NWR Silly Little Things That Annoy You

The use of soft plastics to make stuff "feel nice" - often handles of various descriptions. They may work well with the item is new, but soon disintergrate, particularly in the dishwasher or if left exposed to sunlight. And I recently discovered black mould can grow into the surface and is impossible to remove. Nothing wrong with modern hard plastics, which can be designed to last.

Oh, and also soft plastics used to make "comfortable" shoe soles. Even if shoes are not used and kept in a dark place, in the space of a few (several?) years they can deteriorate horribly. On two occasions the shoes seemed fine when I put them on, but the soles deteriorated into a sticky mess within an hour or so of wearing, and became practically useless. This happened once at a funeral, and the second time when I was in an airport going on holiday. At least in the airport it was possible to buy a new pair, and dump the old one.
 
Joel Hopwood said:
I’m just so sick of truffle’s appearance everywhere… mash with truffles, chips with truffles, truffled this truffled that on seemingly every restaurant menu. I can appreciate some shaved fresh truffle on buttered fresh pasta with a glass of Nebbiolo as much as the next man but it’s the transformation of truffle into a kind of mass market “buff” for average food that I can’t stand. Also the assumption that such an earthy, singular flavour is welcome all the time. It isn’t!
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Ah, the omni-present truffle :mad:. I certainly draw the line at Truffle crisps.

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So we pay the modest subscription to Channel 4+ for the purpose of being able to watch its streaming service without adverts.

"Join Channel 4+ to watch all your favourite telly without the ads, including 100s of box sets and exclusives only available on Channel 4."

Only to find that several things have a disclaimer that "for contractual reasons these programmes do contain commercial messages" !!!
 
Dan Vyvyan said:
I’ve seen that typo in a marketing flyer: “Many clients choose us for our unrivalled experience in pubic-to-private deals”. It’s a capital markets lawyer’s nightmare
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Once at work the sign writer delivered boards saying “aquired” with no C. Actually quite difficult to see, until you do. Luckily they’re stuck on letters, easy fix. But lots of leg pulling to this day.
 
Gadgets - especially phones. Why do they have to have different connector types requiring a myriad of cables. And touch sensitive screens - you can hardly put a finger anywhere without starting up some undesired app or other function. :mad:
 
People and their bloody returned items packing out the post office queue. There should be a min £5 charge for every item or better still, a strictly prescribed time window. Or both, plus a clip around the ear.
 
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