Things that annoy you, (non-political)

[alcazar]

Have agreed, the full on Verruca Salt mentality has led to consumer madness.
In my younger days I ordered by post or telephone, for things I couldn’t get in Scunthorpe.
I expected to wait 7-10 days, and was happy with that. Now, if it doesn’t offer at least 48 hour delivery, many people won’t order.
But do we NEED all those out-of- season fruits?
We never used to.
And the rest of Europe seemingly doesn’t.
So how has someone created the need to eat strawberries, peaches, melons etc in the depths of winter???

[Northumbiron]

Delia Smith and Nigella Lawson!

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[Iron-awe]

Once again alcy it’s about moving on, nothing stands still and that includes new recipes, dishes and the desire for wanting something that used to be out of reach in a winter. The market said “ we can now get you this all year round “ and the consumer replied “ yes please “.

[Siderite]

Overall, I think that’s a good thing. More choice the better for me.

[Deereyme66]

The use of terms like ‘props’ and ‘adorbs’, which seems to be an appropriation of response options offered to lazy / unoriginal social media platform users.

[alcazar]

Flies.
Spend an age banging against a glass door to go out, only to change their minds and fly further into the room when you open the door.

[64]

Overuse of acronyms,I seem to spend my life trying to figure out what the latest acronym we have in planning events. For instance when planning for England’s Victory parade 2 years ago ,it didn’t happen, I attended a “Table top” with LAS,MPS ,LFB, SAG etc,It’s a whole new language designed to make the uninitiated feel inferior.After several years of such meetings I’m now one of the bullies.I hate myself for it,

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[alcazar]

Motor cyclists who sit at junctions, traffic lights, etc, endlessly revving their engines.
“Look at me! Look at me! Somebody, please, look at me!!”

[64]

Over exaggerators you know the type .I might say “I’m hungry” the response from someone I know will be “Yeah I’m starving. Similarly for “I m a bit cold,” ,” yeah I’m freezing” the other one such as “hammering down” when it’s a slight drizzle.

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Northumbiron

[64]

I know language has evolved but “Spitting feathers” always used to mean thirsty.People now use it instead of spitting bullets(angry) all the time.l

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[alcazar]

64 wrote:

I know language has evolved but “Spitting feathers” always used to mean thirsty.People now use it instead of spitting bullets(angry) all the time.l

Yep…like using “sick” to mean “very good”.

[alcazar]

Clothing with stiff spiky labels sewn in at the collar, or the waistline, to make the base of your neck, or spine, itch.

[Northumbiron]

Probably made in China.

It’s a fiendish plot!

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[Iron-awe]

The older you get the more annoying all this stuff becomes, mmmmm 🤔

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[Deereyme66]

Probably cheap shit

[Northumbiron]

Temu’s finest?

[alcazar]

Deereyme66 wrote:

Probably cheap shit

Some of the worst I’ve come across is Ralph Lauren Polo Sport polo shirts.
Was gifted one or two for my birthday a couple of years ago, had to buy a “Quick Unpick” to remove the labels.
Also, why an absolute sheaf of wash labels sewn in on the left side?
They use symbols so should only need one.

[Deereyme66]

I can imagine. I posted in jest. Maybe cheap shit is better regarding this problem?

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[64]

Having to ask for a coffee ending in O with a dash of milk just to get a white coffee. Beans in tiny bowls on my breakfast

[Iron-awe]

Agree about the beans in pots accompanying your full English, they should be spooned onto the plate in a reasonably sized amount. Also two eggs on a full English plus you can keep the sausages I’ll have an extra couple of rashers of bacon , mmmm heaven.

[Northumbiron]

Likewise a ramekin of mushy peas with your fish & chips.

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[alcazar]

Things becoming more child-safe, while, at the same time, becoming more and more difficult for old people to open, especially those with arthritis etc.
Paracetamol that you can’t “push through” the foil without destroying the capsule, ending up with a load of powder and a busted capsule.

[64]

Email ” receipts” in shops

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[alcazar]

Horse flies. Mosquitoes. Stable flies. Deer flies.
In fact anything that needs to bite ME before it can lay it’s eggs.
😡😡😡

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Northumbiron

[Iron-awe]

Better get cremated or the coffin flies might have ya.

[alcazar]

Won’t bother me then

[Deereyme66]

Music journalists and publicists.

[Northumbiron]

64 wrote:

Email ” receipts” in shops

Make purchase in shop.

Sales assistant: “can I have your email address?”

Me: “No!”

[Siderite]

Bad, cliched whimsical poetry that props up in local newspapers and the like. They are often connected to misplaced nostalgia about the ‘good old days’. Case in point:

https://x.com/portraitinflesh/status/2084290910330716585/photo/1

[alcazar]

Read some cringe worthy efforts in the Evening Telewag when it was on the go.
They all seemed to copy the meter of “The boy stood on the burning deck..”
Or be utterly daft blank verse.

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