Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[oldwheels]

I do have a “proper” tent but I thought I would get something a bit bigger for the occasional car based trip. I got a pop up thing which actually looks ok and will suit fine but have you ever tried to fold the b——y thing up again to get it into the package?
I now understand why they get abandoned after festivals or any other mass camping event.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I used the escalator in a Next clothing store yesterday. I always have trouble gauging the correct moment to step on and off, especially when going down. This particular escalator was very fast. It took 15 seconds to go up and the same to come down (obviously). My grumble is that it's far too fast. I have poor depth and width perception due to having only one working eye, so judging when the step is there and not going down is very difficult. Maybe if they slowed the escalator down to 20 seconds up and 20 down it'd give those who are a bit uneasy about escalators a better chance of stepping safely on and off it. By the way, the lift in the store was out of order, so I couldn't use it. Otherwise I would've done.

 

[Oldhippy]

How do you drive with poor depth perception? Is that not a bit risky?

 

[Accy cyclist]

How do you drive with poor depth perception? Is that not a bit risky?

Not according to the eye surgeon I saw a few years go, who said one eye is just as good as two. Obviously he was speaking from a text book angle and not from personal experience. I'm allowed to drive with one working eye and I don't even have to declare it to the DVLA.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I went into a TK Maxx store yesterday. I saw some pants I thought looked ok so I went to the dressing rooms to try them on. The shop assistant asked in a none too friendly way if I wanted to try the pants on. Er, that's why I'm here I thought, but didn't say it. Anyway, the pants didn't fit. They were too tight around the leg so I handed them and the hanger they were on back to the shop assistant. As I handed them to her she muttered under her breath "It's ok, I'll put them back on the hanger seeing you couldn't be bothered". Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't doing such tasks part of her job? I was tempted to ask her how much she was on an hour and then say whatever it is you're only worth 50 percent of whatever they pay you, but I didn't.

 

[Andy in Germany]

How do you drive with poor depth perception? Is that not a bit risky?

Not according to the eye surgeon I saw a few years go, who said one eye is just as good as two. ...

I'm allowed to drive with one working eye and I don't even have to declare it to the DVLA.

This makes sense; I know a legally blind ambulance driver who seems to manage with one working eye.

Incidentally, he's legally disabled, and for some years German theory driving tests included the trick question: "Can a blind driver park in a disabled parking space?" The answer being "yes" I'll bet they stopped work for the day when they thought that question up...

 

[mistyoptic]

This makes sense; I know a legally blind ambulance driver who seems to manage with one working eye.

Incidentally, he's legally disabled, and for some years German theory driving tests included the trick question: "Can a blind driver park in a disabled parking space?" The answer being "yes" I'll bet they stopped work for the day when they thought that question up...

Perhaps things are different in Germany. Here, my understanding has always been this:

“What is the legal definition of blindness?
According to the National Assistance Act 1948, a person can be registered as blind if they are 'so blind that they cannot do any work for which eyesight is essential'.”

A person may be registered as partially sighted if they are 'substantially and permanently handicapped by defective vision, caused by congenital defect or illness or injury'.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Ads on FB marketplace and similar, the wording some people use. Just saw one for "electric dishwasher". Is there any other kind?!

 

[mistyoptic]

Ads on FB marketplace and similar, the wording some people use. Just saw one for "electric dishwasher". Is there any other kind?!

 

[PeteXXX]

Ads on FB marketplace and similar, the wording some people use. Just saw one for "electric dishwasher". Is there any other kind?!

 

[Electric_Andy]

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Rude!

 

[PeteXXX]

Rude!

Not rude?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Cat lovers and cat owners who say "You don't own a cat, the cat owns you".

 

[Bollo]

Cat lovers and cat owners who say "You don't own a cat, the cat owns you".

Strictly my cat is a beneficiary of a Trust based in Jersey that owns a shell company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, which then leases me from another shell company based in the Cayman Islands.

Very efficient with the tax my cat.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I parked my car on the double yellow lines directly outside my flat at 10am. I need to load it with things too difficult to carry to the disabled bay where I parked last night. Five minutes after parking it a nosy old git appeared, looked round to see if anyone was watching him then gawped at the time on the blue badge clock. I opened my kitchen window wide then slammed it shut, startling him, making him scurry off! God, have these saddos nothing better to do in their lives that look for tell tale opportunities?! 🧐