Small things that annoy you (3)

[Laurel]

No. Fugg off! Overcharge everything in their store by £5.

[anxiouslondoner]

^ I hate WH Smiths. Their charity Christmas cards are terrible, if you check the small print they give almost nothing to charity. Complete rip-off.
They are just overpriced airport/station stores where you haven't got an alternative available.

[Laurel]

Yes and they basically have a monopoly on the high street for half their stuff. So can price what they like. Yeah lets hope for bloody bankruptcy.

[genovese]

Originally Posted by Laurel

Overcharge everything in their store by £5.

I was queuing at the till at WHSmiths couple years ago (no idea why), there was a blind woman in front of me, white stick etc. She wanted a USB stick and was explaining to the cashier she downloads audiobooks onto USB.. Cashier sold her a massively overpriced tiny sized piece of shit. I was raging for her.
I couldn't help myself and caught her up on the street, explained I wasn't a murderer, and said you don't need to mess about with a memory stick just stream anything free using your library account, use Audible etc, ask the library staff to help set it up for you (she had no idea about streaming).
She thanked me and went on her way.
Blind, no guide dog, out shopping doing her thing, I don't know how they do it. I'm properly in awe of people like that. Plus the fact they have to shop at WHSmith - That. Is. A. Disgrace.

[Laurel]

A USB stick from WHSmith? that must have cost an arm and a leg from there! For about 2GB. Good deed of the day.

[biscuits]

I've got a little bit of chilli stuck in my tooth and each time I run my tongue past it my mouth feels like it's on fire.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally Posted by anxiouslondoner

^ I hate WH Smiths. Their charity Christmas cards are terrible, if you check the small print they give almost nothing to charity. Complete rip-off.
They are just overpriced airport/station stores where you haven't got an alternative available.

Branch near me has had such dim broken lighting for years with no change I just stopped going in. Just couldn't see in there.

[anxiouslondoner]

Pointlessly precise real-time tracking systems.

I don't care if my groceries delivery driver is "on their way" if I'm not expecting them for four more hours and they have 108 stops to make between now and then. I don't want to sit here watching some meaningless metric count down.

[Laurel]

My ISP deciding to throttle my internet this morning. I can barely do anything on the internet.

Edit: I believe a big solar flare is the cause of my troublesome internet
https://www.reuters.com/science/russ...ay-2023-07-17/

[Shy_pretty_Angela]

This is probably not a small thing but getting automated responses when you call a number and them taking you round in circles before you can speak to a human.

I hate the way they direct you online as well for `helpful` advice. A lot of older and elderly people cant use their online services and just want to talk to someone...and so do I!!!

Im trying to get hold of citizens advice in my local area but its a national number every time which then takes you round in circles talking to a robot with a female voice!!!

[Laurel]

TOURISTS

It's now the month of hell. Evening shopping is full of tourists.

(But traffic might be better on the road at rush hour time...)

[Rocket Spud]

Being pigeonholed.

[Rocket Spud]

^ Go on... ?

[Rocket Spud]

Not enough milk for breakfast and still not prepared/dressed for the outside world.

[Laurel]

not enough milk really is a morning ballache.

[biscuits]

^ & ^^ I was in a place the other day and it had little robots that deliver milk and things like that from the coop.

[Rocket Spud]

^ Ha, it's a nice idea, but can't help thinking that this would get set on by ferals in most parts of the country

[Shy_pretty_Angela]

Have some beans on toast for breakfast and then head out farting in the street to get some milk !

[Laurel]

Losing £10. I went the cash machine withdrew £10. Bought some fabric softener and lo and behold no £10 to be found. I either left it in the machine or dropped it. But so annoyed. £10 loss I don't really want.

[Dougella]

^ Check your bank account because if you did leave it in the machine and no-one was behind you and took it, it might just have gone back into the machine.

[Laurel]

Checked it £10 gone. Some soandso nabbed it.

[biscuits]

In one of the gym classes I go to there are others who use it as an opportunity to catch up with a friend. They'll have a full blown conversation mid class and it's hard to concentrate on the instructor and block them out. I feel like my attention splits into four - listening to the instructor, listening to them, trying to block them out, and trying to concentrate on my body. Then I lose the ability to do the movements because I have to concentrate on not concentrating on their conversation.

[Chess&Junkfood]

^
I've given this some thought, Biscuit. But unfortunately the only solution I've come up with is through song and dance. Although it might be worth a try:

[biscuits]

^ mate, I’m going to bean it up next week. Each time they chat I will drop a bum bomb.

Operant conditioning….(Abhorrent conditioning?)

[Chess&Junkfood]

^
I would also recommend eating some lentils for good measure. Although that might be taking it a bit too far:

[biscuits]

I could also wear a passive aggressive rhinestone bejewelled STFU T-shirt.

[Chess&Junkfood]

I don't think wearing a rhinestone bejewelled Star Trek Federation University T-shirt will come across as passive aggressive, Biscuit. Unless of course it means something else. In which case:

[biscuits]

haha I'm all here for some post 9pm Star Trek.

[magnolia]

When my bloke has the tv on ,sometimes he has it on all day and i just want some peace and quiet. We live in a bungalow so i go to the bedroom to read or something yet i can still hear the flipping tv! So i close lounge door and my bedroom door ,which blocks out most of the noise BUT the dog is going in and out of rooms so she is pushing the door, leaving it open or scratching at it if its closed.

So annoying . I've asked if he can wear headphones but he refuses.

[Laurel]

Oh dear, sounds like my housemate magnolia. Dunno why people put their TV on loud.

Rant:
never get a HP Chromebook. WORST laptop I've EVER had. You know I'm not a technophobe, I've gone through every diagnostic, and it's just an absolutely awful laptop. Back to windows next time.