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

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#3354502 17-Mar-2025 09:35

The wrapping on Chupa Chups. Why is it so hard to open? How is a child supposed to open it? I do not remember it being this hard to open them when I was a child.

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#3354515 17-Mar-2025 10:57

SirHumphreyAppleby:

johno1234:

Instead of the stupid tags there should be a barcode label on the bin, mapped to a matching address record, and billed onto the rates bill.

I suggest an RFID tag instead. It's too easy to copy your neighbour's barcode and use it when they're on holiday.

Auckland is moving away from the tag system, with rubbish collection being included in rates across the entire region.

Yes, RFID has plenty of advantages as readable where a barcode can get damaged or obscured. The copying thing not an issue if the barcode is matched to an address in real time. Neighbours probably not going to steal allocation from neighbours without getting caught.

Since when has Auckland had a tag system? Not in my lifetime?

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#3354516 17-Mar-2025 11:04

johno1234:

Since when has Auckland had a tag system? Not in my lifetime?

It depends on where in Auckland you live.

https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/rubbish-recycling/rubbish-service-changes/Pages/bin-tag-use-to-end.aspx

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#3354566 17-Mar-2025 11:36

SirHumphreyAppleby:

johno1234:

Since when has Auckland had a tag system? Not in my lifetime?

It depends on where in Auckland you live.

https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/rubbish-recycling/rubbish-service-changes/Pages/bin-tag-use-to-end.aspx

Ah so I see. My geographic frame of reference is rooted in the 1970s when west of Pt Chev or north of the Harbour Bridge were not parts of Auckland but were places you went to on a trip or holiday...

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#3354575 17-Mar-2025 12:14

Buckchoi:

The wrapping on Chupa Chups. Why is it so hard to open? How is a child supposed to open it? I do not remember it being this hard to open them when I was a child.

Because when you’re a child, it’s a lolly and you find a way.

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#3354591 17-Mar-2025 13:25

MadEngineer:

Buckchoi:

The wrapping on Chupa Chups. Why is it so hard to open? How is a child supposed to open it? I do not remember it being this hard to open them when I was a child.

Because when you’re a child, it’s a lolly and you find a way.

Nah, they are heaps worse. I remember when I was a not-child and got the giant cans of them the bit around the stick just twisted easily, now its like its welded to itself and will not come apart. Use of a blade is often needed.

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#3354686 17-Mar-2025 20:55

The wife bought this pack of KitKat mini treats. what annoys me is the claim that there are lots to share yet it contains 11 bars. 11 is a prime number, they can only be shared equally by either 1 or 11 people.

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#3354688 17-Mar-2025 20:58

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You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3354693 17-Mar-2025 21:18

johno1234:

Whangamata rubbish bin collection tags.

Councils do damn weird things.

Maybe the tags should be something akin to an airport baggage tag combined with a security seal so once it's ripped it can't be stuck back down and ruins the barcode or whatever is used to identify it.

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#3354696 17-Mar-2025 21:32

Buckchoi:

The wrapping on Chupa Chups. Why is it so hard to open? How is a child supposed to open it? I do not remember it being this hard to open them when I was a child.

It's proportional to your enthusiam for them :)

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#3354726 18-Mar-2025 07:44

MadEngineer:

johno1234:

Whangamata rubbish bin collection tags.

Councils do damn weird things.

Maybe the tags should be something akin to an airport baggage tag combined with a security seal so once it's ripped it can't be stuck back down and ruins the barcode or whatever is used to identify it.

Like the wrist bands you get at concerts. Only they are strong and the bin tags need to tear when the lid opens.

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#3354728 18-Mar-2025 07:52

Senecio:

The wife bought this pack of KitKat mini treats. what annoys me is the claim that there are lots to share yet it contains 11 bars. 11 is a prime number, they can only be shared equally by either 1 or 11 people.

Kit Kat seems to have a "thing" for putting "share" on packaging. A little 60(?) gram bar has "share bar" printed on it. Who in the world is going to share that?!

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#3354741 18-Mar-2025 08:49

Behodar:

Senecio:

The wife bought this pack of KitKat mini treats. what annoys me is the claim that there are lots to share yet it contains 11 bars. 11 is a prime number, they can only be shared equally by either 1 or 11 people.

Kit Kat seems to have a "thing" for putting "share" on packaging. A little 60(?) gram bar has "share bar" printed on it. Who in the world is going to share that?!

The only scenario I can think of is two shipwreck survivors adrift in a life raft.

Share plates and tapas in restaurants. Generally delicious but the number of portions doesn't always align with the number of diners so I end up watching that last scallop like vulture circling a dying lamb.

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#3355005 18-Mar-2025 21:34

Behodar:

Senecio:

The wife bought this pack of KitKat mini treats. what annoys me is the claim that there are lots to share yet it contains 11 bars. 11 is a prime number, they can only be shared equally by either 1 or 11 people.

Kit Kat seems to have a "thing" for putting "share" on packaging. A little 60(?) gram bar has "share bar" printed on it. Who in the world is going to share that?!

I think that’s a PC way of saying eat responsibly

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3355203 19-Mar-2025 14:38

Handsomedan:

I wouldn't get on an international flight (even if it's just to Oz) without travel insurance.

I'm glad I got some for my trip to Queensland. It cost me $84, and I just got the email saying that I'm getting $695 back after the cyclone disrupted things. I'd claimed $705 so it's almost the full amount.

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