I wish it hadn't been invented....
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Those auto sensing air fresheners in toilets. You walk in for a wee and get sprayed in the face with a vile, over powering stench.
Dangly things that my missus seems to want to hang off every single door handle.
Using other things for plates in pubs and restaurants. Just give me my food on a plate for god's sake, not on a plank or an old slate roof tile!
Gas BBQ's. Not in the spirit of things.
Dangly things that my missus seems to want to hang off every single door handle.
Using other things for plates in pubs and restaurants. Just give me my food on a plate for god's sake, not on a plank or an old slate roof tile!
Gas BBQ's. Not in the spirit of things.
Smartphones are one of the best inventions and similarly one of the worst inventions.
Coming from someone who grew up in the 80s/90s the idea of having what is essentially a PC in my pocket, from which I can listen to my entire music collection, access the internet, take decent photographs, use as a satnav etc is quite something. That said because I grew up without a smartphone until I was in my 20s, it means I can detach myself from it. I'd quite happily leave it at home.
Sadly it's the users who cannot be without a phone that make them such a bad invention. Combine it with social media and all the other stuff the 'the youths' can't tear themselves away from and it makes for a bit of a sad society!
Coming from someone who grew up in the 80s/90s the idea of having what is essentially a PC in my pocket, from which I can listen to my entire music collection, access the internet, take decent photographs, use as a satnav etc is quite something. That said because I grew up without a smartphone until I was in my 20s, it means I can detach myself from it. I'd quite happily leave it at home.
Sadly it's the users who cannot be without a phone that make them such a bad invention. Combine it with social media and all the other stuff the 'the youths' can't tear themselves away from and it makes for a bit of a sad society!
Taticalnuclearpenguin said:
Emails, f
king emails and the senders expectations that once sent the recipient should reply immediately.
Some prat having a go at me because I said I received his email on Tuesday. He insists I received it on Thursday as it hit my inbox at 8pm. I had Friday off and Monday was a bank holiday, I didn't receive it until I opened my outlook on Tuesday morning. king emails and the senders expectations that once sent the recipient should reply immediately.Having to "sign up" to every single website just to buy something. No I don't want an account, I don't want you to remember my details, and I don't want to receive a newsletter telling me about your st, I just want to buy this one item and be done with you.
Is that an invention? I don't care either way, I'm having it.
t, I just want to buy this one item and be done with you.Is that an invention? I don't care either way, I'm having it.
sleepera6 said:
Flies
I hate them, I have severe OCD around them to the point that I feel the need to grap some Flash wipes and polish where I have seen them walk, they look disgusting, they walk around your food, they make annoying noises....
.. yeah I do have a phobia of them, embarassingly.
Get some Venus flytrap plants. Sunny windowsill, keep them nice and damp with rainwater and they will grow quickly and silently sit there "hunting" flies. It's like having friendly triffids helping you out. Great little things.I hate them, I have severe OCD around them to the point that I feel the need to grap some Flash wipes and polish where I have seen them walk, they look disgusting, they walk around your food, they make annoying noises....
.. yeah I do have a phobia of them, embarassingly.
sinbaddio said:
Using other things for plates in pubs and restaurants. Just give me my food on a plate for god's sake, not on a plank or an old slate roof tile!
This! I live somewhere popular with tourists and pretty much every restaurant/bar/café is doing it because they seem to think it makes them stand out. It doesn't, and how the hell do you get a plank of wood properly clean. And don't get me started on those stupid little metal baskets of chips. Oh and fine dining, I just want a decent plate of food cooked well, I don't need it in a Jus or with foam or any other pretentious crap that everywhere feels they need to do now, you're not on masterchef you're a pub. 
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