AIBU to ask what household gadget makes you swear

[MyKingdomForACaramel]

Have just spent twenty minutes scrabbling to find the Firestick remote control- it's too small, non descript and seems to have legs if it's own! This isn't a case of laziness - you literally can't switch the bloody thing on without it.

So, AIBU to ask- which of the gadgets in your house supposedly designed to make your life easier have you wailing in disparity?

[Sewfrickinamazeballs]

My radio. The round button right next to the channel select buttons isn't the 'select' button but the bloody off button, so once I've trawled through a hundred stations to get to the one I want from DH bloody talksport I then turn it off. Turn the ruddy thing back on, select channels again then look for the bloody select button which is camouflaged amongst the other buttons, but because I have taken so long looking for the bloody button, my selected channel is lost and I'm still stuck on bloody talksport. Every. Fucking. Time.

[MyKingdomForACaramel]

@blue feel your pain- the positioning of dh's Xbox means that I hit the on button (usually with my arse) every time I walk past it! And - for some reason, when it switches itself off it turn the tv off with it! So will be in the middle of watching something, not realise Xbox is on, and off the tv goes! (I really need to take a long hard look at the electricals in this house - they don't serve me well )

[DarthMaiden]

Oh another....

My mandolin for thinly slicing vegetables.

It’s the work of the devil.

It sits at the back of the cupboard silently taunting me, knowing that with each day that passes I’ll forget how truly evil it is.

I’ll then take it out feeling optimistic that this time I’ll be victorious.

Nope - like every single time I’ve used the bloody thing I’ll slice of the skin of my fingertips, because it’s all going so well and I’ll get lulled into a false sense of security that this time I won’t be needing copious plasters/bandages...sigh

[Wellfuckmeinbothears]

The cheerful bastarding tune my washing machine makes to inform me it’s finished. As if I hadn’t realised that the isolated earthquake in our kitchen has stopped.

DP was on the phone once when it started gleefully belting out its shitty tune and gestured at the machine in a “washings finished, off you go” manner...oh did he regret that. He hates it more than me bow.

[Wellfuckmeinbothears]

*now. God damnit. Add iPhone to my annoying gadget list.

[BewareOfTheToddler]

The fucking timers a previous owner of our house wired up to the dishwasher and washing machine. There appears to be no way of disabling the bastards without also rendering it impossible to use the appliance in question.

Which is really great when your washing machine turns itself off mid-cycle and you effectively have to remain within hearing range to supervise and flick the timer while using your other hand to flick it a feature you'd really rather your toddler not replicate in the supermarket

[BewareOfTheToddler]

Gesture! Bloody autocorrect!

[Autumnchill]

Food processor, both the mini one and the full size one. I don't know if it's because I'm left handed but I can never get the bowl onto the chopping bit without a struggle and then getting the lid on and locked into place.....grrrr!

I fight with it every single time I need to use it!

[SabineUndine]

Robot vacuum. It can magic things to jam on out of thin air.

[flutterby12]

Tumble dryer and Alexa - daft bint

[CrumpettyTree]

I hated my Henry. Unfortunately it lasted about 17 years, but it has finally died and been replaced. Hooray!

[LostPlatypus]

The oven. The sodding grill either burns everything in seconds or isn't hot enough. The door flops open fully if you try to leave it open a crack but only after a random amount of time so it scares the shit out of me when I'm eating my dinner. If I can actually cook my dinner that is because the sodding thing never gets as hot as it is meant to so cooking stuff takes ages.

[Littlebatcalledlucille]

Hear hear to Henry the mofo hoover the smug gabshite I'm off to Argos tomorrow for a new vacuum and I'm DOWNGRADING!! He can suck that up his tubes!!

The microwave, It's well rude!!! It also does that beep beep beep thing I've counted it! Eight times!!!! Just to tell me it's finished. If you don't open the door it does that arrogant 'beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep' every two minutes till you do!
The utter cheek of it!😒

[DJBaggySmalls]

I tried 3 designs of can opener then caved and bought an electric. The magnetic bit that holds the can on is designed to come off so you can clean it.
I should just give in to it and keep it behind the cooker.

[WhiteVixen]

There should be a "Find my Apple TV Remote" function. It's the perfect shape to get stuck down the side of the sofa

Yes! Was just reading through the comments thinking about the amount of times we’ve turned the room upside down to find that bloody thing.* I can ping my phone to find it. I can ping my watch or my iPad.* I cannot ping the thing I lose the most!

[Doyouthinktheysaurus]

My stupid DAB radio alarm clock. There are at least 100 10 steps to setting or changing the time of the alarm. It is ridiculous and annoying.

I work odd shifts so some mornings, it's 6am but if I'm not working early, it's later. I've had to give up and use my phone as an alarm as I simply cannot deal with changing it every fucking day.

[Nomoretears56]

Bastard kodi, 19 streams, in my fucking dreams, each and every one judders enough to give me a fit, piece of shit!!!

[Cary2012]

I do luff my Henry, I do.

[alarox]

Every inkjet printer I've ever had. I've never been able to just quickly print something out. Ever. EVERY time I've had to do one or ALL of the following:

Google troubleshooting for mysterious flashing lights.
Clear a paper jam.
Clean print heads.
Reinstall some fucking device driver whatever that is.
Replace an ink cartridge. But I never have any spare so it means going to Tesco and spending £25 on ink that always runs out by page 8.
Install a software update.
Clear a frozen print queue by restarting the printer AND computer 80 times each.
Troubleshoot why my printout is missing a bit/overlapping parts/other weird thing.

I HATE having to print stuff.

[MyKingdomForACaramel]

Gosh there's a lot of loathing for Henry - is it the fact that he smiles the wide grin at you while not doing his job properly?

[borntobequiet]

Every domestic printer ever invented. I will have to keep working until I drop so as to be able to do my printing at work. At least when the work printer gets jammed someone else sorts it.

[Henrythehoover]

Samsungs bixby they don't have an English version so never understands what I'm saying. It also shouts I didn't quite catch that from my pocket even when I'm not talking to it.

[Whycantibetangy]

You leave poor Henry alone!
Yes he is a little round, unsteady on his feet and not very comfortable with stairs but what do you expect for an old man? Mine is almost 30 which in hoover years is pretty impressive I think.

I also have the Samsung washer, it sings such a happy little tune to tell you its finished, I cant understand why it gives you all the rage

I do however often tell my fridge to fuck off with its beep when the door is left open for longer than 2 seconds. I know the fucking door is open, im still taking the fucking milk out you whiny fuck!

[Mal93]

I can't stand my fridge. It's too loud, and it is always frosting up at the back. I'm in rent accommodation, so I don't know what the chance is of changing it. I'd like to have an actual freezer. Also, the washer drier doesn't dry, the grill smokes, xbox 360 freezes up at random and is funny with certain DVDs, and I can not stand smart-arse phones! I had one for about a week, before i deliberately jumped up and down on it!

[BBTHREE76]

The microwave! It's such a grass!!! It bleeps soooo loudly when done and so if I decide to throw in a lazy element to a meal such as microwave custard, the microwave loudly lets my guests know. I spent a lot of time rushing across the kitchen trying to open the door with a few seconds still to go. It also (and this is possibly what bothers me more 😉) grasses me up if I try to sneak a treat when the kids are in bed.