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

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#2958939 24-Aug-2022 17:00

msukiwi:

NZPost New Tracking site gives you even less information that before! It was lousy then!

Don't even show if the parcel is in transit between depots now!

"Parcel: Exists"

Sound about right? I've seen a few parcel tracking sites which are about that helpful.

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#2959122 25-Aug-2022 07:02

That saitouchofsoice.co.nz think it is a great idea to have someone driving on the Wrong Side of the Street so the driver can randomly throw glossy menus on the footpath - NOT in letterboxes!

Sheesh, there is enough litter as it is! Lazy delivery!

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#2959129 25-Aug-2022 08:09

Kyanar:
msukiwi:

NZPost New Tracking site gives you even less information that before! It was lousy then!

Don't even show if the parcel is in transit between depots now!

"Parcel: Exists"

Sound about right? I've seen a few parcel tracking sites which are about that helpful.

It’s peculiar to NZ based couriers in my experience. Every international courier seems to have much more detailed tracking. I just think they don’t care here. The attitude seems to be “Use us or use the other guy. We don’t care.”

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#2959131 25-Aug-2022 08:10

Geektastic: It’s peculiar to NZ based couriers in my experience. Every international courier seems to have much more detailed tracking. I just think they don’t care here. The attitude seems to be “Use us or use the other guy. We don’t care.”

You've clearly never tried to send something in Australia! "It's on its way" was the only status update for a fortnight when trying to get something from Adelaide to Melbourne. It arrived the day after we got back on the plane to NZ.

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#2959133 25-Aug-2022 08:14

Senecio:
We can all blame YouTube for that. The content creators are just playing the hand they are dealt to work within the "algorithm"

It doesn’t work though. I’m contrarian enough to refuse to do things I’m told to do and my phone has all notifications except text messages and incoming phone calls turned off anyway!

I can’t stand having the phone dinging every time some pointless nonsense notification I really don’t need to know about turns up.

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#2959134 25-Aug-2022 08:16

Behodar:
Geektastic: It’s peculiar to NZ based couriers in my experience. Every international courier seems to have much more detailed tracking. I just think they don’t care here. The attitude seems to be “Use us or use the other guy. We don’t care.”

You've clearly never tried to send something in Australia! "It's on its way" was the only status update for a fortnight when trying to get something from Adelaide to Melbourne. It arrived the day after we got back on the plane to NZ.

Which courier? I bet it wasn’t FedEx.

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#2959137 25-Aug-2022 08:18

I don't recall; it was a few years ago now.

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#2959138 25-Aug-2022 08:19

Kyanar:
That Ham, Cheese and Tomato sandwiches have overnight become Ham and Cheese sandwiches, with no correspondent price decrease.

Now, this would delight me no end given that I detest tomatoes! The fact that finding a simple plain ham and cheese sandwich without salad etc is so hard is what annoys me.

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#2959155 25-Aug-2022 08:59

Not a big annoyance but a cafe in the Wellington city used to have a board advertising "gourmet toasties", the difference from a standard cheese and ham toasted sandwich was having a sprig of parsley on top.

Also, if your cheese toasted sandwich is not made on a flat surface (or frypan) with butter but inside a microwave then it's not a cheese toasted sandwich.

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#2959200 25-Aug-2022 10:38

Geektastic:

Which courier? I bet it wasn’t FedEx.

That's AusPost. The status options are "We've got it", "It's on the way" and "Delivered".

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#2959205 25-Aug-2022 10:55

Geektastic: Now, this would delight me no end given that I detest tomatoes! The fact that finding a simple plain ham and cheese sandwich without salad etc is so hard is what annoys me.

I'm with you on that. Tomato seems to be a default ingredient in so much prepared food. I don't mind it in sauces etc (except ketchup!) but extracting slices of tomato from every single savoury thing sold at a cafe gets tiresome

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#2959210 25-Aug-2022 11:02

Tomatoes are the devil's fruit. No self-respecting medieval witch burner wold go near them.

Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos

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#2959214 25-Aug-2022 11:09

Kyanar:
Geektastic:

Which courier? I bet it wasn’t FedEx.

That's AusPost. The status options are "We've got it", "It's on the way" and "Delivered".

In contrast to Aramex, "We think we may have it", "We may have misplaced it", and "Yeah, pretty sure we lost it".

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#2959396 25-Aug-2022 16:53

Day 25 is almost over of NO water on the Street and the "Flooding" Signs are still there!

Despite 6 Phone calls to the CCC! Even completed their online form to report a problem!

Found out they are Higgins signs. Phoned them this afternoon. Signs are still there probably for another day (At least)!

Should be un-believable, but living here "It's Normal" unfortunately!

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#2959406 25-Aug-2022 17:16

I was a big fan of usenet back in the late 90's, and out of a morbid curiosity, I set up an usenet account to take a look at nz.general, nz.rec, and the like. I was not sure what to expect.

Just... wow. Things have gone downhill, with these groups now resembling the worst aspects of talk-back radio except with more climate denial and general conspiracy theories, combined with vastly more spam than I remember back in the day. There are some very angry people there.

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