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Really minor annoyances


DaveH said:
What about people out for a run, in the gym, sitting bored on a train and want to listen to some music or a podcast? Far better using headphones than the people on trains who think we all want to listen to their music, or any TV/podcast always seem to be some screaming over the top American.
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Understand that but I dont use trains, dont go to the gym or go out for a run :lol: I do however go for loads of walks in the countryside and never even considered putting earphones in, I wouldnt hear anything and thats one of the best bits of my look outs. Heard a woodpecker today and spent 10 mins trying to spot it, I didnt see it mind despite a good effort looking for it ha it but I wouldnt of even heard it if i`d had music blasting in my lugs.
 
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Crook Mackem said:
Understand that but I dont use trains, dont go to the gym or go out for a run :lol: I do however go for loads of walks in the countryside and never even considered putting earphones in, I wouldnt hear anything and thats one of the best bits of my look outs. Heard a woodpecker today and spent 10 mins trying to spot it, I didnt see it mind despite a good effort looking for it ha it but I wouldnt of even heard it if i`d had music blasting in my lugs.
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Same here, or out with the dog.

Out running then yes. I don't like running and it spurs me on, along with getting pace and distance updates. Cycling or walking, no. Most of the time I only use headphones on the train because of speakerphone wankers.
 
Another one just came to me at lunchtime actually. How is it that some boiled eggs, the shell falls off effortlessly whereas others, ie the ones I had today come off in about a thousand bits 😐🤣
 
Soccer Saturday, we are going to our studio summariser as I think there’s a penalty in the wolves Crystal Palace game. Yes definite penalty Smith has fouled jones, definite penalty and brown is about to take it. 5 minutes of rambling before we find out jones has missed. All this time I have no idea who has the penalty. Useless the lot of them.
 
Crook Mackem said:
Another one just came to me at lunchtime actually. How is it that some boiled eggs, the shell falls off effortlessly whereas others, ie the ones I had today come off in about a thousand bits 😐🤣
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Good one. Wife and bairn eat a lot of boiled eggs so I feel your pain.
It’s a good conundrum for Oh Wise SMB! One tip I got was to take the eggs off the boil and immediately dunk in cold water. I’ve had mixed results but somehow you’ve got to separate that membrane from the egg white so the shell comes off easy. If the membrane sticks to the shell you’re picking at it for ages.

Another mild annoyance is automatic taps in public bogs. We’re told that to wash fully you’re supposed to rinse for twenty seconds but these give you a five second dribble then you’re wafting your hands around trying to find the invisible motion detector to get it to turn on again … and again … and again just to get twenty seconds worth of rinse!
 
DaveH said:
Same here, or out with the dog.

Out running then yes. I don't like running and it spurs me on, along with getting pace and distance updates. Cycling or walking, no. Most of the time I only use headphones on the train because of speakerphone wankers.
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Someone should invent a privacy mode where if you hold the phone close to your mouth and ear then the people around you won't be able to hear both sides of the conversation.
 
Tex said:
Good one. Wife and bairn eat a lot of boiled eggs so I feel your pain.
It’s a good conundrum for Oh Wise SMB! One tip I got was to take the eggs off the boil and immediately dunk in cold water. I’ve had mixed results but somehow you’ve got to separate that membrane from the egg white so the shell comes off easy. If the membrane sticks to the shell you’re picking at it for ages.

Another mild annoyance is automatic taps in public bogs. We’re told that to wash fully you’re supposed to rinse for twenty seconds but these give you a five second dribble then you’re wafting your hands around trying to find the invisible motion detector to get it to turn on again … and again … and again just to get twenty seconds worth of rinse!
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The whole sensor based toilets annoys me. A few years ago, if you wanted water, you would push the tap. If you wanted soap you would push the soap dispenser. You could flush the toilet by pressing a flush.

Then someone decided it was a good idea to add a lot of electronics into it all, and it seems electronics that only last a couple of years. Now finding taps, flushes and soap that don’t work is common.

At a few service stations over Easter, I was not able to use the first tap I went to. One was the third attempt. Never used to have so many taps out of order.
 
DaveH said:
The whole sensor based toilets annoys me. A few years ago, if you wanted water, you would push the tap. If you wanted soap you would push the soap dispenser. You could flush the toilet by pressing a flush.

Then someone decided it was a good idea to add a lot of electronics into it all, and it seems electronics that only last a couple of years. Now finding taps, flushes and soap that don’t work is common.

At a few service stations over Easter, I was not able to use the first tap I went to. One was the third attempt. Never used to have so many taps out of order.
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I went to the new M1 Welcome Break services at Sheffield/Rotherham the other week. In the toilets every hand dryer bar one had got an 'out of order' sign on, and several of the taps weren't working, as well.

The services only opened in January!

As if that wasn't bad enough, my Dad came out of the disabled facilities absolutely fuming because, in addition to the tap and the hand dryer not working in there either, there was no toilet roll next to the toilet - for some reason they'd positioned it on the other side of the room, so that he had to get up off the toilet, and hobble across to where they'd left the toilet roll, with his trousers round his ankles, and nearly fell flat on his face in the process!

Although that sounds quite amusing, like something from a comedy sketch, in reality, someone disabled, like my Dad, who has trouble standing up and walking at the best of times, could really hurt themselves just trying to get to the toilet roll.

Not exactly an auspicious start for the new services!
 
Steel_Straight said:
I went to the new M1 Welcome Break services at Sheffield/Rotherham the other week. In the toilets every hand dryer bar one had got an 'out of order' sign on, and several of the taps weren't working, as well.

The services only opened in January!

As if that wasn't bad enough, my Dad came out of the disabled facilities absolutely fuming because, in addition to the tap and the hand dryer not working in there either, there was no toilet roll next to the toilet - for some reason they'd positioned it on the other side of the room, so that he had to get up off the toilet, and hobble across to where they'd left the toilet roll, with his trousers round his ankles, and nearly fell flat on his face in the process!

Although that sounds quite amusing, like something from a comedy sketch, in reality, someone disabled, like my Dad, who has trouble standing up and walking at the best of times, could really hurt themselves just trying to get to the toilet roll.

Not exactly an auspicious start for the new services!
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That is bad planning and it is worth contacting them about it. I know laws came in about digital accessibility but I think they were to match legal requirements for the physical world. @Becs often knows about stuff like this.
 
DaveH said:
That is bad planning and it is worth contacting them about it. I know laws came in about digital accessibility but I think they were to match legal requirements for the physical world. @Becs often knows about stuff like this.
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My Dad reported it, at the time, to a member of staff, who made a note of it, and said she would pass it on, but whether or not they've done anything about it, I don't know. We haven't really felt inclined to go back, since.
 
DaveH said:
The whole sensor based toilets annoys me. A few years ago, if you wanted water, you would push the tap. If you wanted soap you would push the soap dispenser. You could flush the toilet by pressing a flush.

Then someone decided it was a good idea to add a lot of electronics into it all, and it seems electronics that only last a couple of years. Now finding taps, flushes and soap that don’t work is common.

At a few service stations over Easter, I was not able to use the first tap I went to. One was the third attempt. Never used to have so many taps out of order.
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Pointless automation bugs the crap out of me like.
It really wasn’t that hard to hand crank a car window up and down but ooooh nooooo we now have to have electronic push button windows so if there’s a problem your car is in the shop for a week and you get a massive bill as opposed to something that used to be fixed ‘while you wait’.

I drive a Jeep Wrangler the whole purpose of which is supposed to be a rough and ready Tonka Toy. I’ll have to upgrade to a newer one sooner or later but with the new models they’ve tried to turn them into a luxury SUV with electronic push button everything - all of which turns to shit when you take them off road or get caught in a flood. Older ones like mine make mincemeat of this. If you want a luxury SUV get a Lexus or whatever and leave the Jeeps to be Tonka Toys!
 
Darlo1973 said:
Someone should invent a privacy mode where if you hold the phone close to your mouth and ear then the people around you won't be able to hear both sides of the conversation.
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People who take phone calls on the car speakers in car parks. It broadcasts their conversation to anyone walking past the car.

Steel_Straight said:
My Dad reported it, at the time, to a member of staff, who made a note of it, and said she would pass it on, but whether or not they've done anything about it, I don't know. We haven't really felt inclined to go back, since.
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I hope they do something. That's just stupid having the toilet roll away from the toilet! It would be no good for anyone in a wheelchair.
 
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