Driven to MadnessCaptain Placid asks: What annoying things do significant others, workmates and other people in general do that drive you up the wall? Do you want to kill your other half over their obsessive fridge magnet collection? Driven to distraction over your manager's continued use of Comic Sans (The Font of Champions)? Tell us.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 12:11)
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Being married to a university professorI can see both sides of it in some ways. I do find it incredibly tedious when two or more professors from a given university get together and begin talking shop and moaning about the administration, their students, the was So-and-so said something during the big meeting... but at the same time, that tends to be true with all professions. Get two or more nurses together and they begin moaning about their jobs (and generally get dismissive of anyone who isn't saving lives EVERY DAY) and worshiping some doctors while making fun of others. Get two or more cops together and the stories start flowing. Get two or more military types together and they bond over tales of their adventures on ship/in the desert/at some hey-sailor-wanna-hump-hump-bar. Get two (insert profession here)...
When I'm in company and I encounter another engineer I try to keep the boffin talk to a minimum and inject more general subjects into the conversations because I've experienced how tedious shop talk can be to outsiders. But I can see how sometimes they need to blow off to one another to keep from stabbing someone to death with their own femur.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sat 6 Oct 2012, 19:34,
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