Things that annoy you (12 Viewers)

Deleted member 5849 · Nov 12, 2023

Nick said:
Why?

Indeed!

(Spot those of us who get our shopping delivered!)

One of the good things to come out of the pandemic, the discovery that somebody can deliver my shopping so I can get on with other things rather than driving to the supermarket, and I can think in advance what I want rather than either going aimlessly up and down aisles looking for something that's out of stock, or getting distracted by the offers!

(Still prefer to look at certain things before buying them, but the farm shop can do a nice line in fruit, veg, and certain meat!)

Sick Boy · Nov 12, 2023

I used to do it around 2009/2010 and found that half the time the food was about to go off, they’d do substitutes I didn’t want. Luckily I’m no longer trusted to go by myself so get out of it most of the time.

Nick · Nov 12, 2023

Deleted member 5849 said:
Indeed!

(Spot those of us who get our shopping delivered!)

One of the good things to come out of the pandemic, the discovery that somebody can deliver my shopping so I can get on with other things rather than driving to the supermarket, and I can think in advance what I want rather than either going aimlessly up and down aisles looking for something that's out of stock, or getting distracted by the offers!

(Still prefer to look at certain things before buying them, but the farm shop can do a nice line in fruit, veg, and certain meat!)

I hate food shopping so being able to do it with about 5 clicks is ideal.

Nothing worse than people stopping in front of you.

ProfessorbyGrace · Nov 12, 2023

ProfessorbyGrace said:
Neighbours with numerous and unnecessarily bright motion-sensor floodlights in their gardens.

I was calling the cat in earlier, and it was like a scene from a prison movie as she cut across the lawn - it triggered three (previously uninstalled) lights that, I imagine, could have easily burnt through my retinas if I had stared at them for more than a second.

Might need a welders mask for any further night forays into that coronal discharge.

Part Two (The Saga Continues):

Said feline was, again, beckoned homeward with the traditional: ‘Pspspspspsps!’ noise, and to my astonishment, she managed to trigger them all (including a new one, on their shed) by merely being in the detection zone of one of the things - they must be synchronised!

Mr Neighbour must have been very busy doing that, today…he’s even put outdoor fairy lights around the whole upper perimeter of the garden, to create a welcoming, lulling effect before the collapsing stars activate. Will machine gun nests be next, I wonder?

Any brighter, and I fully expect the lights to disrupt the Space/Time Continuum and create a temporal vortex where the searing beams meet.

Might need more than a welders mask to brave it again, at this rate; possibly require a biohazard suit and a Geiger counter.

More updates will follow, like it or not.

ajsccfc · Nov 12, 2023

Imagine wanting supermarket delivery drivers to all be unemployed. What a monster

David O'Day · Nov 12, 2023

Blind-Faith said:
The amount of people ( perfectly able bodied ) who get their shopping delivered. Just go to the shop you fucking lazy arseholes

nah, i might meet people like you otherwise

Blind-Faith · Nov 13, 2023

And now you can’t make a journey anywhere , without getting stuck behind one dawdling along. All because someone was too lazy to walk to the shop.

dutchman · Nov 13, 2023

Mail order firms demanding I leave them a review on a third-party website.

Yes, I ordered a product and it was delivered. What do they expect, a f'ckin medal?

Deleted member 5849 · Nov 13, 2023

Blind-Faith said:
And now you can’t make a journey anywhere , without getting stuck behind one dawdling along. All because someone was too lazy to walk to the shop.

One can carrying a dozen loads is less traffic than a dozen cars.

Now, if you'd said people not using their local shop and instead going to three supermarket...

ovduk78 · Nov 13, 2023

Blind-Faith said:
The amount of people ( perfectly able bodied ) who get their shopping delivered. Just go to the shop you fucking lazy arseholes

We live 17 miles from Stirling and there is only a local co-op & Tescos (who both charge more than they do in Stirling) in the town where we live. It costs us more to travel to Stirling than the delivery charge so why wouldn't we get it delivered?

fernandopartridge · Nov 13, 2023

Repeat but lazy bastards dropping their kids to school by car. It's not as if they are likely to live much further than a mile away at most.

shmmeee · Nov 13, 2023

fernandopartridge said:
Repeat but lazy bastards dropping their kids to school by car. It's not as if they are likely to live much further than a mile away at most.

Walking my daughter in this morning and we passed a couple of kids getting into a car on their driveway in the same uniform so same school. We were a five minute walk away, through a cul de sac, or a ten minute drive to go all round the estate, onto the main road, and back to the other side of the dead end to get to school. Just mental.

It’ll be because the parents have to go straight on to work I reckon.

fernandopartridge · Nov 13, 2023

shmmeee said:
Walking my daughter in this morning and we passed a couple of kids getting into a car on their driveway in the same uniform so same school. We were a five minute walk away, through a cul de sac, or a ten minute drive to go all round the estate, onto the main road, and back to the other side of the dead end to get to school. Just mental.

It’ll be because the parents have to go straight on to work I reckon.

Yeah, though driving straight to work from school is counter-productive anyway, literally driving into traffic that could be avoided by leaving later.

oscillatewildly · Nov 13, 2023

BodicoteSkyBlue said:
Taylor or Turner, carving up and shoving a tea light in him seems a tad harsh.

Would t(he)y not like that.

Brighton Sky Blue · Nov 13, 2023

fernandopartridge said:
Yeah, though driving straight to work from school is counter-productive anyway, literally driving into traffic that could be avoided by leaving later.

Maybe they don’t have the luxury of starting work at 9 or working from home

shmmeee · Nov 13, 2023

Brighton Sky Blue said:
Maybe they don’t have the luxury of starting work at 9 or working from home

Most primary schools start around 8:40 don’t they? If you’ve not got those luxuries I doubt you’re doing the school run TBH.

Greggs · Nov 14, 2023

Walking through a Spider Web.

Tommo1993 · Nov 14, 2023

Greggs said:
Walking through a Spider Web.

No Doubt. It’s an alright song.

BodicoteSkyBlue · Nov 14, 2023

Greggs said:
Walking through a Spider Web.

Home wrecker!!

DrPoolittle · Nov 14, 2023

Ah for the good old days when ordering something meant “28 days for delivery” instead of this “next day delivery” nonsense.
Possibly not relevant for foodstuffs though

thekidfromstrettoncamp · Nov 15, 2023

fernandopartridge said:
Repeat but lazy bastards dropping their kids to school by car. It's not as if they are likely to live much further than a mile away at most.

At our local school you can forget about driving past at least half an hour before chuck out time as drivers pull up as near as they can, across driveways,on double yellows,street corners and footpaths. Traffic wardens would have a field day.Lord help you if you drive a vehicle of decent size. I've said before on here sat behind one switched for about 10 minutes because he could not get through.I'd ban cars from within 200 yds of a school at this time. Soon see if Johnney needs picking up

shmmeee · Nov 16, 2023

DrPoolittle said:
Ah for the good old days when ordering something meant “28 days for delivery” instead of this “next day delivery” nonsense.
Possibly not relevant for foodstuffs though

First thing I ordered online was from the states and had a seven week shipping time!

ovduk78 · Nov 16, 2023

The supermarket I work for told us today that we would have turkeys in the store in time for Thanksgiving! Another US dreadful thing that can fuck right off!

wingy · Nov 16, 2023

That reminds me, what ever became of birdflu?

Mcbean · Nov 16, 2023

dutchman said:
Mail order firms demanding I leave them a review on a third-party website.

Yes, I ordered a product and it was delivered. What do they expect, a f'ckin medal?

Mostly this comes in before you get delivery !!!!

fernandopartridge · Nov 16, 2023

wingy said:
That reminds me, what ever became of birdflu?

It's still around isn't it? Cases detected in people last year and was rampant in the bird population last winter. That's what led to the egg shortage.

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Brighton Sky Blue · Nov 16, 2023

New entry: rustling noises from paper bags.

OffenhamSkyBlue · Nov 17, 2023

wingy said:
That reminds me, what ever became of birdflu?

This is the current picture in the UK - one case in Scotland and one in England (well, Lincolnshire, a well known county of chicken pluckers).

SkyBlueSoul · Nov 17, 2023

Got my car insurance renewal through and it's a 45% increase on last year. More annoyingly it still beats a lot of other quotes I've got.

ovduk78 · Nov 17, 2023

SkyBlueSoul said:
Got my car insurance renewal through and it's a 45% increase on last year. More annoyingly it still beats a lot of other quotes I've got.

According to Martin Lewis the best time to get a renewal price is 20-25 days before renewal date. I look on price comparison sites & then ring up current provider to see if they can give me a better price but this year Carole Nash couldn't be bothered so I moved to a new provider.

Nick · Nov 17, 2023

Brighton Sky Blue said:
New entry: rustling noises from paper bags.

In the cinema?

SkyBlueSoul · Nov 17, 2023

ovduk78 said:
According to Martin Lewis the best time to get a renewal price is 20-25 days before renewal date. I look on price comparison sites & then ring up current provider to see if they can give me a better price but this year Carole Nash couldn't be bothered so I moved to a new provider.

Yep, I'm 20 days before and started looking this week but haven't had any joy. I was waiting for the renewal to see how it compared, was surprised that it beat all but 1 of the quotes.

Brighton Sky Blue · Nov 17, 2023

Nick said:
In the cinema?

Anywhere

ajsccfc · Nov 17, 2023

I tried all the tricks and 40% increase was the best I ended up with. Might crash my car just to feel like it's been worth it

Tommo1993 · Nov 17, 2023

Managed to get a car insurance monthly decrease of around £10-15 for when I renew. Paying £70 p/m currently.

Everything’s coming up Milhouse!

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