Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
Discussion
Tyre Tread said:
Noisy feckers in communal lunch areas, particularly those playing you tube videos to their mates at max volume on their s
tty tinny phones.
Agreed tty tinny phones.Also idiots on site who use those bloody great makita radios to blast out s
te FM right next to where you are trying to work, and then turn it up so they can hear it when they move into the next room down instead of taking it with them. Just been to Tesco. Kid at the side of me (early to mid 20s) on the self-scan is running through his sarnie, crisps and pop. Won't let him pay for it because there are "restricted items". He says to me "WTF!?" and whilst waiting for the woman to come over he shows me his meal deal - tuna crunch sub, hula hoops and bottle of Mountain Dew. 
Woman comes over:
"Have you got some ID?"
"What for?"
"You've got Mountain Dew there and you need it now to buy it".
[laughing] "Yeah whatever!"
"No seriously, it's an energy drink and they're now restricted items to under 18s so I'll need to see some ID to prove you're over 18 otherwise I can't let you buy it".
Kid didn't have any ID so had to go swap it for a bottle of Pepsi! How the juddering fk does that make any sense? They're both loaded to the eyeballs with sugar!
World has officially gone bonkers!
Woman comes over:"Have you got some ID?"
"What for?"
"You've got Mountain Dew there and you need it now to buy it".
[laughing] "Yeah whatever!"
"No seriously, it's an energy drink and they're now restricted items to under 18s so I'll need to see some ID to prove you're over 18 otherwise I can't let you buy it".
Kid didn't have any ID so had to go swap it for a bottle of Pepsi! How the juddering f
k does that make any sense? They're both loaded to the eyeballs with sugar!World has officially gone bonkers!
Antony Moxey said:
gothatway said:
"The sun shines on the righteous". Often said by my MiL if it's a sunny day. She obviously doesn't know the rest of the saying !
Neither do I, what is it please?I prefer:
"The rain falls on the unjust and also onto the just fella
But mostly on the just as the unjust's has nicked the just's umbrella"
kowalski655 said:
Its the caffeine in it I believe-not allowed to kiddies in nanny Britain
I've just looked at the ingredients online - "Citrus flavour soft drink" - no mention of it being an energy drink. Caffeine is the last item in the list before 'colouring', so there's basically none in it. If caffeine is now some sort of kiddy killer that it can only be sold to over 18s with ID then presumably no-one under 18 can buy a cup of coffee anywhere either, right? Or even a jar of coffee for that matter?Willy Nilly said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
Willy Nilly said:
Do gooders, often lefties, animal rights activists and environmentalists who are full of what the problem is, but a little short on what the answer is.
do Farage and BoJo count as do-gooders or lefties or what?SlimJim16v said:
kowalski655 said:
Its the caffeine in it I believe-not allowed to kiddies in nanny Britain
Coke? Pepsi? Pepsi : http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Pc3DgtrjHak/UESAHx_y44I/...
One banned to under 18s, the other not.
The fact that a supermarket is restricting the sale of 'energy drinks' is hardly something that should annoy you beyond reason, especially when it just applies to kids and not the powerfully built PH company directors. Other EU countries have restricted the sale of these sorts of idiot drinks on and off over the years so I'm surprised it's taken the British nanny state so long to catch up.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/...
Toyoda said:
The fact that a supermarket is restricting the sale of 'energy drinks' is hardly something that should annoy you beyond reason, especially when it just applies to kids and not the powerfully built PH company directors. Other EU countries have restricted the sale of these sorts of idiot drinks on and off over the years so I'm surprised it's taken the British nanny state so long to catch up.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/...
It 'annoyed me beyond reason' that some kid getting a sandwich and drink was being prevented from doing so because of some stupid nanny state law that a) achieves absolutely nothing and b) affects a drink that isn't even an energy drink. Mountain Dew has been around for as long as I can remember and it was often the preferred drink to 7up and Sprite back in the 90s and earlier as it tastes a lot better (imo). For reasons I can't remember it disappeared off the shelves for a long time but has recently made a bit of a come back. I have since noted that there are also 'energy' versions of it, so it would appear that Tesco have just blanket banned all varieties instead of applying some common sense.https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/...
But still, if caffeine is the issue then why aren't kids banned from buying cups of coffee and jars of same? Won't someone.. anyone think of the poor children?????????!!11 /s
Lemming Train said:
SlimJim16v said:
kowalski655 said:
Its the caffeine in it I believe-not allowed to kiddies in nanny Britain
Coke? Pepsi? Pepsi : http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Pc3DgtrjHak/UESAHx_y44I/...
One banned to under 18s, the other not.
Me included.
And I’m 60 on Saturday! It’s f
king ridiculous.The Brummie said:
Sainsbury’s are now required to manually approve all energy drink sales to every single customer.
Me included.
And I’m 60 on Saturday! It’s fking ridiculous.
Oh, worse than that, the new auto checkouts also need every single bottle of beer or wine 'approved' by a member of staff. A loud recorded voice bleats out "approval needed" multiple times if you turn up at the checkout with a half dozen bottles of wine of wine or beer.Me included.
And I’m 60 on Saturday! It’s f
king ridiculous.I complained at the indignity (I'm nearly 70) to them, and pointed out that it was the age of the customer that needed approving, not each bloody bottle, so why not get the system to just call out once, but alI got was a blank uncomprehending stare in reply.
Roofless Toothless said:
The Brummie said:
Sainsbury’s are now required to manually approve all energy drink sales to every single customer.
Me included.
And I’m 60 on Saturday! It’s fking ridiculous.
Oh, worse than that, the new auto checkouts also need every single bottle of beer or wine 'approved' by a member of staff. A loud recorded voice bleats out "approval needed" multiple times if you turn up at the checkout with a half dozen bottles of wine of wine or beer.Me included.
And I’m 60 on Saturday! It’s f
king ridiculous.I complained at the indignity (I'm nearly 70) to them, and pointed out that it was the age of the customer that needed approving, not each bloody bottle, so why not get the system to just call out once, but alI got was a blank uncomprehending stare in reply.
ks isn’t it? Can’t have this. Can’t have that. It might be bad for your health. Blah blah blah.
What next? Approval needed for bacon because, let’s face it, too much bacon is also bad for you according to the experts.
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