Silly little things to make life better...

Oh I see!!! All we have to do is budget!!! Thank goodness for you and your wise and helpful eye roll 👏🏻

I can’t believe that the later version of the AirPods removed this feature, I was so gutted. It actually felt like a step back if anything.

Thank you for the suggestion of a revolving pizza stone @FlowerSticker.

CP probs, …simple, cheap answer; take car’s pic with something that’ll never move in the background/foreground/nearby/anywhere, could also do same of whichever exit you use if extra big CP?

Because… idiots like my dh forget to shut the damn things & all the rain & wind comes in (& the cat runs off).
Guess the little thing would be a securely, self-closing window 🤭?

There's probably so many apps because it's easy to add on a load of sneaky extra fees which the app companies will present to the council as 'we'll give you a commission for all the added upselling' and not mention that they take most of the money for themselves.

Don't forget all the personal data the app providers are taking!

If they did this, they'd probably find that transactions were 90% contactless, 9% cash and 1% or less apps, which would tell them what people think about apps, because who's going to use an app when they don't have to?

There's probably so many apps because it's easy to add on a load of sneaky extra fees which the app companies will present to the council as 'we'll give you a commission for all the added upselling' and not mention that they take most of the money for themselves.

Yes, these systems need paying for, but I don't understand what's wrong with card readers, especially when it frees the council from having to send someone round to collect all the money before the machine gets full, plus the risk of theft.

a heat controlled butter dish

Oh my god yes! I would get rid of my airfryer to make room for one of these!

It makes me smile to see how many pots of boiled eggs there are around now, and the amount of people who pick them up.

Makes me feel hopeful that Brits will eventually turn their backs on the American system of fast fake foods and return to better eating habits as a society - a collective attitude change to food in the way we (for the most part) now find smoking unacceptable.

I'm seeing the younger generations making so many great health choices (an actual positive from SM, maybe?) and us oldies rejecting the mad diet culture we grew up in for, well, snacking on boiled eggs!

Long may it last.

And good call on the salt sachet. Some black pepper would be nice, too!

I use what3words to save the location. Especially useful when you've parked in a long stay car park and been on holiday for 2 weeks

Yes that is an excellent idea! I have it on my phone and keep forgetting to use it.

I use "find my car" a lot when I've gone to towns or places I don't know well, that's good as well. It was a massive help when I parked my car somewhere in Malaga last year and couldn't remember where 7 hours later!! 😆

AND, all car parks MUST accept contactless AND cash too.

To everyone commenting on the utter pain of having to use different parking apps, there’s supposed to be a national initiative to streamline this by making it possible to use any app of your choice at any car-park - the National Parking Platform https://www.npp.org.uk/

Unfortunately it’s reliant on local authorities adopting it, and not all have. But I suppose it’s a start…

Also, I read the other day about a couple of people who've started up a new organisation called Quibble, which aims to tackle the sort of small, everyday annoyances that bug most of us - eg the constant repeated barrage of cookies on websites. Ironically, though, they do have a cookie acceptance message on their website at https://www.quibble.org.uk/ - which they acknowledge somewhat ruefully, as it's a requirement, apparently 😵‍💫 But could be interesting.

zips are even easier

lol, for me an a appraisal system that actually means something - we have targets set, and they're never once mentioned or actioned or checked each year LOL

Might be like "go on training course to learn how to slice soup" - we'll get to next year, course won't have been booked by anyone despite me asking... so wont have attended or been trained, and it will just get put down again the next year.

An appraisal system where your line manager can’t spend a whole year telling you how great you are and then at the actual appraisal they tell you you’re a bit shit actually so they don’t have to give you a pay rise - and that thing you won a national award for wasn’t that great after all 🙄

A heat controlled bed. Mainly one that does not radiate heat back at me in the Summer months. Plus a duvet that retains its weight in Summer but not the heat.

On similar vein ds1 wants a heat controlled butter dish that maintains optimum spreadibility without over-heating.

And a hospital carpark that has sufficient spaces would make visits so much less stressful.

I agree with so many of these! To add my own:

No one should ever be allowed to send a Teams message at work that just says’Hi [your name]’ and then nothing else. Tell me what you want!

Not being asked multiple times for feedback about absolutely everything I do. If I have something relevant to say then I’ll say it.

The expectation to have an opinion on absolutely everything. There are so many injustices and awful things that happen in the world. I don’t have the time, mental or emotional capacity to know everything about all of it. It doesn’t mean that I don’t care about people but I also have no intention of wading in on an issue that I know nothing about.

I can do that as long as I can get service; the problem in multistorey and basement car parks persists. Fab suggestion, thank you HurdyGurdy

I see your press studs and raise you velcro. It's not classy, but it is easy,

I use what3words to save the location. Especially useful when you've parked in a long stay car park and been on holiday for 2 weeks.

Ok. Good , you’ve clearly thought this through 😂

Yes there was - not having enough money, or worse, having too much money and it wouldn’t give you change, and running out of time so you had to rush back or get a ticket. Now, you don’t need to carry cash (which is disgusting when you think about it), and you can extend the time with a simple click. It’s a brilliant idea - it’s annoying that all car parks don’t use the same app, or they install the apps where there’s no access to the internet - that is dumb.

Duvet covers and duvets here have little hoops and ties which you can thread together and tie before turning the cover back the right side out.

They are good at what they are intended for, but a complete faff to tie and untie.

Every car park uses the same parking app

I would like to see a bag library at supermarkets and other shops. I have dozens of bags because I keep forgetting mine and have to buy more. I’d love to see bins where everyone puts their unwanted bags and then if you forget yours you can pay - I don’t know - about 20p per bag - that you get back when you return them. Or you pay a monthly fee of a pound or two to use and return bags as much as you like.