Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[lazybloke]

My annoyance of the day was rolling up at the ice cream van after a hot sticky climb in the surrey hills and realising my credit card wasn't zipped into my jersey pocket but lying on the table at home.

"Never mind", went my mental dialogue, "I have that emergency cash in my tool kit".
The tool kit was also at home.

Also forgot to put suncream on half my body. Neck, face and arms are well protected; legs might look like lobster later.

Suffice to say, was not at my sharpest this morning, which I blame on a very good party last night.
Am not looking forward to facing the neighbours after we subjected them to campfire songs, a ukelele, two guitars, triangles and a clarinet yesterday evening. How dreadful.

 

[Mike_P]

Fridges. Why in this age of concern over food safety is it not mandatory that they self regulate their temperature.

 

[Chris S]

Not so much annoyed, but when you see a new member in the 'New Member Introduction' threads and you go to reply, only to see you already did previously.

Doesn't your avatar appear in the corner of theirs, like this?

 

[lazybloke]

Fridges. Why in this age of concern over food safety is it not mandatory that they self regulate their temperature.

Huh? Better fridges have a temperature display & target instead of "1-5", but I thought all were thermostatically controlled.

 

[Noodle Legs]

Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?​

How long have you got? 🤣

Following cars in built up areas travelling no more than 15mph that still have to brake to an almost complete stop to go over a speed hump…..

 

[Legs]

So this was the list of things that Tesco weren’t able to honour for my click and collect order this afternoon…


… so I went into store and bought these…
(the bacon was a substitution - they’d given me unsmoked back bacon - who even eats that muck?)

 

[Mike_P]

Huh? Better fridges have a temperature display & target instead of "1-5", but I thought all were thermostatically controlled.

The 1-5 dial sets the level of coldness, mine is now at 4.5 and the top shelf is just cold enough to be at the higher recommended level for a fridge (that's where I have put the thermometer). The instructions are quite clear on the need to adjust it depending on the ambient temperature. Wonder how many fridges are actually too warm today.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Doesn't your avatar appear in the corner of theirs, like this?

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Probably, I never really get that far... ☺️😆

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Doesn't your avatar appear in the corner of theirs, like this?

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Ah! I see what I'm doing! I usually just click on the thread title in the general menu, so I don't see what you just showed unless I then look at other threads... But then, imagine my avatar... It sort of blends in with the white screen, so it is not always immediately obvious, especially if the other person's avatar also happens to be white or light coloured too!

I have become so used to most avatars having a white quarter, if I do even notice in the first place, that I don't notice it (if that makes sense) because there is nothing to see and it is all part of the Cyclechat colour scheme anyway.
I quite literally take it to be a part of the site and not myself. ☺️😆

 

[lazybloke]

Recenctly discovered my phone has a barometric pressure sensor, and that Strava for Android doesn't use it.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Doesn't your avatar appear in the corner of theirs, like this?

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In other words, yes, but it just blends in to the site graphics so well that I don't even notice my own avatar most of the time. I simply look for my name or a post I recognise instead.

I am the man with the invisible avatar!

 

[Jameshow]

My annoyance of the day was rolling up at the ice cream van after a hot sticky climb in the surrey hills and realising my credit card wasn't zipped into my jersey pocket but lying on the table at home.

"Never mind", went my mental dialogue, "I have that emergency cash in my tool kit".
The tool kit was also at home.

Also forgot to put suncream on half my body. Neck, face and arms are well protected; legs might look like lobster later.

Suffice to say, was not at my sharpest this morning, which I blame on a very good party last night.
Am not looking forward to facing the neighbours after we subjected them to campfire songs, a ukelele, two guitars, triangles and a clarinet yesterday evening. How dreadful.

That's worse than me leaving my phone on the wall!!

 

[Jameshow]

Arrgghh! One of the best moans on this thread.
Forget all that ABCDEFG energy rating nonsense; CAN I OPEN THE ******* DOOR?!!!!!

Bought a Haier washing machine about 4 years ago. Not only does it have the quietest spin of any machine I've ever owned, it also lets me open the door the moment the programme finishes. Now that's progress.

Why do they need so many programmes and mobile apps.. it's a washing machine!!

 

[lazybloke]

Why do they need so many programmes and mobile apps.. it's a washing machine!!

My fridge has a slot for a wifi adapter, so presumably has a companion app that can alert me to temperature fluctuations when i'm in mtgs at work. I don't see the need.

WIth two teens in the house, the smart appliances i want are loo roll holders that automatically replenish. Something similar for loading the dishwasher too.

 

[Electric_Andy]

My fridge has a slot for a wifi adapter, so presumably has a companion app that can alert me to temperature fluctuations when i'm in mtgs at work. I don't see the need.

WIth two teens in the house, the smart appliances i want are loo roll holders that automatically replenish. Something similar for loading the dishwasher too.

I can see the use of the fridge WiFi to be honest. We went away for the weekend, one of the boys hadn't shut the freezer door properly and we've come back to a defrosted freezer. Luckliy most of it was old bread, ice cream and fruit, but 1 pack of meat is not safe to eat now