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Really minor annoyances

Gentwo said:
Got an updated laptop for work.
Same model just newer.

It’s irritating me that usual keyboard shortcuts don’t work like on my previous one (which was 2 years old)

Alt + F4 now uses another key so it’s Alt + Fn + F4.
When using workbooks if I need to screen crop some data, to send quickly to be verified, it’s windows key + SHIFT + S, but if it’s anywhere else it’s tab + shift + S.

F5 which has historically always been refresh is now something to turn off a backlight on the screen and the ‘shortcut’ to do so is now so cumbersome it wouldn’t look out of place on the wall of an Egyptian tomb.
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It is because now your function keys have media controls as the default, so F4 is probably mute your mic or something.

Is there a padlock on the escape key? If so, try pressing Fn+Esc once. Nothing will happen visually. But if you try your alt+F4 shortcut now it should work, and if you want the media function, then you will have to do Fn + F4.
 

BiG said:
I called a roofing company. They had a central admin phone number. Let’s say my name is… Dixon. It isn’t. But it went like this:

Me: “Hello, My name is Arthur Dixon and I’m after a quote for some roofing work. I live in Upper Hicksville, Yorkshire”

Admin Person: “ OK. I just need some details. One moment.”

(Brief pause)

“OK Mr Dixon. Firstly…. What is your surname?”
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I feel like every time I speak to anyone and they need to verify my details it goes like this:

"Can I take your date of birth please?"
"Yes. It's the twenty third of the tenth eighty six"
"The eighty seventh of the thirteenth twenty one?!"
 
MackneyHackem said:
I feel like every time I speak to anyone and they need to verify my details it goes like this:

"Can I take your date of birth please?"
"Yes. It's the twenty third of the tenth eighty six"
"The eighty seventh of the thirteenth twenty one?!"
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That is archaic in itself and an annoyance of mine. Why do we still insist on date of birth as some form of validation? Is that a secret?

It is something I spend time telling new students coming to university. With one group I asked people to put their hands up for how much they would trust someone calling them who knew their name, date of birth, university and what course they were on. Hand down if you don't trust, high if you really trust and somewhere in the middle if you might be considering trusting. Most of them had their hands half way up. Then I asked who had been wished happy birthday on social media in the last year, and who had posted about starting their course on social media. When asked the same question about trust again, all hands remained down.

Date of birth is so easy to find out. I get asked it for all forms of internet shopping, so put a fake date in. Even the SMB has a fake DoB, though that one was a typo 20 years ago and I can't change it now!
 
DaveH said:
My street curves round, and my house seems to be in the path of the prevailing wind. There are a few who put their bins out the night before, in high wind. Then first thing on a morning I'm going round the street picking up paper plastered all over my house, car, drive and that of the two houses either side. Same people every time, and each time they realise, say sorry and do it again.
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Just had a conversation with a near neighbour who was complaining about the litter on the streets this morning -
Me: I left my bin indoors because it was too windy
Her: I wish I'd done that mine blew over twice.
FFS :evil:
 
Mobile Phone shops trying to sell you things you dont want (im guessing thats where the best commission is)

Been into O2, Three and EE to get a new sim card only deal. Every one of them opened the discussion with "can I ask who you broadband is with?"

"Im happy with my broadband thanks, so this is what I need for my phone"
"Well if you take our broadband it will save you money on your phone"
"Im happy with my broadband"
"Im sure we'll be able to save you money on it though, how much do you pay for broadband at the moment"
 
Only just discovered the name for it today, but I get mildly annoyed at anthropomorphism.

anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, intentions, or behaviors to non-human entities, such as inanimate objects. Like when plastic toys that say things like "try me" "feed me" "I'm hungry".

Don't know why it annoys me, the Mrs just walks away from me when I start twisting about it.

The addition cognitive to switch in the word it instead of me and then twist about it to my inner monologue is extra steps I don't want.
 
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Wild Card said:
Only just discovered the name for it today, but I get mildly annoyed at anthropomorphism.

anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, intentions, or behaviors to non-human entities, such as inanimate objects. Like when plastic toys that say things like "try me" "feed me" "I'm hungry".

Don't know why it annoys me, the Mrs just walks away from me when I start twisting about it.

The addition cognitive to switch in the word it instead of me and then twist about it to my inner monologue is extra steps I don't want.
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How do you feel about cartoon characters?

My wife gets annoyed that Donald Duck wears a shirt but no trousers. But Mickey wears shorts and no top.

She particularly gets riled when Donald duck wraps a towel around his waist when he gets out of the water.
 
Redandwhitedust said:
How do you feel about cartoon characters?

My wife gets annoyed that Donald Duck wears a shirt but no trousers. But Mickey wears shorts and no top.

She particularly gets riled when Donald duck wraps a towel around his waist when he gets out of the water.
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I'm ok as long as they don't make too much noise. Hate Donald duck but always like dafft duck couldn't stand pingu.
 
Went to B&M yesterday & needed a trolley. Apparently B&M trolleys don’t accept trolley tokens now. Only £1 coins. In a day & age when cash is disappearing, coins even more so than notes, they’ve made a deliberate decision to hinder people in getting a trolley. Which surely means, people would buy less?
Longy said:
Went to B&M yesterday & needed a trolley. Apparently B&M trolleys don’t accept trolley tokens now. Only £1 coins. In a day & age when cash is disappearing, coins even more so than notes, they’ve made a deliberate decision to hinder people in getting a trolley. Which surely means, people would buy less?
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It’s just happened to me at Tesco :evil:

I would have bought way more if I wasn’t resigned to a basket. Their loss, but completely baffling decision
 
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When you go onto a site to research or look for something (booking. com, Amazon) and you get incessant follow up emails inviting you to look again, or offering something similar. Or the repetitive emails asking you to review everything you’ve bought or every accommodation you stayed in.
 
Startrite said:
Personal trainers in the gym who sit on equipment when their clients are working out. An example is there are 2 rowing machine together and the ignorant gonk sits on one watching while the person does their bit of rowing. Does it all the way round the gym, lounging on equipment. I don't have a personal trainer, but if I did I would probably get one who can stand unaided.
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If you want it just tell them to get off it , i do. But i agree they are some of the laziest feckers going.
Similarly it annoys me when people put their bottle , phone , training log. top whatever on a piece of equipment next to them. We have a couple of steps in ours that i occasionally incorporate , number of people that think they're for their water bottle is mad . I mean bend down the floors only a foot further 🙄
 
contrarian said:
People with dogs in prams
People taking dogs into cafes or pubs
People taking dogs onto buses
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Agreed. One of my former friends could be seen pushing her dog for miles in a pram. Quite a seemingly cool attractive woman. Pictures of her dog in a pram on an east coast coast mainline train

If your dog can't walk, don't take it out in a pram for the day

Turned out to be a right weirdo tbh so we fell out

Feel like there's a James Herriot story here actually. Mrs Pumphrey maybe
 
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Geras said:
If you want it just tell them to get off it , i do. But i agree they are some of the laziest feckers going.
Similarly it annoys me when people put their bottle , phone , training log. top whatever on a piece of equipment next to them. We have a couple of steps in ours that i occasionally incorporate , number of people that think they're for their water bottle is mad . I mean bend down the floors only a foot further 🙄
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Its not even on equipment I use, but its something I have noticed and just irritates me, I think its an age thing. Totally get the irritation with people using equipment as a shelf. I like to go in do my bit and get out
 
I get really annoyed when there is a little right-turn lane into a supermarket or whatever, and people turn across it instead of driving into it, blocking the traffic in the main lane and defeating the whole purpose.
 
Startrite said:
Its not even on equipment I use, but its something I have noticed and just irritates me, I think its an age thing. Totally get the irritation with people using equipment as a shelf
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Oh me neither most of the time , in fact i have to say to myself " now Geras , you dont even want to be on there , so its no skin off your beak is it ? , leave it " ...then the other voice is going " cheeky fecker doesnt know that though does he ? what if i did ? people should have more consideration, stupid Flanders " 😄
 
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