Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
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K12beano said:
nonsequitur said:
Still getting 'Happy New Year' from various bods. Is there a cut-off point?
....don't know - ask the Chinese?ETA: PS "San Nin Faai Lok"
28 January!
Edited by K12beano on Wednesday 4th January 12:44
227bhp said:
Reclining seats on passenger aircraft.
Why do they leave it to the selfish idiot in front to make my journey a misery?
Don't blame the person in front for reclining a seat that has been made to recline; blame the airlines for making seats that recline into the space of the person behind. Why do they leave it to the selfish idiot in front to make my journey a misery?
I presume you sit bolt upright out of altruistic consideration for the person behind you?
227bhp said:
Reclining seats on passenger aircraft.
Why do they leave it to the selfish idiot in front to make my journey a misery?
nope. Not this. The Annoying thing is the aWhy do they leave it to the selfish idiot in front to make my journey a misery?
hole behind moaning about it or asking not to recline. the one in front will think the same of the poor snowflake behind.
The seats recline. I don't care about your employer treating you like a peasant and making you work on powerpoint on a flight.
Having said that, there's no reason for reclining seats on any regional flight anyways.
However how does one sit upright for the 14 hours it takes to go to LA or so?
ClockworkCupcake said:
227bhp said:
Reclining seats on passenger aircraft.
Why do they leave it to the selfish idiot in front to make my journey a misery?
Don't blame the person in front for reclining a seat that has been made to recline; blame the airlines for making seats that recline into the space of the person behind. Why do they leave it to the selfish idiot in front to make my journey a misery?
I presume you sit bolt upright out of altruistic consideration for the person behind you?
stuckmojo said:
227bhp said:
Reclining seats on passenger aircraft.
Why do they leave it to the selfish idiot in front to make my journey a misery?
nope. Not this. The Annoying thing is the aWhy do they leave it to the selfish idiot in front to make my journey a misery?
hole behind moaning about it or asking not to recline. the one in front will think the same of the poor snowflake behind.
The seats recline. I don't care about your employer treating you like a peasant and making you work on powerpoint on a flight.
Having said that, there's no reason for reclining seats on any regional flight anyways.
However how does one sit upright for the 14 hours it takes to go to LA or so?
I found Singapore Airlines worse, because being the same height as everyone else on PH at 6'5" I then found that the headrest, even at its highest setting, was nestled uncomfortably between my shoulders unless I reclined my seat and then, when I did that, my knees were pressed even more against the seat in front.
Apparently, being so tall should mean I get paid more money, so claim all the angry little people that write about this b
ks on the internet and call themselves journalists, and should therefore apparently be able to afford to fly premium. FWIW, I find it irritating if the person in front moves their seat but its only actually annoying when they do it every few minutes and jerk the screen back towards me every time they move.
RizzoTheRat said:
I never understand why some many people get worked up about reclining seats. I'm 6'2" and find airline seats a bit cramped but the person in front reclining theirs has no impact on me at all.
Depends on how well the TV screen can adjust to compensate for this. I think I was on a Virgin flight, but it may have been Emirates, where the seat reclined in front of me, but I then couldn't move the TV screen enough to sit and watch it comfortably and contort myself. So I couldn't win in that situation (without spending twice as much money on a "premium" seat for both me and the wife)Some kind of staggered seating arrangement would resolve many of the issues I reckon but that of course requires more money in development.
The arrogant conceit of Video Game manufacturers that force you to watch a whole load of animated Production Logos / Intro Videos each time you play the game, with no option to skip them. Fine for the first time you run the game, but not for subsequent times.
At least on the PC platform there are usually ways to circumvent / subvert this, but one shouldn't have to.
At least on the PC platform there are usually ways to circumvent / subvert this, but one shouldn't have to.
Excessive packaging,especially on kids toys.
As if Amazon's huge boxes for small stuff doesnt produce enough crap, all toys seem to have zip ties, screws,plastic,rubber bands, & often ALL of them together! Takes ages to dismantle, and then you are left with a massive pile of cardboard as every part seems to have its own box
At least the kids & I spent a fun few hours last week having a massive bonfire of all the crap that Xmas pressies were in, saved waiting 2 weeks for the bin men, or 2 35 mile round trips to the dump
As if Amazon's huge boxes for small stuff doesnt produce enough crap, all toys seem to have zip ties, screws,plastic,rubber bands, & often ALL of them together! Takes ages to dismantle, and then you are left with a massive pile of cardboard as every part seems to have its own box
At least the kids & I spent a fun few hours last week having a massive bonfire of all the crap that Xmas pressies were in, saved waiting 2 weeks for the bin men, or 2 35 mile round trips to the dump
People who initially type "appropros to nothing" then google it because it doesn't look right and have to correct it with "apropos of nothing". As in, me. Sorry.
Mind you, even worse are people who just post whatever crap they think it might be, phonetically and with no regard for spelling, and append it with a wky "(sp?)" afterwards because they lack the wit to google it themselves.
*sighs*
Mind you, even worse are people who just post whatever crap they think it might be, phonetically and with no regard for spelling, and append it with a w
ky "(sp?)" afterwards because they lack the wit to google it themselves. *sighs*
kowalski655 said:
Excessive packaging,especially on kids toys.
As if Amazon's huge boxes for small stuff doesnt produce enough crap, all toys seem to have zip ties, screws,plastic,rubber bands, & often ALL of them together! Takes ages to dismantle, and then you are left with a massive pile of cardboard as every part seems to have its own box
At least the kids & I spent a fun few hours last week having a massive bonfire of all the crap that Xmas pressies were in, saved waiting 2 weeks for the bin men, or 2 35 mile round trips to the dump
Not just kids toys, but everything. In fact, Dave Gorman recently included into "Modern Life is Goodish" that you need a pair of scissors to cut into the packaging of a recently-bought pair of scissors. As if Amazon's huge boxes for small stuff doesnt produce enough crap, all toys seem to have zip ties, screws,plastic,rubber bands, & often ALL of them together! Takes ages to dismantle, and then you are left with a massive pile of cardboard as every part seems to have its own box
At least the kids & I spent a fun few hours last week having a massive bonfire of all the crap that Xmas pressies were in, saved waiting 2 weeks for the bin men, or 2 35 mile round trips to the dump
Despite continued failures to do a day's work without screwing up and being given hero status for fixing his own mistakes Postman Pat has been given his own aeroplane.
This now sits with his vans, motorbike, helicopter, 4x4 kind others?) because only he uses them.
No wonder postage is so much these days.
This now sits with his vans, motorbike, helicopter, 4x4 kind others?) because only he uses them.
No wonder postage is so much these days.
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