Topic: The small things in life that really hannoy

[Mumm-Ra]

That's me

It's every normal person who doesn't have an auto-erotic asphyxiation fetish, imo

[rob1966]

It's every normal person who doesn't have an auto-erotic asphyxiation fetish, imo

Non Torys then

[swoopy]

Toasters in hotels.
First time you put the bread through it'll come out barely toasted and warm at best. Put it through again and it's solid black and burned.

[24/7]

Toasters in hotels.
First time you put the bread through it'll come out barely toasted and warm at best. Put it through again and it's solid black and burned.

They have a dial to adjust speed usually...

[So… Howard Philips]

They have a dial to adjust speed usually...

Which you learn how to use on the last day.

[liverbloke]

you but a packet of crisps in the pub and your mate/s say 'well, open them up on the table then'

i think to myself - no they're mine buy yer own ffs i'm peckish

but actually i smile and open them up (i'm too nice that's my problem)

[swoopy]

They have a dial to adjust speed usually...

With a sign that says "don't adjust toaster controls" that accompanies it

[gerrardisgod]

you but a packet of crisps in the pub and your mate/s say 'well, open them up on the table then'

i think to myself - no they're mine buy yer own ffs i'm peckish

but actually i smile and open them up (i'm too nice that's my problem)

Mate will always buy one packet and open them up like that, if I want crisps I’ll either buy some myself or ask you to get an actual pack for me, so we’re not sharing.

[24/7]

With a sign that says "don't adjust toaster controls" that accompanies it

I used to just set it back to what it was after

[Lee1-6Liv]

Top cashback. Did some online shopping through these a few weeks ago. It said the money is usually in your account within 24 hours, no sign of it and no record of my purchase so I went to make a claim, have to wait seven days to make a claim. Waited over a week to make a claim and now it says it can take up to four months to hear back if a claim has been successful.

[Charlie Adams fried egg]

guys on tv who wear a shirt and tie but leave a gap between the knot of the tie and their neck.  why wear the tie if you're not gonna wear it properly?

or even worse, the ones who don't fasten the shirt top button and have the tie loose just a bit.

They could be fat bastards though. Have you tried wearing a tie properly when you've got more chins than a chinese phone book? I haven't worn a tie for over 10 years because I dont want to look like a trussed up fat git. It's bad enough the rest of you looking like 10 pound of spuds in a 5 pound bag without the humiliation of putting a tie on too.

[A-Bomb]

My glorious partners inability to think more than 1 step ahead....

Towels need washing, put them all in, before everybody has had a shower for the day....

Tea towels need washing - same as above around an hour before I start cooking!, don't leave one out....or have a rotation system, just launch them all in the wash.

Slap dishwasher on before cooking commences, so if there's a knife I may need well gonna have a nice water splash in the face, rather than waiting until after I've cooked.

Love her really. 

[Charlie Adams fried egg]

I get that, but I see it all the time with guys who have no weight problem at all.

reminds me of a court case in Liverpool years back.  my cousin worked in the courts and told me about a cop being questioned about how he could possibly see some bad goings-on in a Chinese restaurant.

"there was a chink in the curtains, your honour"" 

(apologies to our chinese pals !!)

Fair enough then. Scruffy gets.

[Red Beret]

need to replace the battery in my smoke alarm. Just got home to find the little fecker bleating. I wouldn't mind, but I was just in a shop where I could have bought a battery if it had let me know sooner. Fun times.

 

[SamLad]

yesterday I loaded a new app onto my phone, that gives discounts at the local supermarket.  this morning I wanted to use it so I could get a "digital discount' (only available on the app)  on a couple of items.

the bastard thing wouldn't accept my (valid!) password, so I hit "Forgot Password". 

they emailed me some gibberish thing that was about 18 characters long ... upper case ... lower case ... special symbols ... several O's and 0's and 1's and l's mixed in which are hard to discern on a small screen.

three effing times I went through this, getting "invalid password" each time before giving up and going home.

wtf are these people thinking?!

[Red Beret]

yesterday I loaded a new app onto my phone, that gives discounts at the local supermarket.  this morning I wanted to use it so I could get a "digital discount' (only available on the app)  on a couple of items.

the bastard thing wouldn't accept my (valid!) password, so I hit "Forgot Password". 

they emailed me some gibberish thing that was about 18 characters long ... upper case ... lower case ... special symbols ... several O's and 0's and 1's and l's mixed in which are hard to discern on a small screen.

three effing times I went through this, getting "invalid password" each time before giving up and going home.

wtf are these people thinking?!

honestly, I think a lot of these "apps" are just scams to get personal data off your phone. Not bank numbers or stuff like that, but more like cookies that can identify your shopping trends and stuff.

[rob1966]

yesterday I loaded a new app onto my phone, that gives discounts at the local supermarket.  this morning I wanted to use it so I could get a "digital discount' (only available on the app)  on a couple of items.

the bastard thing wouldn't accept my (valid!) password, so I hit "Forgot Password". 

they emailed me some gibberish thing that was about 18 characters long ... upper case ... lower case ... special symbols ... several O's and 0's and 1's and l's mixed in which are hard to discern on a small screen.

three effing times I went through this, getting "invalid password" each time before giving up and going home.

wtf are these people thinking?!

Loads of companies do that now. JUst trying to be ultra secure I suppose.

[24/7]

Loads of companies do that now. JUst trying to be ultra secure I suppose.

*deep breath* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA there's nothing 'secure' about this practice.

[SamLad]

Loads of companies do that now. JUst trying to be ultra secure I suppose.

I get that they need to be secure, no problem with that at all.

but why not generate a password that's easy to use/read -- eg a word with a couple of symbols tagged on.  machine-generated passwords are impossible to deal with.  well, by me, anyway. 

I suppose if I figured out how to copy/paste in android it might help of course.

[SamLad]

honestly, I think a lot of these "apps" are just scams to get personal data off your phone. Not bank numbers or stuff like that, but more like cookies that can identify your shopping trends and stuff.

most sites you go on these days ask you to OK their cookies. I've always just clicked YES and got on with it, but these days I always select "manage" the cookies and then turn off anything to do with marketing / tracking / whatever.

probably won't accomplish much but makes me feel a smidge better.

[Statto Red]

most sites you go on these days ask you to OK their cookies. I've always just clicked YES and got on with it, but these days I always select "manage" the cookies and then turn off anything to do with marketing / tracking / whatever.

probably won't accomplish much but makes me feel a smidge better.

I have ad blocker from U block origin switched on, a must now, particularly when using likes of youtube.

[24/7]

I have ad blocker from U block origin switched on, a must now, particularly when using likes of youtube.

Yup and any time a site lectures me about using said blocker, I just leave

[67CherryRed]

Booked my trip to Lanzarote nearly a year ago. Now i'm 5 hours from flying and Leeds is covered in fog so taking off could be an issue. On top of that, 3 of the 6 days are forecast for a full day of steady rain. Annoying.

[rob1966]

Booked my trip to Lanzarote nearly a year ago. Now i'm 5 hours from flying and Leeds is covered in fog so taking off could be an issue. On top of that, 3 of the 6 days are forecast for a full day of steady rain. Annoying.

That's shite that. Weather over there is normally good this time of year too

[Son of Spion]

Booked my trip to Lanzarote nearly a year ago. Now i'm 5 hours from flying and Leeds is covered in fog so taking off could be an issue. On top of that, 3 of the 6 days are forecast for a full day of steady rain. Annoying.

Going by the Met Office website you should be ok. Just a few light showers on Sunday and Monday with temperatures reaching 75f and 79f on those days.

It beats the hell out of cold, grey Britain. Have a good time over there. 🌞

[liverbloke]

what spion is trying to say is...

[rob1966]

Going by the Met Office website you should be ok. Just a few light showers on Sunday and Monday with temperatures reaching 75f and 79f on those days.

It beats the hell out of cold, grey Britain. Have a good time over there. 🌞

That's more like what I expected the weather to be in Lanzarote

[Sheer Magnetism]

More than once recently I've left a place and had someone from the staff give me a big speech begging me to give them a five-star Google review and mention them by name. Isn't it enough to (over)pay and leave a tip now? You're expected to do fucking homework just to get a haircut or go axe throwing?

[PaulF]

Booked my trip to Lanzarote nearly a year ago. Now i'm 5 hours from flying and Leeds is covered in fog so taking off could be an issue. On top of that, 3 of the 6 days are forecast for a full day of steady rain. Annoying.

oooh, what are accomodation costs like there.  I can fly out Monday and back Thursday for less than £100. Well worth it for some heat!

[SamLad]

More than once recently I've left a place and had someone from the staff give me a big speech begging me to give them a five-star Google review and mention them by name. Isn't it enough to (over)pay and leave a tip now? You're expected to do fucking homework just to get a haircut or go axe throwing?

the other day a bank teller - who I'd made the mistake of thanking - mentioned that I'd soon receive  a survey email and would really really really appreciate it if I gave her a 10.

why do people think anyone has time to complete online surveys for routine  service interactions?

[Statto Red]

More than once recently I've left a place and had someone from the staff give me a big speech begging me to give them a five-star Google review and mention them by name. Isn't it enough to (over)pay and leave a tip now? You're expected to do fucking homework just to get a haircut or go axe throwing?

The obsession with trying to force everyone to rate everything pisses me off, i'd give a 0 star rating if i could out of sheer spite.

[24/7]

Trouble is, a lot of 'success' is defined through the drive to improve NPS. It's the most subjective measurement tool possible in business, yet it determines so many other things, such as performance-related bonuses, KPI achievement, contractual SLAs.........such a fucking lazy metric yet one that also enables investors/managers to perpetuate a hire-and-fire culture - that's what's driving these people to ask for your validation - and it sucks massively for all involved except the ones desperately hanging on to their artificial sense of power and control.

[redbyrdz]

I suppose if I figured out how to copy/paste in android it might help of course.

Might depend on the app. But try holding the word you want to copy. It might get highlighted, and a menu pops up to copy and paste etc. The highlighted bit might have ends you can adjust. Or wirh some things, it'll just say "number copied" or whatever. To paste, do the same thing, hold in the place where you want to paste, and a menu should pop up.

[rob1966]

oooh, what are accomodation costs like there.  I can fly out Monday and back Thursday for less than £100. Well worth it for some heat!

Cant give advice on where to look, as only ever gone on a package holiday there, Puerta Del Carmen is where we stay and its boss, big long prom, loads of restaurants and bars. It's really popular with the older gen, my Stepdad would be there now usually, age means he doesn't travel abroad anymore sadly.

If you can get a place, go for it

[rob1966]

Tomorrows shift just been cancelled. Its usually mad busy this time of year, which i a big worry

[PaulF]

Tomorrows shift just been cancelled. Its usually mad busy this time of year, which i a big worry

Probably missing something obvious. But why's it a worry?

--edit-- 2 bed apartment for £56 a night in Puerta Del Carmen.  Hmm, maybe one for the wfh thread.....

[Elmo!]

Probably missing something obvious. But why's it a worry?

Probably not a great sign for the state of the economy - and a poor Christmas for retailers.

[rob1966]

Probably missing something obvious. But why's it a worry?

--edit-- 2 bed apartment for £56 a night in Puerta Del Carmen.  Hmm, maybe one for the wfh thread.....

Probably not a great sign for the state of the economy - and a poor Christmas for retailers.

Yep - normally Id be running stuff all about as they get ready for Christmas, instead all casuals and all F/T drivers who had extra shifts booked have been cancelled. Normally they are offering £250 a shift bonus to get us to work in December.

Due in 17th and 18th, if they get cancelled too, that is really bad news

[reddebs]

Tomorrows shift just been cancelled. Its usually mad busy this time of year, which i a big worry

I went to a little Tesco today for a few bits and there was only one car on the carpark which is unusual for a Friday.

Having said that Cortonwood, which is a retail park, at Barnsley yesterday was heaving with people and cars.

[rob1966]

I went to a little Tesco today for a few bits and there was only one car on the carpark which is unusual for a Friday.

Having said that Cortonwood, which is a retail park, at Barnsley yesterday was heaving with people and cars.

I'm surprised I wasn't at least sent over to Goole (Tescos RDC for the North East and North West of England), I worked out of there the other Sunday, as we are struggling for drivers over there. If they are coping with the drivers they have, then its a worry.