Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[colly]

Cans that can openers don't work on. (usually cheapo beans or tomatoes)

You get a quarter way round and suddenly the next few millimeters stubbornly refuses to give in to the opener , rinse and repeat. You end up with a can with sections open and bits still attached and you have to bloody try and 'nibble' at the stuck bits. The end result is tomatoe speckles all over your previously immaculate shirt, dribbles of stuff all over the now slippery can and a couple of bits that simply refuse to part company with the rest of the can. This results in needing to bend back a section of the half detached lid and when your hand slips either flicking food all over some unsuspecting family member or slicing a lump out of your thumb.
Having finally scraped what ever was in the can out onto the plate you can guarantee someone will hit the jackpot and get the metal slivers down their throat.

How long have we been using canned foods?

 

[classic33]

Cans that can openers don't work on. (usually cheapo beans or tomatoes)

You get a quarter way round and suddenly the next few millimeters stubbornly refuses to give in to the opener , rinse and repeat. You end up with a can with sections open and bits still attached and you have to bloody try and 'nibble' at the stuck bits. The end result is tomatoe speckles all over your previously immaculate shirt, dribbles of stuff all over the now slippery can and a couple of bits that simply refuse to part company with the rest of the can. This results in needing to bend back a section of the half detached lid and when your hand slips either flicking food all over some unsuspecting family member or slicing a lump out of your thumb.
Having finally scraped what ever was in the can out onto the plate you can guarantee someone will hit the jackpot and get the metal slivers down their throat.

How long have we been using canned foods?

Don't you ever just close the can opener on the bits which it refused to cut when you turned the handle?
You're then "piercing the can" afresh each time. Saves on spills, sliced digits and possible excessive iron intake.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Cans that can openers don't work on. (usually cheapo beans or tomatoes)

You get a quarter way round and suddenly the next few millimeters stubbornly refuses to give in to the opener , rinse and repeat. You end up with a can with sections open and bits still attached and you have to bloody try and 'nibble' at the stuck bits. The end result is tomatoe speckles all over your previously immaculate shirt, dribbles of stuff all over the now slippery can and a couple of bits that simply refuse to part company with the rest of the can. This results in needing to bend back a section of the half detached lid and when your hand slips either flicking food all over some unsuspecting family member or slicing a lump out of your thumb.
Having finally scraped what ever was in the can out onto the plate you can guarantee someone will hit the jackpot and get the metal slivers down their throat.

How long have we been using canned foods?

I've been there many times! Metal shards, cut fingers, hours of hacking at tins that refuse to open! Curl a key around razor sharp when exposed metal, corned beef tins are horrendous if you don't get it right! Fray Bentos pie tins can take a hammer and chisel to open! I don't eat either these days, so that's one less problem.

 

[ColinJ]

Don't you ever just close the can opener on the bits which it refused to cut when you turned the handle?
You're then "piercing the can" afresh each time. Saves on spills, sliced digits and possible excessive iron intake.

It depends on the type of can opener...

I have the same problem as @colly. My opener doesn't cut through the lid from the top - it cuts through the lip round the edge of it. Cheaper canned goods seem to have lower quality control in terms of the thickness of that lip so the can opener sometimes just scores the lip rather than cutting through it.

When the opener works well it is good because the cut-off lid doesn't have any sharp edges. Half-opened cans are a pain though and sometimes I have to resort to stabbing a knife through the lid.

 

[Mike_P]

Also bear in mind the cutting wheel on a can opener will wear and not cut as well over time. Seems that they are that cheap to buy no one sells replacement cutting wheels.

 

[colly]

Don't you ever just close the can opener on the bits which it refused to cut when you turned the handle?
You're then "piercing the can" afresh each time. Saves on spills, sliced digits and possible excessive iron intake.

I do that yes, hence the 'nibbling' Still a pain.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Cans that can openers don't work on. (usually cheapo beans or tomatoes)

You get a quarter way round and suddenly the next few millimeters stubbornly refuses to give in to the opener , rinse and repeat. You end up with a can with sections open and bits still attached and you have to bloody try and 'nibble' at the stuck bits. The end result is tomatoe speckles all over your previously immaculate shirt, dribbles of stuff all over the now slippery can and a couple of bits that simply refuse to part company with the rest of the can. This results in needing to bend back a section of the half detached lid and when your hand slips either flicking food all over some unsuspecting family member or slicing a lump out of your thumb.
Having finally scraped what ever was in the can out onto the plate you can guarantee someone will hit the jackpot and get the metal slivers down their throat.

How long have we been using canned foods?

Canned food was first produced in 1800, with the can opener patented by Ezra J. Warner on January 5, 1858.

 

[DaveReading]

Few, if any, cans will resist an old-style stab can opener.

 

[matticus]

Canned food was first produced in 1800, with the can opener patented by Ezra J. Warner on January 5, 1858.

Jeez, 58 years?!?

 

[Electric_Andy]

Jeez, 58 years?!?

They just stored the cans in their cupboard until 1858.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I bought a chip shop fish yesterday. It wasn't that big, it tasted of chemically made preservatives and cost 4 quid!
Edit...Just remembered the 5ft feck all chav outside with his 'status dog'. I asked him to step aside so I could go in the shop. He did that leaning back bit, to hold Tyson back, as 'he's so strong'! No chav it's because you're so short, I said to myself!

 

[slowmotion]

The receptionists at my GP practice seem to have a policy of not picking up the phone for about seven minutes by which time I put my end of the phone down. I sometimes wonder if the partners are in their villas in Umbria.

 

[Mike Ayling]

The receptionists at my GP practice seem to have a policy of not picking up the phone for about seven minutes by which time I put my end of the phone down. I sometimes wonder if the partners are in their villas in Umbria.

See 25th April in the Cartoons thread!
In reality they want you to use their on line booking ap.

 

[slowmotion]

See 25th April in the Cartoons thread!
In reality they want you to use their on line booking ap.

It's not set up for blood tests.

 

[Mike_P]

My doctors tell you how many callers are waiting. Phone left on speaker and eventually a receptionist is heard, normally at the moment I am furthest from the phone.