Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
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king Beano annual.
DoubleD said:
I also sometimes use Amazon Prime, I think its rather good. Very quick and very cheap.
Ditto, especially when you live way out in the sticks. My current need (pun intended) is for a load of 15amp blade fuses; I know I can get them tomorrow without having to wait until I have enough stuff I need to buy to warrant the 20-mile round trip to my nearest Halfords where they will be far more expensive and/or only sold in mixed lots. I do wonder how sustainable it is though, having their vans trundling around for tiny deliveries like that.SCEtoAUX said:
Also.... The line "Evil Darth Vader, he's been banished to Mars" Well Sarah Brightman, Star Wars was set in a galaxy far far away, so even with hyperdrive and all that gubbins, there's no way anyone is being sent to another galaxy to live out their days.
Yeah, but if Sarah Brightman had been in Bucks Fizz instead of Cheryl Baker, would Jay Aston still have been your favourite?Lily the Pink said:
I do wonder how sustainable it is though, having their vans trundling around for tiny deliveries like that.
They tend to use freelancers for some deliveries. I've had evening deliveries where the tracker software has shown "1 more stop" all the way from Theale to me, and when it arrived it was a guy in a private car. When I mentioned it to him, he said it was on his way home which was why he picked up that delivery.SCEtoAUX said:
Also.... The line "Evil Darth Vader, he's been banished to Mars" Well Sarah Brightman, Star Wars was set in a galaxy far far away, so even with hyperdrive and all that gubbins, there's no way anyone is being sent to another galaxy to live out their days.
But it was also a long time ago, so he could have reached Mars about now.Sheets Tabuer said:
Mince pies. stop offering me the fecking things, they taste like arse.
Well now all of us who didn't know what arse tastes like can rely rely on your experience of arse and rest easy in the knowledge that it tastes like mince pies. I never wondered what arse tastes like by the way. I left that sort of thing to those who were interested. Good to know though.Jader1973 said:
DoubleD said:
There is a lot of science to a shop layout, they plan very carefully where items are placed, they know that putting an item in a certain place is more likely to make you buy it, even if you didnt think you wanted it.
I had it all explained to me many years ago when I was restocking the Presto (remember them?) I worked in after it was refitted. All to do with things being in eye line etc.It is also the reason the milk is right at the back of every Australian supermarket I've been in.
Milk’s at the back because everyone buys it and they want you to walk as much of the store as possible.
Hackney said:
Jader1973 said:
DoubleD said:
There is a lot of science to a shop layout, they plan very carefully where items are placed, they know that putting an item in a certain place is more likely to make you buy it, even if you didnt think you wanted it.
I had it all explained to me many years ago when I was restocking the Presto (remember them?) I worked in after it was refitted. All to do with things being in eye line etc.It is also the reason the milk is right at the back of every Australian supermarket I've been in.
Milk’s at the back because everyone buys it and they want you to walk as much of the store as possible.
Hackney said:
There’s a lot of science to it. Sadly the distance between the people doing the science, the people paying for it (manufacturers) and the store is light years.
Milk’s at the back because everyone buys it and they want you to walk as much of the store as possible.
Not in my nearest Lidl. The booze is all right at the back. Same reasoning, different customer base perhaps.Milk’s at the back because everyone buys it and they want you to walk as much of the store as possible.
SCEtoAUX said:
People who think Cheryl Baker was hotter than Jay Aston in Bucks Fizz' heyday.
Even now Aston is hotter than Baker ever was.
Hmmm?Even now Aston is hotter than Baker ever was.
Cheryl was always the 'fun' one, whereas Jay often wore an expression akin to a slapped arse. Then there was "that dress" for Land Of Make Believe... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPv2szNsg8U ...and the fact that Cheryl is 7 years older than Jay. At 65 she's looking pretty damned good to be fair.
Lily the Pink said:
Hackney said:
There’s a lot of science to it. Sadly the distance between the people doing the science, the people paying for it (manufacturers) and the store is light years.
Milk’s at the back because everyone buys it and they want you to walk as much of the store as possible.
Not in my nearest Lidl. The booze is all right at the back. Same reasoning, different customer base perhaps.Milk’s at the back because everyone buys it and they want you to walk as much of the store as possible.
One thing which Lidl has adopted contrary to traditional, British supermarkets, is having the bakery first. Typically, in-store bakeries were in the back corner of the store - again to make people walk the entire store to reach a daily commodity. In many stores, the bakery oven vents were run all the way to the front door though, giving customers a 'sniff trail' of freshly baked bread
Hackney said:
There’s a lot of science to it. Sadly the distance between the people doing the science, the people paying for it (manufacturers) and the store is light years.
Milk’s at the back because everyone buys it and they want you to walk as much of the store as possible.
My local Tesco, failed. Milk is near to the entrance and is clearly visible upon entering. (If the flowers wern't in the way).Milk’s at the back because everyone buys it and they want you to walk as much of the store as possible.
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