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

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#3084451 3-Jun-2023 17:01

Courier companies again... my "expedited" package is still sitting in the country of origin after five business days. Before you say "it's probably moving anyway", yes, it is... it's getting 1-2 tracking updates each day showing it inching its way around a small chunk of Europe.

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#3084473 3-Jun-2023 18:53

richms:
Because twitter embeds are frequently blocked by overzelous corporate networks that block social media so they have to do that so all the people reading at work have an idea whats going on.

Speaking of which: The astounding number of people who seem to be employed full-time just to read Stuff and whinge about things to their contacts on Whatsapp, Telegram, and Signal. Do they sit there all day hitting Refresh to find new stories to post links to next to eye-rolling emojis?

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#3084474 3-Jun-2023 18:54

Behodar:
Courier companies again... my "expedited" package is still sitting in the country of origin after five business days. Before you say "it's probably moving anyway", yes, it is... it's getting 1-2 tracking updates each day showing it inching its way around a small chunk of Europe.

NZ Post can do that locally. Three days to cross the harbour bridge after being collected, a distance of about 10km, overnight to Wellington, and it's been sitting in a depot in Seaview for a week now waiting for a courier to decide to deliver it.

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#3084476 3-Jun-2023 19:06

PBT should complain about "trademark" infringement!

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#3084525 3-Jun-2023 21:12

richms:

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Why some news articles have to say almost everything twice. They have some pointless Twiiter thing in a box and them have exactly the same thing in the text directly above it. And / or they tell you some bit of news and then some comment in quotes below it which again says exactly the same thing 'from the horses mouth' so to speak.

Because twitter embeds are frequently blocked by overzelous corporate networks that block social media so they have to do that so all the people reading at work have an idea whats going on.

Simple solution, don't embed the twits stuff

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#3084585 4-Jun-2023 09:55

The poor standards of public behaviour.

I’ve spent the weekend in the Sofitel in Queenstown and to be honest some of the standards of dress and behaviour led me to feel I was in a backpacker hostel rather than a five star hotel.

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#3085041 5-Jun-2023 10:11

Printers. Why is it always printers?

Last night I printed a document (let's call it "A"), and the bottom was cut off. I moved everything up a bit (creating document "B") and printed that, and the bottom was still cut off. I moved it all up further ("C") and finally had a working print. I then turned the printer off at the wall because I don't use it very often.

This morning I had the need to print again. I turned the printer back on, and it immediately started printing.

It turns out that when I'd first chosen to print "A", it printed "A". When I told it to print "B", it had actually printed "A" again. When I told it to print "C", it actually printed "B", and then it finally printed "C" this morning after being powered off for ~15 hours.

The printer icon had disappeared out of the MacOS dock like it usually does after printing, so it didn't appear that anything was being cached there, but if I'm honest it's probably more likely to be a computer issue than a printer one (do fifteen-year-old $99 consumer printers have any persistent memory?).

Anyway, there's my little rant for the day.

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#3085044 5-Jun-2023 10:38

Geektastic: The poor standards of public behaviour.

I’ve spent the weekend in the Sofitel in Queenstown and to be honest some of the standards of dress and behaviour led me to feel I was in a backpacker hostel rather than a five star hotel.

I rather think it is due to the poor standards of the hotel ... or their management.

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#3085052 5-Jun-2023 11:17

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Geektastic: The poor standards of public behaviour.

I’ve spent the weekend in the Sofitel in Queenstown and to be honest some of the standards of dress and behaviour led me to feel I was in a backpacker hostel rather than a five star hotel.

I rather think it is due to the poor standards of the hotel ... or their management.

I stay at the Queenstown Sofitel often. Neither the standards or management of the hotel are poor (imo).

Yes, some guests are inconsiderate of others staying at the same location, but that’s hardly the fault of the hotel.

@Geektastic Maybe you could try the Queenstown Backpackers to get a comparison? Or there are plenty of luxury lodges in that locale, if you are willing to pay…..

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#3085054 5-Jun-2023 11:25

There is no mention of guilt, only that in good hotels the management asks inconsiderate guests to leave the hotel ... but not every "good" hotel can afford that nowadays for financial reasons.

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#3085135 5-Jun-2023 14:37

Tinkerisk:

There is no mention of guilt, only that in good hotels the management asks inconsiderate guests to leave the hotel ... but not every "good" hotel can afford that nowadays for financial reasons.

True. There was a time when the price restricted those who could afford to stay but that is not so often the case now unless you move up the serious money like $2,000 a night etc.

I have stayed at the Softitel in Queenstown many times. I use Accor often enough to have Platinum status in their loyalty programme. And I have stayed in many backpackers.

I stand by my observations. They relate to the calibre of the guests rather than the hotel.

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#3085136 5-Jun-2023 14:48

@Geektastic:

Jase2985:

it has zero way to know they are the same thing. when you first login to the NAS you use its IP address which is what your password manager has saved the password under. you have then created the DDNS/quick connect name for the NAS. then tried to login to it. its a completely different website. your password manager has zero way to know its the same thing.

you need to go back in and re-save it as a separate entry or you need to add it as an alternative domain for the existing entry.

I agree and disagree.

I do not need to go back in and spend my time faffing about - Apple need to design it so that I can change the name of what is being saved from the IP address to something sensible but you cannnot edit the titles.

A single IP address can host multiple domains. There is no way your browser would know what domain you want there.

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#3085138 5-Jun-2023 15:12

Geektastic:
True. There was a time when the price restricted those who could afford to stay but that is not so often the case now unless you move up the serious money like $2,000 a night etc.

I have stayed at the Softitel in Queenstown many times. I use Accor often enough to have Platinum status in their loyalty programme. And I have stayed in many backpackers.

I stand by my observations. They relate to the calibre of the guests rather than the hotel.

Money doesn't guarantee good manners, there are plenty of examples of wealthy people behaving badly even without including musicians.

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#3085145 5-Jun-2023 15:44

Tinkerisk:
I rather think it is due to the poor standards of the hotel ... or their management.

I think it's more the location than anything else, Queenstown is a party town so you wouldn't expect the same sort of clientele as a Sofitel in central Wellington, for example. Grabbing the Sofitel location list from their home page, from "Dubai London Paris New York Bali Chicago Singapore Bangkok Rome" in which of those would you expect suits and ties, and which beach shorts and semi-inebriation?

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#3085159 5-Jun-2023 17:24

Bung:
Geektastic:
True. There was a time when the price restricted those who could afford to stay but that is not so often the case now unless you move up the serious money like $2,000 a night etc.

I have stayed at the Softitel in Queenstown many times. I use Accor often enough to have Platinum status in their loyalty programme. And I have stayed in many backpackers.

I stand by my observations. They relate to the calibre of the guests rather than the hotel.

Money doesn't guarantee good manners, there are plenty of examples of wealthy people behaving badly even without including musicians.

That’s absolutely true; you can be broke and a Duke!

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