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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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WonderingWanda · 02/06/2026 23:12

Just one universal parking app and free WiFi in the car parks so that you can log in if it's automatically logged you out or decided you need to download the latest app.....I'm looking at you Apcoa!

ALotofThingsBeataJet2HolidayActually · 02/06/2026 23:12

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What part of 'silly little thing' do you not quite understand?

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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.

You can use a medicine spoon. Though that’s a bit of a nightmare when the jar is half empty. Then you need like a long handled latte spoon!

Ilovemyshed · 02/06/2026 23:09

For shops like M&S to have the larger shoes sizes higher and the smaller sizes lower.

Musicmummy63 · 02/06/2026 23:08

I'd love some cream you apply after you have shaved your legs that stops the hairs growing back for 6 months. I'm not greedy, I'd be happy to shave twice a year.
Annoyingly , when I had chemo, my leg hairs were the only ones that didn't fall out!!

StinkerTroll · 02/06/2026 23:06

This isn't such a little thing (literally!), pretty shoes size 9+ please would make me really happy! I wouldn't wear them very often as I'm a comfy shoe kind of a girl but they would make me absurdly happy when I did!

Happycow · 02/06/2026 23:01

Different shelf arrangements in a fridge! Im not convinced anyone with a 185cm / 200cm high fridge freezer fills every fridge shelf front to back as they so deep you'd have to empty them to reach the stuff at the back (apart from christmas of course when the cheeses and trifles are rammed into every corner...)

So how about one shelf is half-depth, the next shelf is full depth, then half depth then full depth. I know I could get the insta-friendly pull-out shelves but I dont want to. Just a more flexible shelf arrangement please 😁

B0D · 02/06/2026 22:52

I would also like size 8 shoes to be EITHER a 41 or 42 , not both

B0D · 02/06/2026 22:50

I would like spray bottles of glass cleaner to be the same size as other cleaners, not bigger. So all fit in the same cupboard space

MeganM3 · 02/06/2026 22:45

I would like taking the kitchen bin out of the container to be a lot easier. I’m always struggling with it, maybe as I’m quite short. It should have a little door or something.

Also on the boot of my car you have to press a button to open and close it electronically but the button is really high up and I struggle to reach it. Why not have the button low down, on the side somewhere.

EveryDayisFriday · 02/06/2026 22:44

Bras to be unpadded or padded. Ban all removable bra pads, they are my nemesis after every wash.

Imanexcellentdrivercharliebabbit · 02/06/2026 22:40

Kids Portions of everything on the adult menu
Rather than the usual crappy boring kids menu of beige shite and tomato pasta

JillThePlantKiller · 02/06/2026 22:39

@Sux2buthen you can buy duvet clips for this. They are a game changer.

I’d like to be able fast forward through the ads by just tapping my AirPods instead of having to traipse around looking for my phone when they start on about AG1 and Better Health for the millionth time.

Nonnim · 02/06/2026 22:39

I I turn my nose up at your half sized pizza box unless it has been designed by Anya Hindmarsh and can be reused as a clutch bag

thistimelastweek · 02/06/2026 22:38

InterestedDad37 · 02/06/2026 22:32

If you order a sandwich and a cuppa in a caff, for them to actually arrive at the same time - come on café folk, together we can make this happen! ☕ ➕ 🥪 🟰 😊

I've been to these cafes. Items delivered one at a time.
Guys, you never seen a tray?

SadTimesInFife · 02/06/2026 22:37

More fluffy cats and pomeranians! 😍

InterestedDad37 · 02/06/2026 22:32

If you order a sandwich and a cuppa in a caff, for them to actually arrive at the same time - come on café folk, together we can make this happen! ☕ ➕ 🥪 🟰 😊

Sux2buthen · 02/06/2026 22:28

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

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Arlanymor · 02/06/2026 22:21

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Hmm... I thought the heatwave was over...

I thought the title: Silly little things to make life better...

Made it quite clear what the thread was about? How should I have worded it better to assist your comprehension?

Why don't you start a thread called: 'One thing I would change about the world' and then I would happily contribute. And I would be polite too.

Good luck finding wherever it was that you lost your manners...

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Heleh · 02/06/2026 22:20

Rain properly so I can put my brolly up and save my curls from frizzing because when it only drizzles my hair frizzes!

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 02/06/2026 22:19

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!

Yes!

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.

JustAnUdea · 02/06/2026 22:14

Everyone shoild have a limited use button fir turning a traffic light green as you approach. Just once a week. Just to bring a biy of jiy when every traffic light has been against you.

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