Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
Discussion
Nom de ploom said:
Bar staff that can't add two f
king numbers together.
"a pint of peroni and a diet coke, no ice please?"
barperson pulls beer first (first mistake but as that was what was requested first immediately assumes that is the first drink to prepare - it is not and never has been).
proceeds to get second drink. Total £4.75. I can add that up from the price list on the bar. no bar person has to go to til, press screen, come back ask for £4.75 (sometimes says please) returns to til, keys in amount to give change, returns with a possible thank you.
i know tills are electronic to keep stock levels and monitored and keep an eye on staff when they have to log in with a key fob everytime but crikey can they just not add up two numbers and save time and serve more people more quickly.
really annoys me
Yep and if they knew the prices in their head (not hard when you have been there a week) you will only have to walk half as much with one visit to the till not two.king numbers together."a pint of peroni and a diet coke, no ice please?"
barperson pulls beer first (first mistake but as that was what was requested first immediately assumes that is the first drink to prepare - it is not and never has been).
proceeds to get second drink. Total £4.75. I can add that up from the price list on the bar. no bar person has to go to til, press screen, come back ask for £4.75 (sometimes says please) returns to til, keys in amount to give change, returns with a possible thank you.
i know tills are electronic to keep stock levels and monitored and keep an eye on staff when they have to log in with a key fob everytime but crikey can they just not add up two numbers and save time and serve more people more quickly.
really annoys me
Having worked in a few busy bars in my time, you can do a LOT of walking during a shift.
While we are at it,bar staff who do not know who is next. Its irritating when some powerfully built director type is waving his 20 around intimidates the staff to get served next,but bar staff should be paying enough attention to know whose turn it is.
Oh, and Facebook Group invites. When someone invites you to a Group, it actually adds you to the Group. If you don't want to be in it then you have to leave it. And if you forget to tick the box to prevent others from re-inviting you, you have to do it again when you get invited again.
Why even call it an Invite when it clearly isn't?
Why even call it an Invite when it clearly isn't?
nonsequitur said:
8) Dishwasher.
Do any of you realise that a dishwasher recycles the water? Modern ones use less than a sink full of water to do a full load. The whole point of the detergent/washing up liquid/lump of powder with a red smartie pressed into it is to lift the grease off the surface it is stuck to and leave it in the water. Hence stuff comes out of the murky water clean.RizzoTheRat said:
My complete inability to step on to a broken travelator properly!
I can see its not working so I know it's just a step on to a slightly different surface that isn't moving. No different from stepping from a hard floor to a carpet. So why the hell do I stumble every time?
I've started to deliberately walk on the ones that aren't working to try and train myself. I can now get off them without stumbling but not managed stepping on properly yet. :-D
I'm glad it's not only me...my excuse is that i'm usually sober when i'm out and about...or soberer than normally.I can see its not working so I know it's just a step on to a slightly different surface that isn't moving. No different from stepping from a hard floor to a carpet. So why the hell do I stumble every time?
I've started to deliberately walk on the ones that aren't working to try and train myself. I can now get off them without stumbling but not managed stepping on properly yet. :-D
Rostfritt said:
Do any of you realise that a dishwasher recycles the water? Modern ones use less than a sink full of water to do a full load. The whole point of the detergent/washing up liquid/lump of powder with a red smartie pressed into it is to lift the grease off the surface it is stuck to and leave it in the water. Hence stuff comes out of the murky water clean.
I miss my old dishwasher. Used gallons of water, and had heater elements to dry the stuff after, so not exactly economical. But it could do an entire cycle in about an hour and leave the stuff bone dry at the end.My modern one takes almost 3 hours and doesn't dry the stuff properly either.
That's progress for you.
Had I known modern ones were so crap I'd have got my old one repaired. But it was the complicated mechanical control unit / timer that had failed and it didn't seem economic to replace.
This is the example that spurs the following entirely reasonable rant.
Misuse of information boards that trains people to not pay attention to them, so when they ARE needed to convey information, fewer people pay attention to them than if they just used them for their one stated purpose.
Imagine if there were adverts placed next to the motorway, white text with white pictograms on a blue background. How stupid would they be? They'd distract from the important white-on-blue motorway information signs.
Same thing goes for these.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Oh, and Facebook Group invites. When someone invites you to a Group, it actually adds you to the Group. If you don't want to be in it then you have to leave it. And if you forget to tick the box to prevent others from re-inviting you, you have to do it again when you get invited again.
Why even call it an Invite when it clearly isn't?
In fact, why even call it an invite when it's clearly an invitation? Why even call it an Invite when it clearly isn't?
V8mate said:
In fact, why even call it an invite when it's clearly an invitation?
Spelling & grammar aside, it's more of a "we added you to the Group, leave again if you don't want to be in it" notification than an invitation. Or, I suppose, an invitation to leave the Group if you don't want to be in it.But whatever you choose to call it, it's still annoying to me.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
V8mate said:
In fact, why even call it an invite when it's clearly an invitation?
Spelling & grammar aside, it's more of a "we added you to the Group, leave again if you don't want to be in it" notification than an invitation. Or, I suppose, an invitation to leave the Group if you don't want to be in it.But whatever you choose to call it, it's still annoying to me.
droopsnoot said:
eBay is annoying in a small way (apart from the really big ways) - every time I leave feedback for an item I've bought, it asks me "do you want to sell another item?" What? I haven't sold this item, I bought it.
eBay - you looked at this thing ONCE. You didn't watch it but now it's coming to an end so I thought I would send you an utterly pointless email telling you.Oh eBay again - remember that thing you weren't interested in and I emailed you about it? Well just to let you know another 5 have been listed but cheaper!!
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Bobberoo99 said:
A fair point well made, I just can't accept that they chose him to play that character, seems like sales power over realism to me!!!
The James Bond of the books was described as being quite physically different to the actors that have played him in film. Incidentally, did you know that in the book that the film Forrest Gump is based on, his mum actually says "Life isn't a box of chocolates".
Clockwork Cupcake said:
I miss my old dishwasher. Used gallons of water, and had heater elements to dry the stuff after, so not exactly economical. But it could do an entire cycle in about an hour and leave the stuff bone dry at the end.
My modern one takes almost 3 hours and doesn't dry the stuff properly either.
That's progress for you.
Had I known modern ones were so crap I'd have got my old one repaired. But it was the complicated mechanical control unit / timer that had failed and it didn't seem economic to replace.
Ours is probably a bit old and rubbish. It takes bloody hours but I usually stick it on overnight so it dried out by the morning. My main annoyance with new ones I have used is that they beep when they are done and won't shut up until you turn them off. There is no immediate action required from me when it is done so why do you even need to tell me? I have however seen one that projects on the ground a display of how long it has left which is pretty cool.My modern one takes almost 3 hours and doesn't dry the stuff properly either.
That's progress for you.
Had I known modern ones were so crap I'd have got my old one repaired. But it was the complicated mechanical control unit / timer that had failed and it didn't seem economic to replace.
The fact that many of us seem to have forgotten how to use a phone, particularly in public.
History of the telephone (condensed)
Since they are on speaker and are in public I feel no shame in standing closely so I can hear what it being discussed and speaking loudly myself.
History of the telephone (condensed)
1876: Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, everyone learns how to use one
. .
. . (everyone uses phones normally)
. .
2007: Apple releases the iPhone
. .
. . (some collective regression)
. .
2018: Idiots wander about in public, staring blankly into their phones and shouting into them
Since they are on speaker and are in public I feel no shame in standing closely so I can hear what it being discussed and speaking loudly myself.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
I miss my old dishwasher. Used gallons of water, and had heater elements to dry the stuff after, so not exactly economical. But it could do an entire cycle in about an hour and leave the stuff bone dry at the end.
My modern one takes almost 3 hours and doesn't dry the stuff properly either.
That's progress for you.
Had I known modern ones were so crap I'd have got my old one repaired. But it was the complicated mechanical control unit / timer that had failed and it didn't seem economic to replace.
We have a 10yr old Siemens dishwasher and it’s the same, 30-45mins for an intense wash and fully dries the dishes - it’s awesome. Wanted to take it with us when we move but the depth is too great and it just seems excessive to install it in the garage as a secondary dishwasher (never mind I’d be losing some of the garage storage space) My modern one takes almost 3 hours and doesn't dry the stuff properly either.
That's progress for you.
Had I known modern ones were so crap I'd have got my old one repaired. But it was the complicated mechanical control unit / timer that had failed and it didn't seem economic to replace.
loudlashadjuster said:
The fact that many of us seem to have forgotten how to use a phone, particularly in public.
History of the telephone (condensed)
Since they are on speaker and are in public I feel no shame in standing closely so I can hear what it being discussed and speaking loudly myself.
Or wander about in front of you so engrossed in their own little bubble world and when asked to move look at you like you're the problem, I'm not overly ashamed to admit to "moving" more than a couple out of the way!! History of the telephone (condensed)
1876: Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, everyone learns how to use one
. .
. . (everyone uses phones normally)
. .
2007: Apple releases the iPhone
. .
. . (some collective regression)
. .
2018: Idiots wander about in public, staring blankly into their phones and shouting into them
Since they are on speaker and are in public I feel no shame in standing closely so I can hear what it being discussed and speaking loudly myself.
Today's thing which is annoying me:- the amount of time it takes a Pistonheads page to load, this morning the little blue thing was going round for nearly 2 minutes!!!!!
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