Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
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What's with those IKEA uniforms?Was the Grand Opening of their Reading store just filming for 'Gladiators' on the cheap?
"Shoppers! You will go on my first whistle! Gladiators! You will go on my second whistle!"
(and you MUST follow the one-way system past the tealights and bog brushes, or the complete 'Smorgasbord' kitchen you think you're getting for £4.50 will be taken from you at the checkout, you'll be disqualified, and escorted from the store)
yellowjack said:
"Shoppers! You will go on my first whistle! Gladiators! You will go on my second whistle!"
(and you MUST follow the one-way system past the tealights and bog brushes, or the complete 'Smorgasbord' kitchen you think you're getting for £4.50 will be taken from you at the checkout, you'll be disqualified, and escorted from the store)
(and you MUST follow the one-way system past the tealights and bog brushes, or the complete 'Smorgasbord' kitchen you think you're getting for £4.50 will be taken from you at the checkout, you'll be disqualified, and escorted from the store)
ClockworkCupcake said:
I got dragged to IKEA once. I had to drive through bloody Croydon to get there too, which was bad enough in itself.
My lovely wife was delighted with the cheap tealights and Russian made glass tumblers that were all we bought. "Look at all the money we've saved!" she said. I feared she'd been assimilated at that point, as no account was taken of the wear and tear on the car and on my nerves as a result of the trip 1/3 the way around the M25 and into Croydon, but a lengthy course of counselling eventually had her right as rain again.
The trouble is, IKEA is spreading like an airborne disease. Now that there are stores in Southampton and Reading, I'll have to work harder on my excuses for not wanting to go...
yellowjack said:
It's not funny!
I got dragged to IKEA once. I had to drive through bloody Croydon to get there too, which was bad enough in itself.
My lovely wife was delighted with the cheap tealights and Russian made glass tumblers that were all we bought. "Look at all the money we've saved!" she said. I feared she'd been assimilated at that point, as no account was taken of the wear and tear on the car and on my nerves as a result of the trip 1/3 the way around the M25 and into Croydon, but a lengthy course of counselling eventually had her right as rain again.
The trouble is, IKEA is spreading like an airborne disease. Now that there are stores in Southampton and Reading, I'll have to work harder on my excuses for not wanting to go...
Don't let her near Costco then. They actually make you pause at the entrance so that the assimilation laser can do its '£100 minimum spend' work. And the average item price makes a bag of tealights look most inconsequential. I got dragged to IKEA once. I had to drive through bloody Croydon to get there too, which was bad enough in itself.
My lovely wife was delighted with the cheap tealights and Russian made glass tumblers that were all we bought. "Look at all the money we've saved!" she said. I feared she'd been assimilated at that point, as no account was taken of the wear and tear on the car and on my nerves as a result of the trip 1/3 the way around the M25 and into Croydon, but a lengthy course of counselling eventually had her right as rain again.
The trouble is, IKEA is spreading like an airborne disease. Now that there are stores in Southampton and Reading, I'll have to work harder on my excuses for not wanting to go...
V8mate said:
Don't let her near Costco then. They actually make you pause at the entrance so that the assimilation laser can do its '£100 minimum spend' work. And the average item price makes a bag of tealights look most inconsequential.
LOL this is so true. 
I have actually managed a visit to Costco with a spend of less than £100 once, but that's because Farnborough's Costco is only just down the road and I popped in specifically to get one item I needed and made a conscious effort to just get that. I was so proud of myself.
But, yes, it's usually pretty much impossible to get out of Costco with a bill of less than £100.
This annoys me...
http://www.4publicpurity.org/#menu
- not because it may be a fake (and thus a wind up), nor the dislike of 'man's best friend' but this para -
"On top of that, Restaurants owners cannot be trusted to uphold perform the cleansing of impure vessels that have been licked by dogs, thus making it impossible for a Muslim to have a worry free experience when eating out."
What sort of eateries has the author been visiting to come to that conclusion? The Ivy?
http://www.4publicpurity.org/#menu
- not because it may be a fake (and thus a wind up), nor the dislike of 'man's best friend' but this para -
"On top of that, Restaurants owners cannot be trusted to uphold perform the cleansing of impure vessels that have been licked by dogs, thus making it impossible for a Muslim to have a worry free experience when eating out."
What sort of eateries has the author been visiting to come to that conclusion? The Ivy?
james_tigerwoods said:
The BBC are doing some "live" minute by minute commentary for the 1966 world cup.
Does anyone really want this? A celebration of about the only English football success - I get that there might want to be a celebration of it, but this seems unnecessarily tragic..
Bit harsh - it's not as it was 50 years ago.....oh, wait a minute.Does anyone really want this? A celebration of about the only English football success - I get that there might want to be a celebration of it, but this seems unnecessarily tragic..
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whoami said:
Recumbent bikes.
Most villages have one. 
My mum nearly died of embarrassment, we all nearly died laughing. Anyway, as you were.
Websites where you add some things to your shopping cart but decide you won't purchase just yet and will come back later, and then get several emails from the company trying to persuade you to go through with the sale.
Maybe I don't want to? Maybe I was just pricing things up? Maybe I won't buy from you now because you've annoyed me?
Maybe I don't want to? Maybe I was just pricing things up? Maybe I won't buy from you now because you've annoyed me?
Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Saturday 16th July 17:51
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