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

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#3482066 19-Apr-2026 10:50

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A minor gripe but it bugs me having to stop at Bunnings’ exit to get my receipt scanned - because it seems totally unnecessary. I often walk out without doing it.
Maybe I am misunderstanding, but when you say scanned, do you mean actually scanned with a scanner or they just pass a glance over the receipt to ensure the items taken and the items purchased match? Someone on the way out usually glances over the receipt, but I'd assume to discourage shoplifting.

Bunnings and Kmart use an actual scanner. Costco they check the receipt manually at the exit.

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#3482069 19-Apr-2026 11:12

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A minor gripe but it bugs me having to stop at Bunnings’ exit to get my receipt scanned - because it seems totally unnecessary. I often walk out without doing it.

Today I asked the staff member on the door why they do it? She said “All our shops do it”. That’s not an answer so I asked again. “It’s so that Head Office in Sydney can see what’s been sold and know what needs to be re-ordered”.

“Wouldn’t data from the checkout tills be a better source for that?”

She said “Yeah I suppose so. I’d rather be back at my normal position in Paint”.

I don’t understand why they bother. If some people don’t stop to be scanned, the data collected is useless re turnover and inventory.

It has been said that it’s to do with customers returning stuff for credit. That’s not true either - there’s never any problem returning stuff where the original receipt was not scanned.

It will pop up on the thing some things to check for, and also if the receipt is old or has already exited the store so you cant double dip with the same receipt. Also that the receipt is genuine. They are not going to tell some random walking out some of the methods of stealing from right under their noses. Do you think that people nicking a ladder are sticking it down their pants?

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#3482070 19-Apr-2026 11:14

networkn:

Perhaps have a look in the windows store for the 'files' app. It had a bit of a rough start despite having good intentions, and the first load up is a bit slow, but once it's started for the first time, lots of people seem to think pretty highly of it.

I haven't found explorer a problem to use enough to seriously consider a third party app, but I like to play with third party alternatives.

There was an Ztree Gold Windows edition which was pretty cool.

I find modern Explorer a cluttered incomprehensible mess. Microsoft keeps trying to cram every possible function it can think of into big applications like Explorer, making it convoluted and unintuitive and nearly impossible to use in practice. There seems to be no distinction between the few genuinely useful functions that are frequently used, and the many, many esoteric ones that might be needed once in a year or a lifetime. No doubt I could figure it all out with some dedicated study but I can't be bothered. Power Desk, which must be about 30 years old or more, actually does what I need and it does it very well. What amazes me is that it still works through all the brain damaged Windows versions. Pay once, use forever. How is that for a revolutionary idea, Microsoft?

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