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Silly little things to make life better...

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Arlanymor · 02/06/2026 21:05

... so not hugely necessary. But say you eat a pizza at a restaurant and you can't quite finish it all. Rather than a full-sized pizza box, can you please give me a half-sized one that I can fit in my handbag please?*

*only applies to more mainstream restaurants, I know that kebab/chicken places will jam anything into a small polystyrene/single use plastic container.

Just a little thing to make the world turn more easily. Also although I get the kids' menu and the discount, can we all please order smaller portions if we wish? Ta!

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Avie29 · 03/06/2026 07:29

If baby wipes/wet wipes actually came out one at a time, hate it when you pull a wipe out and they all come out like a long string and you shake it to try break them up but they don’t so you have to release the sqirming baby to pull them apart at which point baby quickly starts streaking up the hallway and you have to will your poor creaky knees to get up and chase them down 😂.

FlowerSticker · 03/06/2026 07:28

OhIDoLoveAnAcerTree · 03/06/2026 07:24

A remotely operated lazy Susan which works in an oven to ensure even cooking.

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You can get rotating pizza stones...

FlowerSticker · 03/06/2026 07:24

JaneBirkinstock · 03/06/2026 07:15

I would like staff in coffee shops to give me hot coffee rather than luke warm coffee. Why do they do that? And why do I waste my money on buying the coffee when I know that they do that?

Ask for extra hot and take it back if it's not.

Fairly sure that they end up scalding the milk in things like lattes etc

Also, coffee shouldn't be made with boiling water.

OhIDoLoveAnAcerTree · 03/06/2026 07:24

A remotely operated lazy Susan which works in an oven to ensure even cooking.

ThejoyofNC · 03/06/2026 07:17

My dream would be for a local independent butcher to have a counter inside the supermarket. Or I'll even take next door to be honest.

JaneBirkinstock · 03/06/2026 07:15

I would like staff in coffee shops to give me hot coffee rather than luke warm coffee. Why do they do that? And why do I waste my money on buying the coffee when I know that they do that?

Ask for extra hot and take it back if it's not.

Upstartled · 03/06/2026 07:14

Having a thermostatic bath tap that you can programme with the volume of water that you want dispensed and then turns itself off. If I'm being fussy, there might be a timer option and a remote option so I could either tell it to run me a bath for say, 6pm on a Friday or so I could just tell it to start running before I get home, like my hive heating app.

VestPantsandSocks · 03/06/2026 07:09

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Fyi - the Asda app has been glitchy for a few months to the point of being unusable at times.

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 03/06/2026 07:03

Not having lots of different apps for parking . Just one please.

PoppingZits · 03/06/2026 07:01

Arlanymor · 02/06/2026 21:05

... so not hugely necessary. But say you eat a pizza at a restaurant and you can't quite finish it all. Rather than a full-sized pizza box, can you please give me a half-sized one that I can fit in my handbag please?*

*only applies to more mainstream restaurants, I know that kebab/chicken places will jam anything into a small polystyrene/single use plastic container.

Just a little thing to make the world turn more easily. Also although I get the kids' menu and the discount, can we all please order smaller portions if we wish? Ta!

Eww, I wouldn’t want my handbag smelling of pizza, kebabs or any other food.
I would like staff in coffee shops to give me hot coffee rather than luke warm coffee. Why do they do that? And why do I waste my money on buying the coffee when I know that they do that?

Userxyd · 03/06/2026 06:57

Toaster makers and bread bakers to agree what size to make loaves and toaster slots. Such a waste of food/time/money to have to trim the sides to get the bread to fit!

Zebrah · 03/06/2026 06:51

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OrdinaryGirl · 03/06/2026 06:48

I would like the lasagne-dish-makers and lasagne-sheet-makers to end their ancient feud. Everyone has suffered enough.

DoYouSellBuckets · 03/06/2026 06:47

Katemax82 · 03/06/2026 05:13

If you get paid 4 weekly, be able to pay bills 4 weekly and get benefits 4 weekly so it all tallys up

I get that it would make things easier budget-wise, but I love the payday now and again where you don't have to pay rent/mortgage out of it! 13 paydays a year but 12 sets of bills feels amazing.

Before someone calls me on my privilege, yes, the feeling is an illusion and the extra pay gets spent on bills over time, but for that month, I feel baller and I like it 😂

OrdinaryGirl · 03/06/2026 06:44

@MsGreying BEHOLD. AN EXTENDABLE CAR AERIALESQUE SPOON. For only three of your Earth pounds. 😌
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JaneBirkinstock · 03/06/2026 06:43

A free (optional) digestive biscuit with your coffee in a cafe. I don't want a cake but coffee is too wet on its own.

IAMFLUFF · 03/06/2026 06:39

mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/06/2026 21:13

All websites/apps operating to the same standard! I shouldn't have to be stressed out using your app, Asda!

British Airways! Gives me the rage every time I use their app

Houndsahollering · 03/06/2026 06:37

Stop fucking around with paydays and pay us on a set day of the month every month. Ideally all the same not matter who you work for either. I don’t want Decembers salary 2 and a bit weeks after Novembers and then nothing for bloody weeks until the end of Jan.

Use those giant motorway matrix signs to give us good news as well “it’s half term next week” or “plain sailing all the way to Crewe”
😂 make me smile on my miserable commute!

Gatekeeper · 03/06/2026 06:10

ThisBirdOnThatRoof · 03/06/2026 04:01

Zombie workmanship is the best

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Absolutely hooted at this Grin

MinnieMountain · 03/06/2026 05:33

That's okay @Katemax82 , I'll have your prawn cocktail ones.

Espresso is always £1.20 (ish) like in Italy.

marriednotdead · 03/06/2026 05:15

whyschoolwhy · 02/06/2026 23:14

I would like payday in January to come a few days earlier. We always get paid very early in December, and it’s such a long wait until the next payday. Since February is such a short month, let’s get paid earlier in Jan!

My company does this now. We usually get paid around 22nd December and then 26th January to even things out. It really helps.

Katemax82 · 03/06/2026 05:13

If you get paid 4 weekly, be able to pay bills 4 weekly and get benefits 4 weekly so it all tallys up

Katemax82 · 03/06/2026 05:08

Sux2buthen · 02/06/2026 22:28

Slightly more crisps in multipack bags.
some kind of fastening to stop duvets sliding in their cover.

30 pack multi packs of crisps that have no prawn cocktail flavour

Katemax82 · 03/06/2026 05:06

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Ouch!!

ThisBirdOnThatRoof · 03/06/2026 04:01

MsGreying · 02/06/2026 22:18

A short spoon for the coffee when the jar is very full.
Saw one this week.
Someone I know has one that a mutual friend's dead husband made for her.

Zombie workmanship is the best