Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[classic33]

I might have mentioned this before

It does REALLY annoy me

but the adverts on on weekday mornings that are clearly directed at retired people
AND are designed to persuade the ones that are more vulnerable

so - for example - life insurance that includes phrases like "for the family"
implying that if you don;t have their product then you are letting down your little children and hence don't care about them

and the 'lifetime mortgage' products
which are a great thing for some people
but I can see then being the next PIP things in a few years when people start to realise that the have nothing left to leave their children who were expecting to inherit a house ( or a part of one)
We know someone who has taken one of these out - her son was expecting to inherit the house
he got £5000 - and his Mum's boyfriend bought a new BMW (OK probably used - but I doubt it was a cheap one!!!)

AND - my current worst - Verisure Alarms
Pure scare factor advertising!!
one woman said she couldn't relax on holiday without it
WHAT????


grrrrrrr

Shop in the town centre had their Verisure alarm pinched the week after it was installed.
The signs were the first to disappear.

 

[Jameshow]

Shop in the town centre had their Verisure alarm pinched the week after it was installed.
The signs were the first to disappear.

A while back the local alarm fitter had his house burgled...!🤣🤣

 

[Gwylan]

Breakfast TV

 

[figbat]

AND - my current worst - Verisure Alarms
Pure scare factor advertising!!
one woman said she couldn't relax on holiday without it
WHAT???

Ironically, the first time I came across a Verisure alarm was one installed in a holiday villa we rented in Lanzarote. I was quite impressed with it.

 

[RiderJake]

I might have mentioned this before

It does REALLY annoy me

but the adverts on on weekday mornings that are clearly directed at retired people
AND are designed to persuade the ones that are more vulnerable

so - for example - life insurance that includes phrases like "for the family"
implying that if you don;t have their product then you are letting down your little children and hence don't care about them

and the 'lifetime mortgage' products
which are a great thing for some people
but I can see then being the next PIP things in a few years when people start to realise that the have nothing left to leave their children who were expecting to inherit a house ( or a part of one)
We know someone who has taken one of these out - her son was expecting to inherit the house
he got £5000 - and his Mum's boyfriend bought a new BMW (OK probably used - but I doubt it was a cheap one!!!)

AND - my current worst - Verisure Alarms
Pure scare factor advertising!!
one woman said she couldn't relax on holiday without it
WHAT????


grrrrrrr

I feel lucky that I don't watch ads and don't care about their content

 

[matticus]

Blister packaging

Is that the stuff that you need quite a decent pair of scissors (or knife) to open?

Yup, terrible stuff

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I might have mentioned this before

It does REALLY annoy me

but the adverts on on weekday mornings that are clearly directed at retired people
AND are designed to persuade the ones that are more vulnerable

so - for example - life insurance that includes phrases like "for the family"
implying that if you don;t have their product then you are letting down your little children and hence don't care about them

and the 'lifetime mortgage' products
which are a great thing for some people
but I can see then being the next PIP things in a few years when people start to realise that the have nothing left to leave their children who were expecting to inherit a house ( or a part of one)
We know someone who has taken one of these out - her son was expecting to inherit the house
he got £5000 - and his Mum's boyfriend bought a new BMW (OK probably used - but I doubt it was a cheap one!!!)

AND - my current worst - Verisure Alarms
Pure scare factor advertising!!
one woman said she couldn't relax on holiday without it
WHAT????


grrrrrrr

You do realise there is a very simple solution to this, Don't watch morning TV, it's so simple it's genius,

 

[Deleted member 26715]

New one today - an Ebay seller that turns out to be Amazon. Yes it would have cheaper direct from Amazon but not being a Prime member I would have to had to spend another £16 for free postage. Came not only in an Amazon package but with an amazon.co.uk packaging slip in it Now if they can charge £1.17 extra on ebay with free postage, which presumably accounts in some extent for ebay fees, why is the only option from themselves either £4.99 postage or order a stack more stuff for free postage.

It's not as daft as it seems, I had a friend who was running down his business, with the cost of the unit & the packing staff he wasn't making money, so he shipped everything he had to Amazon & they packed & dispatched it all for him. Didn't matter where he sold the item, Amazon, Ebay on his own website, it all came from the same place.

 

[PeteXXX]

Blister packaging

I bought a roll of that a while ago. I told the delivery man to pop it in the corner...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I bought a roll of that a while ago. I told the delivery man to pop it in the corner...

Is that not bubble wrap, not blister packaging?

I bought a 'Stanley' knife the other week in blister packaging & couldn't get into it, had to use a pair of scissors in the end, ridiculous.

 

[PeteXXX]

I thought that was the same thing until I remembered that it's not... 👍

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

You do realise there is a very simple solution to this, Don't watch morning TV, it's so simple it's genius,

But that is when my favourite programmes are on
Wheeler Dealers
Find it fix it Flog it
Junk and disorderly
Repair shop
Bangers and Cash

nice simple programmes that need little brain power while I wake up and check all the news sites!

 

[figbat]

But that is when my favourite programmes are on
Wheeler Dealers
Find it fix it Flog it
Junk and disorderly
Repair shop
Bangers and Cash

nice simple programmes that need little brain power while I wake up and check all the news sites!

Same list as me - with added Car SOS.

 

[Jameshow]

Is that not bubble wrap, not blister packaging?

I bought a 'Stanley' knife the other week in blister packaging & couldn't get into it, had to use a pair of scissors in the end, ridiculous.

Not as annoying as multitools that come loose and you need two more multitools to secure. That's why I have 15 multitools...!🤣🤣🤣

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just opened a tin of what I thought were garden peas to mix into my mutt's food, to find they are mushy peas not garden peas.