Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]

[popeyewhite]

nicanary said:

The Welsh introduced the English to the longbow. Nuff said, Oh....and what about Rorke's Drift, and cheese on toast?

Actually, yeah, cheese on toast. Some of the scenery is quite lovely as well.

[FourWheelDrift]

nicanary said:

The Welsh introduced the English to the longbow. Nuff said, Oh....and what about Rorke's Drift, and cheese on toast?

and terrorising people with their close-harmony singing.

[nicanary]

FourWheelDrift said:

nicanary said:

The Welsh introduced the English to the longbow. Nuff said, Oh....and what about Rorke's Drift, and cheese on toast?

and terrorising people with their close-harmony singing.

I've just remembered - that crazy bat Charlotte Church. I've reversed my decision.

[hidetheelephants]

rohrl said:

Also included in the list of things which annoy me this evening are people so incredibly, indescribably stupid that they think that I would post gifs of animal abuse on PH.

WTF; was that the cat in the spring gif that appears to have been moderated? How is that more disturbing than David Hasselhoff in his pants?

[Cotty]

Im wondering if the Argentinian guy I work with was annoyed when the guys from the navy came round the office and asked him if he wanted to buy a poppy.

[R8VXF]

The annoying, self-entitled fktrumpet stbags who brought their family of small, noisy, screaming, fk trophies on the commuter train this morning, in the fking quiet carriage. fk off you horrible s, and take your little st bags elsewhere.

[motco]

How supermarkets wait until you are familiar with the layout and can almost do your weekly shop blindfold - and then change it all around so you can't damned well find ANYTHING!

[DavidJG]

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[R8VXF]

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[JonRB]

motco said:

How supermarkets wait until you are familiar with the layout and can almost do your weekly shop blindfold - and then change it all around so you can't damned well find ANYTHING!

You do realise that they do this on purpose, in the hope that whilst you are wandering around trying to locate the stuff you went in for, you might impulse buy stuff that you hadn't intended to buy.

[Cotty]

JonRB said:

You do realise that they do this on purpose, in the hope that whilst you are wandering around trying to locate the stuff you went in for, you might impulse buy stuff that you hadn't intended to buy.

Pretty pointless if you are trying to find ingredients for a recipe. Its not like you are going to buy asparagus if what you are making does not have asparagus in it.

[Disastrous]

Cotty said:

JonRB said:

You do realise that they do this on purpose, in the hope that whilst you are wandering around trying to locate the stuff you went in for, you might impulse buy stuff that you hadn't intended to buy.

Pretty pointless if you are trying to find ingredients for a recipe. Its not like you are going to buy asparagus if what you are making does not have asparagus in it.

Most people don't limit themselves to a given number of items when they shop so it's not like they couldn't also buy asparagus if they picked up something nice on the way to find the asparagus.

"Well, I was going to make steak but saw an offer on sponge cakes on my way to the meat section so I'm afraid it's sponge cake, new potatoes and salad for us tonight love"

[JonRB]

Cotty said:

Pretty pointless if you are trying to find ingredients for a recipe. Its not like you are going to buy asparagus if what you are making does not have asparagus in it.

That's a very focussed form of shopping though. Few people go into a supermarket with that dedication and single-mindedness.

A lot of people meander around and often put things into their trolley that weren't on their shopping list. The supermarkets rationalise that after a while people may skip entire aisles once they know their way around too well, so moving things around increases the chance of someone going down all aisles and buying something they might not otherwise have bought.

I'm not denying that it is annoying, btw. I'm just pointing out why they do it.

[McAndy]

JonRB said:

You do realise that they do this on purpose, in the hope that whilst you are wandering around trying to locate the stuff you went in for, you might impulse buy stuff that you hadn't intended to buy.

Same reason that milk and bread are typically in the far back corners of most smaller stores and at the back of larger ones.

JonRB said:

That's a very focussed form of shopping though. Few people go into a supermarket with that dedication and single-mindedness.

A lot of people meander around and often put things into their trolley that weren't on their shopping list. The supermarkets rationalise that after a while people may skip entire aisles once they know their way around too well, so moving things around increases the chance of someone going down all aisles and buying something they might not otherwise have bought.

I'm not denying that it is annoying, btw. I'm just pointing out why they do it.

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[Europa1]

essayer said:

fking TROLLEY BAGS at tube stations

So one person can take up the space of three.

Should require a driving licence. fk OFF

It's not just the space. It's the sudden dead stop the moment they step off the escalator to pull the towing handle back up that boils my piss.

[Cotty]

JonRB said:

Cotty said:

Pretty pointless if you are trying to find ingredients for a recipe. Its not like you are going to buy asparagus if what you are making does not have asparagus in it.

That's a very focussed form of shopping though. Few people go into a supermarket with that dedication and single-mindedness.

Partly why a shopping trip takes me 1/2 hour and that includes driving to and from the supermarket.

[motco]

JonRB said:

motco said:

How supermarkets wait until you are familiar with the layout and can almost do your weekly shop blindfold - and then change it all around so you can't damned well find ANYTHING!

You do realise that they do this on purpose, in the hope that whilst you are wandering around trying to locate the stuff you went in for, you might impulse buy stuff that you hadn't intended to buy.

Oh yes, I am well aware of the cod-psychology and it is an insult to my intelligence that they think people with a modicum of nous would be influenced by it. When I shop I go direct to my target item(s), pay, and leave. Anything that interferes with that is irritating. If some are influenced they should be in ASDA...

[Bluedot]

motco said:

Oh yes, I am well aware of the cod-psychology and it is an insult to my intelligence that they think people with a modicum of nous would be influenced by it. When I shop I go direct to my target item(s), pay, and leave. Anything that interferes with that is irritating. If some are influenced they should be in ASDA...

I'll happily pick up an offer even if it's something that I haven't gone on for. I mean, if you can get 2 packs of dishwasher tablets for the price of one or something like that on items you know you will need at some point then I don't see why you wouldn't use it to your advantage.

[motco]

Bluedot said:

motco said:

Oh yes, I am well aware of the cod-psychology and it is an insult to my intelligence that they think people with a modicum of nous would be influenced by it. When I shop I go direct to my target item(s), pay, and leave. Anything that interferes with that is irritating. If some are influenced they should be in ASDA...

I'll happily pick up an offer even if it's something that I haven't gone on for. I mean, if you can get 2 packs of dishwasher tablets for the price of one or something like that on items you know you will need at some point then I don't see why you wouldn't use it to your advantage.

Oh quite so - after doing the mental arithmetic to ensure it really is a beneficial price, but they don't have to do a Chinese shuffle on the layout for that to happen.

[popeyewhite]

Bluedot said:

motco said:

Oh yes, I am well aware of the cod-psychology and it is an insult to my intelligence that they think people with a modicum of nous would be influenced by it. When I shop I go direct to my target item(s), pay, and leave. Anything that interferes with that is irritating. If some are influenced they should be in ASDA...

I'll happily pick up an offer even if it's something that I haven't gone on for. I mean, if you can get 2 packs of dishwasher tablets for the price of one or something like that on items you know you will need at some point then I don't see why you wouldn't use it to your advantage.

Why do you pause to look at something you weren't hitherto interested in? If I'm buying a sandwich I go straight to the relevant shelving. If they've moved the cabinets around (which they only do once very 5 years!) I go hunting for the one I want, without letting my eyes dawdle on cut-price aftershave. Supermarkets employ all kinds of obvious tricks to sell complete guff and use techniques that can only loosely be described as 'psychology'; from using eye tracking soft/hardware to idiotically selling they're own lower quality products in the same packaging as other brand's, it's tricks, nothing else.