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Really minor annoyances
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brir
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Well, it is from The New York Times. But yes
DaveH
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fair point!Billy2Sheds
Winger
Should stick that behind a spoilerMommy
1992clock
Central Defender
Not been in a while but that one for eldon garden springs to mind.
People crawling round the bloody carpark, just get up man and bastard park ya car!
Someone did that in the Arnison Centre the other day. The car park was gridlocked and everyone had to wait because they were waiting for one of the spaces on the side in front of Boots (a normal space, not a disabled or parent and child space). I parked about 10 meters away from them in a row with loads of empty parking spaces.
Redandwhitedust
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Things that unnecessarily have "an app"
I like apps. I like my banking app, I like the app for checking train times. I like flight radar. Apps can be useful, fun, interesting and educational.
I do not need the app for my washing machine. I can of course get one. It will tell me how long is left, what cycle it's on, water temperature etc.
I have never been sat in a pub thinking "I wonder if I can squeeze another pint in before the washing machine finishes.
I was in TGI Fridays a few months ago with the bairn. The bill comes and you can save 15% off using the code on the app. It says that on the receipt. So I download the app, I sign up. I don't give them consent to send me marketing, and a few minutes later I've got the code. I saved 15% and never looked at the app again. I deleted it a few days ago.
TGI Friday does not need an app.
I like apps. I like my banking app, I like the app for checking train times. I like flight radar. Apps can be useful, fun, interesting and educational.
I do not need the app for my washing machine. I can of course get one. It will tell me how long is left, what cycle it's on, water temperature etc.
I have never been sat in a pub thinking "I wonder if I can squeeze another pint in before the washing machine finishes.
I was in TGI Fridays a few months ago with the bairn. The bill comes and you can save 15% off using the code on the app. It says that on the receipt. So I download the app, I sign up. I don't give them consent to send me marketing, and a few minutes later I've got the code. I saved 15% and never looked at the app again. I deleted it a few days ago.
TGI Friday does not need an app.
JonnotheMackem
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Like my local leisure centre. Can't book a thing on the website, have to use the app
FootballFan
Striker
Boris Johnson
League Wan
Winger
Vapists, especially when you are behind one on the queue in a shop, 'Can I have a gummy bear flavour?, have you got pineapple?, I'll have 3 strawberry'. Hurry the fuck up and get back in the fags for fuck sake, just ask for 20 Lambert's or something and let me pay for my one item
BiG
Winger
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I'm dying for a piss
So I change my phone settings to utilise mobile data. And although I have difficulty I eventually manage to download the app.
I'm dying for a piss
The app won't work.
I'm dying for a piss
I fiddle and fiddle with it. Bit it won't work
I'm dying for a piss
I go to the app help section and the FAQ's and nothing's helping
I'm dying for a piss
There's a phone number. So I call it. It rings and rings
I'm dying for a piss
Eventually I get through and I'm given instructions
They don't work.
I call again. It rings and rings
I'm dying for a piss
I get through and I'm placed on hold.
Eventually the problem is identified. I am already registered on their system from utilising one of their parking machines in Milton Keynes 4 years previously. But the problem is that, the car I was using was a rental with a different reg number. So the app doesn't recognise me. And won't let me use it. I have absolutley no recollection of ever having used it.
And I'm dying for a piss
The Ringo person takes an inordinate amount of time to clear me out of the system, re-register me and enable me to use the app to pay the £3.50 for parking. By this time I was half an hour late for my scan because I'd been attempting to park for 45 f***ing minutes.
I call the hospital. They say they'll fit me in if I get there as soon as I can
But I'm dying for a piss
It's a busy car park with people coming and going but wtf I have to go. So I hide between some cars in the quietest corner I can find and relieve myself.
Then I run to the hospital.
They fit a canula and pump blue die into me that makes me feel like... like I'm dying for a piss. And they wheel me into a giant polo mint that makes a noise.
I've never used the f***ing parking app again.
It was a minor annoyance
I had a hospital appointment once for an MRI scan. I had to drink lots of water, they said, beforehand, So I did. Drove to the hospital and the car park is full. So I drove to the next nearest one. It's operated by Ringo (Car Parks). The machines won't accept cash. Or card. You must use the app. I haven't got the app. I'm running late.Like my local leisure centre. Can't book a thing on the website, have to use the app
I'm dying for a piss
So I change my phone settings to utilise mobile data. And although I have difficulty I eventually manage to download the app.
I'm dying for a piss
The app won't work.
I'm dying for a piss
I fiddle and fiddle with it. Bit it won't work
I'm dying for a piss
I go to the app help section and the FAQ's and nothing's helping
I'm dying for a piss
There's a phone number. So I call it. It rings and rings
I'm dying for a piss
Eventually I get through and I'm given instructions
They don't work.
I call again. It rings and rings
I'm dying for a piss
I get through and I'm placed on hold.
Eventually the problem is identified. I am already registered on their system from utilising one of their parking machines in Milton Keynes 4 years previously. But the problem is that, the car I was using was a rental with a different reg number. So the app doesn't recognise me. And won't let me use it. I have absolutley no recollection of ever having used it.
And I'm dying for a piss
The Ringo person takes an inordinate amount of time to clear me out of the system, re-register me and enable me to use the app to pay the £3.50 for parking. By this time I was half an hour late for my scan because I'd been attempting to park for 45 f***ing minutes.
I call the hospital. They say they'll fit me in if I get there as soon as I can
But I'm dying for a piss
It's a busy car park with people coming and going but wtf I have to go. So I hide between some cars in the quietest corner I can find and relieve myself.
Then I run to the hospital.
They fit a canula and pump blue die into me that makes me feel like... like I'm dying for a piss. And they wheel me into a giant polo mint that makes a noise.
I've never used the f***ing parking app again.
It was a minor annoyance
DaveH
Striker
Or people who park half on the path when there is no need.
There are a couple of cars near me who do it all the time. Wide road, but when they are on the path, the road is not wide enough for two cars to pass, so the one on their side has to stop and wait, same as it would if they parked fully on the road. I.e. no benefit to other cars at all. But the path is blocked forcing pedestrians (worse pushchairs or wheelchairs) onto the road with the traffic, because they are parked on the path.
What makes it worse is the houses they are outside are big expensive houses with space for 4-5 cars on the drive so they could park on the property if they wanted.
Wrong thread, should be a major annoyance.
Those machines should all be forced to take card too.
I had that a couple of months ago, though not as bad as you. I had not used it in ages so my phone signed me out. I had no idea what I had set the password to and my phone had not stored it. I usually have a different randomly generated password for each site and depend on the phone to store it. The reset your password email never arrived. The car park was practically empty, loads of space. I was about to go when I noticed it had a card reader too, but that was after 20 minutes of frustration waiting for the damn email to arrive.
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Dash riprock
Midfield
They put me in mind of adult versions of me as a kid . Sweet shops used to do penny mix ups and we'd stand there and go " ill have 2 black jacks, 3 fruit salads erm...a red bootlace ...erm
DaveH
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There is a set in Washington on one of the roundabouts near The Galleries. I had never really known a traffic problem there, but they put lights on it and now there are delays every time. Except once when the lights broke and traffic flowed again.
First visit to yo sushi the ‘waiter’ advised me to doenload app n order online. I was like haway mate just take our order ta.
What a feck on, but my son (then 10) sorted it
.I can do it I just couldnt be f***ing arsed!
Redandwhitedust
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First visit to yo sushi the ‘waiter’ advised me to doenload app n order online. I was like haway mate just take our order ta.
What a feck on, but my son (then 10) sorted it
I can do it I just couldnt be f***ing arsed!
All the chain restaurants are going the same way. I regularly get a mcdonalds coffee if I'm on my way to work. I pull up at the drive through
"Hi, are you using our app today"
No I'm not. Because all I want is a coffee and I've been driving and I can't use my app while I'm driving so it's actually easier just to pull in and tell you I want a coffee.
Can't understand the logic in ordering on an app, at a drive through.
I mean, I could roll up I suppose, park up in the car park, place my order on the app and drive round, tell them the code and then get my coffee. But is it really any more convenient for me than just pulling straight up to the window?
Its tiring mate!
