Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[PeteXXX]

Shoe laces that are much too long in new footwear. Trainers are particularly prone to this annoyance.

I've thought of cutting half a foot off the laces and making new aglets with heat-shrink electrical tubing but life might be too short to apply this cure.

 

[PeteXXX]

And sinks that are flat at the bottom so bits of debris & detritus never wash down the plughole.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Shoe laces that are much too long in new footwear. Trainers are particularly prone to this annoyance.

I've thought of cutting half a foot off the laces and making new aglets with heat-shrink electrical tubing but life might be too short to apply this cure.

I've done this, many times, usually after getting a lace caught in a derailleur. It works surprisingly well.

 

[Beebo]

And sinks that are flat at the bottom so bits of debris & detritus never wash down the plughole.

We have one of these in our downstairs WC. It’s impossible to keep clean.
I wish I’d thought of that when I bought it.

 

[Poacher]

Oh dear. Rough night?

I'd been sleeping well until I was woken by mournful loud chirps every minute or so. After hunting down a new battery and balancing precariously on a kitchen stool, stark naked, to do the necessary, I went back to bed and, eventually, sleep. All's well again!

 

[PeteXXX]

I'd been sleeping well until I was woken by mournful loud chirps every minute or so. After hunting down a new battery and balancing precariously on a kitchen stool, stark naked, to do the necessary, I went back to bed and, eventually, sleep. All's well again!

Ewwwww... Mind bleach, please

 

[cougie uk]

Shoe laces that are much too long in new footwear. Trainers are particularly prone to this annoyance.

I've thought of cutting half a foot off the laces and making new aglets with heat-shrink electrical tubing but life might be too short to apply this cure.

My latest NB trainers have their laces only just long enough. I wonder if it's cost cutting ?

 

[ColinJ]

Sodding smoke alarms that wait until 3:45 am to tell you their battery needs replacing.

I can top that!

Special phones for vulnerable people designed to send emergency messages...

My very frail elderly parents had such a phone installed. They wore lanyards round their necks with remote emergency call buttons attached. When pressed a button would cause the phone to repeatedly call round a set of numbers until somebody responded and then tell them that help was needed.

Late one night, the alert was activated. My brother-in-law heard his phone ring and leapt out of bed to answer it. He heard a message saying that Mr. and Mrs J needed help. He got on his bike, cycled round to their house, and let himself in with his spare key. As soon as he went in he heard a recorded voice emanating from the emergency phone. "The batteries in this device need replacing". Over and over again.

My parents had gone to bed but had been woken up in terror hours later by the sound of intruders talking downstairs. They pressed the emergency button...

 

[oldwheels]

Companies in this case in London which state free carriage to mainland UK. Why not just tell the truth and say free carriage to England only. I will not buy from such people as they obviously cannot be trusted. In this latter case an order just under £700.

 

[Alex321]

Companies in this case in London which state free carriage to mainland UK. Why not just tell the truth and say free carriage to England only. I will not buy from such people as they obviously cannot be trusted. In this latter case an order just under £700.

I've never come across a company which does that.

I live in Wales, and every single company I have ordered from which says free carriage to Mainland UK includes my area. It is usually only the "Highlands and Islands" of Scotland that aren't included, plus some other islands.

 

[DaveReading]

Companies in this case in London which state free carriage to mainland UK. Why not just tell the truth and say free carriage to England only. I will not buy from such people as they obviously cannot be trusted. In this latter case an order just under £700.

At a guess, they must surely be in breach of the Trades Descriptions Act.

 

[oldwheels]

At a guess, they must surely be in breach of the Trades Descriptions Act.

Not sure as if you dig further they do give exceptions. Without getting political it is common to regard the UK to consist only of England and sometimes Wales.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Not sure as if you dig further they do give exceptions. Without getting political it is common to regard the UK to consist only of England and sometimes Wales.

Or to consider Wales part of England... German people are generally startled that there are three countries in Great Britain.

 

[classic33]

Or to consider Wales part of England... German people are generally startled that there are three countries in Great Britain.

And two thirds of a province.

 

[cyberknight]

most people who post about having a good time feel the need to show alcahol, im not interested what you drink to get pished and if your that insecure that you cant go a day without posting a picture of a pint you need to get help