Page 4 | Things that make you want to scream WHY?!

MrsHuntGeneNotJeremyObviously · 14/09/2021 19:51

Why are labels made out of really scratch material and sewn under seams so that they are impossible to cut out without leaving a little scratchy stub!

BorderlineHappy · 14/09/2021 19:55

Boys clothes
You walk in to any shop,the girls have a huge section.
Boys have a piece of the shop floor.
And they only have dinosaur or sport related stuff.
Really does my head in.

the80sweregreat · 14/09/2021 20:00

Clothes for boys is woeful : also birthday cards tool! No thought to it , only interested in girls clothes and accessories etc!

DuesToTheDirt · 14/09/2021 20:05

Cans of vegetables, fruit etc that don't have a ring pull. It's not 1995, put a damned ring pull at one end and leave the other end for people who prefer to create a dangerous, razor-sharp metal edge.

We have a smooth edge tin opener, something like this. It really does give smooth edges, and you can wash the tin out without cutting yourself. I hate cans with their own ring pulls, which leave a sharper edge - turning it upside down doesn't always work as sometimes the rim on the other end is too shallow to cut properly.

DuesToTheDirt · 14/09/2021 20:07

Why are men's shirts sold in packs with cellophane, cardboard, clips and pins while women's shirts are sold from hangers?

Maybe women try them on in the shop, and men just pick them up and take them home?

minatrina · 14/09/2021 20:17

@Shirleyphallus

No. It's when they do 35-40 round the perfectly safe but slightly bendy bits (I'm not talking hairpin bends, just meandering curves) then speed up on the straights so you don't get a chance to overtake them!

Hmmm. I’m gonna argue against this. I live in an area which has lots of these meandering curves / 60mph roads and I’m really comfortable driving on them because I know them.

However a few weeks ago we got a new car (which is a bit bigger than the old one) and I was in a new area with more meandering curves, except some of them were steeper than I thought plus with not being used to the space / handling of the car I was taking it easier and was not comfortable taking the bends faster than 35/40. I get it’s frustrating for people behind you but I’m not gonna drive faster than I’m comfortable with just to let other people get there a few minutes faster. I would also speed up on the straights just to demonstrate that I can actually drive faster than 40!

I would also add to this, that personally I've not long passed my test so I accept that I have very little real-world experience, but I did have two driving separate instructors (first one retired before I got round to doing my test) who both very much taught me to slow down for any corners or bends, but to "make progress" when the road is straight again. Probably not down to 35 though lol, unless it was unusually tight

Mommybunny · 14/09/2021 20:23

WHY do sanitary towels have wings? Not thrilled about the fragrance though I can live with it. It’s the f*cking wings that drive me bonkers.

WHY can I not buy a pack of bacon that reseals?

Recessed · 14/09/2021 20:28

Leggings with your bum on show. WHY?! I thought it was so odd when it started, I was in my twenties and could have "gotten away" with it figure wise but it made no sense that people would go out in what was essentially the same thing as tights. It's ubiquitous now to my despair - WHY?! Cover your bums people

Ginghamize · 14/09/2021 20:29

School ends 3.20pm. "Parent Information Session" at 4.00pm. No children allowed to attend. I am EITHER AT WORK OR LOOKING AFTER MY CHILDREN! And what kind of dickish time is 4pm? Not enough time to take children home and give them to someone else and come back, and too early to duck out of work. WHYYYY

the80sweregreat · 14/09/2021 20:34

@Ginghamize

School ends 3.20pm. "Parent Information Session" at 4.00pm. No children allowed to attend. I am EITHER AT WORK OR LOOKING AFTER MY CHILDREN! And what kind of dickish time is 4pm? Not enough time to take children home and give them to someone else and come back, and too early to duck out of work. WHYYYY

Because schools forget that parents work. They think you can all just do what you want at work :(

mafted · 14/09/2021 20:35

My stupid Doctors surgery who don't seem to have any appointments ever but send you a link for an online service that, after much clicking tells you to make a Doctors appointment.

When visitors and occasionally my own family put dirty dishes in the sink

NewlyGranny · 14/09/2021 20:37

Aaargh, I know a child who does this; the finishing sentence thing, not the 40mph thing. I love the child dearly but get the rage when I'm trying to point out, for instance, a sign on a gate about cattle on our walk. I had to have six goes at telling them, " We need to be careful, because (insert repeated guesses presenting as confident assertions) no - just listen a moment - because if we walk between a cow and her calf she can be dangerous, and when they're in a group you can't easily tell which calf belongs to which cow! I swear it took ten minutes to get there.

And then we didn't see any cows anyway! 🤣

CaptainMarvelous · 14/09/2021 20:38

My child's school requires me to complete five different forms so that he can administer his own inhaler at school. Each of the forms has the same information, just in different formats. Why?

mineofuselessinformation · 14/09/2021 20:40

The online forms that you have to fill in that require the same information in another place, but it won't allow you to copy and paste - see above!

NewlyGranny · 14/09/2021 20:41

Same child always says a breezy "Yes!" when asked if they know what a word or phrase that's cropped up in conversation means, then offers some garbled definition in a big voice.

PizzaCrust · 14/09/2021 20:42

Why is it completely fine if the NHS forget about you/your child in the system for months/years and offer you a (usually) last minute appointment but you’re seen as the bad guy in the situation if you can’t attend with a day’s/weeks notice. People have children to look after, work to go to. Drives me insane.

Once had the HV team ring me when I was on maternity leave with a baby who was a few months old and a one year old toddler asking if I could attend an appointment tomorrow at 9.30am. They rang at after 4pm. So that’s… about 12 hours notice? This was during Covid, too, so I couldn’t just bring my other child along/they weren’t doing house visits. I can’t arrange childcare with that little notice and my partner was working the next day. When I said to her on the phone no, that doesn’t work for me, she then had the audacity to say “well the appointment is several months overdue” in such a snide, arseholeish tone.

Yes, it’s several months overdue because none of you actually bothered to ring me. It wasn’t as if I’d been cancelling them! I know Covid has been awful for HCP but don’t dare try and get bitchy with me on the phone when it’s not my fault.

NotMyCat · 14/09/2021 20:46

Very specific but anyway

My neighbours that never answer the door to the postman. I WFH, attached to my laptop. I get up with laptop, on a call with headset to open the door and mouth thanks to postman. The other 3 flats just don't answer at all despite being in. Yes I tried not answering, then we don't get post ever

Remortgaging involving a transfer of deeds. FML, I have never filled in so many forms. Now there's a new land registry one which means sending my parents to a solicitor with 4 forms, ID, and passport photos. All we want to do is transfer a property from our three names to just mine

MaryHadALittleRam · 14/09/2021 20:46

@Mommybunny

WHY do sanitary towels have wings? Not thrilled about the fragrance though I can live with it. It’s the f*cking wings that drive me bonkers.

WHY can I not buy a pack of bacon that reseals?

A. To keep them more secure B. You can buy resealable packets HTH 😄👍

SpeedRunParent · 14/09/2021 20:46

@the80sweregreat

It is annoying , but maybe it is give the purchaser a choice if they want the pockets or not ? Or just easier to transport the clothes because it's a bit neater or something? Or to stop people putting things in the pockets?

If any of those things were the case then they would be the case for boys clothes too. My DS's blazer has lots of pockets. My DD's ( same school, same supplier) has fewer and the outside ones are sewn up. It drives her nuts.

NewlyGranny · 14/09/2021 20:47

Toothbrush, I have a jarful of those! They are great for hot-gluing onto home-made Christmas decorations that I honestly will be making this year! 🤞

GloriaSilver · 14/09/2021 20:53

Haitch.

NewlyGranny · 14/09/2021 20:53

Cortex10, it's because men's clothing sizes are utterly consistent so they can pick up the shirt in its packet and be certain it will fit.

We should be so lucky!

HalzTangz · 14/09/2021 20:55

@YoungJackSaid

WHY DO WOMENS CLOTHES HAVE FAKE STITCHED UP POCKETS?

If you're going to put a pocket in clothes, why stitch it up again?

Is it just me who's always pulling them apart to get into the pocket that is actually there but has just been stitched back up?

WHY.

Don't they see them to stop people putting things inside the pockets, I'm sure I read an article years ago saying this

HalzTangz · 14/09/2021 20:56

@Sexnotgender

The little loops of ribbon inside T-shirts, or if you buy from seasalt one bit of ribbon that goes across the neck.

What. The. Fuck. Is. It. For?

To loop round coat hangers to stop them falling off

NewlyGranny · 14/09/2021 21:03

Ooh, I've got another one! Women's hats. I have a big wedding coming up and plan to buy the hat first and build the outfit round it.

Men's hats come in sizes: women's don't. I have a 59cm head circumference and every hat in every shop in every country I've ever been shopping in is too small. I can't diet my head smaller. Sometimes you get S, M and L which for me turns out to mean XXS, XS and S.

I can buy men's hats to fit me and often have, but not for a wedding. I can buy a beanie BNfaW. I can stitch a hat myself and often have, BNfaW.
I will cheerfully wear a fascinator to a Melbourne Cup luncheon BNfaW.

I have six months or so, so I need to get started on the search. 🙄