What's annoying me today

Coalville is absolutely full of England flags. Pretty much every lamp post on the bypass and through the centre.

Wankers

Haven't you got World Cup qualifier v Andorra fever then?

Even better they have painted a red cross on the white bits on the zebra crossings at Morrisons.

Even better some are X's and some have run. Knuckle draggers

Tritton Road in Lincoln has gone all 'British Home Nations' with the flags, with Union Flags, and the flags of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and, um, Republic of Ireland....

Thick twats.

Meanwhile their hero, King Cunt of the Cunt People, immediate rows back on a “I’ll deport them in 2 weeks” statement he grandly made yesterday and “misspoke” about his property in Clacton. According to his chief prick, Richard “ubercunt” Tice, the public are not interested in his tax affairs.

You cannot help people if they are terminally stupid and who have unlimited gullibility.

Clearly this Canada speak for Lug Nut wrench. Also you don't live in The United States of money grabbing. Every shop or tow truck tightens the nuts with a pneumatic drill so only they can loosen them. Even when you tell them not to. Very annoying.

Anyway nothing to see here. Just a lost in translation moment.

Chicago: Independent Contractor.

Also an impact wrench. It's what it's called everywhere. It's ok to just learn something sometimes, chic.

How is this insufferable prick still in a job? I thought he fellated Johnson too much but this is proper deepthroat stuff. Get him off my fucking telly.

Agreed, but when that's the majority of the population where the hell do you go?

Canada

I've said on here before, almost all Canadians I've met are cunts.

(It's a fairly small sample size to be fair)

Kiwi are generally decent folk, but we still ended up with a turd of a government even with proportional representation, so the majority must be cunt-adjacent.

I’ve met people from all over the world and, bar a few finance/venture capital demons I used to work with in NYC, the vast majority have been decent-ish at worst. But people from what is commonly accepted as The Deep South in the US seem (and I stress “seem”) to have a higher than average level of cuntitude. It’s wrapped up in an opaque veneer of niceness and folksy charm but underneath, they are fucking awful.
This is all in my experience, obviously, but the Northeast = Kind but not nice, Deep South = Nice but not kind stereotype is a stereotype for a reason.

Kiwis and people from the Midwest are/were so friendly that, as I lived in Jersey at the time, they made me feel like a total asshole. Someone’s that nice to you off the bat in NYC/NJ and you’re immediately wondering where the grift is.

Obviously we have our share, and we're far from immune to the nationalistic virus infecting all white Western nations currently, but in my almost 16 years here I have found that on balance Canadians are very decent people. I'm sorry that hasn't been your experience and I hope that you won't write the country off on the basis of it.

I will say though that if your experience is based in any part on business relationships I have a degree of sympathy. It took me some time to get my head round the not insignificant differences with the UK - they will absolutely grinfuck you here, they'd rather tell you nice lies than harsh truths. I spent the first year or two figuring that out, then another year or two trying to get my head round it. But at some point I realized that the British honesty of telling people the way it is rather than what you think might give you the easiest exit from the conversation is a refreshing change for them - they're naturally trying to be non confrontational, but it's annoyingly disingenuous.

Americans are generally very disingenuous. The Midwest is nicer ish than some areas but back stabby in business for certain. I generally consider most of my friends as the ones still in the U.K. Think of that what you will.

I think I have the most clients by far at my place of business because I am honest. In my line of work lying probably isn’t the best move. You really need to be straight with your client because they are paying good money and their training is very hard. For those who want the cache of going to our private business but don’t want to put the work in, I generally don’t work with them as I think it is a waste of their time. I also tell them it’s their money so bear that in mind when the come for their workout.

Because the costs are high at our place, we get a lot of captains of industry, business, and successful people. They are not easy to get along with generally as they are very A type personalities but I think I mesh well with them because I don’t bullshit them. I am also contrary to popular belief quite adaptable when it comes to personalities and I absolutely don’t talk politics with the right wingers (and that includes the owners of the gym. (I am actually an independent contractor with my own LLC),.

I am liked? Dunno. Am I considered good at my job. Absolutely. Am I an odd fit for a generally conservative environment. That goes without saying but clients look at me and say”, he Doesn’t look like he belongs here, he must know some stuff”. It’s an uneasy alliance that suits most parties well.

I guess I will never get used to passive aggressive people. America has that in spades. Ironically on the internet here it is totally the opposite. Weird.

Chicago: square peg in a round hole.

Hasn’t Trump declared war on you?