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

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#2590374 22-Oct-2020 19:44

Handsomedan:
My new boss's management style.

Micro-management from afar...so much fun.

Knock knock!

Who's there?

Micromanager. Now say "Micromanager who?"

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#2590478 22-Oct-2020 21:30

Handsomedan:

Geektastic: Carefully going through all the new Apple things, Fold things and so on and being entirely unable to come up with any justification for buying a single one of them!!

One of my pet peeves!

I'm like that with most shiny things...

I do not usually have a problem but this time I do.

My iPhone 11 Pro is just fine.

The iPad is (for me) the least useful thing Apple have yet invented - it's either a large iPhone or a fake laptop, I cannot decide which.

The watch is...almost useful. Maybe. But probably not since I would turn off most of the things it does and my network does not support the cellular part of it.

Fold 2 I like...but it's not quite there in durability and costs silly money.

So that is the lot. I'll have to buy a new printer instead!

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#2590503 23-Oct-2020 06:27

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#2590547 23-Oct-2020 09:31

Geektastic:

I do not usually have a problem but this time I do.

My iPhone 11 Pro is just fine.

The iPad is (for me) the least useful thing Apple have yet invented - it's either a large iPhone or a fake laptop, I cannot decide which.

The watch is...almost useful. Maybe. But probably not since I would turn off most of the things it does and my network does not support the cellular part of it.

Fold 2 I like...but it's not quite there in durability and costs silly money.

So that is the lot. I'll have to buy a new printer instead!

I got a new iPad in May. Use it daily (several times a day) & want a new one. Just because. Can't justify it.

iPhone 11Pro works admirably - which means I must be due an unjustifiable upgrade

Apple Watch - couldn't live without it and have the newest one (got it at launch). There was nothing wrong with the old one.

I'd like a Fold. I'd also like a not-fold. I'd like to have more money than is possible to spend in my lifetime so I can scratch that itch. I reckon I'd still get itchy...

EDIT: Got a new printer a couple of weeks ago. Needed ink. Got a printer.

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Handsome Dan needs to stop adding three dots to every sentence...

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#2590551 23-Oct-2020 09:38

I think I may have now evolved into a grumpy old IT guy ... the pathetic (to non-existent) troubleshooting skills of some SMEs is horrible to watch :(

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#2590686 23-Oct-2020 11:34

The fact that it takes a week to deliver a chair from Auckland to my house.

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#2590710 23-Oct-2020 12:09

The tragic, muted, fake-sincere tones of charity voice-overs begging for money to save a child or animal. This used to be done only by shady outfits skating on the edge of legitimacy, but it has now been adopted by all of them, even so-called reputable mainstream ones like WWF and Save the Children (not the QAnon one). As soon as I hear one of those manipulative voices, I switch off. I do support worthy charities, but I would never give a penny to one that employs this kind of stupid tactic. State your case in a normal serious voice, without all the fly-infested starving kiddie faces, and I will give it serious consideration. And remember, charity starts at home, so dump the overpaid professional voice actors and just tell me what you want.

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#2591872 25-Oct-2020 20:18

Inconsiderate prats who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom in public places like restaurants. If *you* wash your hands, you then go and touch the handle to leave defeating the entire purpose.

So gross.

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#2591878 25-Oct-2020 20:27

networkn:

Inconsiderate prats who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom in public places like restaurants. If *you* wash your hands, you then go and touch the handle to leave defeating the entire purpose.

So gross.

I initially read that as “... defecating the entire purpose”.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2591919 25-Oct-2020 20:37

May have posted this previously but today it annoyed me again!

Manufacturers whose equipment has power brick power or wall wart power who don’t put their brand name on the said items.

Result? Move house and get a box of assorted same with no idea which goes with what product in many cases.

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#2591923 25-Oct-2020 20:52

Geektastic: May have posted this previously but today it annoyed me again!

Manufacturers whose equipment has power brick power or wall wart power who don’t put their brand name on the said items.

The reason why I started applying labels to all new power cords/bricks.

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#2591946 25-Oct-2020 23:56

I'm sure we've all had this but why is it so hard to open a sticky plaster when your hand is wet and/or covered in blood? Does the manufacturer want me to bleed to death?

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#2591950 26-Oct-2020 00:20

Mains plugs which are slightly too large for standard multiplug board spacing.

Make. Them. Small.

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#2591955 26-Oct-2020 07:42

Not being able to move message backups cross platform on a cross platform messaging app.

Yes WhatsApp I'm talking about you.

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#2592246 26-Oct-2020 23:13

Asmodeus:

Mains plugs which are slightly too large for standard multiplug board spacing.

Make. Them. Small.

Not to mention the ones with the little wings on the side that make them just too wide. What's that even about? Seagate external drives - I'm looking at you...

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