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

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#3066340 21-Apr-2023 08:20

eracode:
SepticSceptic: Could also have been a suppository...
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Sorry but that’s pushing it.

(Quick question here, is innuendo Italian for suppository?)

Loud laugh this morning when I read the word in an Italian accent. I don’t think that was pushing it :)

Apologies to @Behoder, no one is minimising your issues and get well soon, but you are a bit right as I do recall the story of a woman with English as a second language years ago actually taking suppositories prescribed orally and complaining to the doctor of feeling very ill with them.

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#3066369 21-Apr-2023 08:51

Workshops, glass repair shops, tyre fitment centres or who ever thinks the back window of my car is a billboard where they can just stick any size or design sticker on thinking I want to advertise their product or service I paid for... Think I should start sending invoices for my time to remove their stickers....

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#3066399 21-Apr-2023 10:32

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Sorry but that’s pushing it.

(Quick question here, is innuendo Italian for suppository?)

Loud laugh this morning when I read the word in an Italian accent. I don’t think that was pushing it :)

Apologies to @Behoder, no one is minimising your issues and get well soon, but you are a bit right as I do recall the story of a woman with English as a second language years ago actually taking suppositories prescribed orally and complaining to the doctor of feeling very ill with them.

Or the doctor who walked into a room with a suppository tucked behind his ear. When this was pointed out to him, he snapped "Damn, that means some a$$hole has my pen!"

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#3066473 21-Apr-2023 12:01

Insurers simply not responding to emails.

"Send in your receipts and we'll reimburse you".

Yeah...not feeling confident that this is even going to happen - we are out of pocket to the tune of several thousand dollars and there's not even an acknowledgement of having received the emails/receipts - to any of the email addresses that i have included ion the emails and follow up emails.

And they expect us to trust that they will arrange payment of temporary accommodation when we move out (when the repairs eventually get back underway)?

Yet another two-hour wait on hold coming up, I fear.

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#3067333 23-Apr-2023 11:44

Discovering, after how many years, that in Windows if you right click on an image file, one of the options include resize image, so much easier when you actually read things properly...

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#3067335 23-Apr-2023 12:11

rb99:

Discovering, after how many years, that in Windows if you right click on an image file, one of the options include resize image, so much easier when you actually read things properly...

That should actually make you smile. Just like blowing up a rocket ship to learn how rocket ships work.

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#3067337 23-Apr-2023 12:21

Rikkitic:

rb99:

Discovering, after how many years, that in Windows if you right click on an image file, one of the options include resize image, so much easier when you actually read things properly...

That should actually make you smile. Just like blowing up a rocket ship to learn how rocket ships work.

Well yes, it would have made me smile reading some announcement about it and thinking - ooh, thats handy, need to remember that, but every time I need to resize an image I try with practically every graphics / photo program I've got trying to remember what I did the last time, till I remember to import it into Picasa (yes I've still got Picasa) and then Export a copy from there.

Must admit, it is significantly cheaper than blowing up rockets though...

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#3067342 23-Apr-2023 12:36

Self checkout to speed things up at the supermarket to find 4 of the 7 items we had wouldn't scan properly for a variety of reasons. None of it our fault.

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#3067357 23-Apr-2023 13:45

networkn: Self checkout to speed things up at the supermarket to find 4 of the 7 items we had wouldn't scan properly for a variety of reasons. None of it our fault.

I detest self-checkout. It is not a convenience for shoppers. It is an underhanded way to make shoppers do the work of employees for free. Nobody gets a discount for using it but it saves the company tons of money in wages. I always make a point of going through checkouts that create jobs for people. And I never shop at Kmart!

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#3067386 23-Apr-2023 15:35

Rikkitic:

networkn: Self checkout to speed things up at the supermarket to find 4 of the 7 items we had wouldn't scan properly for a variety of reasons. None of it our fault.

I detest self-checkout. It is not a convenience for shoppers. It is an underhanded way to make shoppers do the work of employees for free. Nobody gets a discount for using it but it saves the company tons of money in wages. I always make a point of going through checkouts that create jobs for people. And I never shop at Kmart!

To be honest, if they hadn't gone down this route, I think queues in supermarkets would be far worse (Staff Shortages), and the costs for food would be even higher (staff costs). I don't mind them, but I don't typically find them more convenient OTHER than the fact it tends to move a bit quicker. If you have no problems with the scanning etc, then it's usually quite a bit quicker, but equally, if there is a small queue or 1 person without much stuff in a checkout lane, I'll use that almost every time.

I had to admit, the person doing the 'fixing' was very responsive, if not for the number of issues we had, it would have probably been OK.

One thing that annoys me is very small items like batteries are so light the scales don't detect you've placed them on the packing side, which requires an over-ride.

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#3067428 23-Apr-2023 20:16

The genius design of MR16/GU10 bulbs, which are indistinguishable when in a recessed socket but one of which you twist to get out and the other which you pull down on to get out.

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#3067440 23-Apr-2023 21:36

neb: The genius design of MR16/GU10 bulbs, which are indistinguishable when in a recessed socket but one of which you twist to get out and the other which you pull down on to get out.

Whomever thought putting the halogen versions of these into most light fittings needs to be shot. They almost invariably overheat and burn the contacts. The lamps fail to go, sometimes they've fused other times it's just burnt contacts. When burnt contacts are the cause of failure, replacing the lamp with a new bulb very often results in the lamp not producing any light.

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#3067444 23-Apr-2023 21:59

Technofreak:
Whomever thought putting the halogen versions of these into most light fittings needs to be shot. They almost invariably overheat and burn the contacts.

It's OK, the geniuses who did the light fitting design went one better and came up with dichroic reflectors which look exactly like standard ones but allow the heat to go up into the socket rather than reflecting a lot of it downwards. The actually went out of their way to create a specialised type of reflector that traps all the heat in the metal can the light is mounted in.

(I know what dichroics are meant for, but the fact that they're indistinguishable from straight alu reflectors and that 99.99% of people don't even know they exist is a bit like storing rat poison in a soft drink bottle in the fridge).

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#3067471 24-Apr-2023 07:42

These affiliate links that have popped up recently (for me). Is it just if you're not logged in ? Quite often I don't log in, just browse around and only log in to actually comment.

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#3067518 24-Apr-2023 10:56

neb: The genius design of MR16/GU10 bulbs, which are indistinguishable when in a recessed socket but one of which you twist to get out and the other which you pull down on to get out.

Most gu10s are mr16. Gu10 is the base and mr16 is the type and diameter of the front part
You are thinking of gu10 vs g5.3 base being the PITA part.

If you want annoying then have someone hand you a box of gz10 lamps they got somewhere and not notice when trying to fit them into a gu10 holder deep in a recess.

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