some on teaching. I would say though that 40k is not spent directly on your teaching.

[Paul ™]

Been, errr, meaning to get around to it....

Edited May 15, 2012 by Paul ™

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Its the universities that do that, If graduates start to realize they aren't special they might also start to question if £9k a year with a loan rate set at 3% above inflation is a good idea.

[lharris92]

people who hate on the music you listen to, without even trying to listen to it themselves

[Purple Monkey]

The thinking they are special thing is the thing. It came to a head the other day with one lad. Someone asked why he thought he did not have to wade in the work with the rest of us. His reply was "I have a degree". A bloke then stopped us and asked "Who here has a degree?" Out of a dozen 7 of up have degrees. The little cnut shut the eff up after that. Luckily the management have finished him as when the work is busy even the management are supposed to wade in and this git just walked around with a clipboard.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

I can't begin to describe how angry this made me this morning... Utter bastards...

Plaque to boys killed by IRA Warrington bomb stolen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18112881