[Annoy] What's something small that really annoys you?

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#2941676 13-Jul-2022 23:29

The aesthetically awful way in which they connect heated towel rails in NZ.

I saw a beautifully designed towel rail today with the same hideous bit of white cable hanging out of the bottom. Why on earth they cannot use hidden fixings and cables like they do elsewhere in the world, I have no idea.

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#2941748 14-Jul-2022 10:13

Geektastic:

The aesthetically awful way in which they connect heated towel rails in NZ.

I saw a beautifully designed towel rail today with the same hideous bit of white cable hanging out of the bottom. Why on earth they cannot use hidden fixings and cables like they do elsewhere in the world, I have no idea.

If you pay a fortune you can get that, but it seems we are a nation of budget builders.

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#2941754 14-Jul-2022 10:20

Considering how expensive 'budget' can be, I'm not surprised.

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#2941757 14-Jul-2022 10:30

Geektastic:

The aesthetically awful way in which they connect heated towel rails in NZ.

I saw a beautifully designed towel rail today with the same hideous bit of white cable hanging out of the bottom. Why on earth they cannot use hidden fixings and cables like they do elsewhere in the world, I have no idea.

Id have thought that towel rails would have two options, hidden and exposed. One for new builds or renos and one for an after-fix

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#2941771 14-Jul-2022 11:06

You would think that. I suspect it’s the electricians being lazy rather than the product.

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#2941775 14-Jul-2022 11:21

Geektastic: You would think that. I suspect it’s the electricians being lazy rather than the product.

Looks like it, googled one, "Concealed or exposed wire options with left or right cord entry."

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#2941811 14-Jul-2022 13:14

tdgeek:

Geektastic: You would think that. I suspect it’s the electricians being lazy rather than the product.

Looks like it, googled one, "Concealed or exposed wire options with left or right cord entry."

This is the bathroom in our new house. The towel rail is a radiator (the neat, concealed connections for the hot water are shown with orange arrows) and an electric one for the summer - the hideous electrical connection shown with the red arrow.

Impossible to correct neatly because the bathroom is fully tiled on the walls. 🤬

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#2941814 14-Jul-2022 13:24

And what it should have looked like...

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#2941827 14-Jul-2022 13:56

Having one bathroom. Very annoying.

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#2941831 14-Jul-2022 14:10

"Greenwashing". Companies like Apple that say the environment is really important, and then ship a 50 cm cable from Sydney.

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#2941849 14-Jul-2022 14:37

Behodar:

"Greenwashing". Companies like Apple that say the environment is really important, and then ship a 50 cm cable from Sydney.

How would it be greener if they shipped it to NZ first?

Surely they are still sending it the same distance, just at different times.

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#2941884 14-Jul-2022 15:23

A bulk package would likely be lighter and use less space than, say, 50 separate addressed boxes. This leaves more space on the plane for other stuff and therefore fewer planes used overall.

Whether that actually happens in real life is another story entirely, but Amazon seems to think it's a good idea.

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#2941890 14-Jul-2022 15:30

I would imagine there are more overheads in shipping a single item than a bulk container.

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#2941905 14-Jul-2022 16:25

Rikkitic:
I would imagine there are more overheads in shipping a single item than a bulk container.

Not if you need to maintain a distribution centre in NZ.

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#2941961 14-Jul-2022 17:47

Geektastic:
And what it should have looked like...

One central heating site shows it installed with the electrical connection plate up behind the radiator. That hides it behind the towel. The element is an add on installed in the bottom left or right vertical tube. There seems no option other than having the cable appearing externally. Too clever and you'd be paying both plumber and electrician for any required work.

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