Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Accy cyclist]

Why not? Gratitude for small things is healthy.

It is and yes, it might've been an important prescription for maybe something 'life preserving'. If it was then she maybe could've said something like "Thanks to whoever handed in my prescription in Tesco this evening, the prescription items are very important for my health concerns". All kinds of 'thank yous' are posted on that page. Some thanking someone for handing in their gloves, some for paying for their shopping, some for handing in their bank card, etc etc. I know an elderly bloke who although dresses like a tramp and has long straggly matted hair has plenty in the bank. He told me the other week that he'd had his shopping paid for and someone else bought him a full breakfast in a cafe, both thinking he was a tramp or a beggar.

 

[Andy in Germany]

It is and yes, it might've been an important prescription for maybe something 'life preserving'. If it was then she maybe could've said something like "Thanks to whoever handed in my prescription in Tesco this evening, the prescription items are very important for my health concerns". All kinds of 'thank yous' are posted on that page. Some thanking someone for handing in their gloves, some for paying for their shopping, some for handing in their bank card, etc etc. I know an elderly bloke who although dresses like a tramp and has long straggly matted hair has plenty in the bank. He told me the other week that he'd had his shopping paid for and someone else bought him a full breakfast in a cafe, both thinking he was a tramp or a beggar.

Sounds a pretty nice neighbourhood...

 

[Accy cyclist]

Sounds a pretty nice neighbourhood...

Just a reflection of society in general I'd say. All places have such happenings.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just a reflection of society in general I'd say. All places have such happenings.

Yes indeed. Of course we've now ruined the 'things that make you annoyed' thread with all this positivity, but in a good way.

Okay people, as you were...

 

[Gwylan]

The narrowing gap between automatic air freshener smells and the scent some people seem to bathe in.
A visitor today to the house for the management in her office. I didn't see the client but I have formed an unfavourable opinion.
The ghastly scent throbbed through the house for hours afterwards.
Opened doors and windows were necessary. Passing pigeons fell out of the sky as the miasma struck them.

This evening I went to use the toilet on the ground floor. Opened the door and it was in there too. The memory lingers.
A cruel force to deal with. Left the light on and hence the fan running. It may be bearable by morning.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The narrowing gap between automatic air freshener smells and the scent some people seem to bathe in.
A visitor today to the house for the management in her office. I didn't see the client but I have formed an unfavourable opinion.
The ghastly scent throbbed through the house for hours afterwards.
Opened doors and windows were necessary. Passing pigeons fell out of the sky as the miasma struck them.

This evening I went to use the toilet on the ground floor. Opened the door and it was in there too. The memory lingers.
A cruel force to deal with. Left the light on and hence the fan running. It may be bearable by morning.

That isn't as bad as my toilet fragrance experience! A few rented shops I visit share a communal toilet, all in their rent agreement. Recently a barber shop has opened, run by a few Iranian barbers. I use the tenants have a key communal 'bog' quite often. Up till the barbers arrival it was always kept very clean, but recently after mentioning it to those shop renters, we've all noticed how quote 'minging' they've become. We noticed jugs of not too clean water appearing, left on the floor that was becoming increasingly wetter by the day. We all thought that maybe one of the pipes were leaking, until we sussed it out. Apparently when the Iranian barbers use the toilet for a number 2, because of their loony religion they aren't allowed to use toilet paper, so they wash their you know whats with lots of water. So the water that is swilled over their arses then ends up on the toilet floor, which others have to walk in! One of the shop renters/owners has contacted the council and the landlord who are going to write to all the 5 shops, asking them to respect the wishes of others and not to impose their religious beliefs/practices on the other shop owners. The letter won't mention who they suspect (though it's common knowledge who is responsible) and will be sent to all five shops so as not to single anyone out and to not give clues to who has complained.

 

[mustang1]

The current style of adverts I get bombarded with on YouTube. When I'm signed in, it's food supplement adverts. When I'm not signed in, it's trading and investing adverts.

Ps: whatever happened to those mattress adverts: I guess that ship has sailed.

 

[Electric_Andy]

adverts I get bombarded with on YouTube

YouTube in general has annoyed me. A few years ago I started paying £10/month for youtube music, and there was an option to pay an extra £1.99/month so you got no adverts. However, we've had to switch to Spotify so I cancelled my youtube premium, but I now don't have the option to pay for the ad-free version. It's either put up with the ads or pay £12.99 for music as well which I no longer need

 

[Windle]

YouTube in general has annoyed me. A few years ago I started paying £10/month for youtube music, and there was an option to pay an extra £1.99/month so you got no adverts. However, we've had to switch to Spotify so I cancelled my youtube premium, but I now don't have the option to pay for the ad-free version. It's either put up with the ads or pay £12.99 for music as well which I no longer need

YouTube ads are getting beyond a bloody joke, I appreciate that money has to be made by YT for the service to function, but I'm sure it's got well past the stage of 'earning enough to run the service and making a decent profit' to 'the incessant pursuit of advertising revenue', much like the utterly ridiculous local newspaper websites that are just a wall of visual noise.
Have you noticed that the YT ads aren't always skipable anymore? The 'countdown to skip' icon is there but it's just counting down until the ad has finished. Frequently they have the skip in 5 / 10 / 15 second icon too, but when it gets to the end it starts again with another, so you haven't actually been able to skip the ad at all. Glitch? Or deliberate?
I really wouldn't mind if the ads had any relevance to the viewing content either .

 

[Electric_Andy]

Since my premium account expired, I have only noticed a few ads which I can skip after 5 seconds. It's not been much of a chore so far but lots of vids I've viewed so far are perhaps less than 15 mins long. Maybe it will get more annoying on the longer ones (some are 2 hours)...but nothing would surprise me

 

[Andy in Germany]

YouTube ads are getting beyond a bloody joke, I appreciate that money has to be made by YT for the service to function, but I'm sure it's got well past the stage of 'earning enough to run the service and making a decent profit' to 'the incessant pursuit of advertising revenue', much like the utterly ridiculous local newspaper websites that are just a wall of visual noise.
Have you noticed that the YT ads aren't always skipable anymore? The 'countdown to skip' icon is there but it's just counting down until the ad has finished. Frequently they have the skip in 5 / 10 / 15 second icon too, but when it gets to the end it starts again with another, so you haven't actually been able to skip the ad at all. Glitch? Or deliberate?
I really wouldn't mind if the ads had any relevance to the viewing content either .

If I have a video I want to watch without ads I download it. You can leave it running on a background tab and give it a like to send it off, then minimise the browser and watch the video in peace while second hand car dealers and get rich quick scams silently sell their wares into the void.
If anything I prefer it to the old ad blockers because it means said get quick rich scammers are in fact paying for nothing.

 

[Gwylan]

They apply the beautiful euphemism of moneterization.
Spelt with a z because it is another made up American word

Readers alternative definitions for moneterization are sought.

 

[Windle]

They apply the beautiful euphemism of moneterization.
Spelt with a z because it is another made up American word

Readers alternative definitions for moneterization are sought.

Greed?

 

[matticus]

YouTube ads are getting beyond a bloody joke,

1stWorldProblem ?

;-)

 

[Windle]

1stWorldProblem ?

;-)

It is to be fair, but the relentless advertising is a symptom of the increasingly big problem of constant, out of control consumerism, which I think is the most annoying part.