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

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#3478364 6-Apr-2026 08:52

Handle9:

New Zealand is home of the surcharge.

Credit card surcharge, public holiday surcharge, delivery charge….

Can we welcome you home yet?

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#3478365 6-Apr-2026 08:59

Eva888:

Handle9:

New Zealand is home of the surcharge.

Credit card surcharge, public holiday surcharge, delivery charge….

Can we welcome you home yet?

I got in Friday night. The cafe this morning welcomed me with two out of three surcharges.....

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#3478382 6-Apr-2026 10:22

Going to a website run by a German company. The site itself respects the browser language and comes up in English, but the cookie begging popup is in German.

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#3478512 6-Apr-2026 13:47

Tourist at Easter in Rotorua making the roads a health hazard , we have road rules for a reason people

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#3478514 6-Apr-2026 14:11

@Handle9 Great news that you are home safe with your family all together again. I bet that adventure was one you never dreamt of. Enjoy the peace.

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#3478515 6-Apr-2026 14:12

Eva888:

@Handle9 Great news that you are home safe with your family all together again. I bet that adventure was one you never dreamt of. Enjoy the peace.

Thanks. It's just for a week and a half, I'm back to Dubai on the 14th.

We have to pack up the house and get ready to move.

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#3478519 6-Apr-2026 15:04

We would normally put a red ribbon on our luggage to make it easier to spot on the carousel at airports but lots of other people have started doing the same. Looks like we'll need to invest in some bright and quirky name tags.

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3478532 6-Apr-2026 16:24

My annoyance is I noticed the cover missing from this and Googling Viewsonics Isolator VSISEU-20B got no useful match to tell me what it is.It seems odd that it would have fallen off and blown away, but if someone deliberately removed it then why wouldn't they just drop the cover.

I remember when fibre was installed at a previous house there was only the box like the one of the left, so this second one confuses me, because it seems connected. I am optimistic that someone here can tell me. I've included a photo of where it is in relation to the Chorus box.

Edit: This house in Waikanae had fibre before we moved it. I suspect I would remember if I'd seen a Saturn label on the box.

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#3478533 6-Apr-2026 16:26

Where, physically, are you? Could it be HFC? Granted I have no idea what the box for that looks like :)

Edit: Yeah, it looks like Viewsonics made cable TV equipment, but was bought by "Bel Fuse" a while ago. For the curious, Viewsonics predates ViewSonic by more than a decade.

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#3478535 6-Apr-2026 16:28

Cable TV? Saturn?

People often mistake me for an adult because of my age.

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#3478560 6-Apr-2026 18:51

Clearly one sticker isn't enough

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#3478564 6-Apr-2026 19:38

One for each blemish.

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#3478579 6-Apr-2026 23:18

Handle9: New Zealand is home of the surcharge.

Credit card surcharge, public holiday surcharge, delivery charge….

Experienced this tonight.

Sister in law is celiac so ordered some fish and chips from a store that does Gluten Free however got the rest of our Fish and Chips from our usual store a few doors down (much cheaper normally and better).

Anyway... this Fish and Chip shop is charging 3% credit / PayWave surcharge and made a little fuss when the lady said "We have a 15% Holiday surcharge - is that OK?" to which I said no, it's not and it is not fair to be treating your customers like that.

The other Fish and Chip shop we normally go to - no surcharging at all even on PayWave and cheaper / better quality.

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#3478580 7-Apr-2026 02:25

michaelmurfy:

Sister in law is celiac so ordered some fish and chips from a store that does Gluten Free however got the rest of our Fish and Chips from our usual store a few doors down (much cheaper normally and better).

Maybe it's time for ypur usual store to expand its range. Both our locals do GF. The one we go to does 10% Gold card discount.

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#3478592 7-Apr-2026 08:38

michaelmurfy:

Sister in law is celiac so ordered some fish and chips from a store that does Gluten Free

Please share the name and location. Rare as hen's teeth to find a chippy doing GF (with a separate fryer).

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