Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

"So Jack, you'll be in charge of managing the new outdoor trolleys at two metres efficiency unit..."

"Bastards. Well I've had enough of your corporate bullshit, putting me in the car park zone with simple Bill...on the push...what's the agenda, motherfukkers?"

"Global pandemic, Jack.."

"Bullshit. Nobody answers the telephone in the back office the way I do. Who is GOING TO ANSWER THE TELEPHONE, tell me that!"

"Nobody, the role is abolished..."

"Pull the other one, nothing but cowboys, as I said that day I stopped watching television, radio, buying books, comics, studying nature predominantly..." TBC

 

Umm, apols - but I thought Holland & Barrett were kind of bad guys? Somebody said 'exploitative charlatans,' if I've repeated what they whispered correctly?

 

Okay @dbesim, wiseguy, how about Coral, William Hill, Paddy Power & Benson & Hedges plus Holland & Barrett all together in a board room on top of Canary Wharf, with helicopters? You still like 'em? That's what I heard.

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Some of the requirements in passwords. Soon, it will have to be an elaborate math equation... that has to be changed every 3 days.

 

Error:
Passwords must contain at least one capital letter
Error:
Passwords must contain at least one number
Error:
Passwords must be at least 8 characters long
Error:
Passwords must be written in hieroglyphics

That kind of thing?

 

I have wondered this often.
That's why I have as many sites as possible set on "remember me".

 

LOL

 

Spooky. I use 'justrememeber'

 

Aaaand.... Wow! Such a lovely Birthday present you just bought me. Really shouldn't have. I'm flattered!

 

Ah, shazbot! There's only two or three places I used that, and not even I can remember what they were.

 

Back in the day when I worked in [REDACTED] we were shown a randomly generated password and expected to remember it. Writing it down anywhere was a felony. It changed every month.

 

You forgot Braille. And yes, it all must be written in Braille.

 

I would not have lasted a month in a place like that. My ability to retain passwords in my mind is minimal. If it isn't years old, and it's not something I love, I have no hope of logging in.

 

That's brilliant! So simple. Why have I not thought of that before?

 

XKCD recommends allowing multiple-word passwords:

 

What did I start here? Haha

Or when they ask you to change the password but you try to change it to one you had already used for that account. Yeah, I know I used it before, that's one of the three that I actually remember!

 

Do they have the Zinc/Echinacea/C ones? Can't find those anymore! I swear unto Mein Gott, they would kick the hell out of even coronavirus! Aaaagh! Gimme!

 

Authors that put 'A Novel' on the cover somewhere.
Really????
Well come on if it is at least considered novel length
or longer, you shouldn't have to specify that bit.
Unless it is mainly a picture book, with at least 50/50
split on pages of images and words, and happens to
be 250 pages long or more. Then you might consider
specifying what it is.
Also books written for 'Adults' that are only 11k long,
and then add more making it a trilogy that is about 40k
long. Why the hell can't you write a novella then, hmm?

IDK, maybe if you bother to write something for an
audience that is mature, don't treat them like idiots.

(Thus this non-issue rant has concluded.)

 

Agree in principle, but some titles make it important to clarify. For example, The Art of Racing in the Rain could be an instructional book, and it bothers me that this:



isn't a romance.