Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
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droopsnoot said:
Doofus said:
droopsnoot said:
My new bath towel. Nothing special, just a black cotton bath sheet from Tesco the other week. It's been through the washing machine twice now, but it's still leaving black stuff stuck to my face and shedding bits of dust all over the bathroom floor. Will it stop doing this before it's so worn out it needs to be replaced?
Do you use a tumble dryer?number2 said:
Packets of tablets usually have a leaflet folded around one end of the blister packs.
It annoys me beyond reason that this is the damn end of the oacket I always open :banghead.
This morning it was hay-fever tablets. I have made a mental note now - after many years - that for these, the leaflet was wrapped around the right hand side. Let's see if this is standard.
More often than not it seems to me that the leaflet is indeed wrapped round the right-hand end. Of course with some boxes it might not be obvious which is the right hand end. And others don't obey the rule anyway. I think it might be because most people will open the right-hand end by default, which means the leaflet has at least got to be handled even though they cannot make you read it.It annoys me beyond reason that this is the damn end of the oacket I always open :banghead.
This morning it was hay-fever tablets. I have made a mental note now - after many years - that for these, the leaflet was wrapped around the right hand side. Let's see if this is standard.
And I am now unreasonably annoyed because I cannot decide whether "right hand" should have a hyphen or not.
Netflix has an amazing amount of utter rubbish on there.
I'm also sick of suspensful or thriller type movies/tv shows where the picture is so dark that you can't clearly see what the feck is happening. Every scene is shot in darkness or some guy creeping around a building.
I get that it is meant to be dark, tense, scary and it's nighttime, but at least brighten it a bit so you can see the bloody people involved
I'm also sick of suspensful or thriller type movies/tv shows where the picture is so dark that you can't clearly see what the feck is happening. Every scene is shot in darkness or some guy creeping around a building.
I get that it is meant to be dark, tense, scary and it's nighttime, but at least brighten it a bit so you can see the bloody people involved
While we're on about pharmacies, medication and scrips, here is my current problem. Some time ago saw the GP after some tests and at the end he said "Is it OK if I put you on 12 month prescriptions, everything is really stable. You don't have to ask for repeats online or by phone, just pop into your nominated pharmacy when you want some and it will be there."
Seemed more efficient.
So next time I needed supplies, walked into pharmacy, announced it was me and I just needed some x and y. Bag arrives containing *everything* that is listed on my scrips. If I handed in a scrip to the gp with only particular boxes ticked, or the online equivalent, that is only what I would receive. Seems not possible with this 12 month system.
So after a third visit the cupboard where I store my stuff now looks like a pharmacy shelf. Discussing this with the pharmacist their suggested solution was to give back all the excess that I didn't need. Of course then that would be destroyed.
Shakes head. Madness. Going to go back to old system, which places more work back on the GPs unfortunately.
Seemed more efficient.
So next time I needed supplies, walked into pharmacy, announced it was me and I just needed some x and y. Bag arrives containing *everything* that is listed on my scrips. If I handed in a scrip to the gp with only particular boxes ticked, or the online equivalent, that is only what I would receive. Seems not possible with this 12 month system.
So after a third visit the cupboard where I store my stuff now looks like a pharmacy shelf. Discussing this with the pharmacist their suggested solution was to give back all the excess that I didn't need. Of course then that would be destroyed.
Shakes head. Madness. Going to go back to old system, which places more work back on the GPs unfortunately.
popeyewhite said:
captain.scarlet said:
jimmytheone said:
captain.scarlet said:
One of my favourite clips satirising this very issue!
Directly from that video - people doing interviews whilst driving AND NOT LOOKING AT WHERE THEY'RE fEdited by captain.scarlet on Thursday 30th March 00:09
kING GOING.They should be prosecuted.
Rarely, if ever, does someone doing an interview from the drivers seat add anything that couldn't be done via voiceover or from passenger seat.
STOP IT!
The other thing I take from the satirical clip is the bit where he says "I'll be learning more about the country in which I grew up". Indeed, programmes of that sort always have to have a poignant tribute to the host as they go on a journey of self-discovery...again it's the Licence Fee that's paying for it.
Eventually these humbled hosts become such household names it paves the way for them to feature as panellists on Question Time (i.e. the well-spoken documentary host guest, typically placed next to a politician whom they hold in contempt).
We have the content, when we need it, at our fingertips.
Certain programmes may still live on like drama series ans quiz shows, but independent content on the Internet is killing off things like comedy/sketch shows, cooking programmes, documentaries and so on.
For example, it's nice to be able to see a backpacker on YouTube travel across the world and document his journeys and get some ad revenue for it, knowing that he would never have been able to get a programme on TV, not least when all the recycled has-beens continue to dominate the airwaves.
You can even get channels where a group get together for football punditry and discussion.
Likewise, people with their own cooking videos or those uploading comedic humour . I don't need to tune in or catch up on Mary Berry or the Hairy Bikers, thanks.
It seems as though TV is now an inefficient means of entertainment that belongs in a bygone era.
Today it's the people that did the remodelling work on this house years prior to me buying it.
I just keep finding horrors over the years, today it was the bathroom. 2 walls are tiled and I've never needed to do anything to them. Have just repapered and painted the ceiling and the other 2 walls. But now we are changing the suite and decided on a total strip and re-tile. Husband decided that he was going to remove the top row of tiles and the ones next to the papered wall so he could get on with the papering.
One wall gave up its dabbed and dotted tiles easily, moved on to the adjoining wall to find the tiles are tucked up into the ceiling and the non tiled wall. When you look up into the gap between the wall and ceiling you can see the base of another row of tiles! Oh and the wall is coming away with the tiles.
Just who tiles 2 walls and then builds a ceiling and adjoining wall 2 inches over the tiles??
Oh and not a single tile spacer was used in this travesty.
I just keep finding horrors over the years, today it was the bathroom. 2 walls are tiled and I've never needed to do anything to them. Have just repapered and painted the ceiling and the other 2 walls. But now we are changing the suite and decided on a total strip and re-tile. Husband decided that he was going to remove the top row of tiles and the ones next to the papered wall so he could get on with the papering.
One wall gave up its dabbed and dotted tiles easily, moved on to the adjoining wall to find the tiles are tucked up into the ceiling and the non tiled wall. When you look up into the gap between the wall and ceiling you can see the base of another row of tiles! Oh and the wall is coming away with the tiles.
Just who tiles 2 walls and then builds a ceiling and adjoining wall 2 inches over the tiles??
Oh and not a single tile spacer was used in this travesty.
Entitled dog walkers
I live in the countryside and even though there is a woods and loads of fields, these dogs walkers decide to walk on the road.
Today I see two dogs walkers, blocking the road, this is a nsl country road, easy two car width. They move to the side as hear me, I slow to 30 and pass them with a whole car space. No drama from my point, I pass horses etc all the time never any issues.
As I pass I hear them ranting something, my window was open, and putting their arm up like I had dared to scare their stupid dogs( I didn't), who I feel sorry for now living with them. Proper loons, if you are so precious maybe don't walk on roads?
Shame my dash cam was off but I'm sure I did something wrong...
I live in the countryside and even though there is a woods and loads of fields, these dogs walkers decide to walk on the road.
Today I see two dogs walkers, blocking the road, this is a nsl country road, easy two car width. They move to the side as hear me, I slow to 30 and pass them with a whole car space. No drama from my point, I pass horses etc all the time never any issues.
As I pass I hear them ranting something, my window was open, and putting their arm up like I had dared to scare their stupid dogs( I didn't), who I feel sorry for now living with them. Proper loons, if you are so precious maybe don't walk on roads?
Shame my dash cam was off but I'm sure I did something wrong...
matchmaker said:
Rain sensing wipers.
Oh, if you want proper annoyance, try driving a Tesla. Musk didn’t want to buy an off the shelf sensor so he had the cameras programmed to recognise spots of rain and turn on the wipers. Except it’s feckin useless. Rarely turning when you want them too. Or flipping away double speed when it’s dry. There are many reasons to dislike Musk but that one really makes me want to smack him round the chops. Deranged Rover said:
FiF said:
Sympathise with this. Mind you if it's like our Co-Op where you have to wait for your empty bag in the bagging area to be approved by a non existent member of staff then the student approach is the quickest.
Indeed. The only supermarket I've encountered that asks you to put your bags into the bagging area before you start so that it can take account of them is Lidl, and even that's a recent thing. None of the others can cope with it.Looking forward to my Cranberry and Pecan toast in the morning now...
The "we think you will like this based on what you watched before" section.
The Omen. Really? I have not watched a single horror movie om you, because we don't watch them FFS. So how, just how, did you come up with The Omen?
I have been watching "The Last Kingdom" so what the hell?!?!?
The Omen. Really? I have not watched a single horror movie om you, because we don't watch them FFS. So how, just how, did you come up with The Omen?
I have been watching "The Last Kingdom" so what the hell?!?!?
Jasandjules said:
The "we think you will like this based on what you watched before" section.
The Omen. Really? I have not watched a single horror movie om you, because we don't watch them FFS. So how, just how, did you come up with The Omen?
I have been watching "The Last Kingdom" so what the hell?!?!?
ALL4’s Recommended: I very rarely watch reality programmes, but I am watching Rise and Fall and Tempting Fortune.The Omen. Really? I have not watched a single horror movie om you, because we don't watch them FFS. So how, just how, did you come up with The Omen?
I have been watching "The Last Kingdom" so what the hell?!?!?
Now it thinks I want to watch all the other reality s
e that it pumps out. 
Life after love island Untold: I have never watched an episode in my life.
Married at first site.
The Bachelorette. (Australia).
Some House Sex experiment thing.
...Fred Shouxbun ‘First Dates’ travel programme.
( A success rate of 25%)
Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 1st April 10:25
Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 1st April 10:58
AstonZagato said:
matchmaker said:
Rain sensing wipers.
Oh, if you want proper annoyance, try driving a Tesla. Musk didn’t want to buy an off the shelf sensor so he had the cameras programmed to recognise spots of rain and turn on the wipers. Except it’s feckin useless. Rarely turning when you want them too. Or flipping away double speed when it’s dry. There are many reasons to dislike Musk but that one really makes me want to smack him round the chops. Can we please lose rain sensing altogether and go back to an intermittent position with an adjustable gap.
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