Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)

[nonsequitur]

paua said:

nonsequitur said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

When you say "sorry" to someone who is in your way, meaning "excuse me, you are in my way. Please move" and they reply "That's ok".

No, it is not ok. Move your fat arse out of my way.

I would argue: Sorry= you have done something to apologise for.
Excuse me= Would you mind moving a bit so that I can get on with my life.

Move your goddamn truck/ shift yo' lazy arse

I really wanted to type that. But this IS PistonHeads, and a modicum of decorum is required.

[Etypephil]

nonsequitur said:

paua said:

nonsequitur said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

When you say "sorry" to someone who is in your way, meaning "excuse me, you are in my way. Please move" and they reply "That's ok".

No, it is not ok. Move your fat arse out of my way.

I would argue: Sorry= you have done something to apologise for.
Excuse me= Would you mind moving a bit so that I can get on with my life.

Move your goddamn truck/ shift yo' lazy arse

I really wanted to type that. But this IS PistonHeads, and a modicum of decorum is required.

[RizzoTheRat]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

After all, where else but Britain could someone barge into you and you say "sorry" as well as the person doing the barging?

Canada. They actually have a law that saying sorry at the scene of an accident isn't counted as an admission of guilt.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

RizzoTheRat said:

Canada. They actually have a law that saying sorry at the scene of an accident isn't counted as an admission of guilt.

[Shakermaker]

Vending machines and the apparent need for exact change only, even though they are then able to refund your money in a different format.

I put in a few coins to get my first item, fine. Put in a £1 coin to get something costing 60p and it bleeps at me "Exact change only"

I hit the refund button and instead of my £1 coin, it gives me 10x 10p coins!

Which of course, 6 go straight back in and I get my drink, but it could have done that in the first place!

[Europa1]

Shakermaker said:

Vending machines and the apparent need for exact change only, even though they are then able to refund your money in a different format.

I put in a few coins to get my first item, fine. Put in a £1 coin to get something costing 60p and it bleeps at me "Exact change only"

I hit the refund button and instead of my £1 coin, it gives me 10x 10p coins!

Which of course, 6 go straight back in and I get my drink, but it could have done that in the first place!

Hospital pay & display machines seem particularly prone to being "no change given".

[Shakermaker]

Europa1 said:

Hospital pay & display machines seem particularly prone to being "no change given".

At least this machine does give change, but it won't let you overpay either if it can't make change. And this is a brand new machine with a fancy interface, but clearly old-style mechanicals inside for dealing the money back out

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Shakermaker said:

Vending machines and the apparent need for exact change only, even though they are then able to refund your money in a different format.

I put in a few coins to get my first item, fine. Put in a £1 coin to get something costing 60p and it bleeps at me "Exact change only"

I hit the refund button and instead of my £1 coin, it gives me 10x 10p coins!

Which of course, 6 go straight back in and I get my drink, but it could have done that in the first place!

That's crazy! So the machine is effectively capable of dispensing change but has been configured not to. Apart from via the workaround that you've inadvertently discovered.

I share your annoyance.

[MrsMiggins]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

It varies by region, but in many places it is extremely British to use the word "sorry" in all sorts of multi-purpose ways including the context I used it in.

After all, where else but Britain could someone barge into you and you say "sorry" as well as the person doing the barging?

A Spanish colleague of mine recently evidenced her total assimilation to British culture when she needed to ask someone to do something they should have done already and she started by saying "sorry, but can you just..."

[Clockwork Cupcake]

MrsMiggins said:

A Spanish colleague of mine recently evidenced her total assimilation to British culture when she needed to ask someone to do something they should have done already and she started by saying "sorry, but can you just..."

[NWTony]

MrsMiggins said:

A Spanish colleague of mine recently evidenced her total assimilation to British culture when she needed to ask someone to do something they should have done already and she started by saying "sorry, but can you just..."

The word "just" when linked to any job - can you just look at this for me, can you just find this etc. Only there to suggest this is a minimal task that you shouldn't complain about doing right away.

[BigBen]

V8mate said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

V8mate said:

People who don't have a street number clearly displayed on their property.

Presumably you mean houses that *have* a street number not displaying it? I think that is already a requirement from Royal Mail isn't it?

But are they holding firing squads at local sorting offices? No.

They should with the owners of houses with names first against the wall.

[fatboy18]

V8mate said:

People who don't have a street number clearly displayed on their property.

Post-Brexit, I shall be petitioning Priti Patel to bring back the death penalty for such a deed.

100% Agree about this
Some people have a number on their front door but the door may be down the twisty garden path away from the road.
Having done a few delivers in my time, I can tell you it's a nightmare.
Even Shops in High Streets, where sometimes there is a office or something above. There are often no numbers! Delivery takes longer which causes stress to said driver or post person who has probably had to pull up on a yellow line someplace and run back and forth trying to find the entrance.

As a result of having experienced this first hand I have a number on the post roadside and number on the Door. And don't let your hedges grow over the number or name plate

[Clockwork Cupcake]

NWTony said:

The word "just" when linked to any job - can you just look at this for me, can you just find this etc. Only there to suggest this is a minimal task that you shouldn't complain about doing right away.

[nonsequitur]

V8mate said:

People who don't have a street number clearly displayed on their property.

Post-Brexit, I shall be petitioning Priti Patel to bring back the death penalty for such a deed.

Our village is so posh that there are only house names, no numbers. followed by 'The Street'.

[bristolbaron]

nonsequitur said:

Our village is so posh that there are only house names, no numbers. followed by 'The Street'.

Roads that only have house names should be forced to have them in alphabetical order-
Ash cottage
Beech house
Cedar view
Etc

[Clockwork Cupcake]

bristolbaron said:

Roads that only have house names should be forced to have them in alphabetical order-
Ash cottage
Beech house
Cedar view
Etc

I think you should be forced to stop posting.

Royal Mail should extend or replace postcodes so that each house has a uniquely identifiable code. Then the house name and number become irrelevant. Systems already exist (eg. at the rawest form, latitude and longitude, GPS coordinates, etc.) and other more compact systems also exist. All that's needed is for the postal services companies to adopt one.

Adding an extra digit or two onto the existing post code format would give the extra precision needed. That way existing postcodes continue to provide the same granularity, whilst the extra digits give extra precision.

[bristolbaron]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

bristolbaron said:

Roads that only have house names should be forced to have them in alphabetical order-
Ash cottage
Beech house
Cedar view
Etc

I think you should be forced to stop posting.

Royal Mail should extend or replace postcodes so that each house has a uniquely identifiable code. Then the house name and number become irrelevant. Systems already exist (eg. at the rawest form, latitude and longitude, GPS coordinates, etc.) and other more compact systems also exist. All that's needed is for the postal services companies to adopt one.

Adding an extra digit or two onto the existing post code format would give the extra precision needed. That way existing postcodes continue to provide the same granularity, whilst the extra digits give extra precision.

Would it annoy you beyond reason if I don’t? Or would it be worse if I agree with you?

I’d never really considered the postcode system not to be effective, but working a lot in rural Wales the postcodes cover huge areas. A postcode/what3words mash up would solve a lot of problems!

[Clockwork Cupcake]

bristolbaron said:

Would it annoy you beyond reason if I don’t? Or would it be worse if I agree with you?

LOL. I was just riffing on the "should be forced..." thing.

bristolbaron said:

I’d never really considered the postcode system not to be effective, but working a lot in rural Wales the postcodes cover huge areas. A postcode/what3words mash up would solve a lot of problems!

Yup. The system is deficient, so fix the root cause rather than devising workarounds within the existing system.

[Lily the Pink]

bristolbaron said:

A postcode/what3words mash up would solve a lot of problems!

Why involve postcodes at all - wouldn't what3words do a better job (it would obviously need to be in the public domain) ? As an aside - how does what3words distinguish between flats with a common entrance ?