Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

[FiF]

TameRacingDriver said:

I also prefer a written record at work. Not just for arse covering, but also so I can refer back and give the person exactly what they want without my old, tired brain forgetting things. Also when you can barely understand the person you're speaking to on the phone (quite common with our Indian friends), then it eliminates the language barrier.

Also with a written record and assuming that records are more widely accessible then in the case where someone is not available, eg holiday, sick, away travelling, then AN Other can pick up an issue and run with it and do so fully informed.

There's nothing worse than being landed with something urgent and the info you need is at best in a disorderly pile on someone's unattended desk.

A proper CRM type system diligently used and configured can seem anal but really works.

[Truckosaurus]

skyebear said:

New bottles of water with the tethered lids.

I am quite liking the new style lids, saves clumsy people like me dropping them on the deck.

Once you automatically get in the habit that you rotate the open lid to the side to drink out of the bottle then it is no impediment.

[Pitre]

skyebear said:

New bottles of water with the tethered lids.

Why don't milk bottles have similar?

[Alickadoo]

Pitre said:

skyebear said:

New bottles of water with the tethered lids.

Why don't milk bottles have similar?

Some Tetrapak milk cartons do.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Not good on a bottle you have to shake though and now the lid is full of drink and drips down your work shirt.

[generationx]

Truckosaurus said:

I am quite liking the new style lids, saves clumsy people like me dropping them on the deck.

Once you automatically get in the habit that you rotate the open lid to the side to drink out of the bottle then it is no impediment.

People who don’t simply write “I quite like”.

[jonysan]

generationx said:

Truckosaurus said:

I am quite liking the new style lids, saves clumsy people like me dropping them on the deck.

Once you automatically get in the habit that you rotate the open lid to the side to drink out of the bottle then it is no impediment.

People who don’t simply write “I quite like”.

I wonder if they speak like that? "I am liking" dreadfully affected.

[popeyewhite]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Not good on a bottle you have to shake though and now the lid is full of drink and drips down your work shirt.

My almond milk cartons have this now. There's no easy to pour the milk to avoid the cap so I have to rip the bloody thing off. A right PITA.

[LunarOne]

jonysan said:

generationx said:

Truckosaurus said:

I am quite liking the new style lids, saves clumsy people like me dropping them on the deck.

Once you automatically get in the habit that you rotate the open lid to the side to drink out of the bottle then it is no impediment.

People who don’t simply write “I quite like”.

I wonder if they speak like that? "I am liking" dreadfully affected.

Yet they write "I was sat" instead of "I was sitting".

[fatboy18]

skyebear said:

New bottles of water with the tethered lids.

Completely agree, I twist them off PIA

[ChocolateFrog]

The parking outside my kids school is a bit of a nightmare and as a result the traffic grinds to a bit of a halt.

Frustrating if you're not actually collecting children I'm sure but the level of moron you have to be to floor it in Frustration when there is more than 10m of space in front of you is incomprehensible to be me.

Well done you've run over a 4 year old but atleast you made a lot of noise and impressed the rest of us with your judgement and intellect.

Almost every day too.

[Doofus]

There must be hardly any kids left by now...

[hidetheelephants]

LankyFreak said:

does he do it in a stupid voice, can't help but read this in a Reddit voice.

What is a reddit voice?

[skyebear]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Not good on a bottle you have to shake though and now the lid is full of drink and drips down your work shirt.

I appreciate the drive for recycling and reducing litter but I honestly can't recall seeing anyone throw away a bottle lid before. The benefit of a bottle vs a can is you can close the lid and save some for later so there's an incentive to retain the lid. And if someone is determined to litter they'll throw the lid and bottle in the street.

Maybe I've missed the purpose of it though.

[Composer62]

skyebear said:

I appreciate the drive for recycling and reducing litter but I honestly can't recall seeing anyone throw away a bottle lid before. The benefit of a bottle vs a can is you can close the lid and save some for later so there's an incentive to retain the lid. And if someone is determined to litter they'll throw the lid and bottle in the street.

Maybe I've missed the purpose of it though.

I agree. It's a solution to a non-problem.

[Doofus]

Composer62 said:

skyebear said:

I appreciate the drive for recycling and reducing litter but I honestly can't recall seeing anyone throw away a bottle lid before. The benefit of a bottle vs a can is you can close the lid and save some for later so there's an incentive to retain the lid. And if someone is determined to litter they'll throw the lid and bottle in the street.

Maybe I've missed the purpose of it though.

I agree. It's a solution to a non-problem.

My understanding is that some facilities can't recycle lids on their own because they're too small. In the same way, aluminium foil should ideally be in tennis ball sized lumps.

[80sVeteran]

Doofus said:

... In the same way, aluminium foil should ideally be in tennis ball sized lumps.

Is that right? I never knew that. I might have to start aggregating my foil into larger lumps.

[Doofus]

80sVeteran said:

Doofus said:

... In the same way, aluminium foil should ideally be in tennis ball sized lumps.

Is that right? I never knew that. I might have to start aggregating my foil into larger lumps.

I've been told it by somebody who should know, but I think it depends upon the machinery used by your recycling centre.

[droopsnoot]

Doofus said:

80sVeteran said:

Doofus said:

... In the same way, aluminium foil should ideally be in tennis ball sized lumps.

Is that right? I never knew that. I might have to start aggregating my foil into larger lumps.

I've been told it by somebody who should know, but I think it depends upon the machinery used by your recycling centre.

I was keeping foil out of the recycling, because there's a sticker on my recycling bin with "yes" and "no" lists of popular items, and it says "no" to aluminium foil. The brochure they sent says yes, though, so now I rebel against the sticker and put it in. But another flyer says to keep everything separate rather than bunching stuff up, which would suggest making larger lumps isn't ideal.

[Doofus]

Like I said, different machinery = inconsistent instructions.