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

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#2943009 16-Jul-2022 21:50

At the risk of being berated for not staying at home and being a hermit, I still go to work every day. I catch a bus, I wear a N95 mask and pretty much all passengers are masked.

My complaint, perhaps less relevant now given ridership is down, are those passengers who wear back packs and then walk down the bus aisle swivelling their bodies oblivious to the potential for the bags to hit another unsuspecting passenger standing or sitting in aisle seat.

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#2943011 16-Jul-2022 21:52

neb:
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I had to put a limit because some people were quoting and quoting and quoting. Sometimes quoting the four or five previous posts, making it hard to follow. That was annoying.

I understand the reason, but sometimes it makes it a real pain to reply to a post without losing context, particularly if there's multiple points in the post you're replying to that each get their own quoted bit. How about a soft vs. hard limit, where you have to confirm you really want to quote that much for a...b levels, and a hard limit at c...z levels? Or a word-count limit, e.g. max( x levels quoting, y words quoted )? Since the problem was that too much was being quoted, this would allow a few levels while forcing people to edit what's quoted down to the relevant parts.

That is exactly the situation I face. By the time I have removed all the quotes to get past the error, my post has lost context and I often just cancel out thus depriving the GZ community of my wisdom :-)

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#2943012 16-Jul-2022 21:53

eracode:Maybe there’s a very good operational reason that’s beyond me - but why would Lotto have a planned 12-ish-hour system-upgrade outage that starts at 7:30 pm on a Saturday - the busiest time on their busiest night of the week when everyone is trying to check their ticket? Why not a Sunday or Monday evening which must be a quieter time? FFS.

How about (As a guess)..... It's the 12 hour window which would have the Lowest Impact On Sales!

Who cares if you can't check the ticket that they already have your money from!

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#2943055 17-Jul-2022 09:31

When devices randomly change settings for no reason. I have just discovered that my computer has turned off the junk mail filtering feature!

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#2943157 17-Jul-2022 13:59

eracode:

Maybe there’s a good operational reason that’s beyond me - but why would Lotto have a planned 12-ish-hour system-upgrade outage that starts at 7:30 pm on a Saturday - the busiest time on their busiest night of the week when everyone is trying to check their ticket? Why not a Sunday or Monday evening which must be a quieter time?

Seems there was an operational reason:

”A number of people have been asking why we did this system upgrade on a draw night. We did this for a couple of reasons; this is when all ticket processing for a draw is completed and we don’t have a mix of players buying or checking tickets to make the move to the new system easier. It also gives us maximum time to make sure everything is working well before the next Lotto draw.”

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#2943383 18-Jul-2022 11:42

'Login to see prices'

Seriously. Join the 20th century people.

(yes I know, but one century at a time...)

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#2943393 18-Jul-2022 12:16

rb99:

'Login to see prices'

Seriously. Join the 20th century people.

(yes I know, but one century at a time...)

They want your details so that they can continue to keep in touch (spam). I don't know about anyone else but unless I really need that product from that supplier I just bug out and look elsewhere. Their fascination with data capture is costing them sales.

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#2943395 18-Jul-2022 12:27

Technofreak:

rb99:

'Login to see prices'

Seriously. Join the 20th century people.

(yes I know, but one century at a time...)

They want your details so that they can continue to keep in touch (spam). I don't know about anyone else but unless I really need that product from that supplier I just bug out and look elsewhere. Their fascination with data capture is costing them sales.

Yep. I take a similar approach with sites (beyond online shopping) that ask me to turn off my adblocker and won't let me continue without it. Demonstrate your value first, then I might consider letting you present me with ads...otherwise I 'll simply go elsewhere.

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#2943397 18-Jul-2022 12:30

rb99:

'Login to see prices'

Seriously. Join the 20th century people.

(yes I know, but one century at a time...)

Frequently suppliers have minimum advertised prices to prevent pricematching from happening, so by making people login it becomes a custom offer and immune from pricematching.

Making a login get this information is hardly a big drama to do.

What annoys me is when the get a login is a manual process that they want to call you on the phone about. If I wanted to be on the phone to someone I would have done that at a time that was suitable for me, not allow them to bother me at random. And you only find out about the manual approval after you have given them all your details.

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#2943407 18-Jul-2022 12:59

floydbloke: Yep. I take a similar approach with sites (beyond online shopping) that ask me to turn off my adblocker and won't let me continue without it. Demonstrate your value first, then I might consider letting you present me with ads...otherwise I 'll simply go elsewhere.

That reminds me. I wonder whether the Google Ads people got a bit annoyed at my wilful ignorance. Presumably the "ad is inappropriate" reporting option is for porn and the like, but when you only have those three words it's left open to interpretation. I chose to interpret harmless motion ads for dishwashers etc. as inappropriate on a puzzle site, as you're trying to focus on the puzzle, not get distracted by swirling washing machines etc!

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#2943461 18-Jul-2022 14:57

Behodar:

That reminds me. I wonder whether the Google Ads people got a bit annoyed at my wilful ignorance. Presumably the "ad is inappropriate" reporting option is for porn and the like, but when you only have those three words it's left open to interpretation. I chose to interpret harmless motion ads for dishwashers etc. as inappropriate on a puzzle site, as you're trying to focus on the puzzle, not get distracted by swirling washing machines etc!

I am sure many people misuse the inappropriate button as a way of expressing their annoyance with ads in general. I don't blame them a bit.

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#2943563 18-Jul-2022 21:39

Fill weights vs. advertised weights on cans. I know the fill weight is typically only two thirds of the advertised weight but geez guys, can you at least try and pretend you're not selling half-empty cans with bogus weights on them:

Or label it "Spring Water, May contain Traces of Tuna" rather than "Tuna in Spring Water".

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#2943583 19-Jul-2022 07:51

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#2943652 19-Jul-2022 09:07

neb: Fill weights vs. advertised weights on cans. I know the fill weight is typically only two thirds of the advertised weight but geez guys, can you at least try and pretend you're not selling half-empty cans with bogus weights on them: Or label it "Spring Water, May contain Traces of Tuna" rather than "Tuna in Spring Water".

I remember my first time buying the spring water variant :p

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#2943657 19-Jul-2022 09:23

neb: Or label it "Spring Water, May contain Traces of Tuna" rather than "Tuna in Spring Water".

Looks more like tuna sprung from spring water. :-)

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