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Driving in Dual Lanes

Details: Category: You're Doing It Wrong!; Published: Tuesday, 07 March 2023 01:22; Hits: 68

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Everyone knows how infuriating it is when a driver choses to stay in the overtaking lane on dual or triple laned road, but there is an even more annoying practise that I run into (not literally, although I'd like to) all the time.

When the road only has a single lane you drive at 80~90kmph - not the posted 100kmph

But, as soon as you hit dual lanes going in your direction, you speed up to 105 - 110kmph

Stop doing it!

The lanes are of equal width, there is no greater saftey for you if there are two of them.

It just means that I have to go well over the limit to get past you, and I MUST get past you, because I know full well that I'll be stuck watching your arse until the next single lane bit expands to two.

If you are going to drive slowly, drive slowly consistently!

But, if you make it hard to get past you, when I can, I am not going to be disposed too favourably toward you.

It is a bit like speeding up when a car is overtaking you, highly illegal.

Help Desk

Details: Category: You're Doing It Wrong!; Published: Tuesday, 07 March 2023 01:15; Hits: 56

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Coming Soon!

Why focusing on Incidents and not Customers takes your Help Desk/ Service desk down the wrong path.

English Pronunciation

Details: Category: You're Doing It Wrong!; Published: Tuesday, 07 March 2023 01:13; Hits: 73

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One of the more infuriating this in life is speaking with people who will not pronounce simple words correctly.

It doesn't look good for them, and shows an attitude which they would probably prefer not to be shown.

If only they realised!

I have no problem with difficult or unfamiliar words being mispronounced, I do it all the time too, but simple, common words? No, never, just don't do it.

Here are a few that really get my blood boiling.

Pacific for Specific: Pacific is a large body of water, Specific is a particular item or attribute. The Pacific Ocean is a specific ocean.
& yes, this isn't a case of using the worong word, it's a mispronunciation.
Eekally for Equally: There is a "Q" in there people.
Anythink or Everythink: These words end with a "G" not a "K"
Premise for the singular of Premises.: This may be a case of using the wrong word, rather than a badly pronounced word, I'm not sure.
But, it's damned annoying to hear.
Premises is the singular of Premises.
A premise is a notion or idea.

Halloween

Details: Category: You're Doing It Wrong!; Published: Tuesday, 07 March 2023 01:14; Hits: 59