Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Rich_W said:

This?

Kind of, but not so side-on.

It's one of the most basic model poses.

[Frank7]

nonsequitur said:

Well done Frank, You sussed the light-heartedness of my reply. It was too good a post to go ignore:.
ps, How did you know that I live in Reading?

Oh you’re good nonsequitur, you’re very
good, keep ‘em coming, I applaud you.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

I think I may have mentioned this before, but what annoys me beyond reason today is companies that
a) force you to create an account before you can order and then
b) if you add items to your basket, and then decide to think about things a little before clicking "buy", they then pester you by email to complete the order. Oh, sure, they dress it up as "can we assist you in completing your order?" but what they mean is "OMG we saw we almost got a big order. Please complete it! Please! Pleeeease! Pleeeeeeeeeeeease! Ah g'wan. G'wan, g'wan, g'wam. Y'will y'will y'wll. Ah g'wan."

My ex used to run an online business and used to do this, and it's one of the many things we didn't see eye-to-eye on. I am convinced it drives customers away rather than encouraging them to complete their order. It certainly puts me off.

(Yes, I acknowledge that sometimes it is useful. You may have thought you completed the order process and they might inform you that the order didn't complete. But on the whole, it whiffs of desperation and nagging)

[227bhp]

F1 and the news, the BBC news.

Why do we need to know who is fastest in free practice? We don't, it's totally irrelevant to anything.
On Sunday do we need to know who has won before it's on terrestrial TV? No we don't.
Those who have seen it don't need to know.
Those who haven't seen it don't want to know.
Those who don't follow it don't want to know either.

It's not news.

[Frank7]

Frank7 said:

nonsequitur said:

Well done Frank, You sussed the light-heartedness of my reply. It was too good a post to go ignore:.
ps, How did you know that I live in Reading?

Oh you’re good nonsequitur, you’re very
good, keep ‘em coming, I applaud you.

As if to illustrate that nonsequitur was right that I was getting annoyed for no good reason, that my wife’s 60 y.o. brother turns to her for stuff that a ten y.o. could do for himself, he called her around 09.30 today.
He’d spent the weekend at a hotel in Kent, he said to her, (my hand to God), “The nearest station is XXXXX, go online and find out the times of trains to London Victoria, and call me back, thanks sis.”
Nothing wrong there, eh?

[Europa1]

227bhp said:

F1 and the news, the BBC news.

Why do we need to know who is fastest in free practice? We don't, it's totally irrelevant to anything.
On Sunday do we need to know who has won before it's on terrestrial TV? No we don't.
Those who have seen it don't need to know.
Those who haven't seen it don't want to know.
Those who don't follow it don't want to know either.

It's not news.

I'm not sure you've grasped how news works.

[glenrobbo]

Europa1 said:

227bhp said:

F1 and the news, the BBC news.

Why do we need to know who is fastest in free practice? We don't, it's totally irrelevant to anything.
On Sunday do we need to know who has won before it's on terrestrial TV? No we don't.
Those who have seen it don't need to know.
Those who haven't seen it don't want to know.
Those who don't follow it don't want to know either.

It's not news.

I'm not sure you've grasped how news works.

To be fair, they could give a Spoiler alert before ruining 227bhp's day!
But it's Seb I feel sorry for!

[talksthetorque]

handpaper said:

Ink in 5 litre jugs is not bulk. Ink in 1000 litre IBCs or 25,000 litre tankers is bulk:

World class willy waving, you win.
(I bet that's not digital ink though, and they were 10 litre jugs btw )

[Teebs]

Companies using social 'influencers' on Instagram et al for advertising products. It's a complete and utter scam, of course these people like the product, they're getting paid to enjoy it.

How anyone is influenced by these morons I have no idea, it's a sad reflection upon a society that can't think for themselves.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Teebs said:

Companies using social 'influencers' on Instagram et al for advertising products. It's a complete and utter scam, of course these people like the product, they're getting paid to enjoy it.

How anyone is influenced by these morons I have no idea, it's a sad reflection upon a society that can't think for themselves.

Oh come on, Celebrity Endorsements have been around forever. It's just the definition of "Celebrity" has changed, that's all.

Companies have always paid people with social influence to influence potential customers into becoming actual customers.

[captain_cynic]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Oh come on, Celebrity Endorsements have been around forever. It's just the definition of "Celebrity" has changed, that's all.

Companies have always paid people with social influence to influence potential customers into becoming actual customers.

This.

Companies have figured out that it gets the same level of publicity as using a minor celebrity (I.E. some tart from Hollyoaks) but costs far less.

[Gary29]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Kind of, but not so side-on.

It's one of the most basic model poses.

This?

[GroundEffect]

glenrobbo said:

Last weekend I stayed in a hotel just outside Swansea.

After checking in I went to the bar and picked up a copy of the bar tariff/menu to see what refreshing beverages were available:

They had an IPA. .......... 5.4

I asked the bar tender ( not a barman yet, as he was far too young ) whether that was the ABV of said IPA?
"No", he replied, "the ABV is 5.9" ( Wow! A bit strong for an IPA, but there you go. )

"Then what is the 5.4?" I enquired.

"That is the price" he said.

5.4? 5.4 what exactly?

I wondered if it was some strange Welsh currency that I hadn't encountered previously.

Apparently it was Pounds Sterling.
£££££s.
GBP

£5.40

For a pint of IPA?

"Yes Sir, this particular splendid IPA is crafted in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Bloody hellfire, is it flown over here by private chartered jet?


I settled for a pint of Black Sheep at 4.8 whatevers.



Are they so hard up that they couldn't afford to pay to have the £ signs or 0s included in the price list?

Or is this one of those new fking pretentious designer "trends"?

Or are they so ashamed of their rip-off prices that they are trying to disguise them by omitting any notion of currency units?

I could understand if the hotel.had been in Knightsbridge.
But not fking Swansea FFS!

I get more worked up the more I think about it.

Edited by glenrobbo on Sunday 22 July 11:41

That's been a trend on menus for a while. It's designed to look more minimalist, and without a currency sign makes people spend more (psychological).

[droopsnoot]

glenrobbo said:

£5.40

For a pint of IPA?

Yes, that annoyed me about a new place that's opened up locally - £5.10 for a pint (not sure what of, presumably lager) when the rest of town struggles along at £3.30-£3.80 depending on the product. And they don't have a lemonade dispenser thing (not sure of the proper name, the snake head thing) so if you want a lager with some lemonade in it for some reason, that's another £1.50 for a mixer bottle of lemonade. So £6.60 for a pint of lager shandy.

Full every time I walked past, though, so maybe it's me that's wrong.

[MartG]

GroundEffect said:

glenrobbo said:

Last weekend I stayed in a hotel just outside Swansea.

After checking in I went to the bar and picked up a copy of the bar tariff/menu to see what refreshing beverages were available:

They had an IPA. .......... 5.4

I asked the bar tender ( not a barman yet, as he was far too young ) whether that was the ABV of said IPA?
"No", he replied, "the ABV is 5.9" ( Wow! A bit strong for an IPA, but there you go. )

"Then what is the 5.4?" I enquired.

"That is the price" he said.

5.4? 5.4 what exactly?

I wondered if it was some strange Welsh currency that I hadn't encountered previously.

Apparently it was Pounds Sterling.
£££££s.
GBP

£5.40

For a pint of IPA?

"Yes Sir, this particular splendid IPA is crafted in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Bloody hellfire, is it flown over here by private chartered jet?


I settled for a pint of Black Sheep at 4.8 whatevers.



Are they so hard up that they couldn't afford to pay to have the £ signs or 0s included in the price list?

Or is this one of those new fking pretentious designer "trends"?

Or are they so ashamed of their rip-off prices that they are trying to disguise them by omitting any notion of currency units?

I could understand if the hotel.had been in Knightsbridge.
But not fking Swansea FFS!

I get more worked up the more I think about it.

Edited by glenrobbo on Sunday 22 July 11:41

That's been a trend on menus for a while. It's designed to look more minimalist, and without a currency sign makes people spend more (psychological).

If a pricelist doesn't specify the currency e.g. the 5.4 mentioned above, could you pay in whatever you wanted ? Offer 5.4 biscuits for example ?

[Cotty]

droopsnoot said:

And they don't have a lemonade dispenser thing (not sure of the proper name, the snake head thing)

I think its called a bargun.

Schroeder Bargun and Wunder-Bar Gun seems to be most popular

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Cotty said:

Schroeder Bargun and Wunder-Bar Gun seems to be most popular

There is also Schroedinger's Bargun - it only has one button and you don't know what will come out until you press it.

[nonsequitur]

Frank7 said:

Frank7 said:

nonsequitur said:

Well done Frank, You sussed the light-heartedness of my reply. It was too good a post to go ignore:.
ps, How did you know that I live in Reading?

Oh you’re good nonsequitur, you’re very
good, keep ‘em coming, I applaud you.

As if to illustrate that nonsequitur was right that I was getting annoyed for no good reason, that my wife’s 60 y.o. brother turns to her for stuff that a ten y.o. could do for himself, he called her around 09.30 today.
He’d spent the weekend at a hotel in Kent, he said to her, (my hand to God), “The nearest station is XXXXX, go online and find out the times of trains to London Victoria, and call me back, thanks sis.”
Nothing wrong there, eh?

Thank you Frank. Your additional explanation does make your BIL sound a tad ecentric.

[RizzoTheRat]

227bhp said:

F1 and the news, the BBC news.

Why do we need to know who is fastest in free practice? We don't, it's totally irrelevant to anything.
On Sunday do we need to know who has won before it's on terrestrial TV? No we don't.
Those who have seen it don't need to know.
Those who haven't seen it don't want to know.
Those who don't follow it don't want to know either.

It's not news.

In a similar vein...

I have no interest in football, and was in the car during the last England game the other week, listening to the radio. Between every song they'd have a quick mention of the football and the current score. Why? Surely anyone who wanted to follow the football would be listening on a station that was broadcasting it, and their audience would be mainly people who aren't interested, and people who were planning to watch it on catch up when they got home so didn't want to know the score.

It must be bloody annoying if you're in to sport but aren't able to watch it live as it's nearly impossible to avoid hearing about it .

[nonsequitur]

RizzoTheRat said:

227bhp said:

F1 and the news, the BBC news.

Why do we need to know who is fastest in free practice? We don't, it's totally irrelevant to anything.
On Sunday do we need to know who has won before it's on terrestrial TV? No we don't.
Those who have seen it don't need to know.
Those who haven't seen it don't want to know.
Those who don't follow it don't want to know either.

It's not news.

In a similar vein...

I have no interest in football, and was in the car during the last England game the other week, listening to the radio. Between every song they'd have a quick mention of the football and the current score. Why? Surely anyone who wanted to follow the football would be listening on a station that was broadcasting it, and their audience would be mainly people who aren't interested, and people who were planning to watch it on catch up when they got home so didn't want to know the score.

It must be bloody annoying if you're in to sport but aren't able to watch it live as it's nearly impossible to avoid hearing about it .

Just one thing. ' The Likely Lads ' trying to avoid hearing the footie score so it won't spoil the highlights later on. Classic comedy, Classic surprise ending.