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Aspecialplaceinhell · 13/09/2024 10:30

Whose clever idea was it to put stickers on greetings cards?! Not the easy pull off ones but the ones that leave some of the sticker behind. I know very first world problems.

Anybody want to put anything into the black hole of hell?

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HauntedbyMagpies · 13/09/2024 17:55

Shops who say an item is 100% cotton but fail to point out that the thread is in fact, nylon or polyester

Crumpleton · 13/09/2024 17:56

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 13/09/2024 16:42

No,but i have a stainless steel soap that works for garlic etc

A dessert/soup spoon, or which ever you have does the job.

Brisk rub between your hands then wash with soapy water, gets rid of the smell.

80smonster · 13/09/2024 18:06

IKEA instructions.

gardenmusic · 13/09/2024 18:07

Womens socks that go from a 3 to 8.
Do they? Really? No!

JohnPrescottsPyjamas · 13/09/2024 18:14

AllTheDucks · 13/09/2024 14:47

Also, 'arty' website photos of items of clothing that use a coloured filter and also pose the model so as to hide all the details about said clothing. I give you exhibit A:

https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/shop/hybrid/jakke-antonia-shaggy-coat?color=098&type=REGULAR&quantity=1

The coat's colour is described as guacamole so you'd expect it to be green-ish - but the warm filter makes it look orangey. As the model is sitting down, I have no idea how long it is, whether it is oversized, how it hangs etc etc. Gah!!! What is the point? My nearest Anthropologie is the best part of 4 hours' drive away, so I guess they've lost a sale.

Yes, this totally.

So many fashion pages seem to be more about the photographer showing off their artistic prowess or the model promoting an image than allowing the reader to see the detail of the clothing item being advertised.
Sometimes I wonder why they even bother putting the manufacturer or the price in the article.

Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong · 13/09/2024 18:16

The laundry capsule boxes made of cardboard that are really tricky to open.

There is a strong pattern here, opening things. It must be very stressful for people who may have weak hands or arthritis, it must feel like modern life is conspiring against them

BirthdayRainbow · 13/09/2024 18:19

HerVagestyTheQueef · 13/09/2024 15:24

Whoever decided that large appliances should incessantly beep until you give them attention.

Our tumble dryer is the worst: beeps forever after it's finished until you acknowledge it. Why?? It's switched itself off already, there's no danger. I have to get up, go down downstairs to the futility room and press the button to thank it before it'll stop.

Close runner up is the microwave: "I've finished! I've finished! I've finished! I've finished! I've finished! I've finished!...." etc. ad infinitum 😒

Mine doesn't beep. It plays a sodding tune.

darksideofthestudio · 13/09/2024 18:26

I have a couple…

  • Middle lane drivers
  • Fellow diners who think everyone in a 5 mile radius needs to hear their life story
  • Front of house staff that seat elderly customers amongst rowdy tables (wtf is that about?)
  • All those with a total lack of spatial awareness and happily stop and block the general population from going about their day
  • Feral kids
  • Schools being expected to sort out feral kids (where are the parents?)
  • People pulling out and not accelerating away to compensate for their ill-judged manoeuvres
  • The absolute twat who parked across the entrance to our private road yesterday morning, whose passenger then proceeded to tell me to wait a minute…

In a nutshell, anyone who doesn’t give a toss about how their behaviour impacts on anyone else (which extends to their feral kids…) 🙄

Crumpleton · 13/09/2024 18:27

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 13/09/2024 17:04

Would you rather everyone just let doors swing shut into the faces of the people following them, @HeySummerWhereAreYou?

My thoughts too..
I'd imagine they'd make their voice and view known if that did happen.

Aspecialplaceinhell · 13/09/2024 18:31

Overly familiar companies sending emails along the lines of "hey babe we've seen you looking" etc also see kisses on social media messages etc.
NO.
You've left something in your basket check out before it runs away etc.
NO.
People who park in the toddler bays of car parks when their 'child' is probably old enough to drive themselves.
NO.
When people park in the toddler bays of carparks when their child isn't actually getting out the car and is asleep/being entertained by the other parent.
NO.

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LaRosbif · 13/09/2024 18:38

People who stop in the middle of the road and then indicate(or not!) to turn right. They should indicate and then position their car so that others may get past on the left.
Also, I keep seeing people just stop in the road (again no indicating) to pick up someone instead of pulling in.
In both of these cases, the drivers are holding up the traffic behind them.
Selfish.

MamaBobo · 13/09/2024 18:39

Thanks @Allthegoodnamesarechosen …I do actually have a quick unpick stashed in my sewing machine…I’ve just never thought of using it for this 🤣!

HauntedbyMagpies · 13/09/2024 18:45

Peoplerepublicocs · 13/09/2024 17:14

Kids who can't control their footballs so they constantly come over your fence FUCK OFF!

This never bothers me as kids have done it since the invention of the ball and to be fair, it's not every single day in our case. Plus the boy next door is a staggeringly good little footballer. I've seen his ball disappear into the clouds before.

It probably would wind me up if I had to chuck them back every day of the week but somehow, he manages not to hit any of my plants or beds......so far 😬🤞🏻

HauntedbyMagpies · 13/09/2024 18:46

@magicmole Exactly. You've put it much more succinctly than I did.

Thevelvelletes · 13/09/2024 19:06

MonsteraMama · 13/09/2024 12:51

People who stop dead in doorways to look at their phone or faff with their bag, or stop for a chat in the doorway of a busy supermarket, or across the aisle of the same supermarket.

If ever you read a story about some mad woman banned from Tesco for rugby tackling another patron, that'll be me.

I hate what I call the weavers , from side to side in an aisle totally oblivious to anyone else trying to do their shopping.
The couple Weavers are even worse.

ScottBakula · 13/09/2024 19:10

Weddyweddy · 13/09/2024 14:20

Hellmans squeezy mayo bottles where you can’t get the last of it out and the bottles are almost impossible to cut open to get the last fair bit out and hurt my hand.

I did for a while swop back to jars as more easy to recycle and I use them a bit at home too for putting cream in as that doesn’t come with a lid now, but the price is a fair bit more.

I felt the same way , but i like spicy mayo / dip so I buy a cheap bottle of hot sauce , something like asda version of nandos peri peri and and add it to the mayo bottle, then shake like buggery .

Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong · 13/09/2024 20:00

Automated voicemails that pretend to be human. 'I didn't catch that'. F* off!!!!

Thevelvelletes · 13/09/2024 20:05

Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong · 13/09/2024 20:00

Automated voicemails that pretend to be human. 'I didn't catch that'. F* off!!!!

Try dealing with that with a Scottish accent.. beyond infuriating.

Lovemycat2023 · 13/09/2024 20:26

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 13/09/2024 17:07

You need a quick unpick tool aka seam ripper.Then you cut the stitches which hold the labels on, leaving the garment intact..
I have always hated labels in clothes, you buy a soft silk shirt and it has a scratchy label at the back of the neck…🤬 this is the best way I have found to get rid of them.

I have 3 of these, but sometimes the label is actually sewn into the hem stitching so if you pick that you get a hole!

Happyher · 13/09/2024 20:34

HauntedBungalow · 13/09/2024 13:45

God those bottle tops are bloody awful.

Plus the entire reason that people didn't put lids in recycling is because for years we were told not to, and even now recycling rules are overly complex and massively varied across the country/throughout other countries.

I guess making the product itself unusable via shit packaging is a way of solving that.

Another eco packaging initiative that pisses me off is lidless salads/creams/yoghurts etc. The expensive branded ones still have lids but us own brand plebs have to make do with food that goes off quicker. And you can't buy your own lids and reuse, even if you wanted to spend hours of your life washing and otherwise fucking around with them, because they're all bloody different sizes.

I find the lids from Azera coffee tins or other brands fit perfectly on elmlea cream cartons and Soba noodles lids fit on mid sized yoghurts

Ineffable23 · 13/09/2024 20:40

Happyher · 13/09/2024 20:34

I find the lids from Azera coffee tins or other brands fit perfectly on elmlea cream cartons and Soba noodles lids fit on mid sized yoghurts

I managed with some I kept from before they got got rid of for years but they eventually died.

I've now got some from "Moopops" which are silicone and fit yoghurt/cream/creme fraîche perfectly. I don't know if they would fit a tall thin pot like elmlea though.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 13/09/2024 20:42

Happyher · 13/09/2024 13:11

People who use self service tills with a trolley full of shopping and don’t pack into bags as they scan and then have to put it back in the trolley item by item

Self service tills that claim to be able to account for the weight of your own bags but never can, so you have to stack things loose on the scale and then pack item by item after you've paid for everything whilst somebody stands seething and giving the back of my head evils that would turn me into a pile of ash were I to turn around.

Bideshi · 13/09/2024 20:57

HerVagestyTheQueef · 13/09/2024 15:24

Whoever decided that large appliances should incessantly beep until you give them attention.

Our tumble dryer is the worst: beeps forever after it's finished until you acknowledge it. Why?? It's switched itself off already, there's no danger. I have to get up, go down downstairs to the futility room and press the button to thank it before it'll stop.

Close runner up is the microwave: "I've finished! I've finished! I've finished! I've finished! I've finished! I've finished!...." etc. ad infinitum 😒

Needy, very needy. 'I've finished. Give me attention.' Bloody emotionally needy dishwasher. Got enough needy humans in my life without the sodding dishwasher clamouring for attention.

LadyAddle · 13/09/2024 21:10

Vandals who snap off newly planted saplings in parks - where do they think the nice big old shady trees are going to come from in eighty years time. I think horrible thoughts about where the jagged remains could be shoved.

gardenmusic · 13/09/2024 21:13

Door handles that slide up my sleeve and 'yurk' me.