Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[DRM]

Packaging.

Either that which is nigh impossible to open without a thermic lance or that which is excessive.
Eg:

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The door bell at the front somehow needed the three boxes behind it to keep safe.

As well as you’re paying for something that spies on you, and links together with nearby doorbells to form a network

 

[gbb]

Breakfast cereal manufacturers...why the flip can't you make an inner plastic bag that doesn't self destruct everytime you open them. Result, the contents never pour cleanly, you end up with cereal in your bowl, on the worktop, on the floor, in the box....gahhhhh

 

[ColinJ]

As well as you’re paying for something that spies on you, and links together with nearby doorbells to form a network

My sister said that she has just ordered two; one for each door. I asked how they are powered and attached to the door but she didn't know. If they use rechargeable batteries and are screwed on from the outside then surely someone could just unscrew them and walk off with them!

I don't fancy owning one. I would rather remain in blissful ignorance about what dodgy people are up to next to my home until I absolutely have to know (when they are inside)!

 

[mistyoptic]

Breakfast cereal manufacturers...why the flip can't you make an inner plastic bag that doesn't self destruct everytime you open them. Result, the contents never pour cleanly, you end up with cereal in your bowl, on the worktop, on the floor, in the box....gahhhhh

✂️?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My sister said that she has just ordered two; one for each door. I asked how they are powered and attached to the door but she didn't know. If they use rechargeable batteries and are screwed on from the outside then surely someone could just unscrew them and walk off with them!

I don't fancy owning one. I would rather remain in blissful ignorance about what dodgy people are up to next to my home until I absolutely have to know (when they are inside)!

They seem like a good idea
until you realise that if you can see your bell camera from anywhere in the World - then it pretty much has to be "in the Cloud"
which is marketing tech speke for it being on someone else's computer - which you must rent space on in some disguised way

and this also allows other people to see it - if they are authorised - or know how to bypass the authorisation

I quite like the idea of a door camera front and back - but I want it isolated to just somewhere I control so no-one else can access it.
If I really need to be able to see it from Tristan Da Cuna then I will put some remote access system on my desktop and use that to access my desktop - which can then look at the camera footage
and not have some big international company sort it out

I have come across several school where a teacher - sometimes quite senior - have brought a Ring doorbell in so it can be installed on the front door to help reception
The IT people have looked at things like security, GDPR and safeguarding and refused to let it anywhere near the network.
I know these people and they know a lot about this stuff - and they don;t trust Ring!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I keep seeing adverts for this 'cute' toy online. Cute??!! It's the sort of thing nightmares are made of!!! I think I dreamed that something like this was blocking me leaving my bathroom once. The creature was the size of a baby hippo. I was told by the emergency services to climb over it to escape, then thankfully I woke up!!

https://www.temu.com/uk/25cm-9-8-cu...-animal-toy-lovely-water-bear-insect-doll-for

 

[craigwend]

People continuing to 'feed' online trolls, despite getting answers and then going onto more ridiculous questions, which are then fed with more (kind/ well intentioned) answers...

 

[classic33]

People continuing to 'feed' online trolls, despite getting answers and then going onto more ridiculous questions, which are then fed with more (kind/ well intentioned) answers...

The "Keeper Of The Keys"

 

[ColinJ]

People continuing to 'feed' online trolls, despite getting answers and then going onto more ridiculous questions, which are then fed with more (kind/ well intentioned) answers...

I have detected a distinct whiff of them on the forum recently!

 

[Red17]

People who dig holes in the butter rather than smoothly scraping off a layer and maintaining the structural integrity of the block

 

[Electric_Andy]

Breakfast cereal manufacturers...why the flip can't you make an inner plastic bag that doesn't self destruct everytime you open

I keep seeing adverts for this 'cute' toy online. Cute??!! It's the sort of thing nightmares are made of!!! I think I dreamed that something like this was blocking me leaving my bathroom once. The creature was the size of a baby hippo. I was told by the emergency services to climb over it to escape, then thankfully I woke up!!

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https://www.temu.com/uk/25cm-9-8-cu...-animal-toy-lovely-water-bear-insect-doll-for

It looks like a dust mite. I don't know if that's intentional or not

 

[Accy cyclist]

It looks like a dust mite. I don't know if that's intentional or not

Yes, I thought something like that.🤔 It's horrible and definitely not cute!!

 

[DaveReading]

They seem like a good idea
until you realise that if you can see your bell camera from anywhere in the World - then it pretty much has to be "in the Cloud"
which is marketing tech speak for it being on someone else's computer - which you must rent space on in some disguised way

No reason for it to have to be on anyone's computer but your own - setting up secure remote access isn't particularly difficult.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

No reason for it to have to be on anyone's computer but your own - setting up secure remote access isn't particularly difficult.

I was under the impression that Ring have access to the store at all times???

Maybe I need to update my knowledge - I have not looked at them for years!

 

[Gwylan]

People who dig holes in the butter rather than smoothly scraping off a layer and maintaining the structural integrity of the block

Bloody nightmare