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

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#2810233 10-Nov-2021 10:02

The fact that Energy Star rating stickers are not made using easy peel adhesive.

Every time we buy something with one stuck on the front, my wife tries to peel it off and we end up with one dogeared corner because the adhesive is ridiculously permanent for a marketing sticker. We sold our house last year with a 4 year old dishwasher complete with faded Energy Star sticker because we never could remove it and our last tumble dryer had the remnants of a ripped sticker on the front as well.

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#2810302 10-Nov-2021 10:29

Oh good grief, yes. I also never buy glassware from Briscoes because the price stickers are impossible to remove.

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#2810308 10-Nov-2021 10:37

Behodar:

Oh good grief, yes. I also never buy glassware from Briscoes because the price stickers are impossible to remove.

That's a real annoyance for me. Stickers on crockery, glassware etc. WHY!!!???

Just use the easy-peel ones. No residue, no hassle.

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#2810314 10-Nov-2021 10:41

To get sticker residue off, fold some bits of paper towel over the residue, then soak it in cooking oil and leave for several hours. After that you can just wipe the residue off with a fresh bit of paper towel.

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#2810343 10-Nov-2021 11:24

Logging faults with Vodafone only to have another of their departments close tickets that are only half pie resolved. Add into that a lack of notes from the other debt.

Not acceptable for business class service.

I now have to explicitly request every time that said dept does not close my tickets without checking with myself first.

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#2810344 10-Nov-2021 11:25

When your trademe listing expires and straight away i get an email that a member is interested in purchasing my expired listing item. I offer it at fixed price or relist with a buy now and no one ever purchases or interacts with the auction :(

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#2810345 10-Nov-2021 11:26

Behodar:
Oh good grief, yes. I also never buy glassware from Briscoes because the price stickers are impossible to remove.

Use hand sanitiser

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#2810348 10-Nov-2021 11:33

EviLClouD: When your trademe listing expires and straight away i get an email that a member is interested in purchasing my expired listing item. I offer it at fixed price or relist with a buy now and no one ever purchases or interacts with the auction :(

Yep, some punters just go fishing. Even for decent second hand goods going for cheap, they still want it reduced from $10 to $9.

I don't bite, relist the item and if they're a pest, add them to my blocked member list.

You know, the ones that ask all the questions and then don't bid.

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#2810642 10-Nov-2021 18:38

Google annoys me quite a bit. Especially the ham-fisted 'security' crap and other intrusions that just get in the way.

Some things are amusing, though. Like the R-100 video someone posted that can only be viewed after getting your account age-verified. This just irritates me so I bypassed it by downloading the video with Y2 Mate, which then played fine with no BS. Do the Google gods really think kids are so stupid that they can't work this out for themselves? Not that the video was worth it.

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#2811060 11-Nov-2021 11:49

Fending off a customer, while waiting for a colleague to provide something that's already overdue, only to be told that I won't be getting said thing, because of "things".

I understand sometimes life gets in the way, but it feels like this could have been done and dusted some time ago and now I have to do said task, which I am not really equipped for (and I don't have the time, either).

Really quite annoying.

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#2811062 11-Nov-2021 11:53

Handsomedan:

Fending off a customer, while waiting for a colleague to provide something that's already overdue, only to be told that I won't be getting said thing, because of "things".

I understand sometimes life gets in the way, but it feels like this could have been done and dusted some time ago and now I have to do said task, which I am not really equipped for (and I don't have the time, either).

Really quite annoying.

Been there and have the empty packs of Panadol as a result. You need to get an inflatable Shmoo they are great to punch away the rage.

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#2811075 11-Nov-2021 12:55

EviLClouD: When your trademe listing expires and straight away i get an email that a member is interested in purchasing my expired listing item. I offer it at fixed price or relist with a buy now and no one ever purchases or interacts with the auction :(

i blacklist repeat watchers like that, regardless of whether I'm losing their business at some point.

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#2811207 11-Nov-2021 17:40

When a company has something that's a little annoying but otherwise works perfectly, and they replace it with something new (and they'll probably say "improved") that works completely differently, while providing zero documentation of how to use it.

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#2811566 12-Nov-2021 13:28

Replacement products that get introduced to replace something that works, and despite "exhaustive trials" within a week it is discovered they can't be used for one of their primary uses and of course we can't go back because contracts have been signed.

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#2811570 12-Nov-2021 13:37

afe66: Replacement products that get introduced to replace something that works, and despite "exhaustive trials" within a week it is discovered they can't be used for one of their primary uses and of course we can't go back because contracts have been signed.

Now that would be annoying in any industry, but if I remember correctly don't you work in Health? That makes it a little more than annoying!

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