deuxfois
Well-Known Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
I bought a box of twelve recently; good value.
As I'm seventy, may even last me out - !
I only bought three - but I am eighty-one
. Will re-assess when i get to the last one 
Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?
- Thread starter PaulB
- Start date
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I only bought three - but I am eighty-one
. Will re-assess when i get to the last one 
mustang1
Legendary Member
- Location
- London, UK
London underground continually telling me tom stand behind the yellow line, if I see something then say it sort it or some crap, the auto announcement on the tube telling me what station I'm at and the really stupid on when they have the incorrect destination on the board so I get on the wrong train.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Is it because bhaji' is a contraction of bhajiramapujan?
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
I'd be really, really embarrassed if it is!
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
The binmen didn't come last week. They came this week and emptied my neighbours' bins but didn't empty mine. The bin collections will be irregular for the next two weeks because of Christmas and new Year. I could have five week's rubbish to get rid off by then.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
If they miss a bin here then you can ring them and a small bin lorry will come round in the next day or so and pick it up
looks like they have this one small lorry that just wizzes round missed collections
Or they used to when it last happened to me - but that was pre-pandemic
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I don't think they would come round just for me 
Why can't the supermarkets etc. get together and have all their self checkouts work the same way - ? 
If you always use the same shop, then obviously you're used to the way that they work in that shop.
However if, like me, you use different shops for different products, it's an absolute sod sussing out how each one 'reacts'. Use one the way that say, Tesco have theirs set in say, Sainsbury's, you're in trouble.
Even the two branches of Poundland in Norwich have theirs operating in different directions - !
If you always use the same shop, then obviously you're used to the way that they work in that shop.
However if, like me, you use different shops for different products, it's an absolute sod sussing out how each one 'reacts'. Use one the way that say, Tesco have theirs set in say, Sainsbury's, you're in trouble.
Even the two branches of Poundland in Norwich have theirs operating in different directions - !
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Why can't the supermarkets etc. get together and have all their self checkouts work the same way - ?
If you always use the same shop, then obviously you're used to the way that they work in that shop.
However if, like me, you use different shops for different products, it's an absolute sod sussing out how each one 'reacts'. Use one the way that say, Tesco have theirs set in say, Sainsbury's, you're in trouble.
Even the two branches of Poundland in Norwich have theirs operating in different directions - !
Thankfully this spawn of Satan has not taken over most shops here. I ignore them in a pointed manner when in the UK, and not because I can't understand the damn things.
Jameshow
Veteran
I don't think they would come round just for me
We have the same here, if your bin is missed for some reason then you ring up and a small version of the refuse lorry comes, usually the next day.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I don't think they would come round just for me
They have for me on occasion - I just had to leave the bin outside for a couple of days
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I avoided the problem by getting serious about recycling... 
It is 14 months later and the bin is still less than 3/4 full. If I am careful it might not need emptying in 2024 either!My local Aldi has just started collecting this type of waste. About time!
I normally take about 2 months to fill my wheelie bin and it is nearly all this previously unrecyclable stuff. I reckon my bin will only have to be emptied once a year now!
PS The wheelie bin is about half full at the moment with waste that I will now take to Aldi. I will try to remember to quote this post when I next have to have the wheelie bin emptied. I'll see if I can get through the rest of this year and all of 2023 before it is full again...
Moon bunny
Judging your grammar
- Location
- Basking in my own brilliance.
Public buildings with Xmas decorations along stair handrails and bannisters. Some people need to use them for various reasons, perhaps assess the risk before rendering an important aid unusable?
Kingfisher101
Veteran
Xmas Eve and the day before, Is there really any need for mass panic and pushing and shoving in a supermarket for basically a Sunday dinner? People need to get a grip.
