Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

Charity shops with their attitudes to donations

" we need donations we are low on stock help us, help us"
Sorry can't accept donations today because not enough staff/ not enough space etc etc
JFO

Ages ago I took some stuff to a local charity shop and as we were about to enter, some chap stormed out in a right strop. Seemed a bit odd. Anyway, in we went, with out bag of stuff which we had carted to the place, only to be told they did not want it, as they had too much stuff/no storage space/whatever. Ah, that will explain said upset matey then.

So we took it to another one, who gladly excepted it. Oddly, we have never been bothered to go back to first one ever again.

We tried donating some stuff to the BHF. Started off by arranging a collection online, as there was a table included. Got a call on the day of collection to say they didn't cover our area, so I arranged to drop it off myself at one of their large shops some 20 miles away. Got there to be met by a very unhelpful chap, who tutted a lot, said they couldn't accept it all and could I come back later. Luckily there was a tip a mile up the road, so it ended up there instead.
We had the same when trying to get rid of a load of my wifes old clothes. Tried leaving them out for collection using the bags supplied by one of the numerous charities, but they didn't turn up. So we Googled local clothes collection banks to find two no longer actually there and another three full, with no fly tipping signs and cameras everywhere. As we were near another local tip we tried there to find we had to join a long queue that passed all the other rubbish / recycling bins (H&S seems to have banned people reversing, so more than halved the number of loading spaces) to get to the clothes recycling bin that was 10ft from the exit. Next time they will just go in the bin.

When we bought a new mattress (from Dreams), I asked if they would take the old one away. No, they said. So what am i supposed to do with the old one then?

We have an arrangement with BHF, they will collect it.

OK, that's fine then. I rang up the BGF, who would not take it, as it was not a complete bed, only a mattress. I was less than impressed with Dreams, and told them so in no uncertain terms.

Thankfully a local charity where very pleased with it.

Perhaps you should have contacted BHF to see what they said instead.

My gripe with charity shops - select an item, pay for item then the assistant asks if I would like to make a donation. Er, I have just bought something so surely that's a donation? No need to point to the tin on the counter thank you very much.

People flashing their hazards when they’re approaching a traffic jam on a motorway/A road. I’m not talking about people who are hooning along and have to brake hard enough to trigger the car into doong it automatically, I’m talking about the morons who were previously bimbling along in the middle or outside lane doing 68mph (who almost certainly didn’t indicate on their way to the middle or outside lane) suddenly putting their hazards on 150 metres before they come to a stop.

A) you don’t possess the Sword of Omen giving you sight beyond sight, we can see there are 2-3 lanes of stationary cars and lorries ahead of us all
B)You already have lights on the back that tell us you’re braking, they’re called fking brake lights

I get it if there’s a small but dangerous hazard on the road that might not be visible to those behind you, if the traffic is behind a blind corner or whatever, but doing it for traffic jams on a clear, well sighted roads is virtue signalling bullst and it annoys me beyond reason.

Considering the terrible standard of driving I'd do it to reduce the chance of someone going into the back of me, standard self preservation technique.

It’s not the “theflyingfarmer” who is posting live feed on tiktok is it?

It isn't our one is much lower and keeps shouting wohoo every pass