Excluding sticky posts using query_posts()

I had posted this on another thread but it’s now been marked resolved without an answer to my query…

I want to exclude the sticky posts from the loop and the previous thread had this solution;

query_posts(array(
"post__not_in"	 =>	get_option("sticky_posts")
));

I’ve used this solution but it’s not working for me. I’m using it in the second loop in my home.php file, which is preceded by wp_reset_query().

The first loop uses this wp_query:
query_posts(array(‘post__in’=>get_option(‘sticky_posts’)));

The second uses:
query_posts(array(“post__not_in”=>get_option(“sticky_posts”)));

But I see the same (sticky) post as the first post produced by both loops. In date order it would be the third post.

Any idea why this wouldn’t work?