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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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Lovemycat2023 · 13/09/2024 21:33

gardenmusic · 13/09/2024 21:13

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

My kitchen handles do that on my dressing gown. It’s my own fault as I chose that design 😳

BruceAndNosh · 13/09/2024 21:36

Women (rarely men!) with long hair down to their waist, who every five minutes rake their fingers through the front and toss a length of it back.
I don't want a faceful of your hair Rapunzel sitting in the row in front of me

Pumpkittenspice · 13/09/2024 21:41

Cling film… It stresses me out so much, I won’t buy it anymore because it rips in half when trying to unravel it!!

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 13/09/2024 22:00

@boulevardofbrokendreamss

Oh and people who scan their shopping but don't pack it into bags so you have to wait for them to pack it after they've paid. It's double the work and really annoys me.

But you can't start packing your shopping (on a self scan checkout) until you have done it all/scanned it all. Because it has to make sure the weight of the say, 12 items, matches what you have scanned.

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 13/09/2024 22:04

Mulhollandmagoo · 13/09/2024 16:56

See also....those corned beef tins with the twisty key opener

Yep, they are fucking awful! I don't think I have ever been able to open a tin of corned beef with the stupid twatty key they give you!

suburburban · 13/09/2024 22:05

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 13/09/2024 22:00

@boulevardofbrokendreamss

Oh and people who scan their shopping but don't pack it into bags so you have to wait for them to pack it after they've paid. It's double the work and really annoys me.

But you can't start packing your shopping (on a self scan checkout) until you have done it all/scanned it all. Because it has to make sure the weight of the say, 12 items, matches what you have scanned.

Yes

That's my experience

Thevelvelletes · 13/09/2024 22:06

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 13/09/2024 22:04

Yep, they are fucking awful! I don't think I have ever been able to open a tin of corned beef with the stupid twatty key they give you!

I've sliced my thumb open on those bastard tins twice now ultra careful with them.

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 13/09/2024 22:21

Thevelvelletes · 13/09/2024 22:06

I've sliced my thumb open on those bastard tins twice now ultra careful with them.

Ooooh, me too! And various fingers! I either get DH to do it, or use the electric tin-opener, although it is so hard that way! I say to DH that he can do it, as I don't even eat corned beef - so he can risk piercing his fingers/thumbs! 😆

(He never does though, clever bastard!)

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BogRollBOGOF · 13/09/2024 22:28

Tail gaters.
Bonus firey tridents for the tailgaters who seem like they're in the greatest of urgency as you overtake and then have sufficient space to pull in, then begin to overtake at 1mph faster then trapping you into lane 1 when you were expecting them to put their foot down and speed off down the road.

Designers of car lights since 2010

Interior/ applience designers who clearly never do housework.

mommatoone · 13/09/2024 22:33

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 13/09/2024 22:00

@boulevardofbrokendreamss

Oh and people who scan their shopping but don't pack it into bags so you have to wait for them to pack it after they've paid. It's double the work and really annoys me.

But you can't start packing your shopping (on a self scan checkout) until you have done it all/scanned it all. Because it has to make sure the weight of the say, 12 items, matches what you have scanned.

You put your bag down and pack your stuff into it as you go along.

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 13/09/2024 22:35

mommatoone · 13/09/2024 22:33

You put your bag down and pack your stuff into it as you go along.

That only works if you are using the store's carrier bags. I take my own (heavier and reusable) bags. So it doesn't work. You try this and the machine will start whining - and flashing red, and the bloody checkout operator will tell you to take the shopping out of your bag and pack it all after you have paid!

mommatoone · 13/09/2024 22:37

People in public who are on their phone, but phone is on loud speaker and the whole friggin world can hear their convo! My neighbour used to do this sat in her garden. I knew more about her life than my own.

mommatoone · 13/09/2024 22:39

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 13/09/2024 22:35

That only works if you are using the store's carrier bags. I take my own (heavier and reusable) bags. So it doesn't work. You try this and the machine will start whining - and flashing red, and the bloody checkout operator will tell you to take the shopping out of your bag and pack it all after you have paid!

Aww god really? That's a nitemare. I've never had an issue really, wonder if it's certain shops. But,yeh that would piss me off too!!

thenightsky · 13/09/2024 22:44

Arctangent · 13/09/2024 13:00

People who refuse to make progress when driving, even when they've got ten cars trailing behind them.

Just GOOO!

Also, that you're expected to wait in A&E for half your life and the seats are made of rock hard plastic.

My very frail, elderly relative had to sit in A&E for almost 2 days recently. 4am on a Monday morning until a bed was found at 10pm on Tuesday night. Me and DH had to do shifts sitting with her.

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 13/09/2024 22:45

FrostFlowers2025 · 13/09/2024 17:21

Stick a spoon or a knife underneath the opener. Works for me every time.

That's what I do, as I said in my post. Spoon and lever it open. I do have fingernails but they are so fragile that they spilt if I even try to use them to open anything.

sunshineandshowers40 · 13/09/2024 22:48

Delivery drivers who leave food parcels in the bin 🤢

JudgeJ · 13/09/2024 22:48

Cling film!!!
It never rips off cleanly as the serrated edge is crap.
The serrated edge nearly always comes off the box eventually.

Lakeland!!!!! I am so annoyed that they seem to have stopped doing their serrated clingfilm, no pesky box edge to be frustrated by, it is serrated every 20cm or whatever, like loo roll, and is so easy to use, I've been very frugal on the current roll but it will come to an end soon.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 13/09/2024 22:53

mommatoone · 13/09/2024 22:33

You put your bag down and pack your stuff into it as you go along.

'Please replace the item'.

You've removed it from the scale before you've paid. The machines round here don't allow that.

wheeltrims · 13/09/2024 23:00

Tim openers. No matter if it's a bog standard cheap one or a fancy posh one they are all shit and inevitably break after a few months.

wheeltrims · 13/09/2024 23:01

*tin openers, not sure who Tim is

wheeltrims · 13/09/2024 23:02

And yes to cling film, my other absolute pet hate!

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 13/09/2024 23:05

mommatoone · 13/09/2024 22:39

Aww god really? That's a nitemare. I've never had an issue really, wonder if it's certain shops. But,yeh that would piss me off too!!

I know right! And don't even get me started on every 7th item not scanning properly, and you having to wait 2-4 minutes sometimes for a staff member to come and help! (Morrisons I am looking at you!)

Aldi got self service checkouts recently, and they work fine!

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 13/09/2024 23:05

wheeltrims · 13/09/2024 23:01

*tin openers, not sure who Tim is

Tim opener! Grin

Xtraincome · 13/09/2024 23:06

lcakethereforeIam · 13/09/2024 12:46

Heinz tins that don't stack!

This!

And big pasta claiming 75g of pasta per person is an acceptable serving.

thekrakenhasgone · 13/09/2024 23:25

To the inventors of the WiFi printer and its temperamental 'sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't ' - but often it chooses not to work at the time when you REALLY need it to work. I took great delight at throwing mine in the skip at the dump recently. Replaced with a Canon cable one which has not let me down yet Smile