Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

A special place in hell goes to

512 replies

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?

OP posts:
Rosscameasdoody · 15/09/2024 08:50

coldcallerbaiter · 15/09/2024 08:34

When gmail wants you to verify a gmail login for the first time on a different device via YouTube with a number, which is never there. Just because I signed up for YouTube once with that email doesn’t mean I am always logged in to it, or use it much and there’s hardly ever a number, and then I opt for verify another way that takes you back to verify with YouTube. Pleeese, you have a backup email, when you signup, why isn’t that an option anymore….

And what’s with sites that, send a passcode to your email on one device, then when you try to log in using it, you find that another passcode has been sent to your phone by text, even though your log in is via Face ID or fingerprint ? What’s next, a blood sample ?!!

coldcallerbaiter · 15/09/2024 08:51

JudgeJ · 14/09/2024 23:11

but my own feeling is that Starmers’ Labour Party tare wolves in sheep’s clothing.
I'm amazed that anyone who lived through the 60s, not knowing your actual age so sorry if I've offended you, is surprised at the description of the Labour government, they were always wolves in sheep's clothing.

If you do not know your history then you are destined to repeat it.

There’s another sucker born every minute.

famous quotes that pertain to this, it is hard to blame the newer members of society but the ones that already lived through it hmm?

coldcallerbaiter · 15/09/2024 08:53

Blood stains, once dried in, impossible to get out completely unless it is a white and you bleach it.

coldcallerbaiter · 15/09/2024 08:57

Opening a large box or breaking it up for recycling and you slice your finger in the knife like metal fasteners or huge staples that are hidden in the edges.

NiceCutRoundDomeDormice · 15/09/2024 09:02

Those hotel toasters where the bread rotates very, veeeeeerrry slowly and then drops out barely done, but gets burnt to buggery if you put it through again.

the80sweregreat · 15/09/2024 09:03

Agree about stickers on cards / books etc
Always on the front and hard to get off in one go
The new bottle tops on drinks that you can't remove are shit
Most parking apps ( might be my phone , but I'd rather blame the apps)
Plasters that come off at even the hint of any water and just hang there pathetically.
(Plasters back in my day left marks and glued to your body for weeks )
Hard to open jars ( my 'special device 'doesn't always fit round the jar tops )
Loo paper that's either too think or too thin or scented ( why ?) and I don't realize till I get home. Grr
Price of loo paper
Wrinkles that have appeared in my brow almost overnight
Diets that don't work
.. and breath

redhatpurplehair · 15/09/2024 09:06

RuggedHairyTortoise · 13/09/2024 11:33

People who don't indicate at roundabouts so you don't know if you have to give way or not.

(you know, when everyone is trying to give way to the right, but you don't know if the person is turning left, going straight ahead or turning right and we all sit there like plums waiting for something to happen).

Edited

I still fantasise about making bloody great big signs to place by a particular roundabout near us saying 'INDICATE'

It is a mini roundabout with vast majority of traffic turning left but you can never be certain one isn't going to go straight on.

Drives me NUTS!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 15/09/2024 09:11

Talking of greetings cards, I’d add the people who apparently nick the envelopes from the displays, and leave the cards! Or so I was told by an assistant in Smiths, after I asked why there was no envelope to fit either of the cards I wanted.

(I had of course had a good rummage to see whether any of the other envelopes would fit. They didn’t.)
So I can perhaps see why some cards are attached to their envelopes.

coldcallerbaiter · 15/09/2024 09:14

Locks on supermarket makeup cabinets due to shoplifting, so you find a member of staff to unlock it by searching isles for one, who looks at you with a dunno face, and they have to get the key holder and it can take 10 mins waiting. I stopped buying makeup there and they must have lost tons of sales due to it.

the80sweregreat · 15/09/2024 09:20

Special place in hell for the big hotel toasters.
People that do not indicate in cars
Most mini roundabouts
Supermarkets that have ditched the old fashioned till set ups in order to save money on staff. Most Big businesses can go to hell with their cost cutting that they don't pass on to customers. Rarely see a ' bog of' deal anymore.
Employers who treat staff like poo.
Bags of food that look big and is just mostly air
Ditto pre packed food where the big label overlays the goods so you can't see it's not actually full of any food , only half full.
Card sending will die out eventually because of the cost of stamps being more than the card is.

the80sweregreat · 15/09/2024 09:32

Tetra packs of milk , small packets of sugar salt or pepper.

coldcallerbaiter · 15/09/2024 09:39

Disposable cutlery and cups, in cafes given as standard to eat/drink- in customers. Yes there is washing up to do, but it is so wasteful to do single use.

coldcallerbaiter · 15/09/2024 09:47

Everyone’s bum is hanging out of their bikini bottoms, it’s too much. If you are wearing a bikini, have one the right size that holds it all in inc the front.

Rosscameasdoody · 15/09/2024 10:02

NiceCutRoundDomeDormice · 15/09/2024 09:02

Those hotel toasters where the bread rotates very, veeeeeerrry slowly and then drops out barely done, but gets burnt to buggery if you put it through again.

I have toaster at home that does that. One of the more expensive brands. Has 6 settings in theory. In practice only two - raw bread and cremated cinder !!

Thevelvelletes · 15/09/2024 10:07

OrkneyGirl · 15/09/2024 07:27

People who don't wash their hands in unisex toilets - mainly men - so you have to find ways of opening the exit door without touching the handle or door Yuk!

Same goes for people in supermarket toilets ..yuk Mink behaviour.
I still use hand sanitizer for these reasons.

BustingBaoBun · 15/09/2024 10:12

The fact a lot of large bags of crisps now have been made smaller to 125g instead of 150 g but the price is the same. Tesco I am looking at you

Rosscameasdoody · 15/09/2024 10:22

coldcallerbaiter · 15/09/2024 08:53

Blood stains, once dried in, impossible to get out completely unless it is a white and you bleach it.

I did an internet shop a couple of weeks ago and my normal Persil bio liquid was substituted with Persil Ultimate with a touch of Comfort. I’d never seen it before and was going to give it back to the driver, but decided to give it a try. It’s only available in small 31 wash bottles making it fairly expensive but you only need barely a cap full in the wash and it’s excellent for stain removal. Mum lives with us and being nearly 94 has paper thin skin - regularly have dried in blood stains where she’s scratched or scraped herself. I rubbed a bit of the raw liquid on to one of her blood stained tee shirts and then put it in a 30 degree wash. Hey presto, stains gone. I can recommend it.

Rosscameasdoody · 15/09/2024 10:26

BustingBaoBun · 15/09/2024 10:12

The fact a lot of large bags of crisps now have been made smaller to 125g instead of 150 g but the price is the same. Tesco I am looking at you

I’ve also noticed that with the multi-packs of Tesco crisps. The individual bags are a lot smaller than standard single packs and the amount of packaging to actual product is over the top. Same with some brands of butter - Lurpak and Kerrygold come to mind. 200g packs instead of 250g but the price is the same.

the80sweregreat · 15/09/2024 10:31

My sensitive skin can go to hell.
Buying products that don't have a high perfume content costs more money than more normal products do.

liveforsummer · 15/09/2024 10:47

People who use umbrellas in busy places or anywhere where having a view is important. Possibly one of the most inconsiderate objects ever invented (unfortunately often chosen by people who are equally inconsiderate)

FlipFlopVibe · 15/09/2024 10:53

JudgeJ · 14/09/2024 23:23

And parents who park in their precious spaces then leave their off-spring in the car with another adult while they go into the shop.

Agreed or have empty car seats in so think that qualifies

ClaudiaWankleman · 15/09/2024 13:22

Rosejasmine · 15/09/2024 07:43

People who eat crisps on trains. I have misophonia and only other sufferers will understand.

Headphones?

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 15/09/2024 13:35

@BrendaSmall - I agree completely about the dreadful shrink packaging of beef mince. Sainsbury’s switched to it, and we bought it once - never again. The texture was like cotton wool, and it had no taste. We complained to Sainsbury’s who blithely told us that the new packaging made no difference at all to the quality of the product.

We buy mince from the butchery counter in Morrisons now, and divide it up for the freezer. I keep hoping that Sainsbury’s sales of mince will plummet, and they will go back to the old packaging. I’m not holding my breath.

Rosscameasdoody · 15/09/2024 13:36

ClaudiaWankleman · 15/09/2024 13:22

Headphones?

Yeah. Noise cancelling ones are good. I love your username by the way !!😂

Rosscameasdoody · 15/09/2024 13:39

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 15/09/2024 13:35

@BrendaSmall - I agree completely about the dreadful shrink packaging of beef mince. Sainsbury’s switched to it, and we bought it once - never again. The texture was like cotton wool, and it had no taste. We complained to Sainsbury’s who blithely told us that the new packaging made no difference at all to the quality of the product.

We buy mince from the butchery counter in Morrisons now, and divide it up for the freezer. I keep hoping that Sainsbury’s sales of mince will plummet, and they will go back to the old packaging. I’m not holding my breath.

I thought I’d just got hold of a weird batch the first time I bought this. It wasn’t the texture of mince - it was tightly packed like paste and wouldn’t crumble properly in the pan. It definitely does make a difference to the quality, and hopefully Sainsburys’ customers will vote with their feet and they’ll find out the hard way.