Stupid little things that bug you

halfmist said:
Where I live now it has all the hallmarks of a village. A green, a hall, a church , a school, a pub, a WI, an annual fete etc. I have just read it’s a parish made up of 7 hamlets and I happen to live in one of them. Village my arse, a Hamlet sounds much posher.
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Totally sideways thinking but as I read your post I immediately thought of those brilliant adverts for Hamlet cigars. The combover bloke trying to get a photo in one of those booths is one.
 
normskih said:
I’ve just LOL’d. The news has just said that from today, 2nd class post will now be delivered on alternate days and not on a Saturday. First class post stays the same. Well, for a year or two now, I only get a delivery about once a week if I’m lucky and it comes in batches of 7,8 or 9 pieces of post at a time.
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There was a load of commotion about this but I don't see the problem. Why would something important be sent second class? Use first class or email the bloody thing.
 
Blue Mist said:
Totally sideways thinking but as I read your post I immediately thought of those brilliant adverts for Hamlet cigars. The combover bloke trying to get a photo in one of those booths is one.
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oh yes.The guy with the Bobby Ticket Tout comb over. Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet. The piano music in the background adds to the …oh fuck it attitude.
 
normskih said:
Both my sister and I have had hospital appointments that we have attended and the appointment letter has arrived days afterwards.
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After 4 cancellations for a minor appointment with no apology I received a message from my doctor for an appointment that I wasn't notified about and given a lecture on how missed appointments cost the NHS money.

After asking my surgery they said it was automated and out of their hands, it's a shit show really.
 
mexico1970 said:
After 4 cancellations for a minor appointment with no apology I received a message from my doctor for an appointment that I wasn't notified about and given a lecture on how missed appointments cost the NHS money.

After asking my surgery they said it was automated and out of their hands, it's a shit show really.
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I had something similar last year. I rang up to cancel an appointment about a week before it, then got a text to remind me about the appointment the day before it was originally booked in, I rang up again to confirm it had been cancelled, then got the same lecture the following day for missing the appointment!
 
Searching all morning for info on how to fix a car problem.

Finally find somebody with EXACTLY the same symptoms, read through pages of advice and updates as they try different things and then - at last - reach the stage where they think they've cracked it, and will post, with photos, when they've tried it.

But they never f*cking do!?!?

Obviously fixed the problem, because they disappear from the forum - but not a word of thanks to those who've been helping them out. Neither are they interested in helping anybody years later with the same issue (me!).

There are some seriously evil bastards out there... :-(
 
jimharri said:
I don't know about "bug", but I fail to see the point of the bottom buttonhole on men's shirts being horizontal, when the rest are vertical. Well; It does fit the criteria of both "stupid" and "little".


Nurse; my medication. QUICKLY!!!
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From Google...

"The bottom buttonhole on a shirt is often horizontal, rather than vertical like the others, to provide a more secure hold and prevent the button from popping open due to movement or stress.
This is especially important at the hips, where there's more side-to-side motion. A horizontal buttonhole also allows for slight expansion, accommodating movement and preventing the fabric from tearing."

This clearly comes under the heading "shit you never knew you didn't want to know".
 
Lavinda Past said:
From Google...

"The bottom buttonhole on a shirt is often horizontal, rather than vertical like the others, to provide a more secure hold and prevent the button from popping open due to movement or stress.
This is especially important at the hips, where there's more side-to-side motion. A horizontal buttonhole also allows for slight expansion, accommodating movement and preventing the fabric from tearing."

This clearly comes under the heading "shit you never knew you didn't want to know".
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Thanks. I can die happy now.
 
Supply companies not sending everything out that was ordered a month ago. I had to do a 190 mile round trip yesterday for a filter that goes in the new septic tank and today had to drive 80 miles round trip over Teton Pass for three plastic water diverters that probably cost $5 to produce but I was charged $400.
 
idahoblues said:
Supply companies not sending everything out that was ordered a month ago. I had to do a 190 mile round trip yesterday for a filter that goes in the new septic tank and today had to drive 80 miles round trip over Teton Pass for three plastic water diverters that probably cost $5 to produce but I was charged $400.
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Companies ripping off consumers?

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Seriously, though, that's taking the piss. Customer service is shite compared to 20 years ago, and it was shite then, compared to 20 years before that.

As for being overcharged? Well, you expect it now, don't you?
 
Lavinda Past said:
From Google...

"The bottom buttonhole on a shirt is often horizontal, rather than vertical like the others, to provide a more secure hold and prevent the button from popping open due to movement or stress.
This is especially important at the hips, where there's more side-to-side motion. A horizontal buttonhole also allows for slight expansion, accommodating movement and preventing the fabric from tearing."

This clearly comes under the heading "shit you never knew you didn't want to know".
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This begs the question - if it provides a more secure hold, why don't they do them all horizontal?

Kind of like the question - if Chloe Kelly is the saviour of the women's national team, corner taker, free kick taker, penalty taker, why the fuck is she always on the bench to start with?
 
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