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Really minor annoyances

DaveH said:
I find with my phone, if a song enters my head I want to listen to, it does a good job at finding that.

The big problem is, in car entertainment and info systems are produced by very small teams and I don't think they have that much backing. As a result, they are bespoke, expensive and badly maintained. But if you could either just have a generic iPhone & Android dock or they just axed the whole division and stuck an android tablet in the dashboard, it would be so much better. Android has far more developers and testers than the likes of Ford Audio will ever have.
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Some of the new small peugeot partner type vans have no radio, just a phone dock, amp and speakers.
 

since I've started taking the train to work the amount of people that sit on the aisle seat so no one sits next to them annoys me......if it's an empty seat just sit by the window ffs..and people who spread their lap tops out and make a big scene about working...

And brush your teeth...the amount of morning death breath on trains is frightening....

I'm aware this has escalated from minor...
 
Elevator small talk when first joining a teams meeting.

How’s the weather up there? Yeah not great haha as usual- what about you? Yeah same.

Well it’s Always the same in The UK.. yeah it is, always bloody frozen too! 🥱
 
BiG said:
I read a news article the other day where that Jasmine Harmon lass who does the buying a house in Spain programmes, was fined in Spain because they spotted her using her touchscreen in the car. Apparently it’s deemed unsafe to do so and is illegal in Spain.

I agree with you. I don’t need an impossible to operate volume slider on the dashboard, what’s right next to the button that alters the aircon temperature in the same way or touchscreen controls that I have to look at and try to hit with a wobbly finger. I knew where the on/off, volume and heating buttons were before, and could locate and operate them quickly without looking.

But a button is old fashioned. Yeah it’s user friendly and it works and everything but we can do THIS now. So that’s what it’s gonna be. Bastids.
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My stepdaughter got collared for that on the continent. She was caught on her phone, looking down at the screen intently and reading messages or something.
The fact that she was a passenger in a right-hand drive car went over their heads, she had to point out there wasn't even a steering wheel in the picture.
 
germanyjim said:
The automatic doors at my local B & Q open ever so slightly slower than I walk thereby meaning I have to pause slightly. Very minor annoyance.
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There are two sets of sliding doors within a couple of yards to gain access to a Durham University Sports Centre. The first set open by the left half sliding over to the right, but the second set open by the right half sliding over to the left. I always forget, which results in my entry/exit looking very amateurish.
 
Sainsbury's in Chippenham has a huge revolving door with emergency stop bars on the frame.

You can almost guarantee some brat pushing the bar to stop the door and you get rammed by some twat who isn't paying attention.
 
What film's this?

Demolition Man.

I didn't know Sandra Bullock was in this.

Yeah.

Where's Sharon Stone?

She's not in this.

Yeah she is, she's his wife and she tries to kill him.

No that's Total Recall.

Oh.

How far in the future is this set?

About 2030 or something.

And they're already on Mars?

No, they're not on Mars.

What about where he has a dream he's on Mars, and at the end he's outside and he can't breathe?

That's Total Recall. This is Demolition Man.

Has the bit already happened where he's got a towel on his head?

Right, that's also Total Recall. With Arnie. This is Demolition Man. With Stallone.

Oh.

(silence, thinking)

I didn't know Wesley Snipes was in this.
 
germanyjim said:
The automatic doors at my local B & Q open ever so slightly slower than I walk thereby meaning I have to pause slightly. Very minor annoyance.
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Walked up to a set of doors in one of them shopping mall type places expecting them to be automatic, the same as every other shop I'd been in. Stood gazing stupidly, even did a sort of inspection around the perimeter of the doors looking for whatever glitch had paused my entry. Then pushed the handle, entered in a full self confident stride, nodding amiably at the nice young lass in there. I know fine well she was thinking "Everyday, there's at least one..."
 
c032745y said:
Walked up to a set of doors in one of them shopping mall type places expecting them to be automatic, the same as every other shop I'd been in. Stood gazing stupidly, even did a sort of inspection around the perimeter of the doors looking for whatever glitch had paused my entry. Then pushed the handle, entered in a full self confident stride, nodding amiably at the nice young lass in there. I know fine well she was thinking "Everyday, there's at least one..."
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Aquatic Centre gym, you need to push the disabled button to get in & out. Can’t just open the door.
 
Modern websites are all about white space and big picture banners. Most you land on are just a picture filling the screen and you have to scroll down to see anything useful.

Worse are things like football results pages now (BBC very guilty here). If you want to scan through a teams results or upcoming fixtures, nearly every site has them listed month by month, with the BBC having a separate tab for games today. You are talking about 5 lines of useful data per click.

The very basic styling of TheStatCat is the best way currently to view SAFC results.
 
Cockney Mackem said:
What film's this?

Demolition Man.

I didn't know Sandra Bullock was in this.

Yeah.

Where's Sharon Stone?

She's not in this.

Yeah she is, she's his wife and she tries to kill him.

No that's Total Recall.

Oh.

How far in the future is this set?

About 2030 or something.

And they're already on Mars?

No, they're not on Mars.

What about where he has a dream he's on Mars, and at the end he's outside and he can't breathe?

That's Total Recall. This is Demolition Man.

Has the bit already happened where he's got a towel on his head?

Right, that's also Total Recall. With Arnie. This is Demolition Man. With Stallone.

Oh.

(silence, thinking)

I didn't know Wesley Snipes was in this.
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My "live on my own voices" aren't as bad as yours.
😀
 
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