Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

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chesby

476 posts

223 months

Sunday 19th November 2017
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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’.

kowalski655

14,599 posts

142 months

Sunday 19th November 2017
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Even though they are not honourable, and rarely right


Same as barristers calling each other"my learned friend", although they are neither their friend, nor learned smile

Europa1

10,923 posts

187 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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The positioning of the coin lock on Sainsbury's trolleys.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

99 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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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.

MartG

20,626 posts

203 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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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.
Nor at Morrisons, where they saved money by not converting them to the new £1 coin, and simply disabled them instead

Triumph Man

8,670 posts

167 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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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).
scratchchin Definite downward trend there, OP. wink

And I'm so sorry to hear about your elephant. weeping
No wonder they could hear him if he's got an elephant up there!

Clockwork Cupcake

74,404 posts

271 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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Europa1 said:
The positioning of the coin lock on Sainsbury's trolleys.
You mean right where you want to put your hand? Yes, that annoys me too. yes

Cotty

39,391 posts

283 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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Shakermaker said:
No such issues at my Sainsburys, where coins are not required.
Yep same here, I don't think they have a problem with people stealing trollies. I suppose it depends on the area.

Europa1

10,923 posts

187 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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Clockwork Cupcake said:
Europa1 said:
The positioning of the coin lock on Sainsbury's trolleys.
You mean right where you want to put your hand? Yes, that annoys me too. yes
Yep, that's it.

captain_cynic

11,876 posts

94 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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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).

MartG

20,626 posts

203 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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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.
Cleveleys, near Blackpool. Even the SUV crowd here return their trolleys smile

Clockwork Cupcake

74,404 posts

271 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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People talking on the phone in a quiet open plan office, especially when they are wearing a gaming headset and therefore don't realise how loudly they are talking.

Mind you, people who use speakerphone in an open plan office are even worse.

Balmoral

40,661 posts

247 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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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

V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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Balmoral said:
• Meat
>snigger<

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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I wonder what's wrong with cork?

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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Balmoral said:

• Documents
WTF? confused

Balmoral said:
• Explosives
• Flammable Solids
• Samsung Galaxy Note 7
hehe

Triumph Man

8,670 posts

167 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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SpeckledJim said:
I wonder what's wrong with cork?
Do they have to charge corkage?

JustinF

6,795 posts

202 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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Balmoral said:
Courier Company's.

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I regualarly send booze by courier for work, we use Ipostparcels aka UK Mail.
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.

cuprabob

14,422 posts

213 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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SpeckledJim said:
I wonder what's wrong with cork?
It can be a bit cold and wet but a very nice place smile

MartG

20,626 posts

203 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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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.
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.
A lot of couriers will only accept some things e.g. liquids of any sort if you are a contract customer, not a private individual sending the occasional item

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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