To ask for things that you believe have declined in quality

[JMSA]

I'll kick it off with Fairy Liquid!
Has anyone else noticed this? I have a dishwasher but often wash certain things, eg my big frying pan, by hand. You'd certainly need a mighty big squeeze these days, for a proper foamy lather.
Anything else? If nobody mentions Cadbury's chocolate, I will eat the Oodie I'm currently wearing

The electronics issue is partly down to environmental issues so they are engineered for efficiency now rather than longevity. Sealed parts are cheaper to produce and share between manufacturers but means you can’t replace the item (or it’s not cost affective)
sensors and added electronics mean there’s more to go wrong.

I went out last night to a well known local noodle bar. The food does taste very good, but for £16, the sweet and sour pork and chicken dish only had 4 pieces of pork or chicken in it. Yes, I counted. Four. I didn't complain because I was eating with friends, but I won't be in a rush to eat their again!

Or just shit themselves and stop in the middle of the lane.
i drive a tiny car and am a fucking whizz down a country lane, there really are some people who shouldn’t use them.

I had the worst fig rolls of my life yesterday. About 2mm of fig.

I bought some Rocky caramel bars and the caramel is thinner than an envelope and only in the middle section.

AIRPORTS. Now you have to check yourself in, on one of those Pod things, but it's not clear whether that Pod is okay for your airline, as the signs aren't clear. Print your own luggage label, then figure out where on earth to drop your case, as it's not clear. Then the machine will ask you for some info you don't have like the booking reference, so you have to hastily try to find that on your phone. Then comes for the colossal walk to security, where you are shouted at to move along etc. Passport control gates that don't work. Someone screamed at DH to go to a manual gate with a person on it, I waited for him and got screamed at not to loiter. Finally get on plane, and not enough bar service for long haul (one glass of wine for a 14 hour flight anyone?). All the overhead cabins full because so many people didn't want to check a bag, so now our bags are at the back of the plane, even though we're in the middle, so will will have to wait on all the rows behind us disembarking before we can leave. I'm sure it used to be more relaxing to fly?

M&S school polo shirts. I bought 6 for my son when he started school. When I bought the next size up the following year, they measured exactly the same size as the smaller ones and the material was about half as thick.

Kit Kat just not the same anymore ☹️

Do you work in customer services?
That’s a new one, smiling is emotional Labour
If you work for customer services, retail, it’s actually part of your job to be approachable, you’re paid to help people.

Mattresses
Clothes pegs
Soccer balls
Scooters

Starbucks, I am not going to pay to eat in without any clean tables. Your drinks cost a fortune. Your staff are apathetic.

Bacon- much thinner slices
Bras - it’s near impossible to find a decent selection of bras with extra padding, not great if you have small boobs
Music - the quality and difference of genres in the 70’s-90’s and even early 00’s was incredible. Then streaming dumbed music down, to the point where it sounds like most modern songs are written by committee. In a parallel world where the internet didn’t happen I bet some amazing songs have been made.
Male sexual expectations- in the 90’s no one I knew or heard of ever had to worry about a man wanting to strangle them, now it’s alarmingly common.

Thankfully I didn't/don't/never will use Fairy (and products made by the company) due to animal testing.
I agree with restaurant/eating out. Very disappointed this week being served a spoon of mixed frozen veg with a dish that cost nearly £20. I won't go there again!

I have had exactly this experience with Sainsburys knickers. I got so aerated about it that I WEIGHED the brand new size 16s and found they were indeed lighter than the old worn thin size 14s.

Totally agree. We went for a meal last Sunday and you could see the v round staff just wanted to go. We sat down to two female staff giving eye rolls and looks. Not a cheap place to eat either with 12.5% on for the eye rolls.

Some customers are rude and entitled. It doesn’t make it right to give poor service to everyone though.

I know how hard customer services is but frankly, dealing with difficult people is a life skill. Trying to ensure young people never have an adverse experience is doing them a tremendous disservice and it’s not wonder they crumble so easily

Any food and drink which has seen artificial sweeteners replace sugar.

Sugar is not the enemy if eaten/drunk in moderation and some of us would like a choice between the two.

Artificial sweeteners are vile and leave a bitter taste in my mouth and give me the shits (physically and mentally!)

Fabric softener
since there’s now the scent boosters everywhere they seemed to have toned down the fragrance.

lidl still rocking it, but for how long???!

I hadn't been in Starbucks for ages but was desperate for a coffee after an early motorway start (I was actually taking my own coffee machine to be fixed) and I was gobsmacked at the price for a tall latte.

Jaffa cakes are the same, so small now!

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I can easily fit a whole Jaffa cake in my mouth now ( rigorous experimentation) .
I didn’t know about Fairy and animal testing. I’ll find another brand.

Levis jeans. Got a pair a 12 months ago and now have a big hole ripped in the knees just from kneeling on the floor often. Such thin material. Bought these as an investment hoping they'd last 10+ years!

I honestly don't recognise what's being said about service in shops or behaviour of customers. Obviously there are always going to be some rude people, but I find shop assistants almost always smile and are polite. And I haven't witnessed any customer rudeness for ages. Maybe it's where I live (NW England, fairly rural area)?

M&S footwear of late - boots especially are cheap quality and look it too. Shame as M&S clothing is pretty good.

Customer service in most places.

Tins of Quality Street. My Auntie still has one from circa 1978 and I swear it's nearly big enough to sit in!

I haven't bought Quality Street since they moved to those pathetic plastic tubs. I would happily pay £50+ for a Seventies style proper tin, brimming with sweets in their original jewel like wrappers.