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Really minor annoyances

Visiting owl said:
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Still doesn't stop it being a minor annoyance.

Why does it sometimes drop dry side down then?
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I suggest you conduct an experiment. Every day for a prolonged period, say a year, make toast. About 10 slices a day. Each day, drop each slice of toast separately and record on which side the toast lands. You’ll maybe have to devise some kind of device to ensure that the dropping of the toast is consistent. That could take a bit of time. You’ll have to make sure that all the conditions are the same and that the bread, butter etc is of exactly the same consistency, size etc.

At the end of the one year period count up all the times that the toast landed butter side up and how many times down.

Then come on here… and this is the important bit… and tell everyone how much worthwhile this year long exercise was than watching Sheffield Wednesday play football.
 
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BiG said:
I suggest you conduct an experiment. Every day for a prolonged period, say a year, make toast. About 10 slices a day. Each day, drop each slice of toast separately and record on which side the toast lands. You’ll maybe have to devise some kind of device to ensure that the dropping of the toast is consistent. That could take a bit of time. You’ll have to make sure that all the conditions are the same and that the bread, butter etc is of exactly the same consistency, size etc.

At the end of the one year period count up all the times that the toast landed butter side up and how many times down.

Then come on here… and this is the important bit… and tell everyone how much worthwhile this year long exercise was than watching Sheffield Wednesday play football.
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With the price of butter these days I can't be doing that for a year.

Can I try it with cheap margarine?
 
Stuff that only exists when you don't need it, then the universe eats it when it's useful.

That item you have to move out of the way to get other stuff, moment you need it, vanishes into the underworld. Tear the house apart looking for it.

That thing you see in every shop, till the moment you need it. Naw, they don't sell those anymore. Some shops say it never existed.
 
Check in desk computers. On the way out, the system died and she couldn't enter anyone's passport details, so we had to wait ages while the system rebooted.

On the return trip today, he scanned my daughters passport first which went through fine, then he scanned mine and it came up as denied boarding. He tried a couple of times and then ended up making a phone call where someone told him something was wrong with his system, so we had to wait while it was rebooted.
 
Becs said:
Check in desk computers. On the way out, the system died and she couldn't enter anyone's passport details, so we had to wait ages while the system rebooted.

On the return trip today, he scanned my daughters passport first which went through fine, then he scanned mine and it came up as denied boarding. He tried a couple of times and then ended up making a phone call where someone told him something was wrong with his system, so we had to wait while it was rebooted.
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I’m not convinced it is any quicker.

A few years ago you would take your bags to a desk, they would put the barcode label on them and off they would go. Now you go to a machine for the labels. It has a picture showing what to do with your passport and an onscreen image. Both are different, and neither show what you actually do. Then it is really slow. Finally you get your labels, put them on yourself, then take them to the same style conveyor to wait for a machine to scan them. But if you have a ruck sack, that is oversized luggage and you have to go to a counter anyway.

Lots of people looking lost, nobody sure where to go or how to work the machines. One really busy staff member trying to help everyone. Must be a nightmare at busy times.
 
DaveH said:
I’m not convinced it is any quicker.

A few years ago you would take your bags to a desk, they would put the barcode label on them and off they would go. Now you go to a machine for the labels. It has a picture showing what to do with your passport and an onscreen image. Both are different, and neither show what you actually do. Then it is really slow. Finally you get your labels, put them on yourself, then take them to the same style conveyor to wait for a machine to scan them. But if you have a ruck sack, that is oversized luggage and you have to go to a counter anyway.

Lots of people looking lost, nobody sure where to go or how to work the machines. One really busy staff member trying to help everyone. Must be a nightmare at busy times.
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It was manual check in at the desks for us with Loganair, not automated. It was broke down both ways!

The automated one for Ryanair in the summer was a nightmare as an Italian school had children checking in when we arrived. They were all struggling with what to do and one poor frazzled staff member was frantically running between the terminals helping them. We waited ages for that and then still had to take our luggage to a normal check in desk for someone to weigh it and check the labels were on correctly. Two ladies were sitting manning those chatting to each other while they were waiting for cases.
 
Wolves fans pretending they don't play in orange and instead insisting it's 'old gold', as if that is an actual colour.
 
Companies who use multiple IT systems and have different lengths on required passwords

End up all over the place locking accounts out putting the wrong password in even after recording all changes.
 
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