little things that annoy the shit out of you

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

"Oh shit I've been rumbled." - Mook (a.k.a. Billy Brown Nose), 2018

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Edit.

 

Writing a long post then realising it's in the wrong thread.

[Trumo]

I'm guessing WD40 is something the locals drink up there.

[Dr Nowt]

Sweeping generalisation alert.

 

Belgians.

 

My lord are they ever the Dutchman’s prissy, know-it-all elder sibling.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

I'm guessing WD40 is something the locals drink up there.

To be fair it loosens you up.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Cleaning glass, particularly French windows. It always seems like it should be easy, but just when you think you've got it done, you notice a massive smear. Maybe being a window cleaner is a skilled profession. 

[Dave D]

Self scan checkouts that accuse you of lying about placing your item in the bag area with their little flashing red light.   

[Rico1304]

Cleaning glass, particularly French windows. It always seems like it should be easy, but just when you think you've got it done, you notice a massive smear. Maybe being a window cleaner is a skilled profession.

Get one of those Vax window vacuums. They are mint.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Upselling in food shops.

 

I've noticed it creeping in a bit more of late.

 

"Would you like any cookies or crisps with your sandwich?"

 

"No, just the sandwich please."

 

"Okay. And will you be wanting a drink with that?"

 

No. It's still just the sandwich. Like I told you just 5 seconds ago.

 

Subway is bad for it. I went to Greggs for the first time in ages the other day and it seems to be creeping in there too.

 

It's obviously being forced onto the serving staff and it's not their fault, but it makes you tempted to tell them to fuck off, that you knew what you wanted before you came in to their shop and if you wanted a drink with your chicken katsu bake then you'd have just picked one up and brought it to the counter with you.

[Dr Arthur De Sabre]

It's actually becoming more common also that not only does the screen move, but sometimes when you click one button you are actually pressing another through the functionality of the website or app.

 

I have noticed it recently with a phone cleaning app I have been very happy with for the last couple of years. When you press the exit button you are presented with an invite to install an app or exit completely. Press exit and it records that you have selected to install the app. It has happened so many times that at first I thought I was pressing the wrong button but I can tell now that this is not the case.

 

It's quite off-putting and I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes more common.

Use DuckDuckGo it’s easy as sin to clear your history, they don’t keep logs, and it has a search engine built in.

Very good browser for testing purposes.

[Anny Road]

Upselling in food shops.

 

I've noticed it creeping in a bit more of late.

 

"Would you like any cookies or crisps with your sandwich?"

 

"No, just the sandwich please."

 

"Okay. And will you be wanting a drink with that?"

 

No. It's still just the sandwich. Like I told you just 5 seconds ago.

 

Subway is bad for it. I went to Greggs for the first time in ages the other day and it seems to be creeping in there too.

 

It's obviously being forced onto the serving staff and it's not their fault, but it makes you tempted to tell them to fuck off, that you knew what you wanted before you came in to their shop and if you wanted a drink with your chicken katsu bake then you'd have just picked one up and brought it to the counter with you.

When I ran a shop and we used to sell a particular product it was our biggest line. It had an associated product. Same brand but a different variety. We sold next to none.

I asked all the staff to ask the customers every time they sold one to ask had they tried the other and offer a sample. We trebled the sales of the weaker variety pretty much overnight.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Get one of those Vax window vacuums. They are mint.

 

Do they work? I'll have to look into them.

[Dave D]

When I ran a shop and we used to sell a particular product it was our biggest line. It had an associated product. Same brand but a different variety. We sold next to none.

I asked all the staff to ask the customers every time they sold one to ask had they tried the other and offer a sample. We trebled the sales of the weaker variety pretty much overnight.

 

What was the product?

 

Judging by your description, we can rule out- 

 

Jet Engines

Condoms

Virtual reality Head sets

Spanners

[Anny Road]

Doesn't matter the point is you would probably be amazed at how many sarnie customers will say 'oh go on then give me a can of coke'.

[Dave D]

I dont doubt its worth doing, albeit a bit annoying at times.

 

Bit like Argos/Currys showing astonishing lack of faith in their own products by pushing additional warranties as if its the only logical thing to do as it WILL break down  

[Anny Road]

That's why they pay such good commission on extended warranties. Stuff rarely breaks and its all profit.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

I remembering buying a laptop in Curry's years back - a decent Sony Vaio but not top of the line, maybe £750 - and the salesman started trying to sell the warranty at the usual extortionate prices.

 

Him: Blah blah blah insurance

 

Me: No thanks, just the laptop.

 

He placed a pen on the keyboard and motioned to close the lid, and said smugly 'guess how much a simple mistake like this would cost to fix?'

 

Me: About £80.

 

Him: What? No, about £500.

 

Me: Well I replaced a screen just like it last week for about £80, and half an hour's work.

 

Him: Well that's if you do it yourself.

 

Me: Exactly. Which is why I don't want to pay extortionate insurance. Can I have my laptop now please?

 

Fucking scare tactic cunt. £500 my arse. Anyone who charged that is a cunt conman of the highest order.

[Liverpool lad]

Potholes

 

Great big fucking potholes causing me to purchase tyres because they cannot be arsed fixing the fucking things

 

Useless fucking cunts

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Upselling in food shops.

 

I've noticed it creeping in a bit more of late.

 

I was pleased to note that the bloke in WH Smiths in Euston last week didn’t try to foist a Torygraph on me when I bought a bottle of water. He just scanned the copy that he kept close to hand, so I'd get the water at the lower price, and then returned it under the counter where it belongs.

[Dave D]

Splinters.

 

Had one in my finger last night. Only about 2mm but bloody annoying. Literally had to dig the little shite out  

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Splinters.

 

Had one in my finger last night. Only about 2mm but bloody annoying. Literally had to dig the little shite out

 

I had a fibre glass one the other week, fucking painful.

[Bjornebye]

People who bite their nails constantly. I bite my nails, i'm not against nail biting what I am against is the lad sat in-front of me but slightly to the right in my peripheral constantly sat there looking at his screen gnawing on his fingers constantly and doing fuck all work. Stupid bald cunt. 

[Anny Road]

Splinters.

 

Had one in my finger last night. Only about 2mm but bloody annoying. Literally had to dig the little shite out  

Love splinters.

I can get a tiny little one and by the time i've finished with a knife and pin if is 10x worse than it would have been had it been a splinter made of aids.

[Dave D]

Love splinters.

I can get a tiny little one and by the time i've finished with a knife and pin if is 10x worse than it would have been had it been a splinter made of aids.

 

Top splinter tip- place the sticky section of a plaster over it then rip it off. About 80% success rate in getting out. The other 20% just pushes it in more.    

[Faustus]

I'm sick of seeing the grids of this straight couple kicking off over not being granted a civil partnership all over the news.

 

It's the sort of thing only rich people can afford to get the hump over.