Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
Discussion
Issi said:
Stupid people like the couple who I just read about, who moved to Australia and then two weeks later came back because 'tea bags were too expensive and they didn't stock Robinson's fruit juice'.
Ok, I admit that it's a story from The Mail, but even if parts of it are true, they are still idiots.
Surely moving somewhere for 2 weeks is more commonly known as a holiday?Ok, I admit that it's a story from The Mail, but even if parts of it are true, they are still idiots.
Pressing snooze on my clock then thinking, sod it, get up.....brush my teeth, then get comfy on my toilet.
Then listen to a very loud and annoying alarm while I'm trying to have a poo.
NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH....etc.
Happens more often than it should.
Then listen to a very loud and annoying alarm while I'm trying to have a poo.
NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH....etc.
Happens more often than it should.
Edited by Mr Roper on Tuesday 18th June 09:24
I've just got shot of an Android phone for the sheer annoying s
tness of the alarm clock. I can only imagine the design brief was:
How long should the alarm sound for?
a) 15 seconds
b) until the battery is flat
What should be the default choice when a button is pressed?
a) cancel the alarm
b) snooze the alarm
When an alarm is snoozed, what should cancel it?
a) a single click
b) nothing short of a good kicking and a bucket of water
tness of the alarm clock. I can only imagine the design brief was:How long should the alarm sound for?
a) 15 seconds
b) until the battery is flat
What should be the default choice when a button is pressed?
a) cancel the alarm
b) snooze the alarm
When an alarm is snoozed, what should cancel it?
a) a single click
b) nothing short of a good kicking and a bucket of water
Issi said:
Stupid people like the couple who I just read about, who moved to Australia and then two weeks later came back because 'tea bags were too expensive and they didn't stock Robinson's fruit juice'.
Ok, I admit that it's a story from The Mail, but even if parts of it are true, they are still idiots.
Brings back memories of "Get a new life" on BBC2 where people would relocate to other countries, get a month there and have to decide whether to come back or stay there. My favourites were the people who went to a rural part of Italy with no ex-pat community but didn't want to learn to speak Italian, and the IT chap who went to Spain, made a big point of telling us how important his laptop and printer were, then stuck them in a suitcase wrapped in some socks and was surprised they were in pieces on arrival. To say nothing of dropping £600 in excess-baggage costs when sticking them in a box and shipping by UPS would have been a fraction of that.Ok, I admit that it's a story from The Mail, but even if parts of it are true, they are still idiots.
grumbledoak said:
I've just got shot of an Android phone for the sheer annoying stness of the alarm clock.
You do realise that the beauty of Android is the fact that there are about ten million other alarm clock apps you could have used instead of the default one. The one I use (Sleep As Android) is ridiculously configurable but the defaults work fine for me.tness of the alarm clock.
People who hand out flyers/leaflets in the street.
What is wrong with people that they can't in any way deliver an engaging verbal message?
Some just hold out their leaflet/wave it at you: the answer is no. Some are very polite and say 'Good afternoon, Sir': the answer is no.
I daresay I have said no to offers which may have been to my advantage, but based on the risk that I am more likely to end up with a piece of paper I don't want in my hand, the answer is automatically no.
What I don't understand, is that in an age where we recognise the power of communication and with so many people doing the leaflet thing, that no-one puts any effort into engaging their market into their work.
If you're advertising an estate agent, why not shout 'amazing offers for home buyers and sellers?'; if you're advertsising a gym, why not shout 'this piece of paper will make you fit'? Or 'this piece of paper will give you a perfect beach body'?
Or anything, FFS! Just don't stand there waving them about! Give me a short, clear reason to either take the leaflet or walk on by.
What is wrong with people that they can't in any way deliver an engaging verbal message?
Some just hold out their leaflet/wave it at you: the answer is no. Some are very polite and say 'Good afternoon, Sir': the answer is no.
I daresay I have said no to offers which may have been to my advantage, but based on the risk that I am more likely to end up with a piece of paper I don't want in my hand, the answer is automatically no.
What I don't understand, is that in an age where we recognise the power of communication and with so many people doing the leaflet thing, that no-one puts any effort into engaging their market into their work.
If you're advertising an estate agent, why not shout 'amazing offers for home buyers and sellers?'; if you're advertsising a gym, why not shout 'this piece of paper will make you fit'? Or 'this piece of paper will give you a perfect beach body'?
Or anything, FFS! Just don't stand there waving them about! Give me a short, clear reason to either take the leaflet or walk on by.
goldblum said:
Leaflet handerouterers - Don't bother with your short clear reason to the public for accepting said flyers: Simply discard them immediately all over the highstreet for the council to pick up next day. Why should you care if anyone reads them, you're paid per 500 distributed.
I think they are encountering more rejections because they are not warming the punters up though. Unless they are truly junk, I think they'd get rid of their pile of leaflets a whole lot quicker by planting a seed of desire in their audience (oo'er missus).V8mate said:
I think they are encountering more rejections because they are not warming the punters up though. Unless they are truly junk, I think they'd get rid of their pile of leaflets a whole lot quicker by planting a seed of desire in their audience (oo'er missus).
You may be right, but I'm struggling to imagine what some hippy with arm outstretched might say to capture my attention. Free blowjob? 
Cotty said:
real4star said:
People who can't use 'Self Service' checkouts
I have not bothered to learn how they work as they are slow, compared to scan and pack. Not bothering to learn the tricky skill of holding a bar code in a window limits your options. Unless you always buy booze, drugs, tagged items or something that can be used to stab someone, in which case the red lights go off and you are at the mercy of the lady standing next to the self service till.
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