Irritations

[Tani]

To coin a phrase: Where's the Beef??

It was meant to be a McCrispy!!! No chicken

[Ms Diddles]

It was meant to be a McCrispy!!! No chicken

Oh, that McSucks!

[c.d.]

Water faucets with touchless sensors. You have to move your hands back and forth under them about eighty times for them to work. If they work at all.

c.d.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Water faucets with touchless sensors. You have to move your hands back and forth under them about eighty times for them to work. If they work at all.

c.d.

Absolutely! Why are we feeding people’s phobias anyway?

[Geddy2112]

Water faucets with touchless sensors. You have to move your hands back and forth under them about eighty times for them to work. If they work at all.

Irritations, erm folk who call 'taps' faucets. No seriously though those things are terrible, so are the ones you have to push down and by the time you get your hands under the water they have stopped flowing... grrrrr.

[Tani]

Absolutely! Why are we feeding people’s phobias anyway?

We have them in the hospital I work at and I find that most of them work fine. If anything I find the toilet sensor flushers are too sensitive and flush at the slightest movement. I think in hospitals this technology makes sense.

[C. F. Leon]

Celebrities who saddle their kids with stupid names just to feed their own egos….

Techno Mechanicus
RZA
Kal-El
Pilot Inspektor
Bronx Mowgli
Elsie Otter
Audio Science
Diva Thin Muffin
Toilet Paper Elephant Trouserpress


Ok, I made that last one up. How surprised would you have been if it was true though.

You mean like Paris Hilton or River Phoenix? How about Armand Hammer?

[c.d.]

My local library upgraded their computer system. It took forever to get the book I ordered. Picked it up today and there was a big hassle with my library card not working. Finely get it home to discover that the type is so effing small I can't read it even with my glasses on.

c.d.

[Herlock Sholmes]

My local library upgraded their computer system. It took forever to get the book I ordered. Picked it up today and there was a big hassle with my library card not working. Finely get it home to discover that the type is so effing small I can't read it even with my glasses on.

c.d.

I had that problem about a year ago with a book that I’d ordered from Amazon c.d. Minute print. It was a lesson learned though because I went back and read the reviews and three of them complained about the print size.

[Tom_Wescott]

I had that problem about a year ago with a book that I’d ordered from Amazon c.d. Minute print. It was a lesson learned though because I went back and read the reviews and three of them complained about the print size.

I purchased a large, nicely produced 'Ripper diary' book a year or two ago and haven't read it because the print was too small. I learned to not buy old paperbacks produced in the early 70s for this reason. Also, some Kindle books are just small scans of the hard copy's pages which are quite difficult to read. I don't understand these choices by publishers. There should at least be a warning.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Herlock Sholmes]

I purchased a large, nicely produced 'Ripper diary' book a year or two ago and haven't read it because the print was too small. I learned to not buy old paperbacks produced in the early 70s for this reason. Also, some Kindle books are just small scans of the hard copy's pages which are quite difficult to read. I don't understand these choices by publishers. There should at least be a warning.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

I’ve never had the problem with Kindle books Tom but I haven’t really bought that many. You’re right though, there should be a warning or there should be a page available as a sample.

[Tani]

The price of books is insane.

[Filby]

Parents who give their child a normal name but then spell it in an absurd manner.

Even worse: Adding numbers or symbols

[Ms Diddles]

Even worse: Adding numbers or symbols

Agreed!

One of my friends is a teacher here in Glasgow, and we regularly discuss the horrendous names some of these kids are saddled with.

The worst one I ever heard was La - a.

Apparently that's Ladasha; "you pronounce the dash!!!!!" (said in an aggressive Glasweigan accent as though incensed that the poor teacher had the nerve to stumble over this stupid name when calling the register!).

Notable mention also to "Ibroxia".

I mean, it's ok to be into Rangers (if you really must), but that sounds like some kind of disease!

Just awful!

[c.d.]

People who insist you use their preferred pronouns when referring to them. Pretentious little *****. Here in the U.S., some school teachers have lost their jobs for refusing to do so and some teachers have lost their jobs for using them.

c.d.