Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

So the wearing of face masks in shops is to be made compulsory from the 24th of this month. According to the press, staff can’t enforce it but non-compliance can result in a fine.

I can’t say I’m surprised but the decision annoys me all the same.

 

All four banks slowly shut down one after the other over a two year period and now the town has to rely on three ATMs connected to three stores. Always empty when you need it.

When the council decide to send out its public grass cutters before the litter pickers so the lawnmower guys just mow over the litter, glass and plastic bottles.

Makes me appreciate my time in Singapore.

 

Did someone say Brontosaurus?
*klaxon*

 

The government are now running a radio add to promote a section on their website that tells us how to ‘Enjoy summer safely‘. FFS! Do people really need this explained to them? Haven’t we had all the guidelines rammed down our necks enough for the last 17 weeks? Yes, many people disregard those guidelines, and those same people will continue to do so regardless.

 

The fact I can never seem to concentrate on ANYthing whilst waiting for the delivery man to bring me something I ordered, even when given a timeslot.

Just knowing that some of them ring the bell and wait two seconds before trying to run away has me anxious. I'm the least anxious person I know, but those bastards make you sweat.

 

Like I say, advise is wasted on those people. It’s like the ‘Don’t drop litter’ signs. Those who don’t drop litter don’t need to be told, and those that do don’t care about a bloody sign.

I hear you. Royal Mail is plagued by postmen who like to keep your parcels for themselves. When I order from amazon I pray the sender isn’t using them. That’s why I signed up for Prime. I’ve no interest in their TV / film service, but their next day free delivery and tracking service alone is worth the sub.

 

Hand drying machines in public lavs that have the motion sensor in the wrong place, so that when you trigger it and start rubbing your hands together, the sensor thinks you’ve finished and switches off.

 

Is this a common problem?

 

Let’s just say it’s not uncommon. I’ve had more parcels fail to arrive than I care to count.

 

When there are guest stars on Blue's Clues & You cause I feel like they're just getting in the way of my time with Joshy.

 

Ordered something from amazon. Package said "delivered" when i i track it. Didnt have it at all. Gave up and had them refund me.
Weeks later, i met some of my neighbors and they casually let it slipped that they get my mail all the time and has had my package for weeks. They gave it back.... It was opened.

 

At least once a week my neighbors and I are out on the sidewalk exchanging mail delivered to the wrong house by mistake. I’ve even gotten packages addressed to my house number, but on a street three blocks over.

It seems the postal service sucks the whole world over.

 

This happened to me with my last amazon order, except the neighbour part. It’s happened a few times in fact.

 

You've already printed the receipt. Why ask me if I want it? Just hand it over.

 

The new point of sale system at my shop doesn’t give me the option anymore; it prints the receipt want it or not. We go through a whole lot more printer paper now too.

 

In Sweden this is a law thing. We have to print receipts and we have to ask the customer if they want their copy. If I remember correctly from my time behind the register.

 

The fact that all ‘finger exercises’ for beginner guitar players who struggle to stretch across the frets comprises of doing the thing you can’t do.

“If you’re struggling to stretch your fingers across the frets, try this simple exercise: Put you first finger just behind the wire of fret 5. Now, place your second finger in the same place on fret 6. Your third finger on 7 and finally your fourth finger on fret 8.”

Listen you fucking moron! If I could do that I wouldn’t be searching for finger stretching exercises, would I!?

 

Sounds like how everything turns into a hamstring stretch for me at the gym. I'm pushing 50, overweight, and was never very flexible even in my younger days, so I stick to the "beginner stretching excercises" but they tell me this will stretch my glutes or my quads or my biceps but I can't get into that position without the back of my leg hurting. Hell, even eating a submarine sandwich risks damage to my leg tendons at this point.

 

Wait. . . that's what that's short for?

 

Yes, you didn't know? They are shaped like submarines, minus the "sail" (conning tower, whatever).

ETA: Here's the logo of a now-defunct Chicago area sub sandwich chain, "The Italian U-Boat":

 

I guess I never thought about it.

 

Even coming from a country fairly new to the sub, even I knew why it was so called.

 

Same here in Germany. Law got even more stringent at the beginning of the year. Stores already had to print and keep receipts, and offer a copy to the customer. Now it's been made opt-out: The store MUST give a receipt to the customer. The customer can still refuse to take it, but it MUST be given. (In practical terms, nothing has changed, but there was a big hullabaloo with sales personnel being taught new procedures.)