What do you find frustrating?

[dotti34]

I’m normally an easy-going person, but now and then something really annoys me. It might not be a big thing, just something minor, but very aggravating. I thought it might be fun, well interesting at least, to hear what others find frustrating. I’ll start this thread off with listing some things that annoy me:

Ring-pulls that break off before their job is done
Extremely hard to open jars and packages
Cooking instructions on the above that are too small to read
Childproof tops on tablet containers that no-one can open, especially adults

[cashman]

jars opening does annoy me as i have to open em all why dont they make easy of for the wife to open.

[Hill Walker]

Hunting for nearly invisible 'Best Before' dates and even worse the ones which when found are nearly or actually impossible to read/interpret.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Because, she needs a strong man about the house.....

What frustrates me?
Tech....and not being able to master something to do with tech.
Why does each new innovation have to be a little more complex than the last version?
And why isn’t there a universal camera charging cable...phone cable.....why do we need to have bags of cables for tech items????....I have a zippered bag near my computer with a snakes nest of cables for various bits of tech kit.
Surely it is not beyond the skills of the makers of this gear to come up with a universal cable that fits all.

Another thing that frustrates me....and I bear scars as a testament to this....are those rigid plastic packaging things that some products are encased in.
Why can’t they have a pull strip that will release your item without having to resort to sharp knives and scissors......these leave sharp edges that you can cut yourself on.

Instructions that are anything but clear and need a magnifying glass to read them.
Shampoo bottles that refuse to give up the last bits of shampoo....aha, but I get my other half to cut these open so that the frugal side of me feels the bottle is truly empty.

Oh there are so many things that frustrate me.....Dotti, you will be sorry you asked

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Hill Walker

Hunting for nearly invisible 'Best Before' dates and even worse the ones which when found are nearly or actually impossible to read/interpret.

I pay no mind to these....Nature gave me a nose....if it looks alright, smells alright then I eat it...or serve it up to himself.
Best before dates are just a ploy by manufacturers to sell more of their product by getting you to ditch perfectly good food based on what they think is a Best Before Date.
I treat Use by dates with the same contempt.

[monkey hanger]

self service supermarket checkouts.

[Less]

All to do with the above advert, what a useless set of posers, living in perfect houses with enough room for a private gymnasium cluttered with a bike that goes nowhere but connects you to other like minded idiots.

If you really, really have to exercise then get a proper bike get out there pedal like mad and enjoy the views of the countryside much more interesting than staying in the stuffy indoors.

[monkey hanger]

exercise. sounds too much like hard work for me.

[Less]

Originally Posted by monkey hanger

self service supermarket checkouts.

Indeed, what is the point of picking up a few beers going to one of these things and discover that an assistant will have to come over to verify that you are old enough to buy them.

I think they should give everyone that manages to use these things a couple of free beers to help overcome the frustration they cause when forced to go shopping in the first place.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by monkey hanger

self service supermarket checkouts.

Yes, although Aldi don’t have them....YET.
I hate these things....how long will it be before they get us filling the shelves too.
They are doing workers out of a job.

[Hill Walker]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

....Nature gave me a nose....

I also have one of these - unfortunately it doesn't work for a significant fraction of the year due to biological warfare from trees, flowers and other growing things.


So yes I take some guidance from best before dates but am far from pedantic about it.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by monkey hanger

self service supermarket checkouts.

defo i used to go supermarket about 6-00 = 6-30 ish during this pandemic but a few months ago i went to be told theres NO checkout staff until 8-00 i was blazing, seems all the big ones are doing the same. imagine trying to scan a trolley full in one of them not funny at all. i think the staff are daft putting up with it, it will mean LESS of them eventually and they are too daft to see it.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Hill Walker

I also have one of these - unfortunately it doesn't work for a significant fraction of the year due to biological warfare from trees, flowers and other growing things.


So yes I take some guidance from best before dates but am far from pedantic about it.

yes...I am similarly afflicted....and in that case I borrow a nose..his!
Actually my hay fever seems to affect my eyes more than my sense of smell.

[monkey hanger]

Originally Posted by cashman

defo i used to go supermarket about 6-00 = 6-30 ish during this pandemic but a few months ago i went to be told theres NO checkout staff until 8-00 i was blazing, seems all the big ones are doing the same. imagine trying to scan a trolley full in one of them not funny at all. i think the staff are daft putting up with it, it will mean LESS of them eventually and they are too daft to see it.

get up early saturday morning to take the dogs out then stop at the supermarket on our way home. her in the kitchen goes in for the weekly dog food. she was only in a minute and came back saying that she could not go in because it was card purchases only as the tills were not working. she was told to come back in a hours time which she replied that it would be quicker to go somewhere else now and in the future. surely the few with cash only could have been catered for. giving out change from somewhere else aint rocket science. yes staff are too daft to see stuff. like they shut down the local council office for paying the rates after the staff there encouraged customers to pay on the good old line.

[Jimmy Clitheroe]

having a television set with a hundred plus channels yet never finding anything worthwhile to watch (apart maybe from a few things on the Talking Pictures channel)