Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
MartG said:
MPs being referred to as 'the right honorable' - honorable !!! Why the fk are those lying, scheming, self serving, inhumane gobstes called honorable ?
MPs are referred to as ‘Honourable’. When they become members of the Privy Council they are then referred to as ‘Right Honourable’.Europa1 said:
The positioning of the coin lock on Sainsbury's trolleys.
seems to vary between branches of the same store. The Tesco near me did away with the coin slots for a year or so, but they have come back.
Only now, they are the ones where you actually have to place a coin in the holder and slot it in, rather than the type where you can just jimmy it open with one of the special keyfob things that I have from my airport days. Meaning I now always need to have a £1 coin or a special trolley token to use it.
No such issues at my Sainsburys, where coins are not required.
Shakermaker said:
Europa1 said:
The positioning of the coin lock on Sainsbury's trolleys.
seems to vary between branches of the same store. The Tesco near me did away with the coin slots for a year or so, but they have come back.
Only now, they are the ones where you actually have to place a coin in the holder and slot it in, rather than the type where you can just jimmy it open with one of the special keyfob things that I have from my airport days. Meaning I now always need to have a £1 coin or a special trolley token to use it.
No such issues at my Sainsburys, where coins are not required.
glenrobbo said:
davhill said:
Nah, I don't feed on grudges and I've better things on. it'd be nice if they re-did their review.
My 11 fair reviews from the first year are:
one 5-star, eight 4star and two 3-star.
In any case, I'm transferring to a different booking agency (that vets reviews). I have to take my
place off the current one so that review'll become a sick pachyderm (illelephant).
Definite downward trend there, OP. My 11 fair reviews from the first year are:
one 5-star, eight 4star and two 3-star.
In any case, I'm transferring to a different booking agency (that vets reviews). I have to take my
place off the current one so that review'll become a sick pachyderm (illelephant).
And I'm so sorry to hear about your elephant.
MartG said:
Nor at Morrisons, where they saved money by not converting them to the new £1 coin, and simply disabled them instead
Might I ask, where do you live because in my corner of Hants, if Morries did that the nearby creek and car park would be full of abandoned trolleys. For the SUV driving crowd, the only reason they bother to take them back to the trolley bay is to get their £1 back otherwise they'd just leave them in an empty car bay (or the aisle if no empty bays were nearby).
captain_cynic said:
MartG said:
Nor at Morrisons, where they saved money by not converting them to the new £1 coin, and simply disabled them instead
Might I ask, where do you live because in my corner of Hants, if Morries did that the nearby creek and car park would be full of abandoned trolleys. Courier Company's.
This is a pretty standard exclusion list for pretty much all the courier company's, I've checked several of them, they all have the same or very similar lists. Basically, none of them should be in business or trading at all, as almost everything is prohibited.
I went to the post office this morning to send six bottles of whisky to someone, they asked me what was in the box and the value, but they wouldn't send six bottles, as the maximum is two per consignment, so I went to a courier, DPD, but alcohol is prohibited, they wouldn't touch it. It was the same with UPS (who actually delivered it to me in the first place, the name of the UPS account holder? Whisky Broker, I kid you not).
Aerosols
• Aftershaves
• Air Bag
• Alcoholic Beverages
• Ammunition
• Animals of any form (alive or dead)
• Antiques And Works Of Art
• Any Item Containing Petrol (Liquid, Gas Or Fumes)
• Apparel Worth Over £250
• Aromatherapy Oil
• Asbestos
• Axe
• Balloons
• Basin
• Basins
• Bath/Bathroom Suites
• Batteries
• Biological Samples
• Blade
• Books
• Cameras
• Cash, Credit Cards, Debit Cards
• Chainsaw
• Cheques
• Chocolate
• Christmas Crackers
• Compressed Air & Empty Cylinders
• Confectionary
• Cork
• Corrosive Substances
• Costume Jewellery Worth Over £250
• Counterfeit Currency
• Counterfeit Goods
• Credit/Debit/Cash Cards
• Dangerous Goods
• Designer Goods
• Diamonds
• Documents
• Driving Licence
• Drugs (including prescription)
• Dry Ice
• Electronic Items Containing Any Batteries Exceeding 100Kwh
• Electronic Items Sent With New Alkaline, Nickel Metal Hydride (Nimh) Or Nickel Cadmium (Nicd) Batteries
• Engines
• Environmental Waste
• Explosives
• Filth
• Fire Extinguisher
• Firework
• Fish (live or dead)
• Flammable Liquids
• Flammable Solids
• Food Items
• Fragrance
• Gases
• Gearbox
• Gems
• Geochron
• Goods Made In Foreign Prisons
• Gun
• Hazardous Goods
• Hover Board/Swegway/Segway
• Human Flesh
• Human Remains
• Ice
• Illegal Goods
• Infectious substances
• Item Described As "Unknown"
• Ivory
• Jewellery
• Juice
• Kayaks
• Kitchen Appliances – White Goods/Coffee Machines/Microwaves
• Knife
• Knives
• Ladders
• Laptop
• Leather
• Lighter
• Lights/Lighting/Lamps/Chandeliers
• Liquids/Creams/Oils
• Lithium Batteries
• Lithium Battery
• Loose Precious Stones
• Lottery Tickets
• Magnetised Materials
• Magnets
• Matches
• Mattress
• Meat
• Medical Equipment
• Micro Processors
• Milk Powder (Formula)
• Minerals
• Mobile Phones Outside The EU
• Mobile Telephones And Accessories Worth Over £250
• Money/Cash/Currency/Vouchers
• Nail Varnish
• Obscene Publications And Pornography
• Oil
• Oxidising Materials And Peroxides (Including Hair Dyes)
• Paint
• Paintings/Canvas Prints
• Passport
• Perfumes
• Perishable Goods
• Pesticides
• Phonographic Material
• Plant
• Poisonous Or Toxic Liquids, Solids Or Gases
• Precious Metals (E.G. Gold, Silver)
• Precious Metals (Gold/Silver/Platinum Etc.)
• Precious Stones
• Printer Toner/ Ink Cartridges (International Parcels Only)
• Protein/Health Shakes
• Radioactive Materials
• Replica Weapons
• Samsung Galaxy Note 7
• Scented Candles
• Seatbelt Tensioner
• Settee
• Sink/Basin
• Slush Syrup
• Soap
• Sofa
• Spectacles
• Stamps
• Steering Wheel
• Surf Board
• Telescopes
• Television
• Tickets
• Tobacco And Tobacco Products
• Toilets
• Tyre
• Vehicle Bonnet
• Vehicle Bumper
• Vehicle Parts
• Water
• Water-Based Paints, Inks, Wood Varnishes And Enamels
• Weapons
• Wheels
• Windscreen
• Wooden Items
This is a pretty standard exclusion list for pretty much all the courier company's, I've checked several of them, they all have the same or very similar lists. Basically, none of them should be in business or trading at all, as almost everything is prohibited.
I went to the post office this morning to send six bottles of whisky to someone, they asked me what was in the box and the value, but they wouldn't send six bottles, as the maximum is two per consignment, so I went to a courier, DPD, but alcohol is prohibited, they wouldn't touch it. It was the same with UPS (who actually delivered it to me in the first place, the name of the UPS account holder? Whisky Broker, I kid you not).
Aerosols
• Aftershaves
• Air Bag
• Alcoholic Beverages
• Ammunition
• Animals of any form (alive or dead)
• Antiques And Works Of Art
• Any Item Containing Petrol (Liquid, Gas Or Fumes)
• Apparel Worth Over £250
• Aromatherapy Oil
• Asbestos
• Axe
• Balloons
• Basin
• Basins
• Bath/Bathroom Suites
• Batteries
• Biological Samples
• Blade
• Books
• Cameras
• Cash, Credit Cards, Debit Cards
• Chainsaw
• Cheques
• Chocolate
• Christmas Crackers
• Compressed Air & Empty Cylinders
• Confectionary
• Cork
• Corrosive Substances
• Costume Jewellery Worth Over £250
• Counterfeit Currency
• Counterfeit Goods
• Credit/Debit/Cash Cards
• Dangerous Goods
• Designer Goods
• Diamonds
• Documents
• Driving Licence
• Drugs (including prescription)
• Dry Ice
• Electronic Items Containing Any Batteries Exceeding 100Kwh
• Electronic Items Sent With New Alkaline, Nickel Metal Hydride (Nimh) Or Nickel Cadmium (Nicd) Batteries
• Engines
• Environmental Waste
• Explosives
• Filth
• Fire Extinguisher
• Firework
• Fish (live or dead)
• Flammable Liquids
• Flammable Solids
• Food Items
• Fragrance
• Gases
• Gearbox
• Gems
• Geochron
• Goods Made In Foreign Prisons
• Gun
• Hazardous Goods
• Hover Board/Swegway/Segway
• Human Flesh
• Human Remains
• Ice
• Illegal Goods
• Infectious substances
• Item Described As "Unknown"
• Ivory
• Jewellery
• Juice
• Kayaks
• Kitchen Appliances – White Goods/Coffee Machines/Microwaves
• Knife
• Knives
• Ladders
• Laptop
• Leather
• Lighter
• Lights/Lighting/Lamps/Chandeliers
• Liquids/Creams/Oils
• Lithium Batteries
• Lithium Battery
• Loose Precious Stones
• Lottery Tickets
• Magnetised Materials
• Magnets
• Matches
• Mattress
• Meat
• Medical Equipment
• Micro Processors
• Milk Powder (Formula)
• Minerals
• Mobile Phones Outside The EU
• Mobile Telephones And Accessories Worth Over £250
• Money/Cash/Currency/Vouchers
• Nail Varnish
• Obscene Publications And Pornography
• Oil
• Oxidising Materials And Peroxides (Including Hair Dyes)
• Paint
• Paintings/Canvas Prints
• Passport
• Perfumes
• Perishable Goods
• Pesticides
• Phonographic Material
• Plant
• Poisonous Or Toxic Liquids, Solids Or Gases
• Precious Metals (E.G. Gold, Silver)
• Precious Metals (Gold/Silver/Platinum Etc.)
• Precious Stones
• Printer Toner/ Ink Cartridges (International Parcels Only)
• Protein/Health Shakes
• Radioactive Materials
• Replica Weapons
• Samsung Galaxy Note 7
• Scented Candles
• Seatbelt Tensioner
• Settee
• Sink/Basin
• Slush Syrup
• Soap
• Sofa
• Spectacles
• Stamps
• Steering Wheel
• Surf Board
• Telescopes
• Television
• Tickets
• Tobacco And Tobacco Products
• Toilets
• Tyre
• Vehicle Bonnet
• Vehicle Bumper
• Vehicle Parts
• Water
• Water-Based Paints, Inks, Wood Varnishes And Enamels
• Weapons
• Wheels
• Windscreen
• Wooden Items
JustinF said:
Balmoral said:
Courier Company's.
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I regualarly send booze by courier for work, we use Ipostparcels aka UK Mail.Stuff
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Alcohol is exluded from their insurance cover, so if it breaks it's tough titties.
Book online and self label, no explaining to counter staff involved.
I was thinking of selling a surplus litre bottle of gear oil but couldn't find a courier who would accept it
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