Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
People who have a poor grasp of mathematics, acting as though they are an expert, then doubling down when told and shown they are wrong.
Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
People who drive into or park on fragile banks in the lanes, resulting in the bank becoming more unstable and all sorts of muck ending up on the road surface.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
People who refuse to accept that the normal language of the forum is English not Mathematics.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Or any other complex subject...
I have had computer-ignorant people plead for me to go round to fix an ailing computer because they don't know where to start, but they miraculously develop a deep understanding of the subject a few seconds after I power the computer up! "No, no, no - don't do it like that, do it like this!"
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Or any other complex subject...
I have had computer-ignorant people plead for me to go round to fix an ailing computer because they don't know where to start, but they miraculously develop a deep understanding of the subject a few seconds after I power the computer up! "No, no, no - don't do it like that, do it like this!"
It's remarkable how many customers become instant experts in cycle repair when I talk to them...
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Yep the instant experts on absolutely nothing in reality
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
The rubber footplates (usually frozen into the ice) where you push off to deliver your sliding delivery in Curling is called a Hack.Things being described as "hacks". Unless you're:
(a) inexpertly using an axe or knife to chop something,
(b) applying a reducer to an opposition forward, possibly resulting in a yellow or red,
(c) breaking into a computer system or
(d) producing knowingly crap code to work around some other crap code you wrote a year ago and is now too embedded in the system to change
then it is not a hack.
Looking at you Jamie Oliver.
You get down in the hack and play.
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Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
People putting banknotes in the till the wrong way round.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Shops don't take cash in the UK? We'd close in a day if we refused cash.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Most shops will take cash, but some switched to card only during the pandemic and have stayed that way. I think most shops now prefer contactless payments.
There are still very occasional places that only accept cash (e.g. The beach café at Llantwit Major beach)
And the ironmongers just around the corner from me, and my local Chippy 🍟
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Our local chippy (Cowbridge) not only take card & contactless, but prefers you to order online, though they are still quite happy for you to walk in and order. They give priority to online orders over walk-ins.
classic33
Leg End Member
What's the right way round?
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
The way I do it, obviously...
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