Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Alex321]

Possibly. But I would imagine the airline staff wouldn't just accept (say) a photo ID run off using an old free copy of Windows Publisher and PVA glued to an expired credit card.
And if you are going to the trouble and expense of producing something which looks "official", it would probably be easier to just take a passport or bite the bullet and pay for one the IDs mentioned earlier.

You are assuming honesty here

The people who would make up something like thhat are the people who would be giving false details (including address) for probably nefarious puroses.

 

[Mike_P]

Supermarket check out ladies who scan your item then say "ooh i aint tried these what are they like?"
Oh yeah and Aldi checkout operatives who fling your stuff through at warp speed.

Aldi and Lidl normally overdo the barcodes meaning a checkout operator normally only has to pass the item over the scanner without having to looki where it is - its part of how they keep prices low by having a faster throughput at the checkout.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Another Brexit bonus along with unicorns in Richmond Park, cracked economy and a Blue Passport

Getting a bit NACA there old boy...

To be fair, if you are the citizen of a country, you have to enter using the travel papers proving you are a citizen. As the UK never issued ID cards that means my passport, and that wouldn't have changed if I'd taken on German citizenship while the UK was still a member.

When I enter the EU I have to use my EU/German ID card.

Technically at this moment, sitting in Germany, I don't have British Citizenship under German law, and in the UK I wouldn't have German citizenship under British law, which sounds odd but it saves legal complications.

When I went to pick up my backpack from the DB lost property office in Basel (Switzerland) last year, I was technically British and German under the local law for about 45 minutes.

 

[lazybloke]

I think you're being a silly sausage here - ID cards are a pretty massive step beyond me using a Clubcard (or whatever). I don't NEED a Clubcard to buy a bag of dog biscuits. Or to buy a dog. Or buy a loaf of bread for my family. Or to get on a train. Or get a job...
[How long have you got to continue this ??]

p.s. this doesn't mean I LIKE how supermarkets are abusing the loyalty systems.

Why would ID would ever be needed to buy a loaf?

 

[Mike_P]

Why would ID would ever be needed to buy a loaf?

Um... In the event of a food shortage?

 

[Tenkaykev]

Another Brexit bonus along with unicorns in Richmond Park, cracked economy and a Blue Passport

Printed in France...

 

[Andy in Germany]

I think you're being a silly sausage here - ID cards are a pretty massive step beyond me using a Clubcard (or whatever). I don't NEED a Clubcard to buy a bag of dog biscuits. Or to buy a dog. Or buy a loaf of bread for my family. Or to get on a train. Or get a job...
[How long have you got to continue this ??]

p.s. this doesn't mean I LIKE how supermarkets are abusing the loyalty systems.

I think the point is that the rules for the control of the information on your ID card are fairly strict and who can actually see it is limited; from memory I only legally have to show it to someone like the police or an immigration officer, although I was asked to show it recently when using my railcard, as that has no photo.

The information you give to supermarkets for loyalty cards isn't covered by these rather strict laws.

That said, this level of protection also depends on which government issues the ID card and and has access to ID card data, and their tendency to keep such data safe, or not.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I think the point is that the rules for the control of the information on your ID card are fairly strict and who can actually see it is limited; from memory I only legally have to show it to someone like the police or an immigration officer, although I was asked to show it recently when using my railcard, as that has no photo.

The information you give to supermarkets for loyalty cards isn't covered by these rather strict laws.

That said, this level of protection also depends on which government issues the ID card and and has access to ID card data, and their tendency to keep such data safe, or not.

If the government were to request the breadth of data that people willingly give up to Facebook and other " Social Networks " there would be a huge outcry.

 

[Greasy Gilbert]

Aldi and Lidl normally overdo the barcodes meaning a checkout operator normally only has to pass the item over the scanner without having to looki where it is - its part of how they keep prices low by having a faster throughput at the checkout.

I'm aware of that Mike. That's not what I'm getting at.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Supermarket check out ladies who scan your item then say "ooh i aint tried these what are they like?"
Oh yeah and Aldi checkout operatives who fling your stuff through at warp speed.

My wife drives me slightly potty in Aldi/Lidl, because she insists on carefully placing everything in the trolley, much to the annoyance of the cashiers. This is because she's Japanese and in Japan the cashiers do this for you and she's never adjusted to the Aldi approach.

It annoys me though, because there are other supermarkets where they do take longer but it therefore costs more. If we want the cheap Aldi prices, we have to deal with Aldi service, and the poor s*d on the till can't help the policy. These days I go to the till with Beautiful Wife then say something like "I'll go and get the Bakfiets ready" and leave her to it.

On my own I organise items in the belt: Heavy unbreakable, heavy breakable; lightweight unbreakable and lightweight breakable, so they don't get damaged if I have to push them in the trolley more quickly.

I notice the checkout staff at Lidl are no longer asking if I have a reward card, so they are recognising me. I suspect it's the accent. And possibly the Akubra.

 

[Gwylan]

Printed in France...

Endless benefits rain down on us.

 

[classic33]

My wife drives me slightly potty in Aldi/Lidl, because she insists on carefully placing everything in the trolley, much to the annoyance of the cashiers. This is because she's Japanese and in Japan the cashiers do this for you and she's never adjusted to the Aldi approach.

It annoys me though, because there are other supermarkets where they do take longer but it therefore costs more. If we want the cheap Aldi prices, we have to deal with Aldi service, and the poor s*d on the till can't help the policy. These days I go to the till with Beautiful Wife then say something like "I'll go and get the Bakfiets ready" and leave her to it.

On my own I organise items in the belt: Heavy unbreakable, heavy breakable; lightweight unbreakable and lightweight breakable, so they don't get damaged if I have to push them in the trolley more quickly.

I notice the checkout staff at Lidl are no longer asking if I have a reward card, so they are recognising me. I suspect it's the accent. And possibly the Akubra.

You don't take your hat off when indoors!

 

[simongt]

You can get a PASS card for £15 from either the Post Office or direct from Citizencard.
https://www.postoffice.co.uk/identity/pass-card
https://www.citizencard.com/

Nice thought Alex321, but the images on both sites clearly show 'Proof of Age' on the card samples.
As the GLW is rather over 21, probably wouldn't be applicable.

 

[Andy in Germany]

You don't take your hat off when indoors!

My word no.

 

[simongt]

My word no.

Ahh, someone else who is influenced by this unseemly American habit - !
Do you wear the peak at the back as well - ?