Things that don't work as they should

[lord trumpton]

I get a bit irritated by things that don't work properly

Here's a couple currently topping my hitlist

- The red pull tab at the top of packets of biscuits, namely digestives. I'm not sure if I have actually opened a pack properly, its usually about halfway round it
goes wrong and careers downwards allowing about 10 digestives to slip out and smash on the floor

- The flip top on head and shoulders shampoo is useless - after using it a couple of times it just gets covered in shampoo and starts running down the sides

Anyone else get any to add to the list?

[CR6ZZ]

Zipper type mechanisms for opening cereal boxes and/or envelopes. Start off OK for a centimetre or two, then just tear. Only about 1 in 20 seems to work as intended.

[Nikolai]

'Remove film lid before cooking'. The film lid then comes of in tiny slivers, grrrr. Tesco film-lidded products seem the worst.

[Pixel Pusher]

Our national football team.

[Debaser]

iOS 8.0.2

[Thankyou4calling]

Milk cartons.

Back in the day you got a glass bottle with a foil lid you put your thumb through.


Now it's a carton. Some have to be torn which us close to impossible, some have a screw cap you undo yo reveal an inner ring pull type thing, some even have a peel back foil lid.

If you mange to open one of these there's no way you can pour milk into a cup without it spilling.

In 20 years we've gone backwards.

[GroundEffect]

fking printers.

Bluetooth - it's always a faff when it should be pressing about 3 buttons.

[Type R Tom]

Perforation on tax disc, not that it matters anymore

[lord trumpton]

Those bathroom tile cleaners - the ones you spray on, leave for 5 mins and then simply rinse off. These are st for 2 reasons

1 - I always forget to come back after 5 mins and rinse off so it just dries with run marks on the tiles

2 - They don't work

[Spare tyre]

My car

[wildcat45]

The key on corned beef tins. I can never get tem to open properly, or the little tab for the key breaks off.

[marmitemania]

Around 2.2 million people at the moment.

[MitchT]

lord trumpton said:

Anyone else get any to add to the list?

The internal comms department at Sainsbury's

[jmorgan]

Hotel toasters.

[Stenn]

Marriage.

[Pit Pony]

My wife's kidney's (probably - she has to have tests)

[Stugots]

Condoms. fk you Branson

[Pique]

The 'peel and reseal' sticker on Tesco pasta packets.

More like 'peel the top layer off leaving the sticky bit and a thin paper layer still holding the bag shut which won't come off in one piece' but for some reason they don't call it that.

[Rawwr]

Stephen Hawking.

[Hooli]

Border controls.