Random Irritations

[MegaSteve]

Ian Blackford... A fine example of the foulness that pollutes politics...

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Thanks, I'll look into that.
But its the 'cookie banner' that appears on almost ever website asking you to accept that gets on my nerves. Then another drops telling me to turn off adblocker and yet another if I want to subscribe to their newsletter

They have to ask but if you accept they wont ask again. They can't do it without your permission. You can decline but it slows down the loading of a site.

 

[Orikoru]

You are missing the point that had he tried the gloves on in a shop then he would have known they were the wrong size and he would have not bought them. Chances are he would have tried a number of styles and bought the correct ones straight away. No need to do all of the above if you get it right first time.

My post was slightly tongue in cheek as I buy a decent amount online as well as direct with shops. One of the consequences of buying online however is that you do not get to try the item for size, shape, weight etc. That is a gamble you take for convenience and perhaps a cost saving. To moan about it is a bit rich though, you have to suck it up and take it. That is the trade off.

Yeah I do it all the time. The amount of times I've had slightly ill-fitting football boots or golf clubs and just put up with them for six months before replacing because I couldn't be bothered to post them back. But for every one like that there's a great pair of boots that feel great, and were half price so I wouldn't have found them in any shop - like my current footy boots and astros which are fantastic. So swings and roundabouts I guess. Similarly, last time I ordered from Clubhouse I chucked on an UA golf glove which looked nice and I'd never seen it any shops, turns out the little finger is too long but it wasn't worth sending it back. Since it's now winter I'll just wear that one when there's light rain and not care if it gets ruined lol.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

They have to ask but if you accept they wont ask again. They can't do it without your permission. You can decline but it slows down the loading of a site.

That is true, but if you regularly wipe your internet history, temp files,cache, cookies etc you have those banners and questions time and time again.
I would rather have those banners and control over them than not.

 

[Orikoru]

28% of my bonus gone to the tax man.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

28% of my bonus gone to the tax man.

Could be worse could be 42% of it gone to them

Better something than nothing

 

[Orikoru]

Could be worse could be 42% of it gone to them

Better something than nothing

Yeah it's a shame I've already spent a lot of it... oops.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

28% of my bonus gone to the tax man.

Better that than no bonus.

Don’t you just dislike people moaning about how little their bonus is or tax paid on it.......not everyone is that lucky to get one.

 

[Wolf]

28% of my bonus gone to the tax man.

People that moan about getting a bonus giving them extra money to spend 😂

If you don't want it I know lots of people that would take the extra non guaranteed money and put it to good use 😉

 

[Deleted member 21784]

People that moan about getting a bonus giving them extra money to spend 😂

If you don't want it I know lots of people that would take the extra non guaranteed money and put it to good use 😉

It's like people who moan about the tax man taking some of their overtime , that's how life works .. I know people who used to work until the 40% cut off amount then stop overtime, why? Doesn't tax your whole income just what's over it.. better something than blooming nothing

 

[Orikoru]

28% though?? That's mental. Wasn't expecting it to be that much.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

28% though?? That's mental. Wasn't expecting it to be that much.

Why not? 20% tax plus national insurance which is 12% minus your personal allowance normally

 

[USER1999]

Stamp duty is worse. 28k spent, for absolutely nothing gained. 2nd home, fair enough, but 28k is a boat load of free cash when you have already paid tax on what you earned to save it.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

28% though?? That's mental. Wasn't expecting it to be that much.

Why? ...tax and NI to pay.
Or would you rather pay for medical care like in America?

 

[Orikoru]

Why? ...tax and NI to pay.
Or would you rather pay for medical care like in America?

Because I didn't bother working out what it be beforehand and had no idea, obviously.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Because I didn't bother working out what it be beforehand and had no idea, obviously.

Zero sympathy then 🤣

 

[Orikoru]

Zero sympathy then 🤣

This is the random irritations thread, nobody ever gets sympathy unless somebody is dead or dying.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Vaccumed all the fallen leaves in my garden Sunday...no problem. Decided to do it again today as a fair few have fallen since, and vaccing them up.....cat poo sucked up and thrown around the shredding blades and all inside the catch bag......

Now why didn't I rescue another dog.....

 

[Deleted member 21784]

This is the random irritations thread, nobody ever gets sympathy unless somebody is dead or dying.

Valid point well made lol

 

[Dando]

Listening to a grenfell survivor on radio 5 live basically blaming the fire service for all the deaths