Random Irritations

[anotherdouble]

People where I live panic buying petrol/diesel to the point all 3 local garages are all out. There’s plenty to go round imagine if we did actually go to war modern society and panic merchants would crumble

On the news on the radio this morning they said the words that should never be spoken,’The government are saying to the public don’t panic buy’

We all know what happens next.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

You must live where the rich people live…

No I live where the stupid people live. There’s no other word for panic buyers.

 

[Hobbit]

No I live where the stupid people live. There’s no other word for panic buyers.

We’ve finally got through our ‘Covid’ toilet rolls…

 

[Imurg]

My 20 minute trip to Tesco and back, including the shopping bit, has confirmed my long held suspicion that the majority of people in this part of the world lack the necessary 2nd brain cell in order for them to generate friction.........I'm in awe ...

 

[KenL]

We’ve finally got through our ‘Covid’ toilet rolls…

So you’re one of the (insert expletive here) who emptied the shelves?

 

[Hobbit]

So you’re one of the (insert expletive here) who emptied the shelves?

No chance of hoarding over here during Covid. If you took too much of anything to the till, they took it off you. Even something like a 6 pack of Pepsi would see 2 cans taken off you.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

No chance of hoarding over here during Covid. If you took too much of anything to the till, they took it off you. Even something like a 6 pack of Pepsi would see 2 cans taken off you.

If only that had happened here. Supermarkets were way too slow to bring in restrictions, by which point the damage had been done . They just saw a boost in sales

 

[Orikoru]

Couldn’t agree more.
I tried to post a reaction but seemed as if I was in favour of the comments and looked as if I was angry with the post. Not sure of the protocol here.

If you like a post I'd normally assume you agree with the post.

 

[IanM]

The barbarians are at the gates of Rome.

 

[Orikoru]

If only that had happened here. Supermarkets were way too slow to bring in restrictions, by which point the damage had been done . They just saw a boost in sales

Exactly that. Businesses in this country would rather cash in than save the public from themselves.

 

[Fade and Die]

The barbarians are at the gates of Rome.

The barbarians are not at the gates, they are already inside the citadel.

 

[nickjdavis]

In an ideal, perfect world everyone would drive at the right speed, the right distance from the car in front, have the right amount of awareness and anticipation to not let problems occur.
But we don't live in that world.
Real life doesn't work like that, no matter how much we want it to.
A similar thing can be app.ied to newly designed road junctions..
So many lanes, markings and signs.....if everyone did everything right every time the traffic would flow perfectly...that's what the computer wants to happen.
But 1 person getting it wrong, even by a sniff, and the queues begin.
So much is designed for a perfect world that just doesn't exist

I think Blondie once sang..."accidents never happen in a perfect world".

 

[nickjdavis]

...anyway...on to my irritation for the day.

Had a nice new front door installed a few weeks back with a great big brass knocker which sits right in front of any delivery persons nose.

Will said delivery people use the knocker? No. They give a soft tentative knock on the door itself which is inaudible to anyone not sat within 10ft of the front door.

I can excuse them for not noticing and using the big round doorbell which sites to the side of the front door....but the big shiny brass knocker right in front of their eyes?

Its almost as though they don't actually want you to answer the door so they can drop whatever it is they are delivering and run.

 

[Hobbit]

...anyway...on to my irritation for the day.

Had a nice new front door installed a few weeks back with a great big brass knocker which sits right in front of any delivery persons nose.

Will said delivery people use the knocker? No. They give a soft tentative knock on the door itself which is inaudible to anyone not sat within 10ft of the front door.

I can excuse them for not noticing and using the big round doorbell which sites to the side of the front door....but the big shiny brass knocker right in front of their eyes?

Its almost as though they don't actually want you to answer the door so they can drop whatever it is they are delivering and run.

If you answer the door he’s going to be there another 5 mins, hence a tentative knock.

 

[nickjdavis]

If you answer the door he’s going to be there another 5 mins, hence a tentative knock.

Oh I get it for Amazon and Yodel delivery drivers and those "gig-economy" drivers who are paid by the parcel....but for those couriers who actually need to gain a signature...use the damned bell or knocker....especially if there are cars in the driveway giving a good indication that someone is home.

...and for a further irritation....I've had to send the parcel straight back, as it was supposed to have a 4th gen Callaway adaptor on the shaft and it had a 3rd Gen one which didnt fit my club.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

My wife and toilet roll.

After a lovely mornings golf came home had lunch and thought oh need the toilet. Turns out the wife’s used the last of the toilet roll and not replaced it. Annoying but no problem I’ll grab a spare from the holder in the bathroom and there’s none there!!

Turns out she put them under the stairs as that’s more logical than putting them in the actual holder we have

Edited as @Neilds has a sensitive disposition

 

[Neilds]

My wife and toilet roll.

After a lovely mornings golf came home had lunch and thought oh need the toilet. Sat there enjoying my time leisurely in an empty house, finish my business look around and find she’s used the last of the toilet roll. Annoying but no problem I’ll grab a spare from the holder in the bathroom and there’s none there!!

Cue having to remove my trousers and underwear to walk round the house bottom half naked to go hunt out the toilet roll I know we purchased that aren’t where they normally are turns out she’s put them in the cupboard under the stairs. Eventually found them and had to do the walk of shame back upstairs to the toilet to finish off

Too Much Information!!!!

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Too Much Information!!!!

Nah never! Oh you meant her putting them under the stairs understood

Edited it for you in case you lost your lunch

 

[Slab]

Weird how the sub conscious works.
Leaving the house this morning I felt a niggle that I was forgetting something but the usual wallet, keys, phone etc checklist was all in order as was switching stuff off before locking the flat… but niggle wouldn’t go away

Half an hour later, sitting in traffic and I realise I hadn’t put deo on after showering
(luckily I keep a can at work)

 

[jim8flog]

...anyway...on to my irritation for the day.

Had a nice new front door installed a few weeks back with a great big brass knocker which sits right in front of any delivery persons nose.

Will said delivery people use the knocker? No. They give a soft tentative knock on the door itself which is inaudible to anyone not sat within 10ft of the front door.

I can excuse them for not noticing and using the big round doorbell which sites to the side of the front door....but the big shiny brass knocker right in front of their eyes?

Its almost as though they don't actually want you to answer the door so they can drop whatever it is they are delivering and run.

I had an irritation with one driver in particular who would bang his recording device on the glass.